NSF-AoF: CISE Core: Small: Enabling Mobile Terahertz Communication for 6G Cellular Networks

NSF-AoF：CISE 核心：小型：为 6G 蜂窝网络实现移动太赫兹通信

• 批准号: 2225590
• 负责人: Josep Jornet
• 金额: $ 45.66万
• 依托单位: Northeastern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225590&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; AoF; CISE; Core; Small

Following the commercial deployment of the fifth generation (5G) of wireless cellular networks, the wireless research community has started defining the technologies that will be part of the next generation of mobile networks. Recent evolution in device technologies has brought the sub-terahertz and terahertz bands (broadly speaking the frequencies between 100 GHz and 3 THz of the electromagnetic spectrum) into the spotlight as an enabler for terabit-per-second communications (i.e., two orders of magnitude higher than current 5G networks) in the sixth generation (6G) networks, allowing for the development of new transformative use cases such as holographic telepresence in the metaverse. Most of the research so far has focused on understanding the capabilities of THz devices, the peculiarities of THz wave propagation, and how to engineer around them. However, integrating the THz spectrum in truly mobile and complex cellular networks requires a proper design of the full communication stack. To investigate, conceive and test the solutions that will enable 6G mobile networks in the terahertz band is the goal of this effort. The project contributes to the scientific development of THz communications as well as to the early standardization efforts of the same, all while training students from diverse backgrounds at the high school, undergraduate and graduate levels.The goal of this effort is to create novel solutions to provide consistent, ultra-high data rates in 6G mobile terahertz networks by improving the reliability and efficiency of the physical and link layers, and by introducing mechanisms for service continuity and management of intermittent connectivity at the system level. To accomplish this ambitious goal, the project has been organized in three intertwined thrusts. Thrust 1 develops channel modeling methodologies that constitute the foundation of the modeling and evaluation activities of the rest of the project. Thrust 2 designs protocols and algorithms for the mobile THz physical and link layers. Finally, Thrust 3 builds system-level solutions to support application requirements, with a multi-pronged approach that aims at improving the session continuity and application performance with intermittent connectivity.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

随着第五代(5G)无线蜂窝网络的商业部署，无线研究界已经开始定义将成为下一代移动网络一部分的技术。设备技术的最新发展使亚太赫兹和太赫兹频段(广义地说，电磁频谱的频率在100 GHz和3太赫兹之间)成为聚光灯下的焦点，成为第六代(6G)网络中每秒太比特通信(即，比当前5G网络高出两个数量级)的使能器，从而允许开发新的变革性使用案例，例如虚拟世界中的全息网真。到目前为止，大多数研究都集中在了解太赫兹设备的能力、太赫兹波传播的特性，以及如何围绕它们进行工程设计。然而，在真正的移动和复杂的蜂窝网络中集成太赫兹频谱需要对完整的通信堆栈进行适当的设计。调查、构思和测试使6G移动网络能够在太赫兹频段实现的解决方案是这项工作的目标。该项目有助于太赫兹通信的科学发展和早期标准化工作，同时在高中、本科和研究生水平培训来自不同背景的学生。该项目的目标是创建新的解决方案，通过提高物理层和链路层的可靠性和效率，并通过在系统级别引入服务连续性和间歇连接管理机制，在6G移动太赫兹网络中提供一致的超高数据速率。为了实现这一雄心勃勃的目标，该项目被组织成三个相互交织的突破口。推力1开发航道建模方法，这些方法构成了项目其余部分的建模和评估活动的基础。推力2为移动太赫兹物理层和链路层设计协议和算法。最后，SPECT 3构建了系统级解决方案来支持应用程序需求，采用多管齐下的方法，旨在通过间歇性连接改善会话连续性和应用程序性能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

6G Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks with Sub-Terahertz Links

• DOI: 10.23919/wons57325.2023.10061913
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 期刊: 2023 18th Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Conference (WONS)
• 作者: Amir Ashtari Gargari;Matteo Pagin;Michele Polese;Michele Zorzi

Improving the Efficiency of MIMO Simulations in ns-3

• DOI: 10.1145/3592149.3592167
• 发表时间: 2023-05
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 2023 Workshop on ns-3
• 作者: Matteo Pagin;S. Lagén;Biljana Bojović;Michele Polese;M. Zorzi

Coexistence and Spectrum Sharing Above 100 GHz

• DOI: 10.1109/jproc.2023.3286172
• 发表时间: 2021-10
• 期刊: Proceedings of the IEEE
• 影响因子: 20.6
• 作者: Michele Polese;Xavier Cantos-Roman;Arjun Singh;M. Marcus;T. Maccarone;T. Melodia;J. Jornet