ERI: Towards Environment-Aware Wireless Communications for Next Generation Networks

ERI：迈向下一代网络的环境感知无线通信

• 批准号: 2243089
• 负责人: Mohammed Eltayeb
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University Enterprises, Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ERI; Towards; Environment; Aware; Wireless

Next-generation networks are expected to deliver ultra-low-latency and high-speed data-rates to support new technology and applications such as healthcare immersive technology, virtual/augmented reality, and smart city applications. To meet the unprecedented demand for broadband access, this project will leverage high-resolution environment sensory data to infer location-based channel characteristics, predict link blockages beforehand, and enable robust mm-wave communications in dynamic indoor environments. System-level design of the proposed link configuration algorithms will be developed and analyzed. The proposed algorithms are expected to enhance the spectrum usability and access to indoor mm-wave wireless networks and enable emerging technology applications. This research will be conducted at a primarily undergraduate institution and will impact a significant number of underrepresented minority students in the classroom and through direct research experience with the goal of broadening their engagement and promoting their retention. The research findings will be disseminated in scientific conferences and journal publications.The main goal of this project is to enable high-speed and ultra-reliable mm-wave communications in realistic indoor environments. To this achieve this, new transmission strategies that make use of Lidar and mm-wave sensory data fusion will be developed. The overall project objectives are: (1) design and develop low complexity and latency link configuration algorithms for mm-wave systems suitable for dynamic indoor environments based Lidar and mm-wave sensory data; (2) investigate the use of Lidar intensity data for classification of common indoor surfaces for beyond line-of-sight mm-wave communication; (3) leverage advanced array processing and signal processing tools to develop transmission strategies that adapts to environment clutter; and (4) develop early blockage warning algorithms for mm-wave communication links based on Lidar sensing. The expected research findings will lead to new data-driven channel models and signal processing and machine learning approaches that mitigate mm-wave link configuration challenges in dynamic environments.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.

下一代网络预计将提供超低延迟和高速数据速率，以支持新技术和应用，如医疗保健沉浸式技术、虚拟/增强现实和智慧城市应用。为了满足对宽带接入的前所未有的需求，该项目将利用高分辨率环境传感数据来推断基于位置的信道特性，预先预测链路阻塞，并在动态室内环境中实现稳健的毫米波通信。将开发和分析所提出的链路配置算法的系统级设计。预计提出的算法将增强频谱可用性和室内毫米波无线网络的接入，并支持新兴技术应用。这项研究将在一个主要的本科院校进行，并将在课堂上影响大量代表性不足的少数民族学生，并通过直接的研究经验，以扩大他们的参与和促进他们的保留的目标。研究成果将在科学会议和期刊出版物上传播。该项目的主要目标是在真实的室内环境中实现高速和超可靠的毫米波通信。为此，将开发利用激光雷达和毫米波传感数据融合的新传输策略。总体项目目标是：（1）设计和开发适用于基于激光雷达和毫米波传感数据的动态室内环境的低复杂度和延迟的毫米波系统链路配置算法;（2）研究使用激光雷达强度数据对超视距毫米波通信的常见室内表面进行分类;（3）利用先进的阵列处理和信号处理工具来开发适应环境杂波的传输策略;（4）开发基于激光雷达传感的毫米波通信链路的早期阻塞预警算法。预期的研究结果将导致新的数据驱动的信道模型和信号处理和机器学习的方法，减轻毫米波链路配置在动态环境中的挑战。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。