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Millimeter-wave Antennas and Components for Future Mobile Broadband Networks (MILLIBAN)

未来移动宽带网络的毫米波天线和组件 (MILLIBAN)

基本信息

批准号：
EP/P008380/1
负责人：
Alexandros Feresidis
金额：
$ 94.73万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP008380%2F1
关键词：
Millimeter wave Antennas Components Future

项目摘要

Future mobile communication services will require exceptionally high data rates (over 10Gbits/s) to support more demanding user requirements, including High Definition video streaming. True mobile broadband is a major challenge for the telecommunications industry and urgently calls for radical new design approaches. The millimeter wave (mmWave) band (30GHz-300GHz), offers underexploited opportunities in terms of wide available bandwidths thus supporting high data throughput (e.g. multi-Gbps/Tbps) as well as enhanced data security. This is in sharp contrast to the dearth of spectrum in the congested sub-6GHz bands. In recent years there has been considerable interest in using mmWave technology in telecommunication applications.High performance cost-effective antennas with the ability to focus their radiated energy towards different directions are a crucial requirement for the successful deployment of envisaged mmWave mobile wireless networks. State-of-the-art mmWave antenna technology is unable to support this type of continuous beam steering with low power requirements and wide angular steering range. This imposes a major barrier to the successful development of the envisaged mmWave mobile networks. The interdisciplinary research described in this proposal will address this major problem. We will develop new paradigms in antenna design leading to breakthroughs in the analogue beamforming performance. This will be based on innovative enabling material technology along with state of the art microfabrication processes building on heritage at the applicants' institutions. The capabilities of the proposed antenna designs will be fully leveraged to maximize the system throughput with the optimized design of mmWave based small cell access techniques and realistic test-bed measurements which will demonstrate opportunities for significantly enhanced communication system throughput. The outcomes of this work would place the UK at the centre of developments in this transformative area. This joint proposal brings together two globally leading academic research institutes/centres having complementary experimental infrastructure and skills. Importantly, the proposal involves several key industrial partners who will help to shape the programme and shorten the lag between fundamental research and product development thus further increasing impact generation.

未来的移动的通信服务将需要极高的数据速率（超过10 Gbits/s）以支持更苛刻的用户需求，包括高清视频流。真正的移动的宽带是电信行业面临的一个重大挑战，迫切需要全新的设计方法。毫米波（mmWave）频带（30 GHz-300 GHz）在宽的可用带宽方面提供了未充分利用的机会，从而支持高数据吞吐量（例如，多Gbps/Tbps）以及增强的数据安全性。这与拥挤的6 GHz以下频段频谱的缺乏形成鲜明对比。近年来，人们对在电信应用中使用毫米波技术产生了相当大的兴趣。具有将其辐射能量聚焦到不同方向的能力的高性能、低成本天线是成功部署设想的毫米波移动的无线网络的关键要求。最先进的毫米波天线技术无法支持这种具有低功率要求和宽角度转向范围的连续波束转向。这对所设想的毫米波移动的网络的成功开发造成了主要障碍。本提案中所述的跨学科研究将解决这一重大问题。我们将在天线设计中开发新的范例，从而在模拟波束成形性能方面取得突破。这将基于创新的使能材料技术，沿着最先进的微加工工艺，建立在申请人机构的遗产基础上。所提出的天线设计的能力将被充分利用，以最大限度地提高系统吞吐量与基于毫米波的小小区接入技术和现实的测试床测量的优化设计，这将证明显着提高通信系统吞吐量的机会。这项工作的成果将使联合王国成为这一变革领域发展的中心。这一联合提案汇集了两个全球领先的学术研究机构/中心，它们具有互补的实验基础设施和技能。重要的是，该提案涉及几个关键的工业合作伙伴，他们将帮助制定方案，缩短基础研究和产品开发之间的滞后，从而进一步增加影响力。