joInt wireless commuNicaTion and sEnsinG by hologRaphic surfAce TranscEivers

随着5G无线网络标准化的推进，研究界已经开始关注6G将是什么。在确保高数据速率同时节省频谱的需求的推动下，6G提出的一项主要技术是在相同的基础设施中整合通信和传感服务。这使无线网络能够感知周围环境，从而触发新服务并更有效地利用资源。该项目专注于综合通信和传感网络的理论、算法和体系结构基础，开发了第一个用于联合通信和传感的开放接入网级模拟器。为此，提出了一种新的无线收发信机实现方案，它利用可重构全息表面的使用，在降低能量消耗的同时，以显著的性能实现了通信和传感的集成。具体地说，INTEGER将：1)开发能够支持联合通信和传感任务的可重构全息表面，并且能够以最低的成本和能量需求集成到无线收发器中。2)描述综合通信和传感网络的基本性能极限，开发一个算法框架和协议组来接近这些极限。3)搭建首个开放接入的联合通信和传感网络软件仿真平台。

As the standardization of 5G wireless networks progresses, the research community has started focusing on what 6G will be.Motivated by the need of ensuring high data-rates, while at the same time saving spectrum, a major technology that has beenproposed for 6G is the integration of communication and sensing services in the same infrastructure. This enables wireless networksto perceive the surrounding environments, triggering new services and leading to a more efficient use of resources. The INTEGRATE project focuses on the theoretical, algorithmic, and architectural foundations of integrated communication and sensing networks,developing the first open access network-level simulator for joint communication and sensing. To this end, a new implementation ofwireless transceiver is proposed, which leverages the use of reconfigurable holographic surfaces and allows the integration ofcommunication and sensing with remarkable performance while at the same time reducing the energy consumption. Specifically,INTEGRATE will: 1) Develop reconfigurable holographic surfaces capable of supporting joint communication and sensing tasks and that can be integrated in wireless transceivers with minimal cost and energy requirements. 2) Characterize the fundamental performance limits of integrated communication and sensing networks, developing an algorithmic framework and protocol suite toapproach these limits. 3) Build the first open access software simulation platform for joint communication and sensing networks.