Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivity

全频谱连接的未来通信中心

• 批准号: EP/X040569/1
• 负责人: Dominic O'Brien
• 金额: $ 386.41万
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX040569%2F1
• 关键词: Future; communications; hub; spectrum; connectivity

The demand for wireless communications continues to grow exponentially, creating a severe shortage of wireless spectrum, and connectivity challenges, especially in indoor densely occupied environments. At the same time, optical wireless and new radio frequency approaches such as higher frequency systems and intelligent surfaces are maturing, creating new opportunities for wireless communications. All these systems require backhaul, provided by fibres, and here new fibre innovations, such as hollow core and new longer wavelength glass core are opening up new wavelength regions. The Hub brings together eight core partners with world-leading expertise in wireless and fibre communications to investigate how to use these emerging capabilities to provide all-spectrum connectivity. We will develop comparative models that allow the optimal combination of wired and wireless spectrum to be determined; develop methods to jointly optimise their use, and investigate approaches to create a universal interface between the wired and wireless domains. Partners will jointly undertake demonstrations using existing testbeds as well as systems modelling and a range of other activities. The work of the Hub will be in partnership with industry, government and the wider academic community with significant resources to support such partnerships reserved, and we will engage widely to ensure we maximise the impact of the work we undertake.

对无线通信的需求继续呈指数增长，造成了严重的无线频谱短缺以及连通性的挑战，尤其是在室内密集的环境中。同时，光学无线和新的射频方法（例如较高的频率系统和智能表面）正在成熟，为无线通信创造了新的机会。所有这些系统都需要纤维提供的回程，这里需要进行新的纤维创新，例如空心核心和新的长波长玻璃核心正在开放新的波长区域。该枢纽将八个核心合作伙伴汇集在一起​​，具有无线和光纤通信领域的世界领先专业知识，以调查如何使用这些新兴功能来提供全光谱连接。我们将开发比较模型，以确定有线和无线频谱的最佳组合；开发共同优化其使用的方法，并研究方法以在有线和无线域之间创建通用接口。合作伙伴将使用现有测试床以及系统建模和一系列其他活动共同进行示范。该枢纽的工作将与工业，政府和更广泛的学术界合作，并拥有大量资源来支持保留此类合作伙伴关系，我们将广泛参与以确保我们最大程度地提高所从事工作的影响。