Millimeter-wave Identifications, Sensing and Tracking (MIST) for Low-Profile Integrated Services of Security and Logistics

这个为期三年的战略项目涉及毫米波识别，传感和跟踪（MIST）技术的高度原创性研究。它源于蒙特利尔理工大学申请人团队的开创性毫米波工作，以应对机器对机器（M2M）和物联网（IoT）研发中的核心ICT（信息和通信技术）挑战，以及当前射频识别（RFID）技术在低频方面的停滞进展和根本局限性。这一改变游戏规则的方案探索了完全不同的技术，并创建了用于通信、供电和传感操作的极小MIST设备，用于高精度和低姿态的安全和物流综合服务。利用毫米波的特殊特性，通过智能天线集成的创新通用阅读器被明智地研究，用于照明和与不同的标签交换，以实现高度安全和通信的MIST应用。这是通过仔细分析、设计和优化小型化的代码丰富的无芯片无源技术和自供电集成有源解决方案（通过CMOS或二极管整流）来实现的。结构配置和系统性能进行了理论和实验研究。这项工作与学术研究人员和工业合作伙伴之间的频繁交流和小组会议相协调，以完成各种任务。研究的目的是发现新的技术特点，新的设计规则，和新的知识MIST。预期的活动包括建筑建模、天线分析、电路设计、实验原型和系统演示，这将成为加拿大研究的一个非常明显的例子。该项目侧重于基础研究，新兴市场需求，并及时解决RFID相关应用的全球挑战。它吸引、吸收和培训了众多高素质的人才，以促进新兴的毫米波无线技术的发展。该计划产生的研究专业知识和新知识不仅提高了加拿大的研究形象，刺激了企业的发展，而且对我们的日常生活产生了影响。这促进了加拿大社会的可持续发展。

This three-year strategic project deals with a highly original research of millimeter-wave identification, sensing and tracking (MIST) technologies. It stems from the pioneering millimeter-wave work of the applicant's group at Polytechnique Montréal to answer the core ICT (information and communications technologies) challenges in machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) R&D in connection with the stagnated progress and fundamental limitations of current radiofrequency identification (RFID) techniques at low frequencies. This game-changing scheme explores radically different technologies and creates extremely small MIST devices for communication, powering and sensing operations for high-precision and low-profile integrated services of security and logistics. With the special features of millimeter-waves, innovative universal readers integrated by smart antenna are judiciously studied for illuminating and exchanging with different tags for highly secure and communication-enabled MIST applications. This is accomplished by careful analysis, design and optimization of miniaturized code-rich chipless passive techniques and self-powered integrated active solutions by either CMOS- or diode-rectification. Architecture configurations and system performances are examined theoretically and experimentally. This work is coordinated with frequent exchanges and group meetings between academic researchers and industrial partners for various tasks. The research is conducted for discovering new technical features, new design rules, and new knowledge on MIST. The anticipated activities consist of architecture modeling, antenna analysis, circuit design, experimental prototyping and system demonstration, which create a highly visible example of Canadian research. The project focuses on fundamental research, emerging market needs, and timely addresses worldwide challenges in RFID-related applications. It attracts, involves and trains numerous highly qualified personnel for emerging millimeter-wave wireless development. Research expertise and novel knowledge generated by this program not only enhance Canadian research profile and spur corporate growth, but have an impact on our daily life. This promotes a sustainable development of Canadian society.