Upgrade Modules for Hardware Integration over Multi-Scale SDR Platforms and Over-The-Air In-Lab Testing with a Multi-Channel Emulator of Advanced 5G and IoT Wireless Transceiver Designs

升级模块，用于通过多规模 SDR 平台进行硬件集成，并使用先进 5G 和物联网无线收发器设计的多通道仿真器进行空中实验室内测试

• 批准号: RTI-2019-00370
• 负责人: Affes, Sofiène
• 金额: $ 10.9万
• 依托单位: Institut national de la recherche scientifique
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=643512
• 关键词: Upgrade; Modules; Hardware; Integration; over

The applicant has been able to mount the Wireless Lab with the prime objective of showcasing demos aiming at the embodiment and assessment of the advanced wireless transceivers developed by his team. This recent experimental work not only significantly strengthened the scope of their research activities, but also increased their tech transfer potential to industry.***The new 5G and IoT technologies currently under discussion for imminent standardization pushes the applicant to immediately upgrade the Wireless Lab's experimental research capabilities. Although available resources have recently allowed validating 4G wireless transceiver prototypes, they cannot currently translate in hardware, then test and assess in real-world conditions the new paradigm-shifting 5G and IoT technologies developed in software such as massive MIMO, device-to-device (D2D) communications, distributed processing over wireless sensor networks (WSNs), etc., over multi-scale computing platforms such as cloud, fog or edge radio access networks. As such, an imminent reason strongly motivating this application is the Wireless Lab's urgent need for multi-scale massive-connectivity hardware integration and multi-channel emulation testing capabilities – currently unavailable at the required levels – that incorporate transceiver stations with heterogeneous capabilities ranging from sensor mote (i.e., tiny or small scale) to massive MIMO (i.e., large or mega scale) baseband units.***In the very short term, this application will not only provide timely leverage to recent projects on “5G Wireless Access Virtualization Enabling Schemes” and “Smart Underground Mines” through tangible follow-up mandates or key tech transfers. But it will also address a much more urgent and critical need for multi-scale massive-connectivity hardware prototyping and multi-channel emulation capabilities unconditionally required for the successful execution of newly confirmed partnerships at critical phases scheduled between 2019 and 2022.***A first new mandate to assess experimentally the upcoming 5G radio interface technology candidates will very soon evolve into a much larger R&D project on the development of new 5G standard-compliant wireless transceiver designs. This project will encompass a very strong experimental assessment component that will exacerbate the urgent and critical need for the requested resource upgrades. Another major partnership initiative on the development of advanced energy harvesting and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer schemes in D2D communications and WSNs for IoT apps in smart homes & appliances is under intensive preparation. This second R&D project will unequivocally stand in need for similarly indispensable experimental prototyping phases and for the same required resource upgrades. And research work with such resources will offer students a unique added-value to their training and job readiness greatly appreciated by industry.**

申请人能够安装无线实验室，主要目的是展示演示，旨在体现和评估其团队开发的先进无线收发器。最近的这项实验工作不仅大大加强了他们的研究活动范围，而且还增加了他们向工业转移技术的潜力。目前正在讨论的即将标准化的新5G和物联网技术推动申请人立即升级无线实验室的实验研究能力。虽然可用资源最近允许验证4G无线收发器原型，但它们目前无法在硬件中转换，然后在现实条件下测试和评估在软件中开发的新范式转移5G和物联网技术，例如大规模MIMO，设备到设备（D2 D）通信，无线传感器网络（WSN）上的分布式处理等。通过多尺度计算平台，例如云、雾或边缘无线电接入网络。因此，强烈推动该应用的一个迫在眉睫的原因是无线实验室迫切需要多规模的互连硬件集成和多信道仿真测试能力-目前在所需的水平上不可用-其结合了具有从传感器微粒（即，微小或小规模）到大规模MIMO（即，大型或超大规模）基带单元。*在非常短期内，该应用程序不仅将通过有形的后续授权或关键技术转让为最近的“5G无线接入虚拟化使能计划”和“智能地下矿山”项目提供及时的杠杆作用。但它也将满足对多规模互连硬件原型和多通道仿真能力的更迫切和关键的需求，这些能力是在2019年至2022年期间的关键阶段成功执行新确认的合作伙伴关系所无条件需要的。第一个新的任务是对即将到来的5G无线电接口技术候选者进行实验性评估，这将很快演变为一个更大的研发项目，用于开发符合5G标准的新型无线收发器设计。该项目将包括一个非常强有力的实验性评估部分，这将加剧对所要求的资源升级的迫切和关键需求。另一项重要的合作伙伴计划正在紧锣密鼓地筹备中，该计划旨在为智能家居和家电中的物联网应用开发D2 D通信和WSNs中的先进能量收集和同步无线信息和电力传输方案。这第二个研发项目将明确需要同样不可或缺的实验原型阶段和同样需要的资源升级。利用这些资源进行的研究工作将为学生的培训和就业准备提供独特的附加值，并受到行业的高度赞赏。