NSERC/C-COM Industrial Research Chair in Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems for Next Generation Millimeter-Wave Mobile Communications

NSERC/C-COM 下一代毫米波移动通信智能天线和无线电系统工业研究主席

• 批准号: 320316-2016
• 负责人: SafaviNaeini, Safieddin
• 金额: $ 64.29万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 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=664060
• 关键词: NSERC; COM; Industrial; Research; Chair

Unlimited demand on information bandwidth and connectivity requires revolutionary changes in radio**technologies, communication systems, and networks. Next generation radio networks with 100 to 1000 times**more bandwidth, which will connect everything to everything with no delay, will extend the global reach of the**digital economy to every corner of this world (in the ocean, deep in the sky, and remotest villages). This vision**is way beyond the capabilities of the current technologies. A radical solution to this problem is to exploit much**higher frequency bands such as millimeter-wave and terahertz, which can provide ultra-broad information**bandwidth. Despite its extreme communication bandwidth, commercial (mass market) exploitation of**millimeter-wave spectrum is quite limited due to the cost, small radiated power, poor sensitivity of the current**devices, and complexity of the radio and antenna technologies. Millimeter-wave attenuation in the air and**common objects (building material and human body) is another difficulty. To address these challenges, one of**the most promising solutions is the intelligent massive multi-antenna systems, wherein radiations from a large**number of small identical low-cost/low-power antenna modules, are properly combined in space to generate a**high power emission in desirable direction and much less radiation and interference in unwanted directions.The**built-in intelligence in such modular radio/antenna system minimizes the power consumption and maximizes**the performance.**The objective of the proposed IRC program is to investigate and to develop a new modular and low-cost**intelligent antenna and radio technology for next generation millimeter-wave (mmW) communication and**sensing applications. A significant advantage of the proposed technology is its "scalability". This simply means**that the complex active antenna systems with various shapes and sizes, for different applications, can all be**made from the same low-power intelligent active antenna module, which can be mass-produced to minimize**the cost. A comprehensive working prototype of such system will be developed during this IRC program

对信息带宽和连接的无限需求要求无线电技术、通信系统和网络发生革命性的变化。下一代无线电网络的带宽将增加100到1000倍，它将毫无延迟地连接一切，将把数字经济的全球影响力扩展到世界的每一个角落（在海洋中，在天空深处，在最偏远的村庄）。这一愿景 ** 远远超出了当前技术的能力。解决这个问题的一个根本办法是开发更高的频段，如毫米波和太赫兹，这可以提供超宽的信息带宽。尽管其极端的通信带宽，商业（大众市场）开发 ** 毫米波频谱是相当有限的，由于成本，小辐射功率，目前 ** 设备的灵敏度差，以及无线电和天线技术的复杂性。毫米波在空气和普通物体（建筑材料和人体）中的衰减是另一个困难。为了应对这些挑战，最有前途的解决方案之一是智能大规模多天线系统，其中来自大量相同的小的低成本/低功率天线模块的辐射，在空间中适当地组合，以在所需方向上产生 ** 高功率发射，而在不需要的方向上产生更少的辐射和干扰。这种模块化无线电/天线系统最大限度地降低功耗，并最大限度地提高 ** 性能。**拟议的IRC计划的目标是研究和开发一种新型模块化、低成本 ** 智能天线和无线电技术，用于下一代毫米波（mmW）通信和 ** 传感应用。所提出的技术的一个显著优点是其"可扩展性"。这意味着 ** 各种形状和尺寸的复杂有源天线系统，用于不同的应用，都可以由同一个低功耗智能有源天线模块制成，可以大规模生产，以最大限度地降低成本。一个全面的工作原型，这样的系统将开发在这个IRC计划