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: $ 34.33万
• 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: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=694937
• 关键词: NSERC; COM; Industrial; Research; Chair

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

对信息带宽和连接性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。带宽增加 100 至 1000 倍的下一代无线电网络将毫无延迟地将一切连接起来，将数字经济的全球覆盖范围扩展到世界的每个角落（海洋、天空深处和最偏远的村庄）。这一愿景远远超出了当前技术的能力。解决这个问题的根本方法是利用更高的频段，例如毫米波和太赫兹，它们可以提供超宽的信息带宽。尽管具有极高的通信带宽，但由于成本、辐射功率小、当前设备的灵敏度差以及无线电和天线技术的复杂性，毫米波频谱的商业（大众市场）利用相当有限。毫米波在空气和常见物体（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，其中来自大量小型相同低成本/低功耗天线模块的辐射在空间中适当组合，以在所需方向上产生高功率发射，并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/天线系统中的内置智能最大限度地减少了功耗和 所提议的IRC计划的目标是研究和开发一种新的模块化和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着优点是它的“可扩展性”。这意味着，针对不同应用的各种形状和尺寸的复杂有源天线系统都可以由同一个低功耗智能有源天线模块制成，并且可以批量生产以最大限度地降低成本。在此 IRC 计划期间将开发此类系统的综合工作原型