Smart radio environment development using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

该项目的最终目标是通过控制5G和物联网（IoT）无线介质来开发智能无线电环境（SRE）。为了解决传统无线网络中的复杂性，成本，功耗和干扰问题，我们将开发具有传感和自适应能力的无源可重构智能表面（RIS）。该项目将寻求使用低成本无源RIS设计无线传播信道的新方向，以解决潜在的5G和超越5G（B5G）挑战。该团队将利用以前的研究来解决实施最先进的RIS的知识差距，这些RIS具有可重构性，低损耗，宽带宽和多波束反射等功能，其中系统功能（如传感和控制）成为RIS的组成部分的拓扑结构，以及机器学习（ML）算法来控制RIS。项目完成后，通过构建具有安全数据流的国内5G产品，项目成果将使阿尔伯塔和加拿大的网络安全受益，通过新兴的5G和物联网技术使阿尔伯塔的经济多样化，通过大众市场产品使加拿大无线，卫星和运输领域的各个行业受益，减少环境影响，加强政府服务，并创造理想的新就业机会。

The ultimate goal of this project is to develop smart radio environments (SREs) by controlling the 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) wireless mediums. To solve the complexity, cost, power, and interference issues in conventional wireless networks, we will develop passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) with sensing and adaptation abilities. The project will pursue new directions in engineering the wireless propagation channel using low-cost passive RISs to solve potential 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) challenges. The team will leverage previous research to address knowledge gaps in implementing state-of-the-art RIS with features such as reconfigurability, low loss, wide bandwidth, and multi-beam reflection, topologies in which system functions such as sensing and controlling become an integral part of the RIS, and machine learning (ML) algorithms to control the RIS. Upon completion, the project outcomes will benefit Alberta and Canada in cybersecurity by building domestic 5G products with secured data flow, diversify Alberta's economy with emerging 5G and IoT technologies, benefit various Canadian industries in wireless, satellite, and transportation fields with mass-market products, reduce environmental impacts, enhance government services, and create desirable new jobs.