NSF-IITP: CNS Core: Small: Quantum Communication and Sensing at Terahertz: A Path Toward 6G and Beyond

6G及以上无线网络的最新发展开启了传感和通信的新篇章，使新兴行业能够提供大量服务和应用。这些新的服务和应用需要前所未有的高精度和高效率的传感和通信，这就需要利用太赫兹(THz)频段的大带宽。尽管向太赫兹频段的过渡带来了几个好处，但通过使用量子资源，可以充分利用太赫兹频段的优势。这项多学科的研究将建立一个统一的框架，将量子信息科学与太赫兹传感和通信相结合。该项目将建立太赫兹量子传感和通信的基础。特别是，研究团队将：建立太赫兹量子传感和通信的基本性能极限，开发用于太赫兹量子传感和通信的信息和估计理论学习方法，并设计用于太赫兹量子传感和通信的算法，以达到全新的性能水平。在这项基础研究中采用的思想和方法的交叉授粉将增强传感和通信解决方案，为6G和更高效率的量子网络铺平道路。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The recent developments toward 6G and beyond wireless networks open a new chapter in sensing and communication, enabling numerous services and applications in emerging sectors. These new services and applications demand unprecedented high-precision and efficient sensing and communication, which entails the utilization of large bandwidths available at the terahertz (THz) band. Although the transition to the THz band promises several benefits, the full advantage of the THz band can be reaped by using quantum resources. This multidisciplinary research will develop a unified framework to integrate quantum information science with THz sensing and communication.This project will establish the fundamentals of quantum sensing and communication at THz. In particular, the team of researchers will: establish the fundamental performance limits of quantum sensing and communication at THz, develop information- and estimation-theoretic learning methodologies for quantum sensing and communication at THz, and design algorithms for quantum sensing and communication at THz to achieve entirely new performance levels. The cross-pollination of ideas and methodologies adopted in this fundamental research will empower sensing and communication solutions, paving the way to robust and efficient quantum networks for 6G and beyond.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.