Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivity

对无线通信的需求继续呈指数级增长，造成无线频谱严重短缺和连接挑战，特别是在室内人员密集的环境中。与此同时，光无线和更高频率系统、智能表面等新的射频方法正在成熟，为无线通信创造了新的机遇。所有这些系统都需要回程，由光纤提供，而在这里，新的光纤创新，如空芯和新的更长波长的玻璃芯，正在开辟新的波长区域。该中心汇集了八个在无线和光纤通信领域拥有世界领先专业知识的核心合作伙伴，研究如何利用这些新兴能力提供全频谱连接。我们将开发比较模型，以确定有线和无线频谱的最佳组合；开发联合优化其使用的方法，并研究在有线和无线领域之间创建通用接口的方法。合作伙伴将利用现有的试验床以及系统建模和一系列其他活动共同进行演示。该中心的工作将与工业界、政府和更广泛的学术界合作，预留大量资源来支持这种伙伴关系，我们将广泛参与，以确保我们所承担的工作的影响最大化。

The demand for wireless communications continues to grow exponentially, creating a severe shortage of wireless spectrum, and connectivity challenges, especially in indoor densely occupied environments. At the same time, optical wireless and new radio frequency approaches such as higher frequency systems and intelligent surfaces are maturing, creating new opportunities for wireless communications. All these systems require backhaul, provided by fibres, and here new fibre innovations, such as hollow core and new longer wavelength glass core are opening up new wavelength regions. The Hub brings together eight core partners with world-leading expertise in wireless and fibre communications to investigate how to use these emerging capabilities to provide all-spectrum connectivity. We will develop comparative models that allow the optimal combination of wired and wireless spectrum to be determined; develop methods to jointly optimise their use, and investigate approaches to create a universal interface between the wired and wireless domains. Partners will jointly undertake demonstrations using existing testbeds as well as systems modelling and a range of other activities. The work of the Hub will be in partnership with industry, government and the wider academic community with significant resources to support such partnerships reserved, and we will engage widely to ensure we maximise the impact of the work we undertake.