Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivity

对无线通信的需求持续呈指数级增长，造成了无线频谱的严重短缺和连接挑战，特别是在室内密集占用环境中。与此同时，光无线和新的射频方法（如高频系统和智能表面）正在成熟，为无线通信创造了新的机会。所有这些系统都需要由光纤提供的回程，而新的光纤创新，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，以研究如何利用这些新兴功能提供全频谱连接。我们将开发比较模型，允许确定有线和无线频谱的最佳组合;开发方法，共同优化其使用，并研究方法，以创建有线和无线域之间的通用接口。合作伙伴将利用现有的试验台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，并保留大量资源来支持这种伙伴关系，我们将广泛参与，以确保我们所从事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.