Digitally-assisted analog/RF circuits for enhancing the performance of 5G millimeter-wave massive MIMO transceivers

专家预测，在未来的数字社会中，将有超过500亿台设备配备传感、通信和处理能力，形成“物联网”。此外，移动网络流量将大幅增长(到2020年将增长1000倍)。信息和通信技术(ICT)部门将需要截然不同的模式来定义、概念化、设计和实现低成本、高能效的通信设备、接入和回程基础设施以及网络拓扑：第五代(5G)无线技术。5G将实现超越传统移动无线通信的应用，对加拿大的生活和经济产生重大影响。 网络致密化将是实现5G更大吞吐量、体验质量和可靠性的关键，但需要将多天线技术集成到基站中，以充分发挥其潜力。基站技术将需要集成多功能、自适应和高度集成的毫米波大规模多输入多输出波束形成收发机。该项目将研究对开发可行的5G收发器硬件至关重要的创新战略和技术，这些硬件需要极高的能效、低成本和小巧的尺寸，以满足迄今确定的各种5G使用案例的要求，使收发器设计成为一项极具挑战性的任务。 鉴于这一问题的复杂程度前所未有，立即开展研究以确保加拿大保持科学和经济优势具有重要的战略意义。Skyworks和黑莓，我们的私营部门合作伙伴，已经指派了领先的技术团队来参与这个项目。在5至7年内收获这项研究的好处将与5G的全球标准化不谋而合，并将培养出训练有素、高素质的人才，以在关键时刻推动加拿大的ICT行业。

In the digital society of the future, experts predict that over 50 billion devices will be equipped with sensing, communication, and processing capabilities, forming the "Internet of Things." In addition, mobile network traffic will increase dramatically (up to 1000 fold growth by 2020). Radically different paradigms will be required by the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to define, conceptualize, design, and realize low cost, power efficient communication devices, access and backhaul infrastructure, and network topologies: fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies. 5G will enable applications that transcend traditional mobile wireless communication, with significant impacts on Canadian lives and the economy. Network densification will be key to realizing greater throughput, quality of experience and reliability for 5G, but will require the integration of multi-antenna technologies into base stations to reach its full potential. Base station technology will need to incorporate multi-functional, adaptive and highly integrated millimeter-wave massive multiple-input multiple-output beamforming transceivers. This project will investigate innovative strategies and techniques critical to the development of viable 5G transceiver hardware which will need to be incredibly power efficient, low cost and of small size as required by the diverse 5G use-cases identified to date, making transceiver design an exceedingly challenging task. Given the unprecedented level of complexity of the problem, it is of strategic importance to begin research immediately to ensure that Canada retains a scientific and economic edge. Skyworks and BlackBerry, our private sector partners, have assigned leading technical teams to work on this project. Reaping the benefits of this research within 5 to 7 years will coincide with the worldwide standardization of 5G, and will produce uniquely trained, highly qualified personnel to advance Canada's ICT sector at a critical time.