Upgrade Modules for Hardware Integration over Multi-Scale SDR Platforms and Over-The-Air In-Lab Testing with a Multi-Channel Emulator of Advanced 5G and IoT Wireless Transceiver Designs

申请者已经能够安装无线实验室，主要目标是展示演示，目的是展示他的团队开发的先进无线收发器的实施和评估。最近的这项实验工作不仅显著加强了他们的研究活动范围，还增加了他们向行业转移技术的潜力。*目前正在讨论即将实现标准化的新5G和物联网技术促使申请者立即升级无线实验室的实验研究能力。尽管可用的资源最近允许验证4G无线收发器原型，但它们目前无法在硬件中转换，然后在现实世界条件下测试和评估在软件中开发的新范式转换的5G和物联网技术，例如大规模MIMO、设备到设备(D2D)通信、无线传感器网络(WSN)上的分布式处理等，这些平台包括云、雾或边缘无线电接入网络等多尺度计算平台。因此，强烈推动这一应用程序的一个迫在眉睫的原因是，无线实验室迫切需要多规模大规模连接硬件集成和多通道仿真测试功能-目前无法在所需级别提供-包括具有从传感器微尘(即微小或小型)到大规模MIMO(即大型或巨型)基带单元的不同功能的收发站。*在非常短期内，该应用程序不仅将通过切实的后续任务或关键技术转让为最近的“5G无线接入虚拟化使能计划”和“智能地下矿场”项目提供及时的杠杆作用。但它也将满足对多规模大规模连接硬件原型和多通道仿真能力的更迫切和更关键的需求，这些能力是在2019年至2022年计划的关键阶段成功执行新确认的合作伙伴关系所必需的。*第一个新的任务是对即将到来的5G无线电接口技术候选进行实验评估，它将很快演变为一个更大的研发项目，用于开发符合5G标准的新无线收发器设计。该项目将包括一个非常强大的试验性评估部分，这将加剧对所要求的资源升级的迫切需要。另一项重大合作计划是在D2D通信和WSN中为智能家居和家电中的物联网应用开发先进的能源收集和同步无线信息和电力传输方案，目前正在紧锣密鼓地准备中。这第二个研发项目将明确地需要同样不可或缺的实验原型阶段和同样需要的资源升级。利用这些资源进行的研究工作将为学生的培训和就业准备提供独特的附加值，受到业界的高度赞赏。**

The applicant has been able to mount the Wireless Lab with the prime objective of showcasing demos aiming at the embodiment and assessment of the advanced wireless transceivers developed by his team. This recent experimental work not only significantly strengthened the scope of their research activities, but also increased their tech transfer potential to industry.***The new 5G and IoT technologies currently under discussion for imminent standardization pushes the applicant to immediately upgrade the Wireless Lab's experimental research capabilities. Although available resources have recently allowed validating 4G wireless transceiver prototypes, they cannot currently translate in hardware, then test and assess in real-world conditions the new paradigm-shifting 5G and IoT technologies developed in software such as massive MIMO, device-to-device (D2D) communications, distributed processing over wireless sensor networks (WSNs), etc., over multi-scale computing platforms such as cloud, fog or edge radio access networks. As such, an imminent reason strongly motivating this application is the Wireless Lab's urgent need for multi-scale massive-connectivity hardware integration and multi-channel emulation testing capabilities – currently unavailable at the required levels – that incorporate transceiver stations with heterogeneous capabilities ranging from sensor mote (i.e., tiny or small scale) to massive MIMO (i.e., large or mega scale) baseband units.***In the very short term, this application will not only provide timely leverage to recent projects on “5G Wireless Access Virtualization Enabling Schemes” and “Smart Underground Mines” through tangible follow-up mandates or key tech transfers. But it will also address a much more urgent and critical need for multi-scale massive-connectivity hardware prototyping and multi-channel emulation capabilities unconditionally required for the successful execution of newly confirmed partnerships at critical phases scheduled between 2019 and 2022.***A first new mandate to assess experimentally the upcoming 5G radio interface technology candidates will very soon evolve into a much larger R&D project on the development of new 5G standard-compliant wireless transceiver designs. This project will encompass a very strong experimental assessment component that will exacerbate the urgent and critical need for the requested resource upgrades. Another major partnership initiative on the development of advanced energy harvesting and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer schemes in D2D communications and WSNs for IoT apps in smart homes & appliances is under intensive preparation. This second R&D project will unequivocally stand in need for similarly indispensable experimental prototyping phases and for the same required resource upgrades. And research work with such resources will offer students a unique added-value to their training and job readiness greatly appreciated by industry.**