NeTS: Medium: Massive Mobile Broadband Communications with Millimeter Wave Picocellular Networks

NeTS：中：采用毫米波微微蜂窝网络的大规模移动宽带通信

• 批准号: 1302336
• 负责人: Sundeep Rangan
• 金额: $ 120万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1302336&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; Medium; Massive; Mobile; Broadband

This project considers cellular systems based in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands, between 30 and 300 GHz, where the available bandwidths are much wider than today?s cellular networks [4-6]. Indeed, available spectrum at these frequencies can be easily 200 times greater than all cellular allocations today under 3 GHz. Moreover,the very small wavelengths of mmWave signals combined with advances in low-power CMOS RFcircuits enable large numbers of miniaturized antennas to be placed in small dimensions. These multiple antenna systems can be used to form very high gain, electrically steerable arrays, fabricated at the base station, in the skin of a cellphone, or even within a chip. Due to the limited range of mmWave signals, the proposal envisions cellular systems based on large numbers of mmWave ?picocells? (100 to 200m radius), each using highly directional antennas for improved range and spatial separation. Combining dramatically increased bandwidths with spatial multiplexing gains from the high-dimensional multiple antenna transmissions such mmWave picocellular systems offer the possibility of of 1000 times more capacity than current commercial networks.This project will provide a basis for bringing mmWave technologies to a multiuser, multi-cellular setting and enable mmWave systems for wide-area networks with mobility. With partnerships from leading device vendors in this space, the PIs aim to drive the innovation forward in terms of device and protocol development, and train a new generation of students at the graduate and undergraduate level in this emerging area of wireless communications. The enhanced throughput gains that could approach 1000x current wireless cellular network throughputs would revolutionize the wireless broadband industry and lead to improved delivery of network services to users.

该项目考虑基于 30 至 300 GHz 毫米波 (mmWave) 频段的蜂窝系统，其中可用带宽比当今的蜂窝网络宽得多 [4-6]。事实上，这些频率上的可用频谱很容易比当今 3 GHz 下所有蜂窝分配的频谱高出 200 倍。此外，毫米波信号的极短波长与低功耗 CMOS RF 电路的进步相结合，使得能够在小尺寸中放置大量微型天线。这些多天线系统可用于形成非常高增益的电控阵列，在基站、手机外壳甚至芯片内制造。由于毫米波信号范围有限，该提案设想了基于大量毫米波“微微蜂窝”的蜂窝系统。 （半径 100 至 200 m），每个天线都使用高度定向天线来改善范围和空间分离。将显着增加的带宽与毫米波微微蜂窝系统等高维多天线传输的空间复用增益相结合，可以提供比当前商业网络高 1000 倍的容量。该项目将为将毫米波技术引入多用户、多用户网络奠定基础。蜂窝设置并为具有移动性的广域网启用毫米波系统。通过与该领域领先设备供应商的合作，PI 旨在推动设备和协议开发方面的创新，并在无线通信这一新兴领域培养新一代研究生和本科生。增强的吞吐量增益可能接近当前无线蜂窝网络吞吐量的 1000 倍，这将彻底改变无线宽带行业，并改善向用户提供的网络服务。