NeTS: EAGER: Development of a Millimeter Wave Software Defined Radio

NeTS：EAGER：毫米波软件定义无线电的开发

• 批准号: 1602173
• 负责人: Sundeep Rangan
• 金额: $ 9.81万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-12-01 至 2016-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1602173&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; EAGER; Development; Millimeter; Wave

With the severe spectrum shortage in conventional cellular bands, millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz have been attracting growing attention as a possible candidate for next-generation micro- and pico-cellular wireless networks. The mmWave bands offer orders of magnitude greater spectrum than current cellular allocations and enables very high-dimensional antenna arrays for further gains via beamforming and spatial multiplexing. However, mmWave cellular communication is still very much in its infancy, and there is an urgent need for fully-programmable research platforms to enable the research and development needed to bring these systems to reality. The project aims to develop a fully-programmable research platform that allows for flexible experimentation with millimeter-wave systems dealing with frequencies above 25 GHz. The hardware components of the platform will be made available to researchers across the United States at deeply discounted rates. The availability of this hardware, combined with the free and open-source implementation will enable the larger wireless networking research community to greatly benefit from this platform.The platform involves integrating SiBeam's Sil6342 phased array antenna system with National Instruments' powerful PXI system, to create a fully programmable and modular SDR. This platform will support 1 GHz bandwidth, and allow a latched and timed digital control of the phased array with sub-microsecond accuracy. The entire implementation will be open-source, and made publically available for free. There are many projects that will be enabled by this platform: a) dynamic channel sounding; b) study of beam-forming techniques; c) design and testing of MAC protocols that rely on beam-forming and intermittency; d) study of new PHY layer modulation and coding techniques; etc.

随着常规细胞带的严重光谱短缺，30至300 GHz之间的毫米波（MMWave）频率一直吸引着越来越多的注意力，作为下一代微观和PICO细胞无线网络的可能候选者。 MMWave带提供的数量级比电流分配高，并实现非常高维天线阵列，以通过波束形成和空间多路复用来进一步增长。但是，MMWave蜂窝通信仍处于起步阶段，并且迫切需要完全可编程的研究平台，以实现将这些系统带入现实所需的研发。该项目旨在开发一个完全可编程的研究平台，该平台可以通过处理高于25 GHz的频率的毫米波系统进行灵活的实验。该平台的硬件组件将以高折扣的价格向美国的研究人员提供。该硬件的可用性以及免费和开源的实施将使较大的无线网络研究社区从该平台中受益匪浅。该平台涉及将Sibeam的SIBEAM SIL6342梯形阵列天线系统与国家仪器功能强大的PXI系统集成，以创建一个完全可编程和模块化的SDR。该平台将支持1 GHz带宽，并允许以次级微秒精度对段落阵列进行闩锁和定时的数字控制。整个实施将是开源的，并免费提供。此平台将启用许多项目：a）动态频道响起； b）研究梁形成技术； c）设计和测试依赖于光束形成和间歇性的MAC协议； d）研究新的PHY层调制和编码技术； ETC。