MRI: Development of a mmWave Software Defined Radio Network Testbed for Hybrid Measurement and Emulation

MRI：开发用于混合测量和仿真的毫米波软件定义无线电网络测试台

• 批准号: 1828236
• 负责人: Kapil Dandekar
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828236&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; mmWave; Software; Defined

The largely unregulated and unused millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band is a potential home for new standards and protocols to increase network capacity (especially for a future 5G cellular communication standard). This project builds, deploys, and makes available to the research community a mmWave Software Defined Radio (SDR) network testbed. A pressing need exists for flexible hardware platforms to: (1) Rapidly prototype new mmWave systems that consider not only point to point deployments, but also new multi-link mmWave network architectures;(2) Allow for co-design of antennas, waveforms, and networking algorithms -- a requirement given the unique propagation characteristics of mmWave channel; and (3) Allow for hybrid measurement and emulation to allow real and virtual nodes to co-exist, which would enable scalable studies of new mmWave network architectures. The mmWave SDR network testbed will be a flexible hardware platform that will enable researchers to rapidly prototype new mmWave systems. Through intermediate frequency integration with the Echo Ridge Dynamic Spectrum Environment Emulator (DySE) channel emulator at Drexel and integration with commercial computational electromagnetic simulators, the testbed is expected to enable both over the air prototyping capabilities with commercial and custom antenna technologies as well as evaluation of emulated mmWave networks with customizable combinations of real and simulated nodes. The SDR testbed will consist of 5 Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) X310 SDRs, enhanced with custom built millimeter transceivers designed and built in partnership with National Instruments. The instrument being developed will permit rapid prototyping of new mmWave systems that includes point-to-point deployments and multi-link mmWave network architecture, enabling researchers to test and verify new algorithms and protocols.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

很大程度上不受监管和未使用的毫米波 (mmWave) 频段是新标准和协议的潜在家园，以增加网络容量（尤其是未来的 5G 蜂窝通信标准）。该项目构建、部署并向研究社区提供毫米波软件定义无线电 (SDR) 网络测试台。 迫切需要灵活的硬件平台来：（1）快速构建新的毫米波系统原型，不仅考虑点对点部署，还考虑新的多链路毫米波网络架构；（2）允许共同设计天线、波形、和网络算法——考虑到毫米波信道独特的传播特性的要求； (3) 允许混合测量和仿真，以允许真实和虚拟节点共存，这将使新毫米波网络架构的可扩展研究成为可能。毫米波 SDR 网络测试台将是一个灵活的硬件平台，使研究人员能够快速构建新毫米波系统的原型。 通过与 Drexel 的 Echo Ridge 动态频谱环境仿真器 (DySE) 通道仿真器的中频集成以及与商用计算电磁仿真器的集成，该测试台预计将能够利用商用和定制天线技术实现无线原型设计功能，并评估模拟毫米波网络，具有真实节点和模拟节点的可定制组合。 SDR 测试台将由 5 个通用软件无线电外设 (USRP) X310 SDR 组成，并通过与 National Instruments 合作设计和制造的定制毫米波收发器进行增强。正在开发的仪器将允许快速原型设计新的毫米波系统，包括点对点部署和多链路毫米波网络架构，使研究人员能够测试和验证新的算法和协议。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来获得支持。

项目成果

A Pattern Reconfigurable Conformal mmWave Antenna for 5G Applications

适用于 5G 应用的模式可重构共形毫米波天线

• DOI: 10.1109/aps/ursi47566.2021.9704230
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI
• 作者: Stroh, Antonio;Sigda, Matthew;Carbone, Kevin;Baun, Dillon;Tajin, Md Abu;Bshara, Oday;Pano, Vasil;Dandekar, Kapil R.
• 通讯作者: Dandekar, Kapil R.

Software-Defined Radar Testbed for Multi-Target Tracking

用于多目标跟踪的软件定义雷达测试台

• DOI: 10.1109/radarconf2248738.2022.9764220
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf22
• 作者: Adhikari, Abhishek;Parihar, Sameer;Das, Sujoy;Jacovic, Marko;Trezza, Anthony;Pano, Vasil;Dandekar, Kapil R.
• 通讯作者: Dandekar, Kapil R.

Noncooperative Sub-6GHz Reconfigurable Antenna DoA Estimation to Aid mmWave Analog Beamforming: Algorithm and Measurements

用于辅助毫米波模拟波束成形的非合作 6GHz 以下可重构天线 DoA 估计：算法和测量

• DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3097936
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: IEEE Access
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Bshara, Oday;Pano, Vasil;Tajin, Md Abu Saleh;Rey, Xaime Rivas;Dandekar, Kapil R.
• 通讯作者: Dandekar, Kapil R.

mm Wave Antenna Gain Switching to Mitigate Indoor Blockage

毫米波天线增益切换可缓解室内阻塞

• DOI: 10.1109/apusncursinrsm.2018.8608384
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
• 作者: Bshara, Oday;Liu, Yuqiao;Tekin, Ibrahim;Taskin, Baris;Dandekar, Kapil R.
• 通讯作者: Dandekar, Kapil R.

A 4 by 10 series 60 GHz microstrip array antenna fed by butler matrix for 5G applications

• DOI: 10.1109/wamicon.2018.8363899
• 发表时间: 2018-04
• 期刊: 2018 IEEE 19th Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON)
• 作者: Yuqiao Liu;Oday Bshara;I. Tekin;K. Dandekar