CNS Core: Small: Towards MIMO Power Line Communication for Scalability, Coverage and High Data Rate

CNS 核心：小型：迈向 MIMO 电力线通信，实现可扩展性、覆盖范围和高数据速率

• 批准号: 2007581
• 负责人: Kannan Srinivasan
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2007581&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNS; Core; Small; Towards; MIMO

This project exploits ubiquitous powerlines to enable high data rate communication by allowing multiple devices to send / receive data simultaneously; currently, only one device can send / receive data at a given time. This technology is attractive in that it leverages existing power line plant and can work with existing wireless access points to improve reliability, coverage and data rate. It has deep implications for existing internet technologies. It can be used as a backbone network for existing wireless access points to share coordination information, control and data to significantly improve wireless network reliability and data rate. The research outcome from this project is useful not only to the networking community, but also to powerline researchers, Internet service providers and Internet device manufacturers. The proposed work can also enable Internet service in remote rural areas where there is no cellular and cable internet service. If successful, it will be the first project to demonstrate a scalable powerline communication technology that allows multiple devices to send and receive data simultaneously.The goal of this project is to demonstrate multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) techniques on powerlines. Preliminary observations of the spatial independence of channels suggests that MU-MIMO is feasible. The project will build a new wideband coupler that will interface a software-defined radio with the powerline. It will characterize the powerline channel and study its impact on spatial independence. It will study the transients and noise observed on the powerline from high-power appliances, and their impact on the proposed techniques. It will also test the scalability of the architecture as the number of users increases. The project will perform experiments in a variety of environments such as homes, offices, schools and warehouses. This project has the potential to enable Internet service in remote rural areas where there is no cellular and cable internet service. The project plans to develop new pedagogical methods to enhance the participation of underrepresented groups at the undergraduate level, and a middle-school summer curriculum that introduces wireless technology to those groups.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.

该项目利用无处不在的电力线，通过允许多个设备同时发送/接收数据来实现高数据速率通信；目前，在给定时间只有一台设备可以发送/接收数据。该技术的吸引力在于它利用现有的电力线设备，并可以与现有的无线接入点配合使用，以提高可靠性、覆盖范围和数据速率。它对现有的互联网技术具有深远的影响。它可以用作现有无线接入点的骨干网络，共享协调信息、控制和数据，从而显着提高无线网络的可靠性和数据速率。该项目的研究成果不仅对网络社区有用，而且对电力线研究人员、互联网服务提供商和互联网设备制造商也有用。拟议的工作还可以在没有蜂窝和有线互联网服务的偏远农村地区提供互联网服务。如果成功，这将是第一个演示可扩展电力线通信技术的项目，该技术允许多个设备同时发送和接收数据。该项目的目标是演示多用户多输入多输出（MU-MIMO）技术在电力线上。对信道空间独立性的初步观察表明MU-MIMO是可行的。该项目将构建一个新的宽带耦合器，将软件定义的无线电与电力线连接起来。 它将描述电力线通道的特征并研究其对空间独立性的影响。它将研究在大功率电器的电力线上观察到的瞬态和噪声，及其对所提出技术的影响。随着用户数量的增加，它还将测试架构的可扩展性。该项目将在家庭、办公室、学校和仓库等多种环境中进行实验。该项目有潜力为没有蜂窝和有线互联网服务的偏远农村地区提供互联网服务。该项目计划开发新的教学方法，以提高本科阶段代表性不足群体的参与度，并制定中学暑期课程，向这些群体介绍无线技术。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，经评估认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

Grid MIMO: Exploiting Spatiality of Power Line Infrastructure for MIMO

网格 MIMO：利用电力线基础设施的空间进行 MIMO

• DOI: 10.1109/percomworkshops56833.2023.10150400
• 发表时间: 2023-03
• 期刊: IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom
• 作者: Sun, Wei;Chen, Bo;Yenamandra, Vivek;Srinivasan, Kannan
• 通讯作者: Srinivasan, Kannan