Collaborative Research: FuSe: Collaborative Optically Disaggregated Arrays of Extreme-MIMO Radio Units (CODAeMIMO)

合作研究：FuSe：Extreme-MIMO 无线电单元的协作光学分解阵列 (CODAeMIMO)

• 批准号: 2328946
• 负责人: Milos Popovic
• 金额: $ 47万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2328946&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; FuSe; Optically; Disaggregated

NonTechnical:This research aims to create a new set of technologies enabling collaborative optically disaggregated extreme multiple input multiple output (CODAeMIMO) high-capacity communication and high-fidelity sensing systems. The researched technology stack spans novel cell-free collaborative extreme MIMO algorithms and communication infrastructure concepts enabled by new optically disaggregated array architectures, to electronic-photonic links and new fundamental circuit and device components – all optimized to enable the required communication and sensing system scalability. The research explores the design of future dense, large-scale extreme MIMO communications and sensing platforms, enabling significant advances in the array power, size and signal fidelity/processing capability, by designing electronic-photonic systems-on-chip (EPSoCs) that enable direct connection of mm-wave signals from antenna arrays to the central processing hub nodes. The EPSoCs enable inexpensive, collaborative, disaggregated arrays in a new cell-free architecture paving the way to a new generation of communication systems with significantly higher spectrum utilization, through larger number of users and higher spatial utilization. This collaborative multi-disciplinary work will educate a unique crop of engineers and scientists that cross the boundaries of communication systems design for mm-wave, extreme MIMO and large-scale phase-array beamformers, and electronic-photonic systems and devices, which are in severe demand for building advanced next-generation wireless systems. The Principal Investigators have an established track record of direct engagement with high-school students providing summer internships at Berkeley Wireless Research Center and exemplary undergraduate research activities at Boston University. The goal is to utilize these exciting research directions with big social impact outcomes to attract underrepresented students to undergraduate education in engineering. The educational and outreach activities will ensure early exposure and continued training of new generation of leaders in this field, from K-12, through undergraduate and graduate studies, and continuing workforce education, with special focus on underrepresented students.This research approach will utilize advanced monolithic electronics-photonics integration in a single RF photonic EPSoC in advanced high-volume manufacturing platforms like 45nm SOI CMOS. At the core of the researched approach is the demonstration of mm-wave electronic-photonic integrated circuit functions. At the device level, the approach will demonstrate efficient “photonic molecule” electro-optic modulators based on coupled active silicon microrings, which provide electro-optic signal conversion efficiencies 15-50dB higher than conventional silicon photonic microring (and Mach-Zehnder) modulators. The goal of the effort is to develop the advanced photonic and circuit components for the researched antenna-to-photons link architecture as well as provide an experimental demonstration of the researched wavelength-division multiplexed analog photonic link prototype featuring the advanced photonic components and mm-wave circuits specifically tuned and monolithically integrated with these photonic components. The effort will also produce scalable device and link models correlated with the experimental data to enable engineering of larger array prototypes and development of collaborative, distributed extreme MIMO algorithms and system-level architectures.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.

非技术性：这项研究旨在创建一组新的技术，以实现协作性脱落的极端多重输入多重输出（Codaemimo）高容量通信和高保真敏感性系统。研究的技术堆栈跨越了新型的无细胞协作极端MIMO算法和通信基础架构概念，由新的光学上脱落的阵列体系结构启用，到电子光功能链路以及新的基本电路和设备组件 - 所有这些都进行了优化，以启用所需的通信和敏感性系统可伸缩性。该研究探讨了未来密集的，大规模的极端MIMO通信和敏感性平台的设计，从而通过设计芯片（EPSOCS）（EPSOCS）的电子功能，尺寸和信号保真度/处理能力的阵列功率，大小和信号忠诚度/处理能力，从而启用从安妮娜（Antenna）驱动器的MM-Wave信号直接连接到Antenna Arrays到中心处理的Hub Hub Nodes。 EPSOC在新的无单元架构中启用了廉价，协作的，分开的阵列，该数组通过大量的用户和较高的空间利用来粘贴到新一代的通信系统，并具有明显较高的频谱利用率。这项合作的多学科工作将教育一系列独特的工程师和科学家，这些工程师和科学家跨越了MM波，极端MIMO和大规模的相位阵列界限器，以及电子光功能系统和设备，这些系统和设备对建立高级下一代无线系统的需求都有严重需求。首席调查人员拥有与高中生直接互动的既定记录，该学生在伯克利无线研究中心和波士顿大学的范例本科研究活动中提供暑期实习。目的是利用这些激动人心的研究指示，具有巨大的社会影响成果，以吸引代表性不足的学生在工程领域的代表性不足的教育。教育和宣传活动将确保早期接触并继续培训该领域的新一代领导者，从K-12到本科和研究生学习以及持续的劳动力教育，并特别关注代表性不足的学生。这项研究方法将采用高级整体式电子学 - 电位 - 光能 - 光电量的高级epsocim in Cathed Advance Epsoce in Advanced Epsios in Advanced Epsios in Advanced Hifductors in Advanced Hightemoss in Hightersoss consem swordm of 45 45 45。研究方法的核心是MM-WAVE电子光综合电路函数的演示。在设备级别上，该方法将基于耦合的有源硅微接口证明有效的“光子分子”电容调节剂，该微调可提供比传统的硅光子微孔（和Mach-Zehhnnder）调节器高的电信号转换效率15-50dB。努力的目的是为研究的天线到仪链接结构开发高级光子和电路组件，并提供了研究的波长多路复用模拟光子光子链接的实验演示，该链接具有高级光子组件和MM-Wave Circit，并与这些光电素组合在一起。这项工作还将产生与实验数据相关的可扩展设备和链接模型，以实现更大的阵列原型的工程，并开发协作，分布式极端的MIMO算法和系统级架构。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia criperia rection the take the奖项。