Digitally-assisted analog/RF circuits for enhancing the performance of 5G millimeter-wave massive MIMO transceivers

用于增强 5G 毫米波大规模 MIMO 收发器性能的数字辅助模拟/射频电路

• 批准号: 479260-2015
• 负责人: Boumaiza, Slim
• 金额: $ 14.05万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=641865
• 关键词: Digitally; assisted; analog; RF; circuits

In the digital society of the future, experts predict that over 50 billion devices will be equipped with sensing, communication, and processing capabilities, forming the "Internet of Things." In addition, mobile network traffic will increase dramatically (up to 1000 fold growth by 2020). Radically different paradigms will be required by the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to define, conceptualize, design, and realize low cost, power efficient communication devices, access and backhaul infrastructure, and network topologies: fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies. 5G will enable applications that transcend traditional mobile wireless communication, with significant impacts on Canadian lives and the economy.Network densification will be key to realizing greater throughput, quality of experience and reliability for 5G, but will require the integration of multi-antenna technologies into base stations to reach its full potential. Base station technology will need to incorporate multi-functional, adaptive and highly integrated millimeter-wave massive multiple-input multiple-output beamforming transceivers. This project will investigate innovative strategies and techniques critical to the development of viable 5G transceiver hardware which will need to be incredibly power efficient, low cost and of small size as required by the diverse 5G use-cases identified to date, making transceiver design an exceedingly challenging task. Given the unprecedented level of complexity of the problem, it is of strategic importance to begin research immediately to ensure that Canada retains a scientific and economic edge. Skyworks and BlackBerry, our private sector partners, have assigned leading technical teams to work on this project. Reaping the benefits of this research within 5 to 7 years will coincide with the worldwide standardization of 5G, and will produce uniquely trained, highly qualified personnel to advance Canada's ICT sector at a critical time.

在未来的数字社会中，专家预测，超过500亿个设备将配备传感，沟通和处理能力，从而形成“物联网”。此外，移动网络流量将大大增加（到2020年，最高1000倍的增长）。信息和通信技术（ICT）部门将要求截然不同的范式来定义，概念化，设计和实现低成本，电力有效的通信设备，访问和回程基础架构以及网络拓扑：第五生（5G）无线技术。 5G将启用超越传统移动无线通信的应用程序，对加拿大生活和经济产生重大影响。网络致密化将是实现更大的吞吐量，经验质量和5G的可靠性的关键，但需要将多端技术技术集成到基地站点以达到其全部潜力。基站技术将需要结合多功能，自适应和高度集成的毫米波大量多输入多输出波束成形收发器。该项目将调查对可行5G收发器硬件开发至关重要的创新策略和技术，这些硬件将需要具有令人难以置信的功率高效，低成本和小规模，而迄今为止确定的5G用例要求，这使收发器设计成为极具挑战性的任务。鉴于问题的复杂性水平是前所未有的，立即开始研究以确保加拿大保持科学和经济优势至关重要。 Skyworks和我们的私营部门合作伙伴Blackberry分配了领先的技术团队来从事该项目。在5至7年内获得这项研究的好处将与5G的全球标准化相吻合，并将产生受过独特的训练，高素质的人员，以在关键时刻促进加拿大的ICT行业。