NSERC / Ultra Electronics TCS Industrial Research Chair in High Performance Wireless Emergency and Tactical Communications

NSERC / Ultra Electronics TCS 高性能无线应急和战术通信工业研究主席

• 批准号: 386908-2014
• 负责人: Gagnon, François
• 金额: $ 14.42万
• 依托单位: École de technologie supérieure
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=651355
• 关键词: NSERC; Ultra; Electronics; TCS; Industrial

Wireless communications are not only a fundamental part of modern society, they are key to modern public**safety and humanitarian missions. Whether it is a video feed monitoring a collapsing infrastructure, a satellite**image for up-coming local weather conditions or thousands of voice links to coordinate interventions,**communications improves situational awareness and permits to save more lives. In many emergency situations,**the communication infrastructure is overloaded, or completely out of order. Ultra Electronics TCS and ÉTS**have developed, over more than 18 years, a best in class wireless technology enabling the efficient deployment**of a reliable broadband infrastructure. The first worldwide software defined radio as a product, introduced by**Ultra Electronics in 1999, became the market leader, a leadership maintained by continuous improvements and**research.**Such systems are required in disaster response, which, by nature, involves deployment in unpredicted**situations. Since the ÉTS-Ultra Electronics collaboration's inception, Ultra's wireless systems evolved by**hundred-fold factors in data rate and flexibility, but also in terms of functionality. They are highly adaptable,**cognitive schemes enabled, MIMO, OFDMA and, in their latest incarnation, capable of Ad-Hoc HetNets for**terrestrial, overwater or airborne broadband communications. In the chair program, students are involved in the**creation of leading edge knowledge as a foundation to next generation wireless systems. The research program**addresses 4 strategic objectives: 1) Stability and convergence analysis of heterogeneous networks in mostly**unpredictable situations, 2) Wireless signal analysis for spectrum awareness, 3) Development of performance**improvement strategies for unconventional scenarios, and 4) Development of security and link availability**enhancement mechanisms under harsh conditions. This new proposed research program capitalizes on the**previous Chair program to maximize full reach of the results' potential.

无线通信不仅是现代社会的基本组成部分，而且是现代公共**安全和人道主义任务的关键，无论是监控倒塌基础设施的视频馈送，还是针对即将发生的当地天气状况的卫星**图像。通过语音链接来协调干预，**通信可以提高态势感知能力并可以挽救更多生命，**通信基础设施已超载，或完全失灵。超过18年，最好的**Ultra Electronics 于 1999 年推出的首款全球软件定义无线电产品，通过一流的无线技术实现了可靠、高效的宽带基础设施的部署，并成为市场领导者，这一领先地位通过不断的改进和**研究得以保持。 **灾难响应需要此类系统，从本质上讲，灾难响应涉及在不可预测的**情况下进行部署。自 ETS-Ultra Electronics 合作开始以来，Ultra 的无线系统在数据速率和性能方面发生了数百倍的发展。它们具有高度适应性，**支持认知方案、MIMO、OFDMA，并且在其最新版本中，能够用于**地面、水上或机载宽带通信。在该项目中，学生参与**前沿知识的创建，作为下一代无线系统的基础。该研究项目**解决 4 个战略目标：1) 异构网络的稳定性和收敛分析。主要是**不可预测的情况，2）用于频谱感知的无线信号分析，3）针对非常规场景制定性能**改进策略，以及4）在恶劣条件下开发安全性和链路可用性**增强机制。利用**前任主席计划，最大限度地发挥成果的潜力。