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Recent Research Projects
See below for some selected recent research projects.
mmWave Communications in the Built Environments
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Novel type of Terahertz Devices (Notedev)
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mmWave Communications in the Built Environment
Contact: Professor Sana Salous
Project Overview
Wavecomb is a MSCA-ITN-EID Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project, funded by the European Union’s reference programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training, starting October 2017 and ending September 21.
The foreseen exponential growth of mobile data traffic will not be uniform across geographical areas, but is mainly concentrated in hot spots that are usually located in the built environments (BEs) such as central business districts, stations, airports, stadiums, dense urban environments, etc. This poses considerable challenges that we believe can be solved by ultra dense deployment of millimetre-wave (mmW) small-cells (SCs) in conjunction with massive multiple-input multipleoutput (MIMO) in 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) wireless networks. However, there are a number of research challenges that need to be addressed for a successful deployment of 5G/B5G wireless networks: even if the theoretical background of massive MIMO is by now rather complete, the actual performance characterization and measurements of mmW antenna arrays has not yet been fully addressed at either the component or system level; mmW radio channel measurements have been performed but with limited time delay resolution, single antennas and over single radio links; and mmW bands have been considered for mobile communications, but the level of detail and diversity of BEs necessary for meaningful mmW SC deployment has not been fully exploited. Therefore, the team combines three disruptive key enabling technologies for 5G/B5G with the aim to answer fundamental questions that are still not well understood.
For more information visit the webpage of the consortium
Or visit the funding page here: mmWave Communications in the Built Environments | WAVECOMBE | Project | Fact sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission
Novel type of Terahertz Devices (Notedev)
Contact: Professor Andrew Gallant
Project Overview
Notedev is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network that aims to tackle the terahertz gap. A consortium of leading European Universities and industrial partners are collaborating to conduct research and to train young physicists and device engineers in this field.
Terahertz sources and detectors have powerful potential for applications in biology, medicine, security and non-destructive testing. Some devices are currently in operation, but to benefit from the full potential of Terahertz frequencies there is an urgent need for developments in efficient, cheap, reliable, scalable and portable THz devices.
By developing a range of technologies across one network it will be possible to compare performance of devices across a range of variables such as bandwidth, operating temperature and stability. As a result the fellows employed by the network will gain a broad training across terahertz technology, and the commercial viability of any resulting devices will be optimised.
Find out more information about the research project here.