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Broadband Air Interfaces Cluster (BAI)
Start date
March 2004 (continuation of BAI cluster of FP5)
Scope
The continued increase in demand for all types of wireless services is fuelling the need for higher capacity and data rates. It is clear that provision of these high data rates requires the development of new broadband air interfaces. This has spurred an explosion of research dealing with access techniques and signal processing schemes in order to use efficiently the scarce radio spectrum while providing a good performance so that wireless users enjoy the same quality of service they get used to with wired accesses.
It is likely however that there will not be a single broadband air interface. Although interworking at the network level or at the physical level through reconfigurability is an objective, we will have air interfaces providing high mobility communications, while some will target low mobility and others very short range etc.
Furthermore it is likely that different requirements will arise for the up and downlinks, since even in the context of a specific system (e.g. cellular) various options may still be considered concerning either the multiple access technique (DS-CDMA, MC-CDMA, OFDM , .) or the related signal processing techniques.
Objectives
Such an openness and diversity concerning the future wireless systems has led to a significant amount of research either within IST or at a worldwide level. This cluster aims to compare and discuss the results obtained by the different IST projects dealing with physical level techniques. A result might be a clarification about their merits and weaknesses and then help to understand what should be the preferential applications for the different access and signal processing techniques studied.
Deliverables
- Produce B3G-SA Cluster Report releases to consolidate results of IST B3G networking research activities
- Recommendations to EU programmes on B3G systems
Reports and Papers
Meetings and Workshops
Future Meetings
- 2nd B3G-SA Informal Cluster meeting (29 Jun 04) at IST Mobile and Wireless Summit, Lyon, France
- 3rd B3G-SA Cluster meeting (22 Sep 04) at 2nd Concertation meeting (22 Sep 04)
- 4th B3G-SA Cluster meeting (8 Dec 04) at 3rd Concertation meeting (7-8 Dec 04)
Previous Meetings
FP6
FP5
- Brussels 9.12.2003
- Aveiro 17.06.03
- Brussels 17.09.03
- Brussels 12.03.03
- Brussels 10-11.12.02
Website
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Contact persons
Contact person of the cluster
Sylvie MAYRARGUE CEA-LETI
DCIS/ASTI
17 rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble Cedex 9
France
Tel: +33 04 38 78 62 42
Email: Sylvie Mayrargue
Contact person of the cluster
Rémy BAYOU
BU29 3/83
1049 Bruxelles
Tel: +32 (0)2 229 96091
Email: Rémy Bayou