Project description
The Network of the Future
MIMAX aims at developing of a pervasive, low-power consuming and low-cost MIMO network platform with reliable data-rate of up to 100 Mb/s in environments with strong multipath and coverage ranges up to several hundred meters. The current state-of-the-art performs the combining and processing of the complex antenna signal in the baseband. Since complete transmitter and receiver paths are required for each path, the resulting power consumption and costs of the conventional MIMO approach limit applications for ubiquitous networks. MIMAX significantly decreases the hardware complexity by applying a novel MIMO topology, which performs the complex weighting and combining of the antenna signals in the RF/LO front-end. The required front-end including phase and amplitude control elements will be implemented in low-cost BiCMOS technology. Novel topologies are applied to solve the challenges concerning phase and amplitude control accuracy, reliability and power consumption. Moreover, novel opportunistic MIMO approaches with single antenna path in the receiver and time-multiplexed signal combining will be studied.
The platform will be implemented on basis of existing WLAN standards. Further goals of the project comprise the development of baseband signal processing and MIMO control units including MAC aspects, antenna arrays and smart MIMO algorithms. To verify the developments, reconfigurable demonstrator platforms will be designed and tested.
MIMAX combines the complementary competences of 1 large research institution, 3 small and medium sized enterprises and 2 universities from 4 EU countries, and is managed by a team with profound experiences regarding EU projects.
Supported by marketing studies, the involved industry partners will exploit the results for multimedia streaming, television via internet, health applications and sensor networks. MIMAX will contribute to the enhancement, standardisation and benchmarking for integrated MIMO WLAN systems in Europe.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering signal processing
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FP7-ICT-2007-1
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Coordinator
01069 DRESDEN
Germany
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