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New RAN TEchniques for 5G UltrA-dense Mobile networks

Project description

Training in research, communication and standardisation activities for 5G networks

Heterogeneous networks are important to ensure the success of 5G networks. They consist of fixed location base stations/small cells, with a different range and connection type to the mobile network operator. The EU-funded TeamUp5G project will focus on ultra-dense small cell systems as an essential component in future heterogeneous 5G mobile networks. Considering this technology requires highly specialised researchers, the project will train 15 young researchers in standardisation activities and communications skills. The project will harmonise mobile broadband and IoT applications and traffic, and analyse the newly developed techniques by simulation and prototyping. TeamUp5G intends to enhance system capacity, decrease delay and energy consumption, and improve overall service quality to save energy.

Objective

In TeamUp5G we believe that motivation from involvement and engagement is key to learning. We want to place creative young researchers in front of the real world, enabling them to work on real-life technical issues, working across multiple European countries and organizations, presenting at workshops in front of industrial users/stakeholders, and becoming involved in standardization activities. We also want to provide them with communications skills, the ability to work in groups and an understanding of integrity and ethics in research. The project focus is ultra-dense small cell systems as an important component in future heterogeneous 5G networks (commercial deployment in 2020) and beyond. TeamUp5G considers aspects such as enhanced multi-antenna techniques, efficient backhaul/fronthaul, massive MIMO, communications in the millimetre-wave bands and visible light communications, as well as spectrum sharing and aggregation to enhance system capacity, decrease delay and energy consumption, and improve overall service quality. The research team of 15 young researches supervised by committed experts from the industry and academia will advance the state of the art with the design of novel physical/link/medium access control algorithms and protocols to enhance capacity and user satisfaction, new dynamic spectrum management, opportunistic optimisation of radio resources and cognitive radio techniques, together with self-organization capabilities, with different levels of collaboration, and techniques and methodologies to save energy. Both mobile broadband and internet of things applications and traffic will be harmonised. The new developed techniques will be analysed by simulation and prototyping and some show-cases (immersive video, drones) will be developed to illustrate the novelty and applicability of our ideas. The consortium will train the young researchers on how to contribute and will actively participate in the activities of standardization bodies.

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Net EU contribution
€ 752 714,64
Address
CALLE MADRID 126
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Total cost
€ 752 714,64

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