An Information-Theoretic Perspective on Massive Asynchronous Connectivity

Informazioni relative al progetto

MASCOT

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101024432

DOI 10.3030/101024432

Data della firma CE 13 Marzo 2021

Data di avvio 1 Ottobre 2021

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2024

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Costo totale € 263 732,16

Contributo UE € 263 732,16

Coordinato da

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Spain

Descrizione del progetto

Urbanizzazione in aumento, problemi di connettività in arrivo

Secondo il Fondo delle Nazioni Unite per la popolazione, il pianeta sta attraversando la più grande ondata di crescita urbana della storia. Più della metà della popolazione mondiale, circa 7,8 miliardi di persone, attualmente vive in città e metropoli e questo dato è destinato a salire a 5 miliardi entro il 2030. L’urbanizzazione rende necessario il funzionamento intelligente ed efficiente delle città. In questo contesto, il progetto MASCOT, finanziato dall’UE, esaminerà alcuni potenziali problemi legati alla connettività di massa, caratterizzandoli soprattutto dal punto di vista della teoria dell’informazione. I risultati che emergeranno da questa borsa di ricerca Marie Skłodowska-Curie saranno utilizzati per sviluppare linee guida sulla progettazione dei futuri programmi di comunicazione wireless.

Obiettivo

It is expected that in the coming decades the population living in urban areas will increase dramatically. Therefore, the sustainability of our planet depends critically on a smart and energy-efficient operation of cities. Wireless communication technologies arise as one of the main enablers to reach this goal. For example, services and applications such as intelligent transportation, industry automation, and mobile healthcare will require to accommodate a vast number of heterogeneous and battery-limited wireless devices connecting asynchronously and sporadically to the network. This is commonly known as the massive connectivity problem. Since traditional wireless communication technologies were not designed to support this kind of services and applications, there is a need for a profound theoretical study of this problem.

The main objective of MASCOT is to characterize, from an information-theoretic perspective, the fundamental limits and tradeoffs of the asynchronous massive connectivity problem. To this end, I will derive in the outgoing phase at MIT nonasymptotic bounds and asymptotic expansions characterizing these limits. In the return phase at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, I will then explore different strategies to efficiently and accurately compute the nonasymptotic bounds derived at MIT. During the course of the project, I will elaborate guidelines about how future wireless communication schemes must be designed, and I will adapt existing schemes according to these guidelines. The proposed training activities during the fellowship are fundamental for the correct achievements of MASCOT as well as to secure my future career goals.

MASCOT guarantees a two-way transfer of knowledge since it combines my past expertise on elaborating and efficiently evaluating fundamental limits of low-latency wireless communications with the supervisors’ expertise on information theory applied to the massive connectivity problem and asynchronous communications.

Campo scientifico

• social sciences › sociology › industrial relations › automation
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › planets
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology

Parole chiave

• Finite-length information theory
• wireless massive connectivity
• asynchronous communications

Programma(i)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Argomento(i)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

Meccanismo di finanziamento

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinatore

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 263 732,16
• Indirizzo: CALLE MADRID 126 ; 28903 Getafe (Madrid) ; Spagna
• Regione: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Tipo di attività: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Costo totale: € 263 732,16

Partner (1)

Partner

Le organizzazioni partner contribuiscono all’attuazione dell’azione, ma non sottoscrivono l’accordo di sovvenzione.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Stati Uniti

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 0,00
• Indirizzo: MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 77 ; 02139 Cambridge
• Tipo di attività: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Costo totale: € 177 265,92