Project description Smart components and smart systems integration Show the project objective Hide the project objective SARABAND project aims to take advantage of the Q-band frequency (40,5 to 43,5 GHz) in a cost effective way to provide higher performing and integrated network nodes for wireless backhaul of future mobile radio and last mile access for the digital divide by developing smart antennas and front-end radio modules. The use of millimeter waves, particularly the Q-band where 3GHz bandwidth has been regulated by EU, can bring large capacity with high throughputs, fast deployment, with lightweight and discrete equipment.As mobile operators face increasing density of base stations as well as growing bandwidth requirements backhaul has become the new challenge.To reduce the digital divide and as a complement to the Fiber to the Home, especially where cost to deploy fiber cannot be justified, it is proposed to deliver capacity to enterprises and households over the last miles at much more reasonable cost.High throughputs & capacities can be delivered with GHz bandwidth compact radios with advanced antennas and front ends radios. Performances and cost target will be met with: on the one hand low profile high gain and programmable multi-beam antennas and very high performance miniaturized analogue steerable antennas, on other hand advanced packaged Q-band circuits.Lens antennas are an attractive and inexpensive solution to produce highly shaped radiation patterns. The SARABAND lens shape will be designed in order to transform the feed pattern to the desired radiation pattern. Other very attractive concept proposed in SARABAND for electronic beam steering studies is the Circular Switched Parasitic Array (CSPA) antenna that is proposed as one solution for the agile Q-Band antenna in the repeaters. SARABAND will propose very advance packaging and interconnection process for Q-band radio front-end modules achieving high thermal efficiency performances, high reliability and lifetime and low costs.In this way, Q band wide spectrum and free space attenuation, pattern control of antenna beams, and consumption improvement with integration of smaller chips with better yields lead to low level radiation under 0.1V/m and less energy consumption, making SARABAND a Green Technology.The collaboration of the SARABAND partners will go further by creating state of the art, smart, high gain & agile Q-band antennas with miniaturized Q-band radio head inside. They will associate the latest best performing modems and integrate the products within an IP network with management and traffic shaping on a real environment test bed. The aim is to convince operators of the capabilities of the massive bandwidth available in millimeter, and to present the most cost-efficient and easily deployed wireless backhaul and access networks solutions. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibersengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologymobile radio Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.3.2 - Smart components and smart systems integration Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS Address Avenue des louvresses 4 92230 Gennevilliers France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gwenael GUILMIN (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 345 155,00 Address Hansastrasse 27c 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andrea Zeumann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution € 183 790,00 Address Camino de vera sn edificio 3a 46022 Valencia See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact José Antonio Pérez García (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FIBERNOVA SYSTEMS SL Spain EU contribution € 222 436,00 Address Calle islas canarias num 46023 Valencia See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jacinto Portillo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data HCM.SYSTREL France EU contribution € 150 720,00 Address Avenue joliot-curie 34 zone indistrielle 17180 Perigny See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact BRUNO NAPOLITANO (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data THALES France EU contribution € 441 574,00 Address 4 rue de la verrerie 92190 Meudon See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Régine Ronval (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SYSTREL SAS Participation ended France EU contribution € 74 316,00 Address Avenue du hoggar za de courtaboeuf 9 91940 Les ulis See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact BRUNO NAPOLITANO (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES France EU contribution € 317 212,00 Address Chemin de la huniere 91120 Palaiseau See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact FABRICE BOUST (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ORTEH SPZOO Poland EU contribution € 227 000,00 Address Ul. ilskiego 25 04-479 Warszawa See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maciej Sypek (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data BLUWAN UK LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 348 097,00 Address Berkeley square house berkeley square W1J 6BR London See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Oliver Bosshard (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data