Descripción del proyecto
Superación de los límites del rendimiento de internet móvil
Dado que el mundo depende cada vez más de internet móvil, es crucial mejorar su rendimiento. A pesar de los avances, se necesitan nuevos paradigmas que conduzcan a una mayor eficiencia espectral, así como organizaciones de red inteligentes para seguir el ritmo del continuo crecimiento de los datos móviles. En el proyecto PERFUME, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, se abordarán estas limitaciones. En concreto, el equipo del proyecto pretende revolucionar internet móvil aprovechando las capacidades de los propios dispositivos. Propone transformar los dispositivos en nodos computacionales distribuidos que puedan resolver conjuntamente problemas multiagente y maximizar así el rendimiento de la red mediante la explotación de las capacidades locales de medición e intercambio de información. Este planteamiento, que se aparta del modelo tradicional centrado en la red, permitirá que los dispositivos sean inteligentes y no sean intrusivos, lo que se traducirá en mejoras significativas del rendimiento de internet móvil.
Objetivo
Advances in theory, integration techniques and standardization have led to huge progress in wireless technologies. Despite successes with past and current (5G) research, new paradigms leading to greater spectral efficiencies and intelligent network organizations will be in great demand to absorb the continuous growth in mobile data. Our ability to respond suitably to this challenge in the next decade will ensure sustained competitiveness in the digital economy.
With few exceptions such as ad-hoc topologies, classical wireless design places the radio device under the tight control of the network. Promising technologies envisioned in 5G such as (i) Coordinated MultiPoint (CoMP) techniques, (ii) Massive MIMO, or (ii) Millimeter-wave (MMW) by-and-large abide by this model. Pure network-centric designs, such as optical cloud-supported ones raise cost and security concerns and do not fit all deployment scenarios. Also they make the network increasingly dependent on a large amount of signaling and device-created measurements.
Our project envisions a radically new approach to designing the mobile internet, which taps into the device’s new capabilities. Our approach recasts devices as distributed computational nodes solving together multi-agent problems, allowing to maximize the network performance by exploiting local measurement and information exchange capabilities. The success of the project relies on the understanding of new information theory limits for systems with decentralized information, the development of novel device communication methods, and advanced team-based statistical signal processing algorithms.
The potential gains associated with exploiting the devices’ collective, network friendly, intelligence are huge. The project will demonstrate long-term impact of the new paradigm, in pushing the frontiers of mobile internet performance, as well as short- to mid-term impact through its adaptation to currently known communications scenarios and techniques.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantInstitución de acogida
06410 Biot
Francia