Terahertz technology for ultra-broadband and ultra-wideband operation of backhaul and fronthaul links in systems with SDN management of network and radio resources

Project Information

TERAWAY

Grant agreement ID: 871668

DOI 10.3030/871668

Project closed

EC signature date 28 October 2019

Start date 1 November 2019

End date 31 August 2023

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost € 5 999 498,88

EU contribution € 5 999 498,75

Coordinated by

EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON
Greece

Deliverables

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Field trial of TERAWAY system: Demonstration scenario and experimental results

The deliverable will be a full report on the execution of the fieldtrial including analysis of results and main conclusions

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Availability of TERAWAY website, social media accounts and promotion video

The document will report on the preparation of the project website, presenting its structure and initial content. It will also report on the setting up of TERAWAY accounts in popular social media and finally it will provide details of the promotion video of the project that will be prepared for the general public.

Project announcement (Project fact-sheet, presentation and press-releases)

The document will report on the preparation of basic material for the announcement of TERAWAY project to the general public through the official tools of the EC and the dissemination channels of the consortium partners

Documents, reports (1)

Project final report

The report is a concluding summary describing the objectives conducted work outcomes as well as the impact achieved within the active period of the TERAWAY project

Publications

Conference proceedings (20)

High-speed Terahertz PIN Photodiode with WR-3 Rectangular Waveguide Output

Author(s): Muhsin Ali, Luis Enrique Garcia-Munoz, Simon Nellen, Bjorn Globisch, Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Issue 8-13 November 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-7281-6620-9
Publisher: IEEE, The International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz46771.2020.9370781

Hybrid Polymer THz Receiver PIC with Waveguide Integrated Photoconductive Antenna: Concept and 1st Characterization Results

Author(s): Tianwen Qian, Milan Deumer, Y Durvasa Gupta, Simon Nellen, Ben Schuler, Hauke Conradi, Martin Kresse, Jakob Reck, Klara Mihov, Moritz Kleinert, Madeleine Weigel, Crispin Zawadzki, David de Felipe, Björn Globisch, Moritz Baier, Norbert Keil, Martin Schell
Published in: 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), Issue 6-10 March 2022, 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-7012-4
Publisher: OPTICA Publishing group
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2022.w3d.6

Waveguide-integrated photoconductive THz receivers

Author(s): Milan Deumer; Simon Nellen; Steffen Breuer; Robert B. Kohlhaas; Lauri Schwenson; Konstantin Wenzel; Lars Liebermeister; Martin Schell; Björn Globisch
Published in: 2022 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Issue 26 September 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-7281-9427-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz50927.2022.9895580

Channel Characterization at Sub-THz Band with Measurements and Ray Tracing in Indoor Case

Author(s): Muhammad Usman Sheikh, Muhsin Ali, Guillermo Carpintero, Kalle Ruttik, Edward Mutafungwa, Riku Jantti
Published in: 2023 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Issue 22 February 2023, 2023, Page(s) 178-183, ISBN 978-1-6654-6268-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icoin56518.2023.10048904

Purely photonic wireless link at 120 GHz carrier frequency enabled by heterodyne detection with a photoconductive antenna

Author(s): Milan Deumer, Oliver Stiewe, Simon Nellen, Robert B. Kohlhaas, Robert Elschner, Colja Schubert, Ronald Freund, Martin Schell
Published in: Proceedings Volume 12420, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XVI; 1242005 (2023), Issue 13 March 2023, 2023, Page(s) 1-5
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2649256

Analysis of Drone Propagation With Ray Tracing From Sub-6 GHz Upto Terahertz Frequencies in a Real World Urban Environment

Author(s): Muhammad Usman Sheikh, Kalle Ruttik, Norshaida Saba, Edward Mutafungwa, Riku Jantti, Jyri Hamalainen
Published in: 2021 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Issue 02 February 2021, 2021, Page(s) 169-174, ISBN 978-1-7281-9101-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icoin50884.2021.9333892

Power Angular Measurements and Ray Tracing Simulations at Sub-THz Frequencies in Corridor

Author(s): Muhammad Usman Sheikh; Muhsin Ali; Guillermo Carpintero; Kalle Ruttik; Edward Mutafungwa; Riku Jäntti
Published in: 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Issue 10-13 April 2022, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6565896

X-Haul Solutions for Different Functional Split Options Using THz and Sub-THz Bands

Author(s): Muhammad Usman Sheikh, Kalle Ruttik, Edward Mutafungwa, Riku Jäntti, Jyri Hämäläinen, Eduardo Yusta Padilla
Published in: MobiWac '22: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access, Issue 22 October 2022, 2022, Page(s) 47–53, ISBN 9781450394802
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3551660.3560921

SDN-enabled terahertz x-haul network

Author(s): Jose Costa-Requena, Chartsias Konstantinos, Kritharidis Dimitrios, Abraham Afriyie, Nicola Carapellese, Eduardo Yusta Padilla
Published in: 2021 28th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Issue 1-3 June 2021, 2021, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-6654-1376-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ict52184.2021.9511544

Photonic Integrated Circuits for 5G-and-Beyond Networks: Enabling the mmWave Band and Beyond with InP-based Photomixers in Integrated Transceivers

Author(s): Efstathios Andrianopoulos, Milan Deumer, Tianwen Qian, Nikolaos Lyras, Simon Nellen, Evangelos Pikasis, Georgia Ntouni, Eleftherios Loghis, Elias Tsirbas, David de Felipe, Panos Groumas, Christos Tsokos, Maria Massaouti, Christos Kouloumentas, Dimitrios Kritharidis, Robert B. Kohlhaas, Norbert Keil, Martin Schell, Hercules Avramopoulos
Published in: Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems XII, SPIE 2023, Issue 15 March 2023, 2023, Page(s) 7-16
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2648079

Cascaded directional coupler-based polarization splitter/combiner on commercial silicon photonics integration platform

Author(s): Spanidou, Kalliopi; Orbe Nava, Luis Jorge; González Guerrero, Luis; Hermann, Dan; Carpintero del Barrio, Guillermo
Published in: Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII, SPIE, Issue 17 March 2023, 2023, Page(s) 21-24
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2649958

Terahertz Band Data Communications using Dielectric Rod Waveguide

Author(s): Muhsin Ali; Jonas Tebart; Alejandro Rivera-Lavado; Dmitri Lioubtchenko; Luis Enrique Garcia-Muñoz; Andreas Stöhr; Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, Issue 6-10 March 2022, 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-7012-4
Publisher: OPTICA Publishing group
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2022.W1H.5

Photonic Assisted Beam Steering Enabled by Hybrid Integration of InP-based Antenna Array and Polymer-based Optical Phased Array

Author(s): . Nellen, T. Qian, G. Schwanke, S. Lauck, D. de Felipe, M. Kleinert, M. Deumer, M. Baier, R. Kohlhaas, L. Liebermeister, N. Keil, M. Schell, B. Globisch
Published in: 2022 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, Issue 26 September 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-7281-9427-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz50927.2022.9895702

Millimetre-wave Photonic Emitter Featuring a PIN-PD with WR-12 Output

Author(s): Muhsin Ali, Guillermo Carpintero, Takashi Tomura, Jiro Hirokawa, Simon Nellen, Björn Globisch
Published in: 2021 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP), Issue 15-17 November 2021, 2021, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-6654-2611-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mwp53341.2021.9639424

Photonic Integrated Circuits for Terahertz Communication: The Hybrid Integrated Microwave Photonic approach

Author(s): Guillermo Carpintero, Luis González, Robinson Guzmán, Muhsin Ali, David de Felipe, Tianwen Qian, Norbert Keil, Robert Grootjans, Chris Roeloffzen
Published in: Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021, Issue 6-10 June 2021, 2021, Page(s) F4F.4, ISBN 978-1-943580-86-6
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5638278

SDN-Enabled THz Wireless X-Haul for B5G

Author(s): Jose Costa-Requena, Abraham Afriyie, Chartsias Panteleimon Konstantinos, Karasoula Eleni, Kritharidis Dimitrios, Nicola Carapellese, Eduardo Yusta Padilla
Published in: 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), Issue 8-11 June 2021, 2021, Page(s) 211-216, ISBN 978-1-6654-1526-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482494

InP-Si3N4 Hybrid Integrated Optical Source for High-purity Mm-wave Communications

Author(s): Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero; Robinson Guzman; Muhsin Ali; Jessica Cesar Cuello; Devika Dass; Colm Browning; Liam Barry; Ilka Visscher; Robert Grootjans; Chris G. H. Roeloffzen; Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), Issue 6-10 March 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-6654-7012-4
Publisher: OPTICA Publishing group
DOI: 10.1364/OFC.2022.W3D.7

A Wideband Ultra-Low Current Noise Transimpedance Amplifier for Ultrafast Wideband THz Communication

Author(s): Tanjil Shivan; Maruf Hossain; Ralf Doerner; Hady Yacoub; Bradly Snyder; Zerihun Tegegne; Milan Deumer; Simon Nellen; David de Felipe Mesquida; Wolfgang Heinrich; Viktor Krozer
Published in: 24th International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON) 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-83-956020-3-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7341039

Assembly of mobile 5G transceiver based on photonic motherboard

Author(s): Bradley W. Snyder, Zerihun G. Tegegne, Nienke Nijenhuis, Tianwen Qian, David de Felipe, Simon Nellen, Milan Deumer, Y. Durvasa Gupta, Moritz Baier, Björn Globisch, Norbert Keil, Joost Van Kerkhof
Published in: Photonics West 2022, Issue 25 - 27 January 2022, 2022
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2616674

Photonics-based transceivers for THz communications and sensors

Author(s): Nellen, Simon; Deumer, Milan; Lauck, Sebastian; Liebermeister, Lars; Ducournau, Guillaume; Globisch, Bjorn
Published in: 2021 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP), Issue 15-17 Nov. 2021, 2021, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-6654-2611-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mwp53341.2021.9639426

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Widely Tunable RF Signal Generation Using an InP/Si3N4 Hybrid Integrated Dual-Wavelength Optical Heterodyne Source

Author(s): Robinson Guzman; Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero; Alberto Zarzuelo; Jessica Cesar Cuello; Muhsin Ali; Ilka Visscher; Robert Grootjans; Jorn P. Epping; Chris G. H. Roeloffzen; Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 10 May 2021, 2021, Page(s) 7664 - 7671, ISSN 1558-2213
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2021.3078508

Photonic Sub-Terahertz IM Links: Comparison Between Double and Single Carrier Modulation

Author(s): Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero, Muhsin Ali, Robinson Guzman, Horacio Lamela, Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 15 September 2022, 2022, Page(s) 6064-6070, ISSN 1558-2213
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2022.3188559

True Time Delay Optical Beamforming Network Based on Hybrid InP-Silicon Nitride Integration

Author(s): Christos Tsokos, Efstathios Andrianopoulos, Adam Raptakis, Nikolaos Lyras, Lefteris Gounaridis, Panos Groumas, Roelof Bernardus Timens, Ilka Visscher, Robert Grootjans, Lennart S. Wevers, Dimitri Geskus, Edwin J. Klein, Hercules Avramopoulos, Rene G. Heideman, Christos Kouloumentas, Chris G. H. Roeloffzen
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 18 June 2021, 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 0733-8724
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2021.3089881

Photonic-enabled beam steering at 300 GHz using a photodiode-based antenna array and a polymer-based optical phased array

Author(s): Simon Nellen, Tianwen Qian, Garrit Schwanke, Sebastian Lauck, David de Felipe, Moritz Kleinert, Milan Deumer, Lars Liebermeister, Moritz Baier, Bjoern Globisch, Norbert Keil, Robert B. Kohlhaas, and Martin Schell
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 22 November 2022, 2022, Page(s) 44701-44716, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.472507

A Highly Linear Dual Stage Amplifier with Beyond 1.75 THz Gain-Bandwidth-Product

Author(s): T. Shivan, M. Hossain, R. Doerner, Hady Yacoub, T. K. Johansen, W. Heinrich, V. Krozer
Published in: IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Issue 18 March 2021, 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 1531-1309
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/lmwc.2021.3067145

Corrections to “Photonic Sub-Terahertz IM Links: Comparison Between Double and Single Carrier Modulation”

Author(s): Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero , Muhsin Ali , Robinson Guzman , Horacio Lamela, and Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 15 May 2023, 2023, Page(s) 3249 - 3252, ISSN 1558-2213
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2023.3254301

Real-time Sub-THz link enabled purely by optoelectronics: 90-310 GHz seamless operation

Author(s): Efstathios Andrianopoulos; Nikolaos K. Lyras; Evangelos Pikasis; Garrit Schwanke; Milan Deumer; Simon Nellen; Tianwen Qian; Georgia D. Ntouni; Eleftherios C. Loghis; Elias D. Tsirbas; Panteleimon-Konstantinos Chartsias; David De Felipe; Panos Groumas; Maria Massaouti; Christos Tsokos; Christos Kouloumentas; Dimitrios Kritharidis; Robert B. Kohlhaas; Norbert Keil; Martin Schell; Hercules Avramopoul
Published in: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Issue 12 January 2023 (early access), 2023, ISSN 1941-0174
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2023.3235932

Beam Profile Characterisation of an Optoelectronic Silicon Lens-Integrated PIN-PD Emitter between 100 GHz and 1 THz

Author(s): Jessica Smith, Mira Naftaly, Simon Nellen, Björn Globisch
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 11/2, 2021, Page(s) 465, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/app11020465

Radiation pattern of planar optoelectronic antennas for broadband continuous-wave terahertz emission

Author(s): Simon Nellen, Sebastian Lauck, Garrit Schwanke, Milan Deumer, Robert B. Kohlhaas, Lars Liebermeister, Martin Schell, Björn Globisch
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 2 March 2021, 2021, Page(s) 8244-8257, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.416844

Coherent Wireless Link at 300 GHz with 160 Gbit/s Enabled by a Photonic Transmitter

Author(s): S. Nellen, S. Lauck, E. Peytavit, P. Szriftgiser, M. Schell, G. Ducournau, B. Globisch
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 22 March 2022, 2022, ISSN 1558-2213
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2022.3160096

Integrated dual-laser photonic chip for high-purity carrier generation enabling ultrafast terahertz wireless communications

Author(s): Shi Jia, Mu-Chieh Lo, Lu Zhang, Oskars Ozolins, Aleksejs Udalcovs, Deming Kong, Xiaodan Pang, Robinson Guzman, Xianbin Yu, Shilin Xiao, Sergei Popov, Jiajia Chen, Guillermo Carpintero, Toshio Morioka, Hao Hu, Leif K. Oxenløwe
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16 March 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1388, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29049-2

Optical Generation and Transmission of mmWave Signals in 5G ERA: Experimental Evaluation Paradigm

Author(s): Efstathios Andrianopoulos, Nikolaos K. Lyras, Christos Tsokos , Tianwen Qian, Simon Nellen, David de Felipe, Panos Groumas, Adam Raptakis, Lefteris Gounaridis, Norbert Keil, Christos Kouloumentas, Hercules Avramopoulos
Published in: IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Issue 19410174, 2022, Page(s) 1011 - 1014, ISSN 1941-0174
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2022.3196632

Injection Locking Properties of an InP-Si3N4 Dual Laser Source for Mm-wave Communications

Author(s): Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero; Robinson Guzman; Muhsin Ali; Alberto Zarzuelo; Jessica Cesar; Devika Dass; Colm Browning; Liam P Barry; Ilka Visscher; Robert Grootjans; Chris G. H. Roeloffzen; Guillermo Carpintero
Published in: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Issue 15582213, 2022, Page(s) 6685-6692, ISSN 1558-2213
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2022.3171080

Other (2)

5G PPP Architecture Working Group - View on 5G Architecture, Version 4.0

Author(s): Gavras, Anastasius; Bulakci, Ömer; Gramaglia, Marco; Iordache, Marius; Ghoraishi, Mir; Garcia, Antonio; Cogalan, Tezcan; Gutiérrez, Jesús; Tzanakaki, Anna; Warren, Dan; Li, Xi; Landi, Giada; Mangues, Josep; Tsagkaris, Kostas; Frascolla, Valerio; Lee, Haeyoung
Published in: Issue 2, 2021
Publisher: 5G-PPP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5155657

AI and ML – Enablers for Beyond 5G Networks

Author(s): Kaloxylos, Alexandros; Gavras, Anastasius; Camps Mur, Daniel; Ghoraishi, Mir; Hrasnica, Halid
Published in: Issue 1, 2020
Publisher: 5G-PPP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4299895