Descripción del proyecto
Una solución para mejorar la rapidez y la rentabilidad de las redes 5G
Las redes inalámbricas 5G han generado grandes expectativas, tanto en el ámbito industrial y académico como entre los operadores. Todos esperan que esta tecnología aporte acceso inalámbrico de banda ancha, así como capacidades de computación en todas partes y en cualquier momento. Sin embargo, para lograr estos objetivos es necesario mejorar drásticamente el rendimiento de las infraestructuras inalámbricas de medio alcance. La única manera de llegar a este punto de modernización es unir la nanotecnología avanzada de semiconductores con una infraestructura inalámbrica fiable basada en redes malladas y con funciones de fibra ininterrumpidas. El proyecto DRAGON, financiado con fondos europeos, utilizará la banda D del espectro de radio (130-174,8 GHz) para superar las limitaciones de las soluciones de la red de retorno inalámbrica en la banda E. En el contexto de esta iniciativa, se desarrollará una solución de radio de alta capacidad y factor de forma pequeño con el objetivo de que las infraestructuras de retorno gocen de la velocidad de los sistemas ópticos de un modo asequible. Gracias a un circuito de entrada analógica para transceptores BiCMOS de silicio que funciona en la banda D, será posible lograr unas redes de telecomunicaciones rentables y con un servicio de fibra ininterrumpido.
Objetivo
Nowadays there is a shared vision among industry, operators and academy that 5G wireless networks will have to provide wideband wireless access and ubiquitous computing anywhere and at any time. The human life of the majority of the EU citizens will be surrounded by intelligent wireless sensors, which will bring radical changes to the way we live and do things. Supporting this scenario is a challenge for network operators and wireless network infrastructures and it will demand a tremendous performance improvement of medium range wireless infrastructure. This challenge needs to be addressed by a convergence of advanced semiconductor nanotechnology and a robust wireless infrastructure based on meshed networks with seamless fiber performances.
The DRAGON project, through the exploitation of the radio spectrum in D-band (130-174.8 GHz) , will overcome the constraints of current E-band wireless backhaul solutions to achieve a small-form factor and high-capacity radio solution, suitable for massive deployment, that will enable bringing the speed of optical systems to backhaul systems in a cost effective way. The DRAGON project vision and objectives rely on a power efficient and silicon based BiCMOS transceiver analog front end, operating in D-band and enabling cost efficient deployment of telecommunications networks with seamless fiber performance. A beam steering integrated antenna array using an intelligent low-cost packaging technology will be developed for the implementation of the 5G network demo trial on field, with fine beam alignment for facilitating the installation and compensating pole vibration.
The DRAGON consortium has a well-balanced and complementary know-how in the relevant areas for designing and demonstrating the feasibility of a small cell cellular network architecture based on meshed D-band backhaul links. DRAGON will therefore secure Europe’s industrial leadership and pave the way towards innovative 5G telecommunications networks.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibers
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologynanotechnology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
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H2020-ICT-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
02150 Espoo
Finlandia