Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HERMES (High Efficiency wiReless CMOS transceiver boosted by artificial intelligencE for 6G bandS and beyond)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2021-09-01 al 2022-08-31
WP2 leads the activities around the system study of the transceiver architecture based on Walsh signal processing in the context of Carrier Aggregation Communications. The general framework of the Walsh transform was studied as well as the generic scenarios of interest (D band and sub 15GHz). Then, the approach to apply such an analog signal processing was investigated together with the benefits of doing so, introducing KPI and FoM to quantify those benefits. The Walsh transmitter and receiver are described, modeled, and extensively simulated on the considered scenarios. Finally, different paths for implementation are given with a design perspective.
WP3 designed radiofrequency front-end components (mixer, frequency synthesis, power amplifier, low noise amplifier) at the schematic level. It includes the chosen topologies, schematics and simulation results.
WP4 specified the system defining 3 scenarii and all the requirements for each building blocks. It also drafted the measurements methodlogies and facilities, and the co-integration roadmap of the building blocks.
ROBOTICS INDUSTRY: The chipset we will create has a direct impact in the robotics industry. Smart robots are designed to carry out various operations without human interference, to learn from their environment and experience, collaborate, and learn from the behavior of humans. HERMES is the essential building block to help smart robots exchange the tens of Gbps of data rate to collaborate. Our target impact is to deliver the connectivity solution for smart robots so the robotics industry can take a leap in R&D capabilities. We target billions of robots’ market.
SECURITY INDUSTRY: HERMES’s hardware achievement will foster new research actions in cognitive radio, broadband communications, signal intelligence, dynamic filtering, spectrum sensing with enhanced detection capabilities in the civilian security, and the safety industry. We expect that large industrial companies will gain interest in extending their research activities to more sophisticated solutions. We predict that HERMES will radically cut costs of the border surveillance missions and search-and-rescue operations with UxVs.