TeraHertz end-to-end wireless systems supporting ultra high data Rate applications

Project Information

ThoR

Grant agreement ID: 814523

DOI 10.3030/814523

Project closed

EC signature date 28 June 2018

Start date 1 July 2018

End date 30 June 2022

Funded under

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

Total cost € 1 498 877,50

EU contribution € 1 498 877,50

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (30)

Final Dissemination and Exploitation Activity Report
Report on Standards Activitiy 12M

Report on Standards Activity M12

Software Simulation Concept
Final Report on Antenna, Propagation and Channel Models

Final Report on Antenna Propagation and Channel Models

Final Gendered Innovation Checklist
Preliminary Antenna, Propagation and Channel Models
Report on Standards Activity 36M

Report on Standards Activity 45M

Initial Data Management Plan
Overall System Design
Requirements for B5G Backhaul/Fronthaul
300 GHz Circuits Validation and Report
Mid-term Data Management Plan
Full RF-Front End Test (ready for live tests)

Full RFFront End Test ready for live tests

Final Report of the RF Front-End Developments

Final Report of the RF FrontEnd Developments

Testing Report of 60 GHz TRX Module
Planning Rules for THz Backhaul/Frothaul Links

Planning Rules for THz BackhaulFrothaul Links

Summary of Project Newsletters
Reports on Standards Activity 24M
Testing Report of 70/80 GHz TRX Module

Testing Report of 7080 GHz TRX Module

Scenarios for Demonstration and Simulation
TWTA Amplifier Report

TWTA Amplifier Report

Initial Gendered Innovation Check List
Final Data Management Plan
18M Dissemination and Exploitation Activity Report
Photonics LO Performance Report
Mid-term Gendered Innovation Checklist
Software Simulation Results (DEMO-4)

Software Simulation Results DEMO4

Initial Results on Sharing Studies
Analysis of the Consequences of the Results of WRC 2019
Solid-state RF Front-End Test Validation

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

Initial Hardware Demonstration DEMO-1
Laboratory Transmission Experiments DEMO-2
Live Demonstration DEMO-3

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (8)

Dissemintaion Kit
M3 Dissemination Material (Website, Presentation, Fact Sheet, Flyer)
Secure Website
Mid-term ThoR Workshop (Japan)
Project Close Press Release
Project strat press release

Project start press release

Final ThoR Workshop (Europe)

Final ThoR Workshop Europe

M6 Dissemination Material (first Newsletter, Video)

Publications

Conference proceedings (39)

Considerations for Through-Substrate-Via Placement in InGaAs mHEMT THz Circuits Using Thin-Film Wiring

Author(s): Laurenz John; Philipp Neininger; Axel Tessmann; Arnulf Leuther; Thomas Zwick
Published in: German Microwave Conference 2020, Issue GeMiC 2020, 2020
Publisher: Online

THz links for future mobile systems

Author(s): Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021, Page(s) 611-612, ISBN 978-4-88552-326-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391239

THz Seamless Networks for Future Mobile Services

Author(s): Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2020), 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icops37625.2020.9717661

Measurement of Far Field Radiation Pattern of 300GHz-band Cassegrain Antenna

Author(s): Ken Watanabe, Akihiko Hirata, Issei Watanabe, Norihiko Sekine, and Akifumi Kasamatsu
Published in: ISAP 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47258.2021.9614528

Measurement of Reflection and Transmission Characteristics of Glasses at 300 GHz

Author(s): A. Hirata, N. Sekine, I. Watanabe, A. Kasamatsu
Published in: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Issue ISAP 2019, 2019, ISBN 978-7-9009-1404-0
Publisher: IEEE

Characterisation of Terahertz Antenna for beyond 5G Systems

Author(s): Akihiko Hirata, Katsumi Fujii, N. Sekine, I. Watanabe, A. Kasamatsu
Published in: 3rd International Workshop on Photonics applied to Electromagnetic Measurement, Issue PEM 2019, 2019
Publisher: IEICE

Evaluation of antenna radiation characteristics at terahertz frequency band based on an electrooptic near-field measurement

Author(s): Yusuke Tanaka, Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: 3rd International Workshop on Photonics applied to Electromagnetic Measurement 2019, 2019
Publisher: IEICE

Near-field Measurement and Far-field Characterization of a J-band Antenna Based on an Electro-optic Sensing

Author(s): Shintaro Hisatake, Yusuke Tanaka, Cybelle Belem, Cyril Luxey, Frederic Gianesello, Guillaume Ducournau, Akihiko Hirata
Published in: 2020 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2020, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-88-31299-00-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135318

Complex Permittivity Evaluation of Building Materials at 200-500 GHz Using THz-TDS

Author(s): Masaaki Urahashi, Akihiko Hirata
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021, Page(s) 539-540, ISBN 978-4-88552-326-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391390

Electrooptic technique to investigate the scattering phenomena in millimeter-wave band

Author(s): Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: URSI GASS 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ursigass51995.2021.9560516

Automatic Planning of NLOS Backhaul Links at 300 GHz arranged in Star Topology

Author(s): Jung, Bo Kum; Kürner, Thomas
Published in: XXXIVth General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS 2021)., 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ursigass51995.2021.9560305

Demonstrating 300 GHz Wireless Backhaul Links – The ThoR Approach

Author(s): Thomas Kürner, Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: Proc. IRmmW-THz 2022, 2022, Page(s) 1
Publisher: ITmmW-THz
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-202207270915-0

A Superheterodyne 300 GHz Wireless Link for Ultra-Fast Terahertz Communication Systems

Author(s): Iulia Dan, Guillaume Ducournau, Shintaro Hisatake, Pascal Szriftgiser, Ralf-Peter Braun, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: 2019 49th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2019, Page(s) 734-737, ISBN 978-2-87487-055-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eumc.2019.8910935

Short-Focus-Lens-Design-for-Terahertz-Ray

Author(s): Keita Miyazawa, Atsushi Kanno, Shingo Saito, Keizo Inagaki and Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: 3rd International Workshop on Photonics applied to Electromagnetic Measurement, 2019
Publisher: IEICE

Near-field measurement and far-field characterization of a high-gain Cassegrain antenna at 300 GHz band base on a photonics technology

Author(s): Yusuke Tanaka; Hana Arisesa; Atsushi Kanno; Norihiko Sekine; Junichi Nakajima; Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: XXXIII General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS2020), 2020, ISBN 978-9-4639-6800-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ursigass49373.2020.9232141

Millimeter-wave and THz links under severe weather condition

Author(s): Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021, Page(s) 661-662, ISBN 978-4-88552-326-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391156

Link-Level and System-Level Simulation of 300 GHz wireless Backhaul Links

Author(s): Bo Kum Jung, Christoph Herold, Johannes M. Eckhardt and Thomas Kürner
Published in: International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2020), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391508

300 GHz transmission of E/V bands data-flows in the ThoR project (Workshop)

Author(s): G. Ducournau, P. Szriftgiser, S. Hisatake, I. Kallfass, D. Wrana, L. John, R.P. Braun, Y. Leiba, K. Kondou, S. Sasaki, T. Kawanishi
Published in: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2021), 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Short-Range Full-Duplex Real-Time Wireless Link for IEEE

Author(s): Dominik Wrana; Yigal Leiba; Laurenz John; Benjamin Schoch; Axel Tessmann; Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: IEEE Radio & Wireless Week 2022 (RWW 2022), 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-3462-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/rws53089.2022.9719954

Considerations on Local Oscillator Isolation in a Terahertz Wireless Link Used for Future Communication Systems

Author(s): Iulia Dan, Christopher M. Grotsch, Shoichi Shiba, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2018, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5386-3809-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz.2018.8510497

Turning THz Communications into Reality: Status on Technology, Standardization and Regulation

Author(s): Thomas Kutner
Published in: 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2018, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 978-1-5386-3809-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz.2018.8510153

ICT Beyond 5G Cluster: Seven H2020 for Future 5G

Author(s): Paoloni, Claudio; Alexiou, Angeliki; Bouchet, Oliver; Davy, Alan; Ermolov, Vladimir; Kürner, Thomas; Napier, Bruce; Sahin, Onur
Published in: European Conference on Networks and Communciations 2019, 2019
Publisher: EUCNC 2019
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-201908211514-0

Compact Antennas Pattern Measurement Setup at 240 GHz

Author(s): C. Belem Goncalves, E. Lacombe, Carlos del Rio, F. Gianesello, C. Luxey, G. Ducournau
Published in: 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2018, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5386-3809-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz.2018.8509996

Regulatory Aspects of THz Communications and Related Activities Towards WRC 2019

Author(s): Thomas Kürner
Published in: European Conference on Networks and Communciations 2019, 2019
Publisher: EUCNC 2019
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-201908211524-0

300 GHz broadband power amplifier with 508 GHz gain-bandwidth product and 8 dBm output power

Author(s): Benjamin Schoch, Axel Tessmann, Arnulf Leuther, Sandrine Wagner, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: 2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2019, Page(s) 1249-1252, ISBN 978-1-7281-1309-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mwsym.2019.8700754

Towards super-heterodyne THz links pumped by photonic local oscillators

Author(s): Iulia Dan, Shintaro Hisatake, Pascal Szriftgiser, Ralf-Peter Braun, Ingmar Kallfass, Guillaume Ducournau
Published in: 2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2019, Page(s) 1-2, ISBN 978-1-5386-8285-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/irmmw-thz.2019.8873762

Simulation and Automatic Planning of 300 GHz Backhaul Links

Author(s): Jung, Bo Kum; Dreyer, Nils; Eckhardt, Johannes M.; Kürner, Thomas
Published in: 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Issue 1, 2019, Page(s) N/A
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-201908211532-0

On the Impact of the Results of WRC 2019 on THz Communications

Author(s): Kürner, Thomas; Hirata, Akihiko
Published in: Proc. International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems (IWMTS) , 2-3 July 2020, Issue 2-3 July 2020, 2020, Page(s) 2
Publisher: IEEE Xplore
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-202008031403-0

Towards Propagation and Channel Models for the Simulation and Planning of 300 GHz Backhaul/Fronthaul Links

Author(s): Kürner, Thomas ; Hirata, Akihiko; Jung, Bo Kum; Sasaki, Eisaku; Jurcik, Petr; Kawanishi, Tetsuya
Published in: Proc. URSI GASS 2020, August 2020, Issue 29 August - 5 September 2020, 2020, Page(s) 4
Publisher: URSI
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-202008031411-0

THz Communications – A Candidate for a 6G Radio?

Author(s): Kürner, Thomas
Published in: Proc. The 22nd International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC – 2019), Lisbon, Portugal, November 24-27, 2019, Issue November 24-27, 2019, 2019, Page(s) 5
Publisher: TU Braunschweig
DOI: 10.24355/dbbs.084-202008031406-0

Short Range Wireless Transmission Using a 295-315 GHz Superheterodyne Link Targeting IEEE802.15.3d Applications

Author(s): Dominik Wrana, Laurenz John, Benjamin Schoch, Sandrine Wagner, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2021), 2022, ISBN 978-2-87487-063-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eumc50147.2022.9784217

A perspective on radio-over-fiber and THz communications

Author(s): Tetsuya Kawanashi
Published in: IEICE General Conference 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEICE

Automatic Planning of 300-GHz-Band Wireless Backhaul Link Deployment in Metropolitan Area

Author(s): Ryo Okumura, Akihiko Hirata
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021, Page(s) 541-542, ISBN 978-4-88552-326-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391385

Measurement-of-Glass-Complex-Permittivity-at-200-500-GHz-for-THz-Propagation-Simulation

Author(s): Akihiko Hirata; Koji Suizu; Norihiko Sekine; Issei Watanabe; Akifumi Kasamatsu
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2020), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391155

A Superheterodyne 300GHz Transmit Receive Chipset for Beyond 5G Network Integration

Author(s): Iulia Dan; Christopher Grötsch; Laurenz John; Sandrine Wagner; Axel Tessmann; Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: 2021 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2022, ISBN 978-2-87487-064-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eumic50153.2022.9783947

Terahertz and Photonics Seamless Networks

Author(s): Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: 2019 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2019, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-7281-0960-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/gcwkshps45667.2019.9024641

Automatic Planning Algorithm of 300 GHz Backhaul Links Using Ring Topology

Author(s): Bo Kum Jung; Thomas Kürner
Published in: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/eucap51087.2021.9411010

300 GHz link enabled by Yagi-Uda antenna

Author(s): G. Ducournau, Fabio Pavanello, C. Belem-Goncalves, Frederic Gianesello, Cyril Luxey, Emilien Peytavit, J. F. Lampin, M. Zegaoui, M. Zaknoune
Published in: 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021, Page(s) 613-614, ISBN 978-4-88552-326-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391489

Electrooptic sensing for antenna characterization and propagation investigation at THz band

Author(s): Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: ISAP 2020, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/isap47053.2021.9391457

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Fixed Wireless Link Budget Evaluation for Extreme Weather Conditions

Author(s): Zu-Kai Weng; Atsushi Kanno; Pham Tien Dat; Keizo Inagaki; Kosuke Tanabe; Eisaku Sasaki; Thomas Kürner; Bo Kum Jung; Tetsuya Kawanishi
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue Vol. 8, 2021, Page(s) 63476-163491, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3132097

Sensitivity Analysis of a 280-312 GHz Superheterodyne Terahertz Link Targeting IEEE802.15.3d Applications

Author(s): Dominik Wrana; Laurenz John; Benjamin Schoch; Sandrine Wagner; Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 2022, ISSN 2156-342X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2022.3172008

Performance analysis of 300 GHz backhaul links using historic weather data

Author(s): Bo Kum Jung and Thomas Kürner
Published in: Advances in Radio Science, Issue Vol. 19, 2021, Page(s) 153–163, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/ars-19-153-2021

Modular Link Level Simulator for the Physical Layer of Beyond 5G Wireless Communication Systems

Author(s): Christoph Herold, Bo Kum Jung, Nils Dreyer, Thomas Kürner
Published in: Radio Science, Issue Vol. 57, 2022, Page(s) e2021RS007395, ISSN 1944-799X
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2021rs007395

Short-Range Wireless Transmission in the 300 GHz Band Using Low-Profile Wavelength-Scaled Dielectric Cuboid Antennas

Author(s): Kazuki Yamada, Yuto Samura, Oleg V. Minin, Atsushi Kanno, Norihiko Sekine, Junichi Nakajima, Igor V. Minin and Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: Frontiers in Communications and Networks, Issue Vol. 2, 2021, ISSN 2673-530X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/frcmn.2021.702968

Photonics-based Near-field Measurement and Far-field Characterization for 300-GHz Band Antenna Testing

Author(s): Yusuke Tanaka, Guillaume Ducournau, Cybelle Belem-Goncalves, Frederic Gianesello, Cyril Luxey, Issei Watanabe, Akihiko Hirata, Norihiko Sekine, Akifumi Kasamatsu, and Shintaro Hisatake
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2021, ISSN 2637-6431
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ojap.2021.3133470

A Terahertz Wireless Communication Link Using a Superheterodyne Approach

Author(s): Iulia Dan, Guillaume Ducournau, Shintaro Hisatake, Pascal Szriftgiser, Ralf-Peter Braun, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Issue 10/1, 2020, Page(s) 32-43, ISSN 2156-342X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2019.2953647

Terahertz and Photonics Seamless Short‐Distance Links for Future Mobile Networks

Author(s): T. Kawanishi, K. Inagaki, A. Kanno, N. Yamamoto, T. Aiba, H. Yasuda, T. Wakabayashi
Published in: Radio Science, Issue 56/2, 2021, ISSN 0048-6604
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020rs007156

A superheterodyne 300 GHz wireless link for ultra-fast terahertz communication systems

Author(s): Iulia Dan, Guillaume Ducournau, Shintaro Hisatake, Pascal Szriftgiser, Ralf-Peter Braun, Ingmar Kallfass
Published in: International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 2020, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 1759-0787
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1759078720000495

Broadband 300-GHz Power Amplifier MMICs in InGaAs mHEMT Technology

Author(s): Laurenz John, Axel Tessmann, Arnulf Leuther, Philipp Neininger, Thomas Merkle, Thomas Zwick
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Issue 10/3, 2020, Page(s) 309-320, ISSN 2156-342X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2020.2965808

IRACON propagation measurements and channel models for 5G and beyond

Author(s): Sana Salous, Fredrik Tufvesson, Kenan Turbic, Luis M. Correia, Thomas Kürner, Diego Dupleich, Christian Schneider, Daniel Czaniera, Belen Montenegro Villacieros
Published in: ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries, Issue Vol. 2; Issue 1, 2019, ISSN 2616-8375
Publisher: ITU

Automatic Planning Algorithms for 300 GHz Wireless Backhaul Links

Author(s): B. K. Jung; T. Kürner
Published in: IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2022, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.2021isi0002