Project description FET Open Show the project objective Hide the project objective High spectral efficiency is the holy grail of wireless networks due to the well-known scarcity of radio spectrum. The successive introduction of advanced communication techniques enabled by the massive increases in processing power over the last few decades has enabled a progressive rise in link spectral efficiency, which in emerging systems seems to be approaching its limits.It is becoming increasingly clear that major new improvements in spectral efficiency of wireless networks will have to entail addressing inter-cell interference. While up to recently there seemed to be no way out of the apparent end of the road in spectral efficiency growth, the emerging approach of Interference Alignment (IA) – coming out of a very recent DARPA-funded project in the US – has cast new light in the spectral efficiency prospects of wireless networks: it promises new degrees of freedom that allow more parallel transmissions to take place within the same spectrum and free of interference from each other. The HIATUS proposal constitutes probably Europe's first collaborative effort to explore the true potential of this approach in wireless networks, with the goal of making it a strong enabler for ultra-efficient wireless communications in Europe and beyond. The main objectives / challenges of HIATUS will be 1) to unveil the available degrees of freedom in a number of relevant wireless networking paradigms; 2) to explore ways to overcome the need of perfect channel state information (CSI) of all participating users; 3) to identify realistic network architectures / transmission methodologies that offer unprecedented spectral efficiency gains and 4) to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that will convincingly show the value of the new approach, paving the way for ultra-spectrally-efficient future wireless networks. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.8.0 - FET-Open: Challenging current thinking Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-C See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH EU contribution € 352 975,00 Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh United Kingdom See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Noble (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN Austria EU contribution € 318 860,00 Address KARLSPLATZ 13 1040 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maxime Guillaud (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA Spain EU contribution € 291 900,00 Address PLACA DE LA MERCE, 10-12 08002 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Eva Martín García (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Ecole Superieure D'Eiectricite France EU contribution € 434 559,00 Address RUE JOLIOT CURIE - PLATEAU DE MOULON 3 91192 GIF SUR YVETTE CEDEX See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fanny Gaget (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABORATORY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Greece EU contribution € 468 175,00 Address Adrianiou 2 & Papada 11525 Athens See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alexandra Spyropoulou (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 485 774,00 Address BRINELLVAGEN 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tove Schwartz (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ERICSSON AB Sweden EU contribution € 170 851,00 Address TORSHAMNSGATAN 23 164 80 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Göran Klang (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 122 752,00 Address UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tharmalingam Ratnarajah (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
