SMArT — Switch-Mode Analog Signal Processing for Integrated 5G Transceivers

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Switch-Mode Analog Signal Processing for Integrated 5G Transceivers

The EID project SMArT (short for Switch-Mode Analog Signal Processing for Integrated 5G Transceivers), grant ID 860921, is progressing well towards the goal outlined in the project proposal, which is “to train a new generation of innovative, versatile, and application-focused researchers through cutting-edge research to develop advanced transceiver technologies for highly ambitious extensions of 5G communication that will provide economically viable high-speed fixed wireless internet access to rural areas.” The short-term goal of training researchers with application-focussed multidisciplinary skills crucial for the industry as well as the long-term goal of developing enabling technologies to bridge the urban-rural digital divide through fixed wireless netwroks are important to ensure digital equality and maintain EU lead in technology development for 5G-Advanced. The two objectives of the project as described in section 1.1 of the DoA are described below. Objective 1: Develop technology for energy-efficient ultra-wideband transceivers to enable 10Gb/s 5G home outdoor modem: SMArT project will develop ground-breaking transceiver technologies for 5G and beyond, with an immediate emphasis on the requirements for energy-efficient 10Gb/s home outdoor modem to provide high-speed fixed wireless internet aceess to rural areas. Objective 2: Train future researchers through active industry–academia collaboration: SMArT will create a platform to train a new generation of innovative Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) through technology development to address the industrial demand for highly skilled researchers required to shape future communication systems. The active collaboration of academia and industry in the training activities as well as in the technology development will empower the ESRs with a unique mix of highly valued transferable research skills and application-focused industry perspective.

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Project objective

Access to internet, and thus to information, is a basic human right that empowers individuals and communities to achieve their maximum capacity in promoting sustainable development and improving the quality of life. A European Commission study reveals a large gap between broadband internet speed between urban and rural areas due to the low economic profitability of investments for the telecom operator, which is increasingly becoming a knowledge divide. A promising solution to close the gap is to devise high data rate extensions to the 5G LTE technology to provide fixed wireless broadband access in rural areas. The key challenge in accomplishing the required ten-fold (10X) improvement in data rates while maintaining a low power consumption of the home outdoor modem is the design of high-performance transceiver circuits. As conventional design methodologies proves insufficient, we propose a ground-breaking paradigm shift in the implementation of analog/mixed-mode signal processing circuits to fully exploit the benefits offered by highly miniaturized nanometer-scale semiconductor technologies. The SMArT project has the following aims aligned with the aforementioned goal: (i) develop ground-breaking transceiver technologies for 5G and beyond, with immediate emphasis on energy-efficient 10Gb/s home outdoor modem to provide high-speed fixed wireless internet access to rural areas, and (ii) create a platform to train a new generation of innovative researchers through technology development to address the industrial demand for highly skilled researchers required to shape future communication systems. The active collaboration of academia and industry in training activities as well as in technology development will empower the early stage researchers with a unique mix of highly valued transferable research skills and application-focused industry perspective.

Original text from CORDIS.

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AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR · EspooCoordinatorFinland
NOKIA BELL · AntwerpenBelgium

SMArT · Switch-Mode Analog Signal Processing for Integrated 5G Transceivers

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Switch-Mode Analog Signal Processing for Integrated 5G Transceivers

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