Beyond 5G

Beyond 5G: In this VIP team, the students will lead the efforts of prototyping and evaluating various technologies that could be used in the next generation wireless communication systems.

Description:

Beyond 5G:  In this VIP team, the students will lead the efforts of prototyping and evaluating various technologies that could be used in the next generation wireless communication systems.  Specifically, we are interested in the so-called Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC).  That is, we explore what are the techniques that can improve the “reliability” while simultaneously reduce the “latency” during transmissions.  The focus of URLLC will be the backbone of future applications like autonomous vehicle control, drone autopilot, etc.
 
The second general topic the team will be investigating is Integrated Communications and Sensing. The question to be answered is that whether your cell phone and/or wifi-router can also be used a mini "radar" to detect the surrounding, and whether the ubiquitous use of milli-meter wave radar and/or LiDAR in autonomous vehicles can be repurposed to establish high-speed vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Essentially, how we can design the software/hardware with dual purposes of communications and sensing.  Both the traditional model-based approach and the new AI/ML approaches will be explored. 

Prerequisites:

  • For junior and senior year students, ECE302 is a prerequisite or corequisite. There is no restriction for sophomore students. ECE264 is strongly recommended for junior and senior year students. (That is, we want students to have some basic programming skills.)