Wireless connectivity is one of the key enabling technologies for modern society, and has become an indispensable part of daily life. Thus, the demand for connectivity and data rate continues to increase, driven by the continuing digitization of society. The Ultra-High Data-Rate program focusses on research to make future generations of wireless connectivity with extremely high data rates possible.
The Ultra-High Data-Rate program joins all CWTe's research group to manage the complexity and trade-offs among the individual subsystems and components of high-speed, high-capacity wireless systems. A key target is 6G (and beyond) and the exciting new technologies that enable it, as graphically shown in our roadmap. Meanwhile, we also study license-free in-house communications, satellite communication systems, and pushing data rates towards Terabits-per-second. Next to that we investigate topics such as THz technologies, over-the-air measurement methodologies, distributed AI edge computing, integration of electronics and photonics, channel emulation, antenna systems, front-end packaging, and evolutionary networking. CWTe's collaborative approach with research groups and industry enables us to make the next step.
The Ultra-high Data-rate Systems program focusses on managing the complexity and trade-offs among the individual subsystems and components of high speed and high capacity wireless systems.
The program covers network architectures and system design for application areas such as license free in house communications, next generation telecommunications as well as satellite communication systems. Another goal is to investigate technologies for further pushing data rates towards Terabits-per-second while keeping up with a rapidly growing number of connected devices. These technologies include multi-room architectures, advanced beamforming algorithms, cost-effective beam steering transceivers and antenna systems, front-end packaging and integration as well as the automatic configuration at all system levels for optimum adaptation to requirements and environment.
In all our work we consider the specific technology and market constraints of the application domains in order to make our solutions easily adoptable for valorization by our research partners or university start up companies.