Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
$108,960.00
Prototyping design and analysis tools for hardware implementation of advanced wireless transceivers
FY 2007-08
Summary
The applicant has been recently able to mount a new laboratory, the Wirelesslab <www.wirelesslab.ca>, with a prime objective to provide a showcase and demos for the new wireless transceiver technologies developed by the applicant's group. From early exposure to major industry-university projects, the applicant has been a strong advocate for the adoption of a challenging "system-integration-oriented approach" in research on signal processing for wireless communications that jointly tackles most of physical-layer issues, takes into account interaction between subsystem components, any source of imperfection such as estimation and modeling errors, implementation feasibility and costs, etc..., and that integrates prototyping and real-world evaluation in the assessment methodology, thereby providing tremendous added values in terms of scientific impact and potential technological transfers. From this perspective, the Wirelesslab is currently paving the way to become unique in Canada owing already to some outstanding achievements. Among its numerous university and industry partners, the Wirelesslab has been able to gain the strong support of Ericsson, a major wireless equipment manufacturer worldwide as well as that of Intelligent Software Radio (ISR) Technologies, a very dynamic Canadian start-up company, through major and successful partnership projects with both on the development of i) multi-modal antenna-array wireless transceivers for super 3G (S3G or LTE for long-term evolution of 3G) and ii) universal multi-carrier transceivers for IEEE 802.xx and 3G+/4G wireless technologies, respectively. This RTI application will punctually provide timely support and essential leverage to these projects at critical design, testing and trial phases scheduled in 2008. And in the longer term, it will endow the Wirelesslab with new essential prototyping design and analysis tools for improved hardware implementation of advanced wireless transceiver technologies, increased potential of technology transfers and further enhanced quality of HQP training.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
359004-2008
Name nom
Affes, Sofiène
Department département
Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunication - Montréal
Organization id
56
Institution établissement
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2007
Competition year année de concours
2008
Award amount
108960
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
334
Committee name en
Commun.,Computers & Components
Committee name fr
Communic.,ordin. et composants
Area of application code
805
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communications technologies (satellites, radar, etc.)
Area of application fr
Technologie des télécommunications (satellites, radar,etc.)
Research subject code
2525
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Wireless communication systems
Research subject fr
Systèmes de télécommunications sans fil
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Prototyping design and analysis tools for hardware implementation of advanced wireless transceivers
Keyword
NA
Application summary
The applicant has been recently able to mount a new laboratory, the Wirelesslab <www.wirelesslab.ca>, with a prime objective to provide a showcase and demos for the new wireless transceiver technologies developed by the applicant's group. From early exposure to major industry-university projects, the applicant has been a strong advocate for the adoption of a challenging "system-integration-oriented approach" in research on signal processing for wireless communications that jointly tackles most of physical-layer issues, takes into account interaction between subsystem components, any source of imperfection such as estimation and modeling errors, implementation feasibility and costs, etc..., and that integrates prototyping and real-world evaluation in the assessment methodology, thereby providing tremendous added values in terms of scientific impact and potential technological transfers. From this perspective, the Wirelesslab is currently paving the way to become unique in Canada owing already to some outstanding achievements. Among its numerous university and industry partners, the Wirelesslab has been able to gain the strong support of Ericsson, a major wireless equipment manufacturer worldwide as well as that of Intelligent Software Radio (ISR) Technologies, a very dynamic Canadian start-up company, through major and successful partnership projects with both on the development of i) multi-modal antenna-array wireless transceivers for super 3G (S3G or LTE for long-term evolution of 3G) and ii) universal multi-carrier transceivers for IEEE 802.xx and 3G+/4G wireless technologies, respectively. This RTI application will punctually provide timely support and essential leverage to these projects at critical design, testing and trial phases scheduled in 2008. And in the longer term, it will endow the Wirelesslab with new essential prototyping design and analysis tools for improved hardware implementation of advanced wireless transceiver technologies, increased potential of technology transfers and further enhanced quality of HQP training.
