Mobile Communications
Department
Eurecom
(Collaboration with SoC
Laboratory, Telecom ParisTech
Sophia)
§ Introduction to www.openairinterface.org
§ Current PHY/MAC Development
§ OpenAirInterface Simulation/Emulation Methodologies
§Provides open-source (hardware and software) wireless
technology platforms
– target innovation in air-interface technologies through
experimentation
§We rely on the help of
– Publicly-funded research initiatives (ANR,ICT,CELTIC)
– Direct contracts with industrial partners
– Widespread collaboration with a network of partners using
development for FPGA targets
open-source development and tools
hLINUX/RTAI based SW development for PCs
hLEON3/GRLIB-based HW and eCos-based SW
hLINUX networking environment
medium-power outdoor network deployments
h1.9 GHz TDD, 5 MHz channel bandwidth
h2.6 GHz FDD (two channels), 20 MHz channel bandwidth
– Experimental Licenses from ARCEP (French Regulator) for
Real-time Radio Signal Processing
– Hardware/software architectures in support of real-time signal processing (Software Radio,
multi-processor system-on-chip)
– Algorithmic optimizations at the PHY layer (UMTS-LTE and 802.16m technologies)
– PHY-layer support for cellular and mesh Network topologies
§ All-IP Wireless Networking
– All-IP Cellular mobile network protocols (IPv6 basestation routers, IPv6 mobility
– 802.21
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management)
IP/MPLS Protocols adapted to MESH topologies
Layer 2 Protocols (MAC scheduling, Radio Resource Control, Radio Link Control) for cellular
and mesh network topologies
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§ Agile RF System Design
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Wideband radio design, linear wide-dynamic range receivers
"Intelligent" RF (RF/DSP co-design)
§ Design and Simulation Methodologies
etc.)
– Efficient simulation methods (performance, functional and behavioral)
– Abstraction techniques (hardware modelling, PHY sub-system modelling, traffic modelling,
– RF emulation architectures for distributed real-time simulation of wireless networks
Propagation and System Measurements and their Analysis (eMOS)
– Wideband channel characterization and modelling
– Real-time measurement collection and offline emipirical performance analysis
Cognitive Radio
– Development of innovative techniques based on sensor networks, that will support the
– Design, dimensioning and internetworking of cognitive networks
coexistence of licensed and unlicensed wireless users in a same area
§ OpenAirInterface SVN Repositories
– All development is available through
www.openairinterface.org’s SVN repository containing
hOPENAIR0 (open-source real-time HW/SW)
hOPENAIR1 (open-source real-time and offline SW)
hOPENAIR2 (open-source real-time and offline SW)
hOPENAIR3 (open-source Linux SW suite for cellular
– Partners can access and contribute to our development
and MESH networks)
§ OpenAirInterface TWIKI
– A TWIKI site for quick access by partners to our
development via a collaborative HOW-TO
§ Forum
– external support services (not currently used)
Cognitive
Technologies
Wideband RF,
Agile Spectrum
Management,
Interference
Management
and Control,
Distributed/Colla
borative
techniques,
Spectrum
Sensing,
Cognitive and
Flexible Radio
Architectures,
Ambient
Networking
OPENAIR3 : Wireless Networking
All-IP, Mobility Management, 802.21,
Cellular/Mesh Routing Protocols, Mesh Topology
Management, Multimodal Radio Resource
Management
OPENAIR2: Medium-Access Protocols
Cellular topologies, single-frequency resource
allocation, cross-layer wideband scheduling, Mesh
topologies, distributed resource control
OPENAIR1: Baseband/PHY
Advanced PHY (LTE/802.16x), Propagation
Measurement and Modelling, Sensing and
Localization Techniques, PHY Modeling Tools
OPENAIR0: Wireless Embedded System Design
Agile RF design, Reconfigurable High-end Transceiver
Architectures, FPGA prototyping, Simulation Methodologies,
Software development tools, low-power chip design
Cellular Topology
Mesh Topology
CBMIMOI – V1
ExpMIMO-lite
AgileRF/Express MIMO
CBMIMOI – V2
PLATON/RHODOS
2004
2006
2005
2003
2007
2008
2009
AdHoc/Mesh and Cellular
Topologies
FPGA-SoC (Virtex 2)
2x2 OFDM(A) @ 2 GHz,
5MHz channels
Cellular (towards LTE)
Cellular Systems
Pure Software Radio
WCDMA-TDD
All-IPv4/v6
2012
2010 2011
2013
Cellular, AdHoc and P2MP
Topologies
FPGA SoC (Virtex 5)+
Interface for partner
Processing Engines
Agile Tuning module (0.2 –
7 GHz)
Maximum Channel BW 20
MHz
OFDM(A)/WCDMA