IoRL

Link to project website: https://iorl.5g-ppp.eu/

Social media: Twitter @5GIoRL 

Contact: IoRL-contact@5g-ppp.eu

Objective

Wireless networks in buildings suffer from congestion, interference, security and safety concerns, restricted propagation and poor in-door location accuracy.

The Internet of Radio-Light (IoRL) project develops a safer, more secure, customizable and intelligent building network that reliably delivers increased throughput (greater than 10Gbps) from access points pervasively located within buildings, whilst minimizing interference and harmful EM exposure and providing location accuracy of less than 10 cm. It thereby shows how to solve the problem of broadband wireless access in buildings and promotes the establishment of a global standard in ITU.

Achievements

In its second year the IoRL project has completed all its Application and Network Layer software and has tested them on both Ethernet and WLAN networks. Next, it will will test them on IoRL 5G RAN at Layer 2. It continues to work on its Visible Light Communication (VLC) and mmWave multi component carrier Radio Access Network (RAN) at the Physical Layer 1. A 5G compatible VLC downlink has been implemented and is currently still worked on to reduce phase noise.

A 5G compatible mmWave downlink has been implemented at 60 GHz, and is now under conversion to operate at 40 GHz. A maximum downlink bitrate of 675.84 Mbit/sec/room in buildings (not including signalling overhead) has been achieved, equalling to a total bitrate of 10 Gbit/sec to a property when using 32 VLC and mmWave Remote Radio-Light Heads (RRLH).

Next, the project will scale the system for demonstrations with up to four RRLHs for a single room. Once complete, location estimation using VLC Received Signal Strength (RSS) can be tested. We are expecting location accuracies down to 10 cm depending on location in room. The system will be tested and demonstrated in a train station and in a museum scenario with VLC/mmWave downlink and WLAN uplink.

Finally, the system will be completed with a mmWave uplink and mmWave Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) location estimation systems and demonstrated in the Building Research Establishment.

The project is planning with a 6 month extension for the above.

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