Projet EWOC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

EWOC project aims at developing a novel converged optical wireless network solution relying on a flexible, virtualizable infrastructure, required for full resource optimisation beyond 5G (B5G) requirements. Fundamental innovation will be sought through merging of the enabling concepts of optical layer virtualization, high frequency mm-wave transmission, multiple antenna technology, cell densification, terra-over-fiber (ToF) based femtocell connectivity and cloud radio access network (C- RAN) architecture. EWOC will aim at high capacity, low latency communications (40-90 GHz frequency), providing the basis for a 50-fold improvement over the 5G baseline. This necessitates development of novel, femto-cell technology, and seamless coexistence with first round legacy deployment. Such scenario also requires novel channel models and simulation methodologies to attain the desired trade-off between coverage, throughput and densification limits. EWOC will rely on fiber-optic deployment towards ToF connectivity, as an “added on feature” for the C-RAN architecture supporting resource management of versatile services with varying demands. Scenario compliant optical fronthaul virtualisation techniques, designed to provide cost effective beyond state-of-the-art resource optimisation, will be pursued through novel optical transceiver schemes and software defined network-based digital signal processing techniques. Research and training disciplines will serve as building blocks towards the scientific and socio-economic goals of increased capacity, coverage, flexibility, spectral efficiency, cost effectiveness, vendor agnosticism, and upgradability. EWOC provides a framework for promotion of such interdisciplinary innovation, with strong interoperability of models and methodologies from different disciplines. As such, EWOC training network is designed to foster opportunities for scientific and professional growth of ESRs from both topical and inter-disciplinary standpoints.

Mots clés : c ran virtualization femto cells mm wave wdm pon sdn

Participants :
- Université technologique de Dresde (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Université de Tampere (Finlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- université polytechnique de Łódź (Pologne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Consorzio top-ix - torino e piemonte exchange point (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 259437.6 €
- École polytechnique de Turin (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 259437.6 €
- University of South Wales (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Yl-verkot oy (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 286488.0 €
- KTH Institut royal de technologie (Suède) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Vigo (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251971.2 €
- Isrd sp z o.o. (Pologne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 226512.0 €
- Huawei Technologies (Sweden) (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 293709.6 €
- Instituto de Telecomunicações (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 243403.2 €
- Université polytechnique de Catalogne (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251971.2 €