Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00226, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Boumaiza, Slim (University of Waterloo), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Fifth generation (5G) wireless technology collectively refers to an assemblage of revolutionary hardware, infrastructure, and communication air interfaces that will usher in a digital society in which anyone (people) or anything (machines) can access information anywhere, at any time. Although it has the potential to transform Canadian lives significantly, the realization of 5G is predicated on the availability of highly efficient (and hence, nonlinear) circuits and systems that we are ill-equipped to characterize and validate using currently available test and measurement tools, especially at the frequencies and modulation bandwidths envisioned for 5G radio communication. In collaboration with Keysight Technologies, the world's leading electronic measurement company, the proposed project aims to address the unmistakable shortcomings of current microwave/millimeter-wave test and measurement tools. By developing atypical hardware configurations, signal processing routines and calibration schemes to enable reliable, ultra-wideband and ultra-high frequency measurements of 5G circuits and systems, the project will advance the current state of the art in microwave/millimeter-wave test and measurement, thus providing Canadian industry and academia with a head start in the characterization, development and validation of 5G radio communication hardware, and placing Canada further along the path to becoming a digital nation., program purpose french : Fifth generation (5G) wireless technology collectively refers to an assemblage of revolutionary hardware, infrastructure, and communication air interfaces that will usher in a digital society in which anyone (people) or anything (machines) can access information anywhere, at any time. Although it has the potential to transform Canadian lives significantly, the realization of 5G is predicated on the availability of highly efficient (and hence, nonlinear) circuits and systems that we are ill-equipped to characterize and validate using currently available test and measurement tools, especially at the frequencies and modulation bandwidths envisioned for 5G radio communication. In collaboration with Keysight Technologies, the world's leading electronic measurement company, the proposed project aims to address the unmistakable shortcomings of current microwave/millimeter-wave test and measurement tools. By developing atypical hardware configurations, signal processing routines and calibration schemes to enable reliable, ultra-wideband and ultra-high frequency measurements of 5G circuits and systems, the project will advance the current state of the art in microwave/millimeter-wave test and measurement, thus providing Canadian industry and academia with a head start in the characterization, development and validation of 5G radio communication hardware, and placing Canada further along the path to becoming a digital nation., agreement title english : Ultra-wideband test and measurement solutions for radio frequency circuits and systems of 5G front-ends, agreement title french : Ultra-wideband test and measurement solutions for radio frequency circuits and systems of 5G front-ends, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 257805.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada