Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00053, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Amaya, Rony (Carleton University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Current development of 5G+ networks requires large and steerable phased antenna arrays to overcome_x000D_
path-loss and to exploit spatial selectivity. Many phased array configurations are capable of achieving the_x000D_
required wide steering at the expense of a high element count to meet gain requirements. The objective of this_x000D_
work is to explore novel phased-array architectures, capable of driving more than 1000 elements with agility_x000D_
via real-time calibration to minimize the side lobe levels (SLL) and grating lobe levels (GLL). The proposed_x000D_
approach aims to break the ULAs into sub-arrays, randomly distributed in order to break periodicity and_x000D_
leading to lower SLL and GLL. Using existing antenna arrays implemented in high-performance packaging_x000D_
(LTCC), this project will target the implementation of the required control algorithm and feed networks_x000D_
capable of real-time calibration. For each the randomly distributed sub-arrays, the complex weight will be_x000D_
calculated and corrected for the desired steering by properly aligning phase excitation., program purpose french : Current development of 5G+ networks requires large and steerable phased antenna arrays to overcome_x000D_
path-loss and to exploit spatial selectivity. Many phased array configurations are capable of achieving the_x000D_
required wide steering at the expense of a high element count to meet gain requirements. The objective of this_x000D_
work is to explore novel phased-array architectures, capable of driving more than 1000 elements with agility_x000D_
via real-time calibration to minimize the side lobe levels (SLL) and grating lobe levels (GLL). The proposed_x000D_
approach aims to break the ULAs into sub-arrays, randomly distributed in order to break periodicity and_x000D_
leading to lower SLL and GLL. Using existing antenna arrays implemented in high-performance packaging_x000D_
(LTCC), this project will target the implementation of the required control algorithm and feed networks_x000D_
capable of real-time calibration. For each the randomly distributed sub-arrays, the complex weight will be_x000D_
calculated and corrected for the desired steering by properly aligning phase excitation., agreement title english : Advanced millimeter wave Ultra-Large Array (ULA) for 5G+ wireless networks, agreement title french : Advanced millimeter wave Ultra-Large Array (ULA) for 5G+ wireless networks, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, 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 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., 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