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AWARENESS

Advanced Wireless Ad-hoc Reconfigurable Network for Emergency SystemS

Expression of Interest for an Integrated Project

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AWARENESS : 6FP context

• Action line: IST - Communication and Network Technologies

• Developing future generation of broadband wireless systems with high level of mobility

• Approach– Studies– Simulation– Technology platform– Co-operation with standardization bodies (Project MESA,

founded by ETSI and TIA)

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AWARENESS Objectives

- to develop and study key technology

elements and system concepts for flexible,

highly secure ad-hoc broadband

wireless communication system used in

areas such as Public Protection and

Disaster Relief (PPDR)

- to assist standardization process of new

broadband wireless ad hoc communication

system that is the focus of the MESA Partnership Project.

Firefighter

Satcom

Link

TelemedicalAssistance

AirborneControl

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Applications:

- Telemedicine - Law enforcement- Fire-fighting- Emergency operations - mobilerobotics- Civil defense and military operations- Fleet management network

More info about public safety wirelessnetwork standardization at: www.projectmesa.org

Advanced mobile broadband public safety ad hoc networks - Project MESA

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• MESA combines mobility up to

aeronautical speeds with broadband data rates

• Complements and meant to interwork with known/planned narrow to broadband wireless standards & projects around the world

• Calls for a variety of advanced research (e.g. WWRF)

• Recognized by entities like ITU, UN, NATO, FBI, NTIA, APCO, EU Commission, GSC/RaST (GTSC/GRSC), Industry Canada

Advanced/future system•Not replacement for existing and evolving systems

2G-P25-TETRA

MOBILITY [m/sec]

Bit Rate[MBPS]

0.2 2 20 200

Vehicle

Walk

Fixed

Carrier Frequency

Aero-nautical

BroadbandWideband0.02

Narrowband

2.5 G

3G3G

Bandwidth positioning of MESA

Bandwidth positioning of MESA

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Technologies

Service Requirements Scenario Environment

Search And Rescue

Fire Fighting

Military

Requirements

Public safety network versus cellular network: Major differences

System Infrastructure: No predefined infrastructure

Network: Ad hoc

User: Assured connectivity

Terminal- Improved reliability - Multi-mode (satellite, multi-band)- New user interface - Additional possibilities for antenna installation- Mobile relaying platforms (aircraft/vehicle-based)

Environment- Significant variation in propagation (weather, terrain, foliage, mobility)

Traffic- Significant variations, sporadic connectivity

=> - Strengthened requirements => new type of equipment. Financial considerations and targeted market might be different

- Very high level of horizontal and vertical adaptivity is needed

Scenario

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Key Technology Elements: Differences between cellular systems and MESA

Frequency Microwave to Wideband Mobility Waveforms Multiple Access Low prob. of detection

Coding Bandwidth efficiency Featureless (turbo codes) waveform

Space-Time Reference availability Featureless Multi-User waveform Signal Processing mobility adaptive

Multipath Diversity techniques Mobility

Interference Spatial, symbol processing Anti jam

Spectrum allocation Static allocation, Highly dynamic & max Nusers/Hz/area asymmetric Network IP Mobility, ad hoc, assurance

Commercial Trust Additional MESA thrust

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Key differences compared to public wireless networks: Strengthened user requirements, large variety of operational environments

• interference, mobility, traffic variations Wireless end-to-end communication

• role of radio access becomes extremely important in wireless ad-hoc networks More degrees of freedom for implementation:

• costs-performance trade-offs• larger variety of end user equipment for communication device installation • vehicles, wearable, mobile relaying platforms, multi-mode terminal

CONCLUSION:Developed technologies will contribute to future communication systems research and standardization. New framework in the Mobile domain research has to be defined for the next call.

Advanced Mobile Broadband Network Research

Research is needed to define technologies that will support new requirements and speed up Project MESA technical specification programme

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Some Key MESA Requirements:

• Independency of public infrastructures and public supply of electrical power– Can be complementary to and interwork with wireline/other infrastructure components

• Independency of public radio frequency spectrum– A reasonable tuning capability must be included in the key technology to accommodate regional

requirements (For example: 4 GHz band (4.2 . 4.4 or 4.9).

• Ultra fast deployment– Integral part of equipment deployed

• Nationally/Internationally deployable– Globally agreed spectrum allocation(s) is goal

• Auto establishing/self-healing/re-establishing wireless ad-hoc network elements

• Wireless Switching to dedicated Global Broadband Infrastructures– E.g., Fiber optical and/or Broadband satellite constellations

• Crypto transparent communication protocol hierarchy– System does not care about the content of the actual "payload" data, which can be encrypted exactly to

the specification of the network owner.

• From single site ”hot-spot” to ”street-level” services– MESA routers can be applied as part of a mobile rescue squad (hot spot) or fixed mounted to

accommodate coverage along a street (mounted on lamp posts or on building walls.)

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High level of adaptivity and survivability • different layers and between layers• adaptive applications• self organizing and self healing architectures• adaptive radios

Reconfigurable air interfaces multi-mode terminal SW radio implementations

Improved physical layer design, which exploits new techniques such as:• ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques• spatial domain processing multiple input multiple output (MIMO) with smart ant.• integrated space-time receiver design (integrated multi-user detector-decoder)

System design that will allow high mobility and broadband transmission

Signal-system level simulations

From the Project MESA key research catalogue

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AWARENESS Sub-projects

Radio Access

Signal processing/ coding techniques Multi dimensional /processing Adaptability

Ad hoc Network

Terrestrial wireless networks Satellite Integration between Terrestrial and Satellite at network Level

Radio Equipment

Adaptive radio: Software Defined Radio Architecture Design Demo board on transceiver and receiver chain

System Integration

System interoperability Application interoperability System requirements (performance, security…)

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AWARENESS Consortium

Partners Nat. ContactSubject of Interestin AWARENESS

EADS Telecom FR Cécile HERBAULT Radio Access - Radio Equipment Ad-hoc Network

MOTOROLA FR Dragan BOSCOVIC Radio Access Radio Equipment

ASTRIUM FR Laurent BOUSCARY Satellite equipment Ad-Hoc network - Integration between satellite and ground

ALCATEL-SPACEIndustry FR Nicolas CHUBERRE

Satellite equipment System Integration

QUALCOMMEurope SARL UK Colin CHANDLER

Radio Access Radio Equipment

European Federation ofhigh Tech SMEs FR François GUEREL

Consulting for finding SME partners Dissemination

CRITICAL Software SA PT Luis FIGUEIREDO System Integration Application Interoperability

TESLA CZ Jaroslav JANSA Application Interoperability

CEFRIEL IT Gianni REDAELLI System Integration Radio Access Network

Politecnico di Milano ITProf SPAGNOLINIProf ROCCA

Space time processing MIMO

HUT-Helsinki Universityof Technology FI Adrian BOUKALOV

System Aspects of Spatial domain processing MIMO with smart antenna

University of Oulu FI Matti LATVA-AHO Radio AccessUniversitat Politecnica deCatalunya SP Javier FONOLLOSA

Space-time processing, MIMO Cross layer optimization for ad-hoc network

VTT FIArto JUHOLAKyosti RAUTIOLA

Radio Access - Radio Equipment Ad-hoc Network

SUPELEC FRPierre DUHAMELArmelle WAUTIER

Radio Access - Radio Equipment Physical Layer in Ad-hoc Network

TAIT UK UK Trevor LAUGHTONRadio Access - Radio Equipment System Integration

TELEFONICA I+D SP José Emilio VILA Ad-hoc networking Radio Access Network

NC3A NL Michael STREET Ad-hoc network - Broadband wireless Systems Cross network end-to-end

CNES FR Hubert DIEZ Satellite Component

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AWARENES Schedule

Nº Sub-Project 1 Radio Access

2 Ad hoc Network

3 Radio Equipment

4 System Integration

5 Systems Requirements

6 Systems Interoperability

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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Workshop Announcement

Call for papers and Invitation to an International Workshop on Broadband WirelessAd-Hoc Networks and Services

11th - 13th September 2002 in Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

Areas of interest: Broadband wireless network radio interface.New types of air interface. Reconfigurable air interfaces.System and protocol aspects of ad hoc radio networks Ad hoc network simulation System aspects of broadband networks Physical layer and network layer and the related mobility implicationsAdvanced signal processing and coding techniques applicable in broadband wireless, including spatial domain processing and coding techniques. High adaptivity for the physical layer and the wireless network.EMC aspects

Deadline for abstract submission: 15th July 2002Notification of acceptance: 22nd July 2002Submission of final papers for publication: 2nd September 2002

Send your workshop contributions in electronic form to MESAsupport@etsi.fr Please pre-register for the workshop by filling in the registration form at:http://webapp.etsi.org/MeetingCalendar/AnonEndRegister.asp?mid=22637.