MAMIME-extentsion

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Norway's vast geographic distances and the economic importance of activities at sea in remote areas demand novel and innovative radio-based solutions. However, current maritime communication systems are mainly using VHF radio, GSM, UMTS, WLAN or mobile Ku-band satellite systems. These systems may suffer from low bandwidth (VHF and GSM), limited coverage (GSM,WLAN) or high cost (VSAT). To cope with above challenges, this MAMIME2 project focuses on the the innovative research and design of dedicated massive 5G MIMO for maritime applications. According to the previous R&D results, the main R&D challenges are the insufficient coverage, limited capacity, strong path-loss fadings at short TX-RX distances and antenna mismatch due to the maritime radio propagation environments. To overcome the above challenges, the primary objective of this MAMIME2 project is to design a solution with high data rate and large coverage for land-to-boat and boat-to-boat radio communications, utilizing 5G Massive MIMO schemes. The 2nd main objective is to integrate a dual-band massive MIMIO antenna array with our massive MIMO channel sounder that can measure the channel impulse response for Massive MIMO scenarios and resolve the angular information of the radio channel. These innovative solutions have the potential for Internet Service Provider (ISP) to provide more reliable and much higher data-rate service with larger radio coverage for the maritime applications. In addition, the R&D results can be used for 5G maritime system designs for the manufacturers and radio coverage planning for the ISP, respectively. This project can be the first dedicated 5G research for maritime applications all over the world and possible to be standardized.