5G Ultra reliable low-latency device-to-device (D2D) communication

is strongly demanded in vertical markets like industry 4.0 or intelligent transportation systems (ITS) with applications such as:

1. Replacement of cable connections to mobile actuators or sensor in industrial cyber physical system (CPS), and
2. for the provisioning of redundant sensor information (radar, optical, etc.) for autonomous vehicles to improve road safety.

In both cases harsh radio propagation environments lead to non-stationary fading processes that have a strong impact on the reliability and latency provided by the wireless communication link. The low-latency requirement is an important aspect that is different from other machine-type communications (MTC) link requirements.

Work packages:

1. Measurement, modeling and emulation of non-stationary multi-node communication channels in the targeted 5G frequency bands
2. Low-latency physical layer modulation formats for low packet error rates at short packet lengths (exploiting multiple diversity sources).
3. System-level test methodologies using the position of vehicles or machines for wireless control loops (autonomous driving, automation and control in factories).
4. SDR testbed implementations (physical layer wave forms and MAC algorithms)
5. Protocols for low-latency operation in 5G networks (distributed MAC within a local context supervised by the 5G network)

The project idea refers to Strand 1 – wireless access and radio network architecture/technologies