A new U.S.-Ireland research partnership, led by electrical engineering professors at Michigan State University, will work to improve wireless communications through location-specific “communications pockets” for more private, secure and efficient wireless communications. The project has the potential to improve next-generation wireless systems, like 5G and 6G.
Mauro Ettorre, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Jeffrey Nanzer, an MSU Research Foundation distinguished professor, will use a $600,000 NSF grant for faster and more targeted intelligent wireless communications.
Ettorre said the project, Multi-Bessel Antenna System for Angle-Range Spatial Multiplexing(opens in new window), represents a major shift in wireless system design for near-field communication.
“We aspire to research a millimeter-wave radio system that can create dedicated spatial radio pockets, limited in both angle and range, centered on individual users, enabling high-data-rate communications using non-diffractive beams,” Ettorre said. “The pockets will be created individually around each user, eliminating communication leakage and allowing multiple simultaneous in-band transmissions with high-level security, even if eavesdroppers are in the receiver’s proximity.”
The project builds upon a collaboration between Michigan State University, Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland, and Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. Tyndall and Queen’s University Belfast will be supported by their national agencies for this project.
This article was sourced from MSUToday.
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