The objectives of this project is to study, investigate, and provide solutions for some of the key challenges that will face the deployment of the 5G cellular networks. The focus of this research project is the reliability and energy efficiency.
One of the defined challenges that the project aims to solve is the system reliability. System reliability can be achieved by various means of multiple antenna techniques:
1-Spatial multiplexing, transmit and receive diversity means and beamforming.
2-Massive MIMO .
3-Cooperative nodes/relay.
4-Multi-hop communication.
In this project we will target one/some of these technologies to cover the use-cases of mission-critical machine type communications and massive machine-type communications. Another use-case of the 5G networks is the extended mobile broadband.
These use-cases require energy efficiency as well which is one of the main targets of the next-generation 5G networks. There are many techniques to achieve the energy efficiency of the network such as:
1-Design energy-efficient protocols that take into consideration the power consumption of the nodes and uses optimization techniques to find the optimal power allocation to achieve the required QoS.
2-Using nodes with energy harvesting capabilities to harvest energy from the surrounding environment. One of the new trends is to harvest energy from the surrounding RF signals and use this signals to power the nodes.