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5G From Theory to Practice
Farris Alhorr
National InstrumentsBusiness Development Manager, IndRAA
The Race to 5G
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And the Trend is Just Beginning
85%EMBEDDED DEVICES TODAY
ARE UNCONNECTED
1.9 BILLIONSMART PHONES
50 BILLION DEVICES CONNECTED BY 2020
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Three Pillars of Differentiation
User Community
NI Support
NI Channel
Partners
3rd Party Hardware and Software
NI Services
Growth of the EcosystemLeveraging Moore’s Law
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Software and Hardware Platform
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Common Platform for Entire Design Cycle
Design Test
Microwave Circuit Design
Advanced Wireless Research
Automated Characterization
RFIC Production Test
Wireless Device Production Test
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Software Defined Radio Architecture
CPUGPP
FPGADSP
D/A
D/A
A/D
A/D
VCO
PLL
VCO
PLL
90
0
90
0
Host ConnectionDetermines Streaming Bandwidth Ex. Gigabit E-net, PCIe
Multi-Processor SubsystemReal-time signal processor ▪ Physical Layer (PHY)▪ ex FPGA, DSP
Host processor▪ Medium Access Control (MAC) –
Rx/Tx control
▪ ex. Host GPP, multi-core CPU
Baseband Converters
RF Front End• General Purpose RF• Dual LOs• Contiguous Frequency
Range
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NI LabVIEW RIO Architecture
One Common Underlying Architecture
ProcessorFPGA
Analog Input
Analog Output
Digital I/O
Digital I/O
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5G Research
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5G – What will it do?
Figures via Samsung 5G Vision Document 2015
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5G
5G 5G
Wireless Requires Massive Platform Expansion
> 10 Gbpspeak rates
> 100K connections
per cell
< 1 mslatency
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8 Capabilities
ITU-R Vision for IMT-2020 and Beyond
ConnectionDensity
Network Energy Efficiency
Area TrafficCapacity
Peak Data Rate
Low
Med
Latency
User ExperienceData Rate
SpectrumEfficiency
Mobility
High
Source – ITU-R M.[IMT.VISION]
eMBB
uMTC, UR/LL
mMTC
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Current 5G Timeline
5G: Phase 1
• Defined by 3GPP Release 15 Mar 2018• Expected first deployments by 2020*• Expected Frequency Range: 3…30-40 GHz• Expected Bandwidth: up to 200 – 800 MHz• LTE-like waveforms (OFDM & f-OFDM)• Less than 1 ms Latency
5G: Phase 2
• Defined by 3GPP Release 16 (Dec, 2019)• Expected first deployments beyond 2021• Expected Frequency Range: 40 – 100 GHz• Expected bandwidth: 500 MHz - 2 GHz• Possible new waveforms (NOMA)• Time Division Duplexing (TDD)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
5G: Phase 1 Deployment5G: Phase 1 Research
5G: Phase 2 Deployment5G: Phase 2 Research
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Current 5G Timeline
5G: Phase 1
• Defined by 3GPP Release 15 Mar 2018• Expected first deployments by 2020*• Expected Frequency Range: 3…30-40 GHz• Expected Bandwidth: up to 200 – 800 MHz• LTE-like waveforms (OFDM & f-OFDM)• Less than 1 ms Latency
5G: Phase 2
• Defined by 3GPP Release 16 (Dec, 2019)• Expected first deployments beyond 2021• Expected Frequency Range: 40 – 100 GHz• Expected bandwidth: 500 MHz - 2 GHz• Possible new waveforms (NOMA)• Time Division Duplexing (TDD)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
5G: Phase 1 Deployment5G: Phase 1 Research
5G: Phase 2 Deployment5G: Phase 2 Research
Needs to be prototyped
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Current 5G Timeline
5G: Phase 1
• Defined by 3GPP Release 15 Mar 2018• Expected first deployments by 2020*• Expected Frequency Range: 3…30-40 GHz• Expected Bandwidth: up to 200 – 800 MHz• LTE-like waveforms (OFDM & f-OFDM)• Less than 1 ms Latency
5G: Phase 2
• Defined by 3GPP Release 16 (Dec, 2019)• Expected first deployments beyond 2021• Expected Frequency Range: 40 – 100 GHz• Expected bandwidth: 500 MHz - 2 GHz• Possible new waveforms (NOMA)• Time Division Duplexing (TDD)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
5G: Phase 1 Deployment5G: Phase 1 Research
5G: Phase 2 Deployment5G: Phase 2 Research
Needs to be prototyped
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Current 5G Timeline
5G: Phase 1
• Defined by 3GPP Release 15 Mar 2018• Expected first deployments by 2020*• Expected Frequency Range: 3…30-40 GHz• Expected Bandwidth: up to 200 – 800 MHz• LTE-like waveforms (OFDM & f-OFDM)• Less than 1 ms Latency
5G: Phase 2
• Defined by 3GPP Release 16 (Dec, 2019)• Expected first deployments beyond 2021• Expected Frequency Range: 40 – 100 GHz• Expected bandwidth: 500 MHz - 2 GHz• Possible new waveforms (NOMA)• Time Division Duplexing (TDD)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
5G: Phase 1 Deployment5G: Phase 1 Research
5G: Phase 2 Deployment5G: Phase 2 Research
< 6GH future test opportunities
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RF Communications Lead User Program
• Established in 2010• Goals: Further wireless research through prototyping
• Research Institutions• Academic
• Industry
• Over 100 research papers published
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Utilize potential of
extremely wide bandwidths
at frequency ranges once
thought impractical for
commercial wireless.
Consistent connectivity
meeting the 1000x traffic
demand for 5G
Dramatically increased
number of antenna elements
on base station.
5G Vectors
Improve bandwidth
utilization through evolving
PHY Level and flexible
numerology
Multi-RATEnhanced PHYMassive MIMO
AdvancedWireless Networks mmWave
• Densification
• SDN
• NFV
• CRAN
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Utilize potential of
extremely wide bandwidths
at frequency ranges once
thought impractical for
commercial wireless.
Consistent connectivity
meeting the 1000x traffic
demand for 5G
Dramatically increased
number of antenna elements
on base station.
5G Vectors
Improve bandwidth
utilization through evolving
PHY Level and flexible
numerology
Multi-RATEnhanced PHYMassive MIMO
AdvancedWireless Networks mmWave
• Densification
• SDN
• NFV
• CRAN
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Hardware Architecture: 128 Base Station Antennas x 12 UE Antennas @ 20 MHz
NI PCIe Switch Boxes for Data NI Octoclocks for Clocking
…
Laptops+USRP RIOAs UEs
NI FlexRIOs or Atrox for MIMO Co-processing
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/53207/en/
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Standard MIMO Configurations
8 16 32 64 128# of Antennas
1-12 Individual USRP + Laptops
Base Stations
User Equipment
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NI Massive MIMO Platforms
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/53207/en/ http://www.ni.com/white-paper/52382/en/
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Massive MIMO
Samsung
Full Duplex MIMO, LTE UE Emulation
Southeast University
100-antenna massive
MIMO system
Intel
CRAN-Massive MIMO
Lund University
100-antenna massive
MIMO system
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NI and Massive MIMO
FacebookA Leading Chip
Vendor
INDUSTRY
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NI and Lund University Collaborate on Massive MIMO
Goal:
Build a massive MIMO prototype 100 antenna system with real time processing capabilities
Challenges:
System complexity
100 Synchronized Tx / Rx chains
Data throughput for processing
Aggregation of multiple channels
Heterogeneous computation
Prof Ove Edfors Prof Fredrik Tufvesson
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Lund University setup
Massive MIMO in action
[Plot from Larsson, E. ; Edfors, O. ; Tufvesson, F. ; Marzetta, T., “Massive MIMO for next generation wireless systems”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52 , Issue 2, 2014]
“In its demonstration, the team used a flexible prototyping platform from National Instruments built with LabVIEW system design software and PXI hardware.”
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University of Bristol Sets New World Record for Spectrum Efficiency – May 2016
3.51 GHz
128 antennas
256 QAM
145.6 bits/s/Hz for 22 users
”This joint venture between the University, British Telecom and Bristol City Council aims to make Bristol the first open programmable city in the world”
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3
Downlink
2
Intel Massive MIMO and CRAN Demo at MWC
Channel Estimation
MMSEMIMO
Detection
Precoding for Beamforming
Uplink
Downlink
1
Uplink
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NI and Samsung Demonstrate FD-MIMO With LabVIEW Communications and LTE App FrameworkNIWeek 2015
“Samsung Demonstrates FD-MIMO In Real Time For The First Time In The World…It Accelerates Its Leadership Over Competition For 5G Standard”
english.etnews.com
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Utilize potential of
extremely wide bandwidths
at frequency ranges once
thought impractical for
commercial wireless.
Consistent connectivity
meeting the 1000x traffic
demand for 5G
Dramatically increased
number of antenna elements
on base station.
5G Vectors
Improve bandwidth
utilization through evolving
PHY Level and flexible
numerology
Multi-RATMassive MIMOAdvanced
Wireless Networks mmWave
• Densification
• SDN
• NFV
• CRAN
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Architecture for Protocol Stack Explorations
PHY/MAC Stack in LabVIEW
Open Source Upper Layer Stack (e.g. ns-3)
LTE802.11 MTC IoT
LTE Ref Design802.11 Ref Design
NI Hardware
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5G Software Defined Networks with NI Platforms
https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/3017/663/6/LTE_MAC_PHY_White_Paper_2017_02_24.pdf
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Do real LTE OTA Experiments with NS-3 Network Simulator
L1-L2 API
PHY
L1-L2 API
eNBUE
L1-L2 API
MAC
PHY
L1-L2 API
UL
DL
RLC
PDCP
IP
APP
MAC
RLC
PDCP GTP
UDP
IP
GTP
UDP
IP
IP
SGW/PGW
DA/AD+RF DA/AD+RF
PHY Emu
eNBUE
PHY Emu
MAC
RLC
PDCP
IP
APP
MAC
RLC
PDCP GTP
UDP
IP
GTP
UDP
IP
IP
SGW/PGW
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LTE MAC/PHY Demo Overview
L1-L2 API
PHY
L1-L2 API
eNB
MAC
RLC
PDCP GTP
UDP
IP
GTP
UDP
IP
IP
SGW/PGW
DA/AD + RF
UE
L1-L2 API
MAC
PHY
L1-L2 API
RLC
PDCP
IP
APP
DA/AD+ RF
Laptop with WIN7 + LV Comms RT 2.0(GUI for LTE App. Framework) + remote Linux control
NI Linux RT (LV RT L1-L2 API, NS3)
LTE AFW 2.0 on Xilinx K7 FPGA (NI 7975) and FAM (NI 5791)
• UE and eNB on PXI system• RF loopback connection (cabled)• DL OTA and UL UDP
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NI MAC/PHY Research Platform Architecture
Physical Layer Point by point streaming High processing power
Glue Logic / API
Upper Layer Protocol Stack Ctrl / state machines Mainly memory operations Adding redundancy for reliability
3rd party protocol stacks including MAC and upper layers on GPP allowing for
flexible network configurations
NI Application Framework PHY on FPGA
Lean MAC-PHY Interface
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Advanced Wireless Prototypes
Texas A&M
Advanced MAC Research
NI Lead User Group
Open LTEWiFiCoexistence Testbed
CROWD
SDN ABSF Network System
NS-3
Intel
CRAN-Massive MIMO
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Texas A&M and NI Partner on Advanced MAC Research
Research Goal◼ Real world verification of advanced
MAC algorithms◼ “Mechanism-Policy” separation
framework for MAC analysis
Multi-node MAC testbed Results◼ Each node by a USRP RIO◼ LabVIEW Communications System Design
802.11 Application Framework ◼ Modified to implement various MAC protocols◼ CSMA/CA, CHAIN, and
weighted transmissionProf. P. R. Kumar
S. Yau, et al., “WiMAC: Rapid Implementation Platform for User Definable MAC Protocols Through Separation, ACM SigCOMM, Aug. 2015
Prof. Robert Cui
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Utilize potential of
extremely wide bandwidths
at frequency ranges once
thought impractical for
commercial wireless.
Consistent connectivity
meeting the 1000x traffic
demand for 5G
Dramatically increased
number of antenna elements
on base station.
5G Vectors
Improve bandwidth
utilization through evolving
PHY Level and flexible
numerology
Multi-RATEnhanced PHYMassive MIMO
AdvancedWireless Networks mmWave
• Densification
• SDN
• NFV
• CRAN
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PH
Y
Transmitter Receiver
RF Hardware
RF Down
ADC
FPGA
RF Impairments Correction
Time/Freq. Synchronization
LTE OFDM Demodulation
LTE ChannelDecoder
Host
Rx UDP Socket
Improved Noise Cancellation
Host FPGA RF Hardware
RF Up
DACRF Impairments
CorrectionLTE OFDM
ModulationLTE Channel
EncoderTx UDP Socket
New Waveform Research
LTE & 802.11 Application FrameworksReady-to-Run Standards-Based Source Code Implementations
IEEE 802.11 OFDM Physical Layer• SISO Configuration• 20 MHz Bandwidth with up to 64 QAM• Training Field Based Packet Detection &
Signal Field Detection• Channel Encoding and Decoding
IEEE 802.11 lower MAC Layer• Multi-Node Addressing• CRC and Frame Type Check• ACK Generation with 802.11 Approximated
SIFS Timing
3GPP-LTE Downlink Physical Layer• SISO Configuration• 20 MHz Bandwidth TDD Frame Structure• LTE Channel Encoding and Decoding• Control & Data Channel (PDCCH & PDSCH)• Up to 60 Mbps• Cell-specific and UE Specific Reference Signals• Primary Synchronization Signal
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Receiver
Adapting LTE-OFDM Link to LTE-GFDMUsing LabVIEW Communications LTE Application Framework
PH
Y
Transmitter
RF Hardware
RF Down
ADC
FPGA
RF Impairments Correction
Time/Freq.Synchronization
LTE OFDM Demodulation
LTE Channel Decoder
Host
Rx UDP Socket
Replace with GFDM Demodulator
Host FPGA RF Hardware
RF Up
DACRF Impairments
CorrectionLTE OFDM
ModulationLTE Channel
EncoderTx UDP Socket
Replace with GFDM Waveform
AvailableNow!
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LTE Receiver Results with GFDM Interference
• 7dB SINR gain with GFDM compared to OFDM!
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NI and TU Dresden Collaborate on 5G Wireless
• 5G Lab and Test Bed
• 5G PHY exploration and prototyping
• World’s first 2x2 MIMO GFDM prototype !!
Dr. Gerhard Fettweis
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2x2 GFDM Demonstration in LabVIEW Communications
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Utilize potential of
extremely wide bandwidths
at frequency ranges once
thought impractical for
commercial wireless.
Consistent connectivity
meeting the 1000x traffic
demand for 5G
Dramatically increased
number of antenna elements
on base station.
5G Vectors
Improve bandwidth
utilization through evolving
PHY Level and flexible
numerology
Multi-RATEnhanced PHYMassive MIMO
AdvancedWireless Networks mmWave
• Densification
• SDN
• NFV
• CRAN
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NYU Wireless: mmWave
• Channel sounding at 28, 38, and 72 GHz
• Prototype system uses NI FlexRIO & NI LabVIEW
Prof. Ted Rappaport
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Yes it is, in some bands
Source: T. S. Rappaport, J. N. Murdock, and F. Gutierrez, “State of the Art in 60-GHz Integrated Circuits and Systems for Wireless Communications,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 99, no. 8, pp. 1390–1436, August 2011
Narrow steerable beams at feasible frequencies
• 100-200 m cell radius• Horn antennas, steerable antenna arrays• Transmissions through walls is highly attenuated
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A lot in unknown about mmWave
• mmWave access network
• Link Performance
• Back haul
• Highly directional link
• Wireless backhaul
• Co-existence
• Use cases
Need real world measurements to verify Channel models
Link performanceCo-existence
mmWave access link
mmWavebackhaul
link
Base station
User device
Access point
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mmWave - Innovate
Channel sounding at 28, 38, and 72 GHz
Multi-GB/s Backhaul/Access Link Prototype
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mmWave System: Key Features
• High output power +20dBm or +25dBm (depending on region)
• Fast gain ranging for fading channels
• Scalable platform e.g. to MIMO
• SW control of front end
• Form factor for outdoor prototyping/measurement
• Modular mmWave RF front ends for different bands/application spaces
• WR-12 port to connect antenna
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mmWave Transceiver System Diagram
mmWave
ReceiverIF Downconverter
Baseband
Receiver
Mulit-FPGA
ProcessingData
10.5 - 12
GHz IF
Analog
Baseband
Digital
Baseband
mmWave
Transmitter
IF
Upconverter
Baseband
Transmitter
Multi-FPGA
Processing
10.5 - 12
GHz IF
Analog
BasebandDigital
Baseband
Data
Software selectable BW of
200MHz – 2GHz for different
applications
Different mmWave heads based on
application
3.072GS/s
3.072GS/s
192 MS/s
192 MS/s
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Hardware Overview
Virtex 7 (485T)FPGA
(TX Processing)
DAC Module(Quadrature Baseband)
ADC Module(Quadrature Baseband)
Virtex 7 (485T)FPGA
(RX Processing)
Kintex 7 (410T) FPGA
(Lower MAC & Antenna Control)
IF & LO Module(Generate LO,
Upconversion & Downconversion)
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Nokia Using a Platform-based Design Approach for 5G mmWave
“It took about 1 calendar year, less than half the time it would have taken with other tools”
Dr. Amitava Ghosh, Head of Broadband Wireless Innovation, Nokia Networks
Nokia Video
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NTT Docomo at MWC 2016 – mmWave 1 GHz System
• Mobility and Beam Tracking
• 73 GHz
• 1 GHz BW, 2.3 Gbps peak rate
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NI Week Keynote: mmWave PoC System @ 2 GHz BW supporting 10 GbpsPeak rate
NIWeek: NI partnerships with Samsung, Nokia bearing 5G fruit - RCR Wireless
Nokia demos mmWave transmission for 5G at NI Week: 10Gbps @ 73GHz over 200m – Xcell Daily Blog
“It took about 1 calendar year, less than half the time it would have taken with other tools”
Dr. Amitava Ghosh Head of Broadband Wireless Innovation, Nokia Networks
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mmWave PoC System @ 2GHz BW supporting 10 Gbps Peak rate New platform designed by NI to meet Nokia’s 5G specification
Parameters Value
Operating Frequency 73.5 GHz
Configuration 2 x 2 MIMOantenna polarization
Bandwidth 2 GHz
Peak Rate ~10 Gbps
Modulation Null Cyclic-Prefix Single CarrierR=0.9, 16 QAM
Antenna Horn Antenna
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5G mmWave 14.5 Gb/S Link with Nokia at MWC 2016
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Timeline w/ NI Platform
Brooklyn 5G Summit 2014
NIWeek 2015 MWC 2016
73 GHz 73 GHz 73 GHz
1 GHz 2 GHz 2 GHz
1x1 2x2 2x2
16 QAM 16 QAM 64 QAM
2.3 Gbps >10 Gbps >14.5 Gbps
Frequency
Bandwidth
Streams
Modulation
Peak rate
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60GHz Phased Array Prototyping AccessoryLead User Platform
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SiBeam V-band Transceiver
• Through Lead User Program, NI can provide a system that uses the mmWavetransceiver system based connected to SiBeam Transceiver evaluation board
• The purpose is to provide researchers with an open platform for experimentation
• This solution is not available widely
• SiBeam evaluation board includes phased array antenna and interface board to connect to the baseband
• The same software used in the complete mmWave Transceiver System is integrated with an open interface API to the phased array antenna
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mmWave Transceiver System Diagram
mmWave
ReceiverIF Downconverter
Baseband
Receiver
Mulit-FPGA
ProcessingData
12 GHz IFAnalog
Baseband
Digital
Baseband
mmWave
Transmitter
IF
Upconverter
Baseband
Transmitter
Multi-FPGA
Processing
Analog
BasebandDigital
Baseband
Data
3.072GS/s
3.072GS/s
192 MHz Clock16 Samples / Cycle
192 MHz Clock16 Samples / Cycle
12 GHz IF
73 GHz (available)
60 GHz (soon)
28 GHz (soon)
39 GHz (roadmap)
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Proposed mmWave Proof of Concept System
mmWave ICBaseband
Receiver
(ADC)
Mulit-FPGA
ProcessingData
Analog
Baseband
Digital
Baseband
Baseband
Transmitter
(DAC)
Multi-FPGA
Processing
Analog
BasebandDigital
Baseband
Data15 mm
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Proposed mmWave Proof of Concept System
mmWave ICBaseband
Receiver
(ADC)
Mulit-FPGA
ProcessingData
Analog
Baseband
Digital
Baseband
Baseband
Transmitter
(DAC)
Multi-FPGA
Processing
Analog
BasebandDigital
Baseband
Data15 mm
Control
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mmWave Transceiver System Diagram
mmWave
ReceiverInterface
Board
Baseband
Receiver
NI PXIe
3630+7902
Multi-FPGA
ProcessingData
Analog Baseband
Digital Baseband
mmWave
TransmitterBaseband
Transmitter
NI PXIe
3610+7902
Multi-FPGA
ProcessingAnalog
BasebandData
3.072GS/s
3.072GS/s
192 MS/s
192 MS/s
Antenna
ControlFPGA
Digital Baseband
Host
Multi-FPGA
Turbo Decoder
(Optional)
60 GHz Prototyping
Accessory Kit
Millimeter Wave Transceiver Baseband
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60 GHz Prototyping Kit
Wall Mount Configuration Table Top Configuration
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RFIC Prototyping in the Lab
• 12 Element Phased Array
• Transmit and Receive
• 60 GHz center frequency
• Single Beam
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Array and Beamforming Applications
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Phased Array Hybrid Beamforming Digital Beamforming
Rx
TxRx
TxRx
Tx
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Preliminary InformationCategory Parameter Value
RF characteristics
Carrier frequency 60.48 GHz, 62.64 GHz
RF Bandwidth 1.76 GHz
SNR for given distance Expecting reasonable performance for 16 QAM for low distances and 1 Gbps for up to 50m [still to be confirmed]
Transmit power 12dBm (1dB per PA chain)
Phase noise Trajectory and PSD available
Antenna characteristics
Antennas: number and beam steering mode
12 antennas, analog beam steering, phased array with 4 different phase settings (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) per element
RX/TX beam patterns Set of vectors + antenna pattern plot for each vector
RX/TX wide beam Setting available, functionality to be confirmed
Misc SiBeam P/N SiBeam Sil6340
Clocking RX/TX with separate references, +/-20ppm each
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NI-MilliLabs mmWaveChannel Sounder
www.millilabs.com
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CHANNEL SOUNDER SUPPORT & SERVICESItem Description
Software Channel sounding software, proxy server, gimbal control, AGC, measurement features
Software Training Provides a walk-through of the sounding software and techniques (1 day)
Support, 1 year Answer application-level questions as needed, remote debugging, personalization of data visualization for the sounder
Hardware Calibration
Performing the following calibration procedures on the fully assembled system prior to shipping to the customer: IQ, Frequency flatness, Power, and Timing
Startup Assistance An engineer will help setup and demonstrate the system at the customer site. Includes travel costs
Feature Additions Custom engineering tasks (FPGA/Host programming, trace-driven simulations for end-to-end performance assessment using ns-3, etc) on an as-needed basis
Measurement Planning
Assistance with planning of measurement campaigns, relevant metrics, site identification, measurement procedures, and best practices
Channel ModelGeneration
Custom code to generate various channel model parameters from the measurement data
Hardware NI hardware, FLIR Gimbals, tripods, etc.
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GIMBAL AUTOMATION
• FLIR pan-tilt units (gimbals) are used to change antenna orientation in elevation and azimuth
o 360o rotation in azimuth, -30 to +90o rotation in elevation
o Drawback: manual control of gimbals is slow, and leads to long measurement campaigns
• Solution: Fully automated gimbal controlo Can use Ethernet, WiFi, 4G dongles, etc
o Proxy server used for NAT tunneling
o Resilient to connection intermittencies and IP address changes
o Speeds up measurement campaigns by an order of magnitude
TX Proxy Server RX
1. move to (θ,φ)2. current (θ,φ)?
1. OK. Will do.2. Current = (θc,φc)
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ANGLE OF ARRIVAL
• For a given TX angle, what is the power received at all RX angles?
• Live-update graph
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• Three year competition to use spectrum effectively and efficiently using intelligent radio techniques.
• 256ch x 256ch Emulator with 128 Ettus USRPs and 16 BEECube ATCA-3671s: COLOSSEUM
• 256ch Challenger Stations with 128 Ettus Research USRPs
• Driver and driver API development to ensure ease of use and flexibility for competition and challenge phases.
• Ettus Research directly referenced in DARPA SC2 competition spec.
Customer: DARPA via JHUAPL and TEVET LLC
System: Massive Channel Emulator and Challenger stations
Key Differentiators: Success with a previous DARPA RF challenge. Low cost per channel and single source supply of RF and processing.
DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE SC2
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For Embedded Applications
Vivado Tools
Vivado Tools
A Broad SDR Hardware Portfolio
RF
Per
form
ance
Price
For Embedded Applications
GNU / RFNoC
USRP e31056 MHz BW
6 GHz Fc
GNU
LabVIEW Host
USRP 290056 MHz BW
6 GHz Fc
GNU / RFNoC
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
USRP RIO160 MHz BW
6 GHz Fc
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
FlexRIO200 MHz BW
4.4 GHz Fc
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
VST200 MHz BW
6 GHz Fc
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
VSA765 MHz BW26.5 GHz Fc
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
mmWave2 GHz BW76 GHz Fc
LabVIEW Host
LabVIEW FPGA
BEEcubeMassive BB Processing
Covering the Full SDR Spectrum
LabVIEW includes LabVIEW FPGA, LabVIEW/RT and LabVIEW for Communications
Offering an Unprecedented Hardware and Software Integration to Development
.m, C/C++, VHDL
3rd Party Language Integration
LTE/802.11/MIMO
FPGA PHY Layer Ref. Design
Multirate DSP nodeFloating Point to FixedAlgorithmic G to Gates
Unique Built-in Tools
Clock-Driven Logic
Advanced FPGA Development
Unified Design Flow
Single Environment for Processors and FPGAs
Connect Hardware to Algorithm
Native Hardware Innovation
LabVIEW Communications System Design Suite
CPU FPGA
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LabVIEWG Dataflow Language
Windows
LabVIEW Design Flow
LabVIEW FPGAG Dataflow Language
HW Platforms
VHDL
.m Script(not synthesized to FPGA)
C(not synthesized to FPGA)
Single Cycle
Logic
Multirate
DSP
CPU
FPGA
Rx
Linux RT PharLap
HLS
IP (Libraries, App Frameworks)
CPU CPU
CPU
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