The 10 NEW Committees being formed to address the Mission Question are:
1. State of the Art Review
This committee’s goal is to review the current and near term state of the art wireless mobile communications services, technology, infrastructure and architectures to identify opportunities and directions that will lead to the seamless integration and application of millimeter wave and terahertz frequencies and infrastructure supplemental to existing cellular and HetNet infrastructure.
2. Use Cases Study Group
This committee’s goal is to identify and detail user case applications from nanocells to device backplanes where millimeter and terahertz bidirectional communication devices and systems may be used to exploit emerging market opportunities. The case studies should expand beyond just the communication device elements themselves and address network architectures, devices and standards that may be applicable and or need further attention from the IWPC. The Use Case Study group should work closely with the State of Art review group.
3. Network Architecture Options Study Group
This committee’s goal is to identify and detail the architectural, MAC, PHY, protocol, device and standards applicable to the User Case studies and most specifically the proposed nanocell and third layer super channel distribution model designed as a adjunct to a cellular and network point-of-presence. This group will work with the channel modeling, spectrum and Physical Layer Groups to optimize nanocell transport and device distribution.
4. Channel Modeling Study Group
This committee’s goal is to identify and detail the physical and MAC layer channel models for the creation and integration of millimeterWave, terahertz and photonic frequencies for both mobile and fixed customer data transport super channels as well as inter-nanocell backhaul channels. The channel model committee should also incorporate interference studies across these frequency bands to optimize power and nanocell size and distribution in relation to licensed and protected spectrum bands.
5. Physical Layer Study Group
This committee’s goal is to identify and detail the means to create a third super channel transport layer centered on and distributed from a network point-of- presence that is capable of separating out, primarily, large data packets from the existing cellular traffic directed to this POP, voice and streaming video services may also be a component of this super channel service. This data redirected by the frequency router to the super channel third layer will be transported to the customer via a concatenated series of nanocells, cooperatively working in tandem and in localized clusters to direct this customer traffic to the optimum line of sight Nanocell nearby the customer, and then beamed to the customer from that nanocell until a new sequential nanocell becomes optimally aligned and the localized handoff occurs. The Committee will work with the Channel Modeling Study Group to optimize the nanocell topography and identify street furniture (powered light poles etc), suitable for collocation and powering of the nanocell.
6. Global Spectrum availability and harmonization Study Group
This committee’s goal is to review, identify and consider available spectrum in the millimeter and terahertz frequency bands that is commonly available to be used for mobile and fixed wireless communications across a significant sampling of the global national community with the intent of identifying common frequency bands that would support large scale low cost transceiver development and production in these common frequencies. In addition the group will reach out to US and international spectrum regulatory agencies to solicit the allocation of millimeter spectrum near to and above 100GHz for communication devices.
7. RF Front End Technologies – Antennas Study Group
This committee’s goal is to review, identify and consider RF antenna designs and radiant energy distribution models to support fixed and steerable, sectored, micro-sectored arrays and highly directional antenna designs and assemblies for low cost, mass produced nanocell systems, both network and handset modules. The antenna designs should be optimized for transceiver coupling in three spectrum bands (20GHz to 100GHz, 100GHz to 300GHz and 300GHz to 1000GHz). The antenna group will liaise with the spectrum, transceiver and semiconductor groups to optimize design configuration.
8. RF Front End Technologies – Transceivers Study Group
This committee’s goal is to review, identify and consider the transceiver integration of three spectrum bands, (20GHz to 100GHz, 100GHz to 300GHz and 300GHz to 1000GHz), both the network as well as the handsets radio front end, so as to provide radio transceiver modules with the maximum spectrum flexibility and software selectable access channels within these bands. The nanocell to customer channel is negotiated between the nanocell and the handset based on local spectrum license considerations, low noise channels and spectrum efficiency considerations based on optimum frequency to customer bandwidth and potential number of customer users within the nanocell. The inter-nanocell RF/optical backhaul, needed to manage customer traffic forwarding and handoffs will also require spectrum flexibility.
9. RF Front End Technologies – Semiconductors Study Group
This committee’s goal is to review, identify and consider evolving semiconductor transceiver modules and their integration to minimize device and circuitry footprint. The group’s goal is to design front end, software selectable integrated multi-spectrum band, (20GHz to 100GHz, 100GHz to 300GHz and 300GHz to 1000GHz), radio transceiver module suitable for both the network and handset side of the link.
10. Demonstrator realization Study Group
This committee’s goal is to review, identify and consider the means to design and integrate the separate technology elements and considerations described above. And from there, identify a means to fund, build and demonstrate a working nanocell prototype and handset configuration for demonstration and evaluation purposes.