REMON

REMON Consortium

The Race to 4G Mobile Cellular Systems

Chairman, Eli Sofer

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MAGNET Program

• R&D framework, similar to IST program, sponsored

and funded by the Office of Chief Scientist of the
Ministry of Industry and Trade, targeted at the
development of pre-competitive generic technologies
• MAGNET Program, confined so far to Israel
industries and academic institutes, is open now for
the participation of non-Israeli industrial partners.

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Consortium Mission
 Achieve leadership in critical technologies essential
to next generation mobile communication
 Development of strong IPR , technological assets
and know how by REMON Consortium partners
 Implementation of unique building blocks enabling
substantial advantage in future market
 Achieving influencing role in 4G standardization
bodies

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REMON Partners

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Market Trend
TELECOM >>>>> MOBILE

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Drive to Beyond 3G

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Name Title/Description Timeframe
4MORE 4G MC-CDMA multiple antenna system on chip for radio enhancements (with 01/01/04-30/06/06
L1+L2 cross-layer design)
BROADWAN Broadband services for everyone over fixed wireless access networks 01/12/03-30/11/05
CAPANINA Communications from arial platform networks delivering broadband 01/11/03-31/10/06
communications for all (120 Mbps for speeds up to 300 km/hr)
E2R End-to-End Reconfigurability 01/01/04-31/12/05
EURO-NGI Design and Engineering of the Next Generation Internet 01/12/03-30/11/06
EVEREST Evolutionary strategies for radio resource management in cellular 01/01/04-31/12/05
heterogeneous networks
MUSE Multi service access everywhere 01/01/04-31/12/07
OBAN Open Broadband Access Networks 01/01/04-31/12/06
SIMPLICITY Secure, internet-able, mobile platforms leading citizens towards simplicity 01/01/04-31/12/05
SPRECTRUM Supporting European competence in the area of ubiquitous mobile 01/01/04-31/12/07
Communications
UBISEC Ubiquitous networks with a secure provision of services, access, and content 01/01/04-31/12/05
delivery
WIDENS Wireless deployable network system 01/02/04-31/01/06
WINNER Wireless World Initiative New Radio. ITU-R targets: peak mobile user data rates 01/01/04-31/12/05
up to 100 Mbps and up to 1 Gbps for nomadic / local area wireless access

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Market Requirements
Throughput: Peak > 4bps/Hz, Real BB (20-1001000Mbps)
Capacity: ~200 times AMPS
Mobility: Fixed, Nomadic, Slow mobility and Fast 250km/hr
Coverage: 99%: Urban, Sub- Urban, Rural, Indoor and
Outdoor to Indoor  PMP and ~Mesh alike
Cost: Potentially as low as 802.11b
User friendly: Reliable, Small size and light, Long Battery life,
Security and Always connected, QoS

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Critical Technologies

 Smart antenna for BTS and handset

 Time-Space coding
 Efficient protocols for channel management
 Cost effective OFDM/OFDMA devices
 Ad Hoc networking

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Focus on Advanced Air Interface

Focus on few segments of the wireless market to achieve
excellence, taking advantage of recent achievements

 Advanced Physical Layer (OFDMA)

 Integration of Smart Antennas
 Smart Networking and MAC
 Radio Access and Spectrum Optimization

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Market Strategy

 Focus on in few segments of the wireless market

to achieve excellence and leadership in these
areas
 Establish partnerships in early phases
 Achieving a dominant role, as a consortium, in
influencing NGwireless international standards

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ITU Roadmap

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Towards MOBILITY
3G, 3.5G MC-CDMA
Fixed BWA
IEEE 802.16a
‫תחילת‬
Mobile 4G Standardization G4 ‫פריסת‬
IEEE.802.16 Vehicular mobility
e
IEEE.802.16.20 Pedestrian mobility
OFDM/OFDMA

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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OFDMA Basic Concept

User #1 Contention pilots
User #69

Total Frequency band

Guard Band Guard Band

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OFDMA/TDMA Principles
Using OFDMA/TDMA, Sub Channels are allocated in the
Frequency Domain, and OFDMA Symbols allocated in the
Time Domain.

t TDMA

TDMA\OFDMA
m

N
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OFDMA Symbol Structure
(Example)
Time

1 Carrier #1
Carrier #2

the Sub-Channel is
composed of 29
Carriers spread all
over the usable
frequency band.
Carrier #29
carriers are
allocated by OFDM Symbol
Duration
Reed-Solomon 144 30
permutaion

1 1
Pilot Data Pilot Data symbol
Symbol Symbol Numbers Numbers

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Research areas for the Academy
Approval of 12 Academy research projects out of 25 submitted proposals
 Smart antennas algorithms
 Ad Hoc networking
 Time-space coding
 Radio resource management
 Integral location techniques
 Efficient spectrum utilization
 Handover algorithms

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Consortium Structure
MAGNET
Consortium
Management

Activity1 Activity2 Activity3

`` System
RAN MAC & PHY & Team
Optimization Protocols Smart Ant

3G/4G Lab Test Bed

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Main
MainR&D
R&DClusters
Clusters
3 2 1
PHY & Smart Smart MAC & RAN
Ant Protocols Optimization
Runcom Alvarion Schema
Alvarion Rafael Celletra
Rafael Runcom Cellcom
Celletra ComSys Runcom
ComSys

Market Analysis & System specification

DEMO MAC & Net Scenario

PHY &MIMO Simulation Simulation
Standards Standards
DEMONSTRATOR System
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Base
BaseStation
Station Mobile
MobileHandset
Handset
SMART
SMART
SMART ANTENNA
ANTENNA
ANTENNA
\ ANTENNA Main ASIC
RF/IF
Sector Transceiver Multimode Modem/FEC
REMON RF/IF Modules
MAC Proc
DEMONSTRATOR OFDMA Modem
FEC Video Proc
MAC Processor Application Proc
Hand-Over Protocols Display & KB
.AD-HOC Protocols
Battery & Case

Data
DataScheduling
Scheduling
Power System
:Legend Control Central
CentralSwitching
Switching
REMON R&D Router
REMON Eng.. Physical Infrastructure Network
NetworkInterface
Interface
NON_REMON Backhaul
NMS
NMS

RAN
RANOptimization
Optimization

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