ComSoc Distinguished Lecture: INTEGRATED TERRESTRIAL/AERIAL 6G NETWORKS FOR UBIQUITOUS 3D SUPER-CONNECTIVITY IN 2030s
The IEEE Toronto ComSoc Chapter and University of Toronto – ECE are inviting all interested to the distinguished lecture titled:
INTEGRATED TERRESTRIAL/AERIAL 6G NETWORKS FOR UBIQUITOUS 3D SUPER-CONNECTIVITY IN 2030s
by Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University
Talk abstract:
As the 5G standards are currently being developed with a scheduled completion date of late-2019, it is time to reinitiate a brainstorming endeavour followed by the technical groundwork towards the subsequent generation (6G) wireless networks of 2030s.
One reasonable starting point in this new 6G discussion is to reflect on the possible shortcomings of the 5G networks to-be-deployed. 5G promises to provide connectivity for a broad range of use-cases in a variety of vertical industries; after all, this rich set of scenarios is indeed what distinguishes 5G from the previous four generations. Many of the envisioned 5G use-cases require challenging target values for one or more of the key QoS elements, such as high rate, high reliability, low latency, and high energy efficiency; we refer to the presence of such demanding links as the super-connectivity.
However, the very fundamental principles of digital and wireless communications reveal that the provision of ubiquitous super-connectivity in the global scale – i.e., beyond indoors, dense downtown or campus-type areas – is infeasible with the legacy terrestrial network architecture as this would require prohibitively expensive gross over-provisioning. The problem will only exacerbate with even more demanding 6G use-cases such as UAVs requiring connectivity (ex: delivery drones), thus the need for 3D super-connectivity.
In this talk, we will present a 5-layer vertical architecture composed of fully integrated terrestrial and aerial layers for 6G networks of 2030s:
- Terrestrial HetNets with macro-, micro-, and pico-BSs
- Flying-BSs (aerial-/UAV-/drone-BSs); altitude: up to several 100 m
- High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) (floating-BSs); altitude: ~20 km
- Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites; altitude: 200-1,000 km
- Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites; altitude: 35,786 km
In the absence of a clear technology roadmap for the 2030s, the talk has, to a certain extent, an exploratory view point to stimulate further thinking and creativity. We are certainly at the dawn of a new era in wireless research and innovation; the next twenty years will be very interesting.
Short Biography:
Halim Yanikomeroglu is a Professor at Carleton University. His research covers many aspects of communications technologies with emphasis on wireless networks. He supervised 20 PhD students (all completed with theses). He coauthored 360+ peer-reviewed research papers including 120+ in the IEEE journals; these publications have received 11,000+ citations. He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications Society, and a Distinguished Speaker for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He has been one of the most frequent tutorial presenters in the leading international IEEE conferences (29 times). He has had extensive collaboration with industry which resulted in 25 granted patents (plus more than a dozen applied). During 2012-2016, he led one of the largest academic-industrial collaborative research projects on pre-standards 5G wireless, sponsored by the Ontario Government and the industry. He served as the General Chair and Technical Program Chair of several major international IEEE conferences.
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- Date: 06 Dec 2018
- Time: 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-05:00) Canada/Eastern
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- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- University of Toronto
- Toronto, Ontario
- Canada M5S 3G4
- Building: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
- Room Number: BA1230
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rRof. Halim Yanikomeroglu of Carleton University
INTEGRATED TERRESTRIAL/AERIAL 6G NETWORKS FOR UBIQUITOUS 3D SUPER-CONNECTIVITY IN 2030s
Biography:
Halim Yanikomeroglu is a Professor at Carleton University. His research covers many aspects of communications technologies with emphasis on wireless networks. He supervised 20 PhD students (all completed with theses). He coauthored 360+ peer-reviewed research papers including 120+ in the IEEE journals; these publications have received 11,000+ citations. He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications Society, and a Distinguished Speaker for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He has been one of the most frequent tutorial presenters in the leading international IEEE conferences (29 times). He has had extensive collaboration with industry which resulted in 25 granted patents (plus more than a dozen applied). During 2012-2016, he led one of the largest academic-industrial collaborative research projects on pre-standards 5G wireless, sponsored by the Ontario Government and the industry. He served as the General Chair and Technical Program Chair of several major international IEEE conferences.