The BRAVE research project ended on November 30, 2021, after nearly four years dedicated to the exploration, optimization and demonstration of a new physical layer for ultra-broadband beyond-5G or 6G technologies in the sub-THz frequency bands. BRAVE partners are SIRADEL (service & software solution provider), CEA-Leti (research institute), Centrale-Supélec (engineering school), and ANFR (spectrum regulator).…
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The main BRAVE results for the modeling, characterization and optimization of the PHY layer of future 6G subTHz communications were presented on September 28th 2021, at CentraleSupélec (Rennes) in front of an audience of about 40 people (partly on site, partly remote). Launched in January 2018, the ANR-BRAVE project will be completed soon, after a…
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This technical document gives complementary results to deliverable D2.1, regarding the definition and test of innovative energy-efficient sub-THz modulation schemes (index modulation in the filter domain). In the previous deliverable D2.1, we investigated the spatial Index Modulation (IM) domain and mainly Generalized Spatial Modulation (GSM)-based schemes to achieve low-power ultra-high wireless rates in sub-THz bands.…
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Sub-Terahertz (sub-THz) and Terahertz (THz) technologies, which are often referred as beyond-5G communication, are today attracting a great interest from both academia and industry. The transmission of information in the spectrum above 90GHz, up to 300GHz allows the use of huge bandwidths, from ones to tens of GHz. As the millimetre-wave communication systems will become…
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BRAVE partners are proud to release their second deliverable regarding the sub-THz PHYsical layer modeling and design: D2.1, Propagation channel model and RF impairments definition and Waveform design. This technical deliverable D2.1, provides valuable results on propagation channel and RF impairments modelling, proposed waveform, related transceiver architecture/algorithm and initial performance evaluation. A first and very…
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Simon Bicaïs defended his PhD thesis on Thursday, November 12 at the CEA-Leti. Part of the work was founded by the ANR-Brave project. Slides are available here. To deploy high-rate wireless services, future communication networks envisage the use of wide frequency bands. Still, the usual frequency bands in the sub-6 GHz spectrum are extremely limited…
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The BRAVE partners are proud to co-organize the ETTCOM workshop (Enabling Technologies for Terahertz Communications) in partnership with the EPIC H2020 project and ISEP engineering school. The full-day workshop will take place on the 31st of August as part of the international IEEE PIMRC conference (Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications). The workshop will…
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A white paper on broadband connectivity in 6G has been recently published by an international consortium of academic and industrial expert entities. This white paper explores the road to implementing broadband connectivity in future 6G wireless systems. The BRAVE partners have actively contributed the white paper (regarding use cases and THz communications perspective) through the dissemination of…
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BRAVE partners are proud to release their new deliverable D1.1 on the Spectrum regulation status. Apprehension of the spectrum regulations evolution to support new telecommunication usage in millimetre-wave and sub-THz frequency ranges requires a general understanding of the spectrum management framework at global, regional and national levels. Deliverable D1.1 provides an overview of the main regulatory…
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Summary on the GDR ISIS day dedicated to Enabling Technologies for sub-THz and THz communication, which took place in ANFR Maisons-Alfort Paris the 18th of September 2019. Twelve presenters described their recent research results. Talks covered many aspects of sub-THz and THz communication, channel coding, physical layer antenna, channel propagation and test benches. About 30…
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