Problem Statement

5G Beamforming solution for FR1 band (450 MHz to 7.25 GHz) and FR2 band (24 GHz to 52 GHz) with massive MIMO (up to 64x64) will perform as RU (Radio Unit) for 5G. The beamforming solution will be hybrid, i.e., supporting analog beamforming, digital beamforming, and hybrid beamforming. The objective of the project is to simulate hybrid beamforming with 64x64 MOMO in Matlab and implement it on FPGA based platform. 

Objective of the project

5G Beamforming solution for FR1 band (450 MHz to 7.25 GHz) and FR2 band (24 GHz to 52 GHz) with massive MIMO (up to 64x64) will perform as RU (Radio Unit) for 5G.. The beamforming solution will be hybrid, i.e., supporting analog beamforming, digital beamforming, and hybrid beamforming. The scope of the project is to simulate analog beamforming, digital beamforming, and hybrid beamforming with 64x64 MOMO in Matlab simulation software. For this, specialized algorithms have to be designed, developed, and simulated in Matlab. The final algorithm with a hybrid beamforming solution has to be implemented on an FPGA based platform, such as Xilinx’s RFSoC evaluation board. The interface between 5G RU and DU (Distributed Unit) shall be eCPRI (enhanced Common Radio Protocol Interface).

Probable Institutes

IIT Madras, (Dr. Radhakrishna Ghanti, Department of Electrical Engineering, Chennai. Email: rganti@ee.iitm.ac.in)

IISc, (Dr. Chandra Murthy, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Bangalore. Email: cmurthy@iisc.ac.in)

IIT Kanpur, (Dr. Aditya K. Jagannatham, Department of Electrical Engineering, Kanpur. Email: adityaj@iitk.ac.in)

IIT Hyderabad, (Dr. Kiran Kuchi,  Department of Electrical Engineering, Hyderabad, Email: kkuchi@iith.ac.in)

IIT Roorkee, (Dr. Abhay Sah, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering,  Roorkee, Email: sah.abhay@iitr.ac.in)

Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), Singapore

Patents

IPR rights to be Transferred to BEL for production.

Expected Deliverables

5G RU (Radio Unit) for FR1 and FR2 bands with the specifications in (6), Design Document, IPR 

Specifications of RU for 5G

Expected Delivery time

12 Months

Project Funding and Expected Project Costing

Will be Funded by Central Research Laboratory, Bharat Electronics, ₹58.0 Lakhs