BENGALURU: The International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) Sunday announced it has the NM-ICPS project from DST, which focuses on 5G-Advance and 6G research, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and products to promote start-ups in the niche areas of advanced communication systems.
IIIT-B is working with leading institutions and organizations and the strategic partnerships aim to create cutting-edge research facilities equipped with the latest technology, enabling Indian researchers to lead global advancements in wireless communication.
“We have 49 funded research projects. This year, one of the big projects that have taken off is — Communication Enterprise Technology (COMET) which is a centre funded by the national mission in the inter-cyber physical system by the Department of Science and Technology, the government of India to overcome some of the challenges of the country towards self-dependence,” said Debabarata Das, Director of IIIT-Bangalore.
He said that at present, mobiles are developed by three and a half companies — Ericsson, Samsung, and Huawei, and they control the world’s base stations. “India needs 12 lakh plus base stations, all indigenous companies want to develop it. Comet Foundation, along with the academic partners — other IITs — is working on an architecture Open Radio Access Network (ORAN). The ORAN base stations can cater to 5G and 5G advanced and 6G.
Milind Gandhe, chief executive officer of IITB COMET Foundation said that the funding has been going on for three years and researchers are working on building an ORAN based 5g based station for 5G advance. “This will take us from being dependent on the three companies towards self-reliance if we want to set up a network in India. It is important for the country to have control over networks. And while the use case for 6G was agreed upon last year, researchers here are already working on intelligent reflecting surfaces — Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) — which will work like mirrors, reflecting the signals. Imagine a signal bouncing off multiple mirrors zig-zag, and extending the communication range to the lowermost floors of a multi-storeyed building, while enhancing the quality of base stations. How to create a mirror is a challenge we work on,” he added.
RIS technology also enables the creation of Smart Radio Environments (SREs), which can be tailored to specific use cases such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
IIIT-B is leading efforts to establish a 5G use-case testbed lab, focusing on Urban Management and Health. This lab will serve as a learning environment for approximately 150 students and start-ups annually. It will be integrated into advanced graduate-level courses covering various topics like Mobile Computing, Wireless Communication, and Network Function Virtualization.
Through its CADS-CODR Project, researchers are using Data Science and AI to implement analytical tools for policy formulation and evaluation.
IIIT-B is working with leading institutions and organizations and the strategic partnerships aim to create cutting-edge research facilities equipped with the latest technology, enabling Indian researchers to lead global advancements in wireless communication.
“We have 49 funded research projects. This year, one of the big projects that have taken off is — Communication Enterprise Technology (COMET) which is a centre funded by the national mission in the inter-cyber physical system by the Department of Science and Technology, the government of India to overcome some of the challenges of the country towards self-dependence,” said Debabarata Das, Director of IIIT-Bangalore.
He said that at present, mobiles are developed by three and a half companies — Ericsson, Samsung, and Huawei, and they control the world’s base stations. “India needs 12 lakh plus base stations, all indigenous companies want to develop it. Comet Foundation, along with the academic partners — other IITs — is working on an architecture Open Radio Access Network (ORAN). The ORAN base stations can cater to 5G and 5G advanced and 6G.
Milind Gandhe, chief executive officer of IITB COMET Foundation said that the funding has been going on for three years and researchers are working on building an ORAN based 5g based station for 5G advance. “This will take us from being dependent on the three companies towards self-reliance if we want to set up a network in India. It is important for the country to have control over networks. And while the use case for 6G was agreed upon last year, researchers here are already working on intelligent reflecting surfaces — Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) — which will work like mirrors, reflecting the signals. Imagine a signal bouncing off multiple mirrors zig-zag, and extending the communication range to the lowermost floors of a multi-storeyed building, while enhancing the quality of base stations. How to create a mirror is a challenge we work on,” he added.
RIS technology also enables the creation of Smart Radio Environments (SREs), which can be tailored to specific use cases such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
IIIT-B is leading efforts to establish a 5G use-case testbed lab, focusing on Urban Management and Health. This lab will serve as a learning environment for approximately 150 students and start-ups annually. It will be integrated into advanced graduate-level courses covering various topics like Mobile Computing, Wireless Communication, and Network Function Virtualization.
Through its CADS-CODR Project, researchers are using Data Science and AI to implement analytical tools for policy formulation and evaluation.
