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Spectrum Aggregation and Multi-User MIMO: Real World Impact

Seventh Framework Programme

SAMURAI is an industrially focused consortium composed of a telecommunication network equipment maker, chipset vendors, test equipment vendor and Universities. The focus of the project is to tackle the challenge of next generation telecommunication systems using multi user MIMO and aggregated spectrum techniques.

 

SAMURAI

Spectrum Aggregation and Multi-user MIMO: Real-World Impact

SAMURAI is an industrially focused consortium composed of a telecommunication network equipment maker, chipset vendors, test equipment vendor and Universities. The focus of the project is to tackle the challenge of next generation telecommunication systems using multi user MIMO and aggregated spectrum techniques.

Partners

  1. Agilent Technologies SA/NV (B), Project coordinator
     
  2. Intel Mobile Communications (D), 
     
  3. Sequans Communications SA (F), 
     
  4. Institut Eurecom (F), 
     
  5. Aalborg Universitet (DK), 
     
  6. Nokia Siemens Networks Danmark A/S (DK), 
     
  7. Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudomány Egyetem (HU)
     

Facts

  • Duration: 01/2010 - 10/2012
  • Funding scheme: STREP
  • Total Cost: €4.596.081,00m
  • EC Contribution: €3.094.389,00m

News

  • Sun, 2012-04-01
    SAMURAI at the WCNC conference in Paris

    SAMURAI will be present with several presentations at the IEEE WCNC conference in Paris from 1st to 4th April 2012. The contributions include the following papers:

    • Biljana Badic Rajarajan Balraj, Tobias Scholand, Zijian Bai, Stanislaus Iwelski: "Impact of Feedback and User Pairing Schemes on Receiver Performance in MU-MIMO LTE Systems"
    • Imran Latif, Florian Kaltenberger, Raymond Knopp: "Link Abstraction for Multi-User MIMO in LTE using Interference-Aware Receiver"
    • Andrea F. Cattoni, et al: "Multi-User MIMO and Carrier Aggregation in 4G Systems: the SAMURAI Approach"
    Furthermore the project leader AGILENT will be present with a booth and exhibiting the latest developments of their products.
     
  • Mon, 2012-02-13
    SAMURAI perticipation at the FlexSuS workshop

    Samurai gave a presentation of its most recent results at the FlexSUS workshop on Feb. 13th 2012 in Bruxelles. The presentation slides can be found here

  • Mon, 2012-02-13
    SAMURAI at the RAS cluster meeting

    SAMURAI presented its most recent results at the RAS cluster meeting in Bruxelles on Feb 13th 2012. The presentation slides can be found here.

  • Fri, 2011-06-17
    SAMURAI at Future Network and Mobile Summit (FUNEMS) 2011

    Future Network and Mobile Summit (FUNEMS) 2011

    SAMURAI presented its first Proof-of-Concepts demonstrators for MU-MIMO and Carrier Aggregation. See the press release for further details.

    Further SAMURAI organized a workshop on "Technologies for LTE-Advanced: from Theory to Practice". The presentation slides can be found here.

  • Tue, 2011-03-08
    SAMURAI paper "MU-MIMO in LTE systems" accepted for publication in EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communication and Networking

    The paper can be found here.

  • Fri, 2011-02-11
    SAMURAI at the RAS cluster concertation meeting

    The presentation given at the RAS cluster concertation meeting can be found here.

  • Mon, 2010-11-29
    Third Project meeting, Sequans, Paris, France
  • Thu, 2010-07-01
    Second Project meeting, BMU, Budapest, Hungary
  • Mon, 2010-01-25
    Project Kick-off meeting, Eurecom, Sophia Antiplois, France