An agreement signed between C-DOT and IIT Mandi for “Developing Semiconductor Chip of Wideband Spectrum Sensor for Dynamic Spectrum Access.”
An agreement has been signed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) with the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu).
This agreement focuses on the development of a “Wideband Spectrum-Sensor ASIC-Chip for Enhancing the Spectrum Utilization,” marking a significant step towards creating indigenous next-generation telecommunications technology.
This has been signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Department of Telecommunications.
This scheme is designed to provide financial support to Indian startups, academia and R&D institutions to design, develop and commercialize telecom equipment and its solutions.
Its objective is to make broadband and mobile services affordable thereby bridging the digital divide across India.
The project aims to develop a wideband spectrum sensing (WSS) algorithm and hardware to improve spectrum efficiency by utilizing underused bands, targeting rural broadband services.
This initiative will enable scanning of more than 2 GHz spectrum with minimal sensing time, thereby boosting the throughput of cognitive radio networks.
In addition, it will demonstrate wideband cognitive radio modules in the 6 GHz satellite band (5.925-7.125 GHz) for spectrum sensing and communication.
These designs will be initially simulated in a field-programmable gate-array (FPGA) environment and later integrated with application-specific integrated-circuit (ASIC) semiconductor-chips to provide improved spectrum efficiency.
Gate array is a semiconductor technology that uses prefabricated chips to design and manufacture application-specific integrated circuits.
The project will also generate intellectual property (IP) for wideband spectrum sensing technology, a key component of dynamic spectrum sensing.
