{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100816"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100816","attributes":{"code":"DE260100816","administering-organisation":"Macquarie University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Macquarie University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Cell-Free Wide-Area mm-Wave Communications. Future communication networks need massive bandwidth for time-critical data applications, such as autonomous cars, internet of things, and extended reality. This project will address the key challenge of exploiting the millimetre-wave (mm-wave) spectrum for outdoor wide-area future mobile communications. A novel cell-free network architecture is proposed, and will be optimised, providing new dynamic link management algorithms for practical implementation. This will overcome signal propagation and blockage constraints in the mm-wave spectrum. Other expected outcomes include planning tools for network operators. Many sectors will benefit from wide-area massive bandwidth including transportation, agriculture, mining, and emergency services.","funding-current":533903.00,"funding-at-announcement":529672,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Thanh Tung","familyName":"Vu","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-8342-4567 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Thanh Tung","familyName":"Vu","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-8342-4567 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Macquarie University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Macquarie University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4006","name":"Communications Engineering","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"400608","name":"Wireless Communication Systems and Technologies (Incl. Microwave and Millimetrewave)","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"220103","name":"Mobile Technologies and Communications","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Northern Ireland","Sweden","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Mm-wave technology is a game-changer that offers massive untapped bandwidth, enabling diverse future applications such as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, internet of things, and extended reality by mainstream businesses. This project addresses fundamental research challenges for providing wide-area\nseamless mm-wave service, a capability beyond current networks’ reach. The new architecture, dynamic link management, and practical resource allocation techniques developed in this project will enable the provision of algorithms and optimisation tools for network operators. These tools are vital for guiding and planning future ultrareliable low-latency mm-wave network rollouts, with far-reaching benefits. Wide-area mm-wave networks are anticipated to have an economic impact far exceeding that of current 5G technology which is expected to add $27 Billion to Australia's economy (2021-2030). They also promise benefits to healthcare, transportation, advanced manufacturing, agriculture, mining, and consumer entertainment. By enabling the deployment of these networks, this project will help to spur job creation and better equip companies to seize the opportunity of creating new high-tech businesses, strengthening Australia's leadership in wireless technologies. This project will actively present its findings to academic and industry communities to harness the full potential of future communication technologies for a more connected and prosperous Australian society."}}}