The next

generation of

connectivity

About

The REINDEER project will develop a new smart connect-compute platform with a capacity that is scalable to quasi-infinite, and that offers perceived zero latency and interaction with an extremely high number of embedded devices. It will thereto develop “RadioWeaves” technology, a new wireless access infrastructure consisting of a fabric of distributed radio, computing, and storage resources which function as a massive, distributed antenna array. We will develop protocols and algorithms to establish novel resilient interactive applications that require ‘real-time’ and ‘real-space’ cooperation, for future robotized industrial environments, immersive entertainment, and intuitive care. We will co-design focusing algorithms and protocols for enhanced interaction with many energy-neutral devices. REINDEER will provide experimental proof-of-concept in versatile testbeds. The project will reinforce the European technological leadership and the innovation will create new business opportunities.

Vision

REINDEER will develop a new type of smart connectivity platform creating hyper-diversity.

We will design cell-free protocols and distributed intelligent processing establishing robust and scalable real-time and real-space interactive applications. Operating in this infrastructure will be with ultra-efficient usage of energy and bandwidth.

Smart connectivity technologies for interactive experiences, with perceived zero latency and uninterrupted availability both in time and in location within the service operation.

Keyfacts

Reference

Reference Number:
101013425

Programme type:
H2020-ICT-2020-2 RIA

Programme acronym:
REINDEER

Duration

Project Start: 01.01.2021

48 Months

Cost and Funding

Costs:
€ 4.644.460

Funding:
100% EU-funded

Motivation

Many future applications will rely heavily on wireless connectivity to offer interaction in ‘real-time’ and ‘realspace’, with imperceptible latency and unnoticeable dislocation between virtual and real elements. The remote medical expert wearing light-weight augmented reality (AR) glasses can monitor the patient and health data and control the equipment. The glasses operate as an energy-neutral device powered wirelessly from the connectivity platform. They receivee HD video streams for the displays but all processing off-loaded to the infrastructure. Likewise, in factories people and machines will cooperate, with an increasing number of robots and autonomous vehicles and drones. By 2030, consumers envision ‘Merged Realities’ where physical and virtual realities will be interchangeable. These applications expect unperceivable latency and high reliability. No retransmissions can be tolerated and zero outage is required in their operational environment.

Mission and Objectives

To be able to develop smart connectivity technologies for resilient interactive experiences, with perceived zero latency and uninterrupted availability both in time and in location within the service operation. The REINDEER project will bring essential innovation to progress both the platform architectures and the protocols and algorithms to realize the great potential in actual deployments and to establish future interactive applications. REINDEER will focus on the following objectives:

To analyse and specify technical requirements for future interactive applications in industrial, care, and entertainment use cases.
To develop the transformational RadioWeaves smart connectivity platform as energy-efficient, smart, scalable and secure connectivity infrastructure, and topologies for zero-outage and efficient and secure deployment.
To develop scalable protocols and algorithms for cell-free operation, and signal processing solutions for resilient interactive applications and cooperation with ‘energy-neutral’ devices through pro-active diversity, location learning, and distributed intelligence.
To experimentally validate and demonstrate the RadioWeaves smart connectivity platform and the REINDEER algorithms for robust applications and interaction with energy-neutral devices.
To share the REINDEER results with a broad group of stakeholders and the scientific community, promote technological vision in pre-standardization activities, ensure interoperability.

Responsible for the operational management and technical vitality of REINDEER encompassing management components on contractual, financial, legal, technical, administrative and ethical levels. Another focus is to respond to opportunities, which is addressed by active innovation management. These activities will help to maximize the benefit to participants, project stakeholders and the overall project impact.