Faramir

Introduction

The goal of the FARAMIR project is to research and develop techniques for increasing the radio environmental and spectral awareness of future wireless systems. The project aims to accomplish this by developing a reference architecture and implementation for Radio Environment Maps (REMs), which are essentially knowledge bases in which cognitive radios and store and access information on the environment and other wireless systems. New spectrum sensing technologies and algorithms are also being developed, including novel radio neighbourhood mapping techniques for characterizing interference sources. These technologies will then be applied for resource management decisions in a variety of wireless network types. The project will also carry out extensive spectrum measurements to improve our understanding of usage of spectrum in Europe, both in different countries and in different socio-economic environments.

Project Coordinator
Prof. Petri Mähönen
E-mail: pma-at-mobnets.rwth-aachen.de

Project Manager
Janne Riihijärvi
E-mail: jar-at-mobnets.rwth-aachen.de
Phone: + 49 241 80 20921
Fax:     +49 241 80 620900

In Brief

FARAMIR is a European FP7 project, developing techniques for increasing the radio environmental and spectral awareness of future wireless systems. The project has a holistic approach, carrying out activities ranging from hardware development to implementation of a reference design for radio environmental map (REM) solutions. Extensive measurement campaigns are also being performed by project partners in an effort to improve our understanding how spectrum is actually used within Europe.

 

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