Lösung

SIRENS – Signal Interference cancellation using REconfigurable iNtelligent Surfaces

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Kurze Beschreibung / Short Description

Communication systems for unmanned ground and air vehicles often face critical challenges from jamming, spoofing, and eavesdropping, especially in highly dynamic and electromagnetically disturbed environments. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) offer an innovative solution by adaptively controlling electromagnetic waves and creating additional signal paths to enhance system resilience. For example, through targeted destructive interference, RIS can selectively block potential eavesdroppers or jammers, ensuring secure and robust communication networks even under active interference.

The Chair for Communication Technology for the Industrial Internet of Things at Clausthal University of Technology has a track record of combining RIS technology research with practical applications, advancing secure and resilient communication strategies. The visionary approach presented in the following is developed as part of the Moonshot Track to pioneer novel communication solutions for future operational challenges.

Track: Moonshot-Track

Was ist eure konkrete Lösungsidee? Wie funktioniert sie? // What is your specific solution idea? How does it work?

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Was ist neu und innovativ an eurer Lösung? // What makes your solution new and innovative?

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In welchem technologischen Reifegrad befindet sich eure Lösung aktuell? // What is the current technological maturity level of your solution?

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Welche Weiterentwicklung wollt ihr im Rahmen der Challenge-Phase konkret erreichen und/oder demonstrieren? // What specific developments would you like to achieve and/or demonstrate during the challenge phase?

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Beschreibt euch/euer Team und ggf. eure Firma oder Institution // Describe yourself, your team and, if applicable, your company or institution.

M.Sc. Mehmet Arslan (Turkish citizen): Technical expert for RIS. Mr. Arslan plans to submit his PhD thesis on RIS implementation at the end of 2025.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Niels Neumann (German citizen): senior scientific and technological advisor, responsible for further RIS research, application activities and exploitation. Niels Neumann received the Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. habil. degrees from TU Dresden in 2005, 2010 and 2020 respectively. Since 2011 he was leading the Microwave Photonics Group at the Chair for RF and Photonics Engineering, TU Dresden. In 2022, he became a full professor of Communication Technology for the Industrial Internet of Things at Clausthal University of Technology.

His chair deals with communication technology concepts and its practical realization for industrial needs, i.e., focusing on resilience and security. Relevant research activities (e.g., RIS4NGWB and SiKora) have been funded by BSI. The chair is the only institution in Germany that has developed advanced, non-commercial millimeter-wave RIS hardware and has these unique prototypes available. Together with its well-equipped laboratories and measurement instruments, this hardware enables the further development and experimental validation for RIS solutions.

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Challenge

SPECTRA – Elektronischer Aufklärungs- und Wirkverbund Countering Electronic Warfare

Lösungsgeber

Clausthal University of Technology