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Project: LandMark

Acronym: LandMark

Main Objective:
A key technology for autonomous driving is the real-time high-definition (HD) map of the car's surroundings. The usual approach to fulfil those requirements is to use on-board sensors inside the vehicle, such as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) and vision based systems. Due to its accuracy and fast scanning speed LiDAR systems have been adopted by the major car makers. An autonomous vehicle operates in isolation from other vehicles by using its internal sensors. However, better performance can be achieved if connected and cooperative vehicles can exchange sensor information and real-time ultra-high definition (UHD) maps with other vehicles or with the infrastructure, to overcome limitations of their onboard ranging sensors regarding their detection range, angle of view and blockage areas. However, collaborative UHD mapping places high requirements on computing power and data transmission on V2X. Ultra-fast data transmission can be provided by free-space optical wireless communication (OWC). Furthermore, OWC provides small size and light weight transceivers and is highly immune to electromagnetic interference and interception, making itself a secure communication technology. LANDmaRk ambition is to make a giant step forward in autonomous driving, by a revolutionary concept that integrates into high bandwidth OWC systems optical reflectometry concepts. This hybrid technology will increase the available wireless bandwidth by several orders of magnitude, enabling real time cloud based high definition map generation.

Região de intervenção - Centro
Entidade beneficiária - Instituto de Telecomunicações

Data da decisão final - 24/4/2018
Custo total elegível - 239.798,77
Apoio Financeiro da União Europeia, FEDER - 203.828,95
Apoio Financeiro Nacional, OE (FCT) - 35.969,82

Instituto de Telecomunicações:
Apoio Financeiro da União Europeia, FEDER - 182.897,70
Apoio Financeiro Nacional, OE (FCT) - 32.276,07

Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR):
Apoio Financeiro da União Europeia, FEDER - 20.931,25
Apoio Financeiro Nacional, OE (FCT) - 3.693,75

Reference: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031527

Funding: FCT/POCI

Start Date: 26-07-2018

End Date: 25-07-2022

Team: Maria do Carmo Raposo de Medeiros, Paulo Miguel Nepomuceno Pereira Monteiro, Luis Alberto da Silva Cruz, Bruno Miguel Simão Rolo Rosmaninho, Abel Lorences Riesgo, Vinícius Nunes Henrique Silva, Atilio Manuel da Silva Gameiro, Ana Maria Sousa da Rocha

Groups: Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co, Optical Communication Systems and Networking – Co, Multimedia Signal Processing – Co

Partners: INSTITUTO DE SISTEMAS E ROBOTICA-I.S.R.-Coimbra

Local Coordinator: Maria do Carmo Raposo de Medeiros

United Nations Strategic Development Goal - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Associated Publications

15Papers in Journals
L. G. Garrote, J. P. Perdiz, L. A. S. C. Cruz, U. Nunes, Point Cloud Compression: Impact on Object Detection in Outdoor Contexts, Sensors, Vol. 22, No. 15, pp. 5767 - 5767, August, 2022,
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E. Muller, V. Silva, P. Monteiro, M. C. R. Medeiros, Joint Optical Wireless Communication and Localization Using OFDM, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 34, No. 14, pp. 757 - 760, July, 2022 | BibTex
F. P. Guiomar, M. Fernandes, J. Nascimento, V. Rodrigues, P. Monteiro, Coherent Free-Space Optical Communications: Opportunities and Challenges, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 3173 - 3186, May, 2022,
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M. Oliveira, F. Tosta, D. Guillen, P. Monteiro, A. P. Pohl, Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of LED Lamp for Visible Light Communications, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 1, No. 125, pp. 3461 - 3477, May, 2022 | BibTex
M. Fernandes, P. Monteiro, F. P. Guiomar, Free-Space Terabit Optical Interconnects, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 1519 - 1526, March, 2022,
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A. Zaouga, A. F. Sousa, M. Najjar, P. Monteiro, Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for NG-PONs With Channel Bonding, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 374 - 378, February, 2022,
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B. M. Oliveira, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Enhancing Power Budget and Spectral Efficiency in Amplifier-Less Coherent Optical Links, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 33, No. 24, pp. 1383 - 1386, December, 2021,
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V. Oliveira, A. Barbero, V. Silva, A. Cascardo, F. Peixoto, A. Santos, Etched fiber Bragg grating probe using a regular CNC machine and a 3D printer, Applied Optics, Vol. 60, No. 33, pp. 10377 - 10377, November, 2021 | BibTex
V. Brazil, A. Barbero, A. Santos, F. Peixoto, L. Sphaier, V. Silva, Real-Time Fermentation Monitoring of Synthetic Beer Wort Using Etched Fiber Bragg Grating, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 70, No. 7006707, pp. 1 - 7, October, 2021 | BibTex
V. Kappala, J. Pradhan, A. India, V. Silva, S. India, S. India, A Point-to-Multi-Point Tracking System for FSO Communication, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 70, No. 5504110, pp. 1 - 10, September, 2021 | BibTex
A. O Mufutau, F. P. Guiomar, A. Oliveira, P. Monteiro, Software-Defined Radio Enabled Cloud Radio Access Network Implementation Using OpenAirInterface, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 1, No. 121, pp. 1233 - 1253, September, 2021 | BibTex
B. M. Oliveira, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Optimizing Probabilistic Constellation Shaping for Amplifier-Less Coherent Optical Links, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 39, No. 13, pp. 4318 - 4330, July, 2021,
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F. P. Guiomar, A. Lorences-Riesgo, D. ALBERGARIA, F. Rocco, A. Sousa, M. Fernandes, B. Brandão, A. Carena Carena, A. Teixeira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Adaptive Probabilistic Shaped Modulation for High-Capacity Free-Space Optical Links, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 38, No. 23, pp. 6529 - 6541, December, 2020 | BibTex
A. O Mufutau, F. P. Guiomar, M. Fernandes, A. Lorences-Riesgo, A. Oliveira, P. Monteiro, Demonstration of a hybrid optical fiber--wireless 5G fronthaul coexisting with end-to-end 4G networks, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 72 - 78, February, 2020,
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A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, A. Sousa, A. Teixeira, N. J. Muga, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, 200 G Outdoor Free-Space-Optics Link Using a Single-Photodiode Receiver, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 394 - 400, January, 2020,
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14Papers in Conferences
B. M. Oliveira, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, On the Enhancement of Unamplified Optical Coherent Systems, 13th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2022,
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F. Sampaio, T. Ferreira, L. Neto, A. Barbero, M. C. R. Medeiros, V. Silva, Performance of MMSE-LE in 2 Gbaud/s Single Carrier Visible Light Communication using PAM-2, 13th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2022,
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B. M. Oliveira, M. S. Neves, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Autoencoder-Optimized Geometric Constellation Shaping for Unamplified Coherent Optical Links, Conf. on Lasers and Electro-optic - CLEO, San Jose, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 2, May, 2022,
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F. Bittar, M. Garrido, J. Nascimento, A. Santos, A. Barbero, V. Silva, Optical Triangulation for Free-Space Optics Beam Tracking using Artificial Neural Networks, International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technology, Besançon, France, November, 2021 | BibTex
A. R.C. Santos, M. C. R. Medeiros, Residual Beam Squint Effect of a Photonic Supported Beam Steering Scheme Based on Continuously Tuneable Mach-Zehnder Interferometers, 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, July, 2020 | BibTex
M. C. R. Medeiros, A. R.C. Santos, Evaluation of Beam Squint Effects on Beam Forming Supported by Mach-Zehnder Interferometer, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Conference online, July, 2020 | BibTex
A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, B. M. Oliveira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Joint Optimization of Coding, Shaping and Clipping for Amplifier-Less Coherent Optical Systems, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Diego, United States, March, 2020 | BibTex
L. A. S. C. Cruz, An Empirical Study of the Effect of Point Cloud Compression on the Performance of Segmentation, European Workshop on Visual Information Processing, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. 129 - 134, October, 2019 | BibTex
F. P. Guiomar, A. Lorences-Riesgo, D. ALBERGARIA, F. Rocco, A. Sousa, A. Carena Carena, A. Teixeira, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, High-Capacity and Rain-Resilient Free-Space Optics Link Enabled by Time-Adaptive Probabilistic Shaping, European Conference on Optical Communication ECOC, Dublin, Ireland, September, 2019 | BibTex
B. M. Oliveira, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, M. C. R. Medeiros, P. Monteiro, Transmission Range of High-Capacity 100-QAM with Probabilistic Constellation Shaping, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2019 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
D. ALBERGARIA, F. Rocco, A. Carena Carena, F. P. Guiomar, A. Lorences-Riesgo, P. Monteiro, Characterization and Modeling of Link Loss for an Outdoor Free-Space Optics Transmission System, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2019 | BibTex
A. O Mufutau, C. B. Lopes, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, A. Gameiro, A. Oliveira, P. Monteiro, Implementing a Software-Defined RadioAccess Network for an Open 5G Testbed, Congresso da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Lisboa, Portugal, June, 2019,
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B. Brandão, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, On the Design and Optimisation of an RF Frontend for a Multi-RAT Optical Access Testbed, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2019,
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M. Fernandes, A. Lorences-Riesgo, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, Optimization of Low-Cost Analog Optical Transceivers for a C-RAN Outdoor Testbed, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, June, 2019,
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13Theses
Software Defined FMCW Lidar, Universidade de Coimbra, MSc Student, João Miguel Brito Cortez dos Santos, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, jan-2021 - dez-2021
Visible Light for Communications and Sensing Towards 6G Applications, Universidade de Coimbra, PhD Student, Bruno Miguel Simão Rolo Rosmaninho, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, Co-supervisor: P. Monteiro, dez-2021 - nov-2025
Implementation of an LTE Software Defined Radio for the ORCIP Testbed, Universidade de Aveiro, MSc Student, SIMÃO PEDRO VEIGA DE MATOS, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: F. P. Guiomar, set-2018 - dez-2019
Region-of-interest LIDAR, Universidade de Aveiro, MSc Student, TIAGO JOÃO ALMEIDA GOMES, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: M. V. Drummond, set-2018 - out-2019
Spatial-domain LIDAR, Universidade de Aveiro, MSc Student, Renato Miguel Afonso, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: M. V. Drummond, set-2018 - out-2019
Development of a Remote Radio Unit and Optical Access Link for the ORCIP C-RAN Testbed, Universidade de Aveiro, MSc Student, Bruno Tavares Brandão, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: A. Lorences-Riesgo, set-2018 - dez-2019
Free-Space Optics for Ultra-High-Speed Wireless Communications, Universidade de Aveiro, MSc Student, DANIEL RANZAL ALBERGARIA, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: F. P. Guiomar, set-2018 - dez-2019
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF PHOTONIC SUPPORTED BEAM STEERING TECHNIQUES, Universidade de Coimbra, MSc Student, André Eduardo Rosado Cupido dos Santos, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, jan-2019 - set-2019
Performance Evaluation of Photonic Generation of RF Signals, Universidade de Coimbra, MSc Student, João Pedro Carvalho Nunes, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, fev-2019 - jan-2020
Geração de Sinais FM para Lidar por Modulação Direta de Lasers Semicondutores, Universidade de Coimbra, MSc Student, Gonçalo André Rodrigues Monteiro, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, jan-2020 - dez-2020
Software Defined Joint Optical Wireless Communication and Sensing System Using the OFDM Waveform, Universidade de Coimbra, MSc Student, Eduardo Bezzi Muller, Supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, Co-supervisor: V. Silva, jan-2021 - dez-2021
Digitally-Enhanced Unamplified Coherent Optical Systems, Universidade de Coimbra, PhD Student, Beatriz Manata de Oliveira, Supervisor: P. Monteiro, Co-supervisor: M. C. R. Medeiros, out-2018 - mai-2024
Optimization of Mobile Fronthaul for Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN), Universidade de Aveiro, PhD Student, Isiaka Ajewale Alimi, Supervisor: A. Teixeira, Co-supervisor: P. Monteiro, nov-2013 - jan-2018

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Project: LandMark