This $357,994 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Illinois towards developing quantum-assisted reconfigurable indoor wireless environments. The goal is to investigate new communication models and schemes that dynamically program and customize indoor wireless propagation environments for enhanced communications. The university researchers will integrate wave-chaotic dynamics, random matrix theory, reconfigurable electromagnetic surfaces, and quantum computing to open new pathways from compensating to exploiting chaos and randomness. This has the potential to enable beyond 5G/6G indoor wireless infrastructures with capabilities like maximizing signal deposition, energy-efficient communications, and accurate indoor positioning. The project is focused on electrodynamics but the methodology could apply to other fields involving complex media. It will run from September 15, 2022 to August 31, 2025 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041).
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