CNI demonstrates HELIOS and DRaGoN at 6G platform event in Berlin

The 6G platform coordinates the German 6G-related efforts. At the BMBF-sponsored 6G platform meeting in Berlin, CNI presents the HELIOS and DraGon demos as example results of the 6GEM research activities. HELIOS introduces a new passive reflector concept which enables reliable communications in dynamic mmWave environments. The use of higher frequency bands for extremely broadband mobile communication services is often severely limited due to the shadowing of the direct line-of-sight (LOS) links by objects and has so far hindered the widespread success of mmWave systems. HELIOS uses modularized passive reflector elements that direct radio waves exactly where they are needed - with no electrical power supply and no need for a dedicated communications link. The demonstration shows live mobile communications at 28 GHz dynamically redirected by a HELIOS reflector to illuminate shadowed zones. Via a VR visualization using a digital twin, visitors can clearly understand the effect of the HELIOS reflectors. Additonally, we demonstrate new results related to DraGon, the award-winning data-driven channel prediction suite developed by CNI. During the 6G platform event, the CNI team also participated at the meeting of the 6G-ANNA lighthouse project.