C-DOT and IIT Mandi sign agreement to Develop Semiconductor Chip

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi for the development Semiconductor Chip of Wideband Spectrum Sensor for Dynamic Spectrum Access.

C-DOT and IIT Mandi sign agreement to Develop Semiconductor Chip

C-DOT - IIT Mandi sign agreement to Develop Semiconductor Chip

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT Mandi) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu), for the development of "Wideband Spectrum-Sensor ASIC-Chip for Enhancing the Spectrum Utilization".

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The agreement is signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. This scheme, designed to fund Indian startups, academia, and R&D institutions, is a crucial enabler for designing, developing, and commercializing telecommunication products and solutions. It aims to enable affordable broadband and mobile services, playing a significant role in bridging the digital divide across India.

C-DOT - IIT Mandi Agreement: Aims

The C-DOT - IIT Mandi project aims to develop a reliable and implementation-friendly wideband spectrum sensing (WSS) algorithm to improve spectrum efficiency by leveraging spectrum holes to deliver broadband services in rural India. Spectrum sensing enables cognitive Radio users to adapt to the environment by detecting spectrum holes without causing interference to the primary network.

C-DOT - IIT Mandi Project: Key Highlights

The C-DOT and IIT Mandi project will focus in the design of communication algorithms which are hardware friendly for sensing the wideband spectrum (beyond 2 GHz of bandwidth) for detecting and utilizing the under-utilized bands (or white spaces), thus enhancing the spectrum utilization efficiency of any communication system.

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In addition, efficient hardware architectures of such spectrum sensors will be developed in this project that achieves short sensing time, high data-throughput and enhanced hardware efficiency.

The C-DOT and IIT Mandi initiative will provide a hardware solution capable of scanning over 2 GHz of spectrum with minimal sensing time, thereby boosting the throughput of cognitive radio networks. Additionally, it will demonstrate a wideband cognitive radio module targeting the 6 GHz satellite band (5.925–7.125 GHz) for spectrum sensing and communication. These designs will be emulated in the field-programmable gate-array (FPGA) environment initially and subsequently an application-specific integrated-circuits (ASIC) semiconductor-chip will be taped out that will lead to achieving better spectrum efficiency. 

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The project will also lead to creation of intellectual properties (IPs) for the wideband spectrum sensing technology which is the key component for the dynamic spectrum access.

C-DOT - IIT Mandi Agreement Signed By

The agreement was signed by the CEO, C-DOT - Dr. Raj Kumar Upadhyay, Principal Investigator, IIT Mandi Dr. Rahul Shrestha Co-Investigator, IIT Jammu Dr. Rohit B. Chaurasiya, and Directors of C-DOT - Dr. Pankaj Kumar Dalela and Ms. Shikha Srivastava.

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• Formation: 25 August 1984
• Full form of C-DOT: Centre for Development of Telematics
• Headquarters: Delhi
• Ministers responsible: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Communications; Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications
• Executive Director: Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay
• Director: Dr Pankaj Kumar Dalela; Shikha Srivastava