TERRAMETA

About Project

Terahertz reconfigurable metasurfaces for ultra-high rate wireless communications

TERRAMETA is an Horizon Europe project in the scope of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) that started on January 2023 and aims to investigate revolutionary technologies for 6G and demonstrate the feasibility of Terahertz (THz) Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) assisted ultra-high data rate wireless communications networks. Novel high-performance hardware including the THz RIS and THz transmitter/receiver will be developed and advanced network analysis/optimizations techniques will be developed using these real THz components. The proposed TERRAMETA THz network will be driven by 6G usage scenario requirements and indoor, outdoor, and indoor-to-outdoor scenarios will be demonstrated in real factory setting and telecom testing field.

Acronym

TERRAMETA

Responsible

Luís Manuel de Sousa Pessoa

Status

active

Start

January 1, 2023

End

January 31, 2025

Effective End

Global Budget

€6,016,739.50

Financing

€628,125.00

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Members

Team Leaders

Luís Manuel Pessoa

I am a senior researcher at the Centre of Telecommunications and Multimedia of INESC TEC, where I am also the coordinator of the area of Optical and Electronic Technologies. I received the “Licenciatura” degree in 2006 and PhD degree in 2011, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Currently I am responsible for the conception and management of R&D projects, coordination of research students and fostering the valorization of research results through new contracts with industry. I was previously involved in teaching of RF/microwave engineering and optical communications as an invited assistant professor at the University of Porto. I am author/co-author of more than 50 publications in international conferences and journals with peer-review, and 1 european patent. I have coordinated several research projects and participated in several EU research projects. My main research interests include coherent optical systems, radio-over-fibre, RF/microwave devices and antennas, and underwater wireless power/communications.

Team Members

Sanaa Finich

Mohamed Ghatas

José Pedro Luís

Maria Inês Carvalho

João Canas Ferreira

Joana Santos Tavares

Manuel Cândido Santos

Vítor Grade Tavares

Henrique Salgado

Luís Manuel Pessoa

Associated Centres

Telecommunications and Multimedia

The Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM) welcomes close to 200 members, including at least 100 integrated researchers who carry out scientific work in the fields of communications, Artificial Intelligence, and computer science and engineering. The Centre’s activities cover several Research and Development (R&D) domains: Communications and Electronics Radio Frequency Technologies Optoelectronics Microelectronics Wireless Communication Networks Computer Perception Computer Vision applied to Medical Imaging Computer Vision applied to Digital Media Computer Audio applied to Music With multidisciplinary teams that include dozens of PhDs, CTM is strongly committed to both European and national research projects, as well as consultancy projects with industry.