Luowave SDR Platform Supports BUPT Team to Win Gold Medal at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Advancing Cutting-Edge Research on 6G Integrated Sensing and Communication
From March 11 to 15, 2026, the 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions was officially held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event brought together over 1,000 inventions from 35 countries and regions, with a wide array of cutting-edge innovations competing fiercely.
As global 6G research enters a critical window period, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has been recognized as a core technological direction for 6G. ISAC aims to break down the boundaries between communication and sensing, achieving efficient sharing of spectrum resources and hardware architecture through deep physical layer integration. At this high-profile international exhibition, a research team from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) stood out and won a Gold Medal for their project, "A Dual-Function Waveform Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication System." This project enables a unified signal to simultaneously perform radar detection and data transmission, laying a crucial foundation for the implementation of 6G ISAC technology in areas such as the Internet of Vehicles and the low-altitude economy.
As the underlying hardware provider for this award-winning project, Luowave supplied two SDR-LW 4940 Note high-performance Software Defined Radio platforms for the system construction, each equipped with two MMW-44 millimeter-wave expansion modules (covering the 24-44GHz frequency band).
The SDR-LW 4940 Note serves as the core processing engine of the system. Built on a high-performance RFSoC architecture, it combines heterogeneous processing capabilities with high-speed data transmission capacity. It supported the closed-loop verification of the project from waveform design to prototype implementation, effectively addressing the dual critical requirements of high throughput and high-resolution sensing in the 6G millimeter-wave frequency band.
Throughout the research and on-site demonstration process of the BUPT project, the SDR-LW 4940 Note demonstrated the following core supporting capabilities:
High-Performance FPGA Logic Foundation: Leveraging onboard, large-scale FPGA resources, it stably hosted complex signal generation logic, enabling real-time processing of the 6G dual-function waveform and ensuring ultra-low latency under high-load operation.
Ultra-Wideband Data Processing Capability: Featuring an excellent data transmission architecture, it supported real-time interaction of ultra-wideband signals. It could smoothly present sensing results (Range-Doppler map shown on the poster) while stably transmitting high-capacity communication data streams (constellation diagram on the poster), ensuring continuous and stable operation of the physical layer link.
Seamless Evolution to Millimeter-Wave Bands: Through deep integration with the MMW-44 modules, the system achieved waveform fusion in the high-frequency millimeter-wave band. Utilizing the extremely high spectrum bandwidth of this band significantly enhanced the system's potential for performance optimization.
Real-Time Performance in Complex Environments: During long-period on-site operation, the hardware platform demonstrated high industrial-grade reliability in complex electromagnetic environments, accurately completing real-time demonstrations of key metrics such as multi-target detection and moving target detection.
The BUPT team's Gold Medal win at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions fully demonstrates China's cutting-edge innovation capability in the field of 6G ISAC. Luowave's self-developed SDR platform, with its stable and reliable performance, ultra-wideband processing capability, and millimeter-wave expansion ability, provided solid hardware support for the ISAC prototype system. Looking forward, Luowave will continue to focus on high-performance software-defined radio and RF millimeter-wave technologies, continuously deepen industry-university-research collaborative innovation, help advance the maturity and deployment of 6G communication and sensing convergence technology, and support research teams worldwide in achieving world-class scientific and technological outcomes in the field of wireless communication and sensing.