AVALON aims to design a secure, flexible, and high-speed (10–100 Gbps) wireless communication system that works reliably beyond the optical line of sight, up to 100 meters, with near-zero delay. For the realization of this vision, a novel system model will be developed and analysed that will contain physical, medium access control (MAC) and resource management (RM) layer design considering the particularities of the optical band. A novel theoretical framework and ML based methods for integrated communication and sensing will support the creation of advanced underwater optical wireless networks for military use.
The AVALON consortium successfully held its kick-off meeting in Cyprus, marking the first physical meeting of the project partners. Over the course of a two-day