Sionna: An Open-Source Library for Next-Generation Physical Layer Research
It provides a tool for researchers in physical layer communication (e.g., 6G) to accelerate development and benchmarking, though it is incremental as it builds on existing simulation frameworks.
Sionna is a GPU-accelerated open-source library for link-level simulations in communication systems, enabling rapid prototyping and integration of neural networks to help researchers focus on impactful and reproducible work.
Sionna is a GPU-accelerated open-source library for link-level simulations based on TensorFlow. It enables the rapid prototyping of complex communication system architectures and provides native support for the integration of neural networks. Sionna implements a wide breadth of carefully tested state-of-the-art algorithms that can be used for benchmarking and end-to-end performance evaluation. This allows researchers to focus on their research, making it more impactful and reproducible, while saving time implementing components outside their area of expertise. This white paper provides a brief introduction to Sionna, explains its design principles and features, as well as future extensions, such as integrated ray tracing and custom CUDA kernels. We believe that Sionna is a valuable tool for research on next-generation communication systems, such as 6G, and we welcome contributions from our community.