We have just released the latest version of HermesPy, our link-level wireless simulator. Among many improvements, the following features have been added in the last months:

• Hardware-in-the-Loop support
  …a signal is generated and processed in Hermes, but can be transmitted using real hardware and a live propagation channel instead of simulated models
   
• spatial channel modeling
  …a simulation model for the propagation channel, which includes not only temporal information (i.e., propagation path delays), but also spatial information (i.e., angle of departure and arrival)
   
• beamforming models
  …technology that focuses a radio signal on a specific receiving device instead of scattering the signal in all directions.
   
• (joint) communication and sensing  
  ...both functions are integrated into a single system by sharing most of the hardware, signal processing modules and the transmitted signal.
   
• simulation workload distribution within computing clusters
  ...different trials in a Monte-Carlo simulation (a mathematical technique, which is used to estimate the possible outcomes of an uncertain event) can be distributed among different cores in a computing cluster.

HermesPy is now an even more powerful tool for the investigation of 5G and 6G wireless systems. The simulator is a collaborative endeavour, implemented in Python, fully open-source and distributed under a public license. A full feature list can be found at https://hermespy.org/features.html.

For further information and extensive documentation visit https://hermespy.org/.