Communications and Networks Research Unit

We have a long and established history of research in the field of telecommunications, which can be traced back to the mid '80s.

Through participation in many influential pan-European, national and industrially-funded research projects, a wealth of knowledge, experience, expertise and know-how have been gathered, ensuring that we remain at the cutting edge of research and development. In particular, we have a strong presence in the EU research community, contributing significantly to various EU Framework Programme projects in the ICT and Aeronautics and Transport areas.

Facilities

Measurement facilities

• A 100 cubic meter microwave fully computerised anechoic chamber capable of providing both near field and far field measurements up to 26 GHz
• RF / Microwave equipments including Dielectric probe measurements, Network Analysers, frequency generators, set of narrow and wide amplifiers, Power Amplifies.

Software facilities

• Protocol adaptation and radio resource management software for heterogeneous networks
• VHF Data Link mode 2 higher protocols layer software
• SAW software for semantic collaboration among different IoT platforms
• Authentication and authorisation software for heterogeneous network access control
• High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS)
• Wireless Insite
• Advanced Design System (ADS)
• Computer Simulation Software (CST)
• Several hybrid computational source codes software include: MoM/FDTD and FE/FDTD and MoM/Sub-Mesh/FDTD.