Multi-beam Transmitarrays for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications. This project aims to develop fundamental technologies for multi-beam conformal transmitarrays with independent beam steering capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Compared to current UAV antennas, the proposed antennas can be flush mounted to the body of UAVs, improving aerodynamic performance while also achieving significantly higher data rates for wireless connectivity. This project is expected to ge ....Multi-beam Transmitarrays for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications. This project aims to develop fundamental technologies for multi-beam conformal transmitarrays with independent beam steering capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Compared to current UAV antennas, the proposed antennas can be flush mounted to the body of UAVs, improving aerodynamic performance while also achieving significantly higher data rates for wireless connectivity. This project is expected to generate scientific breakthroughs in many aspects of antenna research and enable UAVs to leverage big data technologies by transmitting/receiving large amounts of data, thus serving as a powerful tool for emergency management and for transforming many industry sectors, such as agriculture, food and water.Read moreRead less
Seeing the light: high-power visible-light generation using silicate fibre. Unlike their near-infrared counterparts, visible-light-emitting lasers are inefficient and complicated, impacting their broader deployment in industry, medicine, and telecommunications. To address this, we will create a new class of laser and amplifier based on an entirely new doped silicate glass fibre that will display low background loss and resilience to photodegradation from high-power visible light. This will solve ....Seeing the light: high-power visible-light generation using silicate fibre. Unlike their near-infrared counterparts, visible-light-emitting lasers are inefficient and complicated, impacting their broader deployment in industry, medicine, and telecommunications. To address this, we will create a new class of laser and amplifier based on an entirely new doped silicate glass fibre that will display low background loss and resilience to photodegradation from high-power visible light. This will solve one of the last important problems in fibre laser research. The primary outcome will be a series of high-power continuous-wave, ultrashort-pulse, all-fibre lasers emitting at yellow and red wavelengths, with significant benefits for space, defence, manufacturing, and human health.Read moreRead less
Early Career Industry Fellowships - Grant ID: IE230100323
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$418,317.00
Summary
Multiband multibeam antennas for cryogenic cooled satellite ground stations. The project aims to develop a compact multiband antenna array for multi-satellite communication, particularly an antenna system that operates in both S (2GHz-4GHz) and X (8GHz-12GHz) bands in a shared aperture. This project will overcome the limitations of single satellite connectivity in legacy Ground Stations by providing simultaneous downlinks to multiple satellites using multiple beams. The research will directly ap ....Multiband multibeam antennas for cryogenic cooled satellite ground stations. The project aims to develop a compact multiband antenna array for multi-satellite communication, particularly an antenna system that operates in both S (2GHz-4GHz) and X (8GHz-12GHz) bands in a shared aperture. This project will overcome the limitations of single satellite connectivity in legacy Ground Stations by providing simultaneous downlinks to multiple satellites using multiple beams. The research will directly apply to the next-generation satellite Ground Station product of Quasar Satellite Technologies, an Australian startup providing satellite Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS). This will have enormous benefits to society as it enables fast, affordable satellite data access for services to communities and emergency services.Read moreRead less
Enabling wide area mm-wave mobile broadband networks. This project will define a new architecture and algorithms based around a network of access points with overlapping coverage that will support broadband, wide-area services to mobile users in mm-wave bands. The project will develop tools to characterise the information carrying capacity of this network, and tradeoffs between key parameters. The outcomes will be used by Mobile Network Operators in planning their deployments and developing thei ....Enabling wide area mm-wave mobile broadband networks. This project will define a new architecture and algorithms based around a network of access points with overlapping coverage that will support broadband, wide-area services to mobile users in mm-wave bands. The project will develop tools to characterise the information carrying capacity of this network, and tradeoffs between key parameters. The outcomes will be used by Mobile Network Operators in planning their deployments and developing their operations software to deliver diverse and flexible data services. The benefit will be an unlocking of radio spectrum beyond isolated hot spots, supporting vastly greater traffic densities and data rates worth billions of dollars to the economy.
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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230100016
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$432,572.00
Summary
Wireless Communications for Human-Machine Collaboration. Industry 5.0 is a new industry transformation vision where the focus lies on the interaction between humans and machines. Wireless human-machine collaboration (HMC) will play a central role in a wide range of industrial applications in Industry 5.0. This project aims to develop new fundamental theories of wireless HMC and enable novel wireless communications designs to accommodate the stringent and dynamic requirements of HMC with performa ....Wireless Communications for Human-Machine Collaboration. Industry 5.0 is a new industry transformation vision where the focus lies on the interaction between humans and machines. Wireless human-machine collaboration (HMC) will play a central role in a wide range of industrial applications in Industry 5.0. This project aims to develop new fundamental theories of wireless HMC and enable novel wireless communications designs to accommodate the stringent and dynamic requirements of HMC with performance guarantees. The project will provide innovative solutions to advanced manufacturing, remote healthcare, mining, and warehousing and will benefit Australia’s digital transformation.Read moreRead less
New Generation of High-Performance Radio Frequency Devices . The strong demand for faster internet speed pushes high-speed technology to evolve faster. Designing and developing devices are now facing changes that are far more complex. We aim to tackle them, proposing to develop phase-change materials-based electronic systems. The outcomes will be reconfigurable devices with unprecedentedly increased operational frequency, reduced critical system-level metrics, and elimination of control circuits ....New Generation of High-Performance Radio Frequency Devices . The strong demand for faster internet speed pushes high-speed technology to evolve faster. Designing and developing devices are now facing changes that are far more complex. We aim to tackle them, proposing to develop phase-change materials-based electronic systems. The outcomes will be reconfigurable devices with unprecedentedly increased operational frequency, reduced critical system-level metrics, and elimination of control circuits. The successful results will address the Science and Research Priority of Modern Manufacturing and bring substantial socio-economic benefits to Australia by executing advancements of new technologies for modern wireless communications, leading to new high-tech opportunities, jobs, and economic growth.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230101391
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$426,118.00
Summary
Intelligent Physical Layer Security Protocols for Backscattering in IoT. This project aims to develop novel theories, system models, and energy-efficient optimisation algorithms to fight against eavesdropping and jamming attacks in backscatter communication networks. This project expects to advance knowledge in cybersecurity and sustainable communications by utilising passive tags for several confidential applications like human tracking and financial distributed systems. Expected outcomes inclu ....Intelligent Physical Layer Security Protocols for Backscattering in IoT. This project aims to develop novel theories, system models, and energy-efficient optimisation algorithms to fight against eavesdropping and jamming attacks in backscatter communication networks. This project expects to advance knowledge in cybersecurity and sustainable communications by utilising passive tags for several confidential applications like human tracking and financial distributed systems. Expected outcomes include vital technologies required in practically realising the ubiquitous deployment of low-cost sustainable wireless devices in Internet-of-Things. This should significantly benefit the Australian industry, society and economy regarding reduced energy costs, enhanced spectrum efficiency, and improved communication security.Read moreRead less
Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G Wireless Networks. The project aims to investigate the open challenging research problems for realising high-speed sixth-generation wireless networks with seamless networked sensing capabilities via integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). The significance of this project is expected to generate new knowledge of ISAC exploiting advanced communication theory, signal processing theory and optimisation theory. Expected outcomes of this project include ....Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G Wireless Networks. The project aims to investigate the open challenging research problems for realising high-speed sixth-generation wireless networks with seamless networked sensing capabilities via integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). The significance of this project is expected to generate new knowledge of ISAC exploiting advanced communication theory, signal processing theory and optimisation theory. Expected outcomes of this project include pragmatic robust beamforming, joint channel and sensing parameters estimation, resource allocation designs and a system-level analysis as the foundations and tools to unleash the full potential of ISAC. These should provide significant economic benefits to wireless service providers and mobile users worldwide.Read moreRead less
Intelligent Reflecting Surface-enabled High-speed 6G Wireless Networks. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a ground-breaking wireless technology essential for the development of future sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks. This project aims to develop fundamental communication theories and practical solutions to characterise and optimise IRS-based communication. The project expects to design novel channel estimation, robust beamforming, resource allocation and analytical fr ....Intelligent Reflecting Surface-enabled High-speed 6G Wireless Networks. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a ground-breaking wireless technology essential for the development of future sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks. This project aims to develop fundamental communication theories and practical solutions to characterise and optimise IRS-based communication. The project expects to design novel channel estimation, robust beamforming, resource allocation and analytical framework to address the significant scientific challenges for the development of IRS for enabling high-speed 6G networks. These outcomes are expected to contribute to a new type of wireless infrastructure which paves the way for building and transforming the Australian information and communications technology industries.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100787
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$435,450.00
Summary
Multi-Beam and Beam-Scanning Antenna Arrays for Intelligent Wireless System. This project aims to develop and validate the fundamental theory and pioneering multi-beam and beam-scanning transmissive and reflective antenna arrays for intelligent wireless systems. Advanced engineering methodologies will be developed to address the related technical challenges. The expected outcomes are multi-beam antenna supporting frequency-polarization multiplexed communication and two-dimensional dual-beam scan ....Multi-Beam and Beam-Scanning Antenna Arrays for Intelligent Wireless System. This project aims to develop and validate the fundamental theory and pioneering multi-beam and beam-scanning transmissive and reflective antenna arrays for intelligent wireless systems. Advanced engineering methodologies will be developed to address the related technical challenges. The expected outcomes are multi-beam antenna supporting frequency-polarization multiplexed communication and two-dimensional dual-beam scanning systems with continuous scan capability over a wide angular range. The developed low-cost and fully passive antennas will significantly improve the information capacity of the wireless network, providing reliable and highly secure wireless communication.Read moreRead less