Demonstrating Advantages of Smart Antennas in Indoor Wireless Communications Systems. The performance of indoor wireless communications systems is adversely affected by multi-path signal propagation. When the received signal drops below a certain level, the usual practice is that the receiving station requests the transmitting device to increase its output power. An adverse effect of this action is a reduced life of battery of a portable transceiver, more power being radiating towards users and ....Demonstrating Advantages of Smart Antennas in Indoor Wireless Communications Systems. The performance of indoor wireless communications systems is adversely affected by multi-path signal propagation. When the received signal drops below a certain level, the usual practice is that the receiving station requests the transmitting device to increase its output power. An adverse effect of this action is a reduced life of battery of a portable transceiver, more power being radiating towards users and an increase of interference. The aim of this project is to demonstrate an alternative method of maintaining good quality communication link. The proposed method employs a smart antenna system to mitigate adverse effects of multi-path and interference.Read moreRead less
Design of Planar Microwave Components and Sub-systems for Wideband Applications. The present research proposal will support the development of the Australian wireless communication industries by providing them with new solutions of fully integrated low-profile and compact size wideband wireless sub-systems, as demanded by emerging wideband applications. This goal will be accomplished by applying a new technique to the design of planar microwave circuits. The proposed solution should lead to impr ....Design of Planar Microwave Components and Sub-systems for Wideband Applications. The present research proposal will support the development of the Australian wireless communication industries by providing them with new solutions of fully integrated low-profile and compact size wideband wireless sub-systems, as demanded by emerging wideband applications. This goal will be accomplished by applying a new technique to the design of planar microwave circuits. The proposed solution should lead to improved competitiveness of the Australian communication companies in a global wireless communications market.Read moreRead less
Investigation into improved wireless communication for rural and regional Australia. The project will improve the performance of wireless communications allowing better and more accessible communication throughout rural and regional Australia. This will enable a more efficient communications as it will reduce the requirements of cables.
Printable Multi-Bit Radio Frequency Identification for Banknotes. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders on banknotes that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual banknotes at multiple points in transaction chains. The resulting efficiencies in banknote authentication and other applic ....Printable Multi-Bit Radio Frequency Identification for Banknotes. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders on banknotes that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual banknotes at multiple points in transaction chains. The resulting efficiencies in banknote authentication and other applications will generate a significant economic benefit for Australia. Additionally, the development of state-of-the-art transponders based on fundamental microwave- and antenna engineering prospectively gives Australia a cutting-edge advantage as a leading player in the fast-growing RFID market.Read moreRead less
Cognitive Radio Technology: Increasing Spectral Efficiency of Wireless Communications. The radio spectrum is an expensive resource and normally requires licensed operation. Cognitive Radio has been proposed as a means of releasing large tracts of unused spectrum without causing interference to other users. It uses a combination of frequency agility and intelligence to identify unused spectrum for transmission. This study will evaluate the performance gains of such a system by developing a spect ....Cognitive Radio Technology: Increasing Spectral Efficiency of Wireless Communications. The radio spectrum is an expensive resource and normally requires licensed operation. Cognitive Radio has been proposed as a means of releasing large tracts of unused spectrum without causing interference to other users. It uses a combination of frequency agility and intelligence to identify unused spectrum for transmission. This study will evaluate the performance gains of such a system by developing a spectrum occupancy data base to test a variety of radio access strategies. Cognitive Radio is particularly suited to providing low cost broadband access to remote, rural and city fringe dwellings.Read moreRead less
Chipless RFID for Barcode Replacement. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual items at multiple points in supply- and distribution chains. The resulting efficiencies in a host of logistic and other applications will generate a significant e ....Chipless RFID for Barcode Replacement. This project will investigate inexpensive radio-frequency transponders that enjoy all of the advantages of, and, indeed, operate in a manner somewhat similar to barcodes. Transponders of this type may potentially replace barcode technology, thereby allowing automated identification of individual items at multiple points in supply- and distribution chains. The resulting efficiencies in a host of logistic and other applications will generate a significant economic benefit for Australia. Additionally, the development of state-of-the-art transponders based on fundamental microwave- and antenna engineering prospectively gives Australia a cutting-edge advantage as a leading player in the fast-growing RFID market.Read moreRead less
Back-scatter based Radio Freqency IDentification (RFID) system capable of reading multiple chipless tags for regional and suburban libraries. Australia has the highest rate of library usage among the developed countries. However, only a few libraries in Australia use RFID based library management system. The main hindrance is the cost of the tag compared to the optical barcode. The project addresses the problem by offer a smart RFID reader which can read multiple chipless RFID tags. The results ....Back-scatter based Radio Freqency IDentification (RFID) system capable of reading multiple chipless tags for regional and suburban libraries. Australia has the highest rate of library usage among the developed countries. However, only a few libraries in Australia use RFID based library management system. The main hindrance is the cost of the tag compared to the optical barcode. The project addresses the problem by offer a smart RFID reader which can read multiple chipless RFID tags. The results of the project will bring Australia on a cutting edge technology and serving the community better with state-of-the-art RFID based library management system. Also export of the technology will put Australia in the forefront of the RFID applications.Read moreRead less