Design of MIMO Spatial Division Multiple Access Techniques for Multi-User Wireless Data Services. The project aims at developing novel wireless techniques to enable a breakthrough in multi-user multimedia services in the ICT industry sector. The Australian research community will benefit from the new theoretical techniques, design and deployment of next-generation wireless systems, while wireless users will benefit from improved quality, high data rates and low cost of services. Other benefits ....Design of MIMO Spatial Division Multiple Access Techniques for Multi-User Wireless Data Services. The project aims at developing novel wireless techniques to enable a breakthrough in multi-user multimedia services in the ICT industry sector. The Australian research community will benefit from the new theoretical techniques, design and deployment of next-generation wireless systems, while wireless users will benefit from improved quality, high data rates and low cost of services. Other benefits include training researchers and industrial innovators, generation of valuable intellectual property and patent outcomes, which may help Australian telecommunication and information industry to become a leader in wireless ICT based technologies, ensure Australian ICT companies to gain commercial advantages, and contribute to national economy.Read moreRead less
Spectrum Agile Radio Communication Techniques for Future Wireless Broadband Networks. The project aims at developing novel cognitive spectrum access, transmission and receiving technologies, which allow unlicensed devices to use the unoccupied spectrum of licensed users in an intelligent way. The project outcomes will break the spectrum-availability bottleneck and significantly improve the spectrum utilisation in Australia. Potential applications of the project outcomes allow co-existence of var ....Spectrum Agile Radio Communication Techniques for Future Wireless Broadband Networks. The project aims at developing novel cognitive spectrum access, transmission and receiving technologies, which allow unlicensed devices to use the unoccupied spectrum of licensed users in an intelligent way. The project outcomes will break the spectrum-availability bottleneck and significantly improve the spectrum utilisation in Australia. Potential applications of the project outcomes allow co-existence of various wireless communication systems working in the same spectrum band, which can lead to new services and open markets for new players. In addition, the Australian research community will benefit from the new theory and techniques while wireless users will benefit from improved high data rates and lower cost of services.Read moreRead less
Design of Cooperative Communication Techniques for the 4th Generation Mobile Networks. The project aims at developing novel wireless techniques that will enable breakthroughs in multi-user multimedia services in the ICT industry sector. The Australian community will benefit from the design and deployment of the next-generation wireless mobile systems we will develop. These new systems will possess greatly improved quality, high data rates and low cost of services. Other benefits generated by thi ....Design of Cooperative Communication Techniques for the 4th Generation Mobile Networks. The project aims at developing novel wireless techniques that will enable breakthroughs in multi-user multimedia services in the ICT industry sector. The Australian community will benefit from the design and deployment of the next-generation wireless mobile systems we will develop. These new systems will possess greatly improved quality, high data rates and low cost of services. Other benefits generated by this research include the training of new innovators, and the generation of valuable intellectual property and patent outcomes. This work will help Australian telecommunication and information industries become leaders in wireless ICT based technologies, and contribute to the national economy.Read moreRead less
Satellite Data Communications for Remote Sensing and Broadband Connectivity. The remote, distributed location of many of Australia's primary industries preclude the use of consumer-oriented terrestrial wireless broadband services. In many instances, satellite communications provides the only feasible means of connectivity for telemetry, supervisory control and data acquisition, tracking and fleet management. Meteorology, remote sensing, irrigation, mining, oil and gas exploration, and fisheries ....Satellite Data Communications for Remote Sensing and Broadband Connectivity. The remote, distributed location of many of Australia's primary industries preclude the use of consumer-oriented terrestrial wireless broadband services. In many instances, satellite communications provides the only feasible means of connectivity for telemetry, supervisory control and data acquisition, tracking and fleet management. Meteorology, remote sensing, irrigation, mining, oil and gas exploration, and fisheries are just a few examples of high-value applications of particular significance to Australia. This project will develop bandwidth efficient satellite communications technologies that greatly reduce cost and pave the way toward new market opportunities for broadband access and telemetry applications. Read moreRead less
Novel Techniques for Uncoordinated Massive Access in the Internet of Things. The IoT (internet of things) is the backbone of intelligent transportation, healthcare, energy and smart home systems. To accommodate the exponentially increasing number of IoT devices, a dramatic paradigm shift towards non-orthogonal uncoordinated (grant-free) massive access is underway, where devices transmit data opportunistically over shared channel resources. This project aims to develop new receivers for such unc ....Novel Techniques for Uncoordinated Massive Access in the Internet of Things. The IoT (internet of things) is the backbone of intelligent transportation, healthcare, energy and smart home systems. To accommodate the exponentially increasing number of IoT devices, a dramatic paradigm shift towards non-orthogonal uncoordinated (grant-free) massive access is underway, where devices transmit data opportunistically over shared channel resources. This project aims to develop new receivers for such uncoordinated massive access, where the receivers will be trained to identify transmitting devices, recover their data, and resolve any collisions. These outcomes are expected to emerge as a game changer in IoT communications, benefiting national and international industry to meet future telecommunications needs for the IoT.Read moreRead less
Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation for Future Mobile Communications. Future wireless systems need to support high-mobility services, including self-driving autonomous cars, in-vehicle infotainment, and communications onboard aircraft. This project proposes to develop novel orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) communications theories and pragmatic transceiver techniques, aiming to substantially improve data rates, reliability, and robustness of future high-mobility communications. Innov ....Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation for Future Mobile Communications. Future wireless systems need to support high-mobility services, including self-driving autonomous cars, in-vehicle infotainment, and communications onboard aircraft. This project proposes to develop novel orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) communications theories and pragmatic transceiver techniques, aiming to substantially improve data rates, reliability, and robustness of future high-mobility communications. Innovative transceiver techniques, signal processing algorithms for channel estimation and detection, and efficient coding approaches will be devised for OTFS systems. The project outcomes are expected to advance the capabilities of high-mobility communications and provide significant benefits for users and network providers.Read moreRead less
Gigabit Wireless: Setting the Standard for Tomorrow's Broadband. This project will strengthen a long-term alliance between researchers at the University of Melbourne and NEC Australia, one of the few multinational research laboratories with significant R & D presence in Australia. Researchers at the University of Melbourne with expertise in communication theory fundamentals will collaborate with experienced research and design engineers at NEC, to produce fundamental research, and the resulting ....Gigabit Wireless: Setting the Standard for Tomorrow's Broadband. This project will strengthen a long-term alliance between researchers at the University of Melbourne and NEC Australia, one of the few multinational research laboratories with significant R & D presence in Australia. Researchers at the University of Melbourne with expertise in communication theory fundamentals will collaborate with experienced research and design engineers at NEC, to produce fundamental research, and the resulting design tools and intellectual property that will provide a new direction for wireless broadband access. The project will provide high-quality postgraduate and postdoctoral training in an area of great relevance to the Australian telecommunications industry.Read moreRead less
Short code design for mission critical communications. This project aims to develop the fundamental science to enable transmission and channel coding technologies, which will be essential for building and rolling out of future ultra reliable and low latency wireless networks. Reliable and low latency communications are central to the development of the next generation mobile communications and many emerging critical applications. The project is expected to provide the foundations and tools for t ....Short code design for mission critical communications. This project aims to develop the fundamental science to enable transmission and channel coding technologies, which will be essential for building and rolling out of future ultra reliable and low latency wireless networks. Reliable and low latency communications are central to the development of the next generation mobile communications and many emerging critical applications. The project is expected to provide the foundations and tools for transforming, modernising and safeguarding Australia's national critical infrastructure. The project is expected to provide novel applications such as smart grids, telemedicine, intelligent transportations and industry automation.Read moreRead less
Wireless Cellular Connectivity for Large Scale Critical Applications. Fostered by continuous technology advances, a vision of the Industrial Internet is emerging, in which equipment, machines, and industrial robots are interconnected to each other and to the cloud, allowing remote control of industrial processes and critical infrastructure, to intelligently optimise their behaviour with minimal human intervention. Moving from the state-of-the-art small pilot projects to a global Industrial Inte ....Wireless Cellular Connectivity for Large Scale Critical Applications. Fostered by continuous technology advances, a vision of the Industrial Internet is emerging, in which equipment, machines, and industrial robots are interconnected to each other and to the cloud, allowing remote control of industrial processes and critical infrastructure, to intelligently optimise their behaviour with minimal human intervention. Moving from the state-of-the-art small pilot projects to a global Industrial Internet requires wireless systems with consistent high reliability, low latency and massive connectivity. In this project we will develop new communication-theoretic principles and technologies for wireless networks meeting the demands of critical industrial and infrastructure applications in the Industrial Internet era.Read moreRead less
Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Very High Rate Satellite Demodulators. The purpose of the project is to develop new approaches to the design and implementation of very high-rate modems for satellite communication links. In this context data rates between 500 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s are targeted. The project aims to bring together two organisations which combined have the technical expertise, track record, market knowledge and motivation to create a significant new capability in satellite ....Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Very High Rate Satellite Demodulators. The purpose of the project is to develop new approaches to the design and implementation of very high-rate modems for satellite communication links. In this context data rates between 500 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s are targeted. The project aims to bring together two organisations which combined have the technical expertise, track record, market knowledge and motivation to create a significant new capability in satellite communications. The project will result in new techniques for the reception and processing of high bandwidth signals to achieve better performance with flexible and cost-efficient designs such as high end earth-resource and surveillance satellite data reception.Read moreRead less