The aim of the Communications Technologies Division (CTD) research is to address the most endeavoring challenges that future communications technologies will face: those of energy and bandwidth efficiency. CTD research has a strong experimental emphasis, achieved through the use of demonstrators and testbeds, and the focus is on component (subsystem) level and also on PHY and MAC layers.
CTD has four departments:
- Microwave Systems and Nanotechnology (MSN)
- Physical-layer Implementation of High Performance Communication Systems (PHYCOM)
- Machine to Machine Communications (M2M)
- Smart Energy Efficient Communication Technologies (SMARTECH)
Ongoing Projects
2014 SGR_1551 | SOSRAD | |||||
PROJECT: Research Group Communication Technologies Division | PROJECT: 77 GHz Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) System on Substrate (SoS) Radar Front-End | |||||
CODE: 2014 SGR_1551 | CODE: TEC2012-39143 | |||||
DURATION: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016 | DURATION: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2015 | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Ana Collado, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 45.000 euros | BUDGET: 94.000 euros | |||||
FUNDING: Autonomous Government of Catalonia (AGAUR). | FUNDING: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) | |||||
GRE3N | ESEE | |||||
PROJECT: General Radio concepts for ENergy cogNizant mobile | PROJECT: Environmental Sensors for Energy Efficiency | |||||
CODE: TEC2011-29006-C03-01 | CODE: PCIN-2013-054 | |||||
DURATION: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2014 | DURATION: 01/04/2013 - 31/03/2016 | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Miquel Payaró, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 249.500 euros | BUDGET: 254.316 euros | |||||
FUNDING: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) | FUNDING: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) | |||||
NANOWAVE | GREEN-T | |||||
PROJECT: High frequency and optical devices | PROJECT: GREEN Wireless Terminals | |||||
CODE: PIC2010BZ-00585 | CODE: CP08-006 | |||||
DURATION: 15/12/2010 - 14/10/2015 | DURATION: 01/05/2011 - 30/06/2014 | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Ignacio Llamas-Garro, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 80.000 euros | BUDGET: 39.266 euros | |||||
FUNDING: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) | FUNDING: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) | |||||
ADVANTAGE | COPCAMPS | |||||
PROJECT: ADVanced communicAtions and iNformaTion processing in smArt Grid sysTEms | PROJECT: COgnitive & Perceptive CAMeraS | |||||
CODE: FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN | DURATION: 01/04/2013 - 31/03/2016 | |||||
DURATION: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017 | PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Jesús Alonso, Ph.D. | BUDGET: 175.500 euros | |||||
BUDGET: 714,694 euros | FUNDING: European Commission | |||||
FUNDING: European Commission | ||||||
EMPHATIC | NEWCOM# | |||||
PROJECT: Enhanced Multicarrier Techniques for Professional Ad-Hoc and Cell-Based Communications | PROJECT: Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications # | |||||
CODE: FP7-ICT-318362 | CODE: FP7-ICT-318306 | |||||
DURATION: 01/09/2012 - 30/06/2015 | DURATION: 01/11/2012 - 31/10/2015 | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Xavier Mestre, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Carles Antón-Haro, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 356.089 euros | BUDGET: 285.551 euros | |||||
FUNDING: European Commission | FUNDING: European Commission | |||||
E2SG | SWAP | |||||
PROJECT: Energy To Smart Grid | PROJECT: Symbiotic Wireless Autonomous Powered system | |||||
CODE: EUI-ENIAC-2011-4333 | CODE: FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP GA 251557 | |||||
DURATION: 31/12/2011 - 30/09/2015 | DURATION: 01/08/2010 - 31/07/2014 | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Apostolos Georgiadis, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 319.973 euros | BUDGET: 218.991 euros | |||||
FUNDING: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO ) & ENIAC Joint Undertaking | FUNDING: European Commission | |||||
IC0905 TERRA | SMART-FIWI-HETNETS | |||||
PROJECT: COST IC 0905 | PROJECT: Advanced Coordination Paradigms for Fiwi Enhanced HerNets and Smart Grid Applications | |||||
DURATION: 01/02/2011 - 01/03/2014 | CODE: FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIGF | |||||
COORDINATING INSTITUTION: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lethuania) | DURATION: 01/03/2014 - 28/02/2015 | |||||
FUNDING: European Science Foundation (ESF) | PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 115,018 euros | ||||||
FUNDING: European Commission | ||||||
GREENET | miniFIDS | |||||
PROJECT: Initial Training Network for Green Wireless Networks | PROJECT: Compact Sensor System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
CODE: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN GA 264759 | DURATION: 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2017 | |||||
DURATION: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2014 | COMPANY: OTAN | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Christos Verikoukis, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Ignacio Llamas, Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 225.979 euros | BUDGET: 34.230 euros | |||||
FUNDING: European Commission | ||||||
ARTEMISA | CoupledETC | |||||
PROJECT: Advanced Receiver Techniques | PROJECT: Coupled Enhanched Turbo Codes Demodulator and Decoder | |||||
DURATION: 17/01/2011-31/07/2015 | DURATION: 11/10/2012 - 31/01/2015 | |||||
COMPANY: Thales Alenia Space (France) | COMPANY: European Space Agency (ESA) | |||||
PROJECT MANAGER: Pau Closas, Ph.D. | PROJECT MANAGER: Mònica Navarro Ph.D. | |||||
BUDGET: 113.036 euros | BUDGET: Confidential | |||||