Expertise in Electronics, Communications and Electrical

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Head of Division: Prof. Yichuang Sun

Group expertise

ECE has a range of expertise in electronics, communications, and computer engineering, including:

Radio and Mobile Communications

Wireless and mobile communications
MIMO and massive MIMO communications
Cooperative and relay communications
Cognitive radio communications
Energy harvesting communications
Software defined radio transceivers
RF and mmWave circuits and systems
Analogue and mixed-signal circuits
Mixed-signal test and fault diagnosis
EMC and antenna systems
Signal generators and spectrum analysers
Microprocessors/FPGA/DSP applications

Optical Networks

Optical/Wireless Convergence including Mm-Wave Transceivers for 5G RANs and Virtual RANs
PHY Layer Architectures, 40Gbps transmission and signal processing for NGPONs.
MAC Layer Protocols for Optical and Wireless Networks
Beamforming and Cooperative Uplink Inter-cell Interference (ICI) algorithms for 5G small cell deployments
Intelligent optical and wireless future transport networks
Wireless communication (5G+)
Satellite communication
Real-time communication protocol/algorithms prototyping

Power and Energy Systems

Intelligent control design for efficiency optimisation in the field of renewable energies systems
Modeling, optimisation and control of hybrid renewable energy system for residential/buildings and transportation
Power management of distributed energy systems and dynamic scheduling, optimisation and control of future smart grids
Power electronic interface of distributed energy systems to the grid

Information Engineering and Processing Architecture

Machine learning and signal processing for Speech and Audio processing
Machine learning and signal processing for Biomedical signal processing
Natural language processing
Human-machine interaction

Signal Processing and Biometrics

Face bio-metrics: recognition for authentication, de-identification for privacy protection
Security protection of bio-metric systems by combing authentication with de-identification
Combining Computer Vision and Deep Learning For Advanced Search, Retrieval, Annotation and Description of Visual Data
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Advanced Human-Machine Interaction

Machine Vision

Computer Vision and Object Recognition
Signal processing algorithms
System-on-Chip custom computing with ARM based processors, DSPs, FPGAs and GPUs
Big data and intelligent systems
Intelligent transportation systems and vehicular traffic management

Smart Systems

Internet of Things (IoT)
Machine to Machine Communications (M2M)
Embedded Systems Design
Multi-platform Apps Development
Sensors and actuators
Computer, Network and IT security
Big data, Cloud and Service Aggregation

3D Visualization and Robotics

Stereoscopic 3D Visualization, Virtual and Augmented Reality,
Mobile VR, 360° Panoramas and 3D Image Processing
Computer Graphics and Immersive Games,
Immersive User Interfaces with Visual and Haptic Feedback,
Touchless Interaction with 3D Images
Robot Teleoperation and Mobile Platforms
Telemedicine and 3D Endoscopy

Facilities

Our labs are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities right across our areas of expertise.

Examples of laboratories and laboratory equipment includes:

Radio and Mobile Communications

RF, microwave and EMC test and measurement equipment including network analysers
Software tools including Synopsis, Mentor Graphics, AWR, HSpice, Xilinx, Altera, Multisium

Optical Networks

Our research lab is equipped for research and consultancy projects in, Waveforms design for next generation converged optical/wireless networks, FPGA implementation of next generation transceivers, Radio over Fibre (RoF) for mm-wave, 5G link simulation and experimental evaluation, Virtual Photonic Simulation and experimental evaluation of 40G PONs, OPNET modelling of protocols and algorithms for next generation optical networks, System level simulation for interference mitigation in 5G RANs and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) application.

12.5Gbps BERT + 6GHz-Multi-channel arbitrary waveform generator/analyser+ AWG that can generate 250MHz bandwidth.
70km RoF testbed for the transmission of LTE and arbitrary waveform signals
High-bandwidth optical modulators and detectors + Low cost wide bandwidth VCSEL lasers
Virtex6 FPGA development boards + 5 GS/s ADCs/DACs + 1x16 (10G) PON test-bed capable to backhaul LTE
OPNET, VPI industrial standard simulators
Distributed Antenna System (DAS) up to 10km supporting 2G/3G/4G cellular technologies
SAT-IP servers for satellite over Ethernet transmission + Software defined network (SDN) using virtual switches and routers

Power and Energy Systems

Solar emulator (Magna XR, 8kW, up to 1000 V)
Wind turbine emulator (motor-generator set), 6.25 kVA with Ethernet+RS485 Gateway JBUS/MODBUS module
Variable speed inductions motor drives
Texas Instrument C2000 DSP boards (Concerto)
Solar micro inverter development kit (Texas Instruments)
Smart microgrid (under development)

Smart Systems

Research, Development & Knowledge Transfer in Connected Homes/Buildings, Connected Health, Connected Vehicles
Smart systems, Internet of Things (IoT), machine to machine communications (M2M
Embedded systems bespoke design and development
Prototype and High TRL level development
Computer, Networks, IT security, Multiplatform Apps development and integration
Big data, Cloud and Service Aggregation

3D Visualization and Robotics

Stereoscopic 3D Displays: 3x3m front-projected Wall Screen, 65'' Passive LED S3DTV, 28'' LCD S3D Monitors, Hi-Fr. 17'' 3D Laptop, 4 Oculus HMDs and z800 HMD, several Mobile VR Headsets, DLP 3D and Pico projectors
S3D Webcams, S3D W3 Fuji Cams, S3D Vi-Tech Cam, Creative Senz3D and ZEN-3D
Kinect, Leap Motion, Myo, Oculus and wireless Controllers.
6-cams Optitrack Motion Capture system
High-end graphic PCs and Graphics Software (Unity3D, 3dsMax. Pinnacle 3D).
Mobile Robot Pioneer II, Sick 180 Laser system, odom, bumpers and US-sensors.
DF-Robot Mobile Platform with Laser, Bumpers, IR sensors and mini-gripper.
Novint Falcon haptic systems
3D Endoscope prototypes (7mm and 3mm micro-cams)