Cognitive Wireless Project

This project is concerned with developing technologies for vastly increasing achievable wireless data rates and user mobility.  Applications are already arising where current wireless systems are proving inadequate.  Video phones have enormous potential, but are currently very low quality; security surveillance cameras are seemingly ubiquitous, but generally require wired connections; and internet access is being proposed on trains and buses, but the backbone network data rates are too high to be supplied over current wireless systems.  There is great potential for new high data rate technologies to have impact.

The project will develop algorithmic and hardware platforms for delivery of high data rate wireless services.  Our focus is in two main areas: adaptive multi-antenna technologies and ad-hoc distributed networking.  These are seen as the key enablers for future flexible broadband wireless communications. 

Our vision is to develop wireless devices that can adapt between different modes and network architectures depending on whichever gives the best service at a particular location and time.  The result will be increased data rates, increased densities of users, and increased user mobility.