The Communications Research Group is a growing group currently with
15 postgraduate research students located within the
Department
of Engineering and Design of the
School
of Science and Technology, at the
University
of Sussex, UK. The CRG has gained international reputation in Vehicle Electronic Systems and is
sponsored and recognised by the Ministry of Defence as the only Academic Centre of Excellence in the UK in
the subject area. The
Vetronics Research Centre is conducting research and training and is in
collaboration with QinetiQ.
The CRG has expertise in the fields of networking, wireless mobile communications, and embedded systems.The work involves different aspects
at various levels from theoretical studies, design, modelling, simulations, to development and implementation with advanced digital hardware
and software systems.
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Networking: Data communications, protocols, networks such as IP, ATM, CAN, xDSL and Ethernet networks; distributed real time systems;
intelligent automated systems; wireless adhoc networking and cluster formation; peer-to-peer routing; mobile networks; integration of mobile
and wireless networks.
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Wireless Communications: Advanced digital transmission techniques; multiple access techniques; error correction coding; source coding;
single and multicarrier modulation; adaptive transmission systems; reconfigurable digital signal processing algorithms; adaptive and blind
equalisation; smart antennas; software radio; 3G mobile systems; wireless broadband access; wireless local area networks; personal area
networks; ultra-wideband; broadband satellite; video coding and streaming over mobile devices; multimedia applications for mobile systems;
positioning systems, GPS.
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Embedded Systems: Embedded digital hardware design; FPGA/DSP systems; reconfigurable intelligent control systems; real time
distributed software; computer architectures; parallel structures; fault-tolerant techniques; real time reconfigurable processing techniques;
safety critical systems; automotive and x-by-wire systems.
