The Communications Research Group is a research group located within the School of Engineering and Design at the University of Sussex, UK.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.