Investigation into improved wireless communication for rural and regional Australia. The project will improve the performance of wireless communications allowing better and more accessible communication throughout rural and regional Australia. This will enable a more efficient communications as it will reduce the requirements of cables.
Multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) for optical wireless: a breakthrough solution to gaps in broadband delivery. Reliable, flexible broadband delivery is critical for Australian business and for the Australian community. This project will develop the technology on which a new generation of optical wireless communication systems will be based. By using optical rather than radio frequencies they will combine the data rates of optical with the mobil ....Multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) for optical wireless: a breakthrough solution to gaps in broadband delivery. Reliable, flexible broadband delivery is critical for Australian business and for the Australian community. This project will develop the technology on which a new generation of optical wireless communication systems will be based. By using optical rather than radio frequencies they will combine the data rates of optical with the mobility of wireless. They will fill many of the gaps in existing broadband delivery including providing a new flexible last-mile technology and an alternative form of local area network for indoor use. They will lead to new business opportunities within Australia and provide excellent research training in the field of OFDM, a field in which there is significant local R&D in Australian and multinational companies.Read moreRead less
A Green Internet - telecommunications technologies and their environmental impact. This project will solve problems of direct importance to Australia and the wider international community. It will enable continued growth of broadband Internet services in Australia and elsewhere, while minimizing the environmental impact of this growth. The project will significantly advance Australia's participation in Information and Communications industries through an increase in the knowledge and skills ba ....A Green Internet - telecommunications technologies and their environmental impact. This project will solve problems of direct importance to Australia and the wider international community. It will enable continued growth of broadband Internet services in Australia and elsewhere, while minimizing the environmental impact of this growth. The project will significantly advance Australia's participation in Information and Communications industries through an increase in the knowledge and skills base in telecommunications technologies and their environmental impact. The outcomes of the research will be in technologies that are well-matched to the needs and interests of Australian companies. Read moreRead less
Towards an all-optical Internet. The Federation Fellowship will build on the applicant's established and highly successful research program into key technologies for the all-optical Internet. Unlike the current Internet, which relies heavily on electronics for switching and routing, the all-optical Internet will use optics for these functions. The all-optical Internet will enable a vast increase in network capacity and will revolutionize telecommunications. The research program wil produce impor ....Towards an all-optical Internet. The Federation Fellowship will build on the applicant's established and highly successful research program into key technologies for the all-optical Internet. Unlike the current Internet, which relies heavily on electronics for switching and routing, the all-optical Internet will use optics for these functions. The all-optical Internet will enable a vast increase in network capacity and will revolutionize telecommunications. The research program wil produce importatnt innovations and will advance the Australian knowledge base in optical comunications and photonics. The research will assist Asutralia to capitalize on this new technology and to become a significant player in the next phase of the information revolution.Read moreRead less
Overcoming nonlinearity in short-reach optical communication. This project aims to investigate the equalization methods for nonlinear optical channels applicable to short-reach optical communications. This project expects to significantly improve the transmission capacity of the cost-effective directly detected transceivers. Expected outcomes of this project include advanced equalization techniques for nonlinear channels and associated signal processing algorithms. These advances will have the p ....Overcoming nonlinearity in short-reach optical communication. This project aims to investigate the equalization methods for nonlinear optical channels applicable to short-reach optical communications. This project expects to significantly improve the transmission capacity of the cost-effective directly detected transceivers. Expected outcomes of this project include advanced equalization techniques for nonlinear channels and associated signal processing algorithms. These advances will have the potential to provide an enabling technology for surging capacity demand from cloud computing and enhance Australia's standing as a leader in optical communications technology.
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Analysis and Design of Multi-objective Optimal Multirate Filter Banks. Multirate filter banks are a fundamental subsystem and play a key role in many applications in information technology, such as digital communications and digital audio and video signal processing. Most of the existing design methods of multirate filter banks are based on idealized operation conditions, so often they do not provide practically desirable performance. This project will develop innovative design methods for multi ....Analysis and Design of Multi-objective Optimal Multirate Filter Banks. Multirate filter banks are a fundamental subsystem and play a key role in many applications in information technology, such as digital communications and digital audio and video signal processing. Most of the existing design methods of multirate filter banks are based on idealized operation conditions, so often they do not provide practically desirable performance. This project will develop innovative design methods for multirate filter banks under the worst operational conditions and multiple conflicting design objectives. The results will fill in the gap between the theoretical design and the practical requirements to provide enhanced performance of systems using multirate filter banks.Read moreRead less
Improved image analysis: maximised statistical use of geometry/shape constraints. This project will improve image analysis to apply such applications as 3D street-scape reconstruction, synthetic inserts into video for special effects, autonomous navigation, and scene understanding. It will do so by maximally exploiting the geometry of planar surfaces (e.g. walls) and straight lines and other simple geometric shapes.
Optimal Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless sensor networks consist of coordinated sensing devices that offer us new ways to understand and interact with the physical world. Australia is a leading player in developing such networks. For a given technology, the key to both optimising the quality of area monitoring and minimising the cost of a sensor network lies in deciding how best to deploy the sensors. We aim to develop powerful new methods to get the best performance from a plann ....Optimal Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless sensor networks consist of coordinated sensing devices that offer us new ways to understand and interact with the physical world. Australia is a leading player in developing such networks. For a given technology, the key to both optimising the quality of area monitoring and minimising the cost of a sensor network lies in deciding how best to deploy the sensors. We aim to develop powerful new methods to get the best performance from a planned sensor network. This will enhance Australia's research role in this area and directly benefit applications such as national security and environmental monitoring.
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Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0453911
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$391,529.00
Summary
Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements. The proposed facility is for testing broad-beam microwave antennas (1 GHz - 18 GHz), designed and developed by collaborators for several research and commercial projects. These antennas are important in telecommunications, defence and biomedical applications. While facilitating timely pattern measurements of antenna prototypes, it will open new opportunities in antenna experimentation. This facility will enha ....Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements. The proposed facility is for testing broad-beam microwave antennas (1 GHz - 18 GHz), designed and developed by collaborators for several research and commercial projects. These antennas are important in telecommunications, defence and biomedical applications. While facilitating timely pattern measurements of antenna prototypes, it will open new opportunities in antenna experimentation. This facility will enhance collaborators' highly acclaimed theoretical research by providing experimental results for theory validation. Near-field patterns available from the facility will advance our knowledge on complicated antennas. This will generate researchers skilled in state-of-the art antenna measurements, and will help develop competitive Australian industries in this frontier technology.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0453803
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$535,452.00
Summary
High Performance Optical and Electronic Coatings Facility. The main aim of this project is to establish a state-of-the-art optical and electronic coatings facility for the Australian optoelectronics and nanotechnology research community to develop novel technologies of interest to communications, information technology and nanotechnology industries. The facility will allow the fabrication of a range of active and passive devices including photonic integrated circuits. The facility is f ....High Performance Optical and Electronic Coatings Facility. The main aim of this project is to establish a state-of-the-art optical and electronic coatings facility for the Australian optoelectronics and nanotechnology research community to develop novel technologies of interest to communications, information technology and nanotechnology industries. The facility will allow the fabrication of a range of active and passive devices including photonic integrated circuits. The facility is flexible enough to allow the deposition of a range of dielectric and metal layers with different structural, optical and electrical characteristics of fundamental as well as applied interest. This facility may open up new opportunities to develop microcavities, nanocrystals, tunable lasers and detectors, novel cantilevers for atomic force microscopy.
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