Design of network coding schemes for the next generation of wireless cellular systems. Network coding schemes are expected to become one of the key radio technologies and could have a far-reaching impact on the Australian economy. The proposed program will contribute to theory and development of network coding techniques and their application in future wireless networks.
What to do about WiFi Congestion? New methods for dense, wireless networks. This project aims to design and analyse new protocols for (wireless) WiFi networks. The demand on current WiFi networks is escalating at a tremendous rate. WiFi uses the unlicensed radio spectrum, so innovation can occur more easily over WiFi than over carrier-owned networks. WiFi also provides data offloading from severely congested cellular wireless networks. Unfortunately, the current WiFi multiple access protocols we ....What to do about WiFi Congestion? New methods for dense, wireless networks. This project aims to design and analyse new protocols for (wireless) WiFi networks. The demand on current WiFi networks is escalating at a tremendous rate. WiFi uses the unlicensed radio spectrum, so innovation can occur more easily over WiFi than over carrier-owned networks. WiFi also provides data offloading from severely congested cellular wireless networks. Unfortunately, the current WiFi multiple access protocols were not designed to handle closely packed WiFi networks and the resulting interference. This project takes a novel approach to develop algorithms that are much more robust to interference, and which use simple, distributed mechanisms to feed channel state information back from the receiver to the transmitter to maximise performance.Read moreRead less
Airborne Base Station Communication Systems: Capacity and Optimization. This project will fundamentally characterise and optimize information gathering, dissemination, and communication capacities of airborne base stations to enable low latency communications in rural and remote areas. New technologies such as precision farming, safe remote equipment operation in mining, and wide area surveillance and security, require low latency communications that are an order of magnitude beyond what is curr ....Airborne Base Station Communication Systems: Capacity and Optimization. This project will fundamentally characterise and optimize information gathering, dissemination, and communication capacities of airborne base stations to enable low latency communications in rural and remote areas. New technologies such as precision farming, safe remote equipment operation in mining, and wide area surveillance and security, require low latency communications that are an order of magnitude beyond what is currently available from satellite links. The expected outcome will be radically new base station deployment and flight path planning, and data transmission technologies. These will unlock new application technologies by enabling secure wide-spread communications coverage, delivering economic benefits to remote Australia.Read moreRead less
Information-theoretic capacity of outdoor mm-wave wireless communications. This project aims to fundamentally characterise the practical information carrying capacity of future mm-wave wireless communication networks. The mm-wave spectrum offers 10-100 times the bandwidth used by current mobile networks, but comes with many challenges. An information theoretic model will be developed incorporating state of the art mm-wave channel models, and practical engineering implementation constraints. The ....Information-theoretic capacity of outdoor mm-wave wireless communications. This project aims to fundamentally characterise the practical information carrying capacity of future mm-wave wireless communication networks. The mm-wave spectrum offers 10-100 times the bandwidth used by current mobile networks, but comes with many challenges. An information theoretic model will be developed incorporating state of the art mm-wave channel models, and practical engineering implementation constraints. The expected outcome will be new network designs and data transmission technologies that unlock the spectrum by enabling secure outdoor mobile cellular deployments with wide-spread coverage. This will support vastly greater traffic densities and data rates.Read moreRead less
Design of rateless network coded future wireless cellular systems. High speed future communication networks are critical tools for achieving economic sustainability and could have a far-reaching impact on the Australian economy. The proposed program will have the potential to transform future wireless communication systems and bring considerable technical, economic and environmental benefits.
Large-scale highly dynamic wireless networks: architecture and communication strategies design. This project will develop novel techniques for the modelling, design and management of highly dynamic networks, with wireless vehicular networks for autonomous vehicles being a typical but not sole example. Social and economical benefits are expected in the areas of road traffic management and road safety, communication and environment protection.
Agile and Efficient Machine to Machine Communication Systems. The project plans to deliver building blocks for designing future machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless access networks with a wide range of new applications. M2M communications have emerged as a new communication paradigm and are likely to become a dominant form of future communications. The project aims to develop novel communications techniques that are tailored to unique M2M network characteristics and requirements and demonstrate the ....Agile and Efficient Machine to Machine Communication Systems. The project plans to deliver building blocks for designing future machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless access networks with a wide range of new applications. M2M communications have emerged as a new communication paradigm and are likely to become a dominant form of future communications. The project aims to develop novel communications techniques that are tailored to unique M2M network characteristics and requirements and demonstrate the proposed algorithms in practical systems. The outcomes are intended to contribute to the modernisation and transformation of critical infrastructures into smart systems, delivering more reliable, efficient and cost-effective services.Read moreRead less
Compressed network sharing for large-scale distributed systems. The project will make the critical theoretical advances to enable the building of large-scale machine-to-machine communications systems. This will be the essential precursor to technologies for constructing Australia’s intelligent infrastructure and smart cities.
Gigabit wireless multiple access at E-band. This project will develop the theoretical advances that will lead to the creation of gigabit wireless multiple access networks, with data rates at least two orders of magnitude faster than current wireless networks. This will enable cost-effective 'last mile' links to the national broadband network in densely populated urban areas and in rural and regional Australia.
Novel Techniques for Uncoordinated Massive Access in the Internet of Things. The IoT (internet of things) is the backbone of intelligent transportation, healthcare, energy and smart home systems. To accommodate the exponentially increasing number of IoT devices, a dramatic paradigm shift towards non-orthogonal uncoordinated (grant-free) massive access is underway, where devices transmit data opportunistically over shared channel resources. This project aims to develop new receivers for such unc ....Novel Techniques for Uncoordinated Massive Access in the Internet of Things. The IoT (internet of things) is the backbone of intelligent transportation, healthcare, energy and smart home systems. To accommodate the exponentially increasing number of IoT devices, a dramatic paradigm shift towards non-orthogonal uncoordinated (grant-free) massive access is underway, where devices transmit data opportunistically over shared channel resources. This project aims to develop new receivers for such uncoordinated massive access, where the receivers will be trained to identify transmitting devices, recover their data, and resolve any collisions. These outcomes are expected to emerge as a game changer in IoT communications, benefiting national and international industry to meet future telecommunications needs for the IoT.Read moreRead less