5G and 6G
This is the new generation of mobile networks and telecommunications. Beyond speed improvement, 5G-6G consists of a massive ecosystem of IoT (internet of things) where networks can meet the communication needs of a billion connected devices, with the right trade-offs between speed, latency and cost.
These are the services that our research groups can develop. For customized information on the services, please contact us.
| Areas of knowledge | Areas of service | Applications of the service | Scientific infrastructure |
| Fibre optic infrastructures and communications | Advice on the deployment of optical fibres | ||
| Fibre optic technologies for 5G Fronthaul | Design of fibre optic networks to implement the 5G Fronthaul access network | ||
| Optical access networks | Test bench for access networks | Testing and certification of networks and access network devices | |
| Advanced signal modulation and coding techniques | Test banks and wireless system demonstrators in real time | Test changes in the physical layer and the access layer for 3GPP | WiComTec Laboratory |
| Advanced modulation and coding techniques for 5G/6G networks | Advice, measurement and implementation of advanced modulation formats for 5G network access | ||
| Development of modulations and coding techniques for next-generation systems with versatility to be adapted to the medium, high spectral and energy efficiency and low latency | |||
| MIMO transmission and reception systems that are cell-free and with intelligent reflecting surfaces | Improvement in spectral efficiency and energy efficiency, and reduction in interference in transmission systems for 5G and 6G, with considerable bandwidth and difficult propagation environments | ||
| Physical-access layers in 5G and beyond networks | Medium access techniques (Fronthaul and Backhaul) for 5G networks | Design and advice on optical access solutions and distribution in 5G networks | |
| Development of medium access techniques using next-generation systems with versatility and fast capacity to adapt to the medium, considering quality and energy efficiency restrictions | |||
| Software for management and maintenance of network slices in optical data centre networks and metro/core optical networks. | Management of multi-tenancy in networks of optical data centres to ensure end-to-end service quality | ||
| Positioning based on wireless networks | Low energy consumption and low cost wireless communication systems. | CMOS integration of communications receivers and transceivers. Advanced signal modulation techniques (spread spectrum, ultra-wideband, OFDM). | |
| Positioning in systems based on mmWave. | Development of location techniques in 5G and 6G mmWave systems based on networks with massive use of antennas and applications to improve communications through the support of location tools | ||
| Satellite communications | Design and development of digital communication systems via satellite. | Design and assessment of the physical layer and medium access layer through satellite communications systems. Design and assessment of digital phases of regenerative transponders with on-board processing. Design and assessment of spread spectrum medium access mechanisms. Design and assessment of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) transponders. | |
| Geolocation and industrial monitoring systems | |||
| Communications coverage in remote areas with IoT devices | |||
| Analysis and design of electronic circuits | Experience in the use and development of CAD techniques for the analysis and design of electronic circuits. | Switched circuits, variant circuits, non-linear circuits and distributed parameter circuits. Analysis of stability and bifurcation. | |
| Electromagnetic compatibility tests and advice on electronic design | Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory - anechoic chamber | ||
| Mobile networks | Optimisation of 5G terrestrial networks and through the use of drones | Communications network with drones for agriculture, control, transport, monitoring and emergencies | WiComTec Laboratory |
| Wireless low energy, low cost and radio communication systems. | Electromagnetic compatibility tests and advice on electronic design | Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory - anechoic chamber | |
| Network optimisation | Network optimisation to improve spectral efficiency, coverage, end-to-end latency, reliability and energy efficiency. Application of service lines in 5G and 6G systems based on mmWave. | ||
| Planning, dimensioning, operation, automation and optimisation of 5G networks | |||
| Test benches for IoT devices, design of massive IoT applications | Homologation of equipment, design of applications and services (sports, health, control) | WiComTec Laboratory | |
| Wireless power transfer systems and access techniques with low energy criteria | Development of wireless power transfer techniques and multiple access with low energy criteria | ||
| Mesh networks for IoT with low-power radio | Specific training, practical workshops, demonstration units and prototyping of communications solutions | ||
| Wake-up radio systems | Very low-energy devices with communication capabilities | ||
| Network architectures and services based on SDN /NFV | Monitoring and management of core, edge and access networks | Design of the application of monitoring and management. Analysis of protocols and algorithms. | |
| Time-sensitive networks | Prototypes for data transmission on an Ethernet network with guarantees of delivery with limited delay and very high reliability, which includes coexistence with non-synchronous traffic. | BAMPLA Laboratory | |
| Network for synchronous and deterministic control of machinery in plants (e.g. robots) and deterministic transport of alarms in plants | BAMPLA Laboratory | ||
| Development of delay-sensitive communication models on operator networks to provide connectivity to distributed factories | |||
| Network convergence and planning | Research into integrated access networks with metro and 5G | Design and planning of integrated access networks with metropolitan networks and 5G | |
| Planning studies. Autonomous operation of networks and services. Digital twins. | Tools and algorithms that use optimisation techniques and machine learning for autonomous operation of communication networks | ||
| System engineering and integration | Systems engineering and system integration | Embedded systems | |
| E-health monitoring (monitoring of human gait), for industry 4.0 (production processes) | |||
| Low-consumption processing techniques and programmable devices | |||
| Optical network integration | Integration in automotive systems and autonomous vehicles | ||
| Adaptation of communication protocols in different environments | Cellular, fixed and wireless networks. Homogeneity of communications systems and compatibility of standards. | ||
| Wireless optical communications | Research into wireless optical communication systems | High-speed transmission with light transmission systems based on LEDs (white or RGB) in indoor environments, where many uses need to receive data at high speed through downlinks. | |
| Development of wireless optical communication systems in autonomous vehicles | |||
| Support for the deployment and validation of next generation fibre-to-the-home (NGPON) access networks, fibre-to-the-antenna backhauling, analog radio-over-fibre (RoF). | Measurement and pre-certification of systems according to the new international standards; prototyping of new equipment and network elements, electro-optical transceivers; upgrade to higher standards with greater capacity, users and distances. |
software simulators and USRP equipment lightweight BBU and RRU devices for drones, drones, test bench, USRPS and 5G equipment, 5G/6G planning software, laboratory hardware equipped for FR1 band Test bench with network analyser, spectral analyser, signal generators, over 100 Bluetooth devices, LoRa and others Ethernet switch with the capacity to be configured/controlled using a controller in accordance with standard IEEE802.1Qcc, and nodes that implement the controller and interaction with terminal node applications. Ethernet switch with the capacity to be configured/controlled using a controller in accordance with standard IEEE802.1Qcc, and nodes that implement the controller and interaction with terminal node applications. Broadband instruments (optical/digital/analogical generators and oscilloscopes in real time at 50 GSps, etc.); demonstrator of WDM/TDM, OFDM and coherent optical access networks; DSP digital processing at high speed in real time.
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