FINAL YEAR PROJECTS PORTFOLIO 2014-2015

DR. LUK R. ARNAUT, SMIEEE, FIET

LECTURER FOR

EBU5335 - DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN (QMUL)

EBU732U - DIGITAL BROADCASTING (BUPT) (SHARED)

1. WIRELESS ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS IN

DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS

• Challenges in wireless communication in high-mobility scenarios:

• road, train, air: self-driving cars, HS trains, UAVs, payloads…

• Comms drop-outs, reduced data rates, signal integrity, latency

• Quantifying uncertainty, reliability, security, safety in extreme conditions

• Multi-path & dynamic effects

2. INDOOR PROPAGATION FOR LTE/5G• Multi-path reflections and wave structure

• Develop new classifications

• Wave chaos, graph theory, …

• Many unknowns:

• Building material parameters, GHz/THz range

• Unintentional & intermittent emissions

• PDP, coherence bandwidth, …

• Emerging enabling technologies

• Wireless power transfer, energy harvesting, synchronization, …

• New applications:

• Smart metering, e-health/e-care, drive-by-wire, …

3. NEURONAL SIGNALING, CORTICAL NETWORKS AND CONNECTIVITY

• Multi-frequency correlation and independence

• detect cross-cortical connectivity (static and dynamic) & synchronicity

• consistency between decomposition methods’ results

• MEG/EEG

• Low-frequency phaseless inverse problem

• Radiated emissions, immunity of brain, PCBs, …

• Perception and reality

• E.g., tinnitus, ADHD auditory symptoms

COMPETENCES SOUGHT

• Strong analytical skills

• Key words: programming, modelling, RF measurements, mathematics/statistics/signal processing

• Creativity & ‘looking across the fence’ attitude

• Diligence

• Enthusiasm