Performance analysis for communication techniques and systems
There are several different performance measures in use for communication techniques or
systems, for example error rate, transmission rate, delay, power consumption, bandwidth
consumption, flexibility, robustness, confidentiality, integrity, fairness, and so on. Depending
on the application and the type of communication (wired or wireless, broadcast or point to
point . . .) some performance measures are more important to focus on than others. It is not
difficult to satisfy any single requirement on one of the performance measures as long as we
can neglect the other, but since many of these measures are in conflict with each other it is a
challenge to satisfy many requirements at the same time.
In order to achieve good performance in communication systems different techniques are
combined for data compression, encryption, channel coding, multiplexing, modulation and for
other parts of the systems.
Performance analysis for communication systems or parts of communication systems can be
done in terms of theoretical calculations, computer simulations, practical measurements or a
combination of these.
Thesis projects that aim for trying new ideas in analysing the performance of communication
techniques or systems are welcome.
Contact person: Magnus Nilsson, nim@bth.se
Performance Analysis for
Communication Techniques and Systems
Performance measures: Error rate, transmission rate, delay,
power consumption, bandwidth consumption, flexibility,
robustness, confidentiality, integrity, fairness . . .
Techniques for: Data compression, encryption, channel
coding, multiplexing, modulation . . .
Methods: Theoretical calculations, computer simulations,
practical measurements or a combination of these.
Thesis projects that aim for trying new ideas in
analysing the performance of communication
techniques or systems are welcome.
Contact person: Magnus Nilsson, nim@bth.se