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