Communications
Communications research in electrical and computer engineering is cutting-edge in the fields of information and communication theory, wireless communications, and communication networks. Our researchers investigate the reliable and efficient transmission of information in many forms, such as text, image, voice, audio, and video.
At the University of Alberta, we work to develop the mathematical models of the network, signaling methods, channels, and other systems used to design communication protocols to maximize information transfer rates, minimize costs due to bandwidth and power consumption, and maximize the reliability and security of networks.
Current research:
- cognitive radio and software defined radio
- cooperative communications
- MIMO and multi-antenna communications
- space-time coding and processing
- ultra-wideband communications
- OFDM and multi-carrier systems
- fading channels
- diversity techniques and equalization
- cross-layer design and adaptation
- resource allocation and interference management
- mobility and localization techniques
- wireless multiple access techniques (CDMA, TDMA, FDMA)
- communication theory in sensor and ad-hoc networks
- communication techniques for biological systems
- fiber optical communications and free-space optical communications
- graphical models in communications
- information theory
- iterative coding techniques, including turbo codes and LDPC codes
- network coding
- network information theory