Are you interested to advance the research on resilient 6G connectivity for mission-critical applications, and contribute to innovative European and Dutch national projects together with a team of talented PhD researchers?
InformationThe future 6G vision published by IMT-2030 6G framework puts a special emphasis on network resilience. While reliability guarantees consistent network performance, on the other hand, resiliency refers to the network’s ability to recover from disruptions and failures. Network resiliency will ensure that networks not only withstand known failures, attacks, overburdening and shocks, but should also have the capabilities to overcome the unexpected failures and can recover and evolve to ensure a sustained network operation. Network resiliency is expected to be an important KPI for 6G networks due to the ever-increasing dependence of the critical services and infrastructures such as energy, education, healthcare and emergency services on mobile and wireless networks.
At the advanced networking Lab of the Electrical Engineering Department of TU/e, we are working at the cutting edge of technological research and innovation to push the boundaries of reliability and resiliency of mobile and wireless networks through participation in several European and Dutch national projects. Our key research areas include ultra-reliable low latency communications, resource allocation, digital twins, distributed massive MIMO and flexible compute continuum for 6G RAN open architectures. The Advanced Networking Lab is a member of the Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) which is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering. Researchers from the groups Electromagnetic, Integrated Circuits, Signal Processing Systems, Optical Communication, and Electronic Systems, work together to address research questions across these research areas from the wireless channel through various layers of the communication stack (
www.tue.nl/cwte). The laboratory facilities include fully opensource OpenRAN-compliant 5G/6G testbed with commercial radio units (RUs) and software-defined radios, a fully shielded metal room in which the most sensitive electronics can be measured, a 28 m2 anechoic chamber (500MHz-40GHz), system integration lab where chips can be linked to other components, and a 16-channel distributed MIMO testbed (sub-6 GHz).
Our industry-driven research empowers real world use-cases and applications ranging from wireless factory to wireless intra-aircraft communications, Tele-operations to unmanned offshore vehicles, and edge computing on satellite swarms to emergency health care, to name a few. The common characteristics of these applications/use-cases are the stringent wireless connectivity requirements in terms of resiliency, latency, and reliability. Within this context, we are looking for
an exceptional postdoctoral candidate to advance the resiliency and reliability of beyond-5G/6G networks.
The candidate is expected to work on the European project PHRESH (
https://itea4.org/index.php/project/phresh.html) and the Dutch National Growth Fund project Luchtvaart in transitie (LiT,
Home | Luchtvaart in Transitie). The successful candidate will contribute to the development, analysis, and experimental validation of techniques and algorithms to ensure seamless, reliable, and secure wireless communication in challenging and dynamic environments. The key responsibilities for this positions are listed as the following:
- Develop protocols and algorithms to enhance the network's situational awareness; and detect, mitigate and recover from disruptions (e.g., jamming, attacks, misconfigurations, failures).
- Advance the research on the design and evaluation of resilient wireless systems utilizing techniques such as multi-connectivity (Terrestrial and NTN), spectrum sensing, optimization theory, AI/ML, etc.
- Participate in collaborative research projects with Industry, contribute to teaching at BSc/MSc levels, and mentoring of undergraduate or master's students.
- Drive project management activities and writing/coordinating deliverables for the projects.
- Supervise a team of PhD researchers and ensure cohesion and timely delivery of the team’s output to the given projects.
- Coordinate experimental activities in laboratories and maintain testbed and equipment readiness
- Contribute with new ideas, coordination and editing scientific proposals for new funding opportunities.
The mission of the Department of Electrical Engineering is to acquire, share and transfer knowledge and understanding in the whole field of Electrical Engineering through education, research and valorization. We work towards a ‘Smart Sustainable Society’, a ‘Connected World’, and a healthy humanity (‘Care & Cure’). Activities share an application-oriented character, a high degree of complexity and a large synergy between multiple facets of the field.
Research is carried out into the applications of electromagnetic phenomena in all forms of energy conversion, telecommunication and electrical signal processing. Existing and new electrical components and systems are analyzed, designed and built. The Electrical Engineering department takes its inspiration from contacts with high-tech industry in the direct surrounding region and beyond.
The department is innovative and has international ambitions and partnerships. The result is a challenging and inspiring setting in which socially relevant issues are addressed.