Do you want to work at the forefront of wireless communications and networking for the 6G mission critical applications with stringent reliability and latency requirements?
InformationAt the
Advanced Networking Lab of the
Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) of the EE Department of TU/e we have several open Ph.D. positions on ultra-reliable wireless communications for mission critical applications in aerospace.
The Advanced Networking Lab is a member of CWTe which is part of the TU/e, 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 ANL is currently involved in many beyond-5G/6G R&D projects funded by the European commission and Dutch government. Our key research areas include ultra-reliable low latency communications, resource allocation, digital twins and Open RAN for 6G networks, distributed massive MIMO, flexible compute continuum for 6G RAN open architectures. A substantial part of our research is dedicated to explore the feasibility of wireless communications to replace the existing wired avionic networks onboard aircraft. Research activities in this domain are supported through the active R&D projects RHIADA and Luchtvaart in transitie (LiT) or Aviation in Transition (in English). The laboratory facilities include fully opensource OpenRAN-compliant 5G 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).
The Ph.D. positions, are funded by the Dutch National Growth Fund project
“Aviation in Transition (LiT)” involving the Dutch aerospace industry and research organizations. In the case of avionics, the most important advantages of wireless systems are weight reduction and flexibility, resulting in less fuel consumption, ease of layout, upgradation/modification, service and maintenance. One of the aims of the project is to develop advanced technologies for wireless avionics intra-communication (WAIC). The Ph.D. positions aim to investigate different techniques to guarantee high levels of reliability in private wireless network deployments in harsh environmental conditions. The Ph.D. candidates will develop novel approaches to ensure a safe and resilient WAIC networks using cell free massive MIMO by ensuring robustness against interference, failure and attacks, along with high levels of availability, flexibility, in addition to dealing with stringent latency constraints.
It is expected that PhD candidate will develop new techniques to detect, localize, analyze and predict connectivity disruptions and attacks using but not limited to AI/ML techniques, and consequently take the necessary countermeasures. The proposed techniques will be validated using simulations and experiments.