Communication Systems
Lancaster's Communication Systems Research Group focuses on the design, analysis and optimization of future communication systems. Recent emphasis concentrates on 5G Mobile Wireless Communication Systems, Green Communications, Cognitive Radio Networks, Heterogeneous Networks, Small Cells, Massive MIMO, Advanced Network Coding, Cross-layer Design and Millimeter Wave Communications.
Members and Interests
Prof. Qiang Ni (Group Leader)
Green Communications: Researching fundamental principles and design towards cognitive, spectrum and energy efficient future green communications network systems.
Efficient Radio Resource Management: Developing efficient radio resource management techniques for future 5G communication system including Heterogeneous Networks, Cognitive Radios, Small Cells and Millimeter Wave systems.
Dr. Zhiguo Ding
Advanced Digital Signal Processing for Communications: Researching fundamental and advanced digital signal processing techniques for future communications system, including massive MIMO, game theory and network coding.
Energy harvesting and physical layer security: Investigating novel techniques on energy harvesting and physical layer security.
Dr. Keivan Navaie
Cognitive Radios and Spectrum Management: Researching enabling techniques on cognitive radio network design, spectrum sensing and efficient spectrum management.
Cooperative Communications: Investigating diversity multiplexing tradeoff in cooperative communication scenarios, virtual MIMO systems and cooperative cognitive system.
Dr. Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou
Error-Correcting Codes: Researching mathematical modeling, error probability analysis and design of forward error-correcting codes, iterative detection and decoding techniques.
MIMO Cooperative Communications: Investigating fundamental information theory on MIMO and cooperative communications systems.
Dr. Leila Musavian
Joint Energy and Spectrum Efficient Communication: Researching fundamental tradeoff and joint optimization of energy and spectrum efficiency for delay constrained multimedia communication systems.
Radio Resource Management: Investigating advanced radio resource management for next generation wireless communications systems.
