Four researchers from Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) will play a major role in two new research and innovation platforms set up by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The platforms, which each represent a £2 million investment by EPSRC, will support UK research efforts in upcoming communications systems like 6G.
There are three platforms, each receiving funding of £2 million, which have been put in place to develop innovations in communications systems, while connecting the wider academic, business and international communities.
The first platform, ‘Network of Networks’ features TITAN which is a consortium of 17 universities, including Queen’s and led by the University of Strathclyde. TITAN will conduct unique and highly transformative research on the interfaces of classic communication network elements to achieve the seamless, open and fully integrated network of networks.
The second platform, ‘Wireless and Wired Systems and Spectrum’ brings together eight partner universities, including Queen’s, and is led by the University of Oxford. This platform will address the challenge of providing high-speed, low-latency access to internet services for future fixed and mobile users.
Professor Simon Cotton, Director of the Centre for Wireless Innovation at ECIT, commented:
To be part of, not one, but two of the future communication systems platforms is a significant achievement. It is testament to the pioneering research being undertaken at Queen’s, especially in the area of physical layer wireless. Through the platforms we will have the opportunity to work with leading researchers from across the UK as we work towards a common goal of innovating the next generation of wireless systems, such as 6G, right here in the UK.