MLW

The Multilayer Wireless Solution (MLW) area presides over broadband wireless networks considering all the main aspects of the technology. The area is divided into three labs.

The Antennas and Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab (LACE) has a broad international experience in experimental, numerical and theoretical activities regarding antennas, electromagnetic compatibility and applied electromagnetism. The work includes the study, design, and prototyping of various types of antennas, such as antennas for landline and mobile communications, automotive, RFID, etc. The LACE has substantial experience in Computational Electromagnetics and has developed several high performance software algorithms for the design, synthesis and optimization of antennas, and diagnostic tools for measurement systems.

The second lab is called Vehicular Networks and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) and is active in the field of broadband wireless communications with particular focus on the routing and MAC layers. The main interests lie in the areas of vehicular networks (VANETs), wireless automation and QoS on mesh networks. The technologies that are primarily used are Wi-Fi (and derivatives) and Bluetooth. To date, the VANET sector is very active and ISMB is proposing a new medium access protocol (www.ms-aloha.eu) inside ETSI.

Finally, it is well known that multimedia contents are pervasive applications, from digital television to the latest smartphone generation: the MAIN (Multimedia Adaptation and Interaction) lab is involved in developing systems capable of transforming this content in order to decrease the bandwidth while preserving quality. The group has the following skills: coding and encapsulation techniques (audio and video), interactive television (MHP, TV-HBB), targeted advertising techniques (digital program insertion), image processing for industrial and medical applications (denoising, segmentation, registration).