Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Our staff have strong records in creating commercial outcomes from
fundamental research in telecommunications and signal processing. These
include:
- algorithms and their efficient implementation for
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) radio and photonic
systems. Optical OFDM (oOFDM)
is being commercialised by Ofidium Pty Ltd, and has recently had
a large investment from the Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund (TTCF)
-- a new Melbourne-based $30 million seed investment fund, supported in
Victoria through the Victorian Government. The TTCF, designed to help
the early-stage commercialisation of opportunities developed at
universities across South Eastern Australasia, including Monash
University. This is the first investment by TTCF into Victorian university research.
- internet protocols for mobile wireless systems
- simulation software to aid the design of photonic
links vpiphotonics.com
- optimization tools for photonic networks
vpisystems.com
MOCSS2004
- photonic local area network technologies
- Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology
We work closely with global and local industry to ensure the relevance
of our research. We also conduct innovative research in emerging areas
of telecommunications theory and practice. This has led to awards for
innovation such as the Peter
Doherty Prize for Innovation for our work combining OFDM and
photonics, for example, and many postdeadline papers in top
international conferences. Our telecommunications research laboratories
are equipped with the latest test and measurement equipment and
fully-operational commercial systems, including:
- Siemens 16 x 10 Gbit/s 600-km optical communications
link designed for Melbourne-Sydney
- Arbitrary waveform signal generation to 20 Gsamples/s
x2 channels
(to test theoretical waveforms in real communications and radar
systems)
- Signal capture to 50 GSamples/s x4 channels (to
examine physical
waveforms and apply advanced signal processing to them)
- Optical Spectrum Analysis (20Mhz resolution, 0.06 nm
resolution)
- 800-km optical fiber test bed designed particularly
to prototype optical systems using digital signal processing for
dispersion compensation
- Fully-equipped optical communications laboratory
including 40 Gbit/s signal generation, detection and Bit Error Rate
(BER) counting
- RF component characterisation to 67 GHz
- RF anechoic and screened chambers for antenna
development and characterisation
- Computer clusters for IP protocol development and
performance testing
- Advanced simulation software for photonic and
electromagnetic design
- Grid computing for large-scale simulations
This equipment allows us to rapidly prototype our ideas, speeding the
path to international publications and commercialisation. Our PhDs go
on to use their expertise in global high-tech companies based in
Australia and the world. For further details of opportunities at
Monash, please contact:
800km 100Gbps Optical OFDM Transmission Link
Siemens TransXpress WDM Optical Transmission System
Optical transmitter using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed
(OFDM)
Optical Bench with RF photonic system
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