Design of Network Coding Schemes for Next Generation of Wireless Cellular Systems

Summary

With explosive growth of wireless networks and the Internet, network resource utilization becomes one of thecritical design issues. Network coding has emerged as a promising tool for the design of next generationcommunication networks. There is a need to develop systematic design of network coding techniques for realwireless energy efficient networks. In this proposal, we plan to systematically design network codingmechanisms for cellular networks and related signal processing algorithms, as well as demonstrate thefeasibility and benefits of integrating the developed network coding schemes into practical systems. Theresearch outcomes are likely to result in significant improvements in network performance.

Supervisor(s)

Dr Zihuai Lin, Professor Branka Vucetic

Research Location

Electrical and Information Engineering

Program Type

PHD

Synopsis

The project will integrate novel communication signal processing algorithms with advancedcommunications systems in order to provide continuous two way communications between basestations and mobile terminals with high throughput and link reliability. The project will developnovel network coding techniques and advance the knowledge base in wireless communications. Itwill have the potential to transform next generation wireless communication systems and bringconsiderable technical, economic and environmental benefits. Key project innovations will be (i) systematic design of novel network coding transmission schemes in wireless cellular systems that support both uplink and downlink traffic with cooperation among terminals. (ii) development of novel multiuser MIMO relaying and network coding algorithms for the next generation cellular system (iii) developing software radio based test beds of novel network coding schemes with applications in LTE-A systems, that will enable significantly increased communication coverage and performance relative to the currently available radio technology.

Keywords

Network Coding, LTE/LTE-A, wireless networks, cellular systems, wireless communications

Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 1838

Other opportunities with Dr Zihuai Lin

• Applied Graph Theory and Its Applications in Wireless Networks
• Design of Rateless Network Coded Future Wireless Cellular Systems
• Design of Non-coherent Network Coding for Dynamically Changing Wireless Networks
• Development of novel hand-held devices based on Zigbee or WiFi signals to see through walls
• Precoded multiuser MIMO and packet scheduling

Other opportunities with Professor Branka Vucetic

• Interference Cancellation in Co-working WLANs
• Precoded multiuser MIMO and packet scheduling
• Cooperative transmission in MIMO relay broadcast channels
• Iterative channel estimation for high mobility MIMO-OFDM systems
• Dynamic spectrum access for wireless multi-hop cognitive radio networks
• Cooperative communications for future wireless networks
• Distributed network channel coding for wireless sensor networks
• Game theory based transmission strategies for cognitive radio
• Signal Processing and Disease Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
• Millimeter Wave Gigabit Wireless Network Design for 5th Generation (5G) Communications
• Physical Layer Security
• Demand Side Management in Future Smart Grid: Control, Communication, and Security
• Discovering DNA sequences based on error control codes
• Large-scale Machine-to-Machine Communications Networks
• Physical-layer Rateless Codes for Wireless Channels
• Non-orthogonal multiple access for massive Internet of Things
• Design of Novel Channel Coding Techniques for Short Packet Transmission in Massive Internet of Things
• Channel Code Design in Short Block Length Regime: Capacity Analysis and Code Design