INESC TEC in European Consortium on communications

The need for broadband contents and services has been increasing over the last years, and it is anticipated that around 2020 the data transmission rates from wireless systems will exceed several dozen gigabits per second. The technology used today cannot meet these needs, and so it is necessary to develop new and more efficient technological platforms that are cost and energy efficient to enable ubiquitous ultra-broadband wireless communications, seamlessly integrated with high-speed fibre optic networks.

Led by the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, this project gathers universities, institutes and companies from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Portugal. Together, the partners will be exploring the potential of resonant-tunnelling-diode (RTD) to create ultra-broadband wireless communications.

Other that the University of Glasgow and INESC TEC, represented by the Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia (CTM), the consortium also includes the University of Algarve, the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Vivid Components Ltd, Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Optocap Ltd, IQE Silicon Compounds Ltd, III-V Lab, Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd, and the Commissariat a L’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives.

The CTM team involved in the project is composed of Luís Pessoa, Henrique Salgado and Vítor Grade Tavares. The iBROW will be receiving a total of four million euros as part of the European programme H2020.

The INESC TEC researchers mentioned in this article are associated with the following partner institutions: FEUP and INESC Porto.