TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES

ANTENNA SYSTEMS
- Multielement antennae for vehicles connected with technology based on beamforming
- Data modulation for WiFi devices to communicate with non-WiFi devices
- IoT mesh networks with low-power radios
- Management of interference in communications and information processing

SDN/NFV RADIO ACCESS NETWORK
- Signal protocol models to improve efficiency in handover mechanisms via a software-defined network (SDN)

EHEALTH
- Serious games for remote rehabilitation
- Devices for low-cost, remote cardiovascular monitoring
- Image processing to diagnose anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the knee and to identify and characterise epigastric perforators
- Differential diagnosis in patients with Parkinsonʼs disease using biomechanical tests

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
- Improved geolocation for shared vehicles in critical areas of the city through Galileo

NEW PROCESSORS
- Efficient processors for intelligent computing systems that can carry out cognitive functions
- Faster processors with lower energy consumption for artificial intelligence and automatic learning

NEW ARCHITECTURES
- Architectures and technologies for the control and management of virtual infrastructure resources for the optimal supply of end-to-end services
- Optimisation of massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communications
- Miniaturised, wireless graphene antennae that can operate in the terahertz band

ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Algorithms for energy optimisation for 5G networks
- Low-cost radiofrequency (RF) links with low energy consumption

CYBERSECURITY
- Algorithms to detect cyber-physical attacks
- Intrusion detection system (IDS)/intrusion prevention system (IPS)
- More efficient, safer hardware security systems for memory devices (memristors)

COGNITIVE NETWORKS
- Advanced management and control system for 5G networks
UPC LABS
We offer infrastuctures for users or organisations interested in using a platform that integrates radio and optical technology, sensors, SDN controllers, network resource orchestrators and data centres to perform communications test for 5G services.
APPLICATION SECTORS






Industry 4.0
Sustainability
Data science
Artificial intelligence
Connected vehicle
Cognitive networks





Digital economy
Health
Mobility
Smart agriculture
The UPC develops solutions based on its expert knowledge and experience in applied technology, in response to current smart connectivity challenges. In addition, the UPC is a leading university in the transfer of research results, the creation of start-ups, and the coordination of national and international projects.
The UPC also participates in 5G Barcelona, is a member of EIT Urban Mobility along with the CIT UPC, and is a founding member of CARNET, a project coordinated by CIT UPC and based on public-private collaboration to design the urban mobility of the future.
All three initiatives are an example of the range of areas in which the UPC applies connectivity in a cross-cutting way for a global environment.
FEATURED PROJECTS
- Researchers from Barcelona Innovative Transportation (BIT) and from inLab FIB of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) have worked on MultiDEPART. In the framework of this project, three key tools have been developed for the planning and management of urban mobility, which will help public transport authorities and their operators to adopt and scale transport services on demand (Demand Responsive Transit, DRT) in their areas.
- To address the need to optimize the resources available in wireless networks TELCO4IOT project has emerged, led by the Research Group on Cellular Communications Networks (GRXCA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).