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
Internet of things
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
- MobilitApp is an application capable of predicting the mode of transport used by citizens using a deep learning tool based on three mobile phone sensors.
- The aim of the Muvity project in which the Multimedia Applications and ICTs Laboratory (LAM) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) participates, is to develop a gamified physical telerehabilitation application for people with chronic injuries. The user carries out exercises and plays games designed with therapists that lead them to move their arms and legs and thus achieve the established goals.
- Researchers from the Advanced Broadband Communications Centre (CCABA) and the Optical Communications Group (GCO) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) participate in the B5G-OPEN (Beyond 5G – OPtical nEtwork coNtinuum) project. This project is funded by the European Union, in the framework of which a new end-to-end integrated packet-optical transport architecture based on multiband optical transmission and switching networks is being designed and prototyped.
- Autonomous vehicles are a reality that we are getting closer to gradually but inevitably. The Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has developed technologies for this type of vehicles that improve safety on journeys. To meet the needs of perceiving the environment at long range, a very complete set of sensors has to be developed, including cameras, LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and radar.
