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
- The aim of ANEM, in which SISCOM of the UPC participates, has been to develop, using latest generation models and techniques, a modular platform that can generate synthetic data (that is, not real data but data that can be used to train the artificial intelligence), protected from potential threats in the area of cybersecurity.
- The mobility of the future must be more intelligent, sustainable and connected. In this context, the project ‘Solutions for smart mobility’, with the participation of the Laboratory of the Barcelona School of Informatics (inLab FIB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), has developed a predictive model for the occupation of passengers in public transport buses based on deep learning methods.
- The research group Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (CNDS) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is working on LoRaMesher. The main objective of this project is to design a data routing protocol that enables the interconnection of IoT devices on LoRa wireless communication technology. IoT devices connected by LoRa construct a mesh, so that they can communicate between each other through the nodes of the network, as occurs on the Internet.
- The aim of the GENIUS project, in which the Centre for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives (CITCEA) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) participates, is to develop a charge estimator for lithium-ion batteries based on a dynamic model parameterised by a neural network.
