Three PhD Studentship at SWANSEA University
Three PhD studentships jointly sponsored by the EPSRC and the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence
Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT)
Swansea University
Subjects: Computing and Computer Science | Electrical/Electronic Engineering | Telecommunications
1. Radio Resource Management for Future Mobile Cellular Radio Networks
2. Radio Resource Management for Future Enterprise and Home Networks
3. Architectures and Network Coding for Enterprise and Home Networks
The Institute of Advanced Telecommunications within the School of Engineering at Swansea University wishes to invite applicants for three prestigious PhD Studentships to work on the EPSRC/MobileVCE Core-5 research programme entitled Green Radio.
These prestigious studentships are available now to overseas applicants as well as UK and EU citizens
Green Radio Programme
Green Radio is one of three exciting and innovative research programmes sponsored by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, www.epsrc.ac.uk) and the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence (VCE) in Mobile & Personal Communications (www.mobilevce.com) as part of its Core-5 research programme. Green Radio is an industry-led collaboration with the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, Kings College London and Swansea. The successful applicants will therefore benefit from participating in an internationally leading research team working with some of the best companies and UK universities in this important technology sector.
Given the worldwide growth in the number of mobile subscribers and the increasing contribution of information technology to the overall energy consumption of the world, there is an urgent environmental need to reduce the energy requirements of radio access networks. From an operator perspective, reduced energy consumption translates directly to lower Operating Expenditure (OPEX). These are the key drivers of the Green Radio programme. Both wide area public networks (traditionally "cellular") and local area private networks (traditionally "wireless LAN") will be considered, recognising that the structure of a Green Radio Network may differ from today's radio networks. In essence therefore, the specific objective of the Green Radio programme is to investigate and create innovative methods for the reduction of the total power needed to operate a radio access network and to identify appropriate radio architectures which enable such a power reduction.
PhD Projects
As one of three PhD students you would work on one of the following projects specified within the Green Radio programme:
1. Radio Resource Management for Future Mobile Cellular Radio Networks:Green Radio will develop new energy efficient cellular deployment architectures based on bringing BSs closer to mobile users. Increasing BS and/or relay densities increases inter-cell interference levels. Consequently inter-cell interference is a major barrier that impedes the realisation of energy efficient mobile cellular networks. Your role will be to exploit cooperation between BSs (and relays) in an LTE-advanced RAN in order to limit inter-cell as well as intra-cell interference by the appropriate use of radio resource management (RRM) techniques.
2. Radio Resource Management for Future Enterprise and Home Networks: This cutting-edge project aims to design and evaluate adaptive resource management schemes for wireless enterprise and home networks in order to minimise energy consumption while satisfying users’ QoS requirements. Adaptive frequency assignment and network topology control for wireless mesh networks and/or Femtocell networks will be your focus of investigation to reduce energy consumption under dynamic traffic loads. You would also consider dynamic spectrum access and resource management to improve the coexistence and cooperation of heterogeneous wireless networks.
3. Architectures and Network Coding for Enterprise and Home Networks: In this project you would investigate architectures and network coding strategies for enterprise and home networks in order to minimise energy consumption while satisfying users’ QoS requirements. Your role would therefore be to consider how to integrate network coding with other signalling techniques used in existing as well as future enterprise and home networks. The proposed network coding schemes will be implemented in the software protocol stack of the 802.11 standard to demonstrate validity of the energy savings predicted by computer simulations and by mathematical analysis.
Details of Studentships
Each 3½ year PhD project will be carried out in the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT, www.swansea.ac.uk/iat) within the School of Engineering, Swansea University. Founded in 2005, IAT is a research centred institute focusing on wireless, networks and optical communications. Housed in the attractive Digital Technium building (www.swan.ac.uk/university/TheCampus/Featurebuildings/DigitalTechnium/), IAT has excellently equipped research laboratories complementing its three focused research areas. The School of Engineering at Swansea University is recognised as one of the best in the UK as evidenced by the recent 2008 RAE results which ranked general engineering 7th in the UK.
You should hold a 1st class Honours degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer science or a closely related discipline. Preference will be given to applicants who hold a master’s degree at distinction level. The studentships would also suit mature individuals with relevant industrial experience wishing to return to study.
The scholarships are available now and must be taken up before 1st June 2009.
Funding information
Funding applies to: Open to applicants from a range of countries
Funding notes:
In respect of UK and EU applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees and provide a minimum starting stipend of £12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends may be topped up according to qualification, experience and/or performance.
In respect of overseas applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees including the overseas contribution and provide a minimum starting stipend of £12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends will NOT be topped up for overseas applicants.
Contacts and how to apply
Academic contact: For informal enquiries please contact Professor Tim O’Farrell (t.ofarrell@swansea.ac.uk).
Administrative contact and how to apply:
Prospective applicants are invited to follow the University’s application procedures as detailed online at http://www.swan.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/. Please mark your application form “EPSRC/MVCE Studentship – Green Radio” in the space for funding organisation and highlight the topics you wish to apply for in order of preference in the section ‘Additional supporting information’. Applications submitted without an up to date CV and suitable referees will not be considered.
Application deadline: 17 April 2009
Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT)
Swansea UniversitySubjects: Computing and Computer Science | Electrical/Electronic Engineering | Telecommunications
1. Radio Resource Management for Future Mobile Cellular Radio Networks
2. Radio Resource Management for Future Enterprise and Home Networks
3. Architectures and Network Coding for Enterprise and Home Networks
The Institute of Advanced Telecommunications within the School of Engineering at Swansea University wishes to invite applicants for three prestigious PhD Studentships to work on the EPSRC/MobileVCE Core-5 research programme entitled Green Radio.
These prestigious studentships are available now to overseas applicants as well as UK and EU citizens
Green Radio Programme
Green Radio is one of three exciting and innovative research programmes sponsored by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, www.epsrc.ac.uk) and the Mobile Virtual Centre of Excellence (VCE) in Mobile & Personal Communications (www.mobilevce.com) as part of its Core-5 research programme. Green Radio is an industry-led collaboration with the Universities of Edinburgh, Bristol, Kings College London and Swansea. The successful applicants will therefore benefit from participating in an internationally leading research team working with some of the best companies and UK universities in this important technology sector.
Given the worldwide growth in the number of mobile subscribers and the increasing contribution of information technology to the overall energy consumption of the world, there is an urgent environmental need to reduce the energy requirements of radio access networks. From an operator perspective, reduced energy consumption translates directly to lower Operating Expenditure (OPEX). These are the key drivers of the Green Radio programme. Both wide area public networks (traditionally "cellular") and local area private networks (traditionally "wireless LAN") will be considered, recognising that the structure of a Green Radio Network may differ from today's radio networks. In essence therefore, the specific objective of the Green Radio programme is to investigate and create innovative methods for the reduction of the total power needed to operate a radio access network and to identify appropriate radio architectures which enable such a power reduction.
PhD Projects
As one of three PhD students you would work on one of the following projects specified within the Green Radio programme:
1. Radio Resource Management for Future Mobile Cellular Radio Networks:Green Radio will develop new energy efficient cellular deployment architectures based on bringing BSs closer to mobile users. Increasing BS and/or relay densities increases inter-cell interference levels. Consequently inter-cell interference is a major barrier that impedes the realisation of energy efficient mobile cellular networks. Your role will be to exploit cooperation between BSs (and relays) in an LTE-advanced RAN in order to limit inter-cell as well as intra-cell interference by the appropriate use of radio resource management (RRM) techniques.
2. Radio Resource Management for Future Enterprise and Home Networks: This cutting-edge project aims to design and evaluate adaptive resource management schemes for wireless enterprise and home networks in order to minimise energy consumption while satisfying users’ QoS requirements. Adaptive frequency assignment and network topology control for wireless mesh networks and/or Femtocell networks will be your focus of investigation to reduce energy consumption under dynamic traffic loads. You would also consider dynamic spectrum access and resource management to improve the coexistence and cooperation of heterogeneous wireless networks.
3. Architectures and Network Coding for Enterprise and Home Networks: In this project you would investigate architectures and network coding strategies for enterprise and home networks in order to minimise energy consumption while satisfying users’ QoS requirements. Your role would therefore be to consider how to integrate network coding with other signalling techniques used in existing as well as future enterprise and home networks. The proposed network coding schemes will be implemented in the software protocol stack of the 802.11 standard to demonstrate validity of the energy savings predicted by computer simulations and by mathematical analysis.
Details of Studentships
Each 3½ year PhD project will be carried out in the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications (IAT, www.swansea.ac.uk/iat) within the School of Engineering, Swansea University. Founded in 2005, IAT is a research centred institute focusing on wireless, networks and optical communications. Housed in the attractive Digital Technium building (www.swan.ac.uk/university/TheCampus/Featurebuildings/DigitalTechnium/), IAT has excellently equipped research laboratories complementing its three focused research areas. The School of Engineering at Swansea University is recognised as one of the best in the UK as evidenced by the recent 2008 RAE results which ranked general engineering 7th in the UK.
You should hold a 1st class Honours degree in electrical/electronic engineering, computer science or a closely related discipline. Preference will be given to applicants who hold a master’s degree at distinction level. The studentships would also suit mature individuals with relevant industrial experience wishing to return to study.
The scholarships are available now and must be taken up before 1st June 2009.
Funding information
Funding applies to: Open to applicants from a range of countries
Funding notes:
In respect of UK and EU applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees and provide a minimum starting stipend of £12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends may be topped up according to qualification, experience and/or performance.
In respect of overseas applicants, each studentship will cover the full university tuition fees including the overseas contribution and provide a minimum starting stipend of £12,940 pa. Minimum stipends are fixed annually by EPSRC. Stipends will NOT be topped up for overseas applicants.
Contacts and how to apply
Academic contact: For informal enquiries please contact Professor Tim O’Farrell (t.ofarrell@swansea.ac.uk).
Administrative contact and how to apply:
Prospective applicants are invited to follow the University’s application procedures as detailed online at http://www.swan.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/. Please mark your application form “EPSRC/MVCE Studentship – Green Radio” in the space for funding organisation and highlight the topics you wish to apply for in order of preference in the section ‘Additional supporting information’. Applications submitted without an up to date CV and suitable referees will not be considered.
Application deadline: 17 April 2009
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