La investigación del Grupo Antennas & Propagation Lab (APL) se centra principalmente en el análisis y diseño de antenas para aplicaciones de microondas y ondas milimétricas, y en el estudio de la propagación y el modelado de canales de radio, tanto teóricos como experimentales. Este trabajo se puede clasificar en cuatro líneas de investigación principales:
High-efficiency electronically beam-steerable antennas for new generation satellite networks in the millimeter-wave band (ANTELECIA)
In the new generation of wireless communications systems in the millimeter band, reconfigurable antennas are becoming an essential technological pillar, as they must compensate for the high propagation losses at high frequencies. As a consequence, the development of new high-performance …
Cost-effective antenna technologies for sustainable mm-wave broadband communications (COFFEE)
Nowadays, telecommunications systems have become an integral part of our daily lives and have an undeniable impact on our private and professional activities. The anyone to anything, anytime, anywhere paradigm, originally conceived for 5G mobile communications networks, is progressively becoming …
Beam steerable array antenna for mm-wave communication networks (STEERCOMM)
Massive access by society to new broadband communications systems in the millimeter-wave band seems to be an imminent reality. However, there are still some technological barriers to overcome from the antenna point of view. The development of low-cost mobile terminals …
DESIGN OF MATERIALS OPTIMIZED FOR AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO 6G COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (MAOCOM-6G).
Funding entity and duration: Generalitat Valenciana, 2021-2025. Summary of the project: The objective of the project is the design of artificial materials (metamaterials or metasurfaces) aimed to exhibit singular or unusual properties when interacting with electromagnetic waves (e.g., reflections, transmissions, …
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND ADVANCED CHANNEL MODELS FOR THE DEFINITION OF FUTURE 6G SYSTEMS (A6GMODEL-UPV) (PID2020-119173RB-C21).
Funding entity and duration: Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/, 2021-2023. Summary of the project: The new application technologies envisioned for the next decade make that technical performance requirements of 6G must be higher than …
Reconfigurable antennas for mm-wave broadband communications (RECOMM)
In the coming years, the implementation of broadband communications systems in the millimeter band with global coverage will acquire special relevance. It aims at a convergence of the fixed and mobile services to offer a universal quality of service similar …
MULTIMODE AND MULTIBEAM RECONFIGURABLE X-WAVE ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SENSING SYSTEMS (MUMSYS)
Funding entity and duration: Proyecto PID2019-107885GB-C32 de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2020-2022. Summary of the project: The main goal of this project is to conceive and develop a new generation of reconfigurable antennas …
Radio Channel research for the deployment of 5G systems in a digital society multi-connected (ICAR5G). (TEC2017-86779-C2-2-R).
Funding entity and duration: Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, 2018-2021. Summary of the project: The future traffic demands will require the deployment of new communication systems with faster as well as more efficient and reliable connections. The new 5G …
New antennas for satellite mobile communications in Ka-band (SATCOM-KA)
New antenna concepts and topologies for Ka-band terminals (in the range from 19 to 31 GHz) for satellite communications were explored in this project, targeting at reducing terminal volume and weight so that they may be suitable for on-the-move applications. …
DESIGN OF HIGH-GAIN MULTIBEAM ANTENNAS FOR NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (MANCOM) (TEC2016-78028-C3-3-P).
Funding entity and duration: Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, 2017-2019. Summary of the project The main goal of this project was the design of new types of antennas for the 5G generation of mobile communications. This project has focused …