- Vehicular Communications technologies and systems:
- Use of ETSI ITSG5 and LTE for vehicular-to-everything communications
- Use of reconfigurable antennas for optimizing inter-vehicle communication
- Hardware/Software Technologies and Solutions for IoT applications:
- Communications solutions for IoT, such as LoRa/LoRaWAN, NB-IoT
- Telecom Infrastructure deployment and management for LoRa/LoRaWAN
- Software Back-end deployment and configuration for LoRa/LoRaWAN
- Indoor Localization using Smartphones
- Development of a complete indoor localization system using measurements obtained by Android Smartphones
Indicative Collaborative R&D Projects funded by the European
- FLEX – D Project / FP7
Project Objective: To develop & experimentally evaluate novel SDR prototypes for enabling device-centric communications in future 4.5G – 5G networks
Role of FTech: Technical Coordination, Development of D2D/V2V software libraries/modems and LTE sniffer
Duration: 13 months – concluded in Apr 2017
Partners & further info: http://www.flex-project.eu
- MONROE – MOVEMENT Project / Horizon 2020
Project Objective: To develop automated software tools for benchmarking live 4G/4G+ networks
Role of FTech: Software development, organization of measurement campaigns
Duration: 18 months, ending in Nov 2017
Partners & further info: https://www.monroe-project.eu/
- WiSHFul – SteeringWheel Project / Horizon 2020
Project Objective: To design and experiment with Vehicular Communication systems by using reconfigurable antennas in V2V & V2I links.
Role of FTech: End – to – end implementation
Duration: 6 months, ending in Jul 2017
Partners & further info: http://www.wishful-project.eu/
- RAWFIE – PARROT Project / Horizon 2020
Project Objective: To integrate & deploy a H/W and S/W platform prototype tailored to end-to-end public safety operations support for emergency/critical incidents occurring in remote areas.
Role of FTech: End – to – end implementation
Duration: 12 months, ending in October 2018
Partners & further info: http://www.rawfie.eu/
- FED4FIRE+ – FIVE Project / Horizon 2020
Project Objective: To enhance and integrate FERON’s V2X software radio modem prototype, supporting ITS-G5 and LTE-V2X technologies, with a higher-layer ITS protocol stack, and eventually demonstrate/validate a complete end-to-end solution for the ITS communications market.
Role of FTech: End – to – end implementation
Duration: Stage 1 (feasibility study) ending in December 2017; Stage 2 (full prototype development) proposal submission will immediately follow.
Partners & further info: http://www.fed4fire.eu/