ABSTRACT: In this seminar, we will make an overview of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT). Then, we will describe the activities of the SMARTWORLD project run by the M2M Department at CTTC. SMARTWORLD is developing a heterogeneous testbed for the IoT integrating various Radio Access Technologies, such as 3G/4G, IEEE 802.15.4, [...]

ABSTRACT: In the forthcoming Internet of Things everything (smart phones, dishwashers, refrigerators, game machines, TVs, cameras, home security systems, vehicles, lighting systems, traffic control systems, engines, bridges, SCADA systems, blood pressure and heart rate monitors, environment monitors etc.) will carry sensors and/or actuators that will be interconnected via sensor networks and the Internet. The sensors [...]

ABSTRACT: Aquest Weekly Seminar servirà per fer una presentació de les activitats de R+D i productes enfocats a sistemes de comunicacions per satèl·lit que l’empresa INDRA du a terme. Així mateix, pretén identificar punts de connexió amb el CTTC. PONENT: Jorge Calvin Gil-Mascarell és Account/Business Development Manager a l’empresa Indra des de 2007. Té més [...]

COMBO is an EU FP7 ICT integrated project, undertaken by 16 partners over a period of three and a half years, starting January 1st, 2013, with over 9 million Euros in funding, of which over 6 million Euros are funded by the EU. COMBO will propose and investigate new integrated approaches for Fixed / Mobile [...]

Anritsu in collaboration with LeCroy is pleased to invite you to attend a workshop covering Serial Data Analysis on High Speed data links.  The workshop is going to be held next January 14th in the CTTC, Castelldefels (Barcelona). Learn from the experts in Ultra High Speed Data Generation and Analysis – Register now for your [...]

Barcelona City Council, through the Municipal Institute of IT (IMI) , gives full support to the initiative called ‘Comunitat NEWSPACE’, which rises in the field of Space Technologies with the aim of generating economic activity encouraging the creation of new solutions for industries, but also for taking advantage of these technologies in the advancement and [...]

Last December, 22nd, 2014, the CTTC Technologies Capabilities, prepared for the Spanish Minister of Defense (DGAM), have been posted at the corresponding website “Capacidades Tecnológicas del CTTC para el Portal de Tecnología e Innovación del Ministerio de Defensa”.

CTTC is interested in candidates for Post Doctoral Position in the Optical Networks and Systems Department. See more information here.      

ABSTRACT: Wireless technologies offer significant opportunities to support remote patient monitoring in an unobtrusive, reliable and cost effective manner thereby providing personalized sustainable services to patients. Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) form one such emerging technology. MBANs need to provide highly reliable and low power communications for medical devices, especially those implanted in the human [...]

The journal article entitled “Use of Satellite SAR for Understanding Long-Term Human Occupation Dynamics in the Monsoonal Semi-Arid Plains of North Gujarat, India”  co-authored by Núria Devanthéry and Oriol Montserrat from the Geomatics division of CTTC, is mentioned in the earth online webpage of ESA as an example of using ENVISAT data for Archaelogical applications. [...]

In the context of this PhD thesis defense, Kyriaki Niotaki presents her work realized at CTTC . Abstract: In the future communication systems, it is of key importance that the transceivers are capable of operating in multiple frequency bands and with complex signals. In this context, the power amplifier is a critical component of the [...]

The research paper “Sharing the Small Cells for Energy Efficient Networking: How much does it cost?” presented in the prestigious IEEE Globecom 2014 conference and authored by the Head of the SMARTECH department Dr. Christos Verikoukis in collaboration with Ms. Alexandra Bousia, Dr. Angelos Antonopoulos, Dr. Elli Kartsakli, and Dr. Luis Alonso has been awarded [...]