Profile

Areas of scientific activities of the Department include:

• satellite communication and navigation systems: GNSS, GPS, GALILEO, INMARSAT, LRIT, AIS;
• terrestrial radio communication systems: GSM, UMTS, LTE, TETRA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMAX;
• propagation aspects in marine and terrestrial radio communications;
• fast data transmission in the marine radio communication systems;
• location services using cellular and satellite systems;
• analysis and simulation of the cellular networks 2G, 3G and beyond;
• Software Defined Radio.

Competence

The Department is able to realize different scientific and commercial tasks concerning communication systems and equipment development, as follows:

• creating technical and operational requirements;
• preparing technical specifications;
• consultancy and management of technical projects;
• analysis and evaluations of radio communication systems;
• designing of the communication devices;
• designing and testing of the radio communication systems;
• professional training and courses.

Achievements in 2009

Participation in the project EfficienSea – Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea. EfficienSea is an Interreg project (Baltic Sea Region 2007–2013) aimed at improving the Baltic Sea region environment and safety of navigation. EfficienSea has a budget close to 8 million Euro, gathering 16 partners from six countries around the Baltic Sea.

Participation in the project “Methodology development for evaluation of the in-vehicle emergency call system eCall" financed by the National Centre for Research and Development. Project is realized in consortium with Motor Transport Institute and Automex Sp. z o.o. and aimed at development of the simulator of a eCall device and testing of the correctness of the eCall messages (MSD/FSD) transmission via cellular networks to the 112 centres, in accordance with the eCall system specifications.

Contact

Head of Department: Rafał Niski, PhD

Phone: (+48) 58 341 71 21

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Phone: (+48) 58 341 71 21

Fax:     (+48) 58 341 71 12