Transcript Wireless Networking and Communications Group Embedded Signal Processing Laboratory Prof. Brian L. Evans The University of Texas at Austin “From Applications to Gates” Collaboration with Profs.

Wireless Networking and Communications Group
Embedded Signal
Processing Laboratory
Prof. Brian L. Evans
The University of Texas at Austin
“From Applications to Gates”
Collaboration with Profs. Jeff Andrews (interference modeling), Gustavo de
Veciana (cloud RAN), Andreas Gerstlauer (design automation), Mattan Erez
(cloud RAN), Arjang Hassibi (data converters), Robert Heath (cloud RAN) and
Todd Humphreys (GPS receivers)
November 5, 2015
Wireless Networking and Communications Group
Research Group
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Present: 3 PhD, 3 MS, 7 BS
Alumni: 26 PhD, 9 MS, 151 BS
1500+ alumni of real-time DSP course
Communication systems
Smart grid communications (interference modeling & mitigation)
Cloud radio access networks (baseband signal compression)
• Image processing
Synthetic and augmented reality (visual quality assessment)
• Electronic design automation (EDA) tools/methods
Wireless Networking and Communications Group
Completed Projects
System
SW release
Prototype
Funding
equalization
Matlab
DSP/C
Freescale, TI
2x2 testbed
LabVIEW
LabVIEW/PXI
Oil&Gas
Wimax/LTE
resource alloc.
LabVIEW
DSP/C
Freescale, TI
Underwater
large rec. arrays
Matlab
Lake testbed
ARL:UT
Camera
image acquisition
Matlab
DSP/C
Intel, Ricoh
video acquisition
Matlab
Android
TI
image halftoning
Matlab
C
HP, Xerox
video halftoning
Matlab
C
Qualcomm
Matlab
FPGA
Intel, NI
Linux/C++
Navy sonar
Navy, NI
ADSL
Display
Contribution
26 PhD and 9 MS alumni
Elec. design fixed point conv.
automation distributed comp.
DSP: Digital Signal Processor
PXI: PCI Extensions for Inst.
Wireless Networking and Communications Group
Current Projects
System
Contributions
3 PhD and 2 MS students
SW release
Prototype
Smart grid
comm
interference reduction;
testbeds
LabVIEW
Wi-Fi
interference reduction
Matlab
NI FPGA
time-based analog-todigital converter
Simulink
IBM 45nm
TSMC 180nm
Cellular
(LTE)
cloud radio access net.
baseband compression
Synthetic
Video
visual quality
assessment
EDA
reliability patterns
Matlab
Funding
Freescale, TI Freescale,
modems
IBM, TI
Intel, NI
Huawei
Database;
Matlab
NI