Digital Signal Processing in Wired/Wireless Communications and Security (DSP-W2CS) - Current Activities

Wired and Wireless Communications Networks (e-health, voice/video over IP, QoS for Heterogeneous communications networks. Multicarrier/OFDM communication based systems etc.)
The research in this area deals with the issues of providing Quality of Service (QoS) in integrated communications systems, services and applications in terms of scalability, resource allocation, delay and security for voice/video over IP and heterogeneous communications networks, data and multimedia communications and applications.

Network and Information Systems Security, Error Control Techniques (wired and wireless communications, data storage, video surveillance, secure applications and integrated security and coding etc.)
The widespread use of the internet, coupled with big advances in communications technology, have made it possible to trade and exchange information or send messages from the office or home to most places in the world. As the variety of data exchanged across a network has increased dramatically over the last few years, so the threat of its interception during transmission or storage has become a major concern. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop new approaches of encryption and protocols, combined encryption and error control for scalable, secure and robust wired/wireless communications networks, data storage and secure applications (e-voting and, e-commerce and e-health).

Signal Processing Algorithms and Techniques (Fast algorithms, DSPs, and Multimedia Compression and Communications etc.)
The work in this area involves research in core signal processing, emphasising its use in a wide range of applications and integrated engineering. Signal processing is fundamental for many commonly available systems, from mobile telecommunications to multimedia systems, telemedicine and medical analysis, wireless communications etc. The work involves fast transforms and algorithms, multidimensional signal processing, 3-D image and video compression for storage and transmission, high performance parallel DSPs and FPGAs implementations for real time applications in signal/image processing, health, multicarrier and OFDM based communications systems.

Collaborations

Academic: Leeds University, Lancaster University, Sheffield University, Queen's University of Belfast, Southwest Jiaotong University China.
Industrial: HW Communications, RINICOM Ltd, Shlumberger, BT Medical.

Contact

Prof S. Boussakta, email: s.boussakta@ncl.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)191 222 7186.