Communication Systems (KS)

The Division of Communication Systems conducts research and education in communications engineering, statistical signal processing and network science.

Photo credit: Karl ÖfverströmA principal focus of our research is the development of technology components for 6G wireless networks. Specific topics include the design and optimization of distributed and massive MIMO for high-capacity coverage and low-latency wireless access; methods to support energy-neutral (passive) devices and augmented, virtual and extended reality over wireless; design of wireless networks to support distributed AI and machine learning applications; and implementation of signal processing systems.

Security, robustness and energy-efficiency of communication links and networks are additional topics of importance.

Our work uses tools from statistical signal processing, information and communication theory, machine learning, complex networks and optimization.

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Professor Emil Björnson, KTH och professor Erik G. Larsson, Linköping University talking to each other.  

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Staff at the Division of Communication Systems 2023. Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University. Photo credit Karl Öfverström

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Recent highlights

Ema Becirovic successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis "Signal Processing Aspects of Massive MIMO".

2022-10-14
Erik G. Larsson is awarded new project funded by the KAW foundation.
 
2022-10-03
We welcome Martin Andersson, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.

2022-10-03
We welcome Dr. Thanh Tung Vu, new postdoc in communication systems.
 
2022-09-22
We welcome Upaangana Das, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2022-06-27
We welcome Dr. Sai Thoota, new postdoc in communication systems.
 
2022-03-23
We welcome Dr. Jialing Liao, new postdoc in Communication Systems.
 
2022-03-11
Zakir Hussain successfully defended his licentiate thesis "Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Distributed Signal Processing and Energy Efficiency".
 
2022-03-04
Unnikrishnan Kunnath Ganesan successfully defended his licentiate thesis "Distributed Massive MIMO: Random Access, Extreme Multiplexing and Synchronization".

2022-02-23
Özgecan Özdogan successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis "Signal Processing Aspects of Massive MIMO and IRS-Aided Communications".
 
2021-10-18
Zheng Chen appointed Assistant Professor in Communication Systems.
 
2021-09-06
We welcome Oksana Moryakova, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2021-08-13
We welcome Ahmet Kaplan, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2021-06-18
Amin Ghazanfari successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Multi-Cell Massive MIMO: Power Control and Channel Estimation".
2021-06-01
We welcome Daniel Perez Herrera, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.

2021-05-27
Erik G. Larsson wins the "Gyllene Moroten" (golden carrot) best teacher award 2021 by LinTek, the Engineering College student union at LiU.
 
2021-04-28
We welcome Deijany Rodriguez Linarez, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2021-04-21
Erik G. Larsson elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA).
2021-03-01
Erik G. Larsson wins the best teacher award by the Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering (Y) students.
 
2021-01-12
We welcome Jianan Bai, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2021-01-07
We welcome Sarvendranath R., new postdoc in communication systems.
 
2021-01-07
Congratulations to Zheng Chen for winning a CENIIT research grant.
 
2020-10-05
Giovanni Interdonato successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Cell-Free Massive MIMO: Scalability, Signal Processing and Power Control".
 
2020-09-07
We welcome Chung-Hsuan Hu, new Ph.D. student in communication systems.
 
2020-05-25

2020-02-27
Ema Becirovic successfully defended her licentiate thesis "On Massive MIMO for Massive Machine-Type Communications".

2020-02-25
Emil Björnson wins SSF Future Research Leader grant.
 
2020-02-13 
Daniel Verenzuela successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis " Exploring Alternative Massive MIMO Designs: Superimposed Pilots and Mixed-ADCs".
 
2020-01-23 
Trinh Van Chien successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Spatial Resource Allocation in Massive MIMO Communications: From Cellular to Cell-Free".
2019-12-05 
Emil Björnson named Wallenberg Academy Fellow.
 
2019-11-11
Emil Björnson wins grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for research on improved spectral efficiency in wireless communications using spatial correlation and distributed antennas.
 
2019-11-11
Erik G. Larsson wins grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for research on adversarial attacks on machine learning for the wireless physical layer.
 
2019-04-29
Emil Björnson and Erik G. Larsson, together with Thomas Marzetta at NYU, win the 2019 IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize for their paper "Massive MIMO: Ten Myths and One Critical Question".
 
2019-03-25   
Erik G. Larsson named Wallenberg Scholar.
 
2019-03-25
Emil Björnson wins the 2019 EURASIP Early Career Society Award.
 
2019-01-07 
We welcome Özlem Tugfe Demir, new postdoc in Communication systems.
 
2019-01-01 
Erik G. Larsson appointed to the steering committee for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
 
2018-12-03
Erik G. Larsson named highly cited researcher
 
2018-09-21
Giovanni Interdonato successfully defended his licentiate thesis "Signal Processing Aspects of Cell-Free Massive MIMO"
 
2018-09-14
Marcus Karlsson successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Blind Massive MIMO Base Stations: Downlink Transmission and Jamming"
 
2018-08-22
Telecommunications research at Linköping University ranks #23 in the world according to the Shanghai academic ranking of world universities
 
2018-05-28
Former Ph.D. student Hien Ngo wins the 2018 EURASIP Best Ph.D. Award for his dissertation "Massive MIMO: Fundamentals and System Designs" (advisor: E.G. Larsson) 

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