Communications and Transport Systems

A person in a middle of a constructing site.

Reducing construction transport movements in cities

Construction transport in cities creates major disruption. This can be greatly reduced. But it requires better planning and management at an early stage in construction projects.

Emma Persson, Ina Eriksson, Lina Fredriksson and Mirna Baaoth

Students looking for a missing person in Kolmården Wildlife Park

Someone’s lost in the Kolmården Forest and around 40 students must find him before he wanders into the elephant enclosure. They are using the electronic footprints he has made. Can they manage it? Indeed they can – and it doesn’t take them long.

Kungsgatan to communicate with Norrköping citizens

The Testbädd Kungsgatan project has been awarded SEK 1.5 million from the Norrköping Fund for Research and Development until May 2021. The grant will be used to develop an IoT platform as a service that will collect data along the street.

A sign that reads "Norrköping C" a train is passing i the background.

Global conference in railway research in Norrköping

Linköping University is host for the international research conference RailNorrköping 2019, where more than 250 participants from 20 countries will discuss and present their results. One hot topic is how to ensure that more trains arrive on time.

Norrköping to support research into learning, traffic and smart forestry textiles

Four projects at Linköping University and one at RISE Acreo have been awarded funds from the SEK 5 million distributed by the Norrköping Fund for Research and Development in 2019.

The city as a never-ceasing construction site

Surge of interest in construction logistics

Disturbance-free Cities, EU project in improving the control of urban building sites, Fossil-free Construction Logistics, and Effects of Construction Logistics Solutions are some of the research projects that will be occupying researchers at LiU.

Broad collaboration to give fossil-free transport

A broad research and innovation programme from universities, industry and government agencies is designed to lead to fossil-free freight transport by 2045. Magnus Blinge, adjunct professor in environmental logistics, is coordinating work at LiU.

Connected vehicles give efficient traffic flows

In the not-too-distant future, connected vehicles will be able to adapt to variable speed limits, increasing not only traffic efficiency but also road safety. Ellen Grumert has designed such a system during her doctoral project.

Drönarfoto taget över Norrköpings flygplats av Spotscales drönare

Drone traffic to be examined

How will drones be used in the future? What regulations are to apply, and how can these unmanned craft safely share airspace with traditional air traffic? These are questions that LiU researchers will be looking for rapid answers to.

5G requires smart networks

No one knows exactly what 5G is, except that the wireless networks will handle 1,000 times more data traffic. This definition is part of the research task, in the opinion of Professor Di Yuan of LiU, who is leading a Horizon 2020 project.

Cheaper construction with new logistics tool

An analysis tool that can identify problems in the construction process has been developed by doctoral student Micael Thunberg. By avoiding problems and delivering the right materials at the right place and time, housing will become cheaper.

Communications and Transport Systems