Communications and Compunetics

Group leader

Professor Kambiz Madani
T: +44 (0)20 7911 5849
E: madanik@westminster.ac.uk

Interest and expertise

The Communications & Compunetics research centre operates within the School of Informatics, and was originally formed to broaden the research & development activities of the University in high technology ultra-wideband systems & products, ranging from individual components to complete systems.

Since being established in 1992, formerly as Westminster Wideband, the unit has established itself as the UK leading expert in wideband components, systems and sub-systems, with operating frequencies of up to 50 GHz. During recent years, the Group have been the technical leader for several large EC funded IST framework programs, researching in intelligent reconfigurability of radio networks for Software Radio applications, seamless personalised telecommunication services, smart homes & ambient intelligence, remote physiological and lifestyle monitoring, and mobile health & healthcare compunetics.

Current and recent projects

  • EperSpace: Towards the era of personal services at home and everywhere20M Euro (21 partners including BT, France Telecom, Telefonica, Telenor, Siemens, Motorola, NRK, RAI, and TeleIT) - European Commission Framework FP6 - IST Programme
  • Configurable Radio with Advanced Software Technology (CAST)5M Euro (7partners including BT & Panasonic) European Commission Framework FP5 - IST Programme
  • Highly-Linear & Efficient Power Amplifier, for Next Generation Mobile Cellular Basestations for Universal Mobile Telecommunication System70k Panasonic Mobile Communications
  • Software Radio Cellular Basestation System 70k Panasonic Mobile Communications
  • Spread-Spectrum Short-Range Radar, for Intelligent Car Burglar Alarm Applications 50k GEC Plessey Semiconductors, Lincoln - UK, October 1996

Selected publications

K. Madani, P. Y. Danet, dm Kapovits, A Global Platform for Seamless Personalised Services at Home & Elsewhere the ePerSpace approach; 16th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS2006), Information Communication Technology (ICT): Opportunities and Challenges for Telecommunications, Beijing, China, 12-16 June 2006.

K. Madani, M. Dillinger, N. Alonistioti, Software Defined Radio, Volume 4: Architectures, Systems & Functions, Wiley Book Series, 2003.

K. Madani, M. Lohi, A. Lohi, Technology and applications beyond the Third Generation, Invited Paper, Wireless Broadband Research Forum (WBRF), London, October 2003.

K. Madani et al. A Distributed Approach for Intelligent Reconfiguration of Wireless Mobile Networks, IST Mobile Summit 2002, Thessalonica, Greece, June 2002.

K. Madani, et al: Enabling Technologies for the CAST Intelligent Reconfigurable Mobile Radio Network, IST Mobile Summit 2001, Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 September 2001.

More Information

Professor Kambiz Madani
Communications and Compunetics Research Group (CCRG)
School of Electronics and Computer Science
115 New Cavendish St
London W1W 6UW

T: +44 (0)20 7911 5849
E: madanik@westminster.ac.uk