FUNDED RESEARCH

  1. 2024/2025: Development of prototypes of satellite payload and associated ground segment for quantum key distribution (QKD) funded under the Next Generation EU through the The CDTI, under the ministry of Science, innovation and Universities. Our team is responsible of quantum protocol-level and system-level design and performance evaluation. 
  2. 2023/2027: Spanish delegate of the Management Committee of the COST Action 6G-PHYSEC.
  3. 2023-2024: PHOTSAT. Contributions to the design of the communication subsystem. This study was supported by MICIIN with funding from European Union NextGeneration EU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Generalitat de Catalunya.
  4. 06/2022-05/2023.  SatNEx V, Quantum communication for satellite networks, European Space Agency project to identify novel applications of quantum technology for satellite communications beyond QKD.
  5. 07/2020-ongoing. Network of Experts in satellite communications, SatNEx V, European Space Agency project within the framework Technology Development Programme.
  6. 02/2019-02/2020. SatNEx IV. Ultra-low power density uni/bi-directional IoT satellite communications with enhanced PHY Layer Security. Our team is responsible of conceptual protocol design and preliminary performance assessment.
  7. 11/2016-12/2018. HENCSAT. Highly Efficient Network Coding for Satellite Applications Test-bed. European Space Agency. Our team is responsible of code design, system architectural design methodology and performance analysis (application and transport layers).
  8. 10/2015-10/2018. SatNetCod. Satellite Network Coding for High Performance, Semantic-Aware Mission-Critical Visual Communications. European Space Agency. Our team is responsible of code design, system architectural design methodology and performance analysis. 
  9. 02/2016-02/2017. SatNEx IV Coding for Physical Layer Security. European Space Agency. Our team is responsible of state of the art analysis of code design and performance metrics.
  10. 12/2014-12/2016. GEO-VISION. GNSS‐driven, EO, Verifiable Image and Sensor Integration for mission‐critical Operational Networks. GNSS H2020 Programme project. Our team was responsible of the design and implementation of geo-network coding for reliable comms&networking for mission-critical applications.
  11. COST Action IC 1104 funded by the European Union RTD Framework Programme. Management Committee member.
  12. 03/2012-02/2013. BEATLES – BGAN Enhanced Alphasat Technology for L-band Extended Spectrum BGAN Extension Phase 2. Funded by the European Space Agency: https://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31865
  13. 09/2011-11/2013. “Prestige Programme”, PhD grant on Network Coding funded by the European Space Agency, The Netherlands.
  14. 01/2010-01/2013. “MASERATI: Mejora de la Atención Sanitaria en Entornos Rurales mediante Aplicaciones de Telemedicina sobre tecnologías Inalámbricas”. Under the Iberoamerican Programme of Science and Technology for Development CYTED.
  15. 10/2009-03/2012. “Satellite Network of Excellence III”, funded by the European Space Agency.
  16. 09/2009-08/2011. “IRIS Programme for Air Traffic Management”, subcontract with INDRA Espacio, funded by the European Space Agency.
  17. 09/2009-08/2011. “Prestige Programme”, PhD grant funded by the European Space Agency.
  18. 07/2009-12/2009. “Distributed MAC for Next Generation Satellite Networks”, funded by the Research Council for Industrial Science & Technology, Korea.
  19. 04/2008-12/2009. “Beam Hopping Techniques for Multibeam Satellite Systems”, funded by the European Space Agency.
  20. 06/2007-12/2008. “MOVISAT”, subcontract with Thales Alenia Espacio, funded by the funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, Secretariat for Research and Universities.
  21. 04/2006-03/2009. “Satellite Network of Excellence II”, funded by the VI Framework Programme of the European Commission.
  22. 10/2006-04/2007. “IP-Friendly Cross-layer Optimization of Adaptive Satellite Systems”, funded by the European Space Agency, The Netherlands.
  23. 07/2004-03/2006. “Satellite Network of Excellence”, funded by the VI Framework Programme of the European Commission.
  24. 04/2005-04/2008. “Comunicacions sense Fils”, funded by the Catalonian Government, Spain.
  25. 01/2006-12/2008. “Sesamo: Servicios sEguros por SAtélite en MOvilidad”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, Secretariat for Research and Universities, Spain.
  26. 10/2005-10/2008. “DICAPRIO: Diseño Cross-layer de Asignación de recursos para Sistemas de Comunicaciones Multihaz de Banda Ancha y Capa Física Adaptativa” , funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, Secretariat for Research and Universities, Spain.