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Nokia and University of Oulu form joint center for future connectivity
Nokia and the University of Oulu have strengthened their collaboration by establishing a new research and training center focusing on work around wireless infrastructure for 5G and beyond.
CWC and VTT receive the first 5G equipment in Finland
Nokia has delivered radio equipment based on 5G technology to Centre for Wireless Communications and VTT Techincal Research Centre. The arrival of the first 5G devices in Finland marks the continued long-lasting 5G test network cooperation between the network company Nokia and the research institutes.
First Dissertation in Finland on Visible Light Communications
Friday 2.12.2016 saw the reportedly first dissertation in Finland, where the subject of the research is based on the visible light communication (VLC). Dr Sc (Tech) Helal Chowdhury has in his doctoral dissertation measured the visible light technology activities in motion, both with and without radio-optical WLAN VLC-hotspots. The work leads to reflect on how the data light and radio technologies could complement each other, and what kind of solutions this technology could offer for the challenging future of wireless communications.
Postdoctoral researcher and doctoral student positions open in Wireless Communications
Academy Professor Matti Latva-aho is looking for a postdoctoral researcher and doctoral students to study the various impacts of the increasing center frequency on wireless communication systems optimization.
Award of the Pentti Kaitera Foundation to Matti Latva-aho
Pentti Kaitera Foundation has awarded Professor Matti Latva-aho, an internationally renowned and awarded researcher in the field of communications engineering, for his outstanding research work and his achievements in promoting well-being in Northern Finland.
CWC Researcher receives 20 000 € donation from Nokia
Nokia Technologies has selected Dr.
5G Test Network opens business opportunities
The 5G Test Network already covers the entire Linnanmaa campus in the University of Oulu. Now there is a search going on in the project for partners to test the data communications needs of the future, and new business opportunities.
Join the developers and take advantage of the open 5G test network!
The open 5G test network covers the whole Linnanmaa campus already. The network is a unique opportunity to test future needs and business opportunites. University of Oulu and VTT Centre for Technology Research invite users to explore the possibilities of the open 5G test network.
$10M+ funding for CWC-startup KNL Networks
News release on KNL Home Page
Is the modernization of electricity grid going to make our future brighter?
CWC's researcher Pedro Nardelli's is blogging for the BCDC Energy research project!
Read in his new blog post, what is the electricity grid and how is it going to make the world a brighter place.
Wincool Best Demo Award for CWC and Drexel at ACM Wintech
Centre for Wireless Communications’ and Drexel University’s joint demo has been recognized with the Wincool Best Demo Award at ACM Wintech, the 10th International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization.
University of Oulu awarded professor Markku Juntti
Professor of Communications Engineering Markku Juntti from Centre for Wireless Communications was awarded for his research enhancing activities, especially for the remarkable amount of publications in 2015.
Matti Latva-aho selected Academy Professor
The Academy of Finland has selected Professor of Communications Engineering Matti Latva-aho as Academy Professor for the period 1 January 2017-31 December 2021.
Young summer jobbers built robots
In the first two weeks of June fifteen young secondary and high school students were employed by the ITEE faculty. They were working in Linnanmaa campus at the new workshop FabLab.
EW 2016 Best Paper Award to CWC Researchers
Best Paper Award at European Wireless Conference 2016, that was held in Oulu on 18-20 May, was received by a team consisting of four CWC researchers. The paper is titled
CWC chosen to build 5G test network for Winter Olympics 2018
CWC has been selected to implement and demonstrate 5G mobile technology at the Korean Winter Olympics to be held in 2018 in PyeongChang.
Best Tutorial Paper Award to Mehdi Bennis
Mehdi Bennis of CWC together with Ejder Baştuğ and Mérouane Debbah has been selected as winner of the IEEE Communications Society 2016 Best Tutorial Paper Award for the paper
Haetaan diplomityöntekijöitä 5G-mobiiliverkkojen tutkimukseen
Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC) tutkimusyksikkö hakee diplomityöntekijöitä 6 kuukauden määräaikaisiin työsuhteisiin langattomien 5G-mobiiliverkkojen tutkimukseen.
Research units replace departments
From January 1st, 2016, the current four departments of the the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (Communications Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electric