2000-2010 Research

The Electrical & Electronic Engineering Research Group enjoys an international reputation and profile for its activities with substantial support from industry – both local and international. Projects span the range from individual student scholarships to large multinational projects, with topics from modelling of new experiments techniques to evaluation of the deployment of prototype technologies. At a European level, the group successfully participates in the EC Framework programme, and European Space Agency ARTES programmes.

Examples of Research

• dot.rural Digital Economy Hub
  RCUK, (Farrington, J. H., Edwards, P., Norman, T. J., Mellish, C. S., Fairhurst, G., Nelson, J. D., Hunter, C. J., Wallace, C. D., Redpath, S., Godden, D. J. & Van Der Wal, R.) 2009 - 2014.
• Study of Generic Stream Encapsulation
  European Space Agency Artes Programme In conjunction with Thales Alenia Space (Madrid) & University of Salzburg.
• Efficient Networking and MAC Techniques
  European Space Agency Artes Programme in conjunction with Thales Alenia Space (Madrid) & German Aerospace Research Centre (DLR).
• DVB Standards Support
  European Space Agency (Consultancy) Support for development of open Internet Standards for DVB Satellite Systems. Development of Satellite-friendly Next Generation Transport Protocol, Lead by Thales Alenia Space (Toulouse).
• DVB Activity
  Astrium UK, LTD Development of simulation models and open source simulator platform. A Secure AdHoc Full-Mesh Satcom Network based on a DVB-S2 Physical Layer.
• Drivetrain development for PIGASYS tool
  Knowledge Transfer partnership (KTP), 2007-2009. This project developed drivetrain for a new robot-tool in oil industry.
• 3dTV
  EU Network of Excellence (NOE), 2004 - 2009.
• EHOLOCAM
  EC FP5, 2004 - 2007.
• Standardization Support of Enhanced IETF Encapsulation Techniques
  ARTES, European Space Agency, 2003 - 2004. This project developed and implemented a new encapsulation procedure for the transmission of IPv4 and IPv6 data via DVB-S links. The University of Aberdeen is defining the protocol specification, participating in simulations and trials.
• SATNex: Satellite Communications Network of Excellence I, II
  EU Network of Excellence, 2004 - 2009. Through co-operation of excellent universities and research organisations with outstanding expertise in satellite communications, SatNEx builds a European virtual centre of excellence in satellite communications and contribute to the realisation of the European Research Area.
• Poroptic OSDA Link
  OSDA LINK/Shell, 2000 - 2005. Characterisation of the physical properties of porous media (rugose surfaces) using incident light.
• MuMoR - Multi Mode Radio
  EU FP5, 2002 - 2004. The project will develop a multi-mode radio using Software Defined Radio (SDR) principles. This is in collaboration with Nokia, IMST, EPFL, ST and other partners.
• Optical detection of delamination using holographic interferometry
  EPSRC, 2001 - 2004.
• HOLOSED
  NERC, 2001 - 2004. In conjunction with the University of St. Andrews, aims to apply in-line optical holography to the investigation of sediment transport in river bed estuaries.
• SUNRISE II
  ARTES, European Space Agency, 2003 - 2003. Trials assessing the quality of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 digital video when transmitted over IP networks.
• DOMINO 2
  ARTES, European Space Agency, 2001 - 2003. This analysed the performance of the TCP/IP service and protocol architecture issues for a DVB-RCS satellite system, considering the implications of Bandwidth on Demand (BoD) and Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEP).
• GEOCAST: Geostationary Satellite Multicast
  EU IST Programme, March 2000 - April 2003. The project investigated multicast over broadband satellite systems utilising on-board switching. This focused on interactions between multicast protocols and satellite system evaluation. Lead by Alcatel Space Industries.
• CODIS: Content Delivery Improvement by Satellite
  EC IST Programme FP5, 2001 - 2003. The project provided pilot satellite distribution of multicast web content and streaming media services via satellite. This was responsible for the design of the reliable satellite multicast protocol that was used in the pilot.
• CDL
  TCS, 2000 - 2003.
• Packet Modem Project
  QinetiQ, 1999 - 2003. The University of Aberdeen designed the link protocols and adaptation procedures for integrating the TCP/IP service with software defined satellite modem. This project also a detailed simulated analysis of key extensions to TCP.
• Target Well
  Teaching Company Directorate, 2002, with Target Well Control Ltd. NMR and other instrumentation for Measurement While Drilling. This project with the oil industry is developing a new generation of advanced downhole instrumentation for Measurement While Drilling. This is contributing expertise in instrumentation, signal processing, and embedded systems.
• Hydrobond
  Teaching Company Directorate, 2002.
• SUNRISE I
  ARTES, European Space Agency), 2000 - 2001. The SUNRISE I project conducted live trials in which MPEG-2 digital TV was delivered using IP over a commercial DVB service. Content was provided by the London Symphony Orchestra and audiences containing a mixture of academics, school children, musicians and technical experts. The University of Aberdeen were responsible defining and monitoring the IP via satellite service.