Two PhD students for Beam-Steered Reconfigurable Optical Wireless Communication, Other Postbus 513 5600 MB - Eindhoven NETHERLANDS

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Two PhD students for Beam-Steered Reconfigurable Optical Wireless Communication
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The research tasks of the two PhD students are:PhD student 1 will focus his/her work on creating free-space optical communication links by means of narrowly confined lightbeams. He/she will define, analyse, design and realise novel concepts for steering the light beams, with adaptive optical beam alignment to track the user's devices, and novel techniques to achieve high data rate transmission through such free space links.PhD student 2 will focus his/her work on transparent signal routing in the fibre backbone network which feeds the system units emitting the free-space optical beams. He/she will define, analyse, design and realise novel concepts for optical routing of the data signals to these units in a dynamic way, in order to optimize the performance of the end-to-end data transfer and for minimizing the network congestion probability.The two PhD students will work together with a third PhD student who will address the radio communication challenges, a fourth PhD student for the autonomic network management and control challenges, and a Post-Doctoral researcher for the overall system design and integratio

Description

Candidates for this challenging project should have a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or in Applied Physics. He/she should have a strong affinity with optical techniques and data communication techniques, and preferably have hands-on experience with optical bench-top laboratory setups, optical fibre systems and electronic circuits. They should have good communication skills and be fluent in English, both in speaking and in writin

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Other

Career Stage

Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)

Research Profile

Not defined

Benefits

We offer a challenging job at a dynamic and ambitious university through a fixed-term appointment for the period of 4 years.The research in this project must be concluded with the attainment of a PhD degree.As an employee of the university you will receive a competitive salary as well as excellent employment conditions. A salary is offered starting at EUR 2042 per month (gross) in the first year and increasing up to EUR 2612 per month (gross) in the last year. Moreover 8% bonus share (holiday supplement) is provided annually. Assistance for finding accommodation can be given. The university offers an attractive package of fringe benefits such as excellent technical infrastructure, child care, savings schemes, and excellent sports facilities.TU/e offers opportunities for personal development by developing your social and communication skills. We do this by offering every PhD student a series of courses that are part of the PROOF program as an excellent addition to your scientific educatio

Benefits

None - None

Requirements
Required Education Level

Degree	Higher Professional Education
Degree Field	Other

Required Research Experiences

Main Research Field	Other
Years of Research Experience	1

Required Languages

Language	ENGLISH
Language Level	Good