Our mission involves broadening the knowledge in the area of modern telecommunication. In this regard, the Department focuses on research and teaching activities that include theory and development of telecommunication networks, data transmission and encoding methods, signal processing for telecommunications, encryption, as well as development of physical layer solutions.
Research activities within the Department span across all layers of OSI model. In particular, the work involves development of theory and practical solutions for modern systems and telecommunication networks with focus on Next Generation Networks (NGN) and Next Generation Internet (NGI). Other topics that are actively explored cover advanced signal processing for telecommunications, encoding schemes, cryptography, hardware-layer solutions, including (but not limited to):
- Development of network nodes and systems using technologies such as TDM, IP, MPLS, GMPLS, DWDM while accounting for their reliability;
- Convergence of telecommunication services, technologies and networks;
- Traffic engineering with support to quality of service;
- Modeling of systems dedicated for diverse (quality-wise) telecommunication services;
- Communication protocols and signalization systems;
- Applications of xDSL system to broadband, multi-service networks;
- Multi-rate signal processing with focus on design of filters and their application in practical telecommunication algorithms;
- Reliable data transmission using correction encoding schemes;
- Cybersecurity with a focus on cryptography;
- Development of data obfuscation techniques such as steganography, digital watermarking, digital fingerprinting, and reversible data hiding;
- Applications of artificial intelligence in modern telecommunications, both at hardware and software level;
- Wireless solutions for telecommunications and in-door localization.
Our teaching offer is associated with realization of courses (lectures, laboratories, practical exercises, and projects) at both undergraduate and graduate levels that represent the core of the following profiles:
- Undergraduate level – Teleinformation Networks,
- Graduate level – Teleinformation Networks and Systems.
The goal of both profiles is to holistically address the mechanisms behind contemporary and future telecommunication systems with focus on their architectures, implementations and configuration necessary to obtain high quality of services. The attention is also put on explanation of engineering problems, as well as creative ways they can be solved. In particular, the teaching is highly oriented on providing hands-on experience with the state-of-the-art technologies available in our hardware-rich laboratories.
Our graduates have thorough understanding of the mechanisms behind highly dynamic ICT environments, the hardware architecture that supports their high-performance operation, as well as deep knowledge on configuration, maintenance and development of current and existing generation of teleinformation systems.