The Communication
Systems and Signal Processing Institute at San Diego State
University is an organized research and development unit
within the SDSU College of Engineering. It was established
in recognition of the fact that San Diego has become the
leading world-class center of research and development in
the field of wireless communication, with virtually every
major wireless and cellular communication system manufacturer
and provider represented among the large number of local
R&D organizations. Membership of the Institute
consists of faculty drawn from the College of Engineering
(and primarily from the Department of Electrical & Compute
Engineering), who have professional interests and expertise
in different aspects of communication systems. The
Institute is led by its Director, Dr. Madhu S. Gupta, RF
Communication Systems Industry Chair Professor of Electrical
Engineering, and is guided by a steering committee having
industrial representation. The Institute enters into
contracts with external agencies through the San Diego State
University Foundation, and its laboratories are housed in
the Engineering Building on SDSU campus.
Institute
Goals
The Institute
seeks to advance the state-of-the-art in communication systems
through research, scholarship, education, service, and outreach. The
Institute conducts research, development, and design work,
and serves as a vehicle for fostering collaboration and
scientific exchange between industry and academia. Through
corporate and government sponsorship, the Institute supports
faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars, and engineering
professionals engaged in this field.
Areas
of expertise
The areas
of research investigation and study reflect the breadth
of faculty interests, and currently include the following
:
- Development and implementation
of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms
- Development, prototyping
and evaluation of ASIC, mixed-mode, and FPGA based digital
signal processors
- Analog and digital
converter architectures
- RF devices and integrated
circuits; their performance characteristics
- Software radios; receiver
and transmitter architectures
- Source Coding, for
speech, audio, still ../images, and moving ../images
- Multimedia and computer
networks; internetworking
Capabilities
and Facilities
The Institute
infrastructure includes laboratory equipment and software
for designing, testing, and evaluating high-speed DSP boards,
ASICs and mixed-mode RF integrated circuits, computer networks,
and optical communication links. Instrumentation is
available for network analysis, signal generation and complex
modulation, signal analysis, precision measurements, and
performance verification.
Current
Activities
The Institute
activities include both the basic research and on-going
core activities, as well as work on sponsored projects which
change from time to time. Current activities include
the following :
- Software radio design
algorithms
- Development of algorithms
to reduce jamming of GPS receivers by windowing techniques
- Algorithms for constant-Q
channelized receivers using FFT
- Architecture of GPS
receivers with carrier and timing recovery
- Acoustic signal processing
with chirplet technique
- Development of a test
platform for testing analog and digital SDR functions
- Simulation of phase
noise in RF sources, and designs for its minimization
- Performance of spread
spectrum CDMA systems
- On-going lecture series
by invited world-class experts on state-of-the-art developments
in signal processing and communication systems
- Teaching of short courses
on recent developments
- Technical advice and
expert advice for trade-off studies and design review
Members
The membership
of the Institute currently consists of the following individuals
- Faculty:
- Research Associates
- Mr. Wade Lowdermilk
- Mr. Dragon Vuletic
Contact
For more
information contact:
Madhu S. Gupta, Ph.D.
E-mail: gupta@kahuna.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-7015