PhD student in Advanced beamforming for 5G mmWave Mobile Communications

Information about the project
Research towards 5G (the fifth generation mobile wireless system) is currently ongoing at full speed, spearheaded by the recently finished EU FP7 project METIS (www.metis2020.com).

The work in METIS is now continuing within a set of EU Horizon2020 projects coordinated by 5GPPP (https://5g-ppp.eu/). Chalmers is participating in the mmMAGIC (Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications) project (https://5g-ppp.eu/mmmagic/) which was launched in July 2015. The use of such high frequencies for mobile communications is challenging but necessary for supporting 5G’s extreme mobile broadband service which will require very high (up to 10 Gbps) data rates, and in some scenarios, also very low end-to-end latencies (less than 5 ms to support "Tactile Internet" applications). The project aims to accelerate standardisation of millimeter wave technologies for 5G so that the industry and citizens will benefit from commercialisation by 2020.

Chalmers will contribute to mmMAGIC with research on adaptive single-node and multi-node cooperative beamforming techniques using large antenna arrays, addressing the specific challenges of millimeter wave mobile propagation and transceiver constraints. This research is also supported by our research conducted within CHASE (Chalmers Antenna Systems Excellence Center).

We are also conducting research on moving networks, currently with a special focus on advanced beamforming for backhaul links of moving base stations. The research started within the EU FP7 ARTIST4G project, and continued in METIS and the VINNOVA-MOST project Smart Wireless Networking for Green ICT involving Chalmers, Icomera AB, Ericsson AB and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). The work is currently performed within the VINNOVA-MOST project and will be extended to mmWave scenarios in the mmMAGIC project.

Major responsibilities
The PhD position is related to international and national research projects focusing on solutions for 5G wireless mobile communications with a focus on beamforming solutions for mobile users at high carrier frequencies, up to 100 GHz. The main research objective for the PhD student position is to invent novel transmission and reception techniques using large antenna arrays for multi-node mmWave systems employing base station cooperation and relaying for mobile users.

The position is within the area of algorithms based on signal processing/communication theory for realistic mmWave systems taking systems, transceiver and channel models into account.

A PhD student position is an appointment that offers the opportunity to obtain a PhD degree. With a PhD degree in this area, you will be in great demand from Swedish as well as international industry, and you will have a very good basis for further academic research as well. Included in your work is also to some extent taking part in the supervision and teaching of students.

Your major responsibility as PhD student is to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing.

Position summary
The position as a PhD student is a full-time temporary employment, limited to a maximum of four years, plus teaching and other departmental duties (maximum one additional year). A monthly salary is paid. There are no tuition fees for PhD studies at Chalmers.

Qualifications
You should have a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or similar, with a focus on digital communications or signal processing, and high grades in the core courses. You should have an interest in digital communications and wireless systems and some experience in this field is advantageous.

Furthermore, an interest in interdisciplinary work with researchers and engineers from other fields is essential.

You should have good skills in communicating your results in writing and in presentations. Excellent collaboration and team-working skills, and fluency in English are required. As merits will be considered knowledge in optimization, simulation techniques, cellular systems, propagation, antennas, hardware impairments, beamforming and radio resource allocation; experience with Matlab and other simulation software; teaching experience; and publications.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.



Application deadline: September 4, 2015. The evaluation will be conducted continuously, so please submit your application today.

For questions, please contact:
Tommy Svensson,
Communication Systems,
tommy.svensson@chalmers.se

Behrooz Makki,
Communication Systems,
behrooz.makki@chalmers.se

About our research group from a PhD student perspective:
Chao Fang,
Communication Systems,
fchao@chalmers.se

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