R&D Collaboration

CRC participates in a wide variety of collaborative projects with universities and R&D labs in Canada and around the world. We also work with industry partners on collaborative R&D projects. The following are examples of the types of collaborations CRC has undertaken.

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CRC has collaborated with universities to:

  • Advance the development of cognitive radio networking capabilities and applications;
  • Explore, through a global test network, the virtualization of optical network resources for end‑to‑end control;
  • Conduct a joint project on network protocols for mobile ad hoc networks; and
  • Undertake an investigation of advanced design techniques for reflect‑array antennas.

CRC has collaborated with industry partners and R&D labs to:

  • Optimize smartphone antennas;
  • Develop Wi‑Fi cognitive radio networks for rural environments;
  • Enhance spectrum monitoring for CRC's Spectrum Explorer® licensed software;
  • Develop video source coding and compression technology;
  • Advance printed electronics;
  • Assist in the development of digital TV receiver technology for a new DTV antenna; and
  • Evaluate and test LTE commercial technology.