b'Partner News Winter 2021 13AcademicThe DSP Centre has developed a real-time testbed allowing advanced DSP-based optical network technologies to be fully validated. The real-time test bed has demonstrated various algorithms for advanced adaptive optical transceivers which can achieve reconfigurability, flexibility and adaptability to dynamically adapt to the end users changing network connectivity requirements. This type of adaptive transceiver will allow network operators to build intelligent networks with greatly increased capacity, flexibility and efficiency which leads to excellent cost effectiveness.digital signal processing (DSP), focusing on communications technologies such as 5G mobile networks. These technologies enable advanced digital systems and services that have, and can have even further, a profound positive impact in our day-to-day activities, health and welfare, and our relationship with the environment.Innovative DSP algorithms embedded in network devices are a cost-effective way of speeding up networks, dynamically and optimally sharing network resources and implementing power managed Bangor Universitydevices for low-carbon networks. The DSP Centre activities also include research that explores the synergies addresses digitalof future networks with Immersive Technologies (VR/AR/MR), Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, also researched at Bangor University. Some of the DSP Centres world-class research grand challengesoutputs include innovations in physical-layer secure optical communications, distributed fibre-optic sensing, novel 5G network architectures, optical wireless transmission, visible light communications, and immersive and situated analytics.The School of Computer Science andGray was professor of Physics at Electronic Engineering at Bangor UniversityBangor and was previously assistantRecent research proposes a new network is developing new research solutions into Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin).infrastructure capable of supporting, in digital communications and networks.Researchers, including Professor Bryan,an adaptive and dynamic manner, direct The newly established Digital Signalwho established one of the UKs firstcommunications between end-users Processing (DSP) Centre of Excellenceprogrammes in Electronic Engineeringwithout passing traffic to core networks. has a far-reaching research agenda. at Bangor, have carried his mantle. TheThe proposed network infrastructure growth and development of the Digitalis critical to 5G use as it requires high The University is located in a region ofSignal Processing (DSP) Centre ofbandwidth, ultra-reliability, and low latency, outstanding natural beauty betweenExcellence is a natural succession. Todaytogether with limited modifications to the mountains, lakes and forests ofwe are pushing the bounds of researchinstalled access network infrastructures.the Snowdonia National Park and thein digital systems, energy management,The technique could be a game-changer dramatic North Wales coastline. The Islecommunications, software development,for network design and management of Anglesey (Ynys Mn) is also on ourdigital systems, data visualisation, virtualfor 5G networks and beyond. doorstep which makes our location thereality, and human computer interaction.perfect environment to research and study.Furthermore, as part of the Welsh The DSP centre, led by Professor JianmingGovernments strategy of delivering Todays researchers stand on the shouldersTang, is a 6m centre undertakingbroadband to properties in hard-to-reach of many innovative researchers who havehighly specialised research into digitalareas in North Wales, the DSP Centre been at Bangor University. In fact, as acommunication systems such as 5Gis currently working with six industrial School we give credit to Professor Andrewnetworks and ecosystems. Professorpartners, local authorities, and a Social Gray for establishing the study of electricalTang said: At the DSP Centre we carryEnterprise to deliver 5G broadband engineering at the University. out world-class research on leading edgeto 3,000 properties in Anglesey.'