[Engineering][Electronics][CS] Postdoc (University of Edinburgh ,UK)

INFORMATION for CANDIDATES
University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering and Electronics
Research Fellow in "Spatial Modulation"
Salary Scale: £28,290 - £33,780 pa (Appointment no higher than pt3 on scale.) (further pay increase from 1 October 2008 of 2.5% or RPI, whichever is the greater)
Duration: 36 months
Location: The King's Buildings
Vacancy Reference Number: 3009918
This post is to investigate the spatial modulation technique for use in MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) based wireless systems.
The basic idea of spatial modulation is to consider the transmit antenna array as a spatial constellation diagram (in analogy to digital modulation) with the constellation points being the actual antennas. As a consequence, spatial modulation maps a sequence of bits into a signal constellation point (classical digital modulation) and into a spatial constellation point (new spatial extension). As a result of the unique and unambiguous mapping of sub-sequences into the spatial domain, at any time instant, only one antenna transmits energy (this avoids inter-channel interference and saves energy), and the actual information resides in the actual physical location of the transmitting antenna, or spatial constellation point. In other words, information is implicitly conveyed. This, of course, requires a new detection process at the receiver, namely the antenna detection which is one particular direction of research to be conducted. Also, the integration of the novel concept into wireless communications systems such as ad hoc networks is subject of this research.
You will have a PhD or equivalent in engineering, computer science or related discipline, and have a strong background in wireless communications and communications theory.
Fixed Term: 3 years, starting on 1st January 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter.