Optical wireless communications research and testing facility
Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.
This opportunity supports the establishment of a shared national research and test facility for systematic, real-world investigation, products and services development and validation of optical wireless communications technologies.
Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funding. The lead research organisation is the o…
The investment supports a national research and testing facility for integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial communication systems operating in three-dimensional environments. It covers outdoor free-space optical communications and indoor optical wireless networking, including terrestrial, aerial, maritime, underwater and non-terrestrial environments. It will not fund costs associated with the support of individual research projects.
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