Leading research in telecommunications, training highly qualified personnel, and transferring information and communication technology to industry

Over the years, Broadband Communications Research (BBCR) Lab members have worked diligently to pursue excellence in research, and have made important research contributions for advancing telecommunication technologies. As a result, our faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, visiting scholars and students, and other research associates have received many prestigious international and domestic recognition and awards. 

We would like to thank our industrial sponsors for their partnership and financial support, including Bell Canada, General Motors, BlackBerry, Industry Canada, Ericsson Canada, and Siradel.

Browse our website to read about the cutting-edge research activities we are working on, latest research papers we have published, and the bright minds that work diligently day and night for the success of the BBCR Lab and the betterment of the global community!

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Prof. Weihua Zhuang, Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, and our BBCR members attended the 2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall) on October 7, 2024, in Washington DC, USA. As the president of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society,  Prof. Zhuang gave the opening remarks and hosted the award event.

Our work titled “Energy-Efficient UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing: Resource Allocation and Trajectory Optimization” by Mushu Li, Nan Cheng, Jie Gao, Yinlu Wang, Lian Zhao, and Prof. Sherman (Xuemin) Shen received the 2024 IEEE Best Land Transportation Paper Award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. Congratulations!

Prof. Sherman Shen attended the IEEE Hong Kong 6G Wireless Summit, on September 11-12, 2024, in Hong Kong, China, and gave a speech on "Holistic Network Virtualization: AI-native 6G".

The IEEE Hong Kong 6G Wireless Summit attracts participation from prominent academics, leading industry members and practitioners, and government leaders. It offers attendees from research and industry innovative insights from industry leaders and academic pioneers regarding the latest research on 6G and standards activities from leading wireless research centers around the world. The presentations will only include invited talks and panels and are intended to provide critical information on 6G technological advances to help guide current and future decisions on use and implementation of these technologies.

Our work titled "Transmission Protocol Customization for On-demand Tile-based 360° VR Video Streaming" by Yannan Wei, Qiang Ye, Kaige Qu, Weihua Zhuang, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen won the Best Paper Award from IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) 2024. 

This paper proposes a customized transmission protocol that accommodates unique characteristics of tile-based 360° VR video streaming and viewing behavior dynamics induced by head movements to achieve a better viewing experience with reduced video downloading time and improved video quality.

IEEE/CIC ICCC is a regional flagship conference being held annually throughout the greater China region under the vision of realistic globalization by extending IEEE ComSoc's reach to the fastest-growing region.

Congratulations to all the authors!