Student Job: Application of probabilistic shaping for high-throughput IR-UWB system

What you will do

In this project, the goal is to investigate the possibility of using the PAS with the LDPC codes in the IR-UWB system. Based on the mandatory packet lengths in IR-UWB system, the shaping and de-shaping strategy should be selected. Furthermore, the shaping and de-shaping strategy may be updated based on the peak-power constraint in IR-UWB system. The outcome of the study is to see how much spectral efficiency improvement can be expected for a given sensitivity compared to the current IR-UWB system in the IEEE standard.


Your Tasks Involve

• Understanding the preliminaries of the IR-UWB data communication system (~2weeks)
• Make a simplified PER simulator for IR-UWB system based on coded modulation using the LDPC codes (~6weeks)
• Understanding the preliminaries of Probabilistic amplitude shaping and different shaping flavors (~4weeks)
• Optimize, derive the requirements, and select the best strategy of the probabilistic shaping based on mandatory modes of the IR-UWB system (~8weeks)
• Evaluate the performance of PAS with optimized shaping strategy with the coded modulation using the LDPC codes (~5weeks)
• Report or Thesis preparation (~8 weeks)

What we do for you

You will be working on cutting-edge research on a topic that is relevant to both academic research and industrial applications. To help you in this journey, we offer a flexible environment where you can be the leader of your own research while at the same time having the support of experts from signal processing and systems design to complete your tasks. As part of the IoT team in IMEC-Netherlands you will have opportunities to learn from some of the best minds in analog and digital circuits as well as other research domains.

Who you are

• You are a MSc student in Electrical Engineering.
• You are available for a period of 8 months (6 months of work/2 months of thesis preparation).
• You have basic knowledge of digital communication and signal processing – preferably with project experience.
• Preferably you are familiar with information theory, channel coding concept, and/or LDPC codes.
• You are familiar with system-modelling in MATLAB and Python.
• You are entitled to do master or internship in the Netherlands. The current plan is possibly modified in case of internship.
• You are self-starter and able to work independently.
• Good written and verbal English skills.
  
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Interested

Does this position sound like an interesting next step in your career at imec? Don’t hesitate to submit your application by clicking on ‘APPLY NOW’.
Got some questions about the recruitment process? Martijn Kohl of the Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to assist you.