PhD proposal « Simplified non-binary decoders »
Supervisers: Emmanuel Boutillon, Professor, Lab-STICC (UMR CNRS 8265), Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France web site: http://www-labsticc.univ-ubs.fr/~boutillon/anglais.html.
Bertrand Le Gal, assistant professor, IMS (UMR CNRS 5218), IPB/ENSEIRB-MATMECA (Bordeaux, France). Web site: http://legal.vvv.enseirb-matmeca.fr/research.html
Key words: IoT, communication, hardware/software implementation, algorithm design, error control code.
PhD period: October 2023-September 2026
Abstract: In the QCSP project, UBS and IMS have developed a hardware solution for a real-time reception of short fame called “Quasi-Cyclic Short Packet (QCSP)”. This project led to studies and measurement campaign in several communication channel: mobile channel, sea buoy-boat and IoT sensor-Low Earth Satellite.
For the moment, only the detection and synchronization aspects have been implemented. The non-binary decoder constituting the outer code of a QCSP frame remains a blocking point for low cost receiver because of its intrinsic complexity. The first objective of this thesis is to study new algorithms and associated architectures to simplify the non-binary decoder. The second objective is to link the decoder task to the synchronisation task. This task is critical when multi-users detection is considered.
More information are available on the QCSP web-site: https://qcsp.univ-ubs.fr
Location: The PhD will be done in the laboratory Lab-STICC (), Université Bretagne Sud, in the town of Lorient (see here for more information.
Salary: The PhD student will receive a salary greater than 2000 euros/month. It also include social security.
Candidate requirement: the candidate should have a solid background in software and hardware implementation. Notions of signal processing and some mathematical skills is also a plus. Finally, the candidate should be able to speak and write in English (note: speaking French is not mandatory).
Contact: Interested students should send an email at Emmanuel.boutillon@univ-ubs.fr and bertrand.legal@bordeaux-inp.fr.