Organization: Communications Research Centre

CRC and TRLabs collaborate on wireless research

TRLabs and the Communications Research Centre (CRC) have signed a collaborative research agreement aimed at accelerating industry development of wireless devices, applications and systems. A memorandum of understanding will establish cooperative wireless projects capitalizing on strengths in the areas of antennas, broadband multimedia communications, signal processing and channel characterization and integrated circuits. The projects will…

CRC strikes agreement to collaborate with Philips

The Communications Research Centre (CRC) has struck a collaborative R&D deal to improve the possible future standard in audio coding technology. The agreement with Royal Philips Electronics will see the CRC work to improve the firm’s Parametric Audio Coding scheme. The technology achieves a compression ratio of 60:1 and is set to become an ISO/IEC…

Virtual Classroom connects Canada and Hong Kong

Canada and Hong Kong have concluded four days of interactive classroom sessions utilizing the advanced research and education networks of both countries. The Virtual Classroom sessions connected students in various locations in Canada with students assembled in the Canada Pavilion at the Telecom Asia Conference in Hong Kong. Students used advanced videoconferencing technology to interact…

Satellite communications research program launched

Montreal’s NSI Communication Inc is teaming with three Canadian universities and the Communications Research Centre to develop advanced modulation and coding techniques for satellite-based multimedia communications. The project is receiving a $390,000 collaborative research grant from the Space Communications Research program, a joint venture between the Canadian Space Agency and the Canadian Institute of Telecommunications…