Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UBC Radio Science Lab
2356 Main Mall, Room 4034,
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604.822.3544
Fax: 604.822.5949
E-mail: david.michelson@ubc.ca
1. To contribute to the theory and practice of wireless communications system design with particular emphasis on airlink design, electromagnetic compatibility, and development of low-profile antennas.
2. To support Canadian industry, government, and academia by addressing research problems of direct and immediate interest to them, often under the aegis of collaborative research agreements.
3. To train, through both research and course work, highly qualified personnel (HQP) in wireless communications systems design who will meet the staffing needs of Canadian industry, government, and academia.
4. To serve both the university and the community through participation in committees, editorial boards, and related bodies.
The Radio Science Laboratory maintains a 600-sq-ft Research Office (MCLD 442), a 900-sq-ft Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab (MCLD 132), a 1500-sq-ft Antennas and Propagation Lab (MCLD 500), and a 12,000-sq-ft rooftop test facility.
Our major facilities include a mobile test van, a Ka-band satellite receiving terminal, roof-top antenna towers, a roof-top antenna range, an ETS-Lindgren Series 71 screen room and an ETS-Lindgren Series 81 anechoic chamber.
Our well-equipped Antennas and Propagation Lab allows us to turn high performance spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, vector signal generators, vector signal analyzers and software defined radio platforms into a variety of narrowband, wideband, UWB and MIMO channel sounders. Our Spirent SR5500 channel emulator with custom upgrades allows us to verify the operation of our channel measurement equipment and assess the effect of fading channels on actual wireless communications equipment.
The AURORA Connected Vehicle/Smart Transportation Testbed is located across the campus and includes a network operations centre, a mobile base station, five intersections equipped with roadside units (RSUs), traffic cameras, software-defined radios,and a smart traffic signal controller, three transportable roadside units (RSUs), and two drive test vehicles. It is currently undergoing a major upgrade with support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
We thank the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) , Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Transport Canada for their generous infrastructure support.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UBC Radio Science Lab
2356 Main Mall, Room 4034,
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604.822.3544
Fax: 604.822.5949
E-mail: david.michelson@ubc.ca