EU Research

GLAD 2
H2020
Feb.2016-Jan.2018
GNSS/INS Low-cost attitude determination and navigation systems – Phase 2

GLAD-2 is aimed at the industrialization of an innovative product (GNSS low cost attitude determination and navigation system, reinforced magnetic immunity) and its commercialization plan. The innovative and technologically advanced prototype (TRL6), outcome of an FP7 project, (with proven feasibility through SME-INST-1 project) will be transformed into a TRL9 profitable product. It avails an identified business opportunity derived from the UAS/RPAS expansion and lack of precise and low cost attitude determination and navigation solutions. This will be done in parallel to the regulation harmonization in Europe, thus fostering this niche market, mainly in the civilian professional sector, for applications requiring low cost attitude and navigation determination, mainly in magnetic interference sensitive applications.

EU

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 698729

Main Partners: 
ACORDE
Positioning
Low Cost
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AUDITOR
H2020
Jan.2016-Dec.2017
Advanced multi-constellation EGNSS augmentation and monitoring network and its application in precision agriculture

The goal of AUDITOR is the implementation of novel precise-positioning techniques based on augmentation data in custom GNSS receivers to improve the performance of current augmentation services and reducing costs. These techniques are already patented by the consortium and proven to offer better accuracy with faster convergence times than solutions commercially available. More sophisticated atmospheric models will be implemented to provide better corrections of ionospheric errors and further increase accuracy. All these advances will be integrated in a software demonstrator that will use public data from GNSS networks to generate these correction data streams. These new receivers will enable costeffective.

EU

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 687367

Main Partners: 
CTTC, UPC, TUM, DRAXIS, ALPHA, DLO
Positioning
Augmentation
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TRITON
FP7
Sep.2012-Mar.2016
Trusted vessel information from trusted on-board instrumentation
A new consciousness has arisen in the scenario of civilian and commercial maritime control: surveillance and safety systems may be under the attack of intentional or unintentional or malevolent players. TRITON is an R&D project that gives some of the possible answers to the threats above, focusing on increasing the trustworthiness of on-board instrumentation used to report vessel information to the control organisms. Today’s maritime surveillance operations rely on ship reporting systems such as AIS (Automatic Identification System), LRIT (Long Range Identification and Tracking) and VMS (Vessel Monitoring System), whose reported data (such as vessel ID, accurate position and time, course over ground, speed over ground, heading, rate of turn, etc.) are typically not verified nor validated in any way.
Main Partners: 
ISMB, Kongsberg Norcontrol
Positioning
Security
Link
GLAD
H2020
Oct.2014-Mar.2015
GNSS/INS Low-cost attitude determination system
The objective of GLAD Phase 1 is the study of the commercial feasibility of a low-cost attitude determination and navigation system based on non-dedicated mass market GNSS receivers and antennas aided by MEMS sensors. The fusion of GNSS and inertial data takes advantage of the complementarity of these two technologies to achieve accurate and reliable navigation: inertial sensors provide excellent dynamic response at very high data rates, while GNSS serves as an absolute reference to prevent the drift inherent to the numerical integration of acceleration to calculate velocity and position. In addition, differential GNSS carrier-phase measurements can be used to obtain extremely accurate orientation by using a multi-antenna configuration.
Main Partners: 
ACORDE
Positioning
Low Cost
Link
ARMOURS
FP7
Aug.2011-Mar.2014
Antenna and fRont-end Modules for pUblic Regulated Service applications
The ARMOURS proposal is committed to the development of novel technologies for the implementation of future multi-frequency PRS receivers, filling some of the technological gaps to enable affordable and robust solutions for future demanding applications relying on the continuous availability of the PRS service. Target segments are Low-End and Medium-End PRS receiver implementations, with the widest potential market in the PRS application domain. The developments that will be addressed in the frame of the project aim to give a tangible response to the problem of low-cost implementation of multi-frequency radio modules for professional applications.
Main Partners: 
EPFL, Sofant, IMEC
Positioning
Security
Link
LOGAM
FP7
Sep.2011-Mar.2014
Low cost GNSS attitude and navigation system with inertial MEMS aiding
The main objective of the LOGAM project is the design and development of an ultra low-cost attitude determination and navigation system based primarily on non dedicated mass market GNSS receivers and antennas and aided by MEMS inertial sensors. Accuracy at low cost is needed in various real-time applications such as vehicle tracking, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), etc… To open the way for its widespread use the embedded applications requires not only accurate position and attitude information, but also strictly real time abilities, such as system efficiency, reliability and feasibility as well as the size, consumption and cost. At the end of the project our aim is to produce a functional prototype capable of demonstrating the targeted system characteristics fitting with a great number of present and future applications.
Main Partners: 
ISMB, CEA-LETI, Aermatica, CTC
Positioning
Low Cost
Link
GRAMMAR
FP7
Feb.2009-Jul.2011
Galileo ready advanced mass market receiver
GRAMMAR represents a highly innovative approach to developing a prototype GNSS receiver, targeted at mass market applications, with the widest potential exploitation. We aim to produce functional prototypes of the receiver and its components, enabling practical testing and demonstration at the completion of the project.
Main Partners: 
DLR, Tampere University of Technology
Positioning
Masb
Link
TIGER
FP7
Jan.2009-Sep.2010
Trusted innovative GNSS receiver
The TIGER project represents the development of a highly innovative security platform and target application exploiting current and future GNSS as well as augmentations systems such as EGNOS. Development of such technology not only provides a platform for the target mass-market application, an access control token, but also ensures development of European intellectual property that can be leveraged for a myriad of security applications and future research, presenting significant market opportunity
Main Partners: 
Quascomm
Positioning
Security
Link
GREAT
FP6
Mar.2006-Mar.2008
Galileo receivers for mass market
The GREAT project aims to enable the fast commercialization of Mass Market Receivers for the Galileo service, by designing critical Intellectual Property (IP) blocks for early production. The work Programme has been focused primarily on the practical issues facing the designer of a first generation mass market Galileo Receiver.
Main Partners: 
DLR, Qualcomm, uBlox
Positioning
Masb
Link

ACORDE INNOVA PLUS (Abril - Agosto 2018)

Contratación de estudio de mercado.

Una vez finalizado el proyecto GLAD2, se ha continuado trabajando en el estudio de mercado para la introducción de los innovadores productos desarrollados en el mercado. Se ha realizado un análisis de mercado orientado a la definición de directivas de alto nivel para un enfoque técnico y funcional que permita una introducción de los productos en los nichos de mercado más adecuados así como la definición de estrategias optimas para la penetración y el posicionamiento dentro del mercado objetivo.

Esta empresa ha recibido una ayuda cofinanciada por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional a través del Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020 de Cantabria por medio de la línea de subvenciones INNOVA PLUS 2018 (Expediente: 2018/INN+/1).

Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo RegionalGobierno de Cantabria - Consejería de Innovación, Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Esta empresa ha recibido una ayuda cofinanciada por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional a través del Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020 de Cantabria por medio de la línea de subvenciones INNOVA 2016 (Expediente: 2016/INN/36).

ACORDE 4.0 (Julio 2017 a Agosto 2018)

Aplicación de conceptos de Industria 4.0 al proceso productivo de ACORDE Technologies S.A.

Los procesos de medidas se apoyan habitualmente en diferentes soluciones propietarias ofrecidas por los principales fabricantes de equipos, habitualmente cerradas y sujetas a costosas licencias asignadas a un equipo o usuario concreto. Por otro lado, la gran mayoría de equipos comerciales permiten su control local, o en algunos casos remoto si la interfaz lo permite. Es posible la construcción de programas propios para automatizar los procesos de medida, siempre y cuando se disponga de conocimientos avanzados de programación.

El objetivo de ACORDE 4.0 es la evolución de la arquitectura actual de los procesos de medida, basada en equipos locales, a una arquitectura de nube privada de tipo cliente/servidor. Esta arquitectura basada en tecnologías web y diferentes procesos de control integrados con dispositivos móviles ofrece una solución más flexible y permite fijar las bases para implementar los conceptos de Industria 4.0.

Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo RegionalGobierno de Cantabria - Consejería de Innovación, Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Esta empresa ha recibido una ayuda cofinanciada por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional a través del Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020 de Cantabria por medio de la línea de subvenciones INDUSTRIA 4.0 2017 (Expediente: 2017/IND4/8).

EVOQAS (1 Abril 2017-30 Septiembre 2018)

Estudio de viabilidad de eVOlución a banda Q en transmisores de potencia para comunicaciones por Satélite

El proyecto consiste en el estudio de viabilidad de evolución a banda Q en transmisores de potencia para comunicaciones por satélite.

En las comunicaciones por satélite, el aumento en los volúmenes de información compartida, el aumento de terminales, tanto fijos como móviles, los anchos de banda demandados, cada vez mayores, y la saturación del espectro radioeléctrico, junto con los plazos de maduración de la tecnología hacen necesario un estudio inicial que valore la viabilidad de esta evolución tecnológica.

Por ello, en este proyecto de análisis de viabilidad se propone realizar un estudio que confirme, siguiendo la metodología aplicada la idoneidad de una evolución a bandas superiores, comenzando por la banda Q, de manera análoga a lo que ocurrió en el pasado con los sistemas en banda Ka, que son hoy ya una realidad.

Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo RegionalGobierno de Cantabria - Consejería de Innovación, Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Esta empresa ha recibido una ayuda cofinanciada por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional a través del Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020 de Cantabria por medio de la línea de subvenciones INNOVA 2016 (Expediente: 2016/INN/36).

ESA ARTES - Ka-Band Fly-Away terminal design and development

Feb.2012-Dec.2014

This project addresses the design, development and industrialization of a novel Ka band bidirectional Fly-Away terminal. The terminal is intended for basic broadcasting users and for more demanding performance applications as well. The demand for Ka band services and therefore products has emerged as a way to satisfy the ever increasing data rate requirements. In many cases, this connectivity is required for nomadic users, and therefore, there is a growing demand for quick deploys terminals, for applications such as fast news gathering transmission (FNG). It will be light weight, allowing the user to stow it for transportation and deploy at the desired site in a fast and easy way. The system will be IATA compliant airline checkable. The size constraint will be a key factor for the terminal design. In order to ease the system’s operation, a motorized terminal is proposed

The ACFLY-Ka-MOTORIZED is a fully automatic pointing Ka band fly-away terminal, with excellent radioelectrical performance, compact design (IATA compliant airline checkable) for fast and easy transportation & deployment, flexible configuration upon user’s needs and robust design to work under hard environmental conditions. It integrates a segmented Ka band antenna, RF chain, ACU (antenna control unit), M&C (monitoring and control), beacon receiver and modem (the terminal is modem agnostic, and any modem can be integrated). Antenna size is initially set to 0.6m, although the design modularity permits the adaptation of different antenna sizes (0.45m, 1m,…). The same applies to the SSPA, as different output power SSPAs can be integrated (4W, 10W, 20W) upon user requests. With one button fully automatic pointing, it is extremely accurate to fulfil with Ka band pointing demands. Its M&C module permits the user to monitor and control a full range of the terminal’s parameters, including those related to RF, pointing and motorization, and modem status. Its environmental specifications make the terminal appropriate for operation in harsh environments and optimal for usage in civilian or governmental applications.

MARIABOX
FP7
Nov.2013-Mar.2017
MARINE environment in situ assessment and monitoring tool box
MariaBox will develop a wireless marine environment analysis device for monitoring chemical and biological pollutants while installed into a buoy, a maritime means of transport or a mooring. The device, based on novel biosensors, will be of high-sensitivity, portable and capable of repeating measurements over a long time, allowing permanent deployment at sea. The word “MARIA” is the plural of the Latin “mar” (sea) and expresses the wide applicability that this system offers in multiple locations where low-cost and real-time in situ analytical monitoring devices are required.
Main Partners: 
Cyric, Kontor, CSIC
Intercommunication
Smart Cities & Environment
Link
NSHIELD
ARTEMIS-IA
Sep.2011-Dec.2014
New embedded Systems arcHItEcture for multi-Layer Dependable solutions

nSHIELD is a project that will provide a roadmap to address Security, Privacy and Dependability (SPD) by developing new technologies and consolidating those already explored in pSHIELD. The state of the art in SPD of single technologies and solutions will be improved and integrated with an innovative, modular, composable, expandable and high-dependable architectural framework, concrete tools and common SPD metrics.

Co-funded by the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, Reference 269317 and by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce, Reference ART-010000-2011-6, within the call "ARTEMIS-2010-1".

Main Partners: 
INDRA SOFTWARE, MONDRAGON UNI., TECNALIA
Intercommunication
Smart Cities & Environment
Link
BURBA
FP7
Jan.2011-Dec.2013
Bottom Up selection, collection and management of URBAn waste
The main objective of the Environment Theme, according to FP7 Specific Programme, addressed by BURBA is to promote sustainable management of the natural and human environment and its resources by advancing our knowledge on the interactions between the biosphere, ecosystem and human activities, and developing new technologies, tools and services, in order to address in an integrated way global environmental issues. Waste management is an urgent problem in urban environments. Therefore, a more efficient and sustainable waste management system promotes higher life quality and fewer costs for the city authorities and less impact on the environment.
Main Partners: 
D’Appolonia, Politecnico di Torino, Tekever
Intercommunication
Smart Cities & Environment
Link
WHERE & WHERE2
FP7
Jan.2008-Jun.2013
Wireless Hybrid Enhanced Mobile Radio Estimators - Phase 2
The WHERE and WHERE-2 projects address the combination of positioning and communications in order to exploit synergies and to enhance the efficiency of future wireless communications systems. The key objective of WHERE2 is to assess the fundamental synergies between the two worlds of heterogeneous cooperative positioning and communications in the real world under realistic constraints. The estimation of the position of mobile terminals (MTs) is the main goal in WHERE2. The positioning algorithms combine measurements from heterogeneous infrastructure and complement them by cooperative measurements between MTs, additional information from inertial sensors, and context information.
Main Partners: 
DLR, CEA-LEI, Eurecom, Mitsubishi
Intercommunication
WSN
Link
CHOSEN
FP7
Jun.2008-Oct.2011
Cooperative hybrid objects sensor networks
The high level objective of the CHOSeN Project is to develop application-specifically adaptable communication technologies enabling the real deployment of smart wireless sensor networks in large-scale, performance-critical application fields like the automotive and the aeronautic.
Main Partners: 
Infineon, EADS, CEA-LETI
Intercommunication
WSN
Link
EUWB
FP7
Mar.2008-Jul.2011
Coexisting short range radio by advanced Ultra-Wideband radio technology
EUWB aims at consolidating the technical advances in scientific areas related to UWB-RT and combining them in order to define system concepts and enable the implementation of applications for envisaged four application areas: Heterogeneous Network, Public Transport, Home Environment, Automotive
Main Partners: 
Philips, Robert Bosch, EADS, TID, Thales
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
FUTON
FP7
Jan.2008-Sep.2010
Fiber optic networks for distributed, extendible heterogeneous radio architectures and service provisioning
The FUTON project aims to research, develop and validate a flexible architecture for wireless systems based on the joint processing of the radio signals from distinct remote antenna units and supported by a transparent fibre infrastructure. This architecture will enable the high bit rates targeted in the broadband component of future wireless systems and will provide a framework for the integration of heterogeneous wireless system.
Main Partners: 
Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Thales labs, CEA-LETI, VIVO
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
PULSERS & PULSERS II
FP6
Jan.2004-Jun.2008
Pervasive Ultra-wideband Low Spectral Energy Radio Systems
PULSERS aimed at integrating UWB-RT into the daily life of a large number of European citizens by allowing new services and creating spaces for innovation and business opportunities. The key objective of PULSERS Phase II is to continue exploration of the enormous potential of the innovative and disruptive radio technology embodied in UWB and to enable introduction of new services, applications and devices based on this technology.
Main Partners: 
ST Microelectronics, Mitsubishi, Philips, Thales Communications, IBM, Motorola, Telefónica ID, Wisair, CEA-LETI, Freescale
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
MAGNET & MAGNET BEYOND
FP6
Jan.2004-Jun.2008
My personal Adaptive Global NET
The MAGNET vision is that Personal Networks (PNs) will support users' professional and private activities, without being obtrusive and while safeguarding their privacy and security. The MAGNET mission is to enable commercially viable PNs that are attractive, affordable and beneficial for end-users in their everyday life. The MAGNET project constitutes a system approach to what is expected to be one of the most important telecom related growth markets of the future, Personal Area Network (PAN) style networking. MAGNET does not treat PAN networking in isolation: the concept is extended into that of a PN by interconnecting PANs with, in particular wireless wide area networks to access the rich services available on and trough these networks, including the interconnection to other PANs. The project builds on significant advances in peer-to-peer networking, interworking with infrastructure-based networks, wireless technology for PN and security in networking and services.
Main Partners: 
Alcatel, CSEM, CEA-LETI, France Telecom, IMEC, Nokia, Philips, Telefónica ID
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
WISE
FP6
Jan.2005-Dec.2007
Integrated Wireless Sensing
The main objectives of this project were to enhance aircraft system monitoring by developing concepts based on new wireless technologies and integrated sensing solutions, with autonomous sensor powering and low consumption, being compatible of the harsh environment of aircraft systems, and to allow continuing monitoring or improve redundancy when with the physical solutions the link would be stopped, to improve information segregation.
Main Partners: 
Dassault Aviation, EADS, Eurocopter
Intercommunication
WSN
Link
4MORE
FP6
Jan.2004-Jun.2006
4G MC-CDMA multiple antenna system on chip for radio enhancements
The European vision for 4th generation terrestrial system is a fully IP-based integrated system offering any kind of services, at any time and able to support multiple classes of terminals. 4MORE will research and develop an innovative architecture compatible with advanced algorithms, and will validate a cost-effective, low-power System on Chip (SoC) solution on a demonstration system, for multi-antenna MC-CDMA mobile terminals, based on joint optimisation of L1 and L2 functions. The strong emphasis put on the achievement of a SoC design is motivated by the competition present in Japan. 4MORE will take advantage of the potentialities offered by MIMO techniques in order to achieve the required broadband capabilities. 4MORE will target high bit rates and high mobility in geographically restricted areas. As a result, the project will develop and integrate a set of IP (intellectual property) blocks at the terminal level. Moreover, a demonstrator will be implemented, including the RF front-end, and tested to validate the system capabilities.
Main Partners: 
CEA-LETI, ST Microelectronics, France Telecom, Mitsubishi Electric, Nokia
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
UCAN
FP5
Jan.2002-Jun.2005
Utra-wideband concepts for ad-hoc networks
The key objective of UCAN was to theoretically and experimentally research in depth the possibilities of an UWB based physical layer (PHY) to serve for advanced, location based, self-organizing media access control (MAC) and network layer (NW) scheme. As short range operation it was initially foreseen that the system will serve well to increase the value of a WPAN while including accurate positioning functionality
Main Partners: 
GWT, STMicroelectronics, Thales Communications, CEA-LETI
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
WINDFLEX
FP5
Jan.2000-Jun.2003
Wireless Indoor Flexible High Bitrate Modem Architecture
To satisfy increasing demand on broadband wireless services and ubiquitous network access, it is critical that the technologies be available to support flexible high bit-rate communication in slowly mobile indoor environments. The present day state of the art is aimed toward cellular telephony or customized systems in high bit-rates. The current flexibility research is towards software radios that are too far in the future to have major impact within time-to-market limits. This project aim to flexible, multi-technologies platform, before trying to reach the full software radio paradigm. The major technology thrusts are in the areas of RF/IF processing (5/17 GHz), baseband algorithms, MAC/LLC methods and computing architectures for flexible, high speed (64 kbit/s - 100 Mbit/s) modems.
Main Partners: 
VTT, UC
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link
WINE
FP5
Jan.2000-Dec.2001
Wireless Internet Networks
In WINE we study necessary technologies to build fully IP-based optimized QoS (Quality of service) aware wireless Internet. We believe that true wireless Internet system should be optimized without underlying wireless ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and as far as possible independent from media. The unique goal of WINE is to study all needed issues in protocol layers to find globally optimized end-to-end solution. Starting from theoretical issues for W-IP networks, we conduct simulations and large case studies over research networks to verify theoretical basis. We will then implement the results into three platforms. The test-beds cover Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 and Hiperlan standards.
Main Partners: 
VTT, Philips, Intracom
Intercommunication
PAN-LAN
Link