{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260101787"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260101787","attributes":{"code":"DE260101787","administering-organisation":"Macquarie University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Macquarie University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Multi-User Delay-Doppler Communications. This project aims to develop a fundamentally new way of communicating digital information in broadband mobile networks. There is an ever-growing need for higher data rates and greater mobility, and this project will advance a new two dimensional (delay-Doppler) mathematical signal formulation to address these demands. This will enable broadband communications in high frequency spectrum for fast moving terminals. This project will pioneer innovative techniques in waveform design, multiplexing and resource allocation to dramatically improve performance in rapidly varying channels. These outcomes will shape global wireless standards and drive growth in Australia’s telecommunications and space based internet-of-things industries.","funding-current":534320.00,"funding-at-announcement":530079,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Swaroop","familyName":"Gopalam","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-0345-2988 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Swaroop","familyName":"Gopalam","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-0345-2988 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Macquarie University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Macquarie University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4006","name":"Communications Engineering","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"400606","name":"Satellite Communications","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"400608","name":"Wireless Communication Systems and Technologies (Incl. Microwave and Millimetrewave)","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"220103","name":"Mobile Technologies and Communications","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"220107","name":"Wireless Technologies, Networks and Services","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["India","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"This project explores a fundamentally new way of sending digital information in mobile broadband networks at high frequencies, where existing wireless communication approaches fail. Consequently, required broadband data rates are not yet achievable for highly mobile sixth generation terminals such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or mobile terminals served by low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. This project offers a radically new approach that exploits Doppler. This project will open up vast amounts of spectrum at higher frequencies, enabling new applications worth billions of dollars to the Australian economy. For example, Australia is a leading adopter of IoT which is valued at $30 billion, and spaced based technologies (including LEO satellites) are being used to serve rural IoT communities. This project’s technological outcomes will drastically boost the capacity and data rates of such LEO satellite based systems. These outcomes will be of great benefit to the local industry; they will shape global wireless standards and generate valuable Australian intellectual property. They will enable new applications with UAVs and LEOs, and broadband coverage to mobile terminals in remote parts of Australia, bridging the digital divide between urban and rural Australia. The outcomes will also be strongly promoted through global networks, high profile international scientific conferences and journals, to maximize understanding and adoption of the research.\n"}}}