• Quantum communications. Study of the theory of quantum communications with coherent and Gaussian states. Analysis and design of quantum communication systems for free space links. Implementation of quantum receivers.

• Quantum key distribution. Study of quantum key distribution algorithms. Quantum key distribution and security in satellite communications.

• Coding with finite block-length. Coding/decoding methods are today able to reach the Shannon capacity limit for large block lengths. But what is the limit at smaller block lengths, and are we able to reach it? This is the aim of this research that builds upon some recent results by Polyanskiy, Poor and Verdu.

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• Characterization and modeling of the underwater acoustic channel

• Protocol design for underwater communications

• Development of simulation modules for underwater communications

• Experimentation of underwater networks

Design of smart city services:

• Machine-to-Machine communications

• Software architectures for IoT solutions

• Energy harvesting

• Energy efficient protocols

• In-node signal processing

• Data analytics techniques for information extraction from IoT data