Dr. Spyros Konstantinidis

-LTE eNodeB and UE Physical layer development in TI DSP platform ( LTE PHY software Development , algorithms development, develop optimized C code and porting on multicore TI TMS320TCI66 family DSPs) -LTE physical layer algorithm development and customization -LTE PHY, Embedded C real time development -TI DSP C600 processor optimization for real-time performance leverage (pipeline usage optimization,intrinsics , loop carried dependency minimization…) -3 layers testing and performance validation

LTE PHY Algorithm & Simulation. LTE physical layer algorithms design and development.Contributing in the optimization of physical level functional units, in the implementation of new algorithms and applied advanced signal processing methods. Provide support for higher layer teams and early performance verifications. Software integration and verification for the PHY LTE simulator.Develop physical layer software for simulation with C/C++.Update LTE simulator chain to reflect status of the LTE standards.

IP generation related to channel estimation/ equalization algorithms.Modeling, design, implementation and integration of end-to-end PHY-OFDM IEEE802.16d (WiMAX) baseband system simulator.Implement physical layer SISO-OFDM and MIMO-OFDM systems in MATLAB and SIMULINK.Early stage algorithm investigation for next generation communication systems.Research and implementation of novel channel estimation and equalization algorithms.Propose estimation algorithms for DVB-T systems.

Laboratory supervisor and undergraduate tutor at University of Leeds • Research on physical layer wireless communication systems/Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM • Laboratory supervisor and undergraduate tutoring • Presentations and conferences talks in the areas of wireless communication for wide range of audiences

Wireless Communications DSP, MIMO-OFDM, novel channel estimation and equalization for MIMO-OFDM, noise suppression, inverse and ill-posed problems.Modelling/Simulation of wireless communication systems IEEE806.12d-OFDM (WiMAX).Tikhonov regularization and 3D matrix analysis/manipulation using MATLAB

Active Intermediate Frequency (IF) Filter design for CMOS Low Power RF Integrated circuits (IC). IF BP filter for low power RF IC receivers, using only vertical MOS transistors. Implementation/design using Orcad/PSpice and MATLAB. Power consumption, physical dimension and bandwidth optimization.

Agile Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System design.Design/Implementation of RFID system included receiver/transmit loop antenna and passive 128-bit Transponder(Tag).Design of RF amplifier and power stage.Microchip programing with MPLAB5.81 using C/C++.Schematic transfer to PCB using WinQcad.