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Telecommunications

The future of optical telecommunication depends on mastering the generation of high-quality arbitrary optical pulses and the processing of optical signals. It also depends on the optimization of optical and wireless hybrid networks.

To this end, the research teams at the INRS are focusing their efforts on wireless communications, optical and hybrid communications, and sensory communications. Through their research, they contribute to the development of spoken, image, and telepresence communication technologies that enhance quality of life by developing a groundbreaking approach to optical pulse shaping, optimizing proximity networks based on both fiber optic and wireless technology, helping build tomorrow’s smart electrical grid for the energy, communications, and transportation industries, ans studying ways to control the quality of perception in various technological environments.

Wireless communications

INRS faculty are helping document a number of advanced cognitive aspects that underpin the development of the next generation of wireless communications, drawing on the smart coexistence of various technologies and radio platforms in a range of environments. They are also developing smart antennas for wireless communication systems.

Optical and hybrid communications

The work being done at INRS aims to develop the photonic building blocks needed to generate and process optical signals using all-fiber and integrated waveguide optical technology.

Sensory communications

Faculty are working to improve the perceptual and experiential quality of communication in areas such as automatic speech recognition, computer vision, teleconferencing systems, and anthropomorphic multimedia technology. They are studying cognitive models and models for the emotional states in question.