Wireless CIC (Centre of Industrial Collaboration) is a joint initiative between the University of Leeds and the University of Bradford. Supported by Yorkshire Forward, we form part of an extensive CIC network across the region. Clients of the Wireless CIC receive expert advice, resources, analysis and support.
What is the Wireless CIC? (movie file)
Wireless CIC provides:
Bespoke technology solutions that meet the individual needs of your company or product
Access to world leading experts and cutting edge technology labs
Access to test equipment and high value resources (such as our Anechoic Chamber)
Help and support in taking new technologies and products to market
Dedicated project management and assistance with your R&D
For a complete list of the services available, please visit our services page. You may also find it useful to visit our case studies section for an insight into how we have helped other businesses. Our news section provides information on recent pioneering research projects.
We are able to provide our unique range of services thanks to our partners. These are Yorkshire Forward, the University of Bradford and the University of Leeds.
Our Partners
Yorkshire Forward
The Wireless CIC (short for Centre of Industrial Collaboration) was founded by Yorkshire Forward in 2005 in order to provide effective practical working solutions to industry in conjunction with ground-breaking academic research. Yorkshire Forward was set up by the UK Government to promote sustainable economic development throughout the Yorkshire and Humber region. It is a business led organisation that aims to help improve the region’s relative economic performance and reduce social and economic disparities.
Yorkshire Forward supports the expansion and development of business in the region by encouraging public and private investment, and by connecting people to economic opportunity. They also work to improve levels of education and skills to enhance the region's environment and infrastructure.
The aim is to maintain and develop a level of success that will ensure Yorkshire and Humber becomes a truly world-class region in which to live, work and invest. For more information on Yorkshire Forward, please visit their website.
The Wireless CIC resides within the Mobile and Satellite Communication Research Centre (MSCRC) at the University of Bradford. The University recently made a huge investment into the development of the MSCRC and this brand new high-tech research centre has quickly become the main hub of activity for the prestigious engineering teams
The teams work on a wide variety of communication specialisms that include (but are not limited to): systems, architectures and enabling technologies of mobile phones; protocol design, QoS and access for networks; Electromagnetic antenna design (with a major specialism in interaction with the human body); And multimedia and its subsequent applications. Bradford has long been recognised as a leader in the field of communications and is proud of its highly regarded team of world-class experts. To find out more, please visit the website.
Within the campus of Leeds, the Wireless CIC sits in the Institute of Integrated Information Systems otherwise known as I3S. Work in the I3S includes all aspects of Fixed, Mobile and Satellite Communications, Satellite Navigation Systems, Radio-Wave Propagation, Signal Processing, Coding and Process Tomography. The Institute has excellent laboratory and computing facilities, including a new wireless communications laboratory. The I3S also hosts the UK Civil Aviation Authority funded Institute of Satellite Navigation.
The Wireless CIC team within the I3S contains many individuals with an internationally leading reputation for their activities. The department itself has been recognised with an award of the highest ranking of 5* in the most recent UK Government Research Assessment Exercise with an annual research expenditure of approx. £6 million. The team receive valuable funding support from industry as well as the EPSRC, European Union, and the MOD. Proving that research translates into industrial success, there have been six spin-out companies in recent times one of which includes the multi-million leader in communications, Filtronic plc.For more information please visit the website.
