Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology aka CEWiT is a non-profit autonomous research society of IIT Madras set up to develop indigenous world-class Next Generation
wireless technology. The organization is set up with support from Ministry of Communication & IT and the Indian telecom industry.
Overview
CEWiT research on
broadband
In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals at a wide range of frequencies and Internet traffic types, that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections. ...
wireless technologies
Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
addressing a wide range of issues relating to air interface, core network & services and actively contributing to 4G
and 5G
wireless standards,
3GPP LTE, LTE-Advanced, NR and IEEE 802.16m
WiMAX
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a family of wireless broadband communication standards based on the IEEE 802.16 set of standards, which provide physical layer (PHY) and media access control (MAC) options.
The WiMAX ...
.
In 2018, CEWiT along with
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...
,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...
,
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (abbreviated IIT Hyderabad or IITH) is a public technical research university located in Sangareddy district in the Indian state of Telanganaa. As with all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), II ...
Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Researchand
Indian Institute of Science received fund from
Department of Telecommunications, India to build the indigenous 5G testbed for indian telecom market. This test bed will be built in multiple stages and will be ready by 2021.
CEWiT has been granted more than 21 US patents and many patents are in queue.
External links
CEWiT Home Pageh1>
References
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Wireless
Research institutes in Chennai
Research institutes established in 2004
2004 establishments in Tamil Nadu