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April 2025

Unlocking the stratosphere’s potential via HAPS

1 min read · Fri, Apr 11 2025

Launch of new Nature Portfolio Jounal 'npj Wireless Technology': Shaping the future of wireless tech

1 min read · Tue, Apr 1 2025

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March 2025

KAUST faculty honored with RDIA Excellence Awards

1 min read · Sun, Mar 23 2025

January 2025

Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini named a Fellow of SPIE and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Photonics Society

4 min read · Sun, Jan 26 2025

IEEE SPIE photonics Optical wireless communications radio frequency communication connectivity Free-space optical communications

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KAUST ECE students achieve high honors in Competition on Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G (NTNYS'24)

4 min read · Tue, Jan 21 2025

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December 2024

Safa Khemiri has secured the third prize in the prestigious 4-Minute Thesis (4MT) competition at the IEEE Globecom 2024 conference.

Safa Khemiri wins third prize in 4MT competition at IEEE Globecom 2024

1 min read · Wed, Dec 18 2024

November 2024

From impossible to possible: Large-scale continuous services connect the entire earth

1 min read · Tue, Nov 19 2024

KAUST-CTL researchers awarded IEEE Honorary Mention in 2024 Communication Society Student Competition

KAUST-CTL researchers awarded IEEE Honorary Mention in 2024 Communication Society Student Competition

1 min read · Sat, Nov 9 2024

KAUST-CTL researchers receive IEEE Honorable Mention for pioneering IoT connectivity solution

KAUST-CTL researchers receive IEEE Honorable Mention for pioneering IoT connectivity solution

1 min read · Sat, Nov 9 2024

KAUST hosts 5th annual 6G Summit on wireless innovations

KAUST hosts 5th annual 6G Summit on wireless innovations

1 min read · Fri, Nov 8 2024

6G Summit

KAUST hosts International and local 6G leaders as the Kingdom aims for cutting edge wireless

1 min read · Wed, Nov 6 2024

October 2024

Towards better maritime connectivity with hybrid RF/FSO links

Towards better maritime connectivity with hybrid RF/FSO links

1 min read · Sun, Oct 20 2024

KAUST CTL PhD candidate receives 1st Prize at the 2024 KAUST ACM/SIAM Student Chapter Poster Competition.

KAUST CTL PhD candidate receives 1st Prize at the 2024 KAUST ACM/SIAM Student Chapter Poster Competition.

1 min read · Wed, Oct 16 2024

Panel on key takeaways from the WEF 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies

Panel on key takeaways from the WEF 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies

1 min read · Sat, Oct 12 2024

September 2024

KAUST CTL researchers receive best paper award from ICAO

KAUST CTL researchers receive best paper award from ICAO

3 min read · Fri, Sep 20 2024

KAUST CTL PhD candidate receives 1st Prize at the ENOWA x KAUST Energy Summit 2024

KAUST CTL PhD candidate receives 1st Prize at the ENOWA x KAUST Energy Summit 2024

1 min read · Thu, Sep 12 2024

BioLabs: Innovative Telecommunications Solutions Enabling Remote Biology Laboratories

BioLabs: Innovative Telecommunications Solutions Enabling Remote Biology Laboratories

1 min read · Wed, Sep 11 2024

August 2024

Powering the future of the Internet of Things

1 min read · Wed, Aug 28 2024

UNESCO chair seminar: Aerial Access Networks for 6G: From UAV, HAP, to Satellite Communication Networks

UNESCO chair seminar: Aerial Access Networks for 6G: From UAV, HAP, to Satellite Communication Networks

1 min read · Wed, Aug 7 2024

UNESCO chair seminar: Why are distributed architectures the future of satellite networks?

UNESCO chair seminar: Why are distributed architectures the future of satellite networks?

1 min read · Wed, Aug 7 2024

July 2024

KAUST pushes Saudi to forefront of 6G technologies

1 min read · Thu, Jul 18 2024

KAUST CTL student awarded prestigious ICTP-Arab fund PhD fellowship

KAUST CTL student awarded prestigious ICTP-Arab fund PhD fellowship

1 min read · Sun, Jul 14 2024

New study highlights crucial role of digital terrain data accuracy in wireless communication networks coverage planning

New study highlights crucial role of digital terrain data accuracy in wireless communication networks coverage planning

1 min read · Wed, Jul 10 2024

June 2024

World Economic Forum celebrates key 6G technological advancements

World Economic Forum celebrates key 6G technological advancements

1 min read · Wed, Jun 26 2024

Development of a GPS-free localization system for disaster rescue

Development of a GPS-free localization system for disaster rescue

1 min read · Sun, Jun 23 2024

Wireless Communications Signal processing disaster management

May 2024

Summer 2024 Seminar Series of the UNESCO Chair on Education to Connect the Unconnected

1 min read · Tue, May 21 2024

April 2024

KAUST Insights for communication: Closing the digital divide with wireless communications

1 min read · Mon, Apr 22 2024

KAUST innovates with "Cellular Towers in the Sky" to forge people-centered smart communities

1 min read · Sat, Apr 13 2024

March 2024

Dr. Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki honored by the ARSCO

1 min read · Fri, Mar 15 2024

Fahad Alqurashi recognized by the Saudi MCIT during LEAP 2024

1 min read · Fri, Mar 15 2024

Towards ultra reliable low latency routing in LEO satellite constellations

1 min read · Wed, Mar 6 2024

February 2024

Towards Connecting the Unconnected

1 min read · Mon, Feb 5 2024

KAUST research advances RF-powered IoT in rural area to bridge the digital divide

1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2024

KAUST CTL researchers explores misalignment challenges in orbital angular momentum for RF wireless communication

1 min read · Sat, Feb 3 2024

January 2024

Dr. Çelik awarded IEEE Communications Society’s 2023 Outstanding Young Researcher Award 

1 min read · Thu, Jan 25 2024

KAUST CTL researchers introduce a new interference-mitigation strategy for enhanced reliability in post-disaster networks

1 min read · Sat, Jan 20 2024

December 2023

A simple solution for frequency sharing

1 min read · Wed, Dec 20 2023

Leading the drive to achieve a digitally connected world

1 min read · Wed, Dec 13 2023

November 2023

KAUST wins regional award for its social work using KAUST communication technology

1 min read · Thu, Nov 23 2023

Communicating in extreme environments

1 min read · Tue, Nov 21 2023

Wireless Communications wireless connectivity

Staying online in the high speed tube of the future

1 min read · Wed, Nov 8 2023

Mobily Networks

Modelling and examining the feasibility of the natural phenomenon of diffraction using sub-6 GHz NLOS backhaul for broadband internet connectivity in rural areas

1 min read · Mon, Nov 6 2023

October 2023

Optimizing 6G connectivity: Tethered UAVs unleash the potential of aerial base stations

1 min read · Thu, Oct 26 2023

Combating angle of arrival fluctuations, turbulence, and pointing error in an Earth-to-HAP FSO system through spatial diversity

1 min read · Sun, Oct 22 2023

satellite communication

September 2023

Dr. Baha Eddine Belmekki wins second place in Falling Walls Lab KAUST 2023

1 min read · Mon, Sep 25 2023

Falling Walls Competition Falling Walls Award

Innovative research enhances integrated wireless networks for remote maritime areas

1 min read · Fri, Sep 15 2023

communication networks Wireless Communications

July 2023

A new fast cooperative algorithm enhances target localization technique in wireless sensor networks

1 min read · Sun, Jul 23 2023

Wireless localization Signal processing convex optimization

Research explores enhancing reliability in hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks

1 min read · Fri, Jul 14 2023

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May 2023

Underwater long-distances wireless communication study from CTL awarded at the IEEE SusTech 2023 student poster contest

1 min read · Thu, May 4 2023

April 2023

LoRa backscatter communications: Temporal, spectral, and error performance analysis

1 min read · Thu, Apr 27 2023