CTTC

The basic and applied research activities carried out at the Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia (CTTC) focus on technologies related to the physical, linking and network layers of the OSI communications protocol stack. R&D activities are carried out by two units: Research and Engineering. The Research Unit contains five areas: Radio Communications, Optical Networking, Communications Subsystems, Access Technologies and IP Technologies. The Engineering Unit is responsible for the horizontal development of hardware and software prototypes and demonstration models, and carries out most of the centre’s technology transfer activities.