Behind the research

A breakthrough in affordable, open-source mobile networks could help bring remote medical care closer to reality. Researchers at the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering have developed a low-cost 4G LTE mobile network that enables near-real-time control of a robotic arm using off-the-shelf hardware. The system allows precise, low-latency movement an essential requirement for delicate procedures such as remote surgery. In their latest study, published in Communications Engineering, the team demonstrated how the system can perform mock dental examinations, showcasing its potential for future medical applications.   Built using the Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) framework, the system relies on open-source software and a repurposed USB dongle [...]

Dr Chenguang Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Engineering, Durham University. He specialises in applied machine learning and robust wireless connected systems. His research focuses on AI for wireless and end-to-end design, semantic communication, multi-agent cooperative perception, and networked control systems. He has been awarded the Warwick–SUSTech Scholarship (2019-2023), SUSTech Research Star Award (2023), and his research in cooperative perception have won the Oracle Research UK Grant Award (2022). He has also served as TPC member for several major communication conferences, such as IEEE INFOCOM, ICCCN, and ICCC, and a reviewer for leading journals, such as [...]