The 15 projects that make up ANCHOR are split into three groups, each consisting of five projects for Doctoral Candidates (DC).
Optical Communications – Developing advanced optical wireless communication technologies across terrestrial, underwater, space, and non‑line‑of‑sight environments, focussed on high‑capacity, energy‑efficient, and resilient optical links
DC1.1 – A high-speed high-density user-position-aware mobile MIMO-OWC system
This project is based at the University of Strathclyde in the UK. No longer accepting applications
DC1.2 – Environment-resilient high-capacity coherent FSO
Based at the Instituto de Telecomunicações in Portugal. No longer accepting applications.
DC1.3 – Far-UVC OWC: Towards beyond the line-of-sight communications
This project is based at the University of Strathclyde in the UK. No longer accepting applications.
DC1.4 – Waveform Design for Resilient Underwater Optical Wireless Communications
This project is based at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. More information and for applications, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/414608
DC1.5 – Energy-neutral optical wireless communication
This project is based at the University of Cambridge in the UK. No longer accepting applications
Radio Communications – Exploring next‑generation radio systems including cell‑free architectures, near‑field massive MIMO, sub‑THz networks, photonics‑assisted THz systems, and quantum machine learning for channel estimation.
DC2.1 – RS underpinned cell-free massive MIMO to support large coverage and high mobility
Based at the Instituto de Telecomunicações in Portugal. No longer accepting applications.
DC2.2 – Signal processing techniques for the near-field region of the large-scale antenna array
Based at Tampere Univerisity in Finland. For further information and to apply, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415808
DC2.3 – Sub-THz cell-free 6G network based on the spatial-spectral transmission
Based at Tampere University in Finland. For further information and to apply, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415807
DC2.4 – Analog Mobile fronthaul and photonics-assisted THz integrated sensing and communication
Based at Riga Technical University in Latvia. No longer accepting applications.
DC2.5 – Quantum machine learning channel estimation method
Based at Queen’s University Belfast in the UK. Applications are not yet open
Integrated technologies – Integrating optical, radio, and fibre technologies into unified hybrid networks. The work focuses on hybrid FSO‑RF‑fiber links, sustainable network design, AI‑driven optimisation, and 3D network architectures.
DC3.1 – Hybrid FSO and sub-THz real-time communication for reliable high-capacity fronthauling
Based at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Position filled.
DC3.2 – Hybrid Fibre-FSO-RF Links for flexible front-/mid-/backhauling and tropospheric networking
Based at Eindhoven University of Technology. No longer accepting applications.
DC3.3 – Network Architectures and Control for Tropospheric and Cell-Free Networks
Based at Eindhoven University of Technology. More information and for applications, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/402057
DC3.4 – On Sustainable 6G Networks Based on Zero-energy Node Operation
Based at the University of Oulu in Finland. For further information and to apply, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/416279
DC3.5 – Adaptive AI for Wireless Networks
Based at Hellenic Mediterranean University in Greece. Applications are not yet open