Living Labs

ComTech Lab

Performance analysis, optimisation and experimental testing of advanced wireless systems in our private 5G network and SDR testbeds. Topics include reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS/STAR-RIS), NOMA and rate-splitting multiple access, short-packet and covert communications, joint radar-communication, satellite-UAV-terrestrial networks and physical-layer security. mmWave capabilities are being added.

AI-based decision support in clinical settings, such as evaluation of intraoperative X-ray images of breast tissue for surgical margin assessment, and speech-based health diagnostics.

Computer vision and vision-language models for automated inspection and monitoring in transport and critical infrastructure. Examples include automatic visual inspection of urban rail vehicles, anomaly detection in tram interior CCTV, and AI-based protection of critical infrastructure components against theft and damage.

We work directly with security forces and first responders. For the Czech Armed Forces we develop AI-based processing and fusion of image and sensor data from UAV swarms (DECOSIS, TA ČR defence research). For the Fire and Rescue Service we develop localisation and AI-based situational awareness of firefighters in large GPS-denied buildings (IZ SAFE, Ministry of the Interior). We also provide security analysis of mobile and IP networks for law enforcement, and our QKD network emulation platform has been demonstrated to the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB). We offer feasibility studies, prototype development and field validation.

Identification of devices and their operating states from power-consumption signatures using neural networks. Applications include energy management, predictive maintenance and detection of unauthorised or anomalous devices.

Pilot deployments and testing of IoT solutions on our city-scale LoRaWAN infrastructure (lora.vsb.cz), including hybrid LoRaWAN/NB-IoT connectivity, scalable containerised IoT concentrators and edge computing. We help municipalities and companies turn sensor data into decisions, for example through data platforms for optimising municipal infrastructure.

Design and testing of virtualised and programmable network architectures, including VXLAN-based overlay networks, network segmentation, traffic engineering and automation. We evaluate quality of service and quality of experience for real-time voice and video services, including machine-learning models that predict video quality under varying encoding and network conditions.

Design, simulation and evaluation of QKD networks and their integration into existing infrastructures. We focus on key management systems, standardised key-delivery interfaces (ETSI GS QKD 004/014), hybrid QKD and post-quantum cryptographic schemes, and quantum-safe services such as 5G roaming. We develop QKDNetSim, an open-source QKD network emulator for ns-3 used by engineers, researchers and educators, and operate a real cross-border QKD link.

Detection of synthetic (deepfake) speech, robustness testing of speaker verification and voice biometrics against spoofing and voice cloning, and protection against vishing and phishing. Our IP telephony infrastructure serves as a realistic testbed for evaluating attacks and countermeasures on real voice channels. We also develop tools that disrupt phishing campaigns.