CTVR is committed to undertaking research that can improve the future profitability of the telecommunications industry. There a number of ways in which this could be achieved, such as:

• better logistics
• production of more reliable devices or circuits
• systems that can be manufactured at a lower cost than is currently possible.

A core goal, therefore, is to move the output of CTVR's research into an industrial context wherever possible. To ensure that our research teams are working in the right problems and that the solutions have commercial value we require input from industry to shape the work programme and support research efforts that are likely to generate knowledge patents.

Typically, telecommunications research projects fall into one of three categories:

Basic: theoretical, mathematical or based on futuristic network topologies. The primary goal is to expand understanding of a particular aspect of telecommunications.

Strategic: may build on basic research or pull together disparate strands of research to develop a limited prototype as a proof of concept or to test a design methodology. The outputs of these projects usually require further research but allow decisions to be made as to the strategic value of the core technology.

Applied: often used to learn the peculiarities of a technology and provide a robust demonstration of how the technology might work as part of a product. The ouputs typically feed directly into the design of a product or service.

Find out more about the Technology Transfer Framework here.

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