From 1985 Bill Cowley worked in the Institute for Telecommunications Research at Mawson Lakes. He retired in September 2015 from his UniSA position of Professor of Communication Signal Processing and is currently an Adjunct Professor at UniSA. He's also an adjunct faculty member of the International Space University.
About me
From 1985 Bill Cowley worked in the Institute for Telecommunications Research at Mawson Lakes. He retired in September 2015 from his UniSA position of Professor of Communication Signal Processing and is currently an Adjunct Professor at UniSA. He's also an adjunct faculty member of the International Space University.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Bill Cowley received his undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Adelaide. He worked for the Post Master General's Department then Defence Science for several years, and joined the UniSA precursor, SAIT, in 1985. Since then he has worked in the Institute for Telecommunications Research at Mawson Lakes, mainly in the area of satellite communications.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Downlinks for future earth observation satellites: breaking the bottlenecks, ARC - Linkage Project, 20/10/2014 - 31/07/2018
ARC linkage partner Thales 2014-2016, Thales Alenia Space Italia, 16/10/2014 - 30/04/2018
FPGA-based FSO FEC System, Cwth Dept of Defence - Defence Support Group, 06/01/2016 - 30/06/2016
Software-based FSO FEC System, Cwth Dept of Defence - Defence Support Group, 01/12/2015 - 30/06/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
1
|
| 2017 |
Open access
12
8
|
| 2015 |
6
7
|
| 2014 |
4
3
|
| 2014 |
Open access
5
3
|
| 2013 |
Open access
7
5
|
| 2013 |
2
2
|
| 2012 |
Open access
40
36
|
| 2012 |
20
19
|
| 2010 |
3
3
|
| 2010 |
3
2
|
| 2010 |
|
| 2009 |
Open access
48
37
|
| 2009 |
|
| 2009 |
Open access
17
11
|
| 2008 |
Open access
6
6
|
| 2008 |
Open access
97
67
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
Open access
2
|
| 2018 |
3
3
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2016 |
Open access
|
| 2016 |
4
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
3
1
|
| 2014 |
15
9
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
5
2
|
| 2014 |
3
1
|
| 2013 |
Open access
7
6
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
3
2
|
| 2013 |
2
1
|
| 2013 |
4
3
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2013 |
1
|
| 2012 |
7
|
| 2012 |
3
|
| 2011 |
Open access
5
|
| 2011 |
Open access
16
|
| 2011 |
Open access
26
|
| 2011 |
Open access
3
|
| 2010 |
Open access
6
5
|
| 2010 |
Open access
2
2
|
| 2009 |
Open access
3
|
| 2009 |
Open access
|
| 2009 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2009 |
Open access
|
| 2008 |
1
|
| 2008 |
Open access
4
|
| 2008 |
Open access
12
6
|
| 2008 |
Open access
5
3
|
Research
| Details | Registry | Status |
|---|---|---|
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A multiuser communications system Grant, Alexander James; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Lavenant, Marc Pierre Denis; Lechner, Gottfried; Pollok, Andre; McKilliam, Robert George; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Cowley, William George; Davis, Linda Mary; Barbulescu, Sorin Adrian |
AU | Filed |
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A multiuser communications system Grant, Alexander James; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Lavenant, Marc Pierre Denis; Lechner, Gottfried; Pollok, Andre; McKilliam, Robert George; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Cowley, William George; Davis, Linda Mary; Barbulescu, Sorin Adrian |
EP | Filed |
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A multiuser communications system Grant, Alexander James; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Lavenant, Marc Pierre Denis; Lechner, Gottfried; Pollok, Andre; McKilliam, Robert George; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Cowley, William George; Davis, Linda Mary; Barbulescu, Sorin Adrian |
US | Filed |
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A multiuser communications system Grant, Alexander James; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Lavenant, Marc Pierre Denis; Lechner, Gottfried; Pollok, Andre; McKilliam, Robert George; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Cowley, William George; Davis, Linda Mary; Barbulescu, Sorin Adrian |
WO | Filed |
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Communication system and method Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Luppino, Ricky Rocco; Barbulescu, Adrian; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Grant, Alexander James; Cowley, William George; Lechner, Gottfried; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; McKilliam, Robert George; Pollok, Andre; Davis, Linda Mary |
AU | Filed |
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Communication system and method Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Luppino, Ricky Rocco; Barbulescu, Adrian; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Grant, Alexander James; Cowley, William George; Lechner, Gottfried; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; McKilliam, Robert George; Pollok, Andre; Davis, Linda Mary |
EP | Filed |
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Communication system and method Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Luppino, Ricky Rocco; Barbulescu, Adrian; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Grant, Alexander James; Cowley, William George; Lechner, Gottfried; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; McKilliam, Robert George; Pollok, Andre; Davis, Linda Mary |
US | Granted |
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Communication system and method Haley, David Victor Lawrie; Luppino, Ricky Rocco; Barbulescu, Adrian; Buetefuer, John Lawrence; Grant, Alexander James; Cowley, William George; Lechner, Gottfried; Land, Ingmar Ruediger; McKilliam, Robert George; Pollok, Andre; Davis, Linda Mary |
WO | Filed |
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Synchronisation methods for free space optical communications Cowley, William George; Lechner, Gottfried; Biggs, Colin |
WO | Filed |
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Bundeswehr University Munich | GERMANY |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Defence Science and Technology Group | AUSTRALIA |
| Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| German Aerospace Center | GERMANY |
| International Space University | UNITED STATES |
| Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Myriota Ptd Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| NHEW R&D Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
| Satellite Services BV | NETHERLANDS |
| Thales Alenia Space | UNITED STATES |
| Thales Alenia Space Italia | ITALY |
| Thales Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| The University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
| Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Acoustic beamforming for speech separation | Completed |
| Adaptive free space optical transmission methods | Completed |
| Adaptive hybrid FSO/RF communication systems | Completed |
| Alternative transforms for multicarrier communications systems | Completed |
| Estimation, adaption and channel modelling of free-space optical links | Completed |
| Experimental investigation and statistical characterisation of atmospheric scintillation | Completed |
| Full-diversity codes for block-fading channels | Completed |
| High-speed architectures for free space optical communication | Completed |
| MIMO for satellite communication systems | Completed |
| Multi-antenna techniques for millimetre-wave radios | Completed |
| Ontology-based conceptual payload design | Completed |
| Optical unipolar OFDM transmission schemes | Completed |
