Becoming leading partner for research, consultancy, and entrepreneurship activities

We are a research and academic institute focusing on such research topics as fiber optic communication networks, wired and wireless networks, sensing, data collection, IoT applications, 4G/5G technologies for telecommunications and transport, DSP, and machine learning applications for computer networks.

Institute of Telecommunications also prepares high-quality telecommunication engineers, recognized as knowledgeable professionals in the telecommunications sector not only on a national scale, but also worldwide, working at internationally well-known research institutes and companies.

Research directions

Research of wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) passive optical networks (PON)

Research on advanced modulation formats and their conversion

Investigation of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) optical sensing technologies for structural health monitoring (SHM)

Research on nonlinear optical effects in optical transmission systems, all-optical signal regeneration and signal processing

Fundamental Metaphotonics

Research of IoT technologies and related applications

Research of hybrid Wi-Fi and 4G/5G technologies to provide a communication link between the participants of the road traffic at high speed with low delay

Research of WSN topology to provide data collection from sensors and determining energy efficiency of buildings

Research of Machine Learning application for computer networks

Institute structure

Scientific team

Sandis Spolītis

Head of RTU ComTech

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Vjačeslavs Bobrovs

Head of Institute of Telecommunications

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Jurģis Poriņš

Dean of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications

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Oskars Ozoliņš

Guest asoc. professor

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Alexander Shalin

Guest asoc. professor

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Xiaodan Pang

Guest asoc. professor

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Aleksandrs Ipatovs

Leading Researcher

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Aleksandr Marinin

Guest prof. assistant

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Andis Supe

Leading Research

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Jānis Klūga

Alīna Stafecka

Dairis-Frejs Sinkēvičs

Svitlana Matsenko

Assistant Professor

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Elans Grabs

Toms Salgals

Lilita Ģēģere

Telecommunications Engineer

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Uģis Seņkāns

Jānis Braunfelds

Laura Skladova

Rihards Mūrnieks

Armands Ostrovskis

Kaspars Zaķis

Inna Kurbatska

Leading Research

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Dmitrijs Prigunovs

Scientific Assistant

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