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- The Antennas & Propagation Lab (APL) of the iTEAM leads REMANDO2030, a project focused on propagation modeling for future 6G wireless networks.The REMANDO2030 project, which also involves researchers from GISAR (Systems Engineering, Antennas, and Radiopropagation Group) at the University of Cantabria, is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities under the 2024 Knowledge Generation Projects call (PID2024-158965OB). The project began on September 1, 2025, and over …
- 10 iTEAM researchers in the World’s Top 2 % Scientists (Stanford–Elsevier 2025)The iTEAM Research Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) celebrates the inclusion of ten of its researchers in the Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists, compiled by Stanford University and published by Elsevier. This international …
- iTEAM participated at MULCOPIM 2025The Microwave Applications Group (GAM) of the iTEAM Institute played a prominent role in the 11th International Workshop on Multipactor, Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF Hardware (MULCOPIM 2025). The event, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) in …
- iTEAM Innovation Unit Takes Part in the Innoagents Network Meeting by IVACE+i at the Miguel Hernández UniversityAlicia Abad and Paco Marqués, from the Innovation Unit of the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), recently took part in the Innoagents Network meeting organized by IVACE+i Innovación, held at the Science Park …
- iTEAM Researchers Take Part in COST Meeting in LilleConchi García Pardo and César Montaner, researchers from the Mobile Communications Group (MCG) at the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), recently took part in the European COST programme meeting held in …
- Salvador Sales, researcher at the Photonics Research Labs (PRL) of the iTEAM at UPV, selected for The Photonics100 2025The Photonics100 list for 2026 has been published by the British magazine Electro Optics, which recognizes the 100 most innovative people shaping the future of photonics worldwide. In this new edition, Professor Salvador Sales at ETSI Telecom and researcher at …

iTEAM Research Institute
Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+i)
in Information and Communications Technologies.
The Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM), located at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), was founded in 2005 with the aim of promoting research and innovation in the field of telecommunications and multimedia applications. Since then, we have worked tirelessly to push the boundaries of knowledge and contribute to technological progress in these disciplines.
Currently, the iTEAM has a human team made up of more than 150 people, including UPV professors, postdoctoral researchers, laboratory technicians and doctoral students. Our institute is made up of various highly specialized research groups, each focused on key areas within telecommunications.
The strong involvement of all our qualified personnel allows us to develop activities in very diverse topics such as photonics, mobile communications, antennas and propagation, image, video and audio signal processing, and multimedia applications, among others.
At iTEAM, we are committed to scientific excellence and the transfer of knowledge to society and industry. Through our innovative research, international collaborations and interdisciplinary projects, we contribute to the technological development and progress of telecommunications.
Areas
Multimedia communications over IP networks: Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE). Spatial audio. Immersive television.
Optical communications of analog and digital signals. Radio-over-fiber systems. Quantum photonics.
Specific design of antennas and microwave communications devices. Space communication systems. Propagation and channel modeling.
Digital processing of signals applied to: image, sound, communications, sensor data and biological data. Industrial and financial applications.
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At ITEAM we have numerous offers to participate in research projects





