The areas of scientific activities of the Wireless Systems and Networks Department (Z-8) include: digital radio communication (cellular, trunked and Wi-Fi systems) including marine communications, measurements of the mobile services quality in the cellular networks (2G, 3G, 4G and 5G), modern transmission techniques in wireless systems, wireless sensor networks, software-defined and cognitive radio, digital signal processing (DSP), satellite communications (Inmarsat, Cospas-Sarsat, VSAT, Satel lite AIS etc.), radio navigation – GPS, DGPS, Galileo, AIS, e-Navigation – new approach to navigation safety, the e-Call system, propagation measurements, systems radio planning, wind farms influence on wireless communication and radar systems, monitoring and location services.