International Center for Wireless Collaborative Research (Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications, hereafter referred to as WirelessCoRe) was co-founded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science and Shanghai Municipal Government in July 2003. It is the first non-profit institution in China which specializes in the research of key technologies for future mobile communications, system integration and testing and standardization research with the technical support from Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS (SIMIT) and Southeast University (SEU). It focuses on original innovation to promote international cooperation to achieve common advancement and push forward the formation of international standards for new generation mobile communication technologies.

WirelessCoR is positively seeking collaboration with both domestic and overseas wireless industries and research institutions, and has so far established collaborative relationships with several first-class equipment manufacturers and research institutions worldwide such as Nokia, Ericsson, France Telecom, Siemens, CEA/LETI, etc. As one of the two partners in China, it participates in mobile communications research of the 6th EU Framework Program.
WirelessCoRe is dedicated to application research with the focus on S&T innovation and system integration. It strives for breakthroughs in core technologies for new generation mobile communications. The main research areas involve key technologies for 4G/B3G mobile communications, FuTURE system integration and field trial, BWA system integration and field trial, etc.

Currently WirelessCoRe is undertaking key projects assigned by MOST, CAS and Shanghai Municipal Government as well as other subcontracted projects. It will provide powerful support for the development of wireless industry and a shared verification and a testing platform for R&D of future mobile communications.

WirelessCoRe offers a doctoral program of “communication and information systems” with the areas of spread spectrum communications, modern signal processing and its application in mobile communication, mobile communications network and system theory and applications, etc.