The Networks & Service Platforms Group

In the network technology and service platform group we are working within a wide range of aspects related to large communication infrastructures. Such as:

• Communication Network Design
• Broadband Access and Home networks (Wireline and Wireless) 
  Reliable “high capacity” transport networks
• Resource Management
• Network Interoperability
• Communication software architectures and performance
• Broadband/Multimedia Applications
• High Speed/Capacity Switching
• Network Elements for All-Optical Networks

Most of our research is related to external funded projects, either national or international and usually in collaboration with companies in order to ensure a clear innovative exploitation path. Currently the “Networks” group is involved in the following project with external funding:

• ICT ALPHA (together with “Metro access” group)
• Fixed-wireless convergence, fiber network for home and access
• ICT BONE
• Studies on broadband optical networks
• COST 703
• Traffic metrics and measurement techniques (started in 2009)
• HTF – 100G ethernet
• Network and network node design for 100G Ethernet (started in 2009)
• COST IC0804
• Energy efficiency of large scale system
• ICT – Daphne (together with “High speed optical systems”)
• In flight optical networks
• HTF – Standard Agnostic Intelligent Radio system for High Capacity Wireless Internet