Research Topics
Network planning
- Greenfield vs Brownfield
- Core, aggregation and access networks
- Finding best placement of components (e.g., remote nodes in access networks, controllers in SDN networks, trusted nodes in QKD)
- Modeling and evaluation of different fiber layouts using street maps
Network reliability and dependability
- Identification and modeling of network threats
- Definition of attributes to evaluate network reliability and dependability
- Modeling of means to improve network reliability and dependability
- Network design to improve network reliability and dependability
Network sovereignty
- Modeling and evaluation of network sovereignty
- Impact of network planning on network sovereignty
- Techno-economic evaluation towards network sovereignty
Dynamic network operation
- Efficient and optimal allocation of network resources
- Flexible and adaptive resource allocation
- Efficient network control and management architectures