COMS (Situated and Autonomic Communications)
Mantainer
Carlos Baquero
Objectives
This area deals with new paradigms for the design of
communication/networking systems where individual components and subsystems
react and
adapt to their local context and exhibit properties of
autonomy, self-organization, wide distribution, technology
independence and scale-free.
This encompasses a paradigm
shift from architected networks to
emergent
aggregation of heterogeneous network capacity. Such shift
is expected to induce cross-layer approaches, redefining traditional
protocol stacking models.
Focus/Approach
The design of self-organizing networks involves the study of interaction
properties among
individual units that react to each other and to the environment.
This involves both a
multi-disciplinary approach at the
theoretical level (new network information theory, random graphs,
complexity theory, genetic algorithms, game theory, ... ) and focus on
security, coordination, sensoring, evolvability, stability and
resilience.
UM/EEng Competences
- Sensor Networks
- Computer Communications
- Distributed Systems
- Networking Technologies (hardware/software)
- Interactions of new communication paradigms
- Wireless network access and error control
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CarlosBaquero - 21 Sep 2005