Research Topics

Applications & Services

• Mobile applications
• eHealth
• Medical imaging
• Adaptive video streaming for mobile devices, multimedia conferencing
• Traffic, telematics, vehicular communications
• Grids
• Mobile learning
• Animations and 3D graphics
• Mobile application support
• Content distribution
• Coding and content adaptation
• Ubiquitous and pervasive computing/communications
• Sensor networks
• Location-based services
• Context-aware computing and communications
• Mobile P2P
• RFID based services

Middleware & Security

• Middleware and SW development
• Runtime adaptation
• Component based architectures
• Software for embedded systems
• Security
• Trust
• Authentication

Network Architectures & Technologies

• Wireless access networks
• UMTS, WiMAX, WLAN, OFDM, ...
• Multi-radio, multi-access
• MAC layers
• Wireless multi-hop networks
• Mobile ad-hoc networks
• Wireless mesh networks
• Sensor networks
• Experimentation
• WiFi and mesh test-beds
• Sensor networks
• Wireless city and metropolitan networks
• Wireless measurements and monitoring
• Simulation methods and tools

Protocols

• Mobility issues
• Mobility management
• Roaming
• Handover optimization
• Always best connected, concurrent access
• Ambient networks
• Localization
• QoS and traffic engineering
• QoS control
• Transport protocols
• Congestion control
• Resource planning
• Traffic control
• Protocol architectures
• Cross layer protocol design
• Energy-efficient protocols
• Opportunistic networking
• Post-IP network architectures
• Overlay networks
• Self-* protocols and systems
• Autonomic networks