Theoretical and Experimental

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Theoretical and Experimental Activities in
Networking Andrea Fumagalli, Isabella Cerutti,
Muhammad Kalam, Marco Tacca Optical Networking
Advanced Research (OpNeAR) Lab Erik Jonsson
School of Engineering and Computer Science, The
University of Texas at Dallashttp//opnear.utdall
as.edu/
Some Research Topics
Collaborations and Funding
Research Focus

• Multiple classes of reliability
• Rapid bandwidth provisioning
• Traffic Engineering and grooming
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Power aware protocols and routing schemes
• Optical bust switching (OBS)
• Test-beds
• The ? optical mesh network
• The LightRing OBS network

• High Speed Networks
• Optical Networks
• Sensor Networks
• Wireless Networks

• Texas ARP/ATP
• NSF
• DoD
• CPqD - Brazil
• Scuola SantAnna - Italy
• Corporate
• Annual average 500k

List of Current Projects

• Enabling Platforms GRID Computing for Scalable
  Virtual Organizations
• Generic Autonomous Platform for Sensor Systems
• Advanced Radars and Electro-optical Sensors
  (ARES)
• Differentiated Reliability in an Optical
  Test-bed
• Differentiated Reliability (DiR) in Multi-Layer
  Optical Networks

The ? Test-bed Optical Mesh networks for
Emerging Gigabit Applications
Emulated 4 x 4 optical switch and programmable
delay line