Research axes of the COMET theme :
- Communication architectures
- Signalling protocols
- Routing algorithms
Transport, control and management of communication networks and services
- Domains :
- Computer networks and telecommunications
- Fixed, mobile and wireless networks
- Ambient Internet
- Needs
- Efficient transport
- Reliable transport
- Maintain communication characteristics
- Autonomous management
New communication architectures
- Architecture for dynamic negotiation, control and configuration of services in IP networks with QoS [NetCon'04, WOCN'05].
- Signalling environment for advance resource reservation [JDIR'04, GRES'05, MAN'05].
- Policy-based management architecture for GMPLS networks [ISPMRC'05, MATA'05] [ISPMRC'05, MATA'05].
- Cross-domain end-to-end QoS architecture [ComCom '05, IST Summit '05] [ComCom '05, IST Summit '05]
New signalling protocols
- Protocol for negotiating service levels [DNAC'04, ICT'05].
- Advance Resource Reservation Protocol [ASWN'05, MWCN'05, CCECE'05].
- Fragmentation and encapsulation protocol for video streams over RTP with unequal error and bit rate control [J-SAC'05].
New routing algorithms
- Cluster-based adaptive routing algorithm for wireless sensor networks [GRES'05, MedHocNet'05, MATA'05].
- Dynamic IP video packet tagging algorithm for DiffServ access routers that responds to variations in bandwidth and multimedia stream characteristics [J-SAC'05].
Perspectives
- Specification and implementation of an environment for negotiation and dynamic configuration of secure services with quality of service constraints
- Design of a generic architecture for autonomous management
- Definition of an architecture for transporting audiovisual flows over next-generation IP networks
- Implementation of a federating project concerning the management of communications in the context of embedded systems