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