Section: Application Domains

Application Domains

Depending on the classes of communication networks, we focus on different issues:

• Concerning the Internet, we concentrate on probing and on the analysis of flow and congestion control.

• Concerning operator networks, we work on the control and the optimization of wireless and wireline access networks;

• Concerning self-organized networks, we focus on the design of MAC and routing protocols and on the evaluation of the ultimate capacity.

We interact on these questions with the following industrial partners: Thomson (probing), Alcatel (wireline access with Antwerp and wireless access with Villarceaux) and Sprint (Internet probing and wireless access). We also have some point to point interactions with researchers of France Télécom on wireless cellular networks.