Showing all Communications and Networking Systems Laboratory projects |
| GENI Working Group Meetings - Substrate(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 07-01-2009) |
| ITTC researchers are helping lead the first spiral of planning and prototyping for the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) infrastructure. GENI will support experimental research in network science and engineering (NetSE). The Substrate Working group is charged with identifying the needed technologies and how they will be used within GENI. |
| Optimal and Adaptive Control of Stochastic Systems(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 07-01-2009) |
| Research focuses on the control of stochastic systems driven by an arbitrary fractional Brownian motion (FBM) and by some discontinuous processes. |
| Development of Reduced Form Factor Agility (RFID) Tags(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 06-20-2009) |
| ITTC will develop several new RFID tag antenna designs. |
| MARC Intelligent Transportation System Integration Project (ITSIP) Phase 2.0(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-21-2009) |
| Researchers will develop the capability of transferring custody of a container from one organization to another through the Transportation Security SensorNet (TSSN) and the Trade Data Exchange databas |
| High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-15-2009) |
| ITTC research will develop and implement hardware reference prototypes for spectrally efficient, high performance forward error correction (FEC) codes for use with current and future telemetry waveforms. |
| Workshop on Future Research in Cognitive Radios(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 03-05-2009) |
| Long-range standoff IED detection using mobile glass generated THz waves(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 10-01-2008) |
| Collaborative research will study Er-dropped III nitride materials grown on silicon substrates and their applications in novel photonic devices. |
| GpENI: Great Plains Environment for Network Innovation(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2008) |
| ITTC will lead regional deployment of network infrastructure to support interdisciplinary research and development of future Internet architectures. The Great Plains Environment for Network Innovation (GpENI), part of a National Science Foundation initiative, will foster collaboration among participating Midwestern universities. |
| Continuous-band OFDM System for High-Speed Optical Transmission(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 07-15-2008) |
| Orthogonal frequency-domain multiplexing (OFDM) increases optical bandwidth efficiency while decreasing performance degradation due to chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion. ITTC researchers will develop an innovative coherent band-combining technique to enhance the capabilities of OFDM systems. |
| Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 07-03-2008) |
| Researchers will develop communication systems able to operate under severe size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints. Additionally, these systems will be required to transmit large amounts of data wirelessly and efficiently during future space missions. |
| Evaluation of Optical Modulation Technologies: Improved PMD Measurement and Transport Options for 100 Gb/s(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-20-2008) |
| ITTC researchers will evaluate 100Gb/s or higher optical modulation techniques likely to be most suited to the Sprint optical fiber network. |
| Long-Range Standoff IED Detection Using Mobile Glass Generated THz Waves(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 02-08-2008) |
| Advanced Techniques for Continuous Phase Modulation(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 12-17-2007) |
| ITTC research is advancing the state of the art in Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM). These techniques will affect the performance of current communication standards and influence the formation of future wireless communication standards. |
| Robust Wireless Mesh Networking Research Extension to 23 GHz(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 10-11-2007) |
| ITTC in collaboration with the KU Department of Geography will determine the correlation of localized weather patterns, such as thunderstorms, and impacts on network performance for longer millimeter wave links. |
| Evaluation of RFID Tags on Metal Cylinders(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-13-2007) |
| ITTC researchers are studying tag performance of multiple tags, especially when two relatively close to each other. Additionally, researchers will share their innovative RFID solutions with the sponsor. |
| Development of an ETSI-Compliant Polycarbonate RFID Tag(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-15-2007) |
| ITTC researchers will modify the radio frequency identification (RFID) system, known as the KU-Tag, to track personal computers (PCs) and laptop computers for an industry sponsor. |
| A Framework for Re-targeting Radio Designs(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-10-2007) |
| ITTC researchers address the challenge of re- using radio designs to implement multiple physical radios. |
| Rail Sensor Testbed Program: Active Agents in Containers for Transport Chain Security(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 07-03-2007) |
| ITTC research will fundamentally change the current centralized security model to more of a distributed one, which will make transported objects active agents in their own security. |
| PMD Monitoring in Live DWDM Optical Networks(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 06-13-2007) |
| ITTC researchers will reduce the complexity of the current PMD measuring device and increase its detection efficiency. |
| A VHDL-Based Telemetry Waveform Generator(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-17-2007) |
| The primary purpose of the project is to implement a VHDL-based waveform generator for a number of waveforms that are part of open communication standards in aeronautical telemetry. |
| NeTS-FIND: CogNet--An Experimental Protocol Stack for Cognitive Radio Networks and Its Integration with the Future Internet(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-15-2006) |
| The CogNet project is performing research on architectural tradeoffs and protocol design approaches for cognitive networks at both local network and the global internetwork levels. |
| Optical-Domain Performance Monitoring for Next Generation Optical Networks(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2006) |
| ITTC researchers are refining their multi-functional optical system performance monitor. In addition to performing high-resolution optical spectrum analyzing, the system is capable of monitoring chromatic dispersion and PMD at each wavelength channel. |
| Quantifying the Impact of Unlicensed Devices on Digital TV Receivers(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2006) |
| This project will perform the first rigorous scientific study to establish the behavior of TV receivers under the sorts of spectrum usage that might be expected from unlicensed devices in the TV white spaces. |
| Graduate Scholarship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-07-2006) |
| The proposed award will support the graduate education of Suyang (Hans) Ju. |
| New FEC Schemes for Aeronautical TM(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-01-2006) |
| ITTC technology will provide increased spectral and detection efficiency for aeronautical telemetry by treating the modulation itself as a code. |
| Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Agreement(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 04-28-2006) |
| Ron Hui, affiliated with CNSL, is directing the Photonics and Device Technologies Program within the National Science Foundation. |
| Non-destructive PMD Monitoring in Live WDM Optical Systems(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 03-01-2006) |
| In optical fiber communication systems, polar-mode dispersion (PMD) is one of the most important factors of performance degradation. ITTC researchers developed a novel and efficient PMD monitoring apparatus, based on the coherent detection and RF signal processing. |
| Adaptive Distributed Radio Open-source Intelligent Network (ADROIT)(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 10-01-2005) |
| The Center will provide 10 Agile Radios, a software defined radio, for use in developing and demonstrating capabilities needed for the DARPA project. |
| Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-25-2005) |
| The results of this effort will lay the foundation for enhancing the ability of the private sector to efficiently embed security that provides business value, e.g., faster transport and reduced theft, while supporting law enforcement and national security. |
| Index Switchable III-nitride Planar Lightwave Circuits for Optical Communications(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-17-2005) |
| The development of a carrier-induced index change is necessary for the evolution of high-speed optical communication. ITTC researchers will create this real, functional device for the all-optical packet switch. |
| RFID Tag Analysis and Trade Studies(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-29-2005) |
| ITTC is conducting research on the availability of small RFID tags and testing their operational capabilities. |
| Collaborative Research: High-Speed Self-Configuring Networks Based on Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Optical(PPO) Nodes(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 10-01-2004) |
| The project will answer challenging questions of theoretical and practical interest relating to network protocols, analytical optical transmission models, and micro fabrication technology applied to the realization of a micro-OSA. |
| Comparative Analysis of EPC Compliant Devices(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-16-2004) |
| The RFID Alliance Lab will produce a "consumer reports" on commercially available EPC-compliant hardware. These reports will be sold to the industry and will enable end users to make more informed decisions and move quicker and with confidence as they develop their RFID strategies. |
| Optical-Domain Performance Monitoring for Next Generation Optical Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-01-2004) |
| Optical domain performance monitoring will be crucial to the success of future dynamic optical networks. ITTC researchers are refining a performance monitor that will work with most optical network architecture. It will provide sufficient information for network maintenance and quality control. |
| National Radio Networking Research Testbed (NRNRT)(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 10-02-2003) |
| ITTC researchers are developing a National Radio Network Research Testbed (NTNRT) to support research and development of new radio devices, services, and architectures and to provide a facility for researchers to test and evaluate their systems. |
| Reduced Brace Section (RXS): Proof of Concept(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 10-01-2003) |
| In the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) updated its building codes with Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel. The updated Seismic Provisions have significantly increased the cost and size of steel connections for structures used for industrial purposes. Professor Kim Roddis is working to lower the cost while helping ensure these buildings perform well in earthquakes. |
| Extending the Thread Execution Model for Hybrid CPU/FPGA Architectures(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2003) |
| Recently emerging CPU/FPGA hybrid chips are becoming extremely important components, contributing to the creation of a family of COTS hardware platforms for future RTEC systems. System software for these hybrids must provide a fairly general set of capabilities to support the widening range of applications. But at the same time, it also must be capable of providing the specialized support required to satisfy a particular application's interfacing and performance needs. |
| SGER: System-Level Network Modeling(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2003) |
| Researchers will explore new techniques for design of advanced networking services. Specifically, they will concentrate on understanding and predicting emergent behaviors resulting from interactions between and among services and infrastructure elements. |
| Workshops: Support for Wireless Networking Workshop and PI Meeting(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2003) |
| ITTC researchers will ccontinue to support the National Science Foundation in developing a comprehensive research program in innovative and advanced wireless networking systems. This project proposes to extend their initial work in eliciting research problems through their NSF/FCC Workshop on the Future of Spectrum: Technologies and Policies. |
| Development Multilink PPP Technologies from Iridium(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-28-2003) |
| The Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements (PRISM) project requires communication to the polar regions. Communication coverage in Greenland and Antarctica must be truly mobile, and its implementation requires relatively inexpensive equipment. ITTC researchers selected to use Multilink point-to-point protocol (MLPPP) over the Iridium satellite system. This system has the potential to support the requirements for remote communications for a government contractor. |
| Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment for Joseph Evans(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-18-2003) |
| Joseph Evans, professor of EECS, will spend the next two years at the National Science Foundation, directing a program within the Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research. |
| Interoperability Testing of Bluetooth Devices: Prototype & Implementation(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-15-2003) |
| ITTC intends to fill a role complementary to the certification process and aims to measure the interoperability and ease of use of Bluetooth products. |
| KU High Altitude Balloon Experiment System and the KUBESat-1 Project(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-15-2003) |
| The primary goal of this program is to design, build, test, and operate a satellite-like vehicle, commonly called a BalloonSat. It will contain one or more experiments and will be launched on a weather balloon. |
| PMD Characterization of Installed Fiber(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-01-2003) |
| Researchers are continuing work to understand how polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) affects installed (buried) fiber cables. They are researching how this behavior might impact the reliability of a a fiber-optic network. |
| The Future of Spectrum: Technologies and Policies Workshop, May 28-29, 2003.(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 05-01-2003) |
| The National Science Foundation Workshop on The Future of Spectrum is to determine the state-of-the-art in radio hardware and software technologies, consider spectrum management policy alternatives and report to NSF on possible research directions. The workshop will be held in Washington, DC at the end of May 2003 and bring together approximately 75 participants. |
| Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements (PRISM) Project (supplement) (Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 03-01-2003) |
| The system will be developed to collect, process, and analyze data in real time and in conjunction with a priori information derived from archived sources. The combined real-time and archived information will be used onboard the vehicles to select and generate an optimum sensor configuration. |
| Flexible Wireless Systems for Rapid Network Evolution (Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-2003) |
| ITTC researchers are developing, implementing, and demonstrating an ultra-wideband communications system based on hundreds to thousands of individual carrier channels. Such systems will allow the rapid deployment of new wireless Internet services. |
| Protocol, Profile, and Interoperability Testing of Bluetooth Devices(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 11-15-2002) |
| ITTC researchers will test whether the Bluetooth components are capable of interacting as intended.Bluetooth devices are only as useful as their ability to communicate and interoperate with other Bluetooth devices. Thus, we will perform interoperability tests based on Bluetooth protocols and profiles. |
| Quantifying the Temporal Characteristics of Congestion Events in the Internet(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2002) |
| ITTC researchers will conduct research on a Quality of Service (QoS) metric for the Internet that can be understood easily and used in the design of future packet networks. While QoS mechanisms have not been widely developed in the past because of their complexity and their misunderstood role in user performance, they could play a crucial role in the future design of packet networks |
| Quantifying the Temporal Characteristics of Congestion Events in the Internet (supplement) (Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2002) |
| This supplement will help ITTC researchers conduct research on a Quality of Service (QoS) metric for the Internet that can be understood easily and used in the design of future packet networks. While QoS mechanisms have not been widely developed in the past because of their complexity and their misunderstood role in user performance, they could play a crucial role in the future design of packet networks. |
| Stochastic Systems and Control(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 08-01-2002) |
| The major focus of this proposal is the applications of a stochastic calculus for a fractional Brownian motion to stochastic systems, identification and control. |
| IP QoS in Broadband Wireless Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-2002) |
| This project addresses the question of how to carry multiple types of traffic with multiple levels of service over the wireless environment. Specifically, the goal is to build a protocol or a mechanism that will allow integrating the wireless environment (represented by the MAC layer) with the QoS architectures proposed for the wired networks (e.g., the Internet Diffserv and Intserv architectures). |
| Modeling Ultra-Dense, Ultra-High Speed WDM Fiber Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-2002) |
| The goal of this new effort is to expand the functionality and operability of this code, to rigorously test it, and to use it to model dense WDM situations of interest to Sprint TP&I. The functionality and operability of the code will be expanded to allow the greatest possible flexibility in modeling the widest possible range of WDM networks with the least possible operator expertise. |
| Wideband Planar (HDTV) Antenna(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 11-24-2001) |
| Many TV antennas do not operate well under multipath signal conditions. Those antennas that are more effective in dealing with multipath signals often have a limited response bandwidth, and some are characterized by a large wind area, creating a "sail" which is easily damaged in moderate to high winds. ITTC researchers are developing antennas with the ability to reduce the negative effects of multipath signals, while offering a wider bandwidth and resistance to wind effects. |
| Ultra-High-Capacity Optical Communications and Networking: III-nitride Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Optical Communications(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 11-01-2001) |
| The concepts of this project are distinct from recent mainstream research and development efforts. Through its success, this research may bring a technological breakthrough in fiber-optic networks, as well as the introduction into commerical applications, all optic packet switches. |
| Mobile Sensor Web for Polar Ice Sheet Measurement (PRISM)(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 10-01-2001) |
| The system will be developed to collect, process, and analyze data in real time and in conjunction with a priori information derived from archived sources. The combined real-time and archived information will be used onboard the vehicles to select and generate an optimum sensor configuration. |
| Acquisition of Equipment to Support Lightwave and Microwave Research(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 09-01-2001) |
| We propose an equipment grant to enhance ongoing and future lightwave communications and radar remote sensing research and education at the University of Kansas. |
| Scalable Performance Models for Large Scale Networks with Correlated Traffic(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-16-2001) |
| This project aims to study high-speed access networks, as these types of networks have been shown to have highly correlated and bursty traffic. |
| PNNI Simulator: Performance Evaluation Studies and Continued Development(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-16-2001) |
| This project is a continuation of a current Sprint-funded project, of which the initial development phase of the PNNI (Private Network-Network Interface) simulator is now complete. One focus of this project's continued work is in finding the full value of the simulator, which has yet to be demonstrated through its use in more extensive performance evaluation studies. A second focus is the continued development of the simulator capabilities, as new features or modifications are required by the needs of specific experiments of interest to Sprint. |
| Traffic Modeling for Network Engineering(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-16-2001) |
| The basis of this project is the study of ATM call models, analysis of which has been thus far focused on examining the statistical properties of the data on different time scales. Two primary centers of study are on the relationship between coarse time-scale measurements and fine time-scale measurements, and on the characterization of the long-range dependence (LRD) properties of the data. |
| Wireless Smart Devices and Their Coordination(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-10-2001) |
| The proposed research will support Ambient Computing, Inc.'s efforts to develop innovative technologies for smart infrastructure, and in particular wireless sensors that will be coordinated by a distributed software system called the MetaOS. The University of Kansas will test and evaluate the hardware and software systems developed by the company. |
| Development of 40 Gb/s Test Capability(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-2001) |
| A good understanding in 40 Gb/s optical systems will help Sprint in the decision-making process for the technical planning and integration. The goal of this research it to develop basic capabilities in support of 40 Gb/s optical signal transmission, transport, and reception to support future research thrusts requiring this capability. |
| Low Coherent, High Resolution WDM Reflectometry for Fiber Length Measurement(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 12-01-2000) |
| This project aims to test a method that measures the path length in an optical fiber accurately and dynamically. This method combines the traditional low-coherent reflectometry implementation with modern wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. |
| Architecture for Space Based Internets [SBI](Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-01-2000) |
| This three-year NASA project is an extension of ITTC's longstanding work and reputation in the area of Rapidly Deployable Radio Networks (RDRN). The techniques and data ITTC researchers gleaned from this wireless, high-speed communication system for moving military units in the field will now be applied to satellites orbiting in space. |
| An ATM Call Model for Traffic Engineering(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 07-01-2000) |
| This project will make use of measurement capabilities to collect traffic data, to develop statistical call models from the data, and to show how these models can be useful for traffic engineering. |
| Complexity, Implementation, and Management Trade-offs for Traffic Aggregation in Future Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-30-2000) |
| The quality of service (QoS) experienced by the customer is determined by how well the network can allocate the resources required for optimal performance of each customer's task. |
| Architecture and Prototype of an Ambient Computational Environment (ACE) [DARPA](Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-29-2000) |
| This 2.5-year effort complements ITTC's significant and ongoing work in the field of ambient computational environments, also known as ACE. |
| Network Capacity Trade-offs for Traffic Aggregation in Future Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-01-2000) |
| Evaluation of traffic handling mechanisms for support of Quality of Service (QOS) on the Internet will be a continuing technical issue, impacting network engineering and design. By incorporating sensitivity analysis, this research will provide a tool for long-term planning to show how the various traffic-handling mechanisms will react to growth in network traffic. |
| Ambient Computational Environments (ACE) [National Science Foundation](Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 09-03-1999) |
| The first of ITTC's Ambient Computational Environment (ACE) projects, this four-year contract with the National Science Foundation supports the equipment needed to create futuristic rooms, or "smart rooms," both in Nichols Hall and elsewhere on KU's campus. |
| Network Monitoring for Performance Analysis and for Enabling Network-Aware Applications(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-01-1999) |
| This project entails the development and deployment of a NGI service that addresses "network-aware" issues and provides information on network components, network systems, and applications. This service is called ENABLE: Enhancing of Network-aware Applications and BottLeneck Elimination. |
| Open Control Architectures(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 07-21-1999) |
| The provision of new services on current and future high-speed networks will require network elements to be flexible and easily controlled. To enable this, a simple, powerful, and flexible network control mechanism is needed. |
| Innovative Active Networking Services(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-04-1999) |
| This project aims to integrate developed active networking components into an operational system, develop innovative active networking services, implement a significant active networking testbed, and extend the testbed to additional sites--all of which constitutes a substantial step toward the realization of active networking. |
| High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer for Optical System Link Quality Monitoring(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-01-1999) |
| During this yearlong project, the team investigated various ways to build an ultra high-resolution, optical spectrum analyzer that had good resolution, wide spectrum range and compact size. |
| Optical Domain Signal Analyzer(Status: Active -- Project Award Date: 06-01-1999) |
| Researchers at ITTC will build an ultra high-resolution, optical spectrum analyzer that has good resolution, wide spectrum range and compact size. They will also produce a prototype of the high-resolution spectral analyzer technology. |
| PMD Characterization on an Active Fiber Link(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-01-1999) |
| The purposes of this research are to learn more about the dynamics of adaptive PMD compensation, and to validate the principles and effectiveness of a PMD compensation approach developed recently by the researchers at ITTC. |
| Multi-Dimensional Companding Based Sonoelasticity and Scatterer Size Imaging with the TMS230-Based System(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 04-01-1999) |
| The employment of the Texas Instruments TMS320DSP along with the KUMC imaging algorithm could potentially open new markets and many other exciting applications for existing imaging technologies. |
| Bi-directional Optical Recirculating Loop for Multi Channel WDM Applications(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 02-01-1999) |
| We investigate and optimize the configurations of bi-directional, fiber-optic recirculating loops to construct a well packaged, user-friendly, bi-directional loop test fundation that can be used in high-speed bi-directional SONET/SDH fiber-optic transmission experiments. |
| System Support and Performance Evaluation of Conventional and Real-Time ORBs(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 02-01-1999) |
| The continued development of real-time computing has led to a number of challenges for Sprint. The convergence of distributed and real-time computing could change the way Sprint handles its networks. The future could provide different needs for its customers as well. This project will address these challenges with a number of solutions. |
| Wireless Network Systems Research(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 10-01-1998) |
| This project examines the behavior of the Adaptive Broadband Ltd. (ABL) Radio ATM (RATM) system in the wireless local loop (WLL) environment. This study focuses on the following aspects of the system: characteristics and behavior of the media access layer, MAC behavior under various channel and interference conditions, and use of mobility-support features and measurement-based adaptation. |
| High Speed WDM Sub-Carrier Multiplexed Optical Fiber Communication Systems(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 07-01-1998) |
| This project's objective is to investigate high-bit-rate, flexible, fiber-optic communication systems based on the combination of sub-carrier multiplexing (SCM) technique and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. |
| Voice Transport Over ATM(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-01-1998) |
| The intent of this two-year project is to expand our current studies of AAL2 into the broader arena of Voice Transport over ATM. Another proposal from ITTC (AAL2 Call/Correction Control Signaling, with Joseph Evans as Principal Investigator) will focus on signal/control and implementation issues for AAL2. |
| Quality of Service Translations(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-16-1998) |
| The goal of the project is to study Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities, measure and analyze the performance of several of these QoS architectures, and develop an interworking framework supporting multiple QoS schemes. |
| AAL2 Call/Connection Control Signaling(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 05-01-1998) |
| Researchers are working on ways to send medium-packet-size data applications more efficiently. The new AAL2 (ATM Adaptation Layer for composite users) will allow the multiplexing of several small data units. This could provide economic advantages along with management simplicity. |
| Investigation of FPGA Rapid Prototyping of Military Software Radio Systems(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 04-20-1998) |
| The objective of this effort is to develop efficient signal processing algorithms for military tactical radio systems. |
| Broadband Wireless Local Loop(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-1998) |
| The delivery of integrated data, voice, and video services is increasingly important to both business and residential customers. The project will demonstrate that wireless ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) can be used for the delivery of this multimedia data. |
| Determination of the Impact of Advanced Traffic Controls on the Performance of Edge/Core ATM Network Architectures(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 1998) |
| The results of this effort will enable the deployment of an efficient long distance ATM network that meets customer expectations for functionality and quality of service. |
| Exploiting Open Control of ATM Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 09-01-1997) |
| The focus of the project is to separate control plane of networks from the user plane.Employing off-board control and the switchlet concept, the project involves a proof-of-concept implementation and performance study of multiple control architectures sharing resources in the switchlet environment. |
| Integrated Evaluation of Network, System, and Application Software Architecture and Performance Issues in ATM Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 07-01-1997) |
| This project concentrated on creating the ability to take an integrated view of end-to-end performance. |
| Rapidly Deployable Radio Network(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 06-20-1997) |
| The primary objective of the RDRN project is to create architectures, protocols, and prototype hardware and software for a high speed network that can be deployed rapidly in areas of military conflicts or civilian disasters where communication infrastructures are lacking and or destroyed. |
| RF Channel Simulator for Wireless Communications(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 04-25-1997) |
| The purpose of the simulator is to provide a laboratory test instrument of revaluating UHF radios. |
| ATM Adaptation Layer for Composite Users (AAL-CU) Research(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-1997) |
| This project will provide a detailed performance evaluation of the new AAL-CU, including comparisons with AAL1 and AAL5 alternatives and recommendations for appropriate protocol parameter values. |
| The Pricing of Services in ATM Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-01-1997) |
| The ultimate goal is to identify properties of a pricing structure for a commercial ATM network which best achieves the objectives of the network provider, as well as customer's goals. |
| MAGIC II(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 08-23-1996) |
| A Large-Scale Internetwork Supporting High Speed Distributed Storage. |
| Lightwave Communications Systems Research(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 01-31-1996) |
| Research into utilizing the latest electronic and lightwave devices to take advantage of the full potential of optical fiber. |
| A Large-Scale Internetwork Supporting High Speed Distributed Storage, Processing, and Applications - MAGIC II(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 1996) |
| The current MAGIC Gigabit Testbed (MAGIC-I) has demonstrated a high-speed, wide-area IP/ATM testbed that supports a real-time terrain visualization application and a high-speed, distributed storage system. The MAGIC-II effort extends that environment by connecting the MAGIC-I testbed to other wide-area IP/ATM testbeds and adding a variety of capabilities that enable large-scale, distributed information systems. |
| CDMA Capacity Assessment for Personal Wireless Communications(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 10-09-1995) |
| The project assesses the capacity of a cellular personal communications system using code-division-multipe-access (CDMA). |
| A Wireless Extension to the ACTS ATM Internetwork(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 1994) |
| Wireless ATM based services will provide the ability to seamlessly use advanced communications services independent of a connection to the wired infrastructure. |
| ACTS ATM Internetwork(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 1994) |
| THE ACTS ATM Internetwork (AAI) will be composed of a large number of network elements, connected by both ATM DS-3 (45 Mb/s) and OC-12c (622 Mb/s) satellite (ACTS) facilities. |
| Research on Gigabit Gateways: Access to Future Public Switched Networks(Status: Completed -- Project Award Date: 1992) |
| Gateways between local area, high speed connectionless (CL) networks and connection oriented (CO) wide area B-ISDN do not exist today. This research is focusing on advancing the state of the art in gateways that connect high speed CL premises equipment and long distance CO networks |
| A Functional Programming Environment for Design and Implementation of High Performance Radio and Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing Functions (Status: Completed) |
| A research project to design and implement a system that will allow for the rapid development of adaptive computing systems. |
| An Advanced Telecommunication Network Signaling Model (Status: Completed) |
| This research project is developing a new simulation architecture called the Advanced Telecommunications Network Signaling Model (ATNSM). |
| An Investigation of Communication System Performance in a Hospital Environment (Status: Completed) |
| The reduction in transmit power translates into reduced remote unit energy consumption and hence increased operating time. |
| An Investigation of Software Radio Techniques (Status: Completed) |
| We intend to investigate the implementation of a totally configurable radio system using off-the-shelf DSP microprocessors and field programmable gate arrays. |
| Analysis and Modelling of ATM Traffic (Status: Completed) |
| In this project, trace data from the Sprint network is analyzed and stochastic models, those based on probability, are developed to describe the ATM traffic. |
| Analytic and Simulation Based Models for the Investigation of Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Waveform Detectability (Status: Completed) |
| The goal of this research consists of investingating two distinct interrelated problems. |
| ATM Available Bit Rate Service Simulation Models (Status: Completed) |
| This project involves the development of simulation models of the ATM forum Available Bit Rate (ABR) traffic management specification. |
| ATM Reference Traffic System (Status: Completed) |
| We are building the ATM Reference Traffic System (ARTS), which will address objective evaluation and verification of network performance and interoperability in several ways. |
| Collection and Application of ATM Network Performance Characteristics (Status: Completed) |
| Even with several on-going efforts collecting specific performance data from the AAI and MAGIC networks, there is a need to capture the information from other Sprint experiments in the Technology Integration and Operations Center (TIOC) in Overland Park, Kansas. |
| Development and Testing of Advanced Signaling Protocols for ATM Networks (Status: Completed) |
| This project will investigate the signaling issues associated with creating and maintaining SVSs in broadband networks. |
| Development of a Large-scale ATM Network Simulation Environment (Status: Completed) |
| We are assisting the team (NRL, Sandia, and SAIC) Sprint has formed to develop a Large-scale ATM Network Simulation Environment (LANSE). |
| Development of a Wireless HF Packet Radio Modem and Protocol (Status: Completed) |
| The purpose of this project is to develop a physically small and inexpensive FM transceiver for the remote telemetry market. |
| Development of Design Rules and Associated Tools for ATM Networks (Status: Completed) |
| This project involves three tasks, each one distinct but related to the others. Task 1 is focusing on traffic modeling and analysis, Task 2 in focusing on design rules for maintaining Quality of Service (QOS), and Task 3 is providing a general network loading and routing tool to be used for constructing network simulations with the Block Oriented Network Simulator (BONeS) simulation tool. |
| DSP Radio Algorithm Development with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (Status: Completed) |
| With this system we developed and tested radio algorithms for the Air Force's "Smart Radio" program. |
| Enhancing of Network-Aware Applications and Bottleneck Elimination (ENABLE) (Status: Completed) |
| The ENABLE project is a DOE-sponsored research project to build an adaptive monitoring infrastructure, a monitor data publishing mechanism, and monitor data analysis tools. We are developing a "grid" service that will provide both of these capabilities. The overall goal of this work is to provide manageability, reliability, and adaptability for high performance applications running over wide-area networks. |
| Evaluation of Distributed Control and Signaling Infrastructure for ATM Networks (Status: Completed) |
| The focus of this project is on the creation of a testbed within which the performance of network services and network management can be evaluated. |
| Low Complexity Adaptive Signal Processing Techniques (Status: Completed) |
| This work has focused on the development of new adaptive signal processing algorithms which are suitable for VLSI implementation. |
| Novel Digital Speech Compression Techniques (Status: Completed) |
| The objective of this project is to develop novel medium bit rate speech coding algorithms which are compatible with existing low bit rate coders, and are robust to harsh transmission environments. |
| Rapid Prototyping for Digital Signal Processing Applications (Status: Completed) |
| The goals of this research are to develop a methodology for employing computer aided design tools to rapidly and efficiently implement prototype systems using special purpose digital signal processors. |
| Research on the Real Time Estimation of Traffic Descriptors for High Speed Telecommunications Networks (Status: Completed) |
| This research program addresses performance monitoring and traffic characterization issues for HSN. |
| Silicon Beaker (Status: Completed) |
| This exploratory project is investigating the use of VLSI technology in biomedical applications. |
| SPARTAN - SPrint Applied Research parTners Advanced Network (Status: Completed) |
| SPARTAN is a research network provided by Sprint for collaborative research on network technologies and their applications. |
| The Design and Evaluation of Wide-Area Network Navigators for Education (Status: Completed) |
| The UNITE project is a research and development effort to establish an on time and user friendly means of delivering a full range of information resources to educators and students. |
| Traffic Mangagement and Controls for ATM Networks (Status: Completed) |
| Several traffic controls will be proposed and studied for CBR, VBR and ABR services. Some of these would function within customer equipment, some at the ATM access point (or User-Network Interface - UNI), and others would be distributed throughout the ATM network. |
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