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Main areas of research
SDN/NFV for 5G
SDN and NFV tools for reconfigurable and multi-tenant backhaul and fronthaul in 5G networks
Virtual network functions for management and security services in 5G networks
Network Slicing
SDN/NFV for datacenters & cloud
Software defined control of optical data centre for inter- and intra-DC connectivity services
Converged orchestration of network and cloud resources
Composition and chaining of virtual network functions
Internet of Things/M2M for Smart Buildings and Smart Factories
Unified control of multiple heterogeneous smart sensors and actuators
Abstraction, virtualization, orchestration and federation of fragmented IoT platforms
Integration of IoT middleware and Information Management System (IIMS) to optimize resources and production lines in the factory
FIRE/FIRE+
Federation of cloud, SDN and IoT test-beds across Europe, Japan and Brazil for large scale experiments on innovative network and Smart-city use-cases
Beyond TCP/IP: RINA
A clean slate network architecture leveraging on Recursive Inter-Process Communication services to innovate and enhance network transport, e.g. in data centers.