Research Projects Include:
SUNAT - Seamless Use of Network Abstraction Technologies(Applied Research Enhancement, Enterprise Ireland)
The SUNAT research programme will focus on facilitating the rapid prototyping, creation and delivery of mobility enabled applications by developing a Service Enterprise Architecture for Adaptive Mobility (SEAAM). SEEAM is intended to provide developers with the ability to deploy mobile applications without the requirement for low level technical detail. SEAAM will enable applications to specify their Type of Service (ToS) and Quality of Service (QoS). It will utilise a policy based approach to adapt the service provided to the application dependent on factors such as network performance analysis, network financial cost analysis and device characteristic analysis. Protocols, such as SCTP, SIP and IEEE 802.21, will be included in the platform.
IMS ARCS(Industry Led Research Programme, Enterprise Ireland)
IP Multimedia Subsystem - Advanced Research Cluster for Services is undertaking research and development in the domain of IMS service conceptualisation, creation and validation. The ultimate goal of the activity is to provide an open source foundation for the stakeholder companies within IMS ARCS to use as a platform for building consumer services in live networks and also for adding additional functionality to their network infrastructure.
IMS DRAI(Commercialisation Fund, Enterprise Ireland)
Continuing the theme of Next Generation Network research, this project involves the creation of a Deficiency Recognition and Analysis for IMS (DRAI) tool which will identify and reconcile IMS QoS deficiencies. The tool will enable network management personnel to efficiently identify and adapt to failures in the QoS experience of users involved in IMS sessions. The development of such a tool will enable a network manager to track the current QoS, compare monitored QoS against expected performance and detect possible degradation.