Research Interests

• Performance evaluation of communication systems
• Resource management
• Network resilience
• Future Internet
• Network virtualization
• Energy efficiency
• Data center operation
• Technologies: OpenFlow, (G)MPLS, IP, optical networks, PCE
• Methodologies: measurement, implementation,
  simulation, and mathematical analysis

Funded Projects

• COMCON (funded by BMBF)
• G-Lab (funded by BMBF)
• GMPLSINT (funded by DFG)
• IP-FAST-RESILIENCE (funded by DFG)
• SOFA (funded by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories)
• ECODANE (funded by International Bureau of the BMBF)
• TrendScout (funded by Datev e.V.)
• VNREAL (funded by EuroNF)

Innovation Projects

• IP Fast Reroute in cooperation with
  • Simula Research Laboratory (Oslo, Norway)
• Resilience through Multipath Structures in cooperation with
  • Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für
    Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB)
  • University of Warwick
• Fluid simulation in cooperation with
  • Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien (ftw.)
• Satelite communication in cooperation with
  • Robotics and Telematics, University of Würzburg
• Resilience in ad-hoc networks
• Future Internet Routing
• Congestion and Pre-Congestion
  Notification (pcn)
• Re-Feedback (Congestion control for the future Internet)

Former Projects

• FIROCS (funded by Alcatel-Lucent)
• 100GET-E3 R3G (funded by BMBF)
• DiRC (funded by Siemens AG)
• LightComm (funded by Nortel)
• Resilient-IP (funded by EuroFGI)
• OMRAS (funded by Siemens AG)
• MOP (funded by the Bavarian State)
• KING (funded by Siemens AG)
• CMU (funded by Siemens AG)
• Broadband (funded by Deutsche Telekom AG)

International Collaborations

• Network of Excellence: Design and Engineering of the Next Generation Internet (EuroNGI/FGI/NF)
• COST TMA: Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (TMA)
• COST IC0804: Energy efficiency in large scale distributed systems