Advanced networking technologies and systems

group leader

prof. Dinko Begušić, PhD

associates

prof. Mario Čagalj, PhD
prof. Josip Lörincz, PhD
Katarina Babić, MScEng
Mislav Kovač, MScEng

Research topics

  1. Networking technologies
  2. Wireless networks
  3. Optical networks
  4. Internet of Things
  5. Mobile Internet
  6. Information processing
  7. Digital signal processing
  8. Machine learning methods
  9. Security of networks and systems
  10. Communications software
  11. Energy efficient networking technologies
  12. Location deteremination in wireless networks
  13. Wireless sensor networks
  14. Synchronization in communication networks
  15. Communication networks based services development
  16. Quality of service in communication networks
  17. Virtual reality systems
  18. Cognitive networks
  19. Software defined networks
  20. Network functions virtualization
  21. Cloud computing
  22. Satellite communication systems (GNSS)

Description of laboratory and equipment

The research group has established the following laboratories:

  • Laboratory for advanced networking technologies
  • Laboratory for network security and systems security
  • Laboratory for digital signal processing

The laboratory for advanced networking technologies is equipped with personal and portable computers, communication network devices including routrs, switches, and WLAN access points (IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac), optical reflectometer, software defined radio devices, optical attenuation measurement instrumens, digital oscilloscope for the range of 2.5 GHz, and vector signal generator.

The laboratory for network security and systems security is equipped with Arduino system and LoRaWAN system devices.

The laboratory for digital signal processing is equipped with with personal and portable computers and with LabView and MATLAB systems.

The research group is a cofounder of the joint research laboratory with the Ericsson Nikola Tesla Company which is equipped with the computer server system and the model of the base station.

Contacts with academic and other institutions

  • Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
  • Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
  • University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
  • University of Surrey, United Kingdom
  • University of Perugia, Italy
  • Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • University of Salento, Italy
  • Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia
project title

Advanced Networking Technologies and Systems (ANTS)

Description of research in a 1-year term

In the next one year period the research will cover the development of analytical models, advanced algorithms and simulation evaluation of the advanced solution within the themtic topics.

Within the research in the area of channel modeling and noise and interefrence mitigation will be focused on solutions primarily for the 5G/B5G and WLAN networks, advanced cognitive and energy efficient methods of using the radiofrequency spectrum for WLN and 4G/5G/B5G, advanced methods for synchronization in wireless networks 5G/B5G, and efficient methods for the quality of service and the quality of experience estimation. The investigation of the methods and systems for the signal processing in GNSS will be investigated. In the next period the application of the machine learning methods for the signal classification will be investigated.

The research in the area of the user privacy in moder mobile networks aimed to the user privacy in the moder mobile networks will be particularly focused on the location privacy. In particular, the possibility of the de-anonymization of selected users based on the acquired public data. In the frame of the next one year period the development of the algorithms which will combine the public information from the social networks aand the public data form the WiFi networks in order to estimate in which measure these data breach the end user provacy.

The research program in the area of development and analysis of efficient communication and security protocols within the context of the Internet of Things (IoT) systems will be directed towards the development of the autonomous sensors networks as well as the LoRa sensor networks. The develoment of the algorithms and protocols aimed to increasing the reliability and energy efficiency of the acquittance, transmission and processing of the data in such networks.

The developed algorithms will be comprehensively tested in the realistic conditions. Along with the research work within the particular thematic areas the activities on development and the equipment of the laboratories and test platforms will be pursued.