The Open Networking Advanced Research (OpNeAR) Laboratory
OVERVIEW
Drs. A. Fumagalli, M. Tacca, and M. Razo jointly supervise the activities of the Open Networking Advanced Research (OpNeAR) laboratory at UT-Dallas. The lab is currently furnished with a High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster rack and a number of servers that are used to run and test data network optimization heuristics, perform simulation experiments on both optical and wireless network architectures and protocols, and solve analytical models numerically. In addition, the students of the OpNeAR lab are contributing to the design, implementation, and deployment of the Programmable Optical Network (PROnet) test-bed at and around the UT-Dallas campus. PROnet is a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Research and Education Network (REN) with Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities. PROnet currently consists of a SDN-enabled two-layer (Ethernet switches over Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexing (ROADM) nodes) shared field test-bed network, which offers easy to use interfaces to both network administrators and network end-users, who can reserve and provision network resources on-demand through a simple graphical interface. Another area of active research at the OpNeAR lab is the design, integration, and prototyping of Internet of Things (IoT) wireless nodes. These nodes operate in both licensed and unlicensed radio spectra. The OpNeAR lab hosts (and has hosted) a diverse group of students, including Ph.D., M.S. and undergraduate from programs like Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering, and Computer Engineering. These students are encouraged to work in teams, with periodic interactions with partners from industry that collaborate and contribute to the lab research activities.
FACULTY LEAD
Dr. Andrea Fumagalli
andreaf@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-6853
Office: ECSN 3.524
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: EC33
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
BIOGRAPHY
Andrea Fumagalli is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, at The University of Texas at Dallas.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- All-Optical Network Architectures and Protocols
- Photonic Slot Routing
- Wavelength Routing and Protection Switching
- Network Optimization and Planning
- Optical Networks in support of Next Generation Internet (NGI)
- Multi-hop, Multi-rate Optical Networks
- Optical and High Speed Network Simulators
- Performance Analysis of Computer Networks
- Sensor Networks
- Cooperative Wireless Networks