University of Cape Town -Center of Excellence key areas of research:
CRG (2013-2015)
- Network Resource Management Framework with End-to-End QoS Control in a shared EPS Mobile Network
- Network – Based Flow Mobility Support in the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
- Distributed Mobility Management in Next Generation Networks
- Enhanced Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) Relocation Procedures in a Distributed Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Environment
- Dynamic Service Orchestration in the IP Multimedia Subsystem
- Efficient Cooperative Techniques for Resource Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks
- Development of Robust Secondary Spectrum Access Protocol for Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks
- An Intelligent Cognitive MAC for Undetermined Primary User Activity Pattern
- Adaptive Spectrum Handoff Strategies for Cognitive Radio Networks in Heterogeneous Networks
- Internet Protocol Traffic Scheduling for Multi-homed terminals in Het Nets
- PMIPv6 Multi –homing support and service continuity in the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
- RAT Selection Algorithms for Multiple Calls in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
- Congestion Control in Multi-Service Heterogeneous Wireless Networks using Dynamic Pricing
- Joint Radio Resource Management for the Next Generation Wireless Networks
- Predictive Algorithms for Efficient Radio Resource Allocation in Next Generation Wireless Networks
- Experimental testbeds to explore challenges related to large scale hardware, software, security and distributed systems tests.
CRG (2016-2018)
- SDN, NFV and Cloud - Enablers for Mobile Network Architectures
- Efficient Radio Resource Management in Next Generation Networks & Cognitive Networks
- Future Internet Research and Experimentation – IoT/M2M
- Smart Cities
T4D (2013-2015)
- Network Design for Interoperability and Information Access
- Improving Multilingual Information Retrieval by Exploiting Multilingual Context
- Interfaces for Cultural Heritage Archives
- Multimedia over Mobile Devices
- Communication Access for Deaf people in South Africa
- Smart Wireless Sensor Networking
- Smart Wireless Mesh Networks
- Electronic Healthcare System
T4D (2016-2018)
- Community Centered Communication, Education and Content Creation
- Dynamic Spectrum Access for developing regions
- Low-resource Education Technology
- ICT for socio-economic development
For more details on these research projects see the links below: