Optimization driven multi-hop network design and experimentation: the approach of the FP7 project OPNEX

International audienceThe OPNEX project exemplifies system and optimization theory as the foundations for algorithms that provably maximize capacity of wireless networks. The algorithms termed in abstract network models have been converted to protocols and architectures practically applicable to wireless systems. A validation methodology through experimental protocol evaluation in real network testbeds has been proposed and used. OPNEX uses recent advances in system theoretic network control, including the Back-Pressure principle, max-weight scheduling, utility optimization, congestion control, and the primal-dual method for extracting network algorithms. These approaches exhibited vast potential for achieving high capacity and full exploitation of resources in abstract network models and found their way to reality in high performance architectures developed as a result of the research conducted within OPNEX

Evaluation of the Delay-Aware NUM-Driven Framework in an Internetwork Environment, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2014, nr 3

Nowadays, due to emergence of cloud services, even the basic uses of personal computers may require the access to the Internet. In this paper modifications to Delay-Aware Network Utility Maximization System (DANUMS) are presented, which enable it to be deployed in an internetwork environment. The proposed solution consists of DANUMS and WiOptiMo systems, which cooperate by exchanging measurements of transmitted traffic in order to improve the network utility. Additionally, WiOptiMo enhances mobility by providing facilities for soft handover. Experiments presented in this paper illustrate the benefits gained from the integrated system application

Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2014, nr 3

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