Network Research Laboratory
Research Staff
Academics: Associate Professor Mahbub Hassan (PhD, Monash University, Melbourne 1997), Associate Professor SanjayJha (PhD, University of Technology, Sydney 1998), Dr. Amitava Mukerhjee (PhD, Jadavpur University, India 1995), Dr. Mohammed Rezvan, (PhD, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2001)
PhD Students: 9
Honours Students: 12
Research Assistant: Filip Rosenbaum
Visitors: A/Prof Krys Palikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, A/Prof Harsha Sirisena, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Capability
NRL is engaged in research in the broad areas of computer networking and communications.
The key areas of work are:
- high quality multimedia communications over the Internet
- traffic control in computer networks
- mobile and wireless access to the Internet
- billing and charging for the next generation Internet
- programmability of networks for rapid deployment of customised services
Track Record (1997-2001)
Research Grants:
- • ARC Small
- 2 grants totaling $30,800
- ARC SPIRT
- 3 grants totaling $761,000
- ARC RIBG
- 2 grants totaling $230,000
- Others
- Canon Inc (CISRA), Incubator Program, $125000
- UNSW Research Support Program $28,000
- UNSW Capital Grant $315,000
- Internal Research Grant, UTS $38,000
International Collaborations: Joint Research, ETH Zurich, Joint Research, Oklahoma University (USA), Networking and Telecommunications Group, Joint Professional Activities, Ohio State University (USA), Networking Group Ohio State University (Prof. Raj Jain), Joint Research, University of Illinois Urbana Champagne Joint Research, University of Canterbury (NZ), Telecommunications Group
International Links: Ericsson Research Sweden
Journal Papers: 10
Refereed Conference Papers: 60
Books: 3 Books (2 published, 1 contracted)
Guest Editorials: 4
Research MSc Completions: 1
Consulting: Dalfar P/L, 1999, Australian Army, 1999
Artifacts: Java Implementation of COPS/COPS-PR protocol (public domain)
Education and Training Courses: Courses on ATM/MPLS (one day) to Fujitsu Australia’s Transmission System Division, 1998 Tutorial on “QoS in the Internet” at various IEEE International Conferences.
Internal Training: Course notes on “QoS in the Internet” for Internal Training, Lucent, USA, 2000
Awards:
Best paper award at IEEE ICT2001
Best Honours Project by Canon, 2000
Teaching Excellence Award, Monash University, 1999
Miscellaneous: Conference/Workshop Chairs SPIE QoS2001 (Denver, USA), IEEE IQ2001 (Brisbane, Australia)
Program Committee/Tutorial Chair/Overseas Advisor:
IEEE International Conferernce on Networking 2001, Bangkok, Thailand
IEEE Local Computer Networks 2001, Tampa, USA
IEEE ICT 2001, Bucharest, Romania
APNOMS 2001, Sydney
Facilities:
NRL has a Gbps fibre optic experimental network, a Gbps commercial programmable router (Nortel), a Cisco LS1010 ATM Switch, a Cisco 7200 IP Router with QoS support, a Cisco Catalyst 4000 switch with Gbit ports, a Wavelan Experimental wireless LAN, a rack of high performance PC-based routers running Linux/FreeBSD, a commercial Traffic Generator (Netcomm SmartBits), a commercial high performance network simulator (OPNET) and a high-performance multi-processor machine for large scale network simulations. This lab has high-speed connection with EE lab.
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