Research & Work

My professional work spans communication-system research, standards, invention and working software. This page is the durable index into that work: projects, publications, standards activity, earlier systems, professional service, talks and demonstrations link directly to the relevant project, paper, article, recording or archive wherever a public source is available.

Current focus

6G & standards

RAN and system architecture, ISAC, terrestrial/non-terrestrial integration, mobility, QoS and the evolution from 5G-Advanced toward 6G. Recent notes include 3GPP RAN3 #131bis — 6G RAN architecture and NR ISAC and 3GPP RAN2 #133bis — 6G control plane and mobility.

Intelligent systems

AI-native networking, agentic systems, distributed intelligence and application-network collaboration, including the sustainability implications of AI in 6G discussed in my Springer chapter on AI, sustainability and 6G.

Quantum communications

QKD, quantum networking, key-management integration and standards. I co-author the active IRTF/QIRG Internet-Draft A Multiplane Architecture Proposal for the Quantum Internet, maintain the QuantumComm Workbench, and write about quantum-technology standardisation.

Interactive & distributed systems

XR, edge/cloud systems, distributed applications and human-centric interfaces. See the 6G-XR Impact Day report and the NetXRate/XR work.

Projects

Selected research programmes and systems I have contributed to, linked to the project, software or contemporary coverage.

• QuantumComm Workbench — interactive tooling for QKD engineering, protocols, KMS/API integration and quantum-network scenarios.
• EV Planner — map-first EV journey planning with charging, amenities, dog-friendly stops and local AI search.
• 6G-XR — Horizon Europe 6G eXperimental Research infrastructure for next-generation XR services, 1 Jan 2023–31 Dec 2025. Innovation Manager, grant-proposal co-author and Project Manager for InterDigital. See the 6G-XR Impact Day report and InterDigital consortium profile.
• FLAME — Horizon 2020 research on advanced 5G/mobile networking and media-service infrastructure. Contributor.
• iCIRRUS — EU-funded intelligent Converged network consolidating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment; approximately €4M programme, 1 Jan 2015–31 Dec 2017. Grant-proposal co-author, Research Associate and Project Manager for the Network Convergence Laboratory at the University of Essex. See RCR Wireless coverage and the EuCNC poster listing.
• NIRVANA — UK EPSRC-funded Intelligent, Heterogeneous Virtualised Networking Infrastructure; approximately €1M programme, Oct 2014–30 Sep 2017. Research Associate.
• CLIMBER — EU FP7 Cross-Layer Investigation and Integration of Computing and Networking Aspects of Mobile Social Networks. Research Associate.
• MONICA — EU FP7 Mobile Cloud Computing: Networks, Services and Architecture. Research Associate.

Publications

My complete publication and citation record is maintained on Google Scholar. Selected book contributions are highlighted here.

Springer · 2026

Digital Sustainability: Legislations, Standards, Solutions and Related Case Studies

Edited by Christophe Gaie and Markus Mueck. I contributed two chapters connecting sustainability, AI and sixth-generation communication systems:

• Artificial Intelligence: Sustainability Challenges, Opportunities, and the Case of 6G — pp. 265–296.
• A Case Study: Sustainability in the Context of 6th Generation Mobile Communication Systems — pp. 237–263.

Patents

I have a sustained invention portfolio across communication systems and related technologies, spanning 220+ patent families, including pending applications. I was recognised as Inventor of the Year in 2021.

Standards & industry work

I contribute to standards and pre-standard research across 3GPP and the IRTF/IETF ecosystem, alongside system architecture, prototyping and industry demonstrations.

A Multiplane Architecture Proposal for the Quantum Internet

An active Quantum Internet Research Group (QIRG) Internet-Draft in the IRTF stream, co-authored with Diego Lopez, Vicente Martin, Blanca Lopez and Luis M. Contreras. It proposes a reference architecture for integrating Quantum Internet technologies with current Internet operations and management. As an Internet-Draft, it is work in progress rather than a final IETF standard.

Earlier Internet-Drafts

• In-Network Computing for App-Centric Micro-Services — co-authored Internet-Draft exploring application-centric deployment and in-network computing; final revision -04, now expired and archived.
• Tactile Internet Service Requirements — co-authored Internet-Draft covering teleoperation, immersive VR, haptics and service requirements; now expired and archived.

Selected standards writing

• 3GPP RAN3 #131bis — 6G RAN architecture and NR ISAC
• 3GPP RAN2 #133bis — 6G control plane and mobility
• 3GPP RAN2 #131bis meeting summary
• Starting 6G inside 3GPP RAN3 #129-bis
• TSG RAN #111 — where 6G started becoming a system
• Standardizing quantum technologies — global efforts and ETSI

Earlier systems & infrastructure

My earlier work grew out of mobile computing, distributed computing and virtualisation, spanning mobile-cloud testbeds, cloud federation, C-RAN/mobile-edge integration, device virtualisation, networking infrastructure and software prototypes. The records below preserve the systems and artefacts that appeared on my earlier website.

• IEEE Intercloud Testbed — member and University of Essex point of contact for the IEEE Standards Association Industry Connections effort on cloud-to-cloud interoperability, including the broader IEEE P2302 context.
• OpenAirInterface (OAI) — Individual and Alliance Member during my University of Essex research; used in cellular, C-RAN and mobile-cloud experimentation.
• Android-x86 / OpenStack — open-source Android virtual-machine work for OpenStack; the project remains archived on SourceForge.
• A Location-Aware Password Protection System (LAPPS) — 2013 research prototype and poster.
• Windows USB mini-filter driver — software for blocking unauthorised USB devices; recorded on the earlier portfolio as commercialised by Conseal Security Ltd., UK.
• Anaglyph 3D video recorder & virtual webcam — Unix/Windows software built for the Minoru 3D Webcam, 2012.
• Cooperative intelligent agents simulation — autonomous agents that explore and consume resources to survive in a simulated world; the original project description is also retained.
• Device virtualisation and disintegration — later industry research on moving and composing device functions across edge/cloud infrastructure.

Mobile cloud, C-RAN & edge-computing research

The earlier portfolio described this as a state-of-the-art mobile-cloud research and teaching testbed that I developed and managed at the University of Essex.

During my PhD I developed and managed a mobile-cloud research and teaching testbed at the University of Essex. The work connected mobile-cloud computing, OpenStack/KVM, cloudlets and clones, C-RAN and software radio, and became the basis for my thesis and a sequence of publications.

• PhD thesis — Network-Aware Resource Management for Mobile Cloud, University of Essex, 2017.
• Energy-efficient and network-aware offloading algorithm for mobile cloud computing, Computer Networks, 2014.
• Cost-effective resource allocation in C-RAN with mobile cloud, IEEE ICC 2016.
• Joint Energy Minimization and Resource Allocation in C-RAN with Mobile Cloud, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing.
• A Resource Management Protocol for Mobile Cloud Using Auto-Scaling, 2017.
• On Efficient Offloading Control in Cloud Radio Access Network with Mobile Edge Computing, IEEE ICDCS 2017.

Teaching & research infrastructure

• CE805 — Cloud Technologies and Systems — teaching, laboratory work and course-material design.
• CE222 — Operating Systems — Graduate Lab Assistant, 2013–2015.
• CE151 — Introduction to Programming — Graduate Lab Assistant, 2014.
• CE153 — Introduction to Database — Graduate Lab Assistant, 2014.
• CE101 — Professional Development — Graduate Lab Assistant, 2014.
• CE235 — Computer Security — Graduate Lab Assistant, 2013.
• Network Convergence Laboratory — University of Essex laboratory/research infrastructure associated with the earlier mobile-cloud and networking work.

Professional service

I have served as a journal editor, track/publicity chair and programme/technical committee member across telecommunications, networking, cloud computing, AI and emerging technologies. The Professional Activities page keeps the complete chronological record; these are current and representative highlights.

Journal editorship

Editor, Journal of Information and Intelligence — see the editorial board.

2026 technical & programme committees

• IEEE CSCN 2026, London.
• EuCNC & 6G Summit — AI/ML Solutions for Communications (AI4C), Málaga.
• IEEE ICC 2026 — 5th Workshop on 6G Architecture (6GArch), Glasgow.
• ICAIIC 2026, Tokyo.
• CLOUD COMPUTING 2026, Lisbon.

Selected conference leadership

• Track Chair — IEEE MSN 2021.
• Publicity Chair — IEEE CSCN 2021.

View the full editorship, chair and programme-committee record →

Talks, demonstrations & media

This restores the public talks, demonstrations, webinars, articles and external coverage linked from the previous version of the site, alongside newer material.

Talks & webinars

• 6G-XR Impact Day — paving the way for the 6G future of immersive services.
• What Will Bring XR to Scale For 6G? — 6GWorld webinar/panel.
• 2nd OpenAirInterface Workshop — invited presentation/demo, May 2016.
• EuCNC 2015 — iCIRRUS: intelligent Converged network consolidating Radio and optical access aRound USer equipment.

Mobile World Congress demonstrations

• MWC 2023 — AI/ML-enhanced teleoperation / XR demonstration — Barcelona. InterDigital demonstrated remote control of a robotic arm through a live video feed and VR headset under emulated 5G network conditions; the earlier portfolio recorded this as the 2023 teleoperation demo.
• MWC 2020 — InterDigital demonstrations, including the period in which the previous site recorded device-virtualisation work.
• MWC 2019 — InterDigital Demos Comprehensive, Compelling Edge Visions.
• MWC 2018 — 5G Networks Demo, alongside the device-disintegration demonstrations recorded on the previous site.
• Why 5G business cases depend more on edge upgrades — related InterDigital MWC video.
• InterDigital Communications Team media archive — additional company video/post archive referenced by the previous site.

Features, interviews & industry writing

• 6G-XR — Meet the Consortium: INTERDIGITAL.
• Sensing an Evolution: Multimodal Communications, ISAC and Haptic/Emotional Wireless Internet.
• The importance of making 6G experiences human-centric.
• TVB Europe — The importance of making 6G experiences human-centric — May 2023 editorial; the InterDigital summary is also retained.
• BizTech — Get Ready for a Future of Virtualized Devices.
• Computerworld — The future is not the cloud or the fog: it is actually the SEA!.
• InterDigital — Device Virtualization.
• Telecoms.com — On offloading device functions / Are You Ready to Look at 6G?.
• The Fast Mode — New Paradigms for Device Virtualization.

Earlier project & Intercloud coverage

• RCR Wireless — Dissecting the 5G RAN where flexibility and fine integration will be king.
• Inside 5G — Ethernet In The Fronthaul: Opening Up 5G Potential.
• Forbes — What's Next For The Cloud? The Intercloud.
• GigaOM — Mission: Protocols to ease true cloud federation.
• Wired — Will Multiple Clouds Evolve Into the Intercloud?.
• Fierce Enterprise Communications — IEEE launches new Intercloud Testbed project.
• Cloud Computing News — What's the real reason to do cloud, again?.

Additional historical appearances

• Mirantis “This Week in OpenStack” — 31 March–6 April 2014.
• WiNeMo London meeting — 29 April 2014.
• Sino-Europe Joint Workshop on Future Internet Technologies, Tsinghua University, China — 22 July 2013.
• Speaker, Cloud Computing Workshop, East Anglia Small Business Workshop — 25 April 2013.

Historical presentations & research visits

• Mirantis “This Week in OpenStack” — an earlier OpenStack blog post was featured in the 31 Mar–6 Apr 2014 roundup.
• WiNeMo London meeting, City University London — presentation, 29 Apr 2014.
• Cluster and Grid Computing Laboratory (CGCL), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan — research visit, 13–14 Aug 2013.
• Key Laboratory of Universal Wireless Communications, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) — research visit.
• Grid Computing and Computer Security Laboratory, Jilin University — research visit.
• Sino-Europe Joint Workshop on Future Internet Technologies, Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing — attendee, 22 Jul 2013.
• Cloud Computing Workshop, East Anglia Small Business Workshop, Stoke by Nayland Hotel — speaker, 25 Apr 2013.

Historical publisher and project links are preserved where known. Some third-party organisations have reorganised or archived older material, so older external links may redirect or disappear; the entry remains as part of the professional record.

External professional profiles & archives

• InterDigital personal page — legacy profile linked from the previous site.
• Google Scholar.
• Google Patents.
• LinkedIn.
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