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Research & Work

Projects, publications, standards activity, inventions and professional service in one place.

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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.
  • 3GPP Atlas — a public, provenance-aware navigation and understanding layer for 3GPP specifications, releases, Work Items, Change Requests and standards relationships.
  • 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 and Project Manager for the Network Convergence Laboratory (NCL), University of Essex.
  • 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.

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

Springer · 2026

Edited by Christophe Gaie and Markus Mueck. I wrote on connecting sustainability, AI and sixth-generation communication systems:

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

Selected standards writing

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 — Founding Member, Project Manager and University of Essex point of contact, 2012–2017. Organised under the IEEE Standards Association Industry Connections Program and jointly sponsored by the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, IEEE Cloud Computing Standards Committee and IEEE Standards Association. The work supported cloud-to-cloud interoperability, including the broader IEEE P2302 standardisation context, and aimed to establish a global testbed for proving and improving Intercloud technology and helping move cloud federation towards practical deployment.
  • OpenAirInterface (OAI) — Individual and Alliance Member at the University of Essex, 2012–2017; 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 and was recorded as having 7k+ downloads.
  • 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.

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

Selected conference leadership

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

Mobile World Congress demonstrations

Features, interviews & industry writing

Earlier project & Intercloud coverage

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

Disclaimer: All content published on this site represents my personal views and opinions. It does not reflect the views, policies, or positions of any past, present, or future employers, collaborators, or affiliated organizations. Any errors or omissions are my own.