Networks & Services Lab

Innovating at the intersection of future networks, cloud computing, and AI-driven services.

Research Areas

Exploring the frontiers of networking, computing, and digital innovation.

6G Networking and Communications

O-RAN and SD-RAN, 5G/6G architectures, FPGA-powered software-defined radio and spectrum analysis for next-generation wireless systems.

Cloud-Edge Continuum and Cloud-Native Services

Seamless workload orchestration across cloud, edge and on-premises infrastructures, with cloud-native applications, trusted execution and network service design.

AI for Networking

Applying machine learning to optimize network performance, management and security.

Cybersecurity

Secure architectures and services for future networks and industrial systems: confidential computing, hardware-accelerated intrusion detection on Smart NICs and DPUs, quantum-safe networking.

Network Resilience and Emergency Communications

Networks that keep working under failures and disasters: survivable design, mission-critical and URLLC services, communications for public protection and emergency scenarios.

Green and Energy-Efficient Networking

Sustainable, power-aware network and computing solutions.

Software-Defined Optical Networks

Dynamic optical switching, programmable network architectures and quantum key distribution integration, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Optics and Photonics of the University of L'Aquila.

Verticals

Applied research in specialized domains.

Metaverse & Multimedia

Immersive audio-visual applications and XR-powered communication experiences.

Industrial Automation

Smart manufacturing and OT/IT integration for next-gen industrial systems.

Environmental and Wildlife Monitoring

Sensing, detection and alert systems for wildlife, environmental protection and road safety.

Physical AI

AI that senses and acts in the physical world: robots, drones, on-device and embodied intelligence.

Lab Infrastructure

An end-to-end experimental testbed, from radio and optical access to 400G switching and edge computing, open to research partners and to companies for test-before-invest.

Radio access networksCommercial O-RAN and software-defined radio platforms

Optical and packet networksNext-generation optical access, coherent optics, 400G switching

Computing and AI at the edgeCloud-edge cluster with GPUs, DPUs and edge AI boards

Explore the infrastructure (15 facilities)