The networks and systems lab was setup in 2005 with the joint support of the Department of Computer Science (LUMS) and the PTCL R&D Fund. The aim was to undertake research in the areas of operating systems, computer networks (protocols, standards and performance evaluation) as well as the design of dependable and secure systems. To date, the lab has been contributing in the development of highly available servers and fault resistant routers. In addition, the lab has also undertaken projects related to the area of multimedia communications over the Internet. Specific research thrusts include performance benchmarking of the Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE) Backbone for voice over IP traffic and foeveation based surveillance video storage, indexing and retrieval. Two research projects were funded by the PTCL Thematic Research Grants Scheme. The lab also provides technical expertise to the ongoing wireless initiative at LUMS focusing on Sensor Networks and Cross-Layer Optimization. Presently the lab consists of a team of five research assistants.
For further information regarding the activities at the Networks and Systems Lab, please contact Dr. Tariq Jadoon (jadoon AT lums DOT edu DOT pk) or Dr. Shahab Baqai (baqai AT lums DOT edu DOT pk).
ProjectsLow Complexity Coding for Sureveillance Videos leveraging Foveation
Investigator: Dr. Shahab M Baqai
Project Duration: January 2007 - January 2008
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 360000 )
The Design of Energy Efficient Multihop Wireless Networks
Investigator: Dr. Tariq M Jadoon
Project Duration: October 2006 - October 2007
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 480000 )
Fault Tolerent TCP for Reliable Routing using Open Source Software (Extension for Three Month)
Investigator: Dr. Dr Tariq M Jadoon
Project Duration: July 2006 - September 2006
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 90000 )
Collaboration with Purdue & UIC
Investigator: Dr. Shahab M Baqai
Project Duration: July 2006 - August 2006
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 138000 )
Traffic Characterization of H.26L Traffic using Wavelets
Investigator: Dr. Tariq M Jadoon
Project Duration: November 2005 - April 2006
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 90000 )
Providing a high availability of services is a key concern for IP network provides. Routers inevitably do fail as a consequence of bot hardware and software failures causing network disruption. Furthermore, they also have to be taken down in the process of software upgrades and are often prone to bugs subsequent to that. Minimizing the effect of this disruption requres fault tolerance and a number of configurations for providing backup redundancy are possible.
Fault Tolerent TCP for Reliable Routing using Open Source Softwarex
Investigator: Dr. Tariq M Jadoon
Project Duration: November 2005 - April 2006
Funded by LUMS ( Rs. 180000 )
Providing a high availability of services is a key concern for IP network provides. Routers inevitably do fail as a consequence of bot hardware and software failures causing network disruption. Furthermore, they also have to be taken down in the process of software upgrades and are often prone to bugs subsequent to that. Minimizing the effect of this disruption requres fault tolerance and a number of configurations for providing backup redundancy are possible.
Grants Fault Tolerance TCP for Reliable Routing
Investigator: Tariq Jadoon and Zartash Uzmi
Project Duration: Sep 2004 – Oct 2006
Funded by PTCL ( Rs. 0.43 million )
Benchmark ATM PIE Backbone for VoIP
Investigator: Tariq Jadoon and Shahab Baqai
Project Duration: Sep 2004 – Oct 2006
Funded by PTCL ( Rs. 0.44 million )
