Wireless Networks for Future Applications: from Networks of Drones to Adaptive Control of Integrated Circuits

Emerging applications such as the Internet-of-Things and Smart-City Intersections have in common: (i) the potential to greatly benefit society, and (ii) the need for an underlying communication network that can satisfy stringent performance requirements in terms of data rates, latency, information freshness, scalability, and resiliency, which are unachievable by traditional networks, including current 5G deployments. Developing the next-generation communication networks is a challenging endeavor that requires interdisciplinary research combining rigorous theory, data-driven solutions, and experimentation with advanced wireless systems. In this talk, I will discuss selected interdisciplinary projects, including: (i) A network control algorithm with provable performance guarantees in terms of information freshness, and its implementation in a network of drones. (ii) A predictive weather-aware routing and admission control algorithm for a city-scale millimeter-wave backhaul network in Sweden. (iii) A system that adaptively reconfigures a highly complex state-of-the-art integrated circuit to enable full-duplex wireless communication. Finally, I will discuss my research vision on developing cross-layer networking solutions that can dynamically adapt the wireless systems and, at the same time, intelligently allocate the available communication and computation resources aiming to meet the stringent performance requirements of emerging and future applications.