Arslan Ahmad

Senior R&D Engineer

IS-Wireless•  April 2019 - September 2020

Designed and implementation of Software Defined Network (SDN) for 5G. Data-driven management and orchestration in multi-RAT network for enabling LWA/LWIP. Publications in international journals and conferences. Participation in IPRs and Standardization activities.

Post Doctorate Researcher

University of Cagliari•  October 2018 - March 2019

Research in field of software-defined networks, 5G networks and multimedia communications.

Marie Curie Fellow Researcher

University of Cagliari•  July 2015 - September 2018

Research is conducted in the field of QoE monitoring and management of Over-The-Top multimedia services using Software-Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and cloud computing. Following achievements are accomplished during this project: An SDN based platform for QoE-aware joint service management of OTT multimedia services through traffic engineering abstractions using Mininet and Ryu SDN controller is designed and developed  Traffic Engineering solutions for QoE management of OTT multimedia services are proposed and evaluated  A multi-layer solution for passive QoE monitoring at user terminal by android application development and AWS cloud services is developed  OTT-ISP collaborative service management strategies and approaches with the business perspectives are proposed  QoE-aware joint network and application management solutions are proposed  Implementation of the business strategies/policies through Software-Defined Networking to reduce user churn is implemented  Future Internet architecture for OTT-ISP collaborative service management  Lead in 2 deliverables of EU project  Technical presentations and talk at multiple international conferences are delivered  8 research publications

University of Cagliari

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, PhD•  October 2015 - February 2019

Research is conducted in the field of QoE monitoring and management of Over-The-Top multimedia services using Software-Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and cloud computing. Following achievements are accomplished during this project: An SDN based platform for QoE-aware joint service management of OTT multimedia services through traffic engineering abstractions using Mininet and Ryu SDN controller is designed and developed  Traffic Engineering solutions for QoE management of OTT multimedia services are proposed and evaluated  A multi-layer solution for passive QoE monitoring at user terminal by android application development and AWS cloud services is developed  OTT-ISP collaborative service management strategies and approaches with the business perspectives are proposed  QoE-aware joint network and application management solutions are proposed  Implementation of the business strategies/policies through Software-Defined Networking to reduce user churn is implemented  Future Internet architecture for OTT-ISP collaborative service management  Lead in 2 deliverables of EU project  Technical presentations and talk at multiple international conferences are delivered  8 research publications