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... Rui Luís Andrade Aguiar

Senior Researcher

Rui Aguiar

Academic position: Full Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Networks and Services
Group: Telecommunications and Networking – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900

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Bio

Rui L. Aguiar received his degree in telecommunication engineering in 1990 and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2001 from the University of Aveiro. He is currently a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, responsible for the networking area, and has been previously an adjunct professor at the INI, Carnegie Mellon University. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Brazil and served as advisor to the portuguese governement on 5G policies. He is coordinating a research line nationwide in Instituto de Telecomunicações, on the area of Networks and Services. During six years, he led the Technological Platform on Connected Communities, a regional cross-disciplinary industry-oriented activity on smart environments.

His current research interests are centred on the implementation of advanced wireless networks and systems, with special emphasis on 5G networks and the Future Internet. He has more than 500 published papers in those areas, including standardization contributions to IEEE and IETF. He has served as technical and general chair of several conferences, from IEEE, ACM and IFIP, and is regularly invited for keynotes on 5G and Future Internet networks. He sits on the TPC of most major IEEE ComSoc conferences. He has extensive participation in national and international projects, as well as in industry technology transfer actions.
He is currently associated with the 5G PPP Infrastructure Association and is the current Chair of the steering board of the Networld Europe ETP. He is senior member of IEEE, Portugal ComSoc Chapter Chair, and a member of ACM. He is associated editor of Wiley’s ETT, and Springers’ Wireless Networks and has helped on the launch of Elsevier’s ICT Express. He is a chartered engineer, has acted as a consultant to several major operators, as technology advisor to bootstrap several SMEs, and as an expert to several public bodies, both on the societal and on the judiciary branches. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of several EU-projects and research units.


Scientific Achievements

  • Agregação, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2010
  • PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 21-05-2001
  • MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 15-01-1995
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2015 - 31-12-2018, Senior Member
  • Universidade de Aveiro, 21-01-2014, Catedrático (Full Professor)
  • Universidade de Aveiro, 14-09-1994 - 21-05-2014, Auxiliar
  • Networking
  • 5G networks
  • Next Generation Networks
  • Arquitectura de Redes 2, , Lic. Eng. computadores e Telemática
  • Redes com Integração de Serviços, , Lic. em Eng. de Computadores e Telemática
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
As Supervisor
  • , BSc Student, Eduardo da Costa Cruz, Concluded 08-2023
As Co-supervisor
  • D. Barbosa, D. Maia, B. Morgado, H. Ribeiro, S. Anton, V. Ribeiro, A. C. Correia, M. Avillez, J. P. M. Martins, J. Barros, JJC Caeiro, MB Bergano, T. Boekholst, B. Coelho, JPB Barraca, D.Gomes Gomes, R. Aguiar, ENAbling Green E-science for SKA - Capacitation and Sustainability of Portuguese participation in the SKA with radioastronomy as an Innovation Open Living Lab, Chapter in, Portuguese SKA White Book, UA Editora – Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, 2020
  • D. Corujo, C. Guimarães, J. Quevedo, R. Ferreira, R. Aguiar, Information Centric Exchange Mechanisms for IoT Interoperable Deployment, Chapter in, User-Centric and Information-Centric Networking and Services - Access Networks and Emerging Trends, M. Bala Krishna, CRC-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2019
  • F. Meneses, C. Guimarães, D. Corujo, R. Aguiar, Experimental Wireless Network Deployment of Software Defined and Virtualised Networking in 5G environments, Chapter in, Emerging Wireless Communication and Network Technologies, Springer, Singapore, 2018
  • D. Regateiro, O. Pereira, R. Aguiar, Server-Side Database Credentials: A Security Enhancing Approach for Database Access, Chapter in, Data Management Technologies and Applications, Joaquim Filipe, Jorge Bernardino, Christoph Quix, Springer, Spain, 2018
  • O. Pereira, D. SIMÕES, R. Aguiar, Log-based Model to Enforce Data Consistency on Agnostic Fault-Tolerant Systems, Chapter in, CCIS - Data Management Technologies and Applications, Chiara Francalanci, Markus Helfert, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2017 | Full text (PDF 378 KBs)
  • E. Logota, D. Corujo, S. Jeon, J. Rodriguez, R. Aguiar, The 5G Internet, Chapter in, Fundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks, Jonathan Rodriguez, Wiley, 2015
  • O. Pereira, R. Aguiar, Maribel Santos Santos, ABC Architecture: a New Approach to Build Reusable and Adaptable Business Tier Components Based on Static Business Interfaces, Chapter in, CCIS - Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, Maciaszek, Leszek A.; Zhang, Kang, Springer, New York, 2013
  • O. Pereira, R. Aguiar, Maribel Santos Santos, A Concurrent Tuple Set Architecture for Call Level Interfaces, Chapter in, Computer and Information Science, Lee, Roger, Springer, New York, 2013
  • K. Huq, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, R. Aguiar, Overview of Spectral- and Energy-Efficiency Trade-off in OFDMA Wireless System, Chapter in, Green Communication for 4G Wireless Systems, Shahid Mumtaz and Jonathan Rodriguez, River Publishers, Aalborg, 2013
  • R. Aguiar, L. Alves, Employing Traffic Lights as Road Side Unit for Road Safety Information Broadcast, Chapter in, Roadside Networks for Vehicular Communications: Architectures, Applications and Test Fields, Robil Daher, Alexey Vinel, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, 2012
  • D. Corujo, C. Bernardos, TM Melia, M. Wetterwald, Leonardo Badia Badia, R. Aguiar, Key Function Interfacing for the MEDIEVAL Project Video-ENhancing Architecture, Chapter in, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Akan, O., Bellavista, P., Cao, J., Coulson, G., Dressler, F., Ferrari, D., Gerla, M., Kobayashi, H., Palazzo, S., Sahni, S., Shen, X.S., Stan, M., Xiaohua, J., Zomaya, A.Y., Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2012
  • P. Gonçalves, D.Gomes Gomes, R. Aguiar, A Transsignaling Strategy for QoS Support in Heterogeneous Networks, Chapter in, Telecommunications and Networking - ICT 2004, Springer International Publishing, Heidelberg, 2004
  • R. Aguiar, J. L. Oliveira, QoS negotiation based on management delegates, Chapter in, Enterprise Information Systems III, J.Filipe, Sharp, B. and Miranda, P., Kluwer Academic, 2002
  • R. Aguiar, J. L. Oliveira, New Services on an Advanced Internet, Chapter in, Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques, Helmut Leopold, Narciso Garcia, Springer, 1999
  • R. Aguiar, D. Santos, Clock Distribution Strategy for IP-Based Development, Chapter in, VLSI: Systems in a Chip, S. Devadas, R. Reis, Chapman & Hall, 1999
  • D. Santos, R. Aguiar, L. Alves, Clock Distribution Strategy for IP-based Development, Chapter in, VLSI Systems on a Chip, L. M. Silveira, S. Devadas and R. Reis, Chapman & Hall, 1999
Early Access
Published
  • J. Quevedo, D. Corujo, D. Santos, R. Silva, R. Aguiar, A. Hecker, Techniques for controlling a service in an operator network, PCT/EP2022/063085, PCT, 13-05-2022
  • H. Einsiedler, R. Aguiar, J. Moreno, Alexandre Brito Brito, G. L. Lopez, R. G. C. Carranza, Method enabling seamless 3G inter-domain handover, EP10188684, EPO, Granted, 25-10-2010
  • R. Aguiar, F. Armnecht Armnecht, J. Girão, A. Matos, Method for establishing a secret key between two nodes in a communication network, PCT/EP2007/006724, PCT, 01-08-2006
  • R. Aguiar, F. Armnecht Armnecht, J. Girão, A. Matos, Method for protecting location information in wireless communication networks, PCT/EP2007/006758, PCT, 01-08-2006

Currently running projects6

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
6G-VERSUS Experimentation of 6G Towards Promoting Sustainable Technology in Industry EU/Horizon Europe 01-01-2025 31-12-2027
DT4MOB Digital Twins for Mobility Next generation EU - Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR) - Componente 19 – Transição Digital da Administração Pública– Capacitação, Digitalização, Interoperabilidade e Cibersegurança 09-05-2025 30-06-2026
EXIGENCE Devise & explore a novel approach for energy consumption and carbon footprint reduction of ICT services in the era of next-generation mobile telecommunications (6G) Horizon Europe 01-01-2024 30-06-2026
IMAGINE-B5G Advanced 5G Open Platform for Large Scale Trials and Pilots across Europe (IMAGINE-B5G) EU/Horizon Europe 01-01-2023 01-04-2026
NGM A NextGen Mobility: Next generation of connected mobility and infrastructures IAPMEI 01-12-2022 31-03-2026
Route25 Route 25: Agenda for Autonomous, Intelligent, Interoperable and Inclusive Mobility IAPMEI 01-10-2022 30-06-2026

Closed Projects51

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
IPSphere Model Deutsche Telekom 01-03-2008 01-02-2009
Distribuição Context Aware de Conteúdos em Redes Sociais PT Inovação 01-05-2010 01-05-2011
Apollo PT Inovação 01-04-2011 01-03-2013
4WARD 4WARD EU/FP7 01-01-2008 01-12-2010
5G SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 024539 - Componentes e serviços para redes 5G P2020 01-01-2018 30-06-2021
5GAINer 5GAINER - 5G+AI Networks Reliability Center Huawei Technologies Portugal 06-10-2020 05-10-2024
5GASP 5GASP EU/H2020 01-01-2021 31-12-2023
5GCONTACT CONText-Aware Communications opTimization FCT 04-10-2018 03-02-2021
5GinFire Evolving FIRE into a 5G-Oriented Experimental Playground for Vertical industries EU/H2020 01-01-2017 01-12-2019
5Growth 5G-enabled Growth in Vertical Industries EU/H2020 01-06-2019 31-12-2021
AENEAS Advanced European Network of E-infrastructures for Astronomy with the SKA EU/H2020 01-01-2017 01-12-2019
Agora-5G AGora-5G (confidential) 01-05-2018 01-03-2020
Akogrimo Access to Knowledge through the Grid in a mobile World EU/FP6 01-07-2004 01-11-2007
Apollo Apollo QREN 01-10-2011 01-01-2014
CaaS CaaS ABBAN, S.A. 01-01-2010 01-07-2011
CASSIOPEIA Contextually-Appropriate Selective Sharing IoT Open-standard Permissioning Architectures EU/H2020 01-11-2020 30-04-2021
C-CAST Context Casting EU/FP7 01-02-2008 01-09-2010
C-Mobile Advanced MBMS for the future mobile world EU/FP6 01-01-2006 01-03-2008
Daidalos Designing Advanced Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent Optimised personal Services EU 01-11-2003 01-04-2006
Daidalos II Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and Administration of Location independent, Optimised personal Services - II EU 01-01-2006 31-12-2008
DEVNF DEVNF - Um ecossistema para funções virtualizadas de rede FCT/CAPES 01-03-2015 01-12-2017
EECCO Energy EffiCient Current-mode techniques for free-space Optical front-end receivers FCT/PTDC 01-06-2008 01-06-2011
ENGAGE SKA ENAbling Green E-science for SKA - Capacitation and Sustainability of Portuguese participation in the SKA with radioastronomy as an Innovation Open Living Lab FCT/POCI, P2020 01-05-2017 29-04-2020
EyeInTheSky Utilização de Balões de Alta-Altitude para Apoio à Decisão em Operações de Combate a Incêndios Rurais FCT 01-01-2020 31-12-2022
HAN-4G Integration of Heterogeneous Access Networks in a 4G Architecture IT/LA 01-09-2005 31-08-2007
Hi-Fixx2 Hi-Fixx2 Infineon Technologies 01-01-2005 12-01-2005
IMPCLOCK Implementation of feedback-based clock distribution systems FCT/POCTI 01-07-2004 01-07-2006
LITES Led-based intelligent street lighting for energy saving EU/FP7 01-12-2009 01-05-2012
MEC Mobile Edge Cloud PT Inovação 01-03-2016 01-12-2016
MEDIEVAL MultimEDia transport for mobIlE Video AppLications EU/FP7 01-07-2010 01-06-2013
Moby Dick Moby Dick PT Inovação 01-01-2001 31-12-2003
Multipass Multipass PT Inovação 01-03-2010 01-03-2011
Multipass-II Multipass-II PT Inovação 01-09-2011 01-08-2012
NetEdge SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 069977 - NETEDGE - EDgE computing for end-users of optical Networks P2020 01-12-2020 30-06-2023
OneLab2 An Open Federated Laboratory Supporting Network Research for the Future Internet EU/FP7 01-09-2008 01-12-2010
P2056 Unified Standardisation Framework for Telecommunications Network Enablers Eurescom 01-01-2011 01-06-2011
PASMO Plataforma aberta para o desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções para a mobilidade P2020 15-05-2017 14-05-2020
RIGOUROUS Secure Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Continuum Computing 6G Services EU 01-01-2023 31-12-2025
S2MUV S2MUV Altran Portugal 01-04-2016 01-08-2017
SCALE SI I&DT - Projetos em Copromoção Nr. 047210 - Scalable Centralized Grid Protection, Automation and Control P2020 01-01-2021 30-06-2023
SDRT SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 070192 - SDRT Health - Software Defined Real-Time Health P2020 04-04-2021 30-06-2023
SeLF-ICN Selectively Accessing Light Field Faces over Information Centric Networking IT 01-07-2016 01-06-2018
Smart EnterCom Núcleo de I&D em Copromoção Nr. 021949 - SmartEnterCom - Comunicações Empresariais Inteligentes P2020 01-01-2017 31-12-2019
SNS-OPS SNS-OPS – SUPPORTING THE SNS JU OPERATIONS EU/Horizon Europe 01-01-2023 31-03-2025
SooS Service-oriented Operating Systems EU/FP7 01-02-2010 01-01-2013
SuperMEC SuperMEC Altran Portugal 01-02-2019 31-01-2021
sWAT Next generation Smart Water Grids IT/LA 01-07-2014 01-07-2016
SWIFT Secure Widespread Identities for Federated Telecommunications EU/FP7 01-01-2008 01-06-2010
TWIN SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 069557 - Twin: Plataforma híbrida de aprovisionamento de serviços e comunicações orquestradas para aplicações stateful com requisitos de latência e jitter P2020 31-01-2021 30-06-2023
VIDAS VIsible light communications for advanced Driver Assistance Systems FCT/PTDC 01-09-2007 01-03-2010
WIP An All-Wireless Mobile Network Architecture EU 01-01-2006 31-12-2008
  • F. Meneses, C. Guimarães, D. Corujo, R. Aguiar, Best Paper Award (Mobility Track), 9th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility & Security (NTMS 2018), for the work "SDN-based Mobility Management: Handover Performance Impact in Constrained Devices", in Paris, France, 01-02-2018
  • O. Pereira, D. Regateiro, R. Aguiar, Best paper Award, Best Paper Award at the 6th DATA (intl. Conf. on Data Science, Technology and Applications) held in Madrid. Paper: SPDC: Secure Proxied Database Connectivity, 01-07-2017
  • R. Aguiar, Best Executive Editor ETT, Prize of Best Executive Editor (five are nominated) from the Journal Emerging Telecommunication Technologies, Wiley, 01-01-2017
  • R. Aguiar, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer, Eleito IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer para o biénio 2017-18., 01-01-2017
  • D. Corujo, C. Ferreira, A. Neto, A. Mota, F. Silva, J. Pereira, C. Guimarães, P. R. Rosa, S. Kofuji, R. Aguiar, Best Paper Award, 10th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT-2014), IARIA, for the work “Towards a Carrier Grade SDN Controller: Integrating OpenFLow with Telecom Services”, in Paris, France, 01-07-2014
  • R. Aguiar, L. Alves, Fraunhofer Challenge 2011, Won Second prize in PhD category for the best Idea in PhD thesis work for session 2010-1011, 01-10-2011
  • Nuno Rafael Lourenço, L. Alves, R. Aguiar, Visible Light Communication for Road Safety: Poster Award, Awarded one of the best poster award in the Engineering Category at Annual Research Day at University of Aveiro, 01-06-2011
  • Nuno Rafael Lourenço, R. Aguiar, Michael Spiez, Best Paper Award, IETE Gowri Memorial Award for Best Paper in Journal, 01-12-2008
  • D. Corujo, V. Jesus, S. Sargento, R. Aguiar, M. A. Almeida, N. Sénica, Best Local Student Paper, IEEE Sumposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2007), for the work "Mobility with Quality of Service Support for Multi-Interface Terminals: Combined User and Network Approach", Aveiro, Portugal, 01-07-2007
  • R. Aguiar, IST FP6 1st Call S.O. 3.1.3, Technical Audit, 01-05-2003
  • R. Aguiar, IST - 8th Call, Action Line IV.5.2, Technical Audit, 16-03-2002
  • R. Aguiar, IST- 8th Call, Action Line IV.2.3, Technical Audit, 14-03-2002
  • R. Aguiar, Continuous Submission Scheme for Grant Applications, Technical Audit, 01-02-2002
  • WCNC - Workshop: The Second Workshop on Flexible and Agile Networks FLEXNETS, Conference co-chair, 2018
  • IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility & Security NTMS, Conference co-chair, 2018
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • Visions for Future Communications Summit, Conference Chairman, 2017
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Symp. on Integrated Network Management, Organizing Committee, 2017
  • IEEE International Conf. on Computer Communications - INFOCOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2017
  • IEEE 5G Summit Lisbon, Conference co-chair, 2017
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • International Symp. on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE International Conf. on Computer Communications - INFOCOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2016
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • European Workshop on Software Defined Networking EWSDN, Technical Programme Chairman, 2015
  • International Symp. on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
  • ACM Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture - MobiArch, Conference co-chair, 2014
  • International Symp. on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
  • IEEE International Symp. on Computers and Communications - ISCC, Conference Chairman, 2014
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
  • Sessions Chairman, 2014
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • International Symp. on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
  • International Conf. on Network and Service Management - CNSM, Sessions Chairman, 2013
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • International Symp. on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications - PIMRC, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • IEEE International Symposium on Computer and Communications - ISCC, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • IEEE Communications Society IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf. - WCNC, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
  • Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Conference Chairman, 2012
  • ICST Conf. on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI), Sessions Chairman, 2012
  • Workshop “Serviços de Comunicação de Próxima Geração”, Organizing Committee, 2012
  • ICST Conf. on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI), Conference Chairman, 2011
  • ICETE 2005 - International Conference on E-business and Telecommunication Networks, Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • International Conference on Networking and Services, Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • Eurescom Summit 2005 - Ubiquitous Services and Applications, Technical Programme Committee, 2005
  • Workshop da Rede Temática de Comunicações Móveis, Organizing Committee, 2005
  • Conferência Cientifica e Técnica, Scientific Committee, 2005
  • Workshop on Challenges of Mobility, Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • IST Mobile Communications Summit 2004, Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • Conferência sobre Redes de Comunicações - CRC'04, Technical Programme Committee, 2004
  • IST Mobile Communications Summit 2003, Organizing Committee, 2003
  • IST Mobile communications summit 2003 (TC), Technical Programme Committee, 2003
  • Conferência sobre Redes de Comunicações - CRC'03, Technical Programme Committee, 2003
  • International Project Summit “Wireless Going IP”, Organizing Committee, 2002
  • EuroConference'98 - New Technologies for Higher Education, Organizing Committee, 1998
  • Escolas de Verão em Comunicação Avançada - ABC'96, Organizing Committee, 1996
  • Escolas de Verão em Comunicação Avançada - ABC'95, Organizing Committee, 1995
  • Escolas de Verão em Comunicação Avançada - ABC'94, Organizing Committee, 1994
  • Escolas de Verão em Comunicação Avançada - ABC'93, Organizing Committee, 1993
  • Editorial Board, ICT Express, 01-05-2016 - 31-01-2018
  • Associate Editor, Wireless Networks, 01-06-2014 - today
  • Editorial Board, Scientific World Journal, The, 01-05-2012 - 01-01-2018
  • Advisory Board, International Journal in Advances in Networks and Services, 01-01-2012 - today
  • Associate Editor, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 01-01-2011 - today
  • Editorial Board, International Journal On Advances in Telecommunications, 01-01-2009 - today

Activities from this researcher fall under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):