🌟 Programmable wireless communication stack for sustainable deployments 🌟
The next PERENNE plenary meeting will take place on November, 24 and 25 2025, at the ENSSAT engineering school in Lannion. This meeting will bring together project partners to discuss ongoing research, share technical insights, and review project progress. Agenda November 24 Welcome Scientific presentations Software Defined Low-power Lossy Wireless Networks (A. Mahmod, ICube) Programmable User-space Linux Network Stack (K. Fakih, ICube) Hybrid Management Plane using Dual Communication Stacks (T. Le Tarnec, IMT-A/ICube) Dynamic framework for Multi-Standard Communication: A Flexible Approach to Wireless Connectivity (A. Lakhdari, IRISA Granit) Discussion on PHY / Upper Layer Interactions Hardware & testbed Scenarios November 25 ...
We are excited to announce that our partner has published a new scientific article in Elsevier IoT Journal The article, titled “PENSIL: ProgrammablE Network Stack for Low-Power Lossy IoT Networks Using Lightweight Virtualization”, introduces a new network architecture built around a programmable and modular stack for Low-Power and Lossy Wireless Networks (LLWNs). This architecture enables dynamic and semantic reconfiguration of the protocol stack, allowing networks to adapt seamlessly without downtime. A proof-of-concept implementation on real hardware demonstrates that this approach improves performance through fast, lightweight, and secure updates, all while meeting the stringent memory, energy, and processing constraints of LLWN devices. ...
The next PERENNE plenary meeting will take place on March 6, 2025, at the ANFR headquarters in Paris. This meeting will bring together project partners to discuss ongoing research, share technical insights, and review project progress. Agenda Welcome Scientific presentations Programmability and SDN: Improved Control Plane and Data Plane for Adaptive Wireless Networks (T. Le Tarnec, IMT-A/ICube) Software Defined Low-power Lossy Wireless Networks (A. Mahmod, ICube) SDR Paradigm for Multi-Standard Communication: A Flexible Approach to Wireless Connectivity (A. Lakhdari, IRISA Granit) WiFi/Mobile Fight Smart Coexistence (A. Marquet - ANFR) Technical discussions and sharing Work progress and deliverables Administrative matters Miscellaneous items Next meetings and actions
We are excited to announce that our partner has published a new scientific article at AINA 2025 The article, titled “Programmable Solutions for Low-power Lossy Wireless Networks: A Study of SDN and Femto Containers”, explores network programmability techniques for Low-power Lossy Wireless Networks (LLWNs) and combines Software-Defined Networking for control plane programmability and Femto Containers for lightweight data plane virtualization. A proof-of-concept validation on the FIT IoT-LAB testbed demonstrates the feasibility of this approach, effectively meeting LLWN constraints while incurring a slight increase in packet processing delay. ...
The University of Rennes is proud to announce the recruitment of Adam Lakdhiri for a pioneering PhD thesis focusing on “Programmable Wireless Radio for Long-Life Communications”. Scheduled to commence in October or November 2024, this thesis will leverage the Software-defined paradigm (i.e., SDN and SDR) and focus on the design of a programmable, scalable radio system that is aware of its environment and energy consumption. Adam Lakdhiri will be guided by a team of experienced supervisors, including Matthieu Gautier, Robin Gerzaguet, and Baptiste Vrigneau, who has recently joined the project. Their expertise and mentorship will ensure the success of this innovative research endeavor. ...