Network Engineering

This group encloses all those people that work in topics related to the design and implementation of networking systems. Specific knowledge of the people involved are those of protocol design, building experimental or emulated networking platforms, traffic generation, traffic emulation, measurement of systems and that have experiences dealing with commercial equipment and technology standards. The complete competence profile of this Knowledge Group is provided in the following table:

Members

Jaume Nin Guerrero

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Software Development: strong C and C++, some Java and Perl	Ekiga VoIP client multi-interface implementation.
	Distributed Computing	Previous to CTTC, Middleware agent implementation for Abiquo Distributed Computing platform
	XML Application Layer Protocol (design, implementation using expat and validation through XSD)	Distributed Computing Protocol based on XML, validation through XSD
	Software Unit (CppUnit) and System test (Hudson)	Previous to CTTC, in charge of the testing related tasks at abiquo
	ASIC Verification in Verilog-SystemC-C++	Previous to CTTC, block and system tests for Fusion (10M gates ASIC) at HP IPG Barcelona

José Núñez Martínez

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Network/Sytem Administrator	System&Network Administrator Research Group//Administration tools for EXTREME testbed (based on EMULAB software)
	Experimental tester of Network Protocols	Experimental testing of Location Services Protocols for Wireless Mesh Networks
	User Level Programming: Object Oriented( C++, Java) , Matlab and Scripting(perl,awk ,bash.,tcl.)	NS3 Simulator//NS2- Miracle//Click Modular Router Software//EMMA developer
	Kernel Level Programming	Development of Fast Handovers for MIPv6

Marc Portolés Comeras

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Design and implementation of layer 2/3 protocols (wired/wireless)	Extreme MeasureMent Architecture (EMMA)
	Linux Kernel programming s de S.O. Network drivers	Ethernet and WLAN drivers for EMMA
	Programming languages: C/C++, Java, Perl, bash, Matlab	Controlled In-lab WLAN testbeds (single-/multi-hop)
	802.11 protcol and extensions: 11b, 11a, 11e, 11s, 11k	Calibration and assessment of MUSA (UMTS) testbed
	Network measurement, analysis,fault detection
	Cisco IOS

Manuel Requena Esteso

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	SW development for networking protocols and applications	Emulation environment for WMN based on Click Modular Router software
	Protocols developped: GMPLS, TCP/UDP/IP, OSPF, FTP,…	Location protocols (VIMLOC, Reactive and Proactive) for WMN
	Drivers, kernels, Linux, FreeBSD	Forwarding protocols for WMN
	Real-time OS: VxWorks, RT Linux, pSOS	Administration tools for EXTREME testbed (based on EMULAB software)
	SW modelling language: UML	LRM (Link Resource Manager) for optical links in GMPLS
	Programming languages: C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, XML, Bash, Prolog, Assembler	TE extensions for OSPF in the GMPLS framework
	Routers administration: Cisco (IOS) / Juniper (JUNOS)

Javier Vázquez Machuca

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Optical Protocols programming	Creation of threads. Parallel library-- NANOS
	Software Engineering Tools (UML)	Link Resource Manager -- Optical Networking
	C, C++, Java programming. Assembly language X86, X86_64	Porting message size prediction tool to BlueGene supercomputer
	Multithreaded/Network/Socket programming	System Administrator
	Scripting languages (Perl,Python,Bash
	Optical Networking Protocols/Standards
	Object-oriented programming (Templates,Design Patterns)
	GNU/Linux/BSD development

Francisco Javier Vílchez Bermúdez

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	System monitoring/administration (Windows, UNIX, AS-400)	Before CTTC: Administrion of network and systems in a company building
	Network monitoring/administration (Ethernet, IP, ATM, Frame Relay, Token Ring, X.25, DLC)	Before CTTC: Monitoring and remote administration of networks/systems in finantial environment
	Networking devices configuration (switches, routers, equalizers, lasers, EDFA, monitors, MEMS switches)	ADRENALINE Testbed: migration of Transport Plane to the Phase II architecture
	Optical Networking Protocols (GMPLS)
	Test/Measurement Instrumentation (OSA, OTDR, Network Analyzer, Optical Power Meter, BERTester)
	Mentor Graphics tools for PCB design (Design Capture, Expedition PCB)
	Microcontroller firmware (Assembler, C)
	Analog/Digital electronic hardware design/verification

Ricard Vilalta Cañellas

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Software Development: strong C and C++ (Boost, GLib, STL), Java and Perl	Previous to CTTC, Airbus A380 router (ALNA)
	LAMP Administration	Previous to CTTC, DVB-S2/RCS Resource Management Simulator (Omnet++ and Matlab based)
	XML (DTD & XSD), PHP, MySQL, XHTML	Previous to CTTC, Inmarsat modem programming (SNMP, MIB, PPP)
	Software Unit (CppUnit) and System test	Previous to CTTC, in charge of cross-platform computer vision software
	cross-platform QT (Multithreading, XML, Image Processing, UnitTesting, User Interfaces, plugins)	Previous to CTTC, picocell 3G context management
	Image Processing and Machine Learning (OpenCV)
	Software development methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, safety-critical (DO-178B)