| Invited Talk

Name of the Speaker: Dr. Thas Nirmalathas
Name of the Organizer: Dr. Deepa Venkitesh
Venue: ESB-244 (Seminar Hall)
Date/Time: 27th February 2024 (Tuesday), 2:00 PM
Title: Dynamically reconfigurable Radio over Fiber Networks for Next Generation Mobile Networks

Abstract

Future mobile networks such as 6G would require optical crosshaul networks highly intelligent, reconfigurable, and adaptable to dynamic service requirements and network conditions within a network architecture similar to open radio access network (ORAN). We have proposed and investigated novel software definable and reconfigurable optical crosshaul architecture for supporting a heterogeneous mix of crosshaul transport technologies and dynamic functional splitting configurations. We will discuss the recent progress in our research, presenting some of our modelling studies of this architecture.

Bio: Thas Nirmalathas is currently the Interim Dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Melbourne. His current research interests are in the areas of optical and wireless network integration, photonic computing, microwave photonics and heterogeneous integration of microwave and photonic systems.