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Unified Communications in Cloud Laboratories  

Acronym

UCLabs

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Site

https://users.utcluj.ro/~uclabs/
https://www.facebook.com/uclabs/

Address

26-28 George Baritiu Street, 400027, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Faculty
Department

Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Communications Department

Telephone

+40 264 401226

Fax

+40 264 401474

Director

Professor Virgil Dobrota, Ph.D.

e-mail

Virgil.Dobrota@com.utcluj.ro

FRIEND-NOW "FutuRe telecommunication InfrastructurEs aND Next-generatiOn netWorks Education Program", Project ID 101128194, https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/projects-details/43353764/101128194/ERASMUS2027/ (2024-2026)

EUt+ "European University of Technology", https://www.univ-tech.eu/ (2020-2026)

CLOUDUT "Cloud Cercetare UTCN", Contract No. 235/21.04.2020, POC, MySMIS ID:124493, https://cloudut.utcluj.ro/en/ (2020-2022), 2020 / 2022

URBIVEL “Advanced Technologies for Intelligent Urban Electric Vehicles”, ID P_40_333 project, POC-A1-A1.2.3, https://urbivel.utcluj.ro/(2016-2020), 2016 / 2017 / 2020 / 2022

DIONASYS “Declarative and Interoperable Overlay Networks, Applications to Systems of Systems”, CHIST-ERA project, https://www.chistera.eu/projects/dionasys  (2015-2018), 2016 / 2017 / 2018

UCONNECT “ Implementation of Ubiquitous Connectivity for Public Transport”, FP7-SME-2012-1/315161 project, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/105670/factsheet/en  (2012-2014), 2017

4WARD “Architecture and Design for the Future Internet”, FP7-ICT-2007-1 No. 216041 project, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/85316/factsheet/en (2008-2010), 2019

Wi-QoST “Traffic and QoS Management in Wireless Multimedia Networks”, COST 290 project, https://www.cost.eu/actions/290 (2004-2008), 2008

1. G.R. Andreica, G.L. Tabacar, D. Zinca, I.A. Ivanciu and V. Dobrota, “Denial of Service Attack Prevention and Mitigation for Secure Access in IoT GPS-based Intelligent Transportation Systems”,   Electronics 2024, 13(14), 2693; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13142693, WOS:001277655900001 (ISI Q2 journal). htm
2. A.T. Costin, D. Zinca, V.Dobrota, “A Real-Time Streaming System for Customized Network Traffic Capture”, Sensors 2023, 23(14), 6467; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23146467, WOS:001036373600001 (ISI Q2 Journal). htm
3. R. Botez, A.G. Pasca, A.T. Sferle, I.A. Ivanciu, V. Dobrota, “Efficient Network Slicing with SDN and Heuristic Algorithm for Low Latency Services in 5G/B5G Networks”, Sensors 2023, 23(13), 6053; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23136053 WOS:001030144200001 (ISI Q2 Journal). htm
4. R. Botez, A.T. Sferle, I.A. Ivanciu, V. Dobrota, “KubeUT: A Cloud-Agnostic Kubernetes Management Platform”, Proceedings of the 11th International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking BlackSeaCom 2023, Istanbul, Turkiye, July 4-7, 2023. htm
5. A.G. Mari, D. Zinca, and V. Dobrota, “Development of a Machine-Learning Intrusion Detection System and Testing of Its Performance Using a Generative Adversarial Networks”, Sensors 2023, 23(3), 1315; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031315, WOS:000930773600001(ISI Q2 Journal). htm
6. V.V. Coman and V. Dobrota, “Open-Source Software-Defined Wide Area Network: An Inter-Cloud Approach”, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications ISETC 2022, Timisoara, Romania, November 10-11, 2022, pp.299-302, ISBN: 979-8-3503-4621-3, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10010128. htm
7. R. Botez, A.G. Pasca and V. Dobrota, “Kubernetes-Based Network Functions Orchestration for 5G Core Networks with Open Source MANO”, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications ISETC 2022, Timisoara, Romania, November 10-11, 2022, pp.295-298, ISBN: 979-8-3503-4621-3, doi: 10.1109/ISETC56213.2022.10010246. htm
8. C.M. Iurian, R. Botez, I.A. Ivanciu and V. Dobrota, “Video Streaming Evaluation Using Priority Queuing in P4 Programmable Networks”, Proceedings of the 20th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research ROEDUNET 2022, Sovata, Romania, September 15-16, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/RoEduNet57163.2022.9921096. htm
9. D.C. Neagu, A.B. Rus, M. Grec, M.A. Boroianu, N. Bogdan and A. Gal, "Towards Sentiment Analysis for Romanian Twitter Content",
   Algorithms 2022, 15(10), 357; https://doi.org/10.3390/a15100357, WOS:000872011900001 (ISI Q3 Journal). htm
10. D. Deac, E. Teshome, R Van Glabbeek,V. Dobrota, A. Braeken,  K. Steenhaut, “Traffic Aware Scheduler for Time-Slotted Channel-Hopping-Based IPv6 Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensors 2022, 22(17), 6397; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176397, WOS:000851975400001, (ISI Q2 Journal). htm
11. R. Botez, C.M. Petruti, I.A. Ivanciu and V. Dobrota, “Kubernetes-Based Load Balancer as a Service for Private Cloud Infrastructures”, 14th International Conference on Communications COMM 2022, Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, “Electronica 2000” Foundation and IEEE Romania Section, Bucharest, Romania, June 16-18, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/COMM54429.2022.9817323. htm
12. D.A. Margin, I.A. Ivanciu and V. Dobrota, “Deep Reservoir Computing Using Echo State Networks and Liquid State Machine”, Proceedings of the 10th International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking BlackSeaCom 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 6-9, 2022, pp. 208-213, doi: 10.1109/BlackSeaCom54372.2022.9858322, WOS:000865848800036. htm.
13. A.F. Sicoe, R. Botez, I.A. Ivanciu and V. Dobrota, “Fully Automated Testbed of Cisco Virtual Routers in Cloud Based Environments”, Proceedings of the 10th International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking BlackSeaCom 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 6-9, 2022, pp. 49-53, doi: 10.1109/BlackSeaCom54372.2022.9858288, WOS:000865848800009. htm
14. A.T. Costin, D. Zinca and V. Dobrota, “LAN traffic capture applications using the libtins library”, Electronics 2021, ISSN: 2079-9292, Special Issue: "Real-Time Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems and Applications", Electronics 2021, 10(24), 3084; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10243084, WOS:000742426500001 (ISI Q3 Journal). htm
15. I.A. Ivanciu, R. Botez, C.M. Iurian, A.V. Dumitrescu, T.M. Blaga and V. Dobrota, “An SD-WAN Approach for EUt+ Network”, Proceedings of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, November 4-6, 2021, pp.1-6, DOI: 10.1109/RoEduNet54112.2021.9638308. htm
16. D.A. Margin and V. Dobrota, “Overview of Echo State Networks using Different Reservoirs and Activation Functions”, Proceedings of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania, November 4-6, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/RoEduNet54112.2021.9637715. htm
17. B. Kone, A.D. Kora, R. Botez, I.A. Ivanciu, and V. Dobrota, “Use Case of a Management and Orchestration for Network Functions Virtualization in a VoIP Testbed”, Proceedings of the 9th International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking BlackSeaCom 2021, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania, May 24-28, 2021, pp.1-5, DOI: 10.1109/BlackSeaCom52164.2021.9527877, WOS:000892556200045. htm
18. R. Botez, J. Costa-Requena, I.A. Ivanciu, V. Strautiu, V. Dobrota, “SDN-based Network Slicing Mechanism for a Scalable 4G/5G Core Network: A Kubernetes Approach”, Sensors 2021, 21(11), 3773; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113773, ISSN: 1424-8220, WOS:000660676800001 (ISI Q1 Journal). htm
19. R. Botez, I.A. Ivanciu, C.M. Iurian, and V. Dobrota, “Quantum Implementation of the Modified Dijkstra’s Routing Algorithm”, Proceedings of the Romanian Academy - Series A, ISSN 1454-9069, Vol. 22, No. 41, January - March 2021, pp. 91-98, Romanian Academy Publishing House, WOS:000635594600011 (ISI Q3 Journal). htm
20. E. Teshome, D. Deac, S. Thielemans, M. Carlier, K. Steenhaut, A. Braeken, and V. Dobrota, “Time Slotted Channel Hopping and ContikiMAC for IPv6 Multicast Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensors 2021, 21(5), 1771; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051771, ISSN: 1424-8220, WOS:000628863900001 (ISI Q1 Journal). htm
21. A. Cepuc, R. Botez, O. Craciun, I.A. Ivanciu, V. Dobrota, “Implementation of a Continuous Integration and Deployment Pipeline for Containerized Applications in Amazon Web Services Using Jenkins, Ansible and Kubernetes”, Proc. of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, PUB Bucharest, Romania, Dec.11-12, 2020, pp.1-6, DOI:10.1109/RoEduNet51892.2020.9324857, WOS:000654265900011. htm
22. C.M. Iurian, I.A. Ivanciu, B.M. Marian, D. Zinca, V. Dobrota, “An SDN Architecture for IoT Networks Using ONOS Controller”, Proc. of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, PUB Bucharest, Romania, Dec.11-12, 2020, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/RoEduNet51892.2020.9324887, WOS:000654265900035. htm
23. M. Csoma, B. Kone, R. Botez, I.A. Ivanciu, A.D. Kora, V. Dobrota, “Management and Orchestration for Network Function Virtualization: An Open Source MANO Approach”, Proc. of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, PUB Bucharest, Romania, Dec.11-12, 2020, pp. 1-6, DOI: 10.1109/RoEduNet51892.2020.9324847, WOS:000654265900002. htm
24. G.R. Andreica, L. Bozga, D. Zinca, and V. Dobrota, “Denial of Service and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks against IoT Devices in a GPS-based Monitoring Software for Intelligent Transportation Systems”, Proc. of the 19th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, PUB Bucharest, Romania, Dec.11-12, 2020, pp. 1-4, DOI: 10.1109/RoEduNet51892.2020.9324865, WOS:000654265900017. htm
25. R. Botez, V. Strautiu, I.A. Ivanciu, and V. Dobrota, “Containerized Application for IoT Devices: Comparison between balenaCloud and Amazon Web Services Approaches”, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications ISETC 2020, Timisoara, Romania, November 5-6, 2020, pp.1-4, DOI: 10.1109/ISETC50328.2020.9301070, WOS:000612681000082. htm
26. C.M. Iurian, I.A. Ivanciu, and V. Dobrota, “Couchbase Server in Microsoft Azure Cloud: A Docker Container Approach”, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications ISETC 2020, Timisoara, Romania, November 5-6, 2020, pp. 1-4, DOI: 10.1109/ISETC50328.2020.9301052, WOS:000612681000084. htm
27. R. Botez, C.M. Iurian, I.A. Ivanciu, and V. Dobrota, “Deploying a Dockerized Application with Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform”, 13th International Conference on Communications COMM 2020, Military Technical Academy “Ferdinand I”, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, “Electronica 2000” Foundation and IEEE Romania Section, Bucharest, Romania, June 18-20, 2020, pp. 471-476, DOI: 10.1109/COMM48946.2020.9142014, WOS:000612723900084. htm
28. R. Onet, I.A. Ivanciu, R. Burian, D. Zinca, C.M. Campeanu, and V. Dobrota, “Automatic Deployment of a Network Overlay in an Intelligent Transportation System: Docker and Open Baton Approach”, Proceedings of the 18th RoEduNet Conference: Networking in Education and Research, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania, 10-12 October 2019,  DOI: 10.1109/ROEDUNET.2019.8909588, WOS:000520513500020. htm
29. I.A. Ivanciu, L. Ivanciu, D. Zinca and V. Dobrota, “Securing Health-Related Data Transmission Using ECG and Named Data Networks”, Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks LANMAN 2019, Paris, France, July 1-3, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/LANMAN.2019.8846993, WOS:000617951400007. htm

The complete list of publications:

https://users.utcluj.ro/~dobrota/Papers.htm

Significant solutions:
SDN-based Network Slicing Mechanism for a Scalable 4G/5G Core Network; Machine-Learning Intrusion Detection System using Generative Adversarial Networks; Quantum computing implementation of Modified Dijkstra’s Algorithm; Seamless Connectivity for Intra/ Inter-Cloud Applications; Automatic Deployment of Infrastructure and Services for a Private Cloud Orchestrated by OpenStack; Active Measurements of the One-Way Delay.

Development of original solutions for active measurements of SDN and NFV implementations based on Kubernetes; Development of active measurements of QoS parameters in Internet (available transfer rate, latency); Development of cross-layer techniques for congestion control; Development of a solution for permanent Internet connection independent to the network access technologies; Development of implementation for automatic management in cloud; Extension of libtins library for a packet-based VoIP analyser and an Intrusion Detection System.

Consulting

Consulting, design, research and prototyping towards development of private cloud solutions; Evaluation of security vulnerabilities in computer networks and operating systems; IP-based solution for unified communications; DevNet solutions. 

Training

Cisco Networking Academy programs offered by UC Labs staff: https://el.el.obs.utcluj.ro/cisco/