Grant: SmartSDN: Intelligent Network Management Toolkit for Community Wireless Networks
Date: October 2024
Amount: $124,394
Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are collaborating with the FOCUS Community Wireless Network (CWN) in Ocean View, Cape Town. The network aims to provide affordable internet access to a low-income area but faces persistent quality-of-service (QoS) challenges.
The grant will fund the development of a network management system using software-defined networking (SDN) and lightweight machine learning (ML). This system will automate QoS management, making it easier for CWN operators to improve network reliability and scalability while creating solutions applicable to similar networks globally.
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