CRAT competences mainly belong to the following sectors:
- Resource management in wired, wireless and satellite networks (routing, load balancing, call admission control, medium access control, scheduling, traffic control, etc.).
- Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) management in heterogeneous networks.
- Convergence in heterogeneous networks. Design of service platforms built on heterogeneous networks and services.
- Security systems (authentication, cryptography, secure web services, etc.). Security, Privacy and Dependability (SPD).
- Multi-vehicle routing.
- Efficient energy management in electrical distribution networks.
- Data Analytics, fusion and mining.
- Programmable networks (Software Defined Networks – SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV).
- Optimization of IT resources.
The main application domains of CRAT are :
- Future Internet and 5G networks.
- Telemedicine.
- Big Data.
- Critical infrastructures protection.
- Smart grids.
- Home networks.
- Ad-hoc and sensor networks.
- Broadband satellite and terrestrial networks.
- Emergency and disaster relief scenarios.
- Network and service security.