Status: 1 year contract (extension is possible)

Expected starting date: November 15th 2016 to 1st of January 2017

Deadline to apply: October 15

Location: Eurecom, Campus SophiaTech, in the French Riviera.

Interested applicants should:

- Hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a closely related area
- Have solid background on analytical and performance analysis, 4G/4G+ systems, SDN/MEC
- Have a strong programming skills (in C under Linux OS)
- Have a strong publication record
- Demonstrate an excellent level of spoken and written English.


Applications should be sent before November 15 to:
Prof. Navid Nikaein, navid.nikaein@eurecom.fr

and must include the following information:
- A curriculum vitae, with full contact information, education, positions and academic work.
- A cover letter explaining the candidate's background (including a summary of the Master's thesis), qualifications and research interests.
- Copies of relevant diplomas / degree certificates, transcripts of records, copies of 2-3 main publications and 2-3 recommendation letters.

Research topic:

The postdoc candidate will explore the SDN/MEC paradigms in designing a flexible radio access network (RAN) to realize the concept of network slicing for RAN. Considered area of research includes programmable control plane (SDN) and data plane (MEC), RAN abstraction in support of high level programmability, application of machine learning techniques and data analytic to RAN optimization. The candidate will be also involved in the standardization activities, and will join the forces for the contribution to the ETSI NFV, MEC and OSM.

We plan to use the OpenAirInterface (OAI) software defined radio platform that includes open source implementation of components of a full LTE/LTE-A system architecture. Evaluation of mechanisms proposed will done through emulation and real experimentations in a small scale could RAN deployment at Eurecom with a low-cost 30 dBm radio-units with commodity 1GbE ethernet fronthaul and a data-center for RAN processing based on the current OAI stack.