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CHEDDAR: Communications Hub for Empowering Distributed clouD computing Applications and Research - TMF uplift

Lead Research Organisation: Imperial College London
Department Name: Computing

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Title Swarm Dance: AI-powered silent disco, become part of a single-intelligent being as you dance 
Description A dance troupe are divided into sub groups and use sensing to inform their behaviours and these behaviours are driven by the emergent algorithms we developed for sensor network routing. Imperial lates is a science oriented evening for the general public. 
Type Of Art Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) 
Year Produced 2024 
Impact Early days 
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/173454/imperial-lates-ai/
 
Description Our distributed cooperative Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) work is evolving into first of its kind development of pilot free communication and learned receiver architecture for ISAC.

We have designed Trustworthy AI as a service native to teleco, that integrates intelligence across RAN architectures. For example, this permits the splitting of learning across x-Apps and r-Apps to implement federated learning; placing the Machine Learning blocks across the RAN architecture autonomously for latency sensitive applications. This is supported with a suite of tools that: transform natural language end-user ideas into 6G radio and AI specifications, automatically generate open network coding (Apps) from specifications, formally verify the code comply to standards and specifications, and ensure compliant algorithms do not cause unforeseen cascade impact on network.

We presented the first benchmark for deploying GenAI on the Edge and now we are evolving that work into an Agent based architecture for future Radio access networks. This work is feeding into the AI-RAN Alliance WG1 and WG3. The work on safety aspects has received follow on funding from AISI.

Our initial work on co-existence and dynamic scheduling of the AI and RAN workload within similar GPU empowered architectures using Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) partitioning, is showcasing how a common infrastructure can support both GenAI and telco applications simultaneously. This work will be fed into WG2 of AI-RAN Alliance.

We developed task dependency aware optimal resource allocation mechanism for ultra-reliable and low-latency communication edge networks. We are developing novel energy-efficient sustainable AI-driven resource allocation techniques to address the unique challenges presented by the Edge-Fog-Cloud Continuum (EFCC) system empowered by 6G.

We have automate existing Telecoms functions considering diverse requirements from non expert people (without specific telecoms expertise). These tools are crucial to reducing barriers and reducing the costs.

We have demonstrated seamless integration and real-time synchronization of data applied to control systems using smart grid systems as an example. This work jointly optimizes latency to support power systems, while optimizing this against the current power opportunity (accounting for environment weather/costing) to ensure a more sustainable and cost-effective network. This is part of the National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP).

We have used an Explainable Adversarial Learning Framework for Physical Layer Key Generation to combat Malicious Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) generating deceptive channels to override legitimate channels to intercept information and secret keys among legitimate parties. This work is presented to ETSI with InterDigital.

Our initial work on autonomous distribution of inferencing/computational workload across the O-Cloud and MEC with the possibility of pooled resources is first of its kind. We demonstrate that this problem can be solved in an online fashion within orchestration platform.

Our work on the EE optimisation of the RAN shows promising results through exploitation of ML and AI on the key performance measures (KPMs) available in the Radio Intelligence Controller. We demonstrate how proposed algorithm can be implemented as an xApp.

We have pioneered semantically aware AI for networking, leveraging knowledge graphs (KG) and ontologies to model network entities relationships and manage contextual information. This is enabling precise root cause analysis, offering structured insights beyond traditional statistical methods, opening new opportunities for self-optimising networks, and enabling real-time predictive analytics and autonomous fault recovery.

Our Transferability framework addresses a research gap in user mobility management for next-generation wireless networks by applying deep transfer learning (TL) techniques. Specifically, we demonstrate that integrating TL with deep learning models (e.g., LSTM-based algorithm) in an O-RAN framework significantly accelerates model adaptation to dynamic new network topologies and channel conditions. This also helps with lowering the costs (data, time, energy) associated with training for the new models.



Our research on Agentic AI shows new ways of integrating GenAI on the Edge to enable new applications. This demonstrated how reasoning capabilities can be orchestrated.

We designed and practically implemented a first ever 60 GHz mmWave wireless communication and sensing testbed based on 60 GHz Dynamic Metasurface Antenna (DMA). The operating band of DMA-assisted wireless platform covers the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band, which is license-free and readily available for indoor personal area and local area network applications. It has potential applications in Industry 4.0/5.0 and Healthcare 4.0/5.0.

We produced a RF sensing integration with RAN to teleoperate a Robot as a demonstration for Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, March 2025.

We produced an Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) demo demonstrating how 6G can transform remote healthcare (see youtube link below)
Exploitation Route We have been operational for a year, it is expected that outcomes will be taken forward in the coming years. It is expected that some of these findings will be translated to whitepapers and policy in the coming year (25-26).
Sectors Aerospace

Defence and Marine

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Electronics

Energy

Healthcare

Security and Diplomacy
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-mOvYpgaLg
 
Description Thus far we have only been researching for a year, but through outreach describing our work, we have initiated conversations around the ethics and security of ISAC which while highly important, is new and beyond the realms of academic research alone. This work will be formulated as policy documents. Our 60 GHz mmWave wireless communication and sensing testbed enables real-time high-definition video and image transfer, which can be utilized for patient monitoring and contactless sensing. It improves healthcare delivery through fine-grained, high-resolution sensing and contactless vital monitoring. Additionally, it serves as a platform to enhance accessibility to advanced healthcare technologies and real-time data processing.
First Year Of Impact 2025
Sector Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Government, Democracy and Justice,Security and Diplomacy
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Policy & public services
 
Description Arrow Innovation Advisors - Hongjian Sun, Anas Bisu
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Building Europs
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3pjlywwvJeR9M1MxANgVFKoVU9cR9j6l
 
Description Contribution to UKTIN Academic Strategy Group Whitepaper
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The whitepaper places UK in context to global landscape and makes concrete recommendation for policy makers.
URL https://uktin.net/whats-happening/resources/strategic-working-group-report-future-networks
 
Description Future Telecoms Roundtable chaired by Angela McLean
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Harrogate Newspaper Evidence for Safety of 5G Masts
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The scientific advice can potentially elevate the concerns of safety increasing adoption of 5G.
URL https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/why-does-harrogate-need-5g-masts
 
Description Presentation to an overseas national Data Protection Agency (ICO equivalent).
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Scottish Science Advisory Board member
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description The Second National Infrastructure Assessment
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The NIA guidance feeds into public policy making for future investments in 5G infrastructure.
URL https://nic.org.uk/app/uploads/Final-NIA-2-Full-Document.pdf
 
Description UK Future Telco expert panel
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description UKTIN Expert Wireless Working Group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The white paper provided detailed insights into the UK's wireless capabilities and identified key gaps, contributing to the enhancement of education and skill levels within the telecom industry workforce.
URL https://uktin.net/sites/default/files/2024-02/FCP%20Wireless%20Networking%20%28C%29.pdf
 
Description APP17382: EPSRC-SFI: Active intelligent Reconfigurable surfaces for 6G wireless COMmunications (AR-COM)
Amount £960,575 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/Z533609/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2025 
End 01/2028
 
Description Co-Designing Clean Energy for Rural Africa with Service Innovations and Digital Twins (CREDiT)
Amount £2,800,000 (GBP)
Funding ID UKRI318 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2025 
End 12/2027
 
Description HarmonicAI: Human-guided collaborative multi-objective design of explainable, fair and privacy-preserving AI for digital health
Amount £140,253 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/Y03743X/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2024 
End 01/2028
 
Description Reliable Communication for Control (ReCoCo)
Amount £60,000 (GBP)
Funding ID PB2014 
Organisation National Nuclear Laboratory 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 11/2025
 
Description Satellite-Aided Technologies for advancing resilience - Guarding energy services under climate hazards, risks, and disasters (SAT-Guard)
Amount £998,267 (GBP)
Funding ID MR/Z50578X/1 
Organisation Durham University 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2025 
End 12/2026
 
Description SustainAIRA6G
Amount £399,441 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2024 
End 09/2025
 
Title AI-RAN ARC OTA Deployment 
Description Connected JOINER infrastructure with AI-RAN deployment 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2025 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The test-bed provide capabilites to study AI and RAN workloads. 
 
Title Automated adaptation tool for Dynamical System requirements 
Description We developed a method and tool to automatically adapt reachability requirements (through a process of degradation) in new envirnments 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2025 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This is a new method that allows relaxation of reachability properties. 
 
Title Language model for telecom specification 
Description A LLM for translating natural service requirements into telecom, edge AI, and other requirements for designing future networks. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Widely used and cited in industry and demoed at many conferences and trade shows 
URL https://ntutangyun.github.io/llm_6g_frontend/use-cases
 
Title Method and Tool for detecting unavoidable conflicts in requirements 
Description We devised a new method and implementation for analaysing potential conflicts in requirements to ensure that engineers and adaptation systems can focus on unavoidable conflicts that might arise in dynamic envirnements 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2025 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This reduces burden of engineers and adaptation options for autonomous systems to real conflicts that cannot be avoided. We showed that many conflicts detected by SOTA are spurious and wasteful of resources. 
 
Title Opensource Book for IoT Training 
Description Published open source book with interactive code for IoT. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The book is aimed at undergraduate students who want to familiarise with IoT communication. 
URL https://salirzaidi.github.io/comms/
 
Title QueryCheetah 
Description A method for automatically estimating the user-specific risk of attribute inference attacks 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact * Enabled fast automated risk evaluation of attribute inference attacks against query-based systems * Gained a better understanding of user-specific vulnerabilities in the real world, for example, within modern 6G networks. * Proposed a tool to (a) detect issues before systems are deployed and (b) help in patching the systems to mitigate risk. 
 
Title Research testbed for wireless security vulnerability testing 
Description A dedicated testbed was designed for experimenting with Thread networking, featuring a wall-mounted acrylic panel for convenient device placement. The setup comprised a 20-node Thread network, including a Border Router (BR), four Full Thread Devices (FTDs), and fifteen Minimal Thread Devices (MTDs). Nordic Semiconductor nRF5340DK development boards were used for the FTDs, while nRF52840 USB Dongles were selected for the MTDs. Each Thread device was connected to a Raspberry Pi 5 (RPi) via USB in groups of three MTDs and one FTD per RPi, supplying power and a UART link for debugging. The BR was implemented using a networked RPi and an nRF5340DK. This testbed enabled security and vulnerability assessments, including replay attacks, battery depletion attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and radio jamming attacks. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2025 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This enables other researchers to build and test similar testbeds for Home IoT. Undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students can experiment with their ideas and develop their own solutions. The research paper and posters on this work have been accepted at top security conferences and workshops. 
URL https://github.com/SystronLab/thread-edge-testbed
 
Title Time synchronisation through telecoms 
Description National timing centre innovation node upgrade connected to Joiner and ORAN, facilitates traceable UK atomic clock signal to synch different tethered and wireless services. L2 tunnelling provided by iQuila and security provided by QuantumDice. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Research tested demonstrated first drone flight in summer 2024 without GPS 
 
Title DiffAR: adaptive conditional diffusion model for temporal-augmented human activity recognition 
Description Human activity recognition (HAR) is a fundamental sensing and analysis technique that supports diverse applications, such as smart homes and healthcare. In device-free and non-intrusive HAR, WiFi channel state information (CSI) captures wireless signal variations caused by human interference without the need for video cameras or on-body sensors. However, current CSI-based HAR performance is hampered by incomplete CSI recordings due to fixed window sizes in CSI collection and human/machine errors that incur missing values in CSI. To address these issues, we propose DiffAR, a temporal-augmented HAR approach that improves HAR performance by augmenting CSI. DiffAR devises a novel Adaptive Conditional Diffusion Model (ACDM) to synthesize augmented CSI, which tackles the issue of fixed windows by forecasting and handles missing values with imputation. Compared to existing diffusion models, ACDM improves the synthesis quality by guiding progressive synthesis with step-specific conditions. DiffAR further exploits an ensemble classifier for activity recognition using both raw and augmented CSI. Extensive experiments on four public datasets show that DiffAR achieves the best synthesis quality of augmented CSI and outperforms state-of-theart CSI-based HAR methods in terms of recognition performance. The source code of DiffAR is available at https://github.com/huangshk/DiffAR. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Early days 
URL https://www.ijcai.org/proceedings/2023/0424.pdf
 
Title LoED: The LoRaWAN at the Edge Dataset 
Description This repository contains dataset from nine LoRaWAN gateways collected in an urban environment. The dataset contains raw payload information, along with other metadata from the gateway. The dataset can be cited at: Dataset: LoED: The LoRaWAN at the Edge Dataset Laksh Bhatia, Michael Breza, Ramona Marfievici, Julie A. McCann Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Data Acquisition To Analysis (DATA '20), 2020 Files in the folder README.md A readme file detailing the gateway location, model and statistics about the data collected at each of the gateways. Laksh_Bhatia_LoED_LoRaWAN_at_the_edge.pdf A readme file detailing the gateway location, model and statistics about the data collected at each of the gateways. LoED_LoRaWAN_at_edge_dataset.zip A zip file containing all data files. Data files are in dd_mm_yyyy.csv format with one file for every day of the collection campaign LoED_LoRaWAN_at_edge_dataset-SAMPLE.zip Sample folder with only six days of data collection. LoED_parser.ipynb A jupyter notebook to generate statistics of the dataset LoED_parser.html HTML rendering of the LoRaDatasetParser.ipynb notebook LoED_parser.py A python file to generate basic statistics from the dataset 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact It has been used by further researchers and referenced. 
URL https://zenodo.org/record/4121430
 
Title White-box 3D-OMP-Transformer for ISAC 
Description An open-sourced white-box transformer model for OFDM-based radar sensing. The implementation of other baseline models is also released. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2025 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact It can facilitate the research progress of others in this field. 
URL https://github.com/Bowen-zhang96/White-box-3D-OMP-Transformer
 
Title Wi-Fi and Radar Fusion for Head Movement Sensing Through Walls Leveraging Deep Learning. [Data Collection] 
Description Hameed, H., Tahir, A., Usman, M., Jiang, Z., Lubna, , Abbas, H. , Naeem, R., Tie Jun, C., Imran, M. A. and Abbasi, Q. (2024) 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Dataset for future hearing aid devices 
URL https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/qammerabbasi/#researchdatasets,2024
 
Title WiMANS: A Benchmark Dataset for WiFi-based Multi-user Activity Sensing. 
Description WiFi-based human sensing has exhibited remarkable potential to analyze user behaviors in a non-intrusive and device-free manner, benefiting applications as diverse as smart homes and healthcare. However, most previous works focus on single-user sensing, which has limited practicability in scenarios involving multiple users. Although recent studies have begun to investigate WiFi-based multi-user activity sensing, there remains a lack of benchmark datasets to facilitate reproducible and comparable research. To bridge this gap, we present WiMANS, to our knowledge, the first dataset for multi-user activity sensing based on WiFi. WiMANS contains over 9.4 hours of WiFi Channel State Information (CSI), monitoring simultaneous activities performed by multiple users in various environments. Compared to existing datasets, WiMANS not only collects the CSI of dual WiFi bands but also includes synchronized videos. We exploit WiMANS to benchmark the performance of state-of-the-art WiFi-based human sensing models and video-based models, posing new challenges and opportunities for WiFi-based multi-user identification, localization, and activity recognition. We believe that WiMANS can push the boundaries of current WiFi-based human sensing and catalyze the research on multi-user activity analysis. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Early days 
URL https://github.com/huangshk/WiMANS
 
Description IIT Kanpur - India and SystronLab 
Organisation Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Research Knowledge Transfer collaboration with c3iHub - https://c3ihub.org/
Collaborator Contribution The Research Knowledge Transfer collaboration with c3iHub at IITK- https://c3ihub.org/
Impact The research visit and collaboration provide a better understanding of the research facilities and cybersecurity expertise at c3iHub at IITK, potentially paving the way for long-term research collaboration.
Start Year 2024
 
Description InterDigital 
Organisation InterDigital
Department InterDigital Europe
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The main scenarios and technical knowledge comes from Imperial.
Collaborator Contribution The know-how of standards and navigating the meetings etc. comes from InterDigital.
Impact We have collaborated on work items for ETSI based on CHEDDAR work.
Start Year 2024
 
Description NVIDIA and CHEDDAR 
Organisation NVIDIA
Country Global 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The University of Leeds led the collaboration between NVIDIA and CHEDDAR. We deployed first AI-RAN prototype developed by NVIDIA, ARC-OTA at Leeds.
Collaborator Contribution NVIDIA Joined the advisory board for the CHEDDAR and contributed towards developing the work programme for future funding. Also, this collaboration resulted in follow on funding.
Impact Testbed deployment and pre-standards contribution.
Start Year 2024
 
Description TMYTEK and CHEDDAR 
Organisation Skytek
Country Ireland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution TMYTEK provided around £50k discount on the procurement of their state of the art FR2 mmWave beamformers and entered into a research partnership with the University of Leeds and Imperial College. The collaboration was initiated by the University of Leeds. TMYTEK participated in IEEE 6G Summit organised by the University of Leeds.
Collaborator Contribution TMYTEK, UoL and Imperial are working jointly to developed integrated sensing and communication demo at FR2 band. TMYTEK is providing technical support for PDRAs to develop the bespoke algorithms for integration of their beamformers into our ORAN ecosystem.
Impact Practical hardware testbed for ISAC evaluation. RIS enabled ISAC testbed at Imperial college.
Start Year 2024
 
Description Virgin Media 02 
Organisation Virgin Media
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Working with Head of trails, David Owens on Reconfigurable surfaces and ISAC
Collaborator Contribution VM02 provided advisory and guidelines for the requirement
Impact NA
Start Year 2024
 
Title Non invasive glucose monitoring 
Description We have developed non invasive glucose monitoring device prototype, which we will trail on 100 patients by August 2025. Ethical approvals have been obtained and planning is going on for trails. 
Type Management of Diseases and Conditions
Current Stage Of Development Initial development
Year Development Stage Completed 2024
Development Status Actively seeking support
Impact It will help to improve the lives of people suffering from diabetes which is more than 450 million globally. The product if succesful will have huge economic and social benefit. 
 
Title CSP Models and Sound Animation for Security Protocols: Diffie-Hellman and Needham-Schroeder 
Description This repository (https://github.com/SystronLab/animation-of-security-protocols) contains CSP models for two security protocols: the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and the Needham-Schroeder public key protocol. These models are used in Isabelle/HOL to generate Haskell code for sound animation. The generated code is also available in this repository. Further details can be found in the paper "User-Guided Verification of Security Protocols via Sound Animation" (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-77382-2_3). 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2024 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact The repository provides a valuable resource for the formal verification and analysis of security protocols by offering CSP models of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and the Needham-Schroeder public key protocol. By leveraging Isabelle/HOL to generate Haskell code for sound animation, this work enhances the accessibility and practicality of verifying security protocols, ensuring their correctness and robustness. The ability to animate these protocols allows researchers and practitioners to better understand potential vulnerabilities, explore attack scenarios, and validate protocol properties in a more interactive and intuitive manner. Furthermore, by making the generated code publicly available, the repository fosters collaboration and further advancements in the field of security protocol verification, contributing to the broader goal of building more secure and resilient communication systems. 
URL https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-77382-2_3
 
Title Commercial E2 Node (VIAVI Tester) with Open-Source RIC (OSC) 
Description The source code of the OSC RIC was modified to address interoperability issues encountered during its integration with the VIAVI tester. The modified OSC RIC was successfully integrated, and currently an xApp is able to fetch KPMs from the VIAVI tester. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2024 
Impact The modifications to the OSC RIC source code significantly enhance interoperability, enabling seamless integration with the VIAVI tester. This improvement ensures that an xApp can reliably fetch Key Performance Metrics (KPMs) from the VIAVI tester, facilitating real-time monitoring and analysis of network performance. By addressing these integration challenges, this work contributes to the broader adoption and deployment of Open RAN solutions, promoting standardization and interoperability across diverse network components. The successful implementation not only improves the robustness of O-RAN deployments but also supports more efficient and data-driven network optimization, ultimately benefiting researchers, developers, and telecom operators working on next-generation wireless systems. 
URL https://systronlab.github.io/projects/interoperability
 
Title Jammer Detection in Multi-hop IoT Networks 
Description The presence of a jammer in an IoT network severely degrades all communication efforts between adjacent wireless devices. The situation is getting worse due to retransmission attempts made by affected devices. Therefore, jammers must be detected or localized quickly to activate a series of corrective countermeasures so as to ensure the robust operation of the IoT network. This paper proposes a novel metric called the number of jammed slots (NJS). It can detect and localize both reactive and proactive jammers that follow arbitrary jamming attack patterns. NJS is applicable to all communication paradigms such as unicast, broadcast, and multicast. In NJS, the wireless medium status is monitored by IoT devices and summarized reports are sent to a central node. Then, the central node determines the jamming duration, the affected nodes, and the approximate location of the jammer(s). 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2024 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Relevant publications were cited, meaning someone using our software. 
URL https://github.com/abdolahi68/NJS_code/tree/main
 
Title MUD-UI: A tool to manage and edit Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) files associated with IoT devices from the browser. 
Description A tool to manage and edit Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) files from the browser. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2025 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact This paper introduces MUD-UI, a user-centric solu- tion designed to empower non-technical users in managing IoT security policies through an intuitive graphical inter- face. MUD-UI enables users to view, modify, and enforce MUD policies without requiring deep technical knowledge, bridging the gap between manufacturer-imposed security configurations and user-driven control. 
URL https://github.com/SystronLab/osMUD-UI
 
Title ORAN: Integration of the open-source E2 node srsRAN with open-source RICs like OSC and FlexRIC. 
Description The integration of the open-source E2 node srsRAN with open-source RICs, such as OSC and FlexRIC, has been implemented in three different setups, each with distinct software and hardware requirements: (1) srsRAN with ZMQ - A software-based setup using ZeroMQ for communication. (2) srsRAN Over-the-Air (OTA) Setup with USRP x310 - Utilizing USRP x310 for wireless transmission. (3) USRP with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) UEs - A hardware-based setup incorporating USRP devices with COTS user equipment. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2024 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact The integration of the open-source E2 node srsRAN with open-source RICs, such as OSC and FlexRIC, enhances the flexibility, scalability, and interoperability of Open RAN deployments. By supporting multiple configurations-from software-based communication with ZeroMQ to Over-the-Air (OTA) setups using USRP x310 and COTS UEs-this work provides a comprehensive framework for testing and optimizing RAN control applications. These setups enable researchers and industry practitioners to evaluate real-world network scenarios, improve network automation, and advance the development of intelligent xApps and rApps. The ability to experiment with different software and hardware configurations fosters innovation, accelerates the adoption of Open RAN technologies, and contributes to the evolution of more adaptive and efficient next-generation wireless networks. 
URL https://systronlab.github.io/projects/interoperability
 
Title Probabilistic PRISM Models for QoS Analysis in O-RAN xApps: Energy Efficiency and Service Availability 
Description This repository (https://github.com/SystronLab/ORAN-xApp-QoS-PRISM-Models) contains the probabilistic PRISM models used to analyse QoS (energy efficiency and service availability) in O-RAN xApps, and corresponding analysis results. The model and results are discussed in the paper "Towards Achieving Energy Efficiency and Service Availability in O-RAN via Formal Verification" (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.03943), to appear in the DataMod2024 proceeding. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2025 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact This repository provides a critical resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of Open RAN (O-RAN) by offering probabilistic PRISM models for analyzing Quality of Service (QoS), specifically focusing on energy efficiency and service availability in xApps. By leveraging formal verification techniques, these models enable precise evaluation of trade-offs between energy consumption and service reliability, contributing to the development of more sustainable and resilient network infrastructures. The analysis results included in the repository support data-driven decision-making for optimizing O-RAN deployments, ensuring efficient resource utilization without compromising performance. By making these models publicly available, this work fosters collaboration, accelerates advancements in energy-efficient networking, and provides a foundation for future research in the formal verification of next-generation telecommunications systems. 
URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03943
 
Title QueryCheetah 
Description A tool to test the privacy risk of query-based system automatically "at a press of a button". For instance, to test the privacy risk of commonly shared user activity data in modern 6G networks. 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2024 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact It enabled the fast automated risk evaluation of attribute inference attacks 
URL https://github.com/computationalprivacy/querycheetah
 
Title Tools for evaluating cyber security in communications 
Description In this work, we conduct real-world platform investigations to evaluate TLS/TCP and QUIC/UDP in maintaining communication, security and efficiency under three different types of popular cyber-attacks. 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2024 
Impact Used in researchers' work for supporting their research. 
URL https://github.com/andrews891/quicvstcpanalysis
 
Company Name Velinkx Ltd 
Description  
Year Established 2024 
Impact Advancing ultra-low latency communication requirements of connected autonomous vehicles.
 
Company Name Rfiot Ltd 
Description  
Year Established 2023 
Impact trials done in autonomous bus, crhicton trust and other places
 
Description Chair International Workshop on "Blockchain for Secure Software-defined Networking in Smart Communities" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Addressing the need for a secure network architecture that adapts to the diverse requirement of smart communities, this workshop aims to serve as a platform for researchers from academia and industry, to present their new developments, related to the usage of blockchain for Secure software defined networks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://globecom2024.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-21-workshop-blocksecsdn-blockchain-secure-softwar...
 
Description Dr Panos Papanastasiou's invited presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The research talk on Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution at the Electrical Engineering School of the University of Patras, Greece, led to an exchange of research ideas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://systronlab.github.io/news/panos-visits-greece
 
Description Dr Panos Papanastasiou's presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr. Panagiotis Papanastasiou presented his research on Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution (CV-QKD) at the Northern Quantum series meeting at Newcastle University. The event brought together quantum physics researchers from across Northern England to discuss advancements in indoor wireless communications security.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/quantum/northern-quantum-meeting-10/
 
Description Engagement with Nvidia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact On 27 Feb 2024, we organised a meeting with Nvidia (2 staff) and several of our researchers to discuss our research projects particularly VPP-WARD project and CHEDDAR project, and training and collaborative research opportunities. The discusions were about AI/ML and how data could be used in energy systems for supporting decision makings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Host DESNZ visitors at Durham lab 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact 25+ visitors from DESNZ visit Durham lab, where researchers from both Cheddar hub project and VPP-WARD project presented and demonstrated their research using lab facilities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/durham-energy-institute/about-us/news/enhan...
 
Description Host visitors from Peking University 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact over 10 visitors from Peking University visited Durham in October 2024, where VPP-WARD and Cheddar projects' researchers gave overview presentations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description IEEE 6G Summit Leeds 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact We organised first flagship IEEE 6G Summit in UK at Leeds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.5gsummit.org/leeds24/
 
Description IEEE IoT Distinguished Lecturer Programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Organise distinguished lectures to share knowledge, expertise, and insights, supporting the growth of the future of IoT technology and increasing the awareness about pivotal topics in IoT technologies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024,2025
URL https://iot.ieee.org/education/distinguished-lecturer-program.html
 
Description IEEE IoT Distinguished Webinar Series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Organised the webinar series for a wide range of audience (industry, academia, students, professors, professional worker
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023,2024,2025
 
Description IEEE IoT Theory and Practice Summer School 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Research talks and demonstrations of IOT tech.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023,2024,2025
URL https://iot.ieee.org/education/seasonal-school.html
 
Description Invited presentation for talks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Presented at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and also ETH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Invited talk in IWAT conference USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk on Joint sensing and communication
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Invited talk on "Role of Electric Vehicle in Smart Cities" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This talk focused on the role of Electric Vehicle in Smart Cities to manage their energy demands in a sustainable way. The intended purpose of the talk was to share knowledge, raise awareness, and engage with researchers and faculty of Auckland University of Technology. This talk sparked good questions and discussion afterwards which helped to improve the proposed scheme's scope for future applications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description IoT Tech Expo World Series 2025 - Panel 2: Transforming IoT Cybersecurity in 2025 and Beyond (6th Feb 2025) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The discussion highlighted the rising sophistication of cyberattacks and the critical need for robust IoT security, emphasizing firmware security and privacy by design. AI and machine learning are reshaping security strategies through predictive threat modeling and real-time anomaly detection. Balancing innovation with regulatory compliance remains a challenge in a data-driven world. The key takeaway: As IoT expands, cybersecurity must shift from reactive measures to proactive, intelligent defense mechanisms.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.iottechexpo.com/global/agenda-2025/
 
Description Josh Levett presented at RIPE88 plenary session 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The presentation covered an approach to Internet topology collection and measurement using publicly available Internet data, including sources from the RIPE NCC, along with key insights and results. This serves as a valuable knowledge transfer from academia to industry professionals.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#tue2
 
Description Josh Levett presented at the Yorkshire Innovation in Science and Engineering Conference at the University of Hull 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact In the work presented at YISEC 2024, we outline our approach to building a new, Internet-scale virtual testbed for internetwork routing protocols.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://systronlab.github.io/news/yisec-2024
 
Description Kangfeng'sLightning Talk at the University of York's Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers event. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A 5-minute Lightning Talk was presented at the University of York's Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers event. The talk, titled Guaranteeing Correctness and Performance of Probabilistic Algorithms, is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZMzrVsnxY.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZMzrVsnxY
 
Description Keynote in conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact keynote by Prof Abbasi in Fit conference Pakistan, https://fit.edu.pk/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://fit.edu.pk/
 
Description Keynote in conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote on 6G by Prof Qammer Abbasi, IMAS, Morocco, https://imas2024.org/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://imas2024.org/
 
Description Keynote in Istanbul 6G conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Keynote talk by Qammer Abbasi And Muhammad ALi Imran in https://cosinc.medipol.edu.tr/6g-conference-2024/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://cosinc.medipol.edu.tr/6g-conference-2024/
 
Description Keynote talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote by Prof. Abbasi in. International Conference on Recent Progresses in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICRPSET-2024) on 7-8 December, 2024 at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Keynote talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote by Prof Abbasi in Connected Pakistan, Islamabad, https://connectedpakistan.pk/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://connectedpakistan.pk/
 
Description Keynote talk in 4th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities, 12th June 2023. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave a keynote talk with the title of Energy Data: Empowering a Sustainable Future
for 4th IEEE International Workshop on Smart Computing for Smart Cities, 12th June 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://coe.northeastern.edu/Groups/wowmom2023/workshops_program.html
 
Description MWC25 Barcelona - Pratik Harsh 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact PDRA Pratik Harsh attended MWC25 Barcelona, presenting innovations in the areas smart grid communications and digital twins, engaged with many industries and specialists such as
1. Piotr Pietryzyk, CEO, 6G World, 6G Academy-Poland
2. Vanessa Wood, Researcher, Queen's University Belfast/ HASC
3. Muhtari Adanan, Director/Head, University of Cambridge/FTH
4. Anthony Page, Manager Automotive & Research Account, Keysight Technologies
5. Radu Lupoaie, Manager 6G and AV Business Dev., Keysight Technologies
6. Michelle Fernandez, Nokia Bell Labs
7. Qualcomm Wireless Innovation, 5G-NR NTN use case
8. Marc Hiemstra, Holoconnects and Hamid El Makhloufi, Sales
9. Balaji Kulothungan, Director, Galore
10. Haeyong Shin, CTO, Tlooto AI
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Online Expert Lecture on Zero Knowledge Proof: Cryptography and Implementation on 29 December 2024 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This lecture was delivered by Amit Dua as a part of the Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase-III Faculty Updation Programme. The program was "Next-Gen Network Security: Cryptography, AI, and Blockchain Solutions for Emerging Threats"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Online Seminar with University of Surrey and Pengcheng Lab in China 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 40 people attended for the online seminar, which sparked questions and discussion afterwards, and the Peng Cheng Lab in China reported increased interest in related subject areas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description PETRAS IoT Research Hub Workshop - Security and New Threats in Healthcare, Imperial College London, 29/06/2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Gave a talk "Security of the Internet of Things" and was one of the panellists.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Panel 1: The Future of Connectivity at IoT Tech Expo World Series 2025 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The panel explored the transformative role of emerging technologies like 5G, satellite communications, and low-power networks in driving IoT innovation. Discussions covered scaling challenges in expanding IoT networks while maintaining reliability, the growing need for robust security in a hyper-connected world, and the adaptability of 3GPP RedCap NR in optimizing device design for efficiency and lower power consumption. The key takeaway emphasized that connectivity is not just about speed but also about resilience, security, and adaptability across industries.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://www.iottechexpo.com/global/agenda-2025/
 
Description Poonam Yadav and Josh Levett participation in the UKI-FNI BT Hothouse in Future Networks workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr. Poonam Yadav and Josh Levett attended the EPSRC UK-India Future Networks Initiative (UKI-FNI) Hothouse workshop at BT's Adastral Park. The event featured keynotes and breakout sessions on future telecoms, AI, regulatory challenges, business models, and academic-industry collaboration for social good.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.ukifni.org/
 
Description Poonam presents to the IoT Working Group at RIPE88 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The RIPE IoT Working Group was informed about the identification of security weaknesses in Thread networks for the Internet of Things (IoT). Recognizing these vulnerabilities is essential for improving the resilience and reliability of connected devices. This research facilitates the development of stronger security protocols to protect IoT ecosystems from threats such as unauthorized access, data breaches, and denial-of-service attacks. Enhancing Thread network security benefits various sectors, including smart homes, industrial automation, and healthcare, while fostering greater trust in IoT adoption. This work advances secure IoT frameworks, ensuring that future deployments remain robust and scalable against evolving cybersecurity challenges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/iot-wg/
 
Description Research seminar with Oracle 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact We organised a research seminar with about 20 researchers and Oracle visitors to showcase our latest research about wireless communications, machine learning and cloud computing for virtual power plants. This led to fruitful discussions about the role of cloud/distributed computing in future practical applications, including power grid and transportation, and also higher education sector to achieve net zero target.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at SEE 6/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, "IoT Turning Evil", 12/06/2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Part of IoT Session
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description The 11th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact We organised IEEE sponsored conference for Wireless communication at the University of Leeds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://wincom-conf.org/WINCOM_2024/
 
Description The DNV Spadeadam Research and Testing facility 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr. Poonam Yadav's and Dr Olufemi Olayiwola from the Cehddar team visited to the DNV Research and Testing Facility at Spadeadam, alongside members of the University of York's Centre for Assuring Autonomy, fostered valuable discussions on safe and ethical AI and autonomous systems. Hosted by Graham Faiz and the DNV team, the visit provided critical insights into de-risking energy transition and ensuring the resilience of autonomous technologies in high-stakes environments. This engagement strengthens industry-academia collaboration, supporting the development of rigorous safety frameworks and best practices for AI-driven decision-making in critical sectors such as energy, transportation, and infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://systronlab.github.io/news/visit-to-dnv-digital-energy
 
Description Trust and privacy in IoT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosted by Berwin Leighton Paisner the Connected Cities Convention included our talk on IoT and issues for privacy and security. The Internet of Things, smart technologies and improved connectivity can enable local authorities to deliver improved services, but with the benefits come security risks. This session explored the key challenges for ensuring security and privacy in a more data-rich built environment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.citiesconvention.com/connected/
 
Description UKI-FNI Hothouse in Future Networks-Delivering Social Good in an Uncertain world, BT Adastral Park in Martlesham, Suffolk, UK, 24-25th October 2024 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact An opportunity to engaged with experts in telecoms from both industry and academia. We had several thought-provoking engagements and themed breakout sessions facilitated by experts who are working in Future Telecoms research in UK and India. Highlighted and addressed the key social, environmental, technical, engineering, regulatory and
business challenges around Future Networks- particularly against the backdrop of increasing diversification in the telecoms equipment supply chain. Identified best practice to demonstrate how research and innovation in Future Networks can stimulate and support social good.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Workshop at Durham 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact We organised a workshop at Durham on 8th July 2024. About 30 attendees joined this workshop, with 10 industrial experts contributed to the discussions during the workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-power-plant-ai-workshop-tickets-923716309347?aff=oddtdtcreator