Stage Master 2 (I3S - CNRS): Reliable Low-Latency Communication via Forward Error Correction

21 Novembre 2023

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Catégorie : Stagiaire

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Title: Internship in Reliable Low-Latency Communication via Forward Error Correction

 

Location: I3S Lab CNRS, 2000 Rte des Lucioles, 06900 Sophia Antipolis

Supervisor: Serge Kas Hanna, Junior Professor, CNRS/Côte d’Azur University

Expected starting date: March or April 2023

Duration: 5 to 6 months

 

Context: In network communication, latency is defined as the time elapsed between the transmission of a packet from the source and its recovery at the receiver. Ensuring reliable communication with low latency is one of the main challenges in designing next-generation communication systems. The motivation for studying this problem stems from several modern applications such as Extended Reality (XR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Cloud Gaming. In such applications, having reliable low-latency communication is crucial for real-time high-resolution video streaming. This internship focuses on studying Forward Error Correction (FEC) strategies that meet modern communication systems' reliability and latency requirements.

 

Responsibilities:

As an intern, you will be involved in a comprehensive exploration of FEC strategies for reliable low-latency communication. Key responsibilities include:

• Literature Review: Conduct an in-depth review of existing literature on codes for low-latency communication to build a strong foundation for the project.
• Comparative Study: Perform a comparative study on existing coding approaches through simulations on Matlab or Python.
• Optimization: Work towards optimizing existing coding approaches, aiming to enhance their efficiency and error correction capabilities.

 

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a Master's (M2) program or in the final year of a 5-year Engineering degree in electrical engineering, communications engineering, or a related field.
• Familiarity with at least one the following: error correction codes, information theory, digital communications.
• Excellent programming skills in Matlab or Python.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Salary: According to the internship gratification scale (600 euros per month approximately)

 

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit the following application materials to kashanna@i3s.unice.fr :Curriculum Vitae (CV), Motivation Letter, andAcademic Transcripts. The position will remain open until filled. Potential candidates will be contacted for an interview.

 

References:

[1] S. Kas Hanna, Z. Tan, W. Xu and A. Wachter-Zeh, "Codes Correcting Burst and Arbitrary Erasures for Reliable and Low-Latency Communication," ICASSP 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Rhodes Island, Greece, 2023, pp. 1-5.

[2] E. Martinian and M. Trott, "Delay-Optimal Burst Erasure Code Construction," 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Nice, France, 2007, pp. 1006-1010.

[3] S. L. Fong, A. Khisti, B. Li, W. -T. Tan, X. Zhu and J. Apostolopoulos, "Optimal Streaming Codes for Channels With Burst and Arbitrary Erasures," in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 4274-4292, July 2019, doi: 10.1109/TIT.2019.2894124.