Post doc M/F : Spatial network calculus for QoS guarantees in dense IoT networks

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Equipes Traitement de l'Information et Systèmes Research Field Engineering Computer science Mathematics Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline 12 Aug 2026 - 00:00 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

In this postdoc, spatial regulations will be developed and analyzed for dense wireless networks. We will survey techniques for deterministic and stochastic guarantees provided by network calculus and develop those suitable to achieve specific quality of service (QoS) guarantees in wireless networks such as link reliability based on spatial network calculus and its extensions.

Context :The Internet of Things (IoT) promises fundamental changes that benefit industries and individuals. Among others, a key enabler to these changes is the ability for IoT networks to provide performance guarantees for link reliability and delay. In this direction, one of the main challenges is to extend the services provided by time-sensitive networking (for wired networks) to wireless communication networks such as 5G and future-generation cellular networks. To address this challenge, a spatial network calculus has recently been proposed to ensure lower-bounded performance in the wireless setting. The spatial regulations in spatial network calculus can be viewed as a necessary extension of traffic shaping in classical network calculus, hence extending guaranteed services from wired to wireless systems.The guarantees provided by spatial network calculus need to take into consideration the deployment density of IoT devices, power control, random access, and spatial regulation techniques. Its analysis relies on tools from stochastic geometry (theory of point processes in particular), network calculus (both deterministic and stochastic), and analysis of rare events.

Research program :1. Conduct a survey about state-of-the art methods for TSN, network calculus and stochastic geometry2. Develop new methods and techniques towards spatial regulations3. Analyze system-level performance guarantees for wireless networks that takes into consideration device density, power control, random access and spatial regulation techniques.

This position is a 1-year Postdoc contract in the context of PEPR 5G réseaux du futur, FITNESS investigating performance guarantees in wireless networks in support of IoT applications. This postdoc is thus part of a larger scientific project including internal and external collaborations from which the candidate will be able to benefit. The postdoc project will be carried out in the ICI (Information, Communication, Imagerie) team of ETIS (UMR8051). The successful candidate will be affiliated to ETIS lab.ETIS is a joint lab between CY Cergy Paris Université, ENSEA and CNRS, and prominent research unit in computer science and information technologies in France. ICI is one of ETIS' four multi-PI groups and is specialized in signal processing, information theory and wireless communications. The group's research areas include optimization of resource allocation for wireless communication systems, massive MIMO, NOMA systems, physical layer security, etc. ICI has built a world-class reputation and has become a major actor in these research areas in France with multiple national and international collaborations.

Requirements

For this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• PhD's degree in wireless communications and networking, applied mathematics or other related fields.
• Previous experience in stochastic geometry or network calculus is highly appreciated.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Excellent programming skills.
• Scientific curiosity and desire to work in an interdisciplinary project.
• Intellectual rigor and proactive attitude.