The Network Computing and Control Technologies Research Laboratory (NCCT) was established by Professor Dan Ionescu and was inaugurated as an NCIT affiliated research laboratory in 1999.

Research in the area of network computing and control, however, started in 1995, when the research team led by Dr. Dan Ionescu started working in the area of distributed computing with verticals in the area of networking technologies.

This research was conducted in the theory and applicative domains of distributed computing, the applicative side being sought by leading high-tech companies. The research in the area of distributed computing with applications to network control started in 1997 and was supported in part by governmental and industrial  organizations such as NSERC, CITO,  Communication Research Centre (CRC), Newbridge/Alcatel, Nortel, Cplane, Telecom Ottawa, and others.

The research in the area of Network Computing and Control materialized in next generation network architectures and in the area of control and supervision of next generation services (see publications) in anext generation network and service control platform.

Most recently the NCCT team research efforts were directed in the design and implementation of a next generation NCIT network (NCIT*net 2) as a live research and production laboratory where new principles of the tomorrow communication services are to be experimented with and tested. NCIT*net 2 can offer dedicated lambda connectivity, Ethernet over VPLS services and Ethernet over SONET connectivity. You can find more details on the NCIT*net 2 operational page by clicking on the image below.

The priviledge of experimenting on a live production network is unique. Working on real data collected from a live network allows researchers on NCCT to contribute with valuable results to the advancement of data communications technologies.