Predoc Researcher for 5G MWI solutions

The MWI team is participating in a project developing new technologies for next generation mobile networks that integrate space communication segments. This project involves a satellite operator with an ambitious plan to launch a LEO satellite constellation in the coming years.

The selected researcher will work in a team that is developing a next generation mobile core network architecture, which can enable scenarios where the base station (e/gNB) is not always connected to the core network segment. This is an important requirement in LEO constellations, where the base station included in the regenerative satellite payload does not always have visibility with the ground segment.

The researcher will work evaluating and modifying an existing open source core network project called magma (https://www.magmacore.org/), developed originally by Facebook, and which has now become an official Linux Foundation project. This technology has a tremendous support in the industry and is now being expanded in different directions.

The selected candidate will be part of the MWI team that includes other junior and senior R&D engineers working in the same project. The work will include:

• Deploying testbeds including magma used to demonstrate the proposed concepts
• Study and benchmark the capabilities included in magma
• Developing new extensions to magma to address the project requirements
• Interacting with the other team R&D engineers that develop the enhanced magma solution

The current position offers the opportunity of doing a PhD related with the project topic.