Dr.-Ing. Giang Nguyen

Research Fellow

Giang T. Nguyen is a postdoc researcher at the Chair since January 2016, leading the NFV/SDN research group. Simultaneously, he is working on the Highly Adaptive Energy-Efficient Computing (HAEC) path of cfaed, coordinating the Architecture group of projects.

He received his Bachelor degree in Telecommunications at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST, Vietnam) in 2001, Master degree also in Telecommunications at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand) in 2005. Since October 2010, he was a PhD student of Professor Thorsten Strufe at the Peer-to-Peer Networks group (TU Darmstadt, Germany) and then the Chair for Privacy and Data Security (TU Dresden, Germany). In March 2016, he successfully defended his dissertation titled “Contributions to the resilience of Peer-to-Peer video streaming against Denial-of-Service attacks”.

Contact

Phone: (0351) 463-43286
Email: giang.nguyen AT tu-dresden DOT de

Teaching

Open thesis

I am looking for good and highly motivated students from TU Dresden who are interested in pursuing a student/master/diploma thesis in the areas of Network Coding, Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems. Here is a snapshot of my current research interests.

On-going

Integrating Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) and Service Function Chaining (SFC) in OpenStack to support network coding (Student thesis)

Completed

Dynamic network slicing on OpenFlow enabled networks (Student thesis, 2018)
Dynamic resource allocation for Service Function Chaining (SFC) with migration (Student thesis, 2018)
Emulating and visualizing real-world networks in OpenStack environment (Student thesis, 2018)
A framework for live migration of services in cloud computing (Master thesis, 2018)
Wireless link emulation in OpenStack (Student thesis, 2017)
Comparision of OpenStack deployment tools (Hauptseminar, 2017)
Experiment Orchestration in OpenStack (Hauptseminar, 2016)

Oberseminar topic supervision

Vector Packet Processing (VPP): Pushing Performance Limits (completed, 2018)
Boosting RLNC encoder performance (completed, 2016)

Problem-based learning (PBL) project supervision

Network Slicing for multimedia and mission-critical applications (completed, 2018)

Courses

I have been giving selective lectures on the following courses:

Communication Networks III (Winter semester 2017)
Praktikum MRT (Summer semester, since 2016)
Cooperative Communications (Summer semester, since 2016)

Talks

NFV/SDN as enabling technologies for Network Coding and Multiple-access Edge Computing (5G-XHaul workshop — Horizon 2020, Dresden 2018)
Theory that Matters! Problem-based Learning Towards 5G Communication System and Standards (KuVS, Tübingen 2017)
Fast Cloud: Mobile edge clouds for 5G networks (ITG workshop, Dresden 2016)
SWAP: protecting pull-based P2P video streaming systems from inference attacks (WoWMoM, Portugal 2016)

Publications

2020

Torre, Roberto ; Costa Sala, Clara ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

A Random Linear Network Coded HARQ Solution for Lossy and High-Jitter Wireless Networks Inproceedings

2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Communication QoS, Reliability and Modeling (IEEE Globecom 2020 CQRM), 2020.

Doan, Tung V; Ding, Chenglin ; Nguyen, Giang T; You, Dongho ; Fitzek, Frank H P

FAST: Flexible and Low-latency State Transfer in Mobile Edge Computing Inproceedings

2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Next-Generation Networking and Internet (Globecom2020 NGNI), Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.

Nguyen, Vu ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Exploring the Benefits of Memory-Limited Fulcrum Recoding for Heterogeneous Nodes Inproceedings

IEEE Globecom, 2020.

Torre, Roberto ; Leiva-Mayorga, Israel ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Implementation of Network-Coded Cooperation for Energy Efficient Content Distribution in 5G Mobile Small Cells Journal Article

IEEE Access, 2020.

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Doan, Tung V; Fan, Zhongyi ; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; You, Dongho ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Follow Me, If You Can: A Framework for Seamless Migration in Mobile Edge Cloud Inproceedings

2020 IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, Toronto, Canada, 2020.

Nguyen, Vu ; Tasdemir, Elif ; Nguyen, Giang T; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Fitzek, Frank H P; Reisslein, Martin

DSEP Fulcrum: Dynamic Sparsity and Expansion Packets for Fulcrum Network Coding Journal Article

IEEE Access, 8 , pp. 78293-78314, 2020.

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Doan, Tung V; Fan, Zhongyi ; Nguyen, Giang T; You, Dongho ; Kropp, Alexander ; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Seamless Service Migration Framework for Autonomous Driving in Mobile Edge Cloud Inproceedings

2020 17th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2020), Las Vegas, USA, 2020.

Leiva-Mayorga, Israel ; Torre, Roberto ; Plà Boscà, Vicent ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Nguyen, Giang T; Martinez-Bauset, Jorge ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Network-coded cooperation and multi-connectivity for massive content delivery Journal Article

IEEE Access, 2020.

Nguyen, Vu ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Nguyen, Giang T; You, Dongho ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Versatile Network Codes: Energy Consumption in Heterogeneous IoT Devices Journal Article

IEEE Access, 2020.

Granelli, Fabrizio ; Nguyen, Giang T; Wu, Huanzhuo

Realizing Network Slicing Book Chapter

Fitzek, Frank H P; Granelli, Fabrizio ; Seeling, Patrick (Ed.): Computing in Communication Networks – From Theory to Practice, 1 , Chapter 14, pp. 271-289, Elsevier, 1, 2020, (https://cn.ifn.et.tu-dresden.de/compcombook/).

2019

Torre, Roberto ; Peralta, Goiuri; Zhdanenko, Oleksandr ; Kropp, Alexander ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Mudriievskyi, Stanislav ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Enhanced Driving with 5G: A New Approach for Alleviating Traffic Congestion Inproceedings

2019 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 2019.

Irianto, Kurniawan D; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Partial Packet in Wireless Networks: A Review of Error Recovery Approaches Journal Article

IET Communications, 2019.

Torre, Roberto ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Evaluating the Latency Overhead of Network-Coded Cooperative Networks for Different Cloud Sizes Inproceedings

IEEE 5G World Forum's Secret Workshop, Dresden, Germany, 2019.

Doan, Tung V; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Jarschel, Michael ; Pries, Rastin ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Containers vs Virtual Machines: Choosing the Right Virtualization Technology for Mobile Edge Cloud Inproceedings

IEEE 5G World Forum, Dresden, Germany, 2019.

Nguyen, Vu ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; You, Dongho ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Advanced Adaptive Decoder Using Fulcrum Network Codes Journal Article

IEEE Access, 7 , pp. 141648-141661, 2019.

Links

You, Dongho ; Doan, Tung V; Torre, Roberto ; Mehrabi, Mahshid ; Kropp, Alexander ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Vu ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Fog Computing as an Enabler for Immersive Media: Service Scenarios and Research Opportunities Journal Article

IEEE Access, 2019.

Doan, Tung V; Kropp, Alexander ; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Reusing Sub-chains of Network Functions to Support MEC Services Inproceedings

IEEE ISCC, Barcelona, Spain, 2019.

Rischke, Justus ; Gabriel, Frank ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Improving Communication Reliability Efficiently: Adaptive Redundancy for RLNC in SDN Inproceedings

2019 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) (NetSoft 2019), Paris, France, 2019.

Torre, Roberto ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Optimization of a Random Linear Network Coding System with Newton Method for Wireless Systems Inproceedings

2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): Communication QoS, Reliability and Modeling Symposium, Shanghai, China, 2019.

Abstract

Xiang, Zuo ; Gabriel, Frank ; Urbano, Elena ; Nguyen, Giang T; Reisslein, Martin ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Reducing Latency in Virtual Machines Enabling Tactile Internet for Human Machine Co-working Journal Article

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 37 (5), pp. 1098-1116, 2019, ISSN: 0733-8716.

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title = {Reducing Latency in Virtual Machines Enabling Tactile Internet for Human Machine Co-working},
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Torre, Roberto ; Urbano, Elena ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Towards a Better Understanding of Live Migration Performance with Docker Containers Inproceedings

European Wireless, Aarhus, Denmark, 2019.

Nguyen, Vu ; Tasdemir, Elif ; Nguyen, Giang T; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Fitzek, Frank H P

Tunable Expansion Packets for Fulcrum Codes Inproceedings

European Wireless 2019 (EW 2019), 2019.

Abstract

Kropp, Alexander ; Schmoll, Robert-Steve ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Demonstration of a 5G Multi-access Edge Cloud Enabled Smart Sorting Machine for Industry 4.0 Inproceedings

2019 16th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2019), Las Vegas, USA, 2019.

Doan, Tung V; Kropp, Alexander ; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Programmable first: Automated orchestration between MEC and NFV platforms Inproceedings

2019 16th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2019), Las Vegas, USA, 2019.

Zhdanenko, Oleksandr ; Liu, Jianhui ; Torre, Roberto ; Mudriievskyi, Stanislav ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Demonstration of Mobile Edge Cloud for 5G Connected Cars Inproceedings

2019 16th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2019), Las Vegas, USA, 2019.

Tsokalo, Ievgenii A; Wu, Huanzhuo ; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Mobile Edge Cloud for Robot Control Services in Industry Automation Inproceedings

2019 16th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2019), Las Vegas, USA, 2019.

Irianto, Kurniawan D; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Nguyen, Giang T; Salah, Hani ; Fitzek, Frank H P

S-PRAC: Fast Partial Packet Recovery with Network Coding in Very Noisy Wireless Channels Inproceedings

Wireless Days, Manchester, UK, 2019.

Doan, Tung V; You, Dongho ; Salah, Hani ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

MEC-assisted Immersive Services: Orchestration Framework and Protocol Inproceedings

2019 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), Jeju, South Korea, 2019.

2018

Nguyen, Vu ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Nguyen, Giang T; Gabriel, Frank ; Lehmann, Christopher ; Mudriievskyi, Stanislav ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Adaptive Decoding for Fulcrum Codes Inproceedings

IEEE IEMCON, Vancouver, Canada, 2018.

Fettweis, Gerhard P; Dörpinghaus, Meik ; Castrillón Mazo, Jerónimo ; Kumar, Akash ; Baier, Christel ; Bock, Karlheinz ; Ellinger, Frank ; Fery, Andreas ; Fitzek, Frank H P; Härtig, Hermann ; Jamshidi, Kambiz ; Kissinger, Thomas ; Lehner, Wolfgang ; Mertig, Michael ; Nagel, Wolfgang E; Nguyen, Giang T; Plettemeier, Dirk ; Schröter, Michael ; Strufe, Thorsten

Architecture and Advanced Electronics Pathways Towards Highly Adaptive Energy-Efficient Computing Journal Article

Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018.

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Xiang, Zuo ; Gabriel, Frank ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Latency Measurement of Service Function Chaining on OpenStack Platform Inproceedings

2018 IEEE 43rd Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) (LCN 2018), Chicago, USA, 2018.

Abstract

Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Schmoll, Robert-Steve ; Nguyen, Giang T; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Softwarization and Network Coding in the Mobile Edge Cloud for the Tactile Internet Journal Article

Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018.

Abstract

Leiva-Mayorga, Israel ; Torre, Roberto ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Nguyen, Giang T; Plà Boscà, Vicent ; Martinez-Bauset, Jorge ; Fitzek, Frank H P

A Network-coded Cooperation Protocol for Efficient Massive Content Distribution Inproceedings

IEEE GLOBECOM 2018 Conference Proceedings, pp. 7, Technische Universität Dresden IEEE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2018.

Abstract

Nguyen, Vu ; Nguyen, Giang T; Gabriel, Frank ; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Fitzek, Frank H P

Integrating sparsity into Fulcrum codes: Investigating throughput, complexity and overhead Inproceedings

IEEE ICC, Kansas City, US, 2018.

Doan, Tung V; Nguyen, Giang T; Kropp, Alexander ; Fitzek, Frank H P

APMEC: An Automated Provisioning Framework for Multi-access Edge Computing Online

2018.

Links

Wu, Huanzhuo ; Nguyen, Giang T; Chorppath, Anil K; Fitzek, Frank H P

Network Slicing for Conditional Monitoring in the Industrial Internet of Things Online

IEEE Software Defined Networks, IEEE Softwarization, Jan. 2018 2018.

Links

Gabriel, Frank ; Nguyen, Giang T; Schmoll, Robert-Steve ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Mühleisen, Maciej ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Practical deployment of network coding for real-time applications in 5G networks Inproceedings

CCNC, Las Vegas, 2018.

Abstract

Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Torre, Roberto ; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Massive Video Multicasting in Cellular Networks using Network Coded Cooperative Communication Inproceedings

2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) (CCNC 2018), Las Vegas, USA, 2018.

Abstract

2017

Nguyen, Giang T; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Schmoll, Robert-Steve ; Pandi, Sreekrishna ; Radeke, Rico ; Fitzek, Frank H P

Theory that Matters! Problem-based learning towards 5G Communication System and Standards Inproceedings

KuVS Fachgespräch &quot;Network Softwarization&quot; – From Research to Application, pp. 2, 2017.

Links

Matthiesen, Bho ; Pfennig, Stefan ; Bielert, Mario ; Ilsche, Thomas ; Lonnstrom, Andrew ; Li, Tao ; Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Scheunert, Christian ; Franz, Elke ; Santini, Silvia ; Strufe, Thorsten ; Jorswieck, Eduard A; Nagel, Wolfgang E; Nguyen, Giang T; Fitzek, Frank H P

Secure and Energy-Efficient Interconnects for Board-to-Board Communication Inproceedings

Workshop on Broadband Wireless Communication between Computer Boards (Atto-Nets), IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband (ICUWB), pp. 7, Salamanca, Spain, 2017.

Cabrera Guerrero, Juan A; Nguyen, Giang T; Lucani Rötter, Daniel E; Pedersen, Morten V; Fitzek, Frank H P

Taking the Trash Back In: Practical Joint Channel and Network Coding for Improving IEEE 802.11 Networks Inproceedings

European Wireless 2017; 23th European Wireless Conference, pp. 1-5, 2017.

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2016

Nguyen, Giang T; Roos, Stefanie ; Schiller, Benjamin ; Strufe, Thorsten

SWAP: Protecting pull-based P2P video streaming systems from inference attacks Inproceedings

2016 IEEE 17th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), pp. 1-9, 2016.

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2015

Nguyen, Giang T; Roos, Stefanie ; Strufe, Thorsten ; Fischer, Mathias

RBCS: A resilient backbone construction scheme for hybrid Peer-to-Peer streaming Inproceedings

IEEE International Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), pp. 1-8, 2015.

Roos, Stefanie ; Nguyen, Giang T; Strufe, Thorsten

Integrating churn into the formal analysis of routing algorithms Inproceedings

2015 International Conference and Workshops on Networked Systems, NetSys 2015, Cottbus, Germany, March 9-12, 2015, pp. 1-5, 2015.

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2014

Schiller, Benjamin ; Nguyen, Giang T; Strufe, Thorsten

Resilient tree-based live streaming for mobile scenarios Inproceedings

2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PerCom 2014 Workshops, Budapest, Hungary, March 24-28, 2014, pp. 160-162, 2014.

Links

Nguyen, Giang T; Fischer, Mathias ; Strufe, Thorsten

On the Resilience of Pull-Based P2P Streaming Systems against DoS Attacks Book Chapter

Felber, Pascal ; Garg, Vijay (Ed.): Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, 8756 , pp. 33-47, Springer International Publishing, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-319-11763-8.

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