As a special asset CNI continuously operates and enhances a unique laboratory in the region which enables studies of different network technologies under controlled but realistic environmental conditions.

Exemplary breadboardings are:

	UMTS/WiMax/LTE Network-in-the-box Emulators	Internet linked MUAVs
	4G Live-Testing	Ad-hoc WLAN Mesh Dropped Unit Prototyp
	IPv6 based Mobility Management Testbed	Experimental sensor/actor networks with localization capabilities
	Testbed for wireless communications networks	High performance simulation cluster

The main focus and the analysis strategies are:

• Implementation of services via heterogeneous networks, e.g. across LTE, HSPA, UMTS, WLAN and mobile WiMAX.
• Deduction of key indicators for performance of novel services and their related protocols under close to reality conditions (ZigBee, Fast Mobile IPv6).
• Stochastic simulation und analytic modelling for quantitative performance analysis.