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Personal Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- g.fairhurst@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272201
- Office Address
Room 376, (top floor, East Wing), School of Engineering, Fraser Noble Building, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Gorry Fairhurst is an Internet Engineer and a Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the School of Engineering. He contributes to the School’s General Engineering programme of research-led teaching, and is the Academic Line Manager (ALM) where he coordinates the research across EEE staff.
He received his first degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from the University of Durham, UK, and a PhD in Communications Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, UK. He joined the University of Aberdeen academic staff after working with Prof. Tim Spracklen as a post-doctoral fellow with research in networking via satellite, funded by the UK Satellite Communications Centre, Defford, UK.
He has published more than 200 papers on topics in broadband and broadcast satellite, TV/video transmission, IPv6, IP multicast, X.25, together with work on Internet measurement, protocol architecture and Internet transport.
He is an active member of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) where he chairs the Transport Area working group (TSVWG) and contributes to the IETF Internet area. He previously chaired the IPDVB and DCCP working groups. He has authored more than 32 RFCs with over 150 citations within the RFC-series. He is currently active in the TSVWG, TAPS, and TCPM working groups, as well as contributing to groups including: QUIC, PANRG, and MAPRG.
In previous years, he contributed to ETSI standardisation and the DVB Project, working on generic stream encapsulation and Higher Layer protocols for DVB-RCS2. He was a co-leader of the Future Internet working group in the EC ISI European Technology Platform, and a partner in European research projects funded by the EU, ESA, and industry.
- Research
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Research Overview
My current research interests focus on :
- Internet Engineering, where research includes analysis of control mechanisms for transport. link, and Internet protocols. A mixture of industry and science funding includes: rate-adaptive transport for multimedia, TCP and QUIC transport, Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), Internet capacity sharing, and low-latency services.
- Internet Measurement and Protocol Design, which includes the specification of protocol architecture and large scale measurement campaign exploring Internet path characteristics.
- Satellite Internet, with a long track record of working on IP over satellite, and satellite broadband delivery and link standards for IP transmission over DVB. I participate in the Satellite Network of Excellence.
- Video transport, I engage in research on Internet TV, characterisation of DASH performance, and TV transport architecture. I retain a great anticipation for IP multicast deployment, and have been an enthusiastic advocate, user, and experimenter for multicast transport.
- Cross-disclipinary research including work with geographers, social scientists and other discplines on topics including broadband access, sensor network design, video streaming, and specific control communications.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Internet Technologies
- Computer Networks
- Space Technology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
I perform my research within the Electronics Group (ERG) in the School of Engineering at theUniversity of Aberdeen (UoA) is a part of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research Group. My research has favoured a blend of simulation/measurement and protocol design.
I have worked for many years with IPv4 and IPv6, especially over challenging links with research in the development of new protocols, implementation of link-specific enhancements, testing and assessment of network performance.
Current work includes IP transport protocols for QUIC, Internet Television (IPTV), TCP evolution, the use of ECN, use of DiffSev, and the support transport and services. Research includes implementation (in Linux/BSD), large-scale measurement and satellite services. This work is linked to standardisation in the IETF.
I have a long-running activity in multicast deployment (IPv4 and IPv6), working with projects on routing and multicast transport.
Work in satellite communications has a focus on the IP interface, with work on the GSE specification, IPv6 over satellite, transport protocol optimisation and DVB-RCS systems. and contributing to specifications published by the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Project. I currently am evaluating QUIC over satellite.
Past Research
My current publications are listed on the publications tab. Here are examples of my current work:
- Secchi, R., Mohideen, AC. & Fairhurst, G. (2018). 'Performance analysis of next generation web access via satellite'. International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol 36, no. 1, pp. 29 -43. DOI: 10.1002/SAT.1201
- Khademi, N., Armitage, G., Welzl, M., Zander, S., Fairhurst, G. & Ross, D. (2017). Alternative Backoff: Achieving Low Latency and High Throughput with ECN and AQM. in G Karlsson, A Brunstrom, H Jiang, T Wolf & V Fodor (eds), Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2017. NETWORKING2017/1570335770
- Khademi, N., Ros, D., Welzl, M., Bozakov, Z., Brunstrom, A., Fairhurst, G., Grinnemo, K-J, Hayes, D., Hurtig, P., Jones, T., Mangiante, S., Tüxen, M. & Weinrank, F. (2017). 'NEAT: A Platform- And Protocol-Independent Internet Transport API'. IEEE Communications Magazine, vol 55, no. 6, pp. 46-54. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1601052
- Jones, T., Fairhurst, G. & Perkins, C. (2017). Raising the Datagram API to Support Transport Protocol Evolution. in G Karlsson, A Brunstrom, H Jiang, T Wolf & V Fodor (eds), 16th International IFIP TC6 Networking Conference, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 June. NETWORKING2017/1570347877
- Papastergiou, G., Fairhurst, G., Ross, D., Brunstrom, A., Grinnemo, K-J, Hurtig, P., Khademi, N., Tüxen, M., Welzl, M., Damjanovic, D. & Mangiante, S. (2017). 'De-ossifying the Internet Transport Layer: A Survey and Future Perspectives'. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol 19, no. 1, pp. 619 - 639. DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2016.2626780
- Briscoe, B., Brunstrom, A., Petlund, A., Hayes, D., Ross, D., Tsan, I-J, Gjessing, S., Fairhurst, G., Griwodz, C. & Welzl, M. 'Reducing Internet Latency: A Survey of Techniques and their Merit'. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol 18, no. 3, pp. 2149 - 2196. DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2375213
- Fairhurst, G., Secchi, R. & Yun, A. (2013). 'A flexible QoS architecture for DVB-RCS2'. International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol 31, no. 5, pp. 219-232. DOI: 10.1002/SAT.1026
- Townsend, L., Sathiaseelan, A., Fairhurst, G. & Wallace, C. (2013). 'Enhanced broadband access as a solution to the social and economic problems of the rural digital divide'. Local Economy, vol 28, no. 6, pp. 580-595. DOI: 10.1177/0269094213496974
Collaborations
I participate in research projects at the UK national level and in European research projects.
Since 2004, my research group has been a member of the prestigious European SatNEx Network of Excellence, which brings together 22 leading European research establishments in the satellite communications field, and within this, he leads the work on Standardisation.
ERG participates as an experimenter and contributor in the MONROE measurement platform.
Funding and Grants
Over the years my research has been funded from a range of sources including: EPSRC, European Space Agency (ESA), European Commission (EC), industry (e.g., Astrium, Inmarsat, QinetiQ, Thales, Delta Communications), and UK government agencies (including JISC, DSTL, BNSC, RSRE, DERA, BIS).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I have supervised over 50 student honours projects, including co-supervision of projects with Computer Science and a number of placements from overseas universities (Socrates/Erasmus).
I currently teach two undergraduate courses:
- Level 3: Communications Engineering I (a lab-based course in digital control protocols, such as DMX, RDM, and CAN bus)
- Level 4: Communications Engineering II (Networking technologies, Ethernet, the TCP/IP protocol stack and Internet Engineering)
I have been an invited speaker at many professional and research meetings on TCP/IP, broadband standards, and the future evolution of the transport service for the Internet.
I am part of the team who deliver the annual professional Satellite Communications Course by the IET, Savoy Place, London.
- Publications
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WiseEye: Next Generation Expandable and Programmable Camera Trap Platform for Wildlife Research
PloS ONE, vol. 12, no. 1, e0169758Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNetwork Transport Circuit Breakers: Best Current Practice
Internet Society. 24 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsThe Benefits to Applications of using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN): IETF Transport Area
Internet Society. 19 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsUDP Usage Guidelines: (Replaces RFC 5405)
Internet Society. 53 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsPath Transparency Measurements from the Mobile Edge with PATHspider
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/TMA.2017.8002922
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11653/1/PATHspiderMobile2017.pdf
‘Digital by Default’ and the ‘hard to reach’: Exploring solutions to digital exclusion in remote rural areas
Local Economy, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 757-777Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPATHspider: A tool for active measurement of path transparency
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2959424.2959441
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11652/1/PATHspider2016.pdf
Towards a Flexible Internet Transport Layer Architecture
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LANMAN.2016.7548846
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5996/1/lanman16_final48.pdf
NEAT - A New, Evolutive API and Transport-Layer Architecture for the Internet
12th Swedish National Computer Networking WorkshopContributions to Conferences: PostersLimitations of recreational camera traps for wildlife management and conservation research: A practitioner's perspective
Ambio, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 624-635Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUpdating TCP to support Rate-Limited Traffic, RFC 7661: Standards Work in Progress in IETF Transport Area
Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions- [ONLINE] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7661
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7661
Autonomous Monitoring of Critical Infrastructures
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNEEE.2015.7381369
A deep analysis on future web technologies and protocols over broadband GEO satellite networks
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 451-472Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sat.1120
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue Management: Internet Best Current Practice (BCP 197)
Internet Society. 31 pages.Other Contributions: Other Contributions- [ONLINE] http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7567.txt
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7567
Evaluation of Priority Scheduling and Flow Starvation for Thin Streams with FQ-CoDel
Contributions to Conferences: PapersTackling Bufferbloat in Capacity-limited Networks
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCNC.2015.7194103
Analyzing the impact of bufferbloat on latency-sensitive applications
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2015.7249294
Media Usability Circuit Breakers for RTP-Based Interactive Networked Multimedia
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://www.pv2015.org/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PCS.2015.7170080
We need better broadband but the politicians can’t agree how to deliver it
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesEnabling internet-wide deployment of Explicit Congestion Notification
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] http://wan.poly.edu/pam2015/
University of Aberdeen, dot.rural written evidence to the Commons Select Committee Rural Broadband and Digital-only Services Inquiry for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA)
London: House of Commons (Written Submission). 6 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsOssification: a result of not even trying?
Contributions to Conferences: PapersEvaluating the Performance of Next Generation Web Access via Satellite
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25479-1_12
‘Stuck Out Here’: The Critical Role of Broadband for Remote Rural Places
Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 131, no. 3-4, pp. 171-180Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA wireless router for “free” Public Access Internet Service for Government Digital Services
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsReaching the hard to reach? The rural public access WiFi service delivery model: role, potential and pitfalls
Contributions to Conferences: PapersImproving the end-to-end performance of TCP/IP via satellite
Contributions to Conferences: PapersMulticast Listener Extensions for MIPv6 and PMIPv6 Fast Handovers
Internet Society. 30 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsLessons from SIRA, DART and PAWS
Contributions to Conferences: PapersSatellite system makes eagle spotting a doddle in Scotland
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesIANA Guidance for Managing the ULE Next-Header Registry: RFC7280
Internet Society. 8 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsRemote environmental monitoring through wireless sensor network and satellite: demo
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsDesign and implementation of an open access camera trap
Contributions to Conferences: PapersWildlife monitoring using satellite and wireless sensor network: Wireless Internet Sensing Environment (WiSE)
Digital Conservation ConferenceContributions to Conferences: AbstractsPerformance evaluation of congestion window validation for DASH transport
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://nossdav14.iis.sinica.edu.tw/accepted.html
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2578260.2578275
Low-complexity data duplication with selective slice dropping for reliable video communications
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178853
Congestion-Aware Scalable Video Streaming
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNP.2013.6733660
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2975/1/NL_SVC.pdf
Reducing Internet Latency: A Survey of Techniques and their Merit
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 2149 - 2196Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWorkshop Report: Reducing Internet Latency
ACM Press (On-Line Report).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSlice-Based Video Rate Control for Network Adaptation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCO.2013.6718233
Resource Management with Wireless Sensor Networks and Satellite in Extreme Climates
Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2992/1/NFV.doc
Resource Monitoring with Wireless Sensor Networks and Satellite
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsSensor-Based Digital Platform for Remote Environmental Monitoring: National Telford Institute (Wireless Sensor Networking and its Engineering Applications)
Contributions to Conferences: PapersEvaluation of the Impact of Packet Drops due to AQM over Capacity Limited Paths
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2993/1/CK_AQM.pdf
ECN & Early ECN Marking: ISOC Workshop on Reducing Internet Latency
Internet Society (Meeting Note). 2 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsA flexible QoS architecture for DVB-RCS2
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 219-232Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sat.1026
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Design of the DVB-RCS2 higher layer satellite architecture
International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 233-248Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sat.1037
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Enhanced broadband access as a solution to the social and economic problems of the rural digital divide
Local Economy, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 580-595Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlexible QoS Support in DVB-RCS2
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsOut of town, out of the loop: rural areas need broadband
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles