Communication Networks Lab (ComNet Lab) is a research laboratory in the Department of Avionics at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. The lab focuses on research in the broad area of communication networks, with major research areas including mathematical performance analysis, optimization, and the design of communication and computing algorithms.

Core competencies include:

• Probabilistic modelling of systems, signals, and data
• Stochastic control and reinforcement learning
• Optimization techniques
• Data analysis
• Mathematical software development

The research lab has enabled forty-one B.Tech and thirteen M.Tech students to complete their projects. Currently, one B.Tech, two M.Tech, and five PhD students are actively engaged in research in areas such as network design for time-slotted networks, network design for semantic communication, performance optimization of communication networks, and optimal control and co-design of networked control systems.

The ComNet Lab has contributed to around thirty-two conference publications in prestigious conferences in the area of communication systems, including COMSNETS, NCC, WiOpt, and ICC. Additionally, eleven journal publications have been produced by the lab's researchers in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Networking Letters, and IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. The members of the lab and the principal investigator have been involved in multiple projects.

Following are the completed Projects:

• IIST-Fasttrack project (2018-2020 Completed) - RapidMAC: Development of a rapid prototyping software for multiple access protocols
• DST-SERB Early Career Research Grant (2019-2022 Completed) - Wireless ReLoD - Wireless Reliable, Low Latency Networks for IIoT and Fieldbus replacement
• Space and High Altitude Platforms based emerging Internet of Things - (co-PI) (completed)
• Mechatronic design of adult-sized Humanoid Robot - (co-PI) (completed)
• Contributions to the DTDI-General purpose humanoid study report in the area of reinforcement learning for robotics. (completed)
• Development of software for ion-current modelling of ARIS payload. (completed)
• Development of a software prototype & simulator for multi-object tracking radar - a software prototype was developed as a part of a collaboration with SDSC-SHAR. (completed)

Ongoing Projects:

• KSCSTE (co-PI) - Remote monitoring (TSCH) for health applications (ongoing)
• 5G use case labs projects (co-PI) (ongoing)
• IIT Palakkad IPTIF graduate student support grant (ongoing)
• Wireless networked system design and performance evaluation for crew modules for Indian human space missions (ongoing)