{"id":144899,"date":"2012-07-12T00:13:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/mobility-and-networking-research\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:56:43","slug":"networking-research","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/networking-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Networking Research Group<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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The Networking Research Group focuses on basic and applied research in all areas related to networked systems, mobile computing, sensing, and Internet of Things. Researchers build proof-of-concept systems, engage with academia<\/a>, publish scientific papers<\/a>, release software<\/a> for the research community, and transfer cutting-edge technologies<\/a> to Microsoft\u2019s product groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research has created significant impact on Microsoft products, including Azure Networking, with features such as data center network architecture and virtualization<\/a>, software-driven wide-area network (SWAN)<\/a>, Data Center TCP (DCTCP)<\/a>, Data Center QCN (DCQCN)<\/a>, cloud-scale network emulator<\/a>, and most recently intra-region RDMA<\/a>, XBOX, such as the XBOX Wireless Controller Protocol, the Windows Networking Stack, with VirtualWiFi, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We strive to find a balance between long term research and product impact. You may know about our research from the papers we publish and the talks we give, but we also have a broad impact on Microsoft products, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n