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Nakao Lab
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The lab builds communication infrastructure beyond 5G and applies it to solving regional challenges.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating next-generation cyber infrastructure to support the society of the future
Nakao Lab studies next-generation communication infrastructure (cyber infrastructure) to support the society of the future.
The lab combines multiple technologies, including computer networks, operating systems, and network security.
In recent years, the lab has focused on Beyond 5G, the generation following 5G, and on technologies that implement the functions of communication equipment in software.
The lab also conducts research that uses local 5G and IoT to solve regional challenges and promote regional industry.
Key terms
- Beyond 5G
- The generation of mobile communication that follows 5G. In addition to high speed and low latency, it aims for lower power consumption and improved security.
- Local 5G
- A 5G network that is operated by an ordinary organization other than a telecom carrier, which obtains its own radio license and runs the network itself.
- Network slicing
- A technology that divides network bandwidth and computing resources into "slices" so that they can be used at the same time without interfering with one another.
NewsLab news
Students received awards including the Best Poster Presentation Award at the HCL Workshop
A student received the Student Presentation Excellence Award from the IEICE Technical Committee on Network Systems
In a joint project with the University of Oulu, the lab successfully demonstrated a drone-mounted local 5G base station
Students received awards including the Dean's Excellence Award of the Graduate School of Engineering
In joint research with NTT Docomo, the lab successfully demonstrated an AI-based system for estimating the number of people
ResearchResearch themes
To build next-generation cyber infrastructure that supports the society of the future, the lab studies communication networks, security, and the services that run on top of them. In recent years, it has focused on the following areas.
*Illustrative imageBeyond 5G communication infrastructure
The lab studies the foundations and applications of Beyond 5G, the generation of communication that follows 5G. Its work covers lower power consumption, improved security, mechanisms that use AI to predict failures and repair them automatically, and extending networks into space and the sea.
*Illustrative imageSoftware-defined networks
The lab studies technologies that implement the functions of communication equipment in software, as well as network slicing. It also works on "hyper-intelligent networks" that coordinate with one another on their own and detect and predict failures.
*Illustrative imageRegional revitalization using communication infrastructure
Using 5G, local 5G, IoT, and machine learning, the lab collects and analyzes real-time data, with the aim of solving regional challenges and promoting regional industry. It has signed partnership agreements with local communities and conducts its research using those regions as testbeds for field trials.
MembersFaculty
The members of Nakao Lab consist of faculty, researchers, staff, Global Fellows, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorAkihiro NakaoPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorPAN QIANQIAN
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Internet map 1024 (crop)” user:The Opte Project / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Beyond 5G communication infrastructure: “5G Small Cell Antennas on Pittsburgh Rooftop ( )” Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Software-defined networks: “Computer rack with switches and cables” Yann / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Regional revitalization using communication infrastructure: “Agricultural drone in use on rice field near Nisoshi, Aomori” Benlisquare / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Shibasaki Lab): “Aerial image of the Bremerhaven container terminal (view from the southeast)” Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Shimada Lab): “A starling murmuration - geograph.org.uk - 6389346” Walter Baxter / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Takahashi Lab): “Carbon fibre weave” Christine Twigg / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (SCS Lab): “A starling murmuration - geograph.org.uk - 6389346” Walter Baxter / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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