Tal Lavian

Software Engineer, Consultant, and Teacher in San Francisco, CA

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Telecommunications, Network Communications, Mobile Wireless, and Internet Technologies Expert

Scientist, educator, and technologist with 30 years of experience. He has co-authored over 25 scientific publications, journal articles, and peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Lavian serves as an expert witness - patent cases in the areas of network communications, and telecommunications, including Internet protocols, streaming media, and mobile wireless technologies. He is the named inventor of over 120 issued and filed patents. He served as Principal Investigator (PI) for three US Department of Defense (DARPA) projects.

EDUCATION

· Ph.D., Computer Science specializing in networking and communications, UC Berkeley

· M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University

· B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University

Expertise

Network communications, telecommunications, Internet protocols, and mobile wireless:

· Communication networks:Internet protocols; TCP/IP suite, TCP, UDP, IP, Ethernet, 802.3, network protocols, network software applications, data link, network, and transport layers (L2, L3, L4), packet switching, data center network architecture

· Mobile wireless:Wi-Fi, 802.11, Bluetooth, MAC, PHY, Wireless LAN (WLAN). Cellular systems, SMS, instant messaging (chat), mobile devices, smartphone

· Internet/cloud: Internet Technologies, Web applications, HTTP, e-mail, SMTP, POP, IMAP, Java, C/C++, file transfer FTP, client-server, cloud computing, distributed computing

· Routing/switching: LAN, WAN, VPN, routing protocols, RIP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, multicast, DNS, QoS, network infrastructure, network communication architectures

VoIP/Streaming Media: PSTN, circuit switching, IP telephony, VoIP, SIP, RTP, SS7, SONET, TDM, video/audio conferencing, streaming media.

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