Naoya Kaneko

Software & Network Engineer

Email:
enukane+fj@glenda9.org
Website:
https://www.n4e.dev

About

Enthusiastic, Self-motivated engineer with lots of experience in 802.11 technology, not only as a software engineer but also as a network engineer. 9+ years of experience in software design and development of router and access point firmware which is used as CPE(Customer Premise Equipment). Have worked as a member of ShowNet NOC(Network Operation Center), CONBU core member; have lots of experience in designing and deploying large-scale public Wi-Fi network in various events and conventions.

Work Experiences

Toyota Motor Corporation

Engineer

Oct 2020 - Current

Internet Initiative Japan, Inc.

Software Engineer

Apr 2011 - Jul 2020

Roles

  • Software Engineer for Router and AccessPoint firmware development
  • Leading experimental deployment of large scale event public Wi-Fi using our products

Achievements

  • Platform - NetBSD, ARM, MIPS, x86, C, mruby
  • Researched, implemented and introduced the first Wireless LAN feature to our products, from the device driver to application programs.
  • Contributed to improve products through developing and enhancing various software; IoT agent, IP Multicast, AAAA filter, uRPF e.t.c
  • Worked with product managers, developers and quality assurance team to deliver updates and bugfix on time.
  • Collaborated with business & support team members to troubleshoot, debug and solve customers' issues quickly.
  • Conducted field verifications of our product through implementing public Wi-Fi for many conferences, conventions for 10+ times; Maker Faire Tokyo 2019, JANOG41, Comiket Special 6 etc.

ShowNet

ShowNet NOC member

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Roles

  • Wi-Fi Team
  • Designing a simple and robust Public Wi-Fi network for large scale exhibition
  • Monitoring and maintaining network and its stability

Achievements

  • Rapid deployment of Wi-Fi equipment; 150+ of APs, switches, controllers in a week
  • Provided stable Public Wi-Fi for 150k+ attendee through monitoring quality and timely operation

Fujitsu Limited

Internship

Aug.2009 - Sep.2009

Roles

  • Research on cgroup and related library, utilities
  • Make documentation for cgroup library and share the information

Achievements

  • Conducted research on cgroups, its library and related utility programs
  • Completed documentation and shared specification, implementation of these to other team members
  • Developed another utility with libcgroup to improve and demonstrate its usage.

Education

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Department of Computer Science

Apr 2009 - Mar 2011, Master of Engineering

Thesis Title "The Communication Framework for Cooperative Application using an Instant Messenger"

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

College of Information Science

Apr 2005 - Mar 2009, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Thesis Title "IMRPC: The Remote Procedure Call Framework using Instant Messenger"

Elected to Chair's Award for College of Computer Science in 2009

Qualifications

Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWNPID: 268073)

2027/07/27

Evaluación Oficial del Conocimiento de la Lengua Española (SEIKEN) 6th Grade

2024/01/14

MCPC Mobile System Technologies Certificate 2nd Grade

2024/01/29

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

2023/09/17

Information Technology Passport Examination

2023/09/02

Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination

2023/07/08

Japan Statistical Society Certificate 4th grade

2023/02/25

Diplôme d’Aptitude Pratique au Français, Futsuken: Level 3

2022/12/16

TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test score: 350 (190+160)

2022/11/06

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Level 2

2022/09/17

TOEIC Listening & Reading Test score: 960 (485+475)

2022/10/02

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Level 1

2022/08/16

TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test score: 310 (150+160)

2022/04/17

Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNPID: 268073)

2021/12/17

Diplôme d’Aptitude Pratique au Français, Futsuken: Level 4

2021/12/17

TOEIC Listening & Reading Test score: 950 (465+485)

2020/12/06

Second Class Electric Work Specialist

2018

On-The-Ground 1-Category Special Radio Operator

2016

Amateur Fourth-Class Radio Operator

2015

Skills

Programming Languages

  • C
  • Ruby
  • Shell
  • Java
  • Python
  • Go

OS

  • Mac OS X
  • Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)
  • NetBSD
  • FreeBSD
  • Plan 9

DevTools

  • zsh
  • vim
  • tmux
  • Visual Studio Code
  • GitHub/GitHub Enterprise
  • Android Studio

Networking

  • L2 (802.11, 802.3)
  • L3 (IPv4, IPv6, PIM-SM)
  • Router (Cisco, pfSense, NEC, Yamaha, IIJ, Juniper)
  • Switch (Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, H3C)
  • AP (Cisco, Aerohive, Aruba, Juniper Mist, Ruckus)

Services

  • RADIUS/EAP
  • DHCP
  • Web
  • hostap/wpa_cupplicant

Publications

Journal Papers

Applying and Evaluating Multipath Redundant Communication Technology for WebRTC-based Video Streaming

IPSJ Transaction on Digital Practise (TDP) Vol.3 No.3 p21-31, 2022/07/15

Conference and Workshop (reviewed)

Investigating the Impact of Network Metrics on Multi-path Transport

Naoya Kaneko, Chunghan Lee, Kazuya Okada, Hiroshi Abe

AINTEC'23, 2023/12/12

Domestic Conferences (without review)

Flexible Multimedia Stream Control for WebRTC on Multipath Communication Technology

DICOMO2021, 2021/07/01 (Domestic Conference without review)

Posters

Patents

Application Number(2024)019946

2024/02/14

Application Number(2024)019885

2024/02/14

Application Number(2023)134050

2022/03/14

Application Number(2023)117982

2022/02/14

Application Number(2023)045560

2021/09/22

Application Number(2023)042744

2021/09/15

Application Number(2023)035134

2021/08/31

Application Number(2021)077167

2021/04/30

Application Number(2021)077168

2021/04/30

Talks

ShowNet Wi-Fi: Towards Sustaiable Next Generation Wi-Fi Operation

Interop Tokyo 2024, ShowNet Stage, 2024/06/13

ShowNet Wi-Fi Talk: 'In Search of Clean Wi-Fi' 10 Years After

Interop Tokyo 2024, ShowNet Stage, 2024/06/13

Building ShowNet Wi-Fi with Multi-band

shownet.conf_, 2023/09/26

Building ShowNet Wi-Fi with Multi-band

Interop Tokyo 2023, ShowNet Stage, 2023/06/15

Wi-Fi Network evolution with cycle of measure/visualize/adapt

Interop Tokyo 2022, ShowNet Studio, 2022/06/16

shownet.conf_2: Towards New-Normal in Wi-Fi Network

Interop Tokyo Conference, shownet.conf_, 2021/06/23

Towards New-Normal in Wi-Fi Network

Interop Tokyo 2021, ShowNet Studio, 2021/04/15

Adaptive Wi-Fi Network Design for Diverse Environment

Interop Tokyo 2019, ShowNet Stage, 2019/06/13

My Honeypot Wi-Fi Access Point with Mobility

1st Honeypotter Technical Meeting 2017/09/30

Basics in VirtIO

VirtIO Study Meeting, 2013/06/09

LP49 SystemCall Gateway

5th Kernel/VM Explorers Tokyo LT session, 2010/08/22

What is SheevaPlug?

3rd Kernel/VM Explorers Tokyo LT session, 2010/02/23

Techbooks (Dojinshis)

The Devil is in the Deployment of Public Event Wi-Fi vol.5

C103, 2023/12

The Devil is in the Deployment of Public Event Wi-Fi: Recap of vol.1+2+3

C101, 2022/12

Harvey OS textbook

C88, 2015/08

9FS Illustrated

C84, 2012/12

Hands-On for Design and Implementation of VirtIO in Plan 9: Practice

C83, 2012/08

Hands-On for Design and Implementation of VirtIO in Plan 9: Prepare

C82, 2011/12

Deciphering chan.c

C79, 2010/12

Blog Posts

Awards/Honors

Poster Award

IPSJ IOTS2023 Poster Session, 2023/12/08

Paper Awards

DICOMO2021, 2021

College of Computer Science, Chair's Award

University of Tsukuba, 2009

Projects

panopticon

Developer

Jul 2016

Raspberry Pi & PiTFT based, field 802.11 frame capturing device

  • Ruby & Sinatra
  • Collect 802.11 frames through all channels continuously
  • Provide control UI with PiTFT
  • Provide capture data for Wi-Fi survey (example)

StationCountObservatory

Developer

Feb 2018

Android application to collect numbers of associated clients from surrounding Cisco AP

  • Android app with JAVA
  • Collects / Sums up associated clients without capture device nor connection to WLC
  • Achieved easy survey on Wi-Fi usage with handy android smartphone
  • Public on Google Play.

HotSpot 2.0 AP Finder

Developer

Dec 2018

Android application to find HotSpot2.0 (Wi-Fi Passpoint) enabled Wi-Fi AP

  • Android app with JAVA
  • Used to check whether HotSpot2.0 AP works & propagetes proper information
  • Public on Google Play

Extracurricular Activities

CONBU

Core Member

Aug 2015 - current

Provided public Wi-Fi on many conventions as a core member. Mainly in charge of Wi-Fi design and setting up APs. Also took a role in building L2/L3 network and servers.

Interests

  • Wi-Fi / 802.11 / Wireless related technologies
  • Packet Queuing Algorithms (FQ-Code, Codel, e.t.c)
  • Providing stable and broadband Wi-Fi network in large-scale convention
  • Survey and research on congested Wi-Fi environment
  • Understanding implementation of kernel, OS; especially network subsystem