Converged wireless networking and optimization for next generation services

  • Authors:
  • J. Rodriguez;V. Monteiro;A. Gomes;Marco Di Renzo;Jesús Alonso-Zárate;Christos Verikoukis;Ainara Gonzalez;Oscar Lázaro;Ahmet Akan;Julian Pérez Vila;George Kormentzas;David Boixade;Silvia de la Maza

  • Affiliations:
  • Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal;Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal;Portugal Telecom Inovação, S.A., Rua Eng. José Ferreira Pinto Basto, Aveiro, Portugal;Laboratory of Signals and Systems, French National Center for Scientific Research, École Supérieure d'Électricité, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France;Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain;Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain;CBT Communication and Multimedia, Getxo, Vizcaya, Spain;CBT Communication and Multimedia, Getxo, Vizcaya, Spain;Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., Telco Product Strategy and Research, Tepebasi, Istanbul, Turkey;Telefonica I+D, Madrid, Spain;NCSR Demokritos, Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou, Athens, Greece;IQUADRAT, Barcelona, Spain;TRIMEK, Altube-Zuia, Spain

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on multimedia communications over next generation wireless networks
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The Next Generation Network (NGN) vision is tending towards the convergence of internet and mobile services providing the impetus for new market opportunities in combining the appealing services of internet with the roaming capability of mobile networks. However, this convergence does not go far enough, and with the emergence of new coexistence scenarios, there is a clear need to evolve the current architecture to provide cost-effective end-to-end communication. The LOOP project, a EUREKA-CELTIC driven initiative, is one piece in the jigsaw by helping European industry to sustain a leading role in telecommunications and manufacturing of high-value products and machinery by delivering pioneering converged wireless networking solutions that can be successfully demonstrated. This paper provides an overview of the LOOP project and the key achievements that have been tunneled into first prototypes for showcasing next generation services for operators and process manufacturers.