Search Results - "2011 50th FITCE Congress - "ICT: Bridging an Ever Shifting Digital Divide""

Optimal relay node placement for throughput enhancement in wireless sensor networks by Di Caro, G. A., Flushing, E. F.

“…In this work we consider the relay node placement problem in wireless sensor networks: where to position a limited number of available nodes that can act as…”
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Digital home health and mHealth: Prospects and challenges for adoption in the U.S by Fife, E., Pereira, F.

“…The burgeoning costs of healthcare and growth in consumer use of the Internet to attain health-related information to better manage their health-care, coupled…”
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Low complexity Soft-Input Soft-Output Hamming Decoder by Muller, B., Holters, M., Zolzer, U.

“…We investigate a low complexity Soft-Input Soft-Output (SISO) Hamming Decoder. The Decoding is based on error patterns which belong to the same syndrome. It is…”
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An analysis of next generation access networks deployment in rural areas by Feijoo, C., Gomez-Barroso, J-L, Ramos, S.

“…Next generation access networks (NGAN) will support a renewed electronic communication market where main opportunities lie in the provision of ubiquitous…”
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Scam and fraud detection in VoIP Networks: Analysis and countermeasures using user profiling by Kapourniotis, T., Dagiuklas, T., Polyzos, G., Alefragkis, P.

“…This paper presents a VoIP Fraud Detection Framework by exploiting VoIP and/or network-OSS/BSS vulnerabilities. This can be accomplished by analyzing the…”
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A semantic-driven integer programming approach for QoS-aware dynamic service composition by Paganelli, F., Ambra, T., Parlanti, D., Giuli, D.

“…Service-oriented specifications aim at effectively supporting run-time service discovery, composition and brokering. QoS-aware dynamic service composition…”
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Analysis of web-based video delivery by Metzger, F., Rafetseder, A., Stezenbach, D., Tutschku, K.

“…The recent shift from specialized video streaming solutions to user-friendly Web-based video delivery platforms has attracted large audiences to these…”
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An MHP based solution for assistive home automation by Gambi, E., Borioni, F., Spinsante, S., Rascioni, G.

“…Modern home data networks based on the IP paradigm are nowadays conceived to support either the delivery of multimedia contents, and different services, such…”
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Performance evaluation of WDM-PON RSOA based solutions in NGAN scenario by Leo, M., Trotta, M.

“…Starting from traditional access networks, Next Generation Networks (NGN) is the evolution of telecommunication infrastructures, from backbone up to access…”
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Valuing quality of experience: A brave new era of user satisfaction and revenue possibilities by Tselios, C., Tsagkaropoulos, Michail, Politis, Ilias, Dagiuklas, T.

“…Telecommunication market today is defined by a plethora of innovative products and technologies that constantly raising the bar of technical feasibility in…”
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Agent-based modeling as a tool to investigate the viability of Next-Generation Networks by Neri, A., Ugolini, M., Allegretti, M.

“…This work describes an approach, developed through the use of Agent-Based Modeling, to investigate the financial and technical viability of Next-Generation…”
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Techno-economic comparison of next generation optical access network architectures by Tomkos, I.

“…We discuss an overview of the most advanced next generation optical access network architectures and technologies, followed by the presentation of results from…”
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IP telephony shifts from unified communications to social media by van Marle, D.

“…Since 2000 companies have been implementing IP telephony. Unified communications was the next step, flowed by Video-conferencing. In 2009 positioning and…”
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Telework: At the crossroads of social demand and technology offer by Vari, M., Tagliavini, G., Ter-Oganesova, K.

“…There are different studies and surveys conducted in the field of telework which prove the fact that teleworkers benefit from "independence" in managing their…”
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Network neutrality from an innovation research perspective by Beckert, B.

“…In this article, arguments concerning innovation activities and innovation effects in the context of the network neutrality debate will be described and…”
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A novel algorithm for dynamic admission control of elastic flows by Blanchini, F., Casagrande, D., Montessoro, P. L.

“…The task of assigning part of the forwarding capability of a router to different flows, usually called admission control, is considered and an algorithm to…”
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Performance evaluation of standard power grid communications experiencing cyber anomalies by Dondossola, G., Garrone, F., Szanto, J.

“…The work presents a methodology for the experimental evaluation of cyber failures to power grid control networks. The methodology has been applied to standard…”
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How to measure the success rate of fiber-based access networks? Evaluation of the Stokab case and comparison to other European cases by Van der Wee, M., Mattsson, C., Raju, A., Braet, O., Nucciarelli, A., Sadowski, B., Verbrugge, S., Pickavet, M.

“…Within the European telecommunications industry, there is a trend towards the development of fiber-based access networks, more specifically Fiber-to-the-Home…”
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Which way to QoS in future networks: Distributed or centralized decision logic ? by Minerva, R., Manzalini, A., Moiso, C.

“…The paper proposes the introduction of a Network Operating System, based on autonomic and cognitive capabilities, in order to improve manageability, QoS…”
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Efficient simulation of orthogonal multicarrier transmission over multipath fading channels by Garbo, G., Mangione, S., Maniscalco, V.

“…Filterbank orthogonal multicarrier transmission schemes, such as OFDM/OQAM, are currently under intense study for their spectral efficiency and suitability for…”
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