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A Management Framework for Ambient Systems Operating in Wireless B3G Environments

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As the wireless world is rapidly evolving towards the “Beyond the 3rd Generation” (B3G) era, communication infrastructures need to tackle external conditions that are continuously changing, and thus become less predictable in terms of quality of service (QoS) provision. On the contrary, the B3G era, through the coexistence and complementary use of a multitude of Radio Access Technologies (RATs), offers additional capabilities for providing users with advanced levels of convenience and flexibility for living and working. Those advances in communications and networking technology are making it possible to devise ‘ambient’ systems, i.e. systems that realize the vision of an all-encompassing multimedia networking environment, which is aware of the users’ presence and context, and is sensitive, adaptive, and responsive to their needs, habits, gestures and emotions. All above pose significant challenges regarding the intelligent management of heterogeneous wireless infrastructures. In the light of the above, this paper presents such an advanced management framework, as an enabling technology for designing and developing ambient, wireless systems in B3G environments. The paper focuses on the main components of the proposed framework, as well as on their functionality and interactions. Additionally, indicative simulation results showcase the efficiency of the proposed framework.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been performed in the framework of the European funded project End-to-end Reconfigurability-2nd phase (E2R II). The project has received research funding from the Community’s Sixth Framework program. The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of their colleagues from the E2R II consortium. The views expressed in this document do not necessarily represent the views from the complete E2R II consortium. The Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

In part this work shall continue in the framework of the European funded project End-to-end Efficiency (E3), funded from the Community’s Seventh Framework program.

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  1. University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

    G. Dimitrakopoulos, K. Tsagkaris, V. Stavroulaki, A. Katidiotis, N. Koutsouris & P. Demestichas

  2. Motorola Labs, European Communications Research, Paris, France

    V. Merat

  3. Alcatel-Lucent AG, Stuttgart, Germany

    S. Walter

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Dimitrakopoulos, G., Tsagkaris, K., Stavroulaki, V. et al. A Management Framework for Ambient Systems Operating in Wireless B3G Environments. Mobile Netw Appl 13, 555–568 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0090-0

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