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Converged Wireless Networking and Optimization for Next Generation Services

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking volume 2010, Article number: 924720 (2010) Cite this article

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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.

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  1. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Rodriguez & V. Monteiro

  2. Portugal Telecom Inovação, S.A., Rua Eng. José Ferreira Pinto Basto, 3810-106, Aveiro, Portugal

    A. Gomes

  3. Laboratory of Signals and Systems (LSS), French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), École Supérieure d'Électricité (SUPÉLEC), rue Joliot-Curie 3, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France

    Marco Di Renzo

  4. Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (PMT), Building B,Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 7, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

    Jesús Alonso-Zárate & Christos Verikoukis

  5. CBT Communication and Multimedia, 48930, Getxo (Vizcaya), Spain

    Ainara Gonzalez & Oscar Lázaro

  6. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., Telco Product Strategy and Research, Turkcell Plaza Mesrutiyet Cad. 71, 34430, Tepebasi, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Akan

  7. Telefonica I+D, C/ Emilio Vargas 6, 28043, Madrid, Spain

    Julian Pérez Vila

  8. NCSR Demokritos, Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou, 15310, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    George Kormentzas

  9. IQUADRAT, Passeig Sant Joan 89, local 3, 08009, Barcelona, Spain

    David Boixade

  10. TRIMEK, Camino de la Yesera no. 2, 01139, Altube-Zuia, Spain

    Silvia de la Maza

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Rodriguez, J., Monteiro, V., Gomes, A. et al. Converged Wireless Networking and Optimization for Next Generation Services. J Wireless Com Network 2010, 924720 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/924720

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