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Kostas Pentikousis

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Ambient Networks

The future wireless world will be filled by a multitude of user devices, and wireless technologies. Simple-to-use, anytime-anywhere network access affordable for everyone is an undisputed must for the eSociety and i2010 where the user will expect a rich set of communication services independently of the access used. Devising technologies for true plug-and-play networking, efficient use of all infrastructure investments and access competition are the key technical challenges to achieve this vision. The Ambient Networks project is addressing these challenges by developing innovative mobile network solutions for increased competition and cooperation in an environment with a multitude of access technologies, network operators and business actors. It offers a complete, coherent wireless network solution based on dynamic composition of networks that provide access to any network through the instant establishment of inter-network agreements. The ambition of this FP6 project is to create an innovative and industrially exploitable internetworking framework based on the dynamic composition of networks. A key aspect of this is to establish a common control layer for various network types, which will provide end users with seamless multi-access connectivity to enable selection of the best available network. For an operator, the AN concepts allow flexible and dynamic network configuration and management.

My work in Ambient Networks (web site, fact sheet) revolved mostly around mobility management, focusing on triggers for mobility management and wireless multiaccess.

Publications

J. Makela, M. Luoto, T. Sutinen, and K. Pentikousis, "Evaluation of an Information Service for enhanced multiaccess media delivery", Proc. Third European Symposium on Mobile Media Delivery (EUMOB), London, United Kingdom, September 2009.

J. Makela, K. Pentikousis, and V. Kyllonen, "Mobility Trigger Management: Implementation and Evaluation", International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, vol. 2, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 211-221.

M. Majanen, K. Pentikousis, and J. Makela, "Ambient Networks Gateway Selection Architecture", International Journal on Advances in Networks and Services, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 52-63, 2008.

C. Kappler, K. Pentikousis, and C. Pinho, "Event-based addressing for information distribution in dynamic networks", in Proc. IEEE 67th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2008-Spring), Marina Bay, Singapore, May 2008, pp. 2849-2853.

C. Pinho, J. Ruela, K. Pentikousis, and C. Kappler, "A protocol for event distribution in next-generation dynamic networks", in Proc. Fourth EURO-NGI Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks (NGI), Krakow, Poland, April 2008, pp. 123-130.

K. Pentikousis, R. Aguero, J. Gebert, J. A. Galache, O. Blume, and P Paakkonen, "The Ambient Networks heterogeneous access selection architecture", in Proc. First Ambient Networks Workshop on Mobility, Multiaccess, and Network Management (M2NM), Sydney, Australia, October 2007, pp. 49-54.

O. Blume, A. Surtees, R. Aguero, E. Perera, and K. Pentikousis, "A generic signaling framework for seamless mobility in heterogeneous wireless networks", in Proc. First Ambient Networks Workshop on Mobility, Multiaccess, and Network Management (M2NM), Sydney, Australia, October 2007, pp. 31-36.

J. Eisl, M. Georgiades, T. Jokikyyny, R. Boreli, E. Perera, and K. Pentikousis, "Management of multiple mobility protocols and tools in dynamically configurable networks", in Proc. First Ambient Networks Workshop on Mobility, Multiaccess, and Network Management (M2NM), Sydney, Australia, October 2007, pp. 73-78.

J. Mäkelä, K. Pentikousis, Mikko Majanen, Jyrki Huusko, "Trigger management and mobile node cooperation", Chapter 10 in Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions - Inspiring the Age of Enlightenment of Wireless Communications, edited by M. Katz and F. H.P Fitzek, Springer Verlag, September 2007, pp. 199-211. ISBN: 978-1-4020-5978-0.

H. Tang, P. Pöyhönen, O. Strandberg, K. Pentikousis, J. Sachs, F. Meago, J. Tuononen, and R. Agüero, "Paging issues and methods for multiaccess", Proc. International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (CHINACOM), Shangai, China, August 2007, pp. 769-776. Invited paper.

C. Dousson, K. Pentikousis, T. Sutinen, and J. Mäkelä, "Chronicle recognition for mobility management triggers", Proc. 12th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Aveiro, Portugal, July 2007, pp. 305-310.

P. Pöyhönen, D. Hollos, O. Strandberg, O. Blume, R. Agüero and K. Pentikousis, "Analysis of load dependency of handover strategies in mobile multiaccess Ambient Networks", Proc. Second Workshop on multiMedia Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN), Aveiro, Portugal, July 2007, pp. 15-20.

D. Hollos, P. Pöyhönen, H. Tang, R.Agüero, K. Pentikousis, and O. Blume, "A study of handover strategies for mobile multiaccess Ambient Networks", Proc. 16th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Budapest, Hungary, July 2007.

M. Majanen and K. Pentikousis, "An evaluation of the Ambient Networks Gateway Selection Architecture", Proc. Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC), Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, March 2007. Received the Best Paper Award.

K. Pentikousis, R. Giaffreda, E. Hepworth, R. Agüro, and A. Galis, "Information management for dynamic networks", Proc. Second International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI), Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, March 2007.

J. Mäkelä and K. Pentikousis, "Trigger management mechanisms", Proc. Second International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2007, pp. 378-383.

R. Giaffreda, K. Pentikousis, E. Hepworth, R. Agüro, and A. Galis, "An information service infrastructure for Ambient Networks", Proc. 25th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks (PDCN), Innsbruck, Austria, February 2007, pp. 21-27.