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Converged Wireless Networking and Optimization for Next Generation Services

J Rodriguez1*, V Monteiro1, A Gomes2, Marco Di Renzo3, Jesús Alonso-Zárate4, Christos Verikoukis4, Ainara Gonzalez5, Oscar Lázaro5, Ahmet Akan6, Julian Pérez Vila7, George Kormentzas8, David Boixade9 and Silvia de la Maza10

Author Affiliations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2010, 2010:924720  doi:10.1155/2010/924720


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Received: 26 February 2010
Accepted: 6 June 2010
Published: 1 July 2010

© 2010 The Author(s).

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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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