Browsing by Author "Antoniou, Josephina"

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    • Conference Object  

      4G converged environment: Modeling network selection as a game 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Pitsillides, Andreas (2007)
      Network Selection mechanism in 4G mobile networks is a newly introduced mechanism that handles the selection of the best network to satisfy a service request. Network Selection needs to take part prior to admission of the ...
    • Article  

      Access network synthesis game in next generation networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Koukoutsidis, I.; Jaho, E.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Stavrakakis, I. (2009)
      In next generation communication networks, multiple access networks will coexist on a common service platform. In cases where network resource planning indicates that individual access network resources are insufficient ...
    • Article  

      Adaptive network-aided session support in context-aware converged mobile networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Christophorou, C.; Simoes, J.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2012)
      The increase of networking complexity requires the design of new performance optimisation schemes for delivering sessions to users under different conditions. This paper addresses context-aware, adaptive multiparty sessions ...
    • Article  

      Context aware multiparty session support for adaptive multicasting in heterogeneous mobile networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Riede, C.; Pinto, F. C.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2009)
      The paper addresses the issue of achieving context-aware, adaptive multiparty sessions in a heterogeneous system by illustrating how to add elements of adaptivity and context-awareness to the session management functionality ...
    • Article  

      Context-aware self-optimization in multiparty converged mobile environments 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Christophorou, C.; Neto, A.; Sargento, S.; Cabral Pinto, F.; Carapeto, N. F.; Mota, T.; Simoes, J.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2010)
      The increase of networking complexity requires the design of new performance optimization schemes for delivering different types of sessions to users under different conditions. In this scope, special attention is given ...
    • Conference Object  

      Cooperation among access points for enhanced quality of service in dense wireless environments 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Lesta, Vicky Papadopoulou; Libman, L.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Dehkordi, H. R. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014)
      The high popularity of Wi-Fi technology for wireless access has led to a common problem of densely deployed access points (APs) in residential or commercial buildings, competing to use the same or overlapping frequency ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Cooperative interactions in converged heterogeneous communication networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2010-05)
      Τα δίκτυα πρόσβασης που συμμετέχουν στα Δίκτυα Επικοινωνίας Επόμενης Γενιάς έχουν διαφορετικά χαρακτηριστικά και ικανότητες, ενθαρρύνοντας τη διαφοροποίηση του χειρισμού της μεταφοράς από τον χειρισμού του περιεχομένου ...
    • Article  

      Cooperative user-network interactions in next generation communication networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Lesta, Vicky Papadopoulou; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (2010)
      Next Generation Communication Networks employ the idea of convergence, where heterogeneous access technologies may coexist, and a user may be served by anyone of the participating access networks, motivating the emergence ...
    • Conference Object  

      A discrete event based simulation environment for enhanced UMTS 3 rd generation networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas; Hadjipollas, George; Jacovides, N. (2004)
      This paper presents a new system level simulator that has been developed to evaluate E-UMTS (Enhanced Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems) 3G Networks. The article describes how the simulator supports different ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhanced UMTS cellular planning for multiple traffic classes in offices scenarios 

      Cabral, O.; Velez, F. J.; Hadjipollas, George; Stylianou, Marios; Antoniou, Josephina; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (2006)
      It is shown that Enhanced UMTS will be an affordable solution for providing the required network quality and to reduce infrastructure investments in offices scenarios. System capacity results are obtained by using a system ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhanced UMTS cost/revenue optimisation in offices scenarios 

      Cabral, O.; Velez, F. J.; Hadjipollas, George; Stylianoi, M.; Antoniou, Josephina; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (2005)
      In this paper Enhanced UMTS offices scenarios and classes of services up to wideband are taken into account. A model is proposed for optimising Enhanced UMTS based in costs and revenues. A system level simulator is used ...
    • Conference Object  

      Enhanced UMTS simulation-based planning in office scenarios 

      Cabral, O.; Velez, F. J.; Hadjipollas, George; Stylianou, Marios; Antoniou, Josephina; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2006)
      Enhanced UMTS traffic characterisation parameters have been addressed for the offices scenario. By using a system level simulator, results concerning QoS measures as packet delay, blocking and handover failure probabilities ...
    • Book  

      Game theory in communication networks: cooperative resolution of interactive networking scenarios 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Pitsillides, Andreas (CRC Press, 2013)
      "Focusing on heterogeneous networks, this book addresses important resource management and security issues found in networks and uses theoretical tools to model them. Although it explores network design and management from ...
    • Conference Object  

      A game theory-based approach to reducing interference in dense deployments of home wireless networks 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Pitsillides, Andreas; Libman, L. (2011)
      Urban residential areas are becoming increasingly dense with more and more home networks being deployed in close proximity. The paper considers a dense urban residential area where each house/unit has its own wireless ...
    • Conference Object  

      Minimizing interference in unmanaged environments of densely deployed wireless access points using a graphical game model 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Lesta, Vicky Papadopoulou; Libman, L.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2012)
      Urban residential areas are becoming increasingly dense with more and more wireless home networks being deployed in close proximity. Considering that in such a dense urban residential area, each unit has its own wireless ...
    • Book Chapter  

      Network-aided session management for adaptive context-aware multiparty communications 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Christophorou, C.; Simoes, J.; Pitsillides, Andreas (IGI Global, 2011)
      Recent years, from about the early 2000s, have been characterized by global broadband penetration, Fixed-Mobile-Convergence, Triple Play, and content provisioning over All-IP multimedia networks. Increasing demands in ...
    • Conference Object  

      Power control for efficient multicasting in IP-based 3G and beyond mobile networks 

      Vlotomas, N.; Antoniou, Josephina; Hadjipollas, George; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2005)
      Third generation and beyond mobile networks have brought about a demand for new services that refrain from the traditional unicast communication model. These are services demanding transmission to many receivers with ...
    • Conference Object  

      Power Counting for optimized capacity in MBMS enabled UTRAN 

      Panayides, Andreas S.; Christophorou, C.; Antoniou, Josephina; Pitsillides, Andreas; Vassiliou, Vasos (2008)
      MBMS bearer services can be provided in each cell by either Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint transmission mode but for efficiency a decision has to be made between the two approaches. Initially, the fundamental criterion ...
    • Conference Object  

      RAN selection for converged networks supporting IMS signalling and MBMS service 

      Antoniou, Josephina; Stylianou, Marios; Pitsillides, Andreas (2007)
      Future Communication Networks are envisioned to be based upon a common, flexible and scalable convergence platform, where different access networks, different terminals and different services can coexist. The new user ...
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      Simulating soft handover and power control for enhanced UMTS 

      Vassiliou, Vasos; Antoniou, Josephina; Pitsillides, Andreas; Hadjipollas, George (2005)
      In this paper we present a soft handover algorithm for wide band CDMA based E-UMTS networks and the associated power control algorithm. The handover and power control algorithms have been developed and implemented in the ...