Browsing by Author "Antoniou, Pavlos Ch."

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Adaptive feedback algorithm for internet video streaming based on fuzzy rate control

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Vassiliou, Vasos (2007)

It is beyond any doubt that the unpredictable nature of the today's Internet has tremendous impact on the transmission of video streams. With respect to the real-time nature of video streaming, unpredictable band-width, ...

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ADIVIS: A novel adaptive algorithm for video streaming over the internet

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Vassiliou, Vasos; Pitsillides, Andreas (2007)

The transfer of information over the wireless networks is emerging as a promising business model. In addition, new applications require the transfer of video content in real time. However, the unpredictable nature of ...

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Applying swarm intelligence to a novel congestion control approach for wireless sensor networks

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Engelbrecht, A.; Blackwell, T.; Michael, Loizos (2011)

Recently, sensor networks have attracted significant research interest. However, most studies have mainly focused on protocols for applications in which network performance assurances are not considered essential. With the ...

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A bio-inspired approach for streaming applications in wireless sensor networks based on the Lotka-Volterra competition model

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2010)

In the new era of Ambient Intelligence, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are seen to bridge the gap between physical world and the Internet, making a large amount of information accessible anywhere, anytime. Over the last ...

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Congestion control in autonomous decentralized networks based on the lotka-volterra competition model

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2009)

Next generation communication networks are moving towards autonomous infrastructures that are capable of working unattended under dynamically changing conditions. The new network architecture involves interactions among ...

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Congestion control in wireless sensor networks based on bird flocking behavior

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Blackwell, T.; Engelbrecht, A.; Michael, Loizos (2013)

This paper proposes that the flocking behavior of birds can guide the design of a robust, scalable and self-adaptive congestion control protocol in the context of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The proposed approach ...

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Congestion control in wireless sensor networks based on the bird flocking behavior

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Engelbrecht, A.; Blackwell, T.; Michael, Loizos (2009)

Recently, performance controlled wireless sensor networks have attracted significant interest with the emergence of mission-critical applications (e.g. health monitoring). Performance control can be carried out by robust ...

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Congestion control in wireless sensor networks based on the Lotka Volterra competition model

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas (IGI Global, 2011)

Next generation communication networks are moving towards autonomous wireless infrastructures, as for example, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) that are capable of working unattended under dynamically changing conditions. ...

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Employing the flocking behavior of birds for controlling congestion in autonomous decentralized networks

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Blackwell, T.; Engelbrecht, A. (2009)

Recently a great emphasis has been given on autonomous decentralized networks (ADNs) wherein constituent nodes carry out specific tasks collectively. Their dynamic and constrained nature along with the emerging need for ...

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Mimicking the bird flocking behavior for controlling congestion in sensor networks

Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Pitsillides, Andreas; Engelbrecht, A.; Blackwell, T. (2010)

This study deals with the problem of congestion in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and proposes a robust and self-adaptable nature-inspired congestion control approach for realtime event-based applications. WSNs face ...

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Requirements for the transmission of streaming video in mobile wireless networks

Vassiliou, Vasos; Antoniou, Pavlos Ch.; Giannakou, Iraklis; Pitsillides, Andreas (2006)

The ability to transmit video and support related real-time multimedia applications is considered important in mobile networks. Video streaming, video conferencing, online interactive gaming, and mobile TV are only a few ...