Enhancing wireless communications

DIWINE considers wireless communications in a dense relay/node scenario where wireless network coding messages are flooded via dense massively air-interacting nodes in the self-contained cloud while the physical-layer air-interface between the terminals (sources/destinations) and the Cloud is simple and uniform. A complex infrastructure cloud creates an equivalent air-interface to the terminal, which is as simple as possible. Source and destination air interfaces are completely blind to the Cloud’s network structure. The Cloud has its own self-contained organising and processing capability

Converged Wireless Networking and Optimization for Next Generation Services

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