COST initiative 
   "Traffic Engineering and QoS Control in Multimedia-enabled wireless networks"



 PLEASE fill in and return asap    to
   COST initiative coordinator: 
   e-mail: yk@cs.tut.fi



 COUNTRY: ..Austria................................................................    



Organization: ..Graz University of   Technology ................................................................    



Org-address ...Rechbauerstrasse  12, A-8010 Graz, Austria.....................................................    



Representative (in case of several    representatives please repeat the below for each of them): 



Family-name, .Birnbacher...............................................................    



Given-name, .Ulla................................................................    



Degrees and positions ..Dr.,  Assistent Professor.................................................    



tel.: ..+43 316 873 7955.............................................................................    



fax.: ..+43 316 46 36 97............................................................................    



e-mail: ..ulla.birnbacher@tugraz.at........................................................................    



URL: ..www.tugraz.at,  www.iks.tugraz.at.........................................................................    

   

Activity related to the proposed    action: ................................................................................
 Expertise: Development and simulation of multiple access protocols for  wireless broadband networks operating at millimeter wave frequencies. The focus  is put on optimising throughput and access times for Internet applications and  current / future Internet traffic characteristics. Thereby, QoS for IP is  investigated, e.g. by prioritising and hierarchical link sharing for a defined  set of service classes .
 Running project: NetMSI-phase-2 investigates possibilites for cost  reduction of DVB-RCS user terminals and the more efficient transport of  IP-protocol packets. Thereby, emphasis  is put on QoS support for satellite  based networks using TCP/IP protocols and improved encapsulation methods for  transporting IP packets over DVB transport streams.