COUNTRY: Turkey

Organization: Middle East Technical University, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Org-addres: Inonu Bulvari, ANKARA 06531, Turkey

Representative

Family-name, Akan

Given-name, Ozgur Baris,

Degrees and positions, Asst. Prof., Communications and networking area (Effective from June 1st, 2004)

tel.: +90 312 210 2353

fax.: +90 312 210 1261

E-mail: akan@ece.gatech.edu or akan@eee.metu.edu.tr

URL: www.ece.gatech.edu/~akan or www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~akan

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Activity related to the proposed action:
Expertise:
-Adaptive transport protocols for next generation heterogeneous wireless network architectures
-Reliability and congestion control for data and multimedia traffic in wireless Internet
-Communication protocols for wireless ad hoc sensor networks
-Communication protocols for satellite IP networks and deep space networks
-Mobility and handoff management in next generation wireless systems

Activity:
-Development of QoS-aware adaptive transport layer mechanisms for data and multimedia traffic
-Integration of cellular and mobile ad hoc technology to improve network capacity and perceived QoS levels
-End-to-end QoS-aware transport protocols for mobile ad hoc and 4G integration architecture
-Traffic engineering via MPLS in next generation wireless Internet
-QoS support in wireless multi-hop access networks
-Investigation of satellite, cellular, and ad hoc networks integration issues