Angelos Antonopoulos

Contents 1 Contact Info 2 Bio 3 Research interests 4 Distinctions and Prizes 5 Publications 6 Research Projects 7 Research Activities 8 Services

Contact Info

Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Intelligent Energy (IQe) Research Area
Tel.: +34 93 645 29 00
FAX: +34 93 645 29 01
E-mail: aantonopoulos@cttc.es

Bio

Angelos Antonopoulos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1983. He received his engineering degree from the Information and Communication Systems Engineering Department (I.C.S.D.E) of the University of the Aegean in September 2007, with a graduation thesis on implementation and evaluation of VoIP telephony over IEEE 802.11 Standard. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD diploma at the Signal Theory and Communications Department (TSC) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona. He has been awarded with CTTC's PhD fellowship since September 2008 and is working in the Intelligent Energy (IQe) Area.

Research interests

His main research interests are focused on Wireless Communications and include:

• Wireless Networks
• Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols
• Network Coding
• Cooperative Networks
• Scheduling Algorithms
• Radio Resource Management
• Game Theory

Distinctions and Prizes

• 2003 Greek State Scholarship for the 1st year of studies
• 2004 Greek State Scholarship for the 2nd year of studies
• 2005 Greek State Scholarship for the 3rd year of studies
• 2008 PhD Fellowship by Technological Centre of Telecommunications of Catalonia
• 2008 4-year Fellowship by Catalan Government
• 2012 Full Grant to attend the "2nd International Summer School on Cognitive Wireless Communications: Highlight on Game Theory", July 2012, Paris, France.

Publications

(The publications can be downloaded from here: [1].)

• Book Chapters

1. A. Antonopoulos, E. Kartsakli, L. Alonso and C. Verikoukis (2011), Dealing with VoIP Calls During “Busy Hour” in LTE, Recent Advances in Wireless Communications and Networks, Jia-Chin Lin (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-274-6, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/dealing-with-voip-calls-during-busy-hour-in-lte
2. E. Kartsakli, J. Alonso-Zárate, A. Antonopoulos and L. Alonso (2010), MAC protocols with Cross-Layer design in "Cross Layer Designs in WLAN Systems". Troubador Publishing Ltd, Leicester, UK, ISBN: 9781848762275.
3. G. Kambourakis , S. Gritzalis , S. Katsikas , A. Antonopoulos (2006), Presentation and research on tools used for wireless networks targeting (NetStumbler, Airopeek, AirSnort) (pp. 187-204) in "Wireless and Mobile Network Security" (Greek). Papasotiriou Publications, ISBN: 960-7530-81-0.

• Journals and Magazines

1. A. Antonopoulos, C. Verikoukis, C. Skianis, O.B. Akan, Energy Efficient Network Coding-based MAC for Cooperative ARQ Wireless Networks, to appear in Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier).
2. A. Antonopoulos, C. Skianis, C. Verikoukis, Network Coding-based Cooperative ARQ Scheme for VANETs, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (2012), ISSN 1084-8045, 10.1016/j.jnca.2012.03.012. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1084804512000938.
3. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Network Coding-based Cooperative ARQ Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2012, Article ID 601321, 9 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/601321. Available at: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/2012/601321/
4. A. Antonopoulos, J. Alonso-Zarate, E. Kartsakli, L. Alonso, C. Verikoukis, Cross Layer Access Point Selection Mechanisms for a Distributed Queuing MAC Protocol, accepted for publication in the Special Issue on Mobility Management in Future Internet of the Springer Telecommunications Systems Journal, February 2011.
5. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Traffic-Aware Connection Admission Control Scheme for Broadband Mobile Systems, IEEE Communications Letters, vol.14, no.8, pp.719-721, ISSN 1089-7798, August 2010.

• International Conferences

1. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Game Theoretic Network Coding-aided MAC for Data Dissemination towards Energy Efficiency, Workshop COCONET co-located with IEEE ICC, June 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
2. A. Antonopoulos, C. Skianis and C. Verikoukis, Network Coding-based Medium Access Control Protocol for Cooperative Wireless Networks, IEEE ICC, June 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
3. A. Bousia, A. Antonopoulos, L. Alonso and C. Verikoukis, “Green” Distance-Aware Base Station Sleeping Algorithm in LTE-Advanced, IEEE ICC, June 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
4. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Energy Efficient Network Coding-based Cooperative ARQ Scheme for Wireless Networks, 3rd International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems (Mobilight), 9-11 May 2011, Bilbao, Spain.
5. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Network Coding-based Cooperative ARQ Scheme, in proc. of IEEE ICC, June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
6. A. Antonopoulos, C. Skianis and C. Verikoukis, Traffic-Aware Connection Admission Control Scheme for Broadband Mobile Systems, in proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, December 2010, Miami, Florida, USA.
7. A. Antonopoulos and C. Verikoukis, Dynamic Call Admission Control for Enhanced GoS of UGS Connections during "Busy Hour" in WiMAX, 2nd International Conference on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems (Mobilight), 10-12 May 2010, Barcelona, Spain.
8. J. Alonso-Zárate, E. Kartsakli, A. Antonopoulos, L. Alonso and C. Verikoukis, Handoff Functions for a Distributed Queuing Collision Avoidance Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless LANs, International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications (ICUMT), Oct. 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Research Projects

• Project title: Cooperative and Cognitive Techniques for Green Wireless Communications (CO2GREEN).

 Type of contract/Program: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) - Plan Avanza I+D
 Project contract/code: TEC2010-20823.
 Function: Researcher at CTTC. 
 Duration: 3 years (2011-2013).
 Main Researcher: Jesús Alonso-Zárate.
 Number of researchers: 6.

• Project title: Virtualized dIsTRibuted Platforms of smart Objects (VITRO).

 Type of contract/Program: EU - FP7
 Project contract/code: ICT-257245.
 Function: Researcher at CTTC. 
 Duration: 30 months (September 2010-February 2013).
 Coordinated by: Hellenic Aerospace Industry .
 Number of partners: 9.

• Project title: Distributed Wireless Networking Experimental Infrastructure for Optimization and Convergence (ICARUS).

 Type of contract/Program: Ministerio de Innovación. 
 Project contract/code: TSI-020400-2008-113.
 Function: Researcher at CTTC. 
 Duration: 01 July 2008 to 30 June 2010.
 Main Researcher: Luis Miguel Campos.
 Number of partners: 16.

• Project title: MOBility Concepts for IMT-Advanced (MOBILIA).

 Type of contract/Program: Ministerio de Innovación. 
 Project contract/code: TSI-020400-2008-82.
 Function: Researcher at CTTC. 
 Duration: 01 January 2008 to 30 June 2010.
 Main Researcher: Ramon Aguero.
 Number of partners: 8.

Research Activities

• Meta-Search Engine Implementation
• Call-Center Simulation
• Challenge/Response Authentication Scheme Implementation
• ΤCP/IP Covert Channel Implementation
• Traffic-Aware Connection Admission Control Algorithm for WiMAX networks
• 2.4 GHz WLAN Radio Interface by Jani Tamminen

Services

Reviewer in International Conferences and Magazines

• Journals
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Springer Mobile Networks and Applications
  • Springer Wireless Personal Communications
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
• Conferences
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) (2010,2011,2012)
  • IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM) (2010,2011)
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) (2009,2010,2011)
  • European Wireless 2010, 12-15 April 2010, Lucca, Italy
  • IEEE CCNC, SoftCOM, ISCC, PIMRC, AFRICON, WMCNT

TPC Memberships

• IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications (ISWTA), 23-26 Sept. 2012, Bandung, Indonesia.
• 17th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 17-19 Sept. 2012, Barcelona, Spain.
• International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 28-31 Jan. 2013, San Diego, USA.
• 2nd Baltic Congress on Future Internet and Communications (BCFIC), 25-27 April 2012, Vilnious, Lithuania.
• International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), January 30-February 2012, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
• 3rd International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT), 5-7 October 2011, Budapest, Hungary.
• Baltic Congress on Future Internet and Communications (BCFIC), 16-18 February 2011, Riga, Latvia.
• IP-Based Emergency Applications and Services for Next Generation Networks (PEACE), 6-8 September 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
• International Conference on Ultra Modern Telecommunications (ICUMT), 18-20 October 2009, Moscow, Russia.

Project Proposal Evaluation

• National Council for Scientific Research (Romanian Government)
• National Council for Research and Development (Romanian Government)

Invited Talks

• Game Theoretic MAC Policies for Wireless Data Dissemination, Flexible Networks Workshop, University of Surrey, UK, 24-25 April 2012.