Convergence of Broadband, Broadcast, and Cellular Network Technologies

• #1. Economical Aspects of Heterogeneous Networks: When Money, Quality, and Context Matter
• #2. Towards Smarter Cities and Roads: A Survey of Clustering Algorithms in VANETs
• #3. Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Broadband Wireless Access Networks
• #4. Resource Management of Multicast Services Over LTE
• #5. Game Theory for Collaboration in Future Networks
• #6. Interference Mitigation and Energy Management in Heterogeneous Networks: A Cognitive Radio Perspective
• #7. DASH: A Solution for Improving Video Delivery Quality in Heterogeneous Network Environments
• #8. TraffCon: An Innovative Vehicle Route Management Solution Based on IEEE 802.11p Sparse Roadside-Vehicle Networking
• #9. Data Processing and Exchange Challenges in Video-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
• #10. Simulation of Competition in NGNs with a Game Theory Model
• #11. Indoor Short Range Wireless Broadband Communications Based on Optical Fiber Distribution
• #12. Broadband NG-PON Networks and Their Designing Using the HPON Network Configurator

Ramona Trestian is a Lecturer with the Computer and Communications Engineering Department, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK. She was previously an IBM-IRCSET Exascale Postdoctoral Researcher with the Performance Engineering Laboratory (PEL) at Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland since December 2011. She was awarded the PhD from Dublin City University in March 2012 and the B.Eng. degree in Telecommunications from the Electronics, Telecommunications, and the Technology of Information Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2007. She has published in prestigious international conferences and journals and has two edited books. She is a reviewer for international journals and conferences and an IEEE member. Her research interests include mobile and wireless communications, multimedia streaming, handover and network selection strategies, and software-defined networks.

Gabriel-Miro Muntean is an Associated Professor with the School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland, where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2003 for research on quality-oriented adaptive multimedia streaming over wired networks. He was awarded the B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees in Software Engineering from the Computer Science Department, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Romania in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Dr. Muntean is co-director of the DCU Performance Engineering Laboratory and Investigator with Insight and Lero National Research Centres. His research interests include quality-oriented and performance-related issues of adaptive multimedia delivery, performance of wired and wireless communications, energy-aware networking and personalised technology-enhanced learning. Dr. Muntean has published over 350 papers in prestigious international journals and conferences, has authored 4 books and 19 book chapters and has edited 6 other books, which have attracted over 6000 citations (H-index=44). Dr. Muntean has supervised successfully 22 PhD students and 10 postdoctoral researchers. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Multimedia Communications Area Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials and reviewer for other important international journals, conferences, and funding agencies. He was the coordinator of the EU Horizon 2020 project NEWTON. He is a senior member of IEEE, and IEEE Broadcast Technology Society.