Smart Business Networks: Architectural Aspects and Risks

Architectural Aspects of Qos-aware Personal Networks Architectural Aspects of Qos-aware Personal Networks

Personal Networks (PN) are future communication systems that combine wireless and infrastructure based networks to provide users a variety of services anywhere and anytime. PNs introduce new design challenges due to the heterogeneity of the involved technologies, the need for self-organization, the dynamics of the system composition, the application-driven nature, the co-operation with infrastr...

Towards Control Patterns for Smart Business Networks

To keep a business network sustainable, controls are needed against opportunistic behavior of network participants. In this paper we present a methodology for understanding control problems and designing solutions, based on an economic value perspective. The methodology employs a library of so-called control patterns, inspired by design patterns in software engineering. A control pattern is con...

Discovering the dynamics of smart business networks

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1 Communication networks in smart grid : an architectural view

Metropolitan Broadband Networks: Design and Implementation Aspects, and Business Models

This chapter presents the design principles that cover the implementation of broadband infrastructure in the region of Western Greece, by examining all the necessary parameters that arise while implementing such a critical developmental project. The broadband infrastructure that is deployed is either based on optical fiber (on big municipalities) or on wireless systems (OFDM based and WiFi cell...