SMART CITY/ROAD/BUILDING SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS

• IMT – Advanced communications (including Next generation LTE, WiMAX, relays, Device-2-Device communication, multi-hop communications, interoperability, etc.)
• Platform development for intelligent management of outdoor & street lighting using optimization algorithms (e.g energy efficient lighting usage, lighting usage through traffic patterns, H/W, S/W)
• V2V, V2I and V2R communications (specialized in Road-side communications, 802.11p/DSRC comms, H/W development)
• Vehicle On-Board Unit applications for integration with Smart Road services and data-links
• Traffic Control and Traffic Management algorithms
• Platform development for Indoor/Outdoor parking control and parking assistance (H/W, S/W).
• Cross-layer Management and Monitoring systems for WSN’s
• Sensor networks Integration with IP-backbone networks
• Energy efficiency and QoS provision optimization algorithms for End-to-End communications over heterogeneous networks
• Home gateway device development, using algorithms for smart home automation
• Social & connected media for smart cities

COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL/GROUND VEHICLES

• UxV Data links (long or medium range, UxV and payload Command and Control, UxV real-time telemetry and payload data transmission)
• Multimodal Surveillance Systems incorporating UxV’s
• Fast-deployed interoperable network infrastructures incorporating UAVs communication systems.
• Development of data links for cooperative networking supporting UxV’s swarms
• Development of Autonomous flying robot for reconnaissance purpose and aiding in the forecasting and prevention of emergency situations (equipped with lightweight sensors)

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES

• Provision of secure cloud computing platform for critical infrastructures (airports, railways, public buildings, hospitals, large computer rooms, etc.)
• Intelligent management over cloud infrastructure for user-centric multimedia services provisioning including surveillance systems
• Mobile cloud development (dynamic cloud infrastructure management using context aware techniques)
• Complex web based systems development including Android, iOS mobile applications 3D representation from surveillance systems videos and images based on cloud computing processing

FUNDING