Mobility Management in the IoT

Időpont: 
2014. 12. 02. 14:00 - 14:30

Kivonat: This talk will present a line of research that addresses mobility management in the Internet of Things. We will start with the introduction of 6LowPAN and Mobile IPv6 concepts and the problem of correctly characterizing Mobile IPv6 handovers. We will continue with a small survey of current approaches to IoT mobility. The talk will also present our past and current activities towards mobility support and performance control in Wireless Sensor Networks.

Előadó: Dr. Vasos Vassiliou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Higher Technical Institute (H.N.D in Electrical Engineering, 1993) and the University of South Florida (B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 1997) and his postgraduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology (M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002). Before joining the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus he held positions as a Lecturer (2005-2011) and Visiting Lecturer at the same department (2004-2005) and as an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of Intercollege (2002-2004). His research interests lie in the area of Protocol Design and Performance Control aspects of Networks, and in particular in Mobility Management, QoS Adaptation and Control, Next Generation Network Architectures, and Resource Allocation and Management Techniques.