A Best Poster Award was awarded for the paper “A Converged Optical Wireless Architecture for Mobile Backhaul Networks” by K. Ramantas, K. Vlachos, G. Ellinas, and A. Hadjiantonis for collaborative work by the University of Patras, the KIOS Research Center at the University of Cyprus, and the University of Nicosia, that appeared in the IEEE 17th International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM 2013) in Brest, France. This work is part of the research program “Converged Fixed-Mobile Networking Transport Infrastructure for Next-Generation Broadband Access”, that addresses architecture and networking issues related to the development of an optical-wireless access network infrastructure. This research program is supported by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation’s Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Innovation 2009-2010 (DESMI 2009-2010), co-funded by the Republic of Cyprus and the European Regional Development Fund, and specifically under Grant ΤΠΕ/ΕΠΙΚΟΙ/0609(ΒΙΕ)/07.
This is a significant success for the KIOS research team and has provided international visibility and recognition for the research performed in Cyprus in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
