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Coordinator : Bahadır BAHADIROĞLU    e mail:   bbahadiroglu@technotower.com
Call:  FP6-2002-IST-1      Instrument:  STREP

Touch project has formed under TechnoTower consortium and submitted to FP6 program under IST (information society technologies) thematic area. Project is still waiting for approval from EC. Project Coordinator is Dr. Bahadır Bahadıroğlu.

The aim of this project is to develop visualization systems to exploit the cultural and historical resources within Europe, for the benefit of scientists and tourists, and to digitally preserve it for the next generation. By combining advanced technologies with cultural/historical information from the Anatolian region of Turkey, the project shall deliver an invaluable resource to enhance the learning experience of the user. Furthermore, by creating an easily accessible digital repository, barriers to access, whether geographic or physical are removed; and the social-economic value of Anatolia's cultural heritage enhanced.

The hub of the project is a centralized 3d digital repository, stored in a standard format. The diverse content includes: reconstructions of three primary sites of international significance, each with a distinct range of features; reconstructions of artifacts; and route information from a tourist hub to the outlying primary sites, including directions, text and images detailing secondary features of interest.

The 3d reconstruction and visualization of the sites and artifacts provides a major research challenge. The goal is to create a process and framework to facilitate the rapid capture, reconstruction, fusion and optimization of objects in a geometrical form, with a combined approach of photogrammetry and laser scanning.

• To develop a technology to exploit the cultural and historical resources within Europe, in particular Turkey, by re-creating and visualizing historic/cultural sites and artifacts and thus enhance a user's experience in cultural tourism or heritage.
  • To design and populate a centralized 3d digital repository for the storage of historical/cultural sites and artifacts. The data will be collected from the Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean regions of Anatolia, and include not just historical/cultural data from primary sites, but also tourist information detailing places of interest whilst on route.
  • To obtain detailed, high-resolution data of historical sites and artifacts through photogrammetry and laser scanning. The data will include colour photo texture maps and haptic scans, to facilitate realistic virtual reconstructions and user interactions. Fusion of the data from laser scanning and photogrammetry is to be investigated.
  • To improve accessibility, visibility and recognition of the commercial value of Europe's cultural and scientific resources by developing techniques to visualize the historical/cultural sites and artifacts in such a way that a user can interact directly with them, even when the artifacts/sites are physically no longer available.
• To digitally preserve ancient civilizations' cultural and historical heritage for future generations, and provide a valuable resource to the European Information Society.

Coordinator : Bahadır BAHADIROĞLU    e mail :  bbahadiroglu@technotower.com

Call: FP6-2003-IST-2      Instrument: STREP

This project's goal is to apply Variable Packet Sizing methodology by using SmartPackets technology to emerging European wireless data transfer standards to improve their throughput, range and power consumption.

The key principle behind this research is that packet size matters. Packet size is a key variable in optimizing a number of network-related constraints regardless of whether the connection is wired or wireless. There has been past research in this area, conducted by Novell, MIT/Lincoln Labs, NEC Corporation, Intersil Corp., UCLA, Technical University of Berlin, and just recently this summer, Nokia Corp.

Prior attempts in varying packet size were met with limited success due to the dynamic nature of networks. As network conditions change, so must packet size change in order to continually optimize the data transmission. Variable packet sizing was abandoned by the industry in favor of holding data packet size fixed and focusing on other variables such as bandwidth, memory buffers, traffic flow control, and other techniques to improve overall performance and quality of service. Unfortunately, the cost of affecting these other variables is very expensive.

SmartPackets Inc. of USA has invented a new technology for solving one of the most complex problems in wireless packet-based communications systems - how to determine the optimal packet size given the widely-varying channel conditions found in wireless communications of any form. SmartPackets dynamically modifies the packet size to optimize for effective throughput, range and power consumption. Using SmartPackets, improvements in throughput on the order of 2:1 or 3:1 are not uncommon, and results exceeding 8:1 have been noted.

SmartPackets technology can be readily applied to many mobile technologies including satellite transmissions, wireless data transfer technologies (CDPD, GPRS, EDGE, 1XRTT), wireless voice technologies (TDMA, GSM, CDMA), Wireless LANs (802.11), Wireless PANs (Bluetooth, 802.15.3), Cable Modems (DOCSIS 1.1) and Wireless Local Loop and wireless MAN implementations of many forms. SmartPackets Inc. has already successfully applied this technology to CDPD and 802.11 networks. The company will play an active role in this research.

HE-MAN by SIMIT (Health Management by Scalable Integrated Medical Information Technologies)

Coordinator : Bahadır BAHADIROĞLU    e mail:   bbahadiroglu@technotower.com
Call:  FP6-2003-SSP-3      Instrument:  STREP


 

HE-MAN by SIMIT aims at acquiring and analyzing novel and relevant health descriptors to continuously asses the health state of a selected population in order to build demographic scenarios that will allow to better define health care and pension policies inside the European communities. New descriptors will be accessed by use of novel wearable and mobile devices and clinical data that monitor the health state of the selected population. The data gathered will be integrated into the Personal Health Model (PHM). PHM is an artificial neural network approach to model and extract trends from a complex set of data. Demographic scenarios will be extracted analyzing the data stored at the PHM, by means of statistical and mathematical models along with conventional health determinants, i.e. socio-economic and life style effects. These demographic scenarios will allow develop the socio-economic policies with respect to health care cost and pension systems parameters.

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VPST-STS (Variable Packet Sizing Technology for Satallite Telecommunication Systems)

 Coordinator: Dr. Bahadir Bahadiroğlu  e-mail: bbahadiroglu@technotower.com
 Call: FP6-2003-Space-1  Instrument: STREP

The main objective of this proposal will be met by the following scientific and technical objectives:

1) Research is required to define the definition of a domain, scope of the domain and parameters of this context awareness protocols.
Domains
A domain is defined as environment required for this technology for IP data bandwidth problems solving. The scope of the domain also needs to be defined and extended on satellite applications
Parameters
The parameters of the devices used in the various domains also need to be defined. Each device has different capabilities For example; one device may be able to receive digital content via a broadcast digital input, or broadband input, or from LAN. Another device may have both a digital input, and a digital output, as well as a hard disk. From a technology based in adaptive protocols perspective these devices have different parameters that are required to be managed.
2) Research and define a system and component specification for a context awareness protocols that can be published as standard proposals. This standard will address hardware and software components.
3) Develop the software components required in an implementation of this standard. Components would include the following: - Software to create smart context awareness protocols application, software for satellite telecommunications manufacturers to deploy adaptive ability, Software libraries to enable the deployment of this technology in their devices.

The key principle behind this research is that packet size matters. Packet size is a key variable in optimizing a number of network-related constraints regardless of whether the connection is wired or wireless. There has been past research in this area, conducted by Novell, MIT/Lincoln Labs, NEC Corporation, Intersil Corp., UCLA, Technical University of Berlin, and just recently this summer, Nokia Corp. Varying packet size in response to varying radio conditions has been implemented in the MNP-10EC and ETC cellular protocols, as well as in the fragmentation facility in the IEEE 802.11 standard.

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                            MC-FMS (Multi Connected Flexible Manufacturing System)

 Coordinator: Dr. Bahadir Bahadiroğlu  e-mail: bbahadiroglu@technotower.com
 Call: FP6-2003-INCO-DEV-2  Instrument: STREP


Development of theoretical bases, a substantiation of design features and systems of the organization of monitoring of likelihood characteristics FMS with multi connected structure

The strategic purpose: Achievement of a continuity of streams of objects of small-scale discrete manufacture through processing system and finishing of actual productivity up to a level cyclic.
The purpose of support 1: The establishment of laws of self-organizing multi connected FMS.
The purpose of support 2: Creation of principles of designing multi connected FMS the decision of problems of structural development and an establishment of their influence on bases of manufacture of objects and management of them.
The purpose of support 3: The organization of system of monitoring of parameters of processes of system.
 

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Coordinator: Bahadır BAHADIROĞLU   email:  bbahadiroglu@technotower.com

Call:    FP6-2004-IST-4                            Instrument: IP

The objective of this project is to develop a co-operative, modular, open communication service platform for the transport sector, which improves safety in transportation and allows the management of different logistics services. The platform facilitates the distribution of real-time information about hazardous road conditions, spare transport capacity, and conditions of transported goods. The information is collected at different vehicles. Currently, only large logistics companies can effort to run and maintain such a platform on their own (e.g. FedEx UPS). The service platform proposed here, however, is not restricted to a specific service and does not require any cost of ownership for small companies, enabling them to compete with multi-national logistics companies. This issue has not been addressed by any past or ongoing project.

An application of this communication service platform is in the area of goods transportation with trucks. Since this application provides a demanding scenario, where most of the functionality of the service platform can be tested, a prototype implementation of MOPE will be developed for trucks. The more detailed objectives of MOPE are to:

• Develop an interface for logistics companies to access data about the condition of transported goods (goods are monitored through a sensor network),

Provide geographical location information about trucks, road conditions, and their goods,

• Optimize spare capacity of trucks (trading system and an electronic contracting system will allow capacity trading),
• Analyze the road and traffic condition for improving road safety (data is obtained through vehicle-to-vehicle communication),
• Develop a service and network monitoring system.

The communication service platform is based on a real-time geo-data database, storing information about hazards on the road. The exchange of information between different vehicles is guaranteed through an open communication interface for GSM, GPRS, UMTS, DVB-H, or DSRC.

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Participant Number	Participant Organization	Country
1	Technotower Consortium	Turkey
2	International University	Germany
3	Brunel University	UK
4	University of Bern	Switzerland
5	Consultrans	Spain
6	SMI Suedthueringer	Germany
7	Telefonica I+D	Spain
8	Helix 5	Nederland
9	University of Siena	Italy
10	Moviquity SA	Spain
11	Kayser Italia srl	Italy
12	University of theBundeswehr Munich	Germany
13	Radom University of technology	Poland
14	Ford Otosan A.S	Turkey
15	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia
16	ATC spa	Italy
17	Intracom sa	Greece
18	Forthnet sa	Greece

SPOT (Smart Packet Optimisation Technology)

Coordinator: Bahadır BAHADIROĞLU       email:  bbahadiroglu@technotower.com

Call: FP6-2005-Space-1                              Instrument: STREP

This research will focus on applying Smart Packet Optimisation Technology to satellite communications to improve the effective throughput and range of the communication channel by optimising the packet-sizes according to the telecommunication parameters. Smart Packet Optimisation Technology addresses the importance of the network development in satellite telecommunication. As the throughput of the system increases due to this technology, it is possible to enrich QoS features, increase the number of users per bandwidth for a given number of users, increase the content available to each user, or any combination of these. This arrangement will enable wider public applications like high-speed internet with DVB-S2-RCS, mobile TV, audio/video streaming, etc. and cost effective packet-based satcoms, optimising the extremely precious satellite resources. Initially, the reference architecture and applicability requirements are defined, conducting tests about the impact of varying packet sizes in different RF conditions for several satellite communication systems. The results in terms of throughput, range, power consumption etc. are collected, measured and quantified in an organized way to design the SPOT framework in the reference system selected. Finally a solution in a testbed featuring a realistic network scenario, including mobile sitcoms for trains ships and planes is developed and integrated, so as to the validity of the technology. Providers of mobile communication services and satellite operators will benefit from the SPOT technology, in that more efficient use of resources will result bi-directional DVB-S2 Internet services are possible on large scale. European industry will also benefit from this technology by adopting it into their designs for communications equipment. Individual users will also benefit from reduced charges for those services and greater throughput, resulting from the more efficient use of resources.

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