Auteur: Ivan Ganchev

Abia Moloisane, BSc (Ed), BTech, MEng, is a LAN-WAN Networks and Systems Consultant in the UK and Lesotho.Dr Ivan Ganchev, DipEng, PhD, SMIEEE, is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), USA. He received his engineering (summa cum laude) and doctoral degrees from the Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications in 1989 and 1995, respectively. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Plovdiv and an ITU-T Invited Expert. Currently he is lecturing in the University of Limerick, Ireland, where he also acts as a Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Research Centre (trc.ul.ie). Previously, he has served as a member of the Academic Network for Wireless Internet Research in Europe (ANWIRE) and two European Science Foundation « COoperation in the field of Science and Technology research » Actions: COST 285 « Modelling and Simulation Tools for Research in Emerging Multi-service Telecommunications » and COST 290 « Traffic and QoS Management in Wireless Multimedia Networks ». Currently he is a member of COST Actions IC0906 « Wireless Networking for Moving Objects (WiNeMO) » and IC0905 « Techno-Economic Regulatory Framework for Radio Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio/Software Defined Radio (TERRA) ». His research interests include: next generation wireless networks, new telecommunications paradigms, always best connected and best served (ABC and S), third-party authentication, authorization and accounting (3P-AAA), trust management, wireless billboard channels (WBC), cognitive pilot channels (CPC), Internet tomography, mobile eLearning. Dr Ganchev has served on the Technical Program Committees of a number of prestigious international conferences, symposia, and workshops. He has authored/co-authored over 180 research publications in refereed journals, international conferences and books.Dr Máirtín O »Droma, BE, PhD, CEng, FIET, SMIEEE, is Director of the Telecommunications Research Centre, Senior Lecturer, and Governing Authority Member at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is also an IEEE Subject Matter Expert; an Invited Expert, UN »s International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T); Chairman, Royal Irish Academy »s Communications and Radio Science Committee; President, All-Ireland Official Commission Members, International Union of Radio Science (URSI); Ireland »s delegate to a number of European Science Foundation »s Cooperation in the field of Science and Technology (COST) Research Actions such as « Techno-Economic Regulatory Framework for Radio Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio/Software Defined Radio,  » TERRA, and « RF/microwave communication subsystems for emerging wireless technologies,  » RFCSET; and Steering Committee member on the All-Ireland Telecommunications Graduate Initiative.