Mikolaj Leszczuk

AGH University of Technology
Department of Telecommunications

http://www.kt.agh.edu.pl/~miklesz/
Phone: +48126173599 

Fax: +48126342372

leszczuk@kt.agh.edu.pl  

AGH University of Technology, founded in 1919, is ranked as one of top Polish universities involved in research and education in information technologies. The University consists of 15 Faculties and employs about 2000 faculty members serving nearly 30 000 students within undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education programmes.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is a part of the Faculty of Electrical, Automatic Control, Computer and Electronic Engineering, and is an important centre for education and research in communications technology focusing on high-speed networking and services to e-world. The department faculty and staff consist of about 40 people, including 5 full professors. Since 1996 the Department of Telecommunications has been extensively involved in various European projects within ACTS (BBL, BTI, BIDS), IST (LION, MOBY DICK), Copernicus (MOCOMTEL, KNIXMAS), and Esprit programmes. It was also active in developing strategies and network planning for major Polish telecommunications operators. Professors and researchers of the Department served as consultants for network operators, equipment vendors, and regulatory bodies in Poland and abroad. Faculty members have been active in professional societies, organizing international conferences (including IEEE and IFIP events) and workshops as well as holding important editorial positions in leading journals and magazines, such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Communications, or Annales des Télécommunications.

Major research areas of the Department of Telecommunications include:

·        Network architecture and design (optical core and access networks, resilience and reliability of optical networks, control plane for transport networks, including the ASON and GMPLS concepts, high-speed switching, traffic models and performance evaluation, network planning and design, techno-economic evaluation of networking solutions);

·        Protocols for next-generation networking (quality of service in the IP environment, signalling and protocols for multimedia systems, MPLS and GMPLS);

·        Wireless technology (access protocols for wireless LANs, bluetooth technology, simulation tools for wireless access, UMTS radio network planning, quality of service in cellular networks);

·        Services for e-world (digital video libraries, medical video servers, streaming services, MPEG traffic models and traffic prediction, intelligent database systems, Corba and mobile agent technology in databases).

European R&D projects

The Department of Telecommunications was or has been involved in a number of international research projects funded by the European Commission (ACTS, IST, ESPRIT and COPERNICUS Programmes).

IST-2000-25394 MOBY DICK: Mobility and Differentiated Services in a Future IP Network (2001-2003)

Partners

T-Nova Deutsche Telecom, NEC Europe, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, ETHZ Zurich, Univ. Stuttgart, GMD Fokus, Portugal Telecom, Motorola Paris, Nortel Networks, DoT/AGH, Poland.

Objectives

In order to evolve 3rd Generation mobile and wireless infrastructures towards the Internet, targeting IST 2000 IV 5.2 "Terrestrial Wireless System and Networks", the project Moby Dick defines, implements, and evaluates an IPv6-based mobility-enabled end-to-end QoS architecture starting from the current IETF's QoS models, Mobile-IPv6, and AAA framework. A representative set of interactive and distributed multimedia applications will serve to derive system requirements for the verification, validation, and demonstration of the MOBY DICK architecture in a testbed comprising UMTS, 802.11 Wireless LANs and Ethernet. In the event of these existing applications or the underlying architectures not providing what is required, the necessary modification will be undertaken.

IST-1999-11387 LION: Layers Interworking in Optical Networks (2000-2002)

Partners

Telecom Italia Lab, Agilent Technology Italia, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain, Cisco Systems International, T-Nova – Deutsche Telekom, Germany, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre, Belgium,  Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Germany, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Sirti, Italy, DoT/AGH, Poland, Telecom Poland (TP S.A.), Tellium, USA

Objectives

The goal of the LION Project was to design and test a resilient and managed transport network realised by an Optical Transport Network (OTN) carrying different clients (e.g. SDH, ATM, IP-based) with interworking and interconnection between layer networks and domains. The identified requirements were validated in a testbed where IP-routers and SDH equipment were integrated over an OTN infrastructure. The following objectives were met: define the interworking and interconnection requirements between client-server layer networks and domains; define the functional requirements of an IP-based transport network; enhance the functional architecture of an OTN to account for new emerging features (e.g. digital optical container); implement, integrate and test Network Node Interfaces (NNI) between transparent domains and Client Node Interfaces (CNI), both based on digital optical container; implement, integrate and test an "umbrella" management system over a testbed; to develop and test strategies for integrated resilience controlled by an overall OA&M and a management system adopting QoS demanding applications; make techno-economic evaluations of an IP-based network over an OTN.

ACTS AC038 BBL: Broadband Loop (1996-1999)

Partners

Tellabs (formerly DSC Communications), Denmark, Portugal Telecom, Univ. de Aveiro, Portugal, Tele Denmark, Telia AB, Sweden, DoT/AGH, Poland, Telecom Poland (TP S.A.)

Objectivess

Definition and testing in three field trials (Krakow/Poland, Arhuus/Denmark, Aveiro/Portugal) a concept for a cost-effective broadband access network, which would allow fibre to migrate gracefully into the local loop as bandwidth demand increases. The project has demonstrated a graceful upgrade of PONs to high bandwidth and use high speed VDSL modems to upgrade coax and copper twisted pair networks, to transport broadband services over the last drop into the customers' premises. The target customer group is small to medium size business enterprises and residential customers.

ACTS AC362 BTI : Broadband Trial Integration (1998-1999)

Partners

Tellabs (formerly DSC Communications), Denmark, Univ. Politecnica Madrid, Spain, Portugal Telecom, UNI-C Denmark, Telebit, Denmark, Technical Univ. Denmark, TeleDenmark, Univ. of Edinburgh UK, DoT/AGH, Poland, Telecom Poland (TP S.A.)

Objectives

Implementation of a digital video streaming software/hardware platform for tele-education purposes. Searching and retrieving a requested content is developed through a database located on the top of a video server. The content is queried and played back in a WWW browser.

The project consisted of two balanced developments in terms of QoS of networks and applications that demand QoS levels. The technology for IPv6 over ATM networks capable of controlling QoS was incorporated as enhancements of existing IPv4 networks which presently offer only 'best effort' IP access. To test the role played by the availability of QoS services to end users, three key applications were developed for use in trials in order to deliver usability data on how different levels of QoS can improve user perception of services. The main applications chosen were in the education field where existing cohorts of users (teachers and students) had already been recruited. Network connectivity was provided between simple modem users and high end ATM based broadband users. Furthermore, a seamless migration from services provided over the IPv4 protocol in use today over the Internet to services provided over an infrastructure based on a combination of IPv6 and ATM protocols were demonstrated. The objective was to integrate IPv6 and ATM in the areas of QoS, multicast and routing covering backbone and access networks.

ACTS AC025  BIDS: Broadband Infrastructures for Digital Television and Multimedia Services (1996-1998)

Partners

Institut de l'Audiovisuel et des Télécommunications en Europe, France, Télédiffusion de France, Fundesco, Spain, London Economics, UK, DoT/AGH, Poland.

Objectives

Techno-economic evaluation of a Digital TV platform as a competitive solution to wired solutions (xDSL, FITL, HFC) for providing multimedia interactive services.

COPERNICUS PL961114, MOCOMTEL: Mobile Computing for Telematic Services (1997-1999)

Partners

Analysis, Greece, LORACOM, France, DoT/AGH, Poland, Univ. of Catania, Italy, Technical Univ. of Kosice, Slovakia, Foundation for Progress in Telecommunications, Poland

Objectives

Definition and testing in field trials with users a concept for provision of telematic services using wireless networks. The target users were from the health and education sectors. Main aim of the project was to create a fully automated (based on a digital environment) telemedical service. The service, which uses a GSM network as a transport medium, enables user to receive a diagnosis of their ECG signal sent to the diagnosing centre. The system was based on the server – client technology and used a GSM data transmission service for uplink and an SMS service for downlink.

COPERNICUS/ESPRIT PL977113 KNIXMAS: Knowledge Shared XPS-Based Research Network Using Multi-Agent Systems (1998-2000)

Partners

University of Wupertall, Germany, Institute of Applied Science, FDH Stuttgart, Germany, DoT/AGH, Poland, Espoo-Vantaa Institut of Technology, Finland, Institute of Control and System Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria, MTA SZTAKI, Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,

Objectives

Design and implementation of a framework (shell) for an intelligent global research network consisting of connected local (national) working and research networks. This framework consisted of cooperating expert systems (Intelligent Base Systems) with decision support modules for research management and intelligent information and knowledge acquisition provided by applied multi-agent systems.  

PatiMon CVs

CV of Zdzislaw Papir

Zdzislaw Papir is professor at Department of Telecommunications (AGH University of Technology). He received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1976 and Ph.D. degree in Computer Networks both from the AGH University of Technology. In 1992 he received the Dr Hab. degree from the Technical University of Gdansk. He is currently lecturing on Signal Theory, Modulation and Detection Theory, and Modelling of Telecommunication Networks. During 1991-98 he made several visits at universities in Belgium, Germany, Italy, and US working on traffic modelling. During 1994-95 he was serving for the Polish Cable Television as a Design Department Manager. Since 1995 he serves also as a consultant in the area of broadband access networks for the Polish telecom operators. He authored five books and about 60 research papers. He is a guest editor for IEEE Communications Magazine (Broadband Access Series).

CV of Mariusz Duplaga

Mariusz Duplaga – graduated from Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Krakow in 1991, doctoral thesis in medicine – 1999, and specialisation in internal medicine. Working visits to NHS centres in UK and CHRU in Lille, France (1995-2000). The research post in Div. of Pulmonology, Jagiellonian University – from 1991, Chief of Computer Laboratory of Dept. Medicine, Jagiellonian University from 1993. Site leader in several projects focused on research in medicine and IT use in health care: AIANE 1993-1995 (BIOMED II); Medical Data Management 1993-1995 (USAID); Hospital Data Management 1996-1999 (PHARE); Krakow Centre of Telemedicine 1999-2001 (SCI-TECH II); currently also in 6WINIT (IST) and BIOAIR (QoL) projects.  President of Polish Association of Health Telematics, President of Polish Association of Medical Internet – from 2000, Vice-President of the Institute of Telemedicine Development and Delegate of Polish Scientific Committee and MoH to EC Information Society Technologies Working Party on Health and Persons with Special Needs.

CV of Andrzej R. Pach

Andrzej R. Pach received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from the University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland, in 1976 and 1979, respectively, and the Ph.D. Hab. in telecommunications and computer networks from the Warsaw University of Technology in 1989. In 1979, he joined the Department of Telecommunications at the University of Mining and Metallurgy, where he is currently a Professor and Chair. He spent his sabbatical leaves at CNET, France and University of Catania, Italy. He is the Vice-President of the Foundation for Progress in Telecommunications and serves as a chairman of the IEEE Communications Society Chapter. He has been a consultant to governmental institutions and telecom operators in modern telecommunication networks. His research interests include design and performance evaluation of broadband networks, especially quality of service and network performance of access networks and wireless LANs. He has/had actively participated in COST, COPERNICUS, ACTS, ESPRIT and IST European programs. He is an author 150 of publications including 5 books. He serves as a technical editor to IEEE Communications Magazine and editor-in-chief to Digital Communications - Technologies and Services. The European Commission has also appointed him as an expert in Information Society Technologies.