Current Research

Research Projects

Future Networking

This research theme is about combining a set of radical network architectural approaches, building on my strong mobile and wireless background, to design inter-operable and complementary families of new inter network architectures.

I'm project coordinator for the project :-

1. FP7 ICT PRISTINE (2014 - 2016)
   

I'm the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT IRINA (2013 - 2016)
   

In this area I have also been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT 4WARD (2008 - 2010)
   
2. FP7 ICT Perimeter (2008 - 2011)
   
3. FP6 IST ENABLE (2006 - 2008)
   

and participated in the project:

1. FP6 IST Daidalos I & Daidalos II (2003 - 2006)
   

Open Source

In the research theme of Open Source I lead a team investigating how Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) is creating new R&D opportunities across Europe, particularly in an ICT context where projects require an adequate cooperation environment.

In this area I have been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT PROSE (2012 - present)
   

Security

In the research theme of Security I lead a team of security researchers in new technology, methods, tools and security services that support the secure design-time creation and secure run-time dynamic behaviour of composite services.

In this area I have been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT Aniketos (2010 - present)
   
2. FP7 ICT Passive (2010 - 2012)

Participated in the projects:-

1. FP7 CIPS BUCOPCI (2011 - present)
   
2. FP6 IST SEINIT (2004 - 2007))
   

Smart Grid

In the research theme of Smart Grid I lead an investigation into the ICT management of smart charging stations being used in the roll out of Electric Mobility (i.e. eCars).

In this area I have been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 FI-PPP FINESCE (2013 - present)
   
2. FP7 FI-PPP FINSENY (2011 - 2013)
   

Living Lab

My research theme of Living Lab is looking to the ground work for more elaborate and distributed prototyping, testing, and validation facilities with the:

• Realisation of testbeds becoming an important tool to integrate different technologies (system level).
• Tools to understand how to integrate (methodology level).
• Interfaces to the end-user in their daily life (demonstration level).

In this area I have been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT OpenLab (2011 - present)
   
2. FP7 ICT PII (2008 - 2011))
   
3. FP6 IST MORE (2006 - 2008)
   
4. FP6 IST CoreLabs (2006 - 2008)
   
5. FP6 IST BrainBridges (2005 - 2007)
   
6. EU-Asia invest Esqat (2006 - 2008))
   

Participated in the project:-

1. FP7 ICT Federica (2009 -2010)
   
2. SFI Conference & Workshop Irish Future Internet Forum 2009
3. HEA PRTLI

Communication Network Management

To enable collaboration and supervision between and within highly dynamic, diverse, computing environments, I am participating in research that is developing enablers that simplify the configuration and deployment of networks and network elements and associated services in these large-scale dynamic systems. This research theme is called Communication Network Management.

In this area I have been the TSSG Principle Investigator for:-

1. FP7 ICT Autonomic Internet (2008 - 2010)
   
2. FP7 ICT EFIPSANS (2008 - 2011)
   
3. Eureka Celtic Madeira (2005 - 2007)
   
4. Eureka Celtic Magneto (2009 - 2011)
   

Commerical Projects

Web Realtime Communication

1. Mobile Cloud Alliance.

Security

In the area of security

1. EI Vidas
2. EI sTrust

Communication Network Management

In the area of Communication Network Management

1. EI GAISS
2. EI VIPS
   
3. EI Astral
4. EI Asyst
5. EI LogMon
   

Associtated Research Projects

Security

In this area I'm more in the background to the excellent work that the Security Policy group do here. Some of the projects I have managed include:

1. FP7 ICT Effects+
2. FP7 ICT BIC
3. FP7 ICT-SEC Comifin
4. FP7 ICT-SEC Parsifal
5. FP7 ICT ThinkTrust
6. FP7 ICT IncoTrust
7. FP6 IST SecurIST
8. FP6 IST ESFORS

Communication Network Management

1. FP7 ICT ceFIMS
2. FP5 IST OPIUM

Peer Reviewed Papers

• A. Matos, M. Ponce de Leon, R. Ferreira, J.P. Barraca, An open source software forge for European projects, Proceedings of the Workshop on Open Source and Design of Communication, OSDOC 2013, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 41-45.
• J. Kielthy, A. Kiely, C. O'Connor, M. Ponce de Leon, DSM of Electric Vehicle using Future Internet. Balancing the grid in cases of unplanned event causing frequency instability. 2nd International Conference on Smart Systems, Devices and Technologies, June 2013.
  

• Ponce de Leon, M., Sanders, R., Meland, P. H., Egea, M., & Dooly, Z. (2012). Aniketos: Challenges and Results. In Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business (pp. 234-235). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  

• Szegedi, P.;   Riera, J.F.;   Garcia-Espin, J.A.;   Hidell, M.;   Sjodin, P.;   Soderman, P.;   Ruffini, M.;   O'Mahony, D.;   Bianco, A.;   Giraudo, L.;   Ponce de Leon, M.;   Power, G.;   Cervello-Pastor, C.;   Lopez, V.;   Naegele-Jackson, S.,  Enabling future internet research: the FEDERICA case, IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume: 49 Issue:7, pp.54 - 61, July 2011.
  
• E. Trouva, E. Grasa, J. Day, I. Matta, L. T. Chitkushev, S. Bunch, M. Ponce de León, P. Phelan, X. Hesselbach-Serra, Transport over Heterogeneous Networks Using the RINA Architecture, WWIC 2011, June 2011.
• E. Trouva, E. Grasa, P. Phelan, M. Ponce de Leon, J. Day, I. Matta, L. Chitkushev, S. Bunch, Is the Internet an unfinished demo? Meet RINA!, TNC 2011, May 2011.
  

• Z. Boudjemil, P. Phelan, M. Ponce de Leon, S. van der Meer, A Case Study for defining Interoperable Network Components using MDD, EMS 2010, Nov. 2010.

• P. Phelan, Z. Boudjemil, M. Ponce de Leon, S. van der Meer, An Introduction to Network Stack Design using Software Design Patterns, MACE 2010, Oct. 2010.

• M. Ponce de Leon, A. Adhikari, A User Centric Always Best Connected Service Business Model for MVNOs, Second International Workshop on Business Models for Mobile Platforms, BMMP, Berlin, Germany, Oct, 2010.

• M. Ponce de Leon, S. Mao, F. Steuer, J. Schumacher, T. Magedanz, R. A. Beyah and S. Midkiff, Advances In Wireless Test beds and Research Infrastructures, From the issue entitled "Special Issue on Advances In Wireless Test beds and Research Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Miguel Ponce de Leon, Shiwen Mao, Frank Steuer, Jens Schumacher, Thomas Magedanz, Raheem A. Beyah, and Scott Midkiff", Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 15, Number 3, 311-314, DOI: 10.1007/s11036-010-0230-1.

• J. Strassner, M. Ponce de Leon, A Modelling and Reasoning Framework for Representing and Orchestrating Service Level Agreement Behaviour, eChallenges 2009, Oct. 2009.

• J. Strassner, S. van der Meer, B. Jennings, M. Ponce de Leon, Semantic Mediation to Enable Network and Service Management Interoperability in Future Internet Networks, in Proc. e-Challenges 2009, Instanbul, Turkey, October 2009 [Winner: Best Paper]

• J. Strassner, S. van der Meer, B. Jennings, M. Ponce de Leon, An autonomic architecture to manage Ubiquitous Computing networks and applications, First International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, ICUFN 2009, June 2009

• D. Dudkowski, M. Brunner, G. Nunzi, C. Mingardi, C. Foley, M. Ponce de Leon, C. Meirosu, S. Engberg, Architectural principles and elements of in-network management, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM '09, June 2009

• F. Cleary Grant, M. Ponce de Leon, J. Horgan, Testbed infrastructure supporting pervasive services, 5th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities and Workshops, TridentCom 2009, April 2009.

• J. Strassner, S. van der Meer, M.O. Foghlu, M. Ponce de Leon, W. Donnelly, Autonomic Orchestration of Future Networks to Realize Prosumer Services, International Conference on Future Networks, March 2009

• Christopher Foley, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Eamonn Power, Miguel Ponce de Leon, Dmitri Botvich, Dominique Dudkowski, Giorgio Nunzi, and Chiara Mingardi, A Framework for In-Network Management in Heterogeneous Future Communication Networks, MACE 2008, Sept. 2008

• M. Söllner, C. Görg, K. Pentikousis, J. Mª Cabero Lopez, M. Ponce de Leon, P. Bertin, Mobility Scenarios for the Future Internet: the 4WARD approach, WPMC 2008, Sept 2008

• Christopher Foley, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Eamonn Power, Miguel Ponce de Leon, Dmitri Botvich, Dominique Dudkowski, Giorgio Nunzi, and Chiara Mingardi, A Framework for In-Network Management in Heterogeneous Future Communication Networks, MACE 2008, Sept. 2008

• M. Johnsson, J. Huusko, T. Frantti, F-U Andersen, T-M-T. Nguyen, M. Ponce de Leon, "Towards a New Architectural Framework – The Nth Stratum Concept", MobiMedia 2008, July 2008

• C. Fahy, M. Ponce De Leon, A. Stahlbrost, H. Schaffers,P. Hongisto, "Services of Living Labs and their Networks", eChallenges 2007, Oct 2007.

• F. Cleary Grant, M. Ponce De Leon,M. García Moreno, A. Romero Vicente, Mark Roddy, "Large Scale Research Project, Daidalos Evaluation Framework", The European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECIME) 2007, Sept. 2007.

• M Ponce de Leon, W. Yao, M. Angel Diaz, "Scenarios Designed for the Verification of Mobile IPv6 Enabling Technologies", Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community (FITCE) Congress 2007, Aug. 2007.

• F. Cleary Grant, M. Ponce de Leon, M. García Moreno, A. Romero Vicente, Mark Roddy, Czeslaw Jedrzejek, "Daidalos Framework for Successful Testbed Integration", Tridentcom 2007, May 2007.

• M. Ponce de Leon, F. Cleary, M. García Moreno, A. Sobrino Jular, A. Romero Vicente, Mark Roddy, Paul Ryan, Czeslaw Jedrzejek, "Large scale interoperability, Integrating the Daidalos project", eChallenges 2006, Oct 2006.

• M. Ponce de Leon, M. Eriksson, S. Balasubramaniam, W. Donnelly, "Creating a distributed mobile networking testbed environment - through the Living Labs approach", Proceedings of 2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom), Barcelona, Spain, March, 2006

• J. McGibney, M. Ponce de Leon, J. Ronan, "Security for Heterogeneous Mobile Network Services", eChallenges, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2005.

• J. McGibney, J. Ronan, M. Ponce de Leon, "Securing Mobile Services", Euro mGov 2005, Brighton, UK, July 2005.

• M. Zach, D. Parker, L. Fallon, C. Unfried, M. Ponce de Leon, S. van der Meer, N. Georgalas, J. Nielsen. "CELTIC Initiative Project Madeira: A P2P Approach to Network Management", Eurescom Summit 2005 Ubiquitous Services and Applications Exploiting the Potential, Heidelberg, Germany, 27 - 29 April 2005.

Books

• M. Ponce de Leon, C. Fahy, "Technology Platform for a European Network of Living Labs, Living Labs in Europe - A new approach for human centric innovation in service and business development", Book Chapter 4: Technology Platform for the ENoLL, Feb. 2008.

• M. Ponce de Leon, Karl A. Hribernik, Mats Eriksson, Virtual Laboratory Environments – through the infrastructure of the Living Labs, "Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations", Book Chapter, Feb 2008.

• C. Fahy, M. Ponce De Leon, S. van der Meer, Modelling Behaviour and Distribution for the Management of Next Generation Networks,"Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing", Book Chapter, 2008.

Research Projects

Future Networking

FP7 ICT 4WARD

The need for structural changes in the Internet has become increasingly evident. ICT 4WARD was a project which attempted to combine a set of radical architectural approaches building on a strong mobile and wireless background to design inter-operable and complementary families of network architectures
With the absence of adequate facilities to design, optimize and interoperate new networks currently forces a convergence to an architecture that is suboptimal for many applications and that cannot support innovations within itself, the Internet. 4WARD made an attempt to overcome this impasse through a set of radical architectural approaches.

My Role: In charge of TSSG scientific and technical aspects in the project, TSSG Finance Manager, TSSG Staff Manager (7 research staff).

Deliverable Contributors:

4WARD Deliverable 2.1 - Technical Requirements [pdf].
4WARD Deliverable 2.2 - Draft Architectural Framework [pdf].
4WARD Deliverable 2.3.0 - Architectural Framework: new release and first evaluation results[pdf].
4WARD Deliverable 2.3.1 - Final Architectural Framework [pdf].

4WARD Deliverable 4.1 - Definition of Scenarios and Use Cases for In-Network Management [pdf]
4WARD Deliverable 4.2 - In-Network Management Concept [pdf]
4WARD Deliverable 4.3 - In-network management design [pdf].
4WARD Deliverable 4.4 - In-Network Management System Demonstrator [pdf].
4WARD Deliverable 4.5 - Evaluation of the in-network management approach [pdf].

TSSG Research:

Component Based Architecture Network Stack prototype published as open source

Boudjemil, Zohra, Phelan, Patrick, Ponce de Leon, Miguel, and van der Meer, Sven 2010 A Case Study for defining Interoperable Network Components using MDD In European Modelling Symposium 2010 (EMS 2010).

Dudkowski, Dominique, Brunner,Marcus, Nunzi,Giorgio, Mingardi, Chiara, Foley, Chris, Ponce de Leon, Miguel, Meirosu,Catalin, and Engberg, Susanne 2009 Architectural Principles and Elements of In-Network Management In Proc. 11th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2009) IEEE 529 - 536.

Foley, Christopher, Niebert, Norbert, Abramowicz, Henrik, Johnsson, Martin, Rembarz, Ren'e, Karl, Holger, and A. Aranda Guti'errez, Pedro 2009 Towards A Future Internet Architecture In ICT Mobile Summit.

Foley, Christopher, Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan, Power, Eamonn, Ponce de Leon, Miguel, Botvich, Dmitri, Dudkowski, Dominique, Nunzi, Giorgio, and Mingardi, Chiara 2008 A Framework for In-Network Management in Heterogeneous Future Communication Networks In 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Modelling Autonomic Communications Environments (MACE 2008) Springer-Verlag 14-25.

Johnsson, Martin, Huusko, Jyrki, Frantti, Tapio, Andersen, Frank-Uwe, Nguyen, Thi-Mai-Trang, and Ponce de Leon, Miguel 2008 Towards a New Architectural Framework; The Nth Stratum Concept In 4th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (MobiMedia 2008).

Sollner, Michael, Goerg, Carmelita, Pentikousis, Kostas, Cabero, Jose, Ponce de Leon, Miguel, and Bertin, Philippe 2008 Mobility Scenarios for the Future Internet: The 4WARD Approach In Proc. 11th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2008).

TSSG Open Source:

The CBA prototype consists of a fully functional componentised IPv4 network stack and the ancillary supporting infrastructure. The network stack is implemented as a set of software components. A component is a well-defined unit such as a protocol e.g. TCP is a single component. These components are then deployed as an OSGi based application within an application server (Spring DM Server). Read more at:

Project Duration: Jan 2008 - June. 2010

TSSG Project Website: http://www.tssg.org/archives/portfolio/4ward

TSSG PERIMETER blog: http://4ward.tssg.org

Official Project Website: http://www.4ward-project.eu/

TSSG Project Budget: €446,930

Funder: European Commission, FP7, ICT

Project Budget: €14,500,000

FP7 ICT Perimeter

The goal of the ICT Perimeter project is to establish the new paradigm of user-centric strategies for advanced networking. Putting the users at the centre rather than the operator enables users to finely control their identity and preferences (e.g. cost, security, network selection). This information is used to ensure the mobile user is ‘Always Best Connected’ (ABC) in multiple-access multiple-operator networks of the Future Internet. My role on the project was to effectively validate and demonstrate the results of the PERIMETER project, helping to verify the innovative aspects of the project in a suitable, and state of the art testbed demonstration facility.

My Role: In charge of TSSG scientific and technical aspects in the project, TSSG Finance Manager, TSSG Staff Manager (3 research staff).

Deliverable Editors:

PERIMETER Deliverable 6.1 - Federated Testbed Diagram and Description.

Deliverable Contributors:

PERIMETER Deliverable 2.1 - Report of the System Requirements Specification. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 2.2 - Report of the Distributed A3M Protocol Suite: Perimter Architecture Specifications. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 2.3 - Report of the Testbed specification and integration requirements. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 2.4 - Report of the Testing and Evaluation Procedures. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 2.6 - Revised Report of the Distributed A3M Protocol Suite. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 4.1 - Report on the preliminary design of applications and services in converging networks. (available on request)
PERIMETER Deliverable 6.2 - Report on Identified Trial Scenarios [pdf].
PERIMETER Deliverable 6.3 - Report on Phase 1 Integration and Testbed Testing [pdf].
PERIMETER Deliverable 6.4 - Report on Phase 2 Integration and Testbed Testing [pdf].

TSSG Research:

Szegedi, P.;   Riera, J.F.;   Garcia-Espin, J.A.;   Hidell, M.;   Sjodin, P.;   Soderman, P.;   Ruffini, M.;   O'Mahony, D.;   Bianco, A.;   Giraudo, L.;   Ponce de Leon, M.;   Power, G.;   Cervello-Pastor, C.;   Lopez, V.;   Naegele-Jackson, S.,  Enabling future internet research: the FEDERICA case, IEEE Communications Magazine, Volume: 49 Issue:7, pp.54 - 61, July 2011.

Ponce de Leon, M., and Adhikari, A., A User Centric Always Best Connected Service Business Model for MVNOs, In Second International Workshop on Business Models for Mobile Platforms, BMMP, 2010.

Cleary Grant, Frances, Dillon, Eileen, Power, Gemma, Kaschwig, Thomas, Cihat Toker, Ahmet, and Hammerle, Christian, QoE Testbed Infrastructure and Services: Enriching the End User's Experience, The 6th International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities, TridentCom, 2010.

Dillon, Eileen, Power, Gemma, and Cleary Grant, Frances, Experimental Testing in the Future Internet PERIMETER Project In International Workshop on the Future Internet of Things and Services, FIS 2010.

Schumacher, Jens, Dobler,Martin, Dillon,Eileen, Power,Gemma, Fiedler, Markus, Erman,David, De Vogeleer,Karel, Ortiz Ramos, Manuel, and Rodr'iguez Argente, Jose, Providing a User Centric Always Best Connection In The Second International Conference on Evolving Internet, INTERNET 2010.

Sharon, Nir, Ridel, Lenny, Dillon,Eileen, Salgarelli, Luca, and Fiedler, Markus, Multi-Operator Virtualization Platform for User Centered Networks In Proc. 2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI), 2010.

Power, Gemma, Dillon, Eileen, and Cleary Grant, Frances, Seamless Mobile Communications for mHealth, Journal of eHealth Technology and Application, 2010.

Power, Gemma, Dillon, Eileen, and Cleary Grant, Frances, Seamless Mobile Communications for mHealth In 12th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Applications and Services (IEEE Healthcom), 2010.

Dillon, Eileen, Sivrikaya, Fikret, Hammerle, Christian, and Salgarelli, Luca, Agile Principles Applied to a Complex Long Term Research Activity - The PERIMETER Approach, In The 35th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA, 2009.

Dillon, Eileen, Power, Gemma, Ortiz Ramos, Manuel, A. Callejo Rodriguez, Maria, Rodriguez Argente, Jose, Fiedler, Markus, and S. Tonesi, Dario, PERIMETER: A Quality of Experience Framework In International Workshop on the Future Internet of Things and Services, FIS, 2009.

Cleary, Frances, Fiedler, Markus, Ridel, Lenny, Cihat Toker, Ahmet, Yavuz, PERIMTER: Privacy-Perserving Contract-less, User Centric, Seamless Roaming for Always Best Connected, Wireless World Research Forum, 2008.

Project Duration: May 2008 - June. 2011

TSSG Project Website: http://www.tssg.org/archives/portfolio/perimeter

TSSG PERIMETER blog: http://perimeter.tssg.org

Official Project Website: http://www.ict-perimeter.eu/

TSSG Project Budget: €634,700

Funder: European Commission, FP7, ICT

Project Budget: €3,750,000

IST ENABLE

The goal of the IST ENABLE project was to research, develop, test, integrate and evaluate mechanisms and technologies for the deployment of efficient and operational mobility as a service in large scale IPv6 network environments, taking into account also the transition scenario from IPv4. During the IST ENABLE project I was work package leader of WP6. My role was to facilitate the integration of heterogeneous access infrastructures to deliver this ubiquitous mobility in an efficient and cost-effective way and to participate in the research for the evolution towards a fully mobile Internet.

My Role: In charge of TSSG scientific and technical aspects in the project, project Work Package Leader (WP6), TSSG Finance Manager, TSSG Staff Manager (3 research staff).

Deliverable Editors:

ENABLE Deliverable 6.1 - Report on case studies and initial prototypes [pdf].
ENABLE Deliverable 6.2-  Report on final prototypes, network integration and validation [pdf].

Deliverable Contributors:

ENABLE Deliverable 1.1 - Requirements, scenarios and initial architecture.
ENABLE Deliverable 3.1 - Solutions for a reliable Mobile IPv6 Home Agent operation. (available on request)
ENABLE Deliverable 5.1 - Initial evaluation of state of the art Mobile IPv6 alternatives
ENABLE Deliverable 5.2 - Final evaluation of state of the art Mobile IPv6 alternatives, analysis of architectural impacts and description of possible dep[loyment strategies.

ENABLE Deliverable 7.2 - Plan for using and disseminating knowledge [pdf].

TSSG Research:

Project Duration: Jan 2006 - Feb. 2008

TSSG Project Website: http://www.tssg.org/archives/2006/06/enable.html

Official Project Website: http://www.ist-enable.org/

TSSG Project Budget: €310,674

Funder: European Commission, FP6, IST

Project Budget: €2,449,122

IST Daidalos I & IST Daidalos II

The focus of the IST Daidalos project was to develop and demonstrate an open architecture based on a common network protocol (IPv6). The architecture integrates complementary network technologies to provide pervasive and user-centred access to these services, and develops optimized signalling system for communication and management support in these networks. My role was to provide security research to assist the project in making key security and privacy architecture decisions and the provision of testing expertise for the project.

Role: Work Package Task Leader (WP5), TSSG Staff Manager (1 research staff).

Deliverable Contributors:

Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D161 - Overall Daidalos Security Evaluation
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D511 - Handbook for Daidalos Integration Testbed.
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D512 - Conformance Test Specification.
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D513 - Handbook for Daidalos Integration-oriented Developments.
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D521 - First Phase Intergration Report.
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D531 - First Phase Validation Report.
Daidalos Phase I Deliverable D541 - First Phase Recommendation Report.

Daidalos Phase II Deliverable DII-511 - Initial specification of Daidalos II validation process
Daidalos Phase II Deliverable DII-512 - Final specification of Daidalos II validation process.
Daidalos Phase II Deliverable DII-521 - Daidalos II integration plan
Daidalos Phase II Deliverable DII-531 - Daidalos II testing and evaluation report

Project Duration: Nov 2003 - March 2006

TSSG Project Website: Daidalos Phase I http://www.tssg.org/archives/portfolio/daidalos
Daidalos Phase II http://www.tssg.org/archives/portfolio/daidalosii

Official Project Website: http://www.ist-daidalos.org/

TSSG Project Budget: Daidalos PI €563,980 Daidalos PII €838,800

Of note the Daidalos TSSG budget was not under my management.

Funder: European Commission, FP6, IST

Project Budget: Daidalos PI €25,752,148 Daidalos PII €22,097,628

Autonomic Communications

FP7 ICT Autonomic Internet

The purpose of ICT AutoI was to create a communication resource overlay with autonomic characteristics for the purposes of fast and guaranteed service delivery.
To this end, AutoI introduced a Virtualisation of network resources and Policy-Based Management technique to describe and control the internal logic of the services, utilising Ontology-based information and data models to facilitate the Internet service deployment in terms of programmable networks facilities.

My Role: In charge of TSSG scientific and technical aspects in the project, TSSG Finance Manager, TSSG Staff Manager (3 research staff).

Deliverable Editors:

AutoI Deliverable D3.1 - Information_Model [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D3.2 - Ontologies and Data Models [pdf].

Deliverable Contributors:

AutoI Deliverable D1.1 Initial_Monitoring of Virtual Networks [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D1.2 Virtualisation Solutions [pdf]
AutoI Deliverable D2.1 Initial Orchestration Plane Design [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D2.2 Orchestration Plane and Interfaces [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D4.1 Management and Knowledge Plane[pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D4.2 Management Plane, Knowledge Plane and Interfaces [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D5.1 Initial Service Infrastructure Design [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D5.2 Service Plane and Interfaces [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D6.1 Initial AutoI Framework [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D6.2 Initial TestBed [pdf]
AutoI Deliverable D6.3 Final Results of the Autonomic Internet Approach [pdf].
AutoI Deliverable D7.4 Final Future Internet Market assessment and Dissemination Plans [pdf].

TSSG Research:

A. Galis, S. Clayman, A. Fischer, A. Paler, Y. Al-Hazmi, H. de Meer, A.Cheniour, O. Mornard, J. P. Gelas, L. Lefevre, J. Rubio-Loyola, A. Astorga, J.Serrat, S. Davy- “Future Internet Management Platforms for Network Virtualisation and Service Clouds” ServiceWave 2010 13-15 December 2010,
Ghent http://servicewave.eu/2010/

J. Rubio-Loyola, A. Astorga, J. Serrat, L. Lefevre, A. Cheniour, D. Muldowney, S. Davy, A. Galis, L. Mamatas, S. Clayman, D. Macedo, Z. Movahedi, G. Pujolle, A. Fischer, H. de Meer “Manageability of Future Internet Virtual Networks from a Practical Viewpoint” – in “Towards the Future Internet -
Emerging Trends from European Research” – pp300, April 2010, IOS Press, http://www.iospress.nl/

A. Galis, S. Denazis, A. Bassi, A. Berl, A. Fischer, H. de Meer, J. Strassner, S. Davy, D. Macedo, G. Pujolle, J. R. Loyola, J. Serrat, L. Lefevre, A. Cheniour – “Management Architecture and Systems for Future Internet Networks” – in “Towards the Future Internet – A European Research Perspective” –ISBN 978-1-60750-007-0, pp350, April 2009, IOS Press,

S. Davy, C. Fahy, Z. Boudjemil, L. Griffin, J. Strassner, “A Model Based Approach to Autonomic Management of Virtual Networks”, in IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, June 1-5, 2009, NY, USA.

S. Davy, B. Jennings, and J. Strassner, “On Harnessing Information Models and Ontologies for Policy Conflict Analysis”, in IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, June 1-5, 2009, NY, USA.

S. Davy, “Unified policy management architecture for bandwidth allocation in federated network environments” 1st Workshop on Intelligent Management for Future Networks (IMFN), Berlin, 2009.

L. Cheng, A. Galis,B. Mathieu,K. Jean,R. Ocampo,L. Mamatas, J. Loyola, J. Serrat,A. Berl, H. de Meer, H.,S. Davy,A. Movahedi,L. Lefevre,, - “Selforganising Management Overlays for Future Internet Services”- IEEE 4th International Week on Management of Networks and Services (Manweek 2008) MACE 2008 - 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Modelling Autonomic
Communications Environments; 22-26 September 2008, Samos Island, Greece

S. Davy, C. Fahy, L. Griffin, Z. Boudjemil, A. Berl, A. Fischer, H. de Meer, and J. Strassner. “Towards a Policy-based Autonomic Virtual Network to support Differentiated Security Services”. Proceedings of International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia (TEMU 2008), Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, July 16-18, 2008.

S. Davy, C. Fahy, L. Griffin, Z. Boudjemil, A. Berl, A. Fischer, H. de Meer, J. Strassner “Towards a Policy-based Autonomic Virtual Network to support Differentiated Security Services”; - TEMU 2008, International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia, 16-18 July, Crete

Fahy, S. Davy, Z. Boudjemil, S. van der Meer,J. Rubio-Loyola, J. Serrat, J. Strassner, A. Berl, H. de Meer, D. Macedo ‘“Towards an Information Model supporting Service-aware Self-Managing Virtual Resources” http://nmg.upc.es/bscw/bscw.cgi/d69866/MACE_2008_InformationModelReqs_
camready.pdf MACE 2008 at the 4th International Week on Management of Networks and Services - Manweek 2008 22-26 September, Samos Island, Greece.

Bassi, S. Denazis, A. Galis,C. Fahy, M. Serrano, J. Serrat, - “Autonomic Internet: A Perspective for Future Internet Services Based on Autonomic Principles” invited paper at IEEE 3rd International Week on Management of Networks and Services End-to-End Virtualization of Networks and Services
(Manweek 2007) / MACE 2007 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Modelling Autonomic Communications Environments, 29 October – 2 November 2007, San José, California, USA.

TSSG Open Source:

Model Based Translator - MBT
The Model-based Translator (MBT) is a package that translates commands and messages from a technology independent "network" language to device specific commands and configurations. It is capable of converting device specific monitoring messages into a technology independent language. The MBT uses a detailed information model of communications networks with model-to-text translations templates to carry out the translations. It is intended for use by network management software to manage heterogeneous networking equipment and services without understanding the associated data models. It supports both vCPI and ANPI templates.

Project Duration: Jan 2008 - June. 2010

TSSG Project Website: http://www.tssg.org/archives/portfolio/autoi

TSSG AutoI blog: http://autoi.tssg.org

Official Project Website: http://ist-autoi.eu

TSSG Project Budget: €331,200

Funder: European Commission, FP7, ICT

Project Budget: €3,639,395

Projects that I have cocmpleted under this research theme include

1. Madeira

Living Lab

The research theme of Living Lab can be described as the

1. IST CoreLabs

Security

The research theme of Security can be described as the

1. IST SEINIT
2. IST SecurIST

Presentations

• M. Ponce de Leon, Management of Future Communication Networks and Services, ConvergedNetworks 2008, Sept 2008

Awards

Patent Disclosure Motorola

Nominee for Irish Digital Media Award

Starting out on my own

In 2002 I started a new venture called SecureLeon which attempted to create in software a single 3G Security lawful intercept network element to administer, interface and integrate lawful interception in 3G controlling elements in a packet data network for mobile wireless vendors.

Motorola

I started with Motorola in Cork in 1996, where I worked in the Networks Sector on the very old but very stable mobile switching center (MSC) EMX2500 which was used across the world in mobile analogue (AMPS) and mobile digital (CDMA) deployments. During this time I supported the software transition of core modules written in the assembler software language, which was using a very old Real-Time operating system, to a re-architected system based on a new real-time operating system implemented in the C software language. These modules hosted the Mobile to Mobile and Land to Mobile calls.

I followed this with work on the redesign of the billing system within the EMX2500. Had a great time in the field (Argentina) as part of a team rollng out all these features for the very first time .

In 1999 I moved to Illinois (well I'll always say Chicago) and worked in Motorola Arlington Heights for the Aspira project, which was the first software system to carry out mobile VoIP calls over both CDMA and GSM systems towards (Microsoft) Netmeeting on the PC desktop.

During 2000 I was involved the software product development of SIP into the Motorola Aspira suite, which was used for providing input towards TS 24.228: “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network; Signalling flows for the IP multimedia call control based on SIP and SDP.

In 2001, GPRS had gotten it's debut, but there were issues with SGSN deployments in Europe and so I returned to Motorola Cork and worked on load balancing of core network SGSN and the implementation of lawful interception techniques.

Higher Education record
1991 - 1996

1996 - Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Electronics
First Class Honours degree.

1994 - National Diploma in Engineering Electronics
Qualified with Distinction.

1993 - National Certificate in Engineering Electronics
Qualified with Distinction.