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... Francisco Manuel Marques Fontes

Senior Researcher

Francisco Fontes

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 01-01-1999
Roles in IT: Senior Researcher
Thematic Line: Networks and Services
Group: Telecommunications and Networking – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto de Telecomunicações, 30-11-2000
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 30-06-1991
4Lecture courses
  • Interligação e Gestão de Redes e Sistemas, , Mestrado em Engª Electrónica e Telecomunicações
  • Sistemas Digitais, , Lic. Engenharia Electr. e Computadores
  • Arquitectura de Redes II, , Lic. Engenharia Electr. e Computadores
  • Redes com Integração de Serviços, , Lic. Engenharia Electr. e Computadores
2Supervision of BSc theses
As Supervisor
5Books Chapters
  • P. Neves, S. Sargento, F. Fontes, T. Bohnert, Quality of Service Differentiation in WiMAX Networks, Chapter in, Trends in Telecommunications Technologies, Christos J. Bouras, In-Tech, 2010
  • P. Neves, S. Sargento, K. Pentikousis, F. Fontes, WiMAX Cross-Layer System for Next Generation Heterogeneous Environments, Chapter in, WiMAX, New Developments, M. Upena D. Dalal e Y. P. Kosta, In-Tech, 2010
  • S. Sargento, K. Pentikousis, F. Fontes, WiMAX Cross-Layer System for Next Generation Heterogeneous Environments, Chapter in, WiMAX, New Developments, M. Upena D. Dalal and Y. P. Kosta, In-Tech, pp. 357-376, ISBN: 978-953-7619-53-4, 2009
  • S. Sargento, G. Landi, K. Pentikousis, M. P. C. Curado, F. Fontes, A WiMAX Cross-Layer Framework for Next Generation Networks, Chapter in, WIMAX Book, N/A, John Wiley & Sons, N/A, 2008
  • K. Pentikousis, S. Sargento, M. P. C. Curado, P. Simões, F. Fontes, Novel WiMAX Scenarios for Future Broadband Wireless Access Networks, Chapter in, WIMAX Book, N/A, John Wiley & Sons, N/A, 2008
3Papers in Journals
  • J. Soares, S. Sargento, H. P. Pires, F. Fontes, Context-aware Media Independent Information Server for Optimized Seamless Handover Procedures, Computer Networks, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 1498 - 1519, May, 2011,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, R. Aguiar, F. Fontes, Design and Experimental Evaluation of QoS and Mobility Support over Integrated 802.16 MANs and LANs, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News, Vol. N/A, No. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, December, 2009 | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, F. Fontes, I. Borges, T. Mota, Optimização dos Mecanismos de Mobilidade em Redes de Próxima Geração, Vol. N/A, No. 6, pp. 87 - 93, December, 2008 | BibTex
9Papers in Conferences
  • C. P. Parada, F. Fontes, C . M. M. Marques, V. A. Cunha, CL Leitão, Multi-access Edge Computing: A 5G Technology, European Conf. on Networks and Communications - EUCNC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June, 2018,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 1018 KBs) | BibTex
  • T. Nissilä, T. Pereira, I. Harjula, K. Pentikousis, S. Sargento, F. Fontes, Vendor-Independent Resource Control Framework for WiMAX, IEEE Symp. on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Marrakech, Morocco, Vol. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, July, 2008 | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, F. Fontes, Quality of Service Differentiation Support in WiMAX Networks, International Conf. on Telecommunications - ICT, St. Petersburg, Russia, Vol. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, June, 2008 | BibTex
  • B. Sousa, G. Leão, D. Palma, J. Silva, S. Sargento, F. Fontes, M. P. C. Curado, The Cost of Using IEEE 802.16d Dynamic Channel Configuration, IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Beijiing, China, Vol. N/A, pp. N/A - N/A, May, 2008 | BibTex
  • S. Sargento, F. Fontes, WiMAX for Emergency Services: An Empirical Evaluation, Broadband Wireless Access Workshop - BWA, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2007 | BibTex
  • P. Gonçalves, S. Sargento, R. Prior, F. Sousa, J. Gozdecki, D.Gomes Gomes, E. Guainella, A. C. Cuevas Casado, J. Gozdecki, F. Fontes, End-to-end QoS Architecture for 4G Scenarios, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Dresden, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, June, 2005,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • R. Aguiar, V. Marques, F. Fontes, Next Generation, Network Provider Architecture Demonstrator, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 383 - 387, June, 2003 | BibTex
  • R. Aguiar, V. Marques, M. Liebsch, H. Einsiedler, F. Fontes, An Heterogeneous Mobile-IP Qos-Aware Architecture, Conf. sobre Redes de Computadores - CRC, Covilhã, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2001 | BibTex
  • R. Aguiar, V. Marques, F. Fontes, H. Einsiedler, Enabling IP QoS in Mobile environments, IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2001 | BibTex

Closed Projects8

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
CAC-PCRF CAC-EPC: Controlo de Admissão e Reserva de Recursos em Ambientes 4G EPC/LTE PT Inovação 01-05-2012 01-04-2013
DISMe Desenvolvimento Integrado de Soluções Multimédia PT Inovação 01-01-2003 31-12-2003
ESTIP ESTudo, desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções inovadoras em redes IP PT Inovação 01-01-2005 01-06-2005
ESTIP (II) ESTudo, desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções inovadoras em redes IP (II) PT Inovação 01-07-2005 31-12-2005
ESTIP (III) ESTudo, desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções inovadoras em redes IP (III) PT Inovação 01-01-2006 30-06-2006
ESTIP V ESTudo, desenvolvimento e experimentação de soluções inovadoras em redes IP (V) PT Inovação 01-01-2007 30-06-2007
METRICS Programmable datacenter for IIoT applications IT 01-07-2016 01-03-2018
QIS6 Developments and Studies in All-IP Wideband Networks: QoS and IPv6 PT Inovação 01-01-2004 31-12-2004

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