1. ACROSS TF2 on Cross-layer QoE management Progress report – April 2015
ICT COST Action IC1304
Autonomous Control for a Reliable
Internet of Services (ACROSS)
ACROSS TF2 on Cross-layer QoE management Progress report – April 2015

2. Summary of activities:
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
Summary of activities:
9 telcos held up to now
4 dedicated to networking and a road map drafting
4 dedicated to a paper drafting for QCMan 2015
1 dedicated to reporting and coordination of the activities
Mailing list created
kindly hosted by University of Maribor (Slovenia)
TF consists of 19 members spreaded across Europe and Israel
5 active IGs and 1 IG on a stand-by regime 2

3. IG1: A context-based QoE monitoring
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG1: A context-based QoE monitoring
Leader: Florian Metzger (Univesity of Duisburg-Essen, D)
Number of members: 10
Focus: User-centric, context-aware QoE monitoring & network management
Output: QCMan 2015 paper
Driving force behind creating this IG
Paper drafted in parallel with a road map
Current activities:
working on an extension of this paper for a journal submission
designing a cloud gaming experiment 3 3

4. IG2: A service-specific QoE estimation models for SDN
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG2: A service-specific QoE estimation models for SDN
Leader: No leader appointed so far as this IG is on a stand-by regime
No inputs from other TFs/WGs so far
Focus: a development of QoE estimation models for SDN
As this activity is going to be covered by TF8, we have decided during a joint meeting with TF8 to close down this IG in TF2 4 4

5. IG3: A cross-layer QoE management
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG3: A cross-layer QoE management
Leader: Thomas Zinner (Univesity of Wuerzburg, D)
Number of members: 9
Focus:
A cross-layer SLA/QoS management for multi cloud-based services
Application-Network Interaction
Output: None so far (a quite young activity)
Current activity:
Kicked-off during this meeting 5 5

6. IG4: Time-aware applications, computers and communication systems
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG4: Time-aware applications, computers and communication systems
Leader: Hugh Melvin (NUI Galway, IE)
Number of members: 6
Focus: time awareness in SDN
Output: None so far (a quite young activity)
Current activities:
Drafting a paper for EuCNC 2015 showcasing an importance of time awareness for VoIP and multimedia apps
Designing an online gaming experiment to showcase an importance of time awareness in this context 6 6

7. IG6: QoE in mobile networks
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG6: QoE in mobile networks
Leader: Ahmed Elmokashfi (Simula Research Lab, NO)
Number of members: 7
Focus: Mobile Broadband Performance and QoE
Output: None so far (a quite young activity)
Current activities:
Fine-tuning a scope of this IG
identifying factors that are only relevant to mobile users
Planning to work on a white/position paper in a near future 7 7

8. ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
IG7: QoE management in the context of unified communication and collaboration services
Leader: Jasmina Barakovic Husic (Uni of Sarajevo, BiH)
Number of members: 2
Focus: QoE management of unified communication and collaboration services
Output: None so far (a quite young activity)
Current activities:
Designing an experiment on user’s satisfaction with native and Web-based unified communication apps 8 8

9. Cooperations and STSMs:
ACROSS TF2 Progress report – April 2015
Cooperations and STSMs:
Cooperation with TF8 recently established
A joint f2f meeting run during this meeting
22 participants
lively discussions on research topics to be covered by both TFs
high correlation between our research interests
liaise and run joint f2f meetings during regular ACROSS meetings
Planning a couple of STSMs for this year:
Details are currently discussed
How many slots (out of 10 planned for this year) can be allocated to TF2? 9 9

10. Thank you for your attention ! Questions ?
ICT COST Action IC1304
Autonomous Control for a Reliable
Internet of Services (ACROSS)
Thank you for your attention ! Questions ?