Multimedia Broadcasting and Multicasting in Mobile Networks

Grzegorz Iwacz works in the Internet industry. His majorinterest is the development of web applications. He received his MSdegree from AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow,Poland (Major: Telecommunications Networks and Services) in 2006 .He also received a Bachelor's degree from Jagiellonian University,Krakow, Poland (major: Human-computer Interaction) in 2008. He wasa student at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland in2005 and was in touch with practical aspects of multicast,especially IPDC technology implementations, while visiting Finlandin 2005 and 2006. He has a high level of interest in efficientmultimedia delivery in mobile networks and has followed the IPDCtechnology since its early stages. Andrzej Jajszczyk is a professor at AGH University ofScience and Technology in Krakow, Poland.He received his MS, PhD,and Dr Hab. degrees from Poznan University of Technology in 1974,1979and 1986, respectively. He spent several years at universitiesin Australia and Canada. he is the author or co-author of six booksand over 230 papers, as well as 19 patents in the areas oftelecommunications switching, high-speed networking and networkmanagement. He has been a consultant to industry,telecommunications operators and government agencies. He was theEditor-in-chief of IEEE Communications Magazine and also serves onthe editorial boards of various reputed journals, including Annalesdes Telecommunications, china Communications and ComputerCommunications. Over many years he has been active in the IEEECommunications Society, where he is currently its Vice-President.He is a member of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineersand a Fellow of the IEEE. Michal Zajaczkowski is an OSS Solution Manager in theTelecommunications Business Unit at Comarch SA. He received his MSdegree from AGH University of Science and technology Krakow, Poland(Major: Telecommunications Networks and Services) in 2006. In2005, while studying at Helsinki University of Technology, he hadhis first contact with the practical aspects of multicast. This wasthen followed by a thorough study on the subject of multicast. Thiswas then followed by a thorough study on the subject ofmulticast-based technologies, such as IPDC and MBMS, from theirvery early standardization stages. The study was accompanied bysubsequent visits to Finland, scheduled to meet with mobileoperators as well as with research and standardization bodies.