Dr. Konstantinos P. Demestichas received his Diploma, as well as his Ph.D. degree in Mobile Communications, from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Since 2005, he has been working as a senior research associate at the same institution, in the Computer Networks Laboratory. His primary research interests include ICT solutions for green transport, beyond 3G wireless networks, cognitive radio, computer and telecommunication software engineering, mobile services and machine learning techniques. He has participated in the Technical Program Committees in international conferences and served as a reviewer for top ranked scientific journals. He has authored over 50 publications in the aforementioned fields. He was, also, the initiator and primary author of the FP7 EU funded projects EcoGem and EMERALD, focusing on ICT solutions for the Fully Electric Vehicle.

The increasing bandwidth demand of the end-users makes the need for efficient resource management more compelling in next generation communication networks.
 
Nowadays, the mobile communications scenery is characterized by the continuous growth of new services, the provision of which poses the need for higher data rates to guarantee the quality of experience for the end-users. The advent of 4G networks promises to encounter this demand by offering increased capacity, high data rates, seamless mobility and robust reconfiguration abilities. Furthermore, the trend towards self organization and cognition in communication networks introduces the need of access points with enhanced processing capabilities in contrast to the traditional scheme of a central authority responsible for the functionality of the entire network. The forthcoming intelligent access points will continuously monitor their environment and adapt their behavior when needed, providing robustness against failure.