Thomas D. Lagkas

Thomas Lagkas received the B.S. degree (with honors) in computer science from the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. He received the PhD degree on “Wireless Communication Networks” from the same department, in 2006. During his PhD studies, he was awarded a PhD candidates’ scholarship by the Research Committee of the Aristotle University. He has been an adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Greece, since 2007. He has been a Laboratory Associate at the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, since 2004, and a Scientific Associate, since 2008. He has been awarded a postdoctoral research scholarship by the State Scholarship Foundation. His interests are in the areas of wireless communication networks, medium access control, QoS provision and mobile multimedia communications with relevant publications at a number of widely recognized international scientific journals and conferences.

Publications

An Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks: Towards the Realization of Cooperative Healthcare and Environmental Monitoring
An Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks: Towards the Realization of Cooperative Healthcare and Environmental Monitoring
Thomas D. Lagkas, George Eleftherakis. © 2014. 23 pages.
Wireless Sensor Networks constitute one of the highest developing and most promising fields in modern data communication networks. The benefits of such networks are expected to...
Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems
Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems
Thomas D. Lagkas, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Malamati Louta, Periklis Chatzimisios. © 2013. 438 pages.
Cognitive networks can be crucial for the evolution of future communication systems; however, current trends have indicated major movement in other relevant fields towards the...
Wireless Network Traffic and Quality of Service Support: Trends and Standards
Wireless Network Traffic and Quality of Service Support: Trends and Standards
Thomas D. Lagkas, Pantelis Angelidis, Loukas Georgiadis. © 2010. 572 pages.
Wireless networking is considered by many to be the future of communication technology, as the demand for high quality, mobile connection increases across the world. Wireless...
Hybrid Approach to Integrated QoS Capable Protocols for Wireless LANs
Hybrid Approach to Integrated QoS Capable Protocols for Wireless LANs
Thomas D. Lagkas. © 2010. 29 pages.
The recent evolution of wireless networking has led the market to increased service demands. Thus, the emerged necessity is to develop specialized mechanisms that provide...