Program for International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2008

Wednesday, May 7

10:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Wireless Sensor Networks I

Chair: Ricardo Lent (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
A Probabilistic Interference and Energy Aware Gradient Broadcasting Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks
Katia E Jaffrès-Runser (INSA de Lyon, France); Cristina Comaniciu (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)
A Simulation Framework for Evaluating Complete Reprogramming Solutions in Wireless Sensor Networks
Michiel Horsman (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Mihai Marin-Perianu (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Pierre Jansen (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Paul Havinga (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Load Repartition for Congestion Control in Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks with Multipath Routing
Moufida Maimour (Nancy University, France); Pham CongDuc (Univ. of Pau, France); Julien Amelot (NIST, USA)
Impact of Node Failure for duty-cycle MAC Protocol Design in Wireless Sensor Networks
John Dunlop (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom); Florence Kolberg (Sysnet, United Kingdom)
A Runtime Energy Monitoring System for Wireless Sensor Networks
Thomas Trathnigg (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Reinhold Weiss (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Lightweight Clustering in Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks on Obstructed Environments
Ricardo Lent (Imperial College London, United Kingdom); Edith C.-H. Ngai (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Wireless Mesh Backhaul Networks

Cross Layer Design and Optimization
Chairs: Angeliki Alexiou (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom), Athanasios Gkelias (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Backhaul Network Based on WiMAX with Relays - System Level Performance Analysis
Alexander Maltsev (Intel A/O, Russia); Vadim Sergeyev (Intel Nizhny Novgorod Lab, Russia)
A Cross-layer Study on Multiple-antenna Techniques in Wireless Backhaul Networks
Yun Hou (Imperial College London, United Kingdom); Alex Kuzminskiy (Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, United Kingdom); Federico Boccardi (Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom); Kai Yu (Ericsson, Sweden); Kin K. Leung (Imperial College, United Kingdom)
TCP Optimization in Wireless Mesh Backhaul Networks
Sara Grilli Colombo (CEFRIEL, Italy); Giovanni Paltenghi (CEFRIEL, Italy); Tommaso Mandorino (CEFRIEL, Italy)
MIMO Routing with QoS Provisioning
Athanasios Gkelias (Imperial College London, United Kingdom); Federico Boccardi (Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom); Chi Harold Liu (Imperial College, United Kingdom); Kin K. Leung (Imperial College, United Kingdom)
Testbed for Wireless Mesh Backhaul Networks MEMBRANE Demonstrator
Antonios D. Valkanas (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece); Konstantinos Stamatis (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece); Alexander Maltsev (Intel A/O, Russia); Ilias Panayiotopoulos (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece)
High Data Rate Relay Transmissions with Multiple Antennas
Federico Boccardi (Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom); Kai Yu (Ericsson, Sweden); Angeliki Alexiou (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom)

Multiple Access

Chair: Symeon Papavassiliou (Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems/National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Capacity of WCDMA Multicellular Networks under different Radio Resource Management Strategies
Panagiotis Gkonis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); George Tsoulos (University of Pelloponese, Greece); Dimitra I Kaklamani (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Channel State Information Enhanced Adaptive MC-CDMA
Uchennaya Obo Ibom (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, Beijing China., P.R. China)
Demodulation of a Chaos-based CDMA system using Support Vector Machine
Johnny Wei-Hsun Kao (University of Auckland, New Zealand); Stevan Mirko Berber (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Subcarrier Allocation Algorithms for multicellular OFDMA networks without CSI
Ioannis Stiakogiannakis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Dimitra Zarbouti (University of Peloponnese, Greece); George Tsoulos (University of Pelloponese, Greece); Dimitra I Kaklamani (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
On the Problem of Joint Power and Rate Control in CDMA Ad Hoc Networks
Symeon Papavassiliou (Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems/National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Timotheos Kastrinogiannis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Vasileios A Karyotis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

1:00 PM - 2:40 PM

MIMO/OFDM

Chair: Nizar Zorba (University of Jordan, Jordan)
A Transceiver Scheme for Localized DFT Spread OFDM (DFT-SOFDM) in Time-Selective Channel
Meng Wah Chia (Institute of Infocomm Research, Singapore); Boon Sim Thian (Stanford University, USA); Tjeng Thiang Tjhung (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)
Bandwidth Utilisation for Volume-to-Volume UWB MIMO Communications
Tim A Aubrey (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia); Khalid Aboura (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
On the Influence of Carrier Frequency Offset and Sampling Frequency Offset in MIMO-OFDM Systems for Future Digital TV
Youssef Nasser (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France); Matthieu Crussière (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of Rennes (IETR/INSA), France)
Performance Analysis of Adaptive Low Rate Differential CSI Feedback for MIMO-OFDM Systems
Woon Hau Chin (Toshiba Research Europe Limited, United Kingdom); Chau Yuen (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)
Parallel Detection Algorithm Using Multiple QR Decompositions with Permuted Channel Matrix for SDM/OFDM
Chang-Jun Ahn (Hiroshima City University, Japan)

Advances in Localization Techniques

Chair: Kutluyil Dogancay (University of South Australia, Australia)
Some Applications of Tensor Algebra to Estimation Theory
Samuel Drake (Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia); Kutluyil Dogancay (University of South Australia, Australia)
Errors in Determinstic Wireless Fingerprinting Systems for Localisation
Andrew Dempster (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Self-localization of Mobile Agents in the Plane
Iman Shames (Australian national University, Australia); Baris Fidan (National ICT Australia, Canberra, Australia); Brian Anderson (Australian National University, Australia); Hatem Hmam (Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia)
Exploiting Geometric Translations in Bearings-Only TLS Tracking
Kutluyil Dogancay (University of South Australia, Australia)
Passive source localization from Time of Arrival Measurements
Hatem Hmam (Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australia)

Pervasive Services

Chair: Gheorghita Ghinea (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
Eating habits monitoring using wireless wearable in-ear microphone
Jun Nishimura (Keio University, Japan); Tadahiro Kuroda (Keio University, Japan)
Implementing a Low-Cost, Personalized and Location Based Service for Delivering Advertisements to Mobile Users
Dimitris Liapis (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Spyros Vassilaras (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Gregory S. Yovanof (Athens Information Technology, Greece)
Experiences applying Sensor Web Enablement to a practical Telecare application
Gavin E Churcher (British Telecom plc, United Kingdom); Jeff G Foley (British Telecommunications Plc, United Kingdom); George Bilchev (British Telecommunications, United Kingdom)
A Low Power Pervasive RFID Identification System for Medication Safety in Hospital or Home Tele-Care
Mohsen Darianian (Nokia, Finland); Martin Peter Michael (Nokia Research Center, Finland)
Building a Research Prototype to Provide Pervasive Services in Hospitals
Juan Carlos Cano Escriba (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Carlos Tavares Calafate (Technical University of Valencia, Spain); Pietro Manzoni (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)

2:40 PM - 3:20 PM

Poster Session I

Wireless Communications Issues
Systematic Repeat Accumulate Codes For Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation With Iterative Demapping Over AWGN And Rayleigh Fading Channels
Wei Kwang Han (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Stephane Y. Le Goff (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Effect of Sleep Schedule and Frame Rate on the Capabilities of Video Sensor Networks
Atay Ozgovde (Bogazici University, Turkey); Ilker Demirkol (University of Rochester, USA); Cem Ersoy (Bogazici University, Turkey)
Advantages in Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Networks
Luca Paladina (University of Messina, Italy); Marco Scarpa (University of Messina, Italy); Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy)
A Dynamic Subchannel Allocation Algorithm for IEEE 802.16e Networks
Dionysios Xenakis (University of Athens, Greece); Dimitris Tsolkas (University of Athens, Greece); Spyros Xergias (University of Athens, Greece); Nikos Passas (University of Athens, Greece); Lazaros Merakos (University of Athens, Greece)
Efficient, distributed, multiple-relay selection procedures for cooperative communications
Barnabas Hegyi (Peter Pazmany Catholic University, Hungary); Janos Levendovszky (Budapest University of Tecnology and Economics, Hungary)
Seamless Mobile Robot Localization Service Framework for Integrated Localization Systems
Jonggu Kang (Information and Communications University, Korea); Daeyoung Kim (Information and Communications University, Korea); Eunjo Kim (Information and Communication University, Korea); Youngsoo Kim (Information and Communications University, Korea); Seong-eun Yoo (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Daehan Wi (Chonnam National University, Korea)
New methods for reliable packet transfer and energy balancing in wireless sensor networks
Andras Olah (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary); Janos Levendovszky (Budapest University of Tecnology and Economics, Hungary); Andras Bojarszky (Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary)
User Controlled Content Access
György Kálmán (UniK - University Graduate Center, Norway); Josef Noll (UNIK, Norway)
Cooperative and Sequential User Detection for Wireless Network Diversity Multiple Access Protocols
Ramiro Samano-Robles (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Mounir Ghogho (University of Leeds, United Kingdom); Desmond McLernon (The University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Connecting Bridge in SoC used for Wireless Home Healthcare System
Zheying Li (College of Information, Beijing Union University, P.R. China)
Bluetooth Energy Characteristics in Wireless Sensor Networks
Marcus A Bergblomma (Malardalen University, Sweden); Javier G Castano (Mälardalen University/ Sweden Connectivity AB, Sweden); Martin C B Ekström (Mälardalen University, Sweden); Mikael Ekström (Mälardalen University, Sweden); Maria Lindén (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Robustness of Heuristic Strategies with Slow Mobility in Spatial TDMA Multihop Ad Hoc Networks
Oscar M Somarriba Jarquin (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Service Composition in IMS: A Location Based Service Example
Agata Brajdic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Maja Matijasevic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Comparison of Efficient Small Antennas for Wireless Microsensors through Simulation and Experiment
Constantine G. Kakoyiannis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Sophia V. Troubouki (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
PGS: Parking Guidance System based on Wireless Sensor Network
Seong-eun Yoo (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Poh Kit Chong (Information and Communications University, Korea); Taehong Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Jonggu Kang (Information and Communications University, Korea); Daeyoung Kim (Information and Communications University, Korea); Changsub Shin (ETRI, Korea); KyoungBook Sung (ETRI, Korea); Byung-Tae Jang (Electronic Telecommunication Research Institute ; ETRI, Korea)
A Near Optimum Joint Detection and Decoding Algorithm for MIMO-OFDM Channels
Ebrahim Karami (University of Oulu, Finland); Markku Juntti (University of Oulu, Finland)
Design and Implementation of Printed Multi-Element Antennas on Wireless Sensor Nodes
Constantine G. Kakoyiannis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Sophia V. Troubouki (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
turbo channel estimation for TDMA systems on highly time and frequency selective channels
Sihem Chaabouni (High School of Communication in Tunis, Tunisia); Noura Sellami (Institut Supérieur de l'Electronique et des Communications de Sfax, Tunisia); Mohamed Siala (Sup'Com, Tunisia)
Low Complexity Frequency Offset Estimation for MB-OFDM System.
Sunkyung Shin (Inha University, Korea); Kyung Sup Kwak (Inha University, Korea)
Effects of Push-To-Talk (PTT) delays on CSMA based Capacity Limited Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Networks
Abhijit C Navalekar (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); Jitish S Kolanjery (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); William R Michalson (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)

3:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Cross-layer Designs for Wireless Pervasive Computing

Chair: Nikos Passas (University of Athens, Greece)
Cross Layer Optimization for Transport over Wireless
Yogesh Prem Swami (Nokia Research Center, USA); Khiem Le (Nokia Research Center, USA); Shashikant Maheshwari (Nokia Siemens Networks, USA); Naveen K Kakani (Nokia, USA)
A Dynamic Queue Length Scheduling Algorithm for QoS Guarantee in Heterogeneous Traffic Indoor Systems
Nizar Zorba (University of Jordan, Jordan); Christos Verikoukis (Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Spain); Ana Perez-Neira (UPC, Spain); Andreas Foglar (Infineon Technologies AG, Germany)
A Cross-Layer Approach for Enabling Low Duty Cycled ZigBee Mesh Sensor Networks
Barbara Staehle (University of Wuerzburg, Germany); Tobias Hoßfeld (University of Wuerzburg, Germany); Norbert Vicari (Siemens AG, Germany); Matthias Kuhnert (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)
Joint Application and Physical Layer Adaptation for Improved Performance in IEEE 802.16e Networks
Dionysia Triantafyllopoulou (University of Athens, Greece); Nikos Passas (University of Athens, Greece); George Lampropoulos (University of Athens, Greece); Alexandros Kaloxylos (University of Peloponnisos, Greece)
MAC-Level Video Frame Grouping using Cross-Layer Architecture
Ismail Djama (University of Avignon LIA-Lab, France); Toufik Ahmed (University of Bordeaux-1 / CNRS-LaBRI, France)

Computer-Intensive Methods for Signal Processing and Communications

Chair: Abdelhak Zoubir (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
Performance Benefits of Resource-Constrained Adaptive Filtering
Kutluyil Dogancay (University of South Australia, Australia)
Improving The Threshold Performance Of The Estimator Bank Direction Finding Techniques Using Outlier Identification And Cure
Pouyan Parvazi (TU Darmstadt, Germany); Alex Gershman (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany); Yuri Abramovich (Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Australia)
Goodness Measure of Speech Reconstruction using the Bootstrap
Philipp Heidenreich (TU Darmstadt, Germany); Abdelhak Zoubir (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
Bayesian Hierarchical Models and Inference for Musical Audio Processing
Paul Peeling (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom); Ali Taylan Cemgil (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom); Simon Godsill (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Particle Swarm Optimization for UMTS WCDMA Network Planning
Dimitrios Tsilimantos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); George Tsoulos (University of Pelloponese, Greece); Dimitra I Kaklamani (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Sceduling, Admission and Access Control

Chair: Panos Nasiopoulos (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Self-Organizing Sensor Networks
Dan Marinescu (University of Central Florida, USA); Gabriela M Marinescu (University of Central Florida, USA)
Fair Scheduling in Multirate Wireless Access Networks
Yaser Pourmohammadi-Fallah (University of California, Berkeley, USA); Panos Nasiopoulos (University of British Columbia, Canada); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
An Admission Control Algorithm for QoS Provisioning in IEEE 802.11e EDCA
Alessandro Andreadis (University of Siena, Italy); Giuliano Benelli (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Siena, Italy); Riccardo Zambon (University of Siena, Italy)
A theoretical scheme for applying Game Theory and Network Selection Mechanisms in Access Admission Control
Dimitris Charilas (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Ourania Markaki (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Elias Tragos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Dynamic Packet Scheduling Performance in UTRA Long Term Evolution Downlink
Petteri Kela (University of Jyväskylä, Finland); Jani Puttonen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland); Niko Kolehmainen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland); Tapani Ristaniemi (University of Jyväskylä, Finland); Tero Henttonen (Nokia Research Center, Finland); Martti Moisio (Nokia Research Center, Finland)

Thursday, May 8

10:10 AM - 12:00 PM

From Software Radio to Cognitive Radio

Technical Challenges
Chair: Jacques Palicot (IETR/Supélec- Campus de Rennes, France)
Error Performance of Multi-hopping Half-duplex Relay Networks
Tobias Renk (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Clemens Kloeck (Universität Karlsruhe, Germany); Holger Jaekel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Friedrich K. Jondral (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
A Reconfigurable Linear FeedBack Shift Register Operator for Software Defined Radio Terminal
Laurent Alaus (CEA LETI, France); Dominique Noguet (CEA LETI, France); Jacques Palicot (IETR/Supélec- Campus de Rennes, France)
Information Processing Techniques for Cognitive Base Transceiver Stations
Luca Bixio (University of Genoa, Italy, Italy); Andrea F. Cattoni (Aalborg University, Denmark); Giacomo Oliveri (University of Trento, Italy); Marina Ottonello (University of Genoa, Italy); Mirco Raffetto (University of Genoa, Italy, Italy); Carlo S Regazzoni (University Of Genova, Italy)
A Combinatorial Clock Auction for OFDMA-based Cognitive Wireless Networks
Linda Doyle (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Timothy K. Forde (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using Random Matrix Theory
Leonardo S. Cardoso (Supelec, France); Merouane Debbah (Supelec, France); Pascal Bianchi (Telecom Paristech, France); Jamal Najim (CNRS, France)

Wireless Sensor Networks II

Chair: John Dunlop (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Towards a FIPA Compliant Multiagent based Middleware Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks
Khalid Nawaz (TU Darmstadt, Germany); Alejandro Buchmann (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
Design OLN Optimized Low Cost Wireless Sensor Networks
Harry Li (San Jose State University, USA)
Reconfiguration in Heterogeneous Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
Mikhail Lisovich (Cornell University, USA); Sergio A Bermudez (Cornell University, USA); Stephen Wicker (Cornell University, USA)
Modulation-Aware Energy Balancing in Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks
Maryam Soltan (University of Southern California, USA); In Kwon Hwang (University of Southern California, USA); Massoud Pedram (University of Southern California, USA)
Remote Interaction Tool for Wireless Sensor Networks
Fadi Tirkawi (University of Lübeck, Germany); Stefan Fischer (University of Luebeck, Germany)
Approximate Replication of Data using Adaptive Filters in Wireless Sensor Networks
Qutub Ali Bakhtiar (Florida International University, USA); Niki Pissinou (Florida International University, USA); Kia Makki (Florida International University, USA)

Localization

Chair: Samuel Drake (Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia)
Hybrid TOA/AOA Mobile Localization with NLOS Mitigation in Ring Scattering
Mohamed Zhaounia (High School of Communication of Tunisia, Tunisia); Adnan Al-Andalousi (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Ridha Bouallegue (National Engineering School of Sousse SUP’COM, 6’Tel Laboratory, Tunisia)
Robust 3D Orientation-Location Estimation for Ultrasonic Sensor Arrays
Juan Ramon Gonzalez (University College Dublin, Ireland)
An Evaluation of UWB Localization under Non Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Propagation
Abdelmadjid Maali (EMP, Algeria); Hassane Mimoun (ESIEE Paris - University of Paris East, France); Geneviève B. Baudoin (ESIEE, France); Abdelaziz Ouldali (EMP, Algeria)
Evaluation of indoor Location Based on combination of AGPS/ HSGPS
Anwar Al-Khateeb (Politecnico Di Torino, Italy)
Tracking Algorithms Based on Dynamics of Individuals and MultiDimensional Scaling
Jose Mari Cabero (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain); Fernando De la Torre (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Galder Unibaso (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain); Aritz Sanchez (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain)
Nonmetric MDS for Sensor Localization
Nhat Dinh Minh Vo (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

1:00 PM - 2:40 PM

MIMO in Future Generation Mobile Networks

Chair: Markus Rupp (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
A Novel Low-Complexity Algorithm for Linear MMSE MIMO Receivers
David Kühling (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany); Andreas Ibing (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany)
Intra-cell Interference Aware Equalization for TxAA HSDPA
Christian Mehlführer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Martin Wrulich (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Performance of Linear Multi-User MIMO Precoding in LTE System
Cassio Barboza Ribeiro (Nokia Research Center, Finland); Klaus Hugl (Nokia, Finland); Marko Lampinen (Nokia, Finland); Markku Kuusela (Nokia, Finland)
A Distributed Simulation System and its Application for 3GPP LTE Indoor Scenarios
Qipeng Cai (University of Hannover, Germany); Zhao Zhao (University of Hannover, Germany); Sebastian Sczyslo (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany); Andreas Wilzeck (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany); Christiane Senger (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany); Thomas Kaiser (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)
Performance of a Full Rate Quasi-Orthogonal Extended MIMO MC-CDMA System with Efficient Channel Estimator
Athanasios Marousis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Ad-Hoc Networks

Chair: Oscar M Somarriba Jarquin (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Performance Enhancement of DQMAN-based Wireless Ad Hoc Networks in Multi-Hop Scenarios
Jesus Alonso-Zarate (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Elli Kartsakli (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Christos Verikoukis (Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Spain); Luis Alonso (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
Reed-Solomon Codes and Multi-Path Strategies to Improve Privacy Performance over Ad Hoc Networks
Hervé Aiache (Thales Communications, France); Cedric Tavernier (Thales Communications, France); Corinne SIEUX (THALES Communications, France)
Virtual Structure Effects in Two Hybrid Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks
Luiz Carlos Pessoa Albini (Federal University of Parana, Brazil); Alessandro Brawerman (Positivo University, Brazil); Michele Nogueira (Université Pierre et Marie Currie, France); Stefano Chessa (University of Pisa, Italy); Piero Maestrini (CNR - ISTI, Italy)
Requirements for survivable routing in MANETs
Michele Nogueira (Université Pierre et Marie Currie, France); Helber W. da Silva (University of Fortaleza, Brazil); Aldri Santos (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil); Guy Pujolle (University of Paris 6, France)
LE-WiMARK: An intelligent power-efficient Ad Hoc MAC protocol with Busy Tone and Power Control
George Kalfas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece, Greece); Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece); Petros Nicopolitidis (Aristotle University, Greece); Andreas Pomportsis (Aristotle University, Greece)

Multimedia & Signal Processing

Chair: Vladimir Vukadinovic (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Use of Neural Networks for Design of Geolocation System in Indoor Applications
Maciej Rutecki (Technical University of Lodz, Poland); Tomasz Kacprzak (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)
A Real-Time Cross-Layer Design of Multimedia Application layer with the Wireless Physical Layer
Arulsaravana Jeyaraj (UC, Irvine, USA); Magda El Zarki (University of California at Irvine, USA)
Kalman Filter Based Variable Bit Rate Video Frame Size Prediction
Jibukumar Mangalathu Gopalakrishnan (Cochin university, India); Raja Datta (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India); Prabir Kumar Biswas (I. I. T. Kharagpur, India)
Bit-Rate Estimation for Bit-Rate Reduction H.264/AVC Video Transcoding in Wireless Networks
Qiang Tang (University of British Columbia, Canada); Hassan Mansour (University of British Columbia, Canada); Panos Nasiopoulos (University of British Columbia, Canada); Rabab Ward (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Statistical multiplexing gains of H.264/AVC video in E-MBMS
Vladimir Vukadinovic (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Joerg Huschke (Ericsson, Germany)

2:40 PM - 3:20 PM

Poster Session II

Wireless Networking Issues
Cross-Layer Information Sharing for Wireless Networks with Asymmetric Links
Dan Marinescu (University of Central Florida, USA); Guoqiang Wang (University of Central Florida, USA)
Model-based adaptive medium access for data intensive sensor networks
Zdravko Georgiev Karakehayov (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
Ubiquitous Information Provision in the Vehicle Domain
Jose Santa (University of Murcia, Spain); Antonio Moragon (University of Murcia, Spain); Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta (University of Murcia, Spain)
WiMAX: MAC Layer Performance Assessments
Alberto Bestetti (Alcatel-Lucent, Italy); Giovanni Giambene (University of Siena, Italy); Snezana Hadzic (University of Siena, Italy)
RoF Networks: A Comprehensive Study
Hichem Chettat (SEO Laboratory, EMP, Algeria); Simohamed Lotfy Mokhtar (SEO Laboratory, EMP, Algeria); Yassine Bouslimani (University of Moncton, Canada); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)
Power Gating in Wireless Sensor Networks
Goran Panic (IHP GmbH, Germany); Zoran Stamenkovic (IHP, Germany); Rolf Kraemer (IHP Microelectronics, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany)
An improved TCP congestion control mechanism based on double-windows for wireless network
Fu Lin (Wuhan University, P.R. China); DengYi Zhang (Wuhan University, P.R. China); WenBin Hu (Wuhan University, P.R. China)
Neighbor Detection Power Control (NDPC) MAC Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Behzad Abasgholi (Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Iran); Ramtin Kazemi (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran); Masoud Arezoomand (Iran Telecom. Reaserch Center (ITRC), Iran); Ali Reza Enayati (Iran Telecommunication Research center, Iran)
On the Efficient Data Gathering in Large Scale Autonomous Bandwidth-limited Sensor Networks
Symeon Papavassiliou (Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems/National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Stella Kafetzoglou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Maria Alexandropoulou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Query Processing for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: State-of-the-art and Research Challenges
Yingjie He (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Alan Tully (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
Pattern-Based Planning System (PBPS): A Novel Approach for Uncertain Dynamic Multi-Agent Environments
Mahshid Ehsaei (Qazvin Azad University, Iran); Yasaman Heydarzadeh (Qazvin Azad University, Iran); Siavash Aslani (Qazvin Azad University, Iran); Abolfazl T. Haghighat (Islamic azad university of Qazvin, Iran)
SA-mobicast:A Simulated Annealing-based Mobicast Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Soulmaz Gheisari (Azad university of Qazvin, Iran); Abolfazl T. Haghighat (Azad university, Iran); Saman Saadat (Azas university of Shiraz, Iran)
Range-Free Node Localization for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
Chia-Ho Ou (National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, Taiwan)
Simple Algorithm Aggregation Improves Signal Strength Based Localization
Xiaoyan Li (Lafayette College, USA); Richard Martin (Rutgers University, USA)
Online Multicasting Using Network Coding in Energy Constrained Wireless Ad hoc Networks
Homa Hosseinmardi (University of Tehran, Iran); Farshad Lahouti (University of Tehran, Iran)
Delay Tolerant Network Routing: Beyond Epidemic Routing
Padma Mundur (University of Maryland, USA); Matthew Seligman (LTS, USA)
Cooperative Agent Delay Routing Approach for MANET
Saida Ziane (Glaizer Group, France)
Maximizing the Lifetime of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Minimizing the Maximum Used Power Routing
Kwang-Ryoul Kim (Korea University, Korea); Nam-Kyu Yu (TmaxSoft, Korea); Sung-Gi Min (Korea University, Korea)
Intersection Location Service and Performance Comparison of Three Location Service Algorithms for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks in City Environments
Yao-Jen Chang (Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan); Ting-Liang Shih (Driver Design section, Hardware Design Department 2, R&D 3, ArimaComm, Taiwan, Taiwan)
Information Visualization for Mobile Devices: A Novel Approach based on the MagicEyeView
Gheorghita Ghinea (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Anders Fongen (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway); Jorn Heigum (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
Performance Comparison and Evaluation of AODV, OLSR and SBR in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Alexander Klein (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)

3:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Challenges and Solutions for Future Wireless Pervasive Networking

Panel Session I

Friday, May 9

10:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Cooperative and Relay Communications

Chair: Tobias Renk (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
A Reuse-Greedy Algorithm for STDMA Multihop Networks With Advanced Antennas & Rate Control
Marvin Sánchez Garache (National University of Engineering of Nicaragua (UNI), Nicaragua); Jens Zander (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Bo Hagerman (Ericsson, Sweden)
Optimization of Handover Scanning Procedure in WiMAX Networks with Relay Stations
Zdenek Becvar (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Pavel Mach (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Robert Bestak (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Performance Analysis of Opportunistic Incremental Relaying with Adaptive Modulation
Kyu-Sung Hwang (Korea University, Korea); Young-Chai Ko (Korea University, Korea); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)
Channel Estimation Techniques for Half-Duplex Cooperative Communication systems
Aris Lalos (University of Patras, and Informatics, Greece); Athanasios A. Rontogiannis (National Observatory of Athens, Greece); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece)
Cooperative Multiuser Detection for Decode & Forward Relay-based Access Systems
Achilleas Gr. Drettas (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece); Antonios D. Valkanas (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece); Ilias Panayiotopoulos (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece); Salliari Vasiliki (INTRACOM S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece)
Impact of Channel Side Information Availability at the Source Node on the Capacity of Multi-Hop MIMO Relay Networks
Erhan Yilmaz (Institute Eurecom, France); Oguz Sunay (Ozyegin University, Turkey)

Wireless PANs, LANs, and MANs

Chair: Nikos Passas (University of Athens, Greece)
A Snooping Rate Adaptation Algorithm for IEEE 802.11 WLANs
Jihun Ha (Korea University, Korea); Kyungsoo Lee (Uniersity of Massachusetts Amherst, USA); Hyogon Kim (Korea University, Korea); Inhye Kang (University of Seoul, Korea)
A Measurement Study on 802.11 concurrently used for Positioning and Communications
Thomas King (University of Mannheim, Germany); Thomas Haenselmann (University of Mannheim, Germany); Stephan Kopf (University of Mannheim, Germany); Wolfgang Effelsberg (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Queuing analysis for dynamic bandwidth allocation in IEEE 802.16 standard
Mohammad Fathi (Amirkabir Universty of Technology, Iran)
Analysis of Bluetooth Transmission Delay in Personal Area Networks
María Moron (University of Malaga, Spain); Rafael Luque-Giráldez (University of Malaga, Spain); Eduardo Casilari-Perez (Universidad de Malaga, Spain); Antonio Díaz-Estrella (University of Malaga, Spain)
Mobile Computing for Indoor Wayfinding Based on Bluetooth Sensors for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
Yao-Jen Chang (Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan); Frank T.Y. Wang (National Taipei University, Taiwan)

Implementation Aspects on Multi-Carrier and Frequency-Domain Single-Carrier Baseband Modems for Wireless Communications

Chairs: Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece), Panos Karaivazoglou (University of Patras, Greece)
A Frequency-Domain Interpolation Implementation
Eleni Fotopoulou (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece); Thanos Stouraitis (University of Patras, Greece)
Relationship among BER, power consumption and PAPR
Thodoris Giannopoulos (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece)
Roundoff Error Effects on a Quasi-Newton Frequency Domain Channel Equalizer
Panos Karaivazoglou (University of Patras, Greece); Konstantina Karagianni (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece)
On the implementation of bus-based architectures
George Aggouras (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece)
Impact of roundoff errors in LDPC decoding
Nikolaos Kanistras (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece)

1:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Cooperation and Opportunism in Wireless Networks

Chair: Athanasios P Liavas (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Semi-blind channel estimation schemes based on a cooperative form of the cross relation criterion
Christos Mavrokefalidis (University of Patras, Greece); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece); Athanasios A. Rontogiannis (National Observatory of Athens, Greece)
About Asymptotic Spectral Efficiency in the DS/CDMA Amplify and Forward Relay Channel
David Gregoratti (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Xavier Mestre (CTTC, Spain)
Outage Capacity of a Noncoherent Cooperative Scheme with Binary Input and a Simple Relay
Athanasios P Liavas (Technical University of Crete, Greece); George N. Karystinos (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
Improved OFDM transmission with DF relaying and power allocation for a sum power constraint
Luc Vandendorpe (University of Louvain, Belgium); Jerome Louveaux (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Onur Oguz (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Abdellatif Zaidi (Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain, UCL, Belgium)

Cognitive Radio

Chair: Timothy K. Forde (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Spectrum Handoff for Link Maintenance in Cognitive Radio
Li-Chun Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Anderson Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
On Spectrally Efficient Multiplexing in Cognitive Radio Systems
Tero Ihalainen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Ari Viholainen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Markku K. Renfors (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
Trading Strategies in Radio Spectrum Management
Eric Chin (British Telecom, Malaysia)
Scalability of Cognitive Radio Control Algorithms
Christian Doerr (University of Colorado, USA); Michael Colagrosso (Colorado School of Mines, USA); Dirk Grunwald (University of Colorado, USA); Douglas Sicker (University of Colorado, USA)
A Novel Handover Protocol to Prevent Hidden Node Problem in Satellite Assisted Cognitive Radio Networks
Didem Gozupek (Bogazici University, Turkey); Suzan Bayhan (Bogazici University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Networking

Chair: Dajana Cassioli (RadioLabs - University of L'Aquila, Italy)
Design of Fast Handover Mechanism for Multiple Interfaces Mobile IPv6
ManKyu Park (ETRI, Korea); JaeYong Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea); Byungchul Kim (Chungnam National University, Korea); Dae Young Kim (Chungnam Nat'l University, Korea)
Channel Management Based on Maximizing of Customers' Satisfaction and Service Providers' Revenue
Ali Akbar Fakoorian (University of Polytechnic, Iran); Hassan Taheri (Amir Kabir University, Iran); Mohammad Fathi (Amirkabir Universty of Technology, Iran)
Joint Routing and Per-Flow Fairness in Wireless Multihop Networks
Angeliki Sgora (University of Piraeus, Greece); Dimitrios J. John Vergados (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Dimitrios D. Vergados (University of Piraeus, Greece); Ilenia Tinnirello (University of Palermo, Italy); Ioannis Efstathios Anagnostopoulos (University of the Aegean, Greece); Demosthenes Vouyioukas (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Efficient route maintenance in wireless mesh networks
Usman Ashraf (INSA Toulouse, France); Slim Abdellatif (LAAS/CNRS, France); Guy Juanole (LAAS CNRS, France)
Impact of Mobility on Geographic Routing
Samuela Persia (University of Tor Vergata- Rome, Italy); Dajana Cassioli (RadioLabs - University of L'Aquila, Italy); Francesco Vatalaro (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Fulvio Ananasso (AGCOM, Italy)

3:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Diversity

Chair: Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)
Error performance of triple-branch generalized selection diversity over Nakagami fading channels
Kostas Peppas (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece); Nikos C. Sagias (University of Peloponnese, Greece); Fotis Lazarakis (NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, Greece); Antonis A Alexandridis (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece); Kostas Dangakis (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece)
Transmit diversity in multicarrier transmission using OQAM modulation
Maurice G. Bellanger (CNAM, France)
Blind Cooperative Diversity With Multiple Relays
Kamel Tourki (Texas A&M at Qatar (TAMUQ), Qatar); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Luc Deneire (University of Nice, France)
Lower and Upper Bounds for the Generalized Marcum and Nuttall Q-Functions
Sotirios K Mihos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Vasilios Kapinas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
On Free-Space Optic Communication with Alamouti-Type Coding and Direct Detection
Mamdouh El Tabach (France Telecom R&D, France); Patrick Tortelier (France Telecom R&D, France); Ramesh Mahendra Pyndiah (institut Telecom/TELECOM Bretagne, France); Olivier Bouchet (France Télécom, Orange Labs, France)

Wireless Security

Chair: Christos Xenakis (University of Piraeus, Greece)
CPFP: An Efficient Key Management Scheme for Large Scale Personal Networks
Shahab Mirzadeh (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Frederik Armknecht (Ruhr-Universitaet, Germany); Jordi Jaen Pallares (Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Germany); Hossam Afifi (Institut Telecom, France); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
Towards a security framework for an established autonomous network
Dimitris Ztoupis (University of Athens, Greece); Kyriakos Zarifis (University of Athens, Greece); Christos Xenakis (University of Piraeus, Greece); Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Real-Time Sensing and Acoustic Scene Characterization for Security Applications
Homin Kwon (ASU, USA); Visar Berisha (ASU, USA); Andreas Spanias (ASU, USA)
Greedy Gossip with Eavesdropping
Deniz Ustebay (McGill University, Canada); Mark Coates (McGill University, Canada); Michael Rabbat (McGill University, Canada)

Implementation

Chair: Jose Mari Cabero (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain)
Prototype of pedestrian-to-vehicle communication system for the prevention of pedestrian accidents using both 3G wireless and WLAN communication
Chika Sugimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan); Yasuhisa Nakamura (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan); Takuya Hashimoto (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan)
Dual Standard Re-configurable Hardware Interleaver for Turbo Decoding
Rizwan Asghar (Linkoping University, Sweden); Dake Liu (Linköping University, Sweden)
Fully Integrated Self-Quenched Super-Regenerative UWB Impulse Detector
Syed Muhammad Anis (University of Ulm, Germany); Reinhard Tielert (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Norbert Wehn (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
The Bluetooth Medallion: a Wearable Device for Human MANETs
Jose Mari Cabero (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain); Galder Unibaso (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain); Aritz Sanchez (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain); Iñigo Arizaga (Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain)
Packet detector for multiband UWB
Dionisis Pettas (University of Patras, Greece); Vassilis Paliouras (University of Patras, Greece)