Program
Tue, 10 30
Tue, 10 30 9:30 - 11:50
CSTC1: Security Key Management
Chairs: Bassam S Farroha (US DoD, USA), Vinod Mishra (ARL, USA)
- Robust Wireless Channel Based Secret Key Extraction
- Differential Power Analysis Using Wavelet Decomposition
- ARQ-Based Key Scheduling Algorithm over Correlated Erasure Channels
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- The Glowworm hash: Increased Speed and Security for BBC Unkeyed Jam Resistance
- Lightweight Key Management in Distributed Multi-Channel Cognitive Radio Networks
NPP1: Cooperative Relay
Chair: Aravind Kailas (Volvo Group North America, USA)
- The User Capacity of Barrage Relay Networks
- Opportunistic Dual Timer Relay Selection in MIMO Relay Networks
- Spatial Reuse in Multi-Hop Linear Wireless Cooperative Networks
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- On Optimum Relay Deployment in a Multi-Hop Linear Network with Cooperation
- Resource Allocation for Cooperative Relay-assisted OFDMA Networks with Imperfect CSI
NPP2: Multicast in Mobile Networks
Chair: Zhensheng Zhang (IEEE ComSoc, USA)
- Temporal Stability for Dynamic Network Relay Sets
- Elastic Multicast for Tactical Communications
- Minimum Connected Dominating Set in Realistic Tactical Radio Network Conditions
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- Robust MPR-based Flooding in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
- A Multicast Routing Technique for Tactical Networks
- BRAVO: Potential Field-Based Routing and Network Coding for Efficient Wireless MANETs
NPP3: Network Architectures and Services
Chair: Bow-Nan Cheng (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
- Capacity Estimation and Waveform Assignment in Military Networks
- The Normalized Bushmitch-Fikus-Hamrick (NBFH) Metric
- An Enterprise-wide Approach to GIG Internet Protocol Multicast
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- Tiny Bubbles: A Fault-Tolerant Distributed Overlay for Networks with Block-Churn
- A Geocast-based Algorithm for a Field Common Operating Picture
- Enhancing the Classification Accuracy of IP Geolocation
SA1: Tactical Network Applications
Chair: Cam Tran (SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA)
- Extending Service-oriented Architectures to the Tactical Edge
- Supporting COTS Applications in Tactical Edge Networks
- Collaborative Applications at the Tactical Edge through Resilient Group Dissemination in DTN
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- Planning & Design of Routing Architectures for Multi-Tier Military Networks
- Understanding the Delay and Loss Tradeoffs in Large Wireless Military Networks Using Queuing Analysis and MAC Models
SA2: Cognitive and Advanced Networking
Chairs: Sherin S Kamal (nXm Networks Inc., USA), Kaustubh Sinkar (Qualcomm Inc, USA)
- Towards Minimizing Delay in MHWN Based on Activity Estimation
- Non-Linear Programming Approach to Simulation of the General Adversarial Agents Problem
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- Quantifying the Relative Merits of Genetic and Swarm Algorithms for Network Optimization in Cognitive Radio Networks
- A Comparison of Group-based Data Persistence Techniques in MANETs
SYS1: Satcom on the Move (SOTM)
Chair: Richard S Wexler (The Mitre Corporation, USA)
- Satcom-On-the-Move Why One Size Doesn't Fit All
- Adjacent Satellite Interference from a Network of MF-TDMA Satellite Communications on-the-Move Terminals
- Performance Criteria Affecting Pointing Error and the Impact on Total Cost of Ownership
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- How to Evaluate SOTM Antennas, Modems, and Architectures
- Low Cost MEMS based INS for land-based MILITARY SATCOM OTM
- Optimal PSD Limit Accommodation in Heterogeneous SHF SATCOM Networks
SYS2: Tactical Communications
Chair: Prakash Sesha (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- Tactical Troposcatter Applications in Challenging Climate Zones
- Use of Dynamic Flight Paths to Enhance Support to Priority Subscribers on a Communications UAV
- Non-Satellite Based Field Communications System for Battlefield Deployments
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- One Force Tactical Communications System: Connecting the Tactical Edge at AEWE Spiral G
- Development of an Open-Source GSM Femtocell and Integrated Core Infrastructure
WSP1: Signal Detection and Classification
Chairs: Vasu Devan Chakravarthy (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA), Sintayehu Dehnie (Booz Allen Hamilton, USA)
- Properization of Second-Order Cyclostationary Random Processes and Its Application to Signal Presence Detection
- Template Matching for Signal Identification in Cognitive Radio Systems
- A New DFT-Based Frequency Estimator for Single-Tone Complex Sinusoidal Signals
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- Cumulant-Based Channel Estimation Algorithm for Modulation Classification in Frequency-Selective Fading Channels
- Improved Modulation Classification Using a Factor-Graph-based Iterative Receiver
- Identification of OFDM Signals Under Multipath Fading Channels
WSP2: Jamming and Communications Security
Chairs: Shuangqing Wei (Louisiana State University, USA), Richard Booton (L3Harris Technologies, USA)
- Design of a Multitone Firefly Time Synchronization Scheme for Responsive Vehicle-Protection Jammers
- Anti-Jamming Defense Mechanism in Cognitive Radios Networks
- Jamming Attacks Against OFDM Timing Synchronization and Signal Acquisition
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- Optimal Jamming with Codewords
- Design and Simulation of a High Frequency Exact Solvable Chaotic Oscillator
- An LPI Design for Secure OFDM Systems
WSP3: Interference Mitigation
Chairs: Clark Robertson (Naval Postgraduate School, USA), Nazanin Rahnavard (University of Central Florida, USA)
- Joint Quantization Strategy for Uplink Cooperative Cellular Interference Alignment with Limited Feedback
- Leveraging Mobile Grid Computing for Interference Alignment and Cancelation
- Guard Zones and the Near-Far Problem in DS-CDMA Ad Hoc Networks
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- Iterative FDE Receivers for UWB Systems with Strong Interference Levels
- Addressing IQ Mismatch in Spatial Interference Suppression Systems
- Focusing a Radio Signal and Simultaneously Nulling It At Another Location Using Time-Reversal: Experimental Results
Tue, 10 30 2:30 - 4:50
CSTC2: Security Protection - 1
Chair: Janise McNair (University of Florida, USA)
- A Case for Trusted Sensors: Encryptors with Deep Packet Inspection Capabilities
- Performance Analysis of Wireless Intruder Geolocation in Campus Wireless Networks
- Detecting Communication Anomalies in Tactical Networks via Graph Learning
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- Clustering of Snort Alerts to Identify Patterns and Reduce Analyst Workload
- An Efficient Common Substrings Algorithm for On-the-Fly Behavior-Based Malware Detection and Analysis
- Hamming Masks: Toward Defending Constrained Networked Systems
NPP4: Cross-Layer Analysis and Optimization
Chair: Parv Venkitasubramaniam (Lehigh University, USA)
- Energy Efficient Stochastic Power Scheduling Scheme for Wireless Cellular Networks
- Low Complexity Multi-layer Optimization for Multi-hop Wireless Networks
- On The Effects of Transmit Power Control on the Performance of Wireless Networks
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- Cross-layer Modeling and Analysis of Multihop Tactical Networking in Convoy Topology
- Relay Feedback-based Power Control in Multihop Wireless Networks
NPP5: Airborne and Disruption-Tolerant Networks
Chair: Steven A Davidson (Raytheon Company, USA)
- A Comparison of MANET Routing Protocols on Airborne Tactical Networks
- Distributed Aerial Reconnaissance Ad-hoc Networking Protocol
- Scheduling vs. Random Access in Frequency Hopped Airborne Networks
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- Opportunistic Transport for Disrupted Airborne Networks
- Performance Analysis of Message Prioritization in Delay Tolerant Networks
- Prioritized Data Synchronization for Disruption Tolerant Networks
SA3: Network Management and Situational Awareness
Chairs: Dilip S Gokhale (Lockheed Martin IS&GS, USA), Yadunath Zambre (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- A Qualitative and Quantitative Method for Predicting Sentiment Toward Deployed U.S. Forces
- Dynamic Communication Resource Negotiations
- A Solution for Co-Service of Real-time and Non-realtime Traffic in Cellular Cognitive Radio Networks
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- An Open Source Situational Awareness Display for Administering Heterogeneous Networks on the Tactical Edge
- Fault Tolerance Requirements of Tactical Information Management Systems
SYS3: Net-Centric Systems and Networking - 1
Chair: Patrick J Browne (Self, USA)
- Using Hybrid Simulation / Emulation for Experimental Assessment of Routing Policy on Mission Outcomes
- A Policy-based Approach to Automated Data Reduction for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems
- An Adaptive SoS Framework for Integrating Dynamic Cyber Defense
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- An Architecture to Support Information Availability in the Tactical Domain
- C2 Information Quality: An Enterprise Systems Perspective
- A NNEC-Compliant Approach for a Future Mission Network
SYS4: Open Architectures in Tactical Networks
Chair: George F Elmasry (Raytheon & RMD, USA)
- Adaptation of RSVP-AGG Protocol to Tactical Networks - A Tactical Edge Open Architecture Concept
- A Comparison of Open Architecture Standards for the Development of Complex Military Systems: GRA, FACE, SCA NeXT
- SCA4 - An Evolved Framework
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- Policy-Based Spectrum Management Architecture
- Type Based Abstraction for QoI Aware Applications
WSP4: Compressive Sensing
Chairs: Sang (Peter) Chin (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA), Reza Ghanadan (Boeing, USA)
- BCS: Compressive Sensing for Binary Sparse Signals
- Analysis and Design of QAPM Modulation Using Compressive Sensing for Low Power Communication
- Scalable Spectrum Situational Awareness Using Devices of Opportunity
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- Output Compression for IC Fault Detection Using Compressive Sensing
- Chemical Plume Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery Via Joint Sparse Representation
WSP5: Channel Coding
Chairs: Thomas R Halford (Caliola Engineering, LLC, USA), John Nieto (Harris Corporation & RF Communications, USA)
- Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Stabilizer Codes
- A Low-Complexity Multicarrier Scheme with LDPC Coding for Mobile-to-Mobile Environment
- PER Prediction for Convolutionally Coded MIMO OFDM Systems — an Analytical Approach
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- Adaptive-Rate Channel Coding for Packet Radio Systems with Higher Layer Fountain Coding
- Practical Implementation of Hybrid DLT Codes for Cooperative Relay Communications
- Scrambled Code Multiple Access Waveform for Micro Satellite Terminals
WSP6: Spread Spectrum
Chairs: Don Torrieri (USA), Hyuck Kwon (1845 N. Fairmount Ave, USA & Wichita State University, USA)
- Pulse Rotation Modulations for Spread Spectrum Communication Systems
- Design and Implementation of a Multicarrier Spread Spectrum Communication System
- Performance Analysis of a 2D Double Hard-Limited OCDMA System Over FSO Link Under Strong Turbulence for Defense Applications
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- Optimization of a Finite Frequency-Hopping Ad Hoc Network in Nakagami Fading
- Iterative Decoding in SFH Communications with Reed-Solomon Codes and Channel Estimation
- A Quick Pull-In Timing Recovery Technique for Frequency Hopped Systems
Wed, 10 31
Wed, 10 31 9:30 - 11:50
CSTC3: Application Service Security
Chair: Jason Hongjun Li (Intelligent Automation Inc., USA)
- NextVC2 - A Next Generation Virtual World Command and Control
- Security and Provenance in M3GS for Cross-domain Information Sharing
- Evaluation of Survivable Service-Oriented Systems Through Collaborative Red Teaming
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- Network Performance Impact of Access Control Policies in Tactical Wireless Networks
- Sources of Misinformation in Online Social Networks: Who to suspect?
CSTC4: MANET Security
Chair: Hongmei Deng (Intelligent Automation Inc., USA)
- A Game Theoretic Approach for Security and Quality of Service (QoS) Co-Design in MANETs with Cooperative Communications
- On Effective Sampling Techniques for Host-based Intrusion Detection in MANET
- LAA: Link-Layer Anonymous Access for Tactical MANETs
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- IPsec Tunnels vs. Identity-Only Obfuscation Techniques for Moving Target Networks
- Survivability Prediction of Ad Hoc Networks Under Attack
- Best-Effort Data Leakage Prevention in Inter-Organizational Tactical MANETs
NPP6: Tracking and Localization
Chair: Guangyu Pei (Boeing, USA)
- Particle Filter Based Average Consensus Target Tracking with Preservation of Network Connectivity
- On the Value of Collaboration in Anchorless Robot Self-Localization
- Practical assessment of RSS-based localization in indoor environments
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- Cooperative Robust Localization against Malicious Anchors Based on Semi-Definite Programming
- A Pedestrian Tracking System Using Group Mobility Information
- Fault Tolerant Bio-Inspired Topology Control Mechanism for Autonomous Mobile Node Distribution in MANETs
NPP7: Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Chair: Jae H Kim (Boeing Research & Technology & The Boeing Company, USA)
- Link State Routing in Regions of Interest
- Location Aware Optimized Link State Routing Protocol
- Adaptive Routing for Tactical Communications
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- Enabling Secure and Reliable Policy-based Routing in MANETs
- Link State Distribution Rate Scaling for Maintaining Topology in Mobile Wireless Networks
- Network Coding over a MANET Proactive Link State Routing Protocol and TDMA Scheduling
SA4: Network Architecture and Services
Chairs: Wale Akinpelu (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, USA), Bassam S Farroha (US DoD, USA)
- Government Reference Architecture Dataplane Gateway
- Naval Task Force Interface for Coalition Networks for Secure Information Sharing (CoNSIS)
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- Position, Navigation, and Timing in the Common Operating Environment: Prototyping the PNT User Equipment Modernization Architecture
- SISTO: A Proposal for Serverless Information Services for Tactical Operations
STC1: Selected Topics in Communications - 1
Chair: Ananthram Swami (DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA)
SYS5: Satellite Communications - 1
Chair: Lori Jeromin (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
- Enabling Fractionated Spacecraft Communications Using F6WICS
- Roadmap to Wide Band Optical GEO Relay Networks
- Multiple Layered Method of Terminal Slot Contention Resolution for the Integrated Waveform (DAMA UHF SATCOM)
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- High-Capacity Ka Commercial Communications Satellite Architectures for Defense Applications
- NMT X/Ka Tri-Band Antennas
- Evaluation of the Expansion of Joint IP Modem to Support DVB-RCS2
SYS6: Testbeds
Chair: Steven Boyd (Scientific Research Corporation & Spawar Systems Center Atlantic, USA)
- Building an Operation Support System for A Fast Reconfigurable Network Experimentation Testbed
- Laboratory Evaluation of Military Radios and Network Architectures
- A test bed for collaborative development of underwater communications and networking
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- Automated Performance Assessment Framework Innovation (APAFI) Project
- TimeSync: Virtual Time for Scalable, High-Fidelity Hybrid Network Emulation
- Determining RF Angle of Arrival Using COTS Antenna Arrays: A Field Evaluation
WSP7: Channel Estimation and Receiver Design
Chairs: Colin Brown (Communications Research Centre, Canada), Philip J Vigneron (Communications Research Centre & Industry Canada, Canada)
- Blind Frequency Offset Estimation and Intercarrier Interference Cancelation for FD-MC-CDMA Systems in Aerial Vehicle Communication
- The Cramer-Rao Bound for Data-Aided Synchronization of SOQPSK
- Cramer-Rao Bound for Channel Estimation in Amplify-and-Forward Relaying Networks
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- Iterative Channel Estimation for Time-Varying Relay Networks with Optimal Energy Allocation
- Time-Domain Preamble-Based SNR Estimation for OFDM Systems in Doubly Selective Channels
- Frequency-Domain Receiver Design for Fast Varying Channels
WSP8: Underwater Communications
Chairs: Daniel Noneaker (Clemson University, USA), Xiaopeng Huang (Nokia Bell Laboratories, USA)
- ML-Based Receivers for Underwater Networks Using OFDM Signals with Strong Nonlinear Distortion Effects
- An Overview of Channel Coding for Underwater Acoustic Communications
- Resource Allocation for OFDM Underwater Acoustic Cooperative Transmission with Limited Feedback
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- Modulation Detection of Underwater Acoustic Communication Signals Through Cyclostationary Analysis
- Time Reversal Multicarrier Communications Over Long Multipath Fading Channels
WSP9: MIMO Communications
Chairs: Feng Ouyang (Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Lab, USA), Liang C. Chu (Lockheed Martin, Advanced Technology Center, USA)
- Bounding the Ergodic Capacity of Asymmetric 2x2 Dual-Polarized Channels
- Mobile MIMO Capacity in Network Interference: Informed and Uninformed Transmitters
- A Low Complexity Algorithm for Linear Precoder Design with Finite Alphabet Inputs
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- High-Rate Ultrasonic Communication Through Metallic Barriers Using MIMO-OFDM Techniques
- Branch and Bound with M Algorithm for Near Optimal MIMO
- Spectral Efficiency of Signal Processing Radios in Interference Limited Environments: Array Processing, MIMO, and MUD
Wed, 10 31 2:30 - 4:50
CSTC5: Physical Layer Security
Chair: Yadunath Zambre (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- Certification Codes for Maliciousness Detection in Physical-layer Network Coding
- Information-Guided Randomization for Wireless Physical Layer Secure Transmission
- An RF-DNA Verification Process for ZigBee Networks
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- Limitations of Quorum-based Rendezvous and Key Establishment Schemes against Sophisticated Jamming Attacks
- A Forensic Hypervisor for Process Tracking and Exploit Discovery
- Securing Wireless Network Coding against Pollution Attack at the Physical Layer
CSTC6: Security Protection - 2
Chair: Jaime C Acosta (DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA)
- Identity-Based Internet Protocol Networking
- On the Use of Distributed Relays to Increase Base Station Anonymity in Wireless Sensor Networks
- Guest-Transparent Instruction Authentication for Self-Patching Kernels
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- Lightweight One-Time Signature for Multicast Authentication
- An Efficient Spectral Bound for Link Vulnerability Assessment in Large-scale Networks
- Software Updates as a Security Metric Passive identification of update trends and effect on machine infection
NPP8: MAC Protocols
Chair: Yao Ma (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
- VCMA: Efficient Channel Access in Wireless Mesh Networks Using Virtual Coordinates
- System Capacity and Coverage of a Cellular Network with D2D Mobile Relays
- TDMA Scheduling and Channel Assignment for Cognitive Tactical Networks
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- Distributed Dynamic Slot Assignment Scheme for Fast Broadcast Transmission in Tactical Ad Hoc Networks
- Adaptive Virtual Slot for Enhancing QoS of Voice Communication in MIL-STD-188-220
- An Efficient FSN Assignment Scheme for Mitigating Multi-hop Delay in MIL-STD-188-220D Networks
NPP9: Transport Protocols
Chair: Clement Kam (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
- Admission Control and Flow Termination in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks with Pre-congestion Notification
- WRED Performance Analysis and Design for Tactical Satellite Communication
- TCP challenges in hybrid military satellite networks; measurements and comparison
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- Congestion Control using RED and TCP Window Adjustment
- Loss-Tolerant TCP (LT-TCP): Implementation and Experimental Evaluation
SA5: Military Systems Modeling
Chair: Philip J Vigneron (Communications Research Centre & Industry Canada, Canada)
- Front End Mission Modeling
- An Embedded Radio Software Emulation Platform Using OPNET and VxWorks to Develop Distributed Algorithms for Military Ad-Hoc Networks
- Modeling Handheld Usability for Military-Based Devices
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- Validating a Custom IPv6 Security Application using OPNET Modeler
- Modeling Mobile Network Connectivity in the Presence of Jamming
STC2: Selected Topics in Communications - 2
Chair: Ananthram Swami (DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA)
- Measuring Bias in the Mixing Time of Social Graphs due to Graph Sampling
- Finding Overlapped Communities in Online Social Networks with Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
- The Effect of Zealotry in the Naming Game Model of Opinion Dynamics
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- Dynamic Communities in Evolving Network Graphs
- Mining Diverse Opinions
SYS7: Net-Centric Systems and Networking - 2
Chair: Bassam S Farroha (US DoD, USA)
- Beyond Line-of-Sight Information Dissemination for Force Protection
- Supporting Information Management and Information Superiority via Federation Services
- Supporting Military Communications with Named Data Networking: An Emulation Analysis
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- Comparing Radio-to-Router Interface Implementations on Experimental CoTs and Open Source Routers
- Hybrid Solving Technique for Vehicle Planning with Communication Constraints
SYS8: Performance Modeling and Simulation
Chair: Gary Comparetto (MITRE Corp., USA)
- On Accurately Predicting Mote Deaths
- Evaluating Communications System Performance Effects at a System of Systems Level
- Operationally Realistic Testing of Network Centric Tactical Applications in a Lab Environment
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- Laboratory-Based End-To-End Network System of Systems Integration, Design and Risk Reduction: Critical Activity for System of Systems Integration Directorate and the Army
- Integrating Radio-to-Router Protocols into EMANE
WSP10: Cognitive Radio
Chairs: Cherif Chibane (Draper Laboratory, USA), Charles Clancy (MITRE, USA)
- Distributed Energy-based Spectrum Sensing with Opportunistic Cooperative Diversity for Cognitive Radio Networks Over Non-Identical Fading Channels
- Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Based on Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test Under Impulsive Noise Circumstances
- A Combination of Quickest Detection with Oracle Approximating Shrinkage Estimation and Its Application to Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio
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- Performance Analysis of Spectrum Monitoring for Cognitive Radios
- Spectrum Monitoring for Cognitive Radios in Rayleigh Fading Channel
- The False Positive Congestion Problem and Probabilistic Spectrum Sensing
WSP11: Cooperative Communications
Chairs: Xiaopeng Huang (Nokia Bell Laboratories, USA), Annamalai Annamalai (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
- Implementation of Distributed Time Exchange Based Cooperative Forwarding
- Relay Selection for AF SISO Wireless Relay Networks Under Jamming Environment with Relay Power Constraint
- Novel Energy Efficient Relaying Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks
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- Enhanced Algebraic Error Control for Random Linear Network Coding
- Multi-Group Multiuser Two-Way Relay with Superposition Coding
- Spectrum and Energy Efficiency in Two-Way Multi-Relay Networks with Selective Relaying
WSP12: OFDM
Chairs: Chengshan Xiao (Lehigh University, USA), James Anthony Norris (L3Harris Corp., USA)
- An OFDM-Based Distributed Transmission Scheme for Uncoordinated Transmitters Without Carrier Frequency and Timing Synchronization
- Robust Receiver Algorithms to Mitigate Partial-Band and Partial-Time Interference in LDPC-coded OFDM Systems
- Subcarrier Based Threshold Performance Enhancement in Constant Envelope OFDM
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- Interference Analysis of Interleaved and Localized Mapping Schemes in OFDMA System with Carrier Frequency Offset
- Multi-cycle Cyclostationary Based Spectrum Sensing Algorithm for OFDM Signals with Noise Uncertainty in Cognitive Radio Networks
- Detection of Code Spread OFDM Based on 0-1 Integer
Thu, 11 1
Thu, 11 1 9:30 - 11:50
CSTC7: System Security
Chair: Vinod Mishra (ARL, USA)
- Chaining for Securing Data Provenance in Distributed Information Networks
- The Xenon Separation VMM: Secure Virtualization Infrastructure for Military Clouds
- A High-assurance, Virtual Guard Architecture
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- MUSHI: Toward Multiple Level Security Cloud with Strong Hardware Level Isolation
- Polite: A Policy Framework for Building Managed Mobile Apps
- Architecting Dynamic Cyber Defense for a Secure Multi_Tenant Environment
CSTC8: Security Protection - 3
Chair: Janise McNair (University of Florida, USA)
- The Trust Engineering Framework: Architecting Native Security to Defend Against the Next Generation Threats
- Detection of Global Metamorphic Malware Variants Using Control and Data Flow Analysis
- CD-PHY: Physical Layer Security in Wireless Networks through Constellation Diversity
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- Adaptive Algorithms for Detecting Critical Links and Nodes in Dynamic Networks
- Distributed Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks in the Presence of Misbehaving Nodes
- Using Covert Timing Channels for Attack Detection in MANETs
NPP10: Link Layer Performance and Optimization
Chair: Bjørnar Libæk (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Norway)
- Cross-Layer Throughput Optimization for Delay and QoS Constrained Applications
- Throughput Maximization in CSMA Networks with Collisions
- Stability of Reservation-Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted ALOHA for Satellite Networks
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- Optimal Data Scheduling of Mobile Clients Serviced using Beamforming Antennas
- Cooperative Spatial Scheduling in Distributed MIMO MAC with Interference/Concurrency Awareness
- Performance Evaluation of Wireless Network Coding in TDMA Networks
NPP11: Wireless Sensor Networks
Chair: Niranjan Suri (US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) & Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), USA)
- Bio-inspired and Voronoi-based Algorithms for Self-positioning Autonomous Mobile Nodes
- Effects Of Energy Harvesting on Quality-of-Service in Transient Wireless Sensor Networks
- Channel Characterization and Throughput Tradeoff for Wireless Sensor Networks
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- Analysis of Slotted ALOHA with Multipacket Messages in Clustered Surveillance Networks
- Cooperative Communication with Joint Optimization of Cluster size and Resource Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks
- An Energy-efficient Transmission Scheme for Monitoring of Combat Soldier Health in Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
SA6: Cloud and Web Applications
Chair: Larry Budnick (Raytheon, USA)
- Web Services: Design Choices for Space Ground System Integration
- Bandwidth optimizations for standards-based publish/subscribe in disadvantaged grids
- An Agile Enabler Framework: Architecting Services in the Clouds
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- Sangam - Efficient Cellular-WiFi Group Framework for File Sharing Service
- Efficiency of dynamic content adaptation based on semantic description of web service call context
SYS10: Network Management
Chair: Jay Farmer (Raytheon Intelligence & Space, USA)
- Next Generation NATO Satcom Management and Control Services
- Impact of Enclave Network Devices to the Tactical Inter-Service Architecture
- TITAN: Integrated Network Management in Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
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- Secure & Agile Wide-area Virtual Machine Mobility
- Network management for Multi-Network Terminals
- Performance Management in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks using Congestion based Metric
SYS9: Satellite Communications - 2
Chair: Yadunath Zambre (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- Performance of Combatant Command Satellite (COCOMSat) Communications in Contested Environments
- IP Networking over the AEHF MILSATCOM System
- CubeSat Torrent: Torrent Like Distributed Communications For CubeSat Satellite Clusters
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- High Throughput Ku-band Satellites for Aeronautical Applications
- Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Lessons Learned
- Ka and Ku Operational Considerations for Military SATCOM Applications
WSP13: Radar and Direction Finding
Chairs: David A. Garren (Naval Postgraduate School, USA), Donya He (DRS Technologies, USA)
- Experimental Demonstration of Cognitive Radar for Target Localization Under Strong Interference
- Enhanced Monopulse MIMO Radar Using Reliable Αβ Filtering
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- Direction Finding of a Compromised Node in a Spread-Spectrum Network
- Estimation 2D DOA of Coherent Signals Using a New Antenna Array Configuration
WSP14: Antennas and Propagation
Chairs: Michael Rice (Brigham Young University, USA), Jeffrey Boksiner (US Army CCDC C5ISR Center, USA)
- Modeling of Radiowave Propagation in Tunnels
- Event-based Transmission Line Matrix Method for Simulating Site-Specific Multipath Propagation Characteristics
- Experimental Validation of Stochastic Wireless Urban Channel Model: Estimation and Prediction
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- High-Efficiency Ferrite Meander Antenna (HEMA) for LTE Applications
- Novel Quadrifilar Helix Antenna Combining GNSS, Iridium, and a UHF Communications Monopole
- MPTA: Modified Polymer Textile Antennas for Green Symbiotic Cloud Communications
WSP15: Modulation
Chairs: Hideki Ochiai (Osaka University, Japan), Annamalai Annamalai (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
- Partitioned Cyclic Code Shift Keying for JTIDS
- Synchronization Performance Using Scale Time Offset Robust Modulation
- Signal Recovery for CPM in Frequency Flat Fast Fading Channels
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- Analysis of M-ary UWB FSK Detected Using Two Passband Filters Considering Antenna and Multipath Effects
- Efficient Receivers for SC-FDE with Offset Modulations
- Some Remarks on the Dirac Delta Function Approximation for ASER Analysis of Digital Modulations Over Fading Channels
Thu, 11 1 2:30 - 3:50
CSTC10: GPS Security
Chair: David M Climek (United States Air Force & Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
CSTC9: Security Testbed and Tools
Chair: Jason Hongjun Li (Intelligent Automation Inc., USA)
- Cyber Analysis System Toolkit A High-Fidelity, Virtual Cyber Test-Bed for Network Modeling and Experimentation
- Evaluating Network Cyber Resiliency Methods using Cyber Threat, Vulnerability and Defense Modeling and Simulation
- Supervisory Command and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Cyber Security Analysis Using a Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Testbed
- A Cyber-Physical Approach to a Wide-Area Actionable System for the Power Grid
NPP12: Cross-Layer Design and Implementation
Chair: Devanshu Mehta (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA)
NPP13: Jamming Resistant Networks
Chair: Claudiu Danilov (Boeing Research & Technology, USA)
SA7: Optimizing Voice and Video Services
Chair: Aniruddha Karmarkar (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- Comparison of TSVCIS Voice at 8000 and 12000 bps versus CVSD at 16000 bps
- Determining System Parameters for Optimal Performance of Hybrid DS/FFH Spread-Spectrum
- High Definition Video Transcoding for Transport Over Satellite
- Active Buffer Management Algorithm for Silence Suppressed Voice Applications
SYS11: Efficient Spectrum Utilization
Chair: Bruce A Fette (USA)
- Criteria for Multi-Carrier X-band Intermodulation Products in the Receive Band
- Increasing Network Area Spectral Efficiency by combining multiple PHY techniques
- A Phased Approach to Policy-Based Spectrum Operations
- Simulation of Moderate Time-Scale Dynamic Spectrum Access with Wide-Area Spectrum Sensors
WSP16: Wireless Sensor Networks
Chairs: Aravind Kailas (Volvo Group North America, USA), Earnest Hansley (University of South Florida, USA)
- Detection of a Non-Cooperative Transmitter in Rayleigh Fading with Binary Observations
- Energy-Efficient Spectrum Access for Ultra Low Power Sensor Networks
- Energy Minimization of Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Modulation and Coding Optimization Under Finite Frame Length Constraint
- Distributed Estimation of a Parametric Field Using Sparse Noisy Data
WSP17: Signal and Video Processing
Chairs: James Anthony Norris (L3Harris Corp., USA), John Nieto (Harris Corporation & RF Communications, USA)
- High Throughput Farrow Resamplers Utilizing Reduced Complexity FIR Filters
- Quickest Change Point Identification Across a Sensor Array
- Signal Processing Advances for the MUTE sEMG Based Silent Speech Recognition System
- Region-of-interest Video Coding for Enabling Surgical Telementoring in Low-Bandwidth Scenarios
WSP18: Radio Resource Management
Chairs: Richard Booton (L3Harris Technologies, USA), Charles Clancy (MITRE, USA)
- Online Learning in Decentralized Multi-user Spectrum Access with Synchronized Explorations
- The Sub-channel Allocation Algorithm in Femtocell Networks Based on Ant Colony Optimization
- Optimal Resource Allocation in HARQ-based OFDMA Wireless Networks
- A Bipartite Matching Based User Grouping Method for Grouped OFDM-IDMA Systems