Welcome to WiMob 2009
 

Technical Program

Monday, October 13, 2009
Agenda

8h30am - 12h30am:

Tutorial 2: " A Novel Approach in the Design of Secure Wireless Systems Using Chaotic Signals and   Iinterference Mitigation Techniques" by Prof. Peter Stavroulakis
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2h00pm - 6h00pm:
Tutorial 1: "Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks for Vehicular Applications" by Prof. Mario Gerla
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Agenda

 

 


Room: Atlas 1


Room: Atlas 2


Room: Atlas 3

8h30 am – 9h00 am

Welcome reception

Welcome reception

Welcome reception

 

9h00 am – 10h00 am

 

 

Keynote speaker
Professor Mario Gerla
Vehicular Urban Sensing: Techniques and Applications

10h00 am – 10h30 am

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break


10h30 am - 12h30pm

TS1: PHY and MAC Protocols (I)

TS2: Wireless Sensor Networks (I)

TS3: Ubiquitous Computing and Applications (1)

12h30pm- 02h00pm

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

02h00pm-04h00pm

 TS4: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (I) 

TS5: Wireless Sensor Networks (II)

TS6: Wireless Mesh Networks and VANETs

04h00pm-04h30pm

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break


04h30pm-06h30pm

 TS7: PHY and MAC Protocols (II)

TS8: WiMAX and Handoff Management

TS9: Next Generation Mobile and Wireless Networks

07h00pm

Gala Dinner

 

08h30 am – 09h00 am: Welcome reception

09h00 am – 10h00 am: Keynote Speakers     
Room: Atlas 3     Chair: Abderrahim Benslimane (University of Avignon, France)

Professor Mario Gerla, UCLA Computer Science Department
Los Angeles, USA
Vehicular Urban Sensing: Techniques and Applications
       
10h00 am – 10h30 am: Coffee Break

10h30 am – 12h30 pm / Session: TS1: PHY and MAC Protocols (I)
Room: Atlas 1            Chair: George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Calibrating RSS-based Indoor Positioning Systems
    Christian Esposito (University of Naples, Italy); Domenico Cotroneo (University of Naples, Italy); Massimo Ficco (University of Naples, Italy)
  • Comparative Model Analysis for a Dual-Polarized Indoor and Industrial MIMO System
    Lakshmi Nair (Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa); Bodhaswar TJ Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa)
  • Cooperative Medium Access Control in Wireless Networks: the Two-hop Case
    Hongzhi Jiao (University of Agder, Norway)
  • A Time-Reversal Space-Time Chip Semiblind Receiver for TR-STBC Downlink MIMO MC-CDMA Systems
    Samphan Phrompichai (MahanakornN University, Thailand)
  • Training interval length optimization for MIMO flat fading channels using decision-directed channel estimation
    Imed Hadj-Kacem (ENIS, Tunisia); Noura Sellami (Institut Supérieur de l'Electronique et des Communications de Sfax, Tunisia); Inbar Fijalkow (ETIS, CNRS, ENSEA, Univ Cergy-Pontoise, France); Aline Roumy (INRIA Rennes, France)


10h30 am – 12h30 pm / Session: TS2: Wireless Sensor Networks (I)
Room: Atlas 2          Chair: Rana Rahim-Amoud (UTT, France)

  • A Multi-criterion data aggregation scheme for WSN
    Ahmad Sardouk (UTT, France); Rana Rahim-Amoud (UTT, France); Leila Merghem-Boulahia (UTT, France); Dominique Gaiti (University of Troyes, France)
  • Sink-Anonymity Mobility Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Qijun Gu (Texas State University, USA); Xiao Chen (Texas State University, USA)
  • Partial Coverage in Homological Sensor Networks
    Hui Zhang (University College Dublin, Ireland); Paddy nixon (University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland); Simon Dobson (UCD Dublin, Ireland)
  • Extending k-Coverage Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Mobile Sensor Nodes
    Ryo Katsuma (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan); Y Murata (Hiroshima City University, Japan); Naoki Shibata (Shiga University, Japan); Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan); Minoru Ito (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
  • Selfish Misbehavior Detection in CSMA Cooperative Networks with HARQ
    Stefano Tomasin (University of Padova, Italy); Sintayehu Dehnie (Polytechnic University, USA)


10h30 am – 12h30 pm / Session TS3: Ubiquitous Computing and Applications (1)
Room: Atlas 3                       Chair: Robert Davies, (TRLab / University of Calgary, Canada)

  • A Context-aware and Middleware-level Solution towards a Ubiquitous Healthcare System
    Tarik Taleb (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany); Zubair Md. Fadlullah (Tohoku University, Japan); Dario Bottazzi (University of Bologna, Italy); Nidal Nasser (University of Guelph, Canada)
  • Mobile Service Provisioning Middleware for Multihomed Devices
    Andrew Meads (University of Auckland, New Zealand); Adam Roughton (University of Auckland, New Zealand); Thiranjith Weerasinghe (University of Auckland, New Zealand); Ian Warren (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Strong Consistency for Shared Objects in Pervasive Grids
    Luiz Angelo Steffenel (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France); Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro (Université Paris 1–Panthéon Sorbonne, France)
  • Media Caching Support for Mobile Transit Clients
    Hazem A. Gomaa (University of Calgary, Canada); Geoffrey G. Messier (University of Calgary, Canada); Robert Davies (TRLabs / University of Calgary, Canada); Carey Williamson (University of Calgary, Canada)
  • TARP: Timing Analysis Resilient Protocol
    Adnan Majeed (Binghamton University, USA); Ke Liu (SUNY Binghamton, USA); Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA)
    12h30 am – 02h00 pm : Lunch Break

02h00 pm – 04h00 pm / Session TS4: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (I)
Room : Atlas 1      Chair: Tarik Taleb (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany)

  • DAR: Distributed Adaptive Service Replication for MANETs
    Asaad Gad Elrab (Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan); Keiichi Yasumoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan); Naoki Shibata (Shiga University, Japan); Tomoya Kitani (Shizuoka University, Japan); Minoru Ito (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
  • Improving the performances of Ad Hoc and Vehicular Networks by using the LCMV Beamformer
    Ismehene Chahbi (Télécom SudParis, France); Badii Jouaber (Institut National des Télécommunications, France)
  • Dual-Interface Multiple Channels DSDV Protocol
    Tuan Trung Luong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Bu Sung Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Chai Kiat Yeo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Mathematical Foundations Of The Layered Mobility Model Architecture - LEMMA
    Alexander P Pelov (University of Strasbourg, France); Thomas Noel (University of Strasbourg, France)



02h00 pm – 04h00 pm / Session TS5: Wireless Sensor Networks (II)
Room: Atlas 2                 
Chair: Roberto Garello (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

  • Probability of Missed Detection in Eigenvalue Ratio Spectrum Sensing
    Federico Penna (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Roberto Garello (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Maurizio A. Spirito (ISMB, Italy)
  • Adaptive Location Tracking by Kalman Filter in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Mauricio A. Caceres (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Francesco Sottile (ISMB, Italy); Maurizio A. Spirito (ISMB, Italy)
  • Managing context on a sensor enabled mobile device -- the mSense approach
    Jens Krösche (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria); Andreas Jakl (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria); Dominik Gusenbauer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria); Bernhard Ehringer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria); Daniel Rothbauer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria)
  • A genetic-based QoS aware routing for ubiquitous sensor networks
    Agustin Zaballos (Enginyeria La Salle - Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain); Alex Vallejo (Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle - Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain); Josep M. Selga (University Ramon Llull, Spain)



02h00 pm – 04h00 pm / Session TS6: Wireless Mesh Networks and VANETs
Room: Atlas 3       Chair: Mieso Denko (University of Guelph, Canada)

  • Location Verification for VANETs Routing  
    Ziwei Ren (Southern Polytechnic State University, USA); Wenfan Li (Southern Polytechnic State University, USA); Qing Yang (Auburn University, USA)
  • Investigating Deployment Strategies for Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Residential Wireless Mesh Networks  
    Bin Huang (University of Louisisna at Lafayette, USA); YAN HE (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Dmitri Perkins (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
  • A Max Coverage Formulation for Information Dissemination in Vehicular Networks
    Oscar Trullols-Cruces (UPC, Spain); Marco Fiore (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Claudio E. Casetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Jose M. Barcelo-Ordinas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)
  • Providing Billing Support in WiMAX Mesh Networks
    Erlon Cruz (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil); Daniel Camara (EURECOM, France); Hélio C Guardia (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil)
  • Distributed Near-Optimal Protocol for Role Assignment in a Multichannel MAC for Wireless Mesh Networks
    Benoit Darties (Grenoble Informatics Laboratory, France); Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS - Grenoble Informatics Laboratory, France); Andrzej Duda (Grenoble Informatics Laboratory, France)

    04h00 pm – 04h00 pm: Coffee Break

    04h30 pm – 06h00 pm / Session TS7: PHY and MAC Protocols (II)
    Room: Atlas 1   Chair: Mohammed Bouhorma (FST Tanger, Morocco)

  • A Leasing Oriented MAC Protocol for High Spectrum Usage in Cognitive Radio Networks
    Hua Song (Sun Yat-sen University, P.R. China); XiaoLa Lin (Sun Yat-Sen University, P.R. China)
  • Exploiting RF-Scatter: Human Localization with bistatic passive UHF RFID-Systems
    Dominik Lieckfeldt (University of Rostock, Germany); Jiaxi You (University of Rostock, Germany); Dirk Timmermann (University of Rostock, Germany)
  • Capacity evaluation of on-body channels using MIMO antennas
    Khalida Ghanem (University of Southampton and University of Birmingham, United Kingdom); Peter Hall (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
  • A new miniaturized patch antenna for wireless systems: GSM, UMTS, HIPERLAN
    M. Benahmed (University abdelmalek essaadi, Morocco); Mohammed Bouhorma (Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Tanger, Morocco)

04h30 pm – 06h00 pm / Session TS8: WiMAX and Handoff Management
Room: Atlas 2                 
Chair: Aymen Belghith (Université de Rennes 1, France)

  • A Connection Stability Aware Handoff Management Scheme
    Tarik Taleb (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany); Zubair Md. Fadlullah (Tohoku University, Japan); Marcus Schoeller (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany); Khaled Ben Letaief (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong)
  • Pricing-based Schedulers for WiMAX
    Aymen Belghith (Université de Rennes 1, France)
  • Delay Sensitive Aware Subframe Allocation Schema in WiMAX Base Stations
    Elmabruk Laias (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Irfan Awan (University of Bradford, United Kingdom); Sepideh Sharifi (University of Science &Technology, Iran)
  • Performance Analysis of Variable-Angle Quadrature Amplitude Constellations
    Koralia Pappi (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Athanasios S. Lioumpas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Kotsopoulos Stavros (University of Patras, Greece)

 

04h30 pm – 06h00 pm / Session TS9: Next Generation Mobile and Wireless Networks
Room: Atlas 3          Chair: Bodhaswar TJ Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

  • Advanced Mobility in Broadband Wireless Access Scenarios
    Ricardo Matos (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal); Bruno Miguel Sousa (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Pedro Miguel Neves (Portugal Telecom Inovação, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal); Marilia Curado (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
  • Efficient Route Optimization Methods for Femtocell-based All IP Networks
    Tsunehiko Chiba (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan)
  • Distributed Coordination Protocol for Common Control Channel Selection in Multichannel Ad-hoc Cognitive Radio Networks
    Kim Mi ryeong (Inha University, Korea); Sang-jo Yoo (Inha Univ., Korea)
  • A Combined Vertical Handover Decision Metric for QoS Enhancement in Next Generation Networks
    Anna Maria Vegni (University of ROMA TRE, Italy); Tiziano Inzerilli (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Gabriele Tamea (Universtà di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy); Roberto Cusani (University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy)


07h00 pm: Gala Dinner

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Agenda

 


Room: Atlas 1


Room: Atlas 2


Room : Atlas 3

08h30 am – 9h00 am

Welcome reception

Welcome reception

Welcome reception

 


9h00 am – 10h00 am

 

 

Keynote speaker
Prof. Khaled Ben Letaief
Realizing the “Anything Anybody Anywhere Anyhow Anytime” Ultimate Wireless Revolution

10h00 am – 10h30 am

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

10h30 am - 12h30pm

WS10: Security Systems and Applications

WS11: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (II)

WS12: PHY and MAC Protocols (III)

12h30pm- 02h00pm

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

02h00pm- 04h00pm

WS13: PHY and MAC Protocols (IV)

WS14: Ubiquitous Computing and Applications (II)

WS15: Localization Algorithms and Mobility

 

08h30am – 09h00am: Welcome reception

09h00am – 10h00am: Keynote Speakers
       
Room: Atlas 3       Chair: Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

Professor Khaled Ben Letaief
, Chair Professor and Head, Electronic and Computer Eng. Department.  Director, Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
          Realizing the “Anything Anybody Anywhere Anyhow Anytime” Ultimate Wireless Revolution


10h00 am – 10h30 am: Coffee Break


10h30 am - 12h30pm / Session WS10: Security Systems and Applications
Room: Atlas 1      
Chair: Mohammad S. Obaidat (Monmouth University, USA)

  • SC-OLSR: Secure Clustering-Based OLSR Model for Ad hoc Networks
    Jean-Marc Robert (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Chriqi Abdelkarim (École de Technologie Supérieure-Montréal, Canada); Hadi Otrok (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR), UAE)
  • A Fast Rate-Adaptation Algorithm for Robust Wireless Scalable Streaming Applications
    Daniele Munaretto (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany); Dan Jurca (DOCOMO Eurolabs, Germany); Joerg C. Widmer (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany)
  • PLA-MIH: A Secure IEEE802.21 Signaling Scheme
    Sumanta Saha (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Dmitrij Lagutin (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland)
  • Chinese Remainder Theorem-Based RSA-Threshold Cryptography in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Verifiable Secret Sharing
    Sajal Sarkar Sarkar (IIT Kharagpur, India); Bapi Kisku (IIT Kharagpur, India); Sudip Misra (IIT Kharagpur, India); Mohammad S. Obaidat (Monmouth University, USA)

 

10h30am - 11h45pm / Session WS11: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (II)
Room: Atlas 2            Chair: Nasser-Eddine Rikli (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

  • Optimal Control of Spatial, Temporal and Bandwidth Contention in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
    Chen Liu (University of Alberta, Canada); Janelle Harms (University of Alberta, Canada); Mike MacGregor (University of Alberta, Canada)
  • File Sharing Over Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
    Peter Reaidi (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Pierre Bou Abboud (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Eliane Kabkab (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Hassan Artail (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
  • Autonomic Self Tunable Proactive Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
    Abdelfettah Belghith (University of Manouba, Tunisia); Mohamed Amine Abid (University of Manouba 2010, Tunisia)
  • Topology Multipath Routing in MANETs using Multiple Description Coding
    Eddy Cizeron (University of Nantes, France); Salima Hamma (Université de Nantes, France)

 

10h30am - 12h30pm / Session WS12: PHY and MAC Protocols (III)
Room: Atlas 3              
Chair:   George Baciu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

  • Interference across Multi-hop Wireless Chains
    Saquib Razak (Carnegie Mellon University, USA); Vinay Kolar (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA); Petri Mähönen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Khaled A. Harras (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
  • Handling Temporal Granularity in Mobile Services
    Stefan Pfennigschmidt (Fraunhofer ISST Berlin, Germany); Agnes Voisard (Fraunhofer ISST Berlin, Germany)
  • On the outage probability optimization in MISO Rician channels
    Eric A. Bouton (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Nassar Ksairi (Supélec, France); Philippe Ciblat (ENST, France); Pascal Bianchi (Telecom Paristech, France); Walid Hachem (CNRS, France)

 

12h30am-02h00pm: Lunch Break

 

02h00 pm – 04h00 pm / Session WS13: PHY and MAC Protocols (IV)

Room: Atlas 1          Chair: Prasant Mohapatra (University of California, Davis, USA)

  • Adaptive Scheduling of Prioritized Traffic in IEEE 802.16j Wireless Networks
    Debalina Ghosh (University of California at Davis, USA); Ashima Gupta (University of California, Davis, USA); Prasant Mohapatra (University of California, Davis, USA)
  • Distributed Closed-Loop Quasi-Orthogonal Space Time Block Coding with four relay Nodes: Overcoming Imperfect Synchronization
    Abdulghani Elazreg (Loughborough university UK, United Kingdom); Faied Abdurahman (Loughborough University, United Kingdom); Jonathon A Chambers (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
  • Teletraffic Analysis Formulation based on Channel Holding Time Statistics
    Genaro Hernandez-Valdez (UAM-A, Mexico); Felipe A. Cruz-Pérez (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico); Andres Rico-Paez (Cinvestav-ipn, Mexico)
  • Estimated Measurement-based Markov Models: Towards Flexible and Accurate Modeling of Wireless Channels
    Seon Yeong Han (Binghamton University, USA); Nael Abu-Ghazaleh (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA)

 

02h00pm – 04h00pm: Session: WS14: Ubiquitous Computing and Applications (II)

Room: Atlas 2             Chair: Bu Sung Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

  • Characterizing the Influence of Human Presence on bistatic passive RFID-System
    Dominik Lieckfeldt (University of Rostock, Germany); Jiaxi You (University of Rostock, Germany); Dirk Timmermann (University of Rostock, Germany)
  • MP-Collaborator: A Mobile Collaboration Tool in Pervasive Environment
    Bruno Silva (University of Beira Interior, Portugal); Paulo Alexandre Neves (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal); Mieso Denko (University of Guelph, Canada); Joel J. Rodrigues (IT, University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
  • Towards cross layer based mobility for 4G networks
    Abdellatif Ezzouhairi (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada); Alejandro Quintero (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada); Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
  • Multi-hop IR-UWB WPAN Architecture and Protocols
    Nan Shi (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

 

02h00pm – 04h00pm / Session: WS15: Localization Algorithms and Mobility

Room: Atlas 3                Chair: Mohammad Ghanbari (University of Essex, United Kingdom)

 

  • Using the Newton Trust-Region Method to Localize in WLAN Environment
    Eddie Chan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); George Baciu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
  • Minimizing routing delay variation in case of mobility
    Yacine Benallouche (Université de versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
  • Algebraic Specifications for OMA RΕL Licenses
    Nikolaos Triantafyllou (National Technical Univercity of Athens, Greece)
  • iCCA-MAP: A New Mobile Node Localization Algorithm
    Shafagh Alikhani (Carleton University, Canada); Marc St-Hilaire (Carleton University, Canada); Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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