Technical Program for WMCNT 2009 (pdf)

 

The Workshop on Mobile Computing and Networking Technologies, WMCNT 2009

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Room 7

9:00 – 9:45 Keynote Talk by Prof. J.P.G. Sterbenz (The University of Kansas, USA and Lancaster University, UK) (Room A+B+C)

 

9:45 – 10:15 Coffee Break

 

10:15 - 12:35 Session 1
Link Quality and Access Techniques for Wireless Communications

Session Chair: Mr. Markus Gerald Konrad 


Channel Estimation For OFDM Systems with High Mobility Fading Channels Mahmut Yalcin (Istanbul University, TR); Aydin Akan (Istanbul University, TR); Hakan Dogan (Istanbul University, TR)

Performance Evaluations of Channel Estimations in IEEE 802.11p Environments Chi-Sheng Lin (National Central University, TW); Che-Kang Sun (National Central University, TW); Jia-Chin Lin (National Central University, TW); Bo-Chuan Chen (Automotive Research and Testing Center, TW)


Expanded Time-Frequency OFDM and Its Interference Suppression Techniques Xiaoyan Xu (Peking University, CN); Yong Shang (Peking University, CN); Haige Xiang (Peking University, CN)


A Cross-Layer Design Approach in Cooperative OFDM Systems: Application to Mobile Cell-Border Situation
Youssef Nasser (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, FR); Abbass Marouni (IETR, FR); Maryline Hélard (INSA Rennes, FR); Haydar Mokdad (Lebanese University, LB)

The Riemann Sum Method for the Design of Sum-of-Cisoids Simulators for Rayleigh Fading Channels in Non-Isotropic Scattering Environments
Carlos A Gutierrez Diaz de Leon (University of Agder, NO); Matthias Pätzold (University of Agder, NO)

Elimination of RLAN Interference on Weather Radars by Channel Allocation in 5 GHz Band
Zoltán Horváth (Budepest University of Technology and Economics, HU); Dávid Varga (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU)

12:35 – 13:30 Lunch

 

13:30 - 15:30 Session 2
Resource Allocation and Wireless Broadcasting

Session Chair:  Dr. Carlos A. Gutierrez Diaz de Leon

On the Broadcast Capacity of Wireless Multihop Interference Networks
Cagdas Atici (Ozyegin University, TR); Oguz Sunay (Ozyegin University, TR)

Bandwidth allocation in Wireless Access Networks: Bankruptcy Game vs Cooperative Game
Stavroula Vassaki (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Athanasios D. Panagopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, GR)

Multicast Extensions to the Flow-Oriented Routing Protocol and Node Velocity-based Stable Path Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Natarajan Meghanathan (Jackson State University, US); DeMarcus Thomas (Mississippi Valley State University, US); Ebony Addison (Elizabeth City State University, US)

Robust MBSFN Transmission Using the Golden Code
Markus Gerald Konrad (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, DE); Wolfgang Gerstacker (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, DE); Wolfgang Koch (University of Erlangen, DE)

An Analytical Model of Proportional Bandwidth Adjustment for a Two-Tier Hierarchical NEMO System
Tsang-Ling Sheu (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, TW); Bing-Chi Kuo (National Sun Yat-Sen University, TW)

On Suitability of PSD Method for Opportunity Detection in OFDM(A) Based Cognitive Radio Systems
Sultan Aldirmaz (Yildiz Technical University, TR); Asli Birol (Yildiz Technical University, TR); Ibrahim Demirdogen (University of South Florida, US); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, US); Lutfiye Durak (Yildiz Technical University, TR)

Fairness Optimization of Thinning Call Admission Control in Wireless Networks Georgios Tsiropoulos (Wireless and Satellite Communication Group, GR); Dimitrios Stratogiannis (Wireless and Sattelite Communications Group, GR); John D. Kanellopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Panayotis Cottis (National Technical University of Athens, GR)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:00 - 19:00 Session 3
QoS Provision and Security Issues for Wireless Networks

Session Chair: Dr. Zoltan Horvath


A Modified Q-parameter Anti-collision Scheme for RFID Systems
Yinghua Cui (Peking University, CN); Yuping Zhao (Peking University, CN)

A Generalized Intrusion Detection & Prevention Mechanism for Securing MANETs
Adnan Nadeem (University of Surrey, UK); Michael P. Howarth (University of Surrey, UK)

A Novel Prevent Scan Technique for IEEE 802.11 Handoff Procedure
Ahmed Riadh Rebai (Texas A&M University, QA); Hussein Alnuweiri (Texas A&M University, Qatar, QA); Said Hanafi (Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis, FR)

Exploring User's Habits and Communities to Improve IP-Connectivity Management
Roberto R. F. Lopes (University of Sao Paulo, BR); Roberto S Yokoyama (University of Sao Paulo, BR); Bruno Yuji Lino Kimura (University of Sao Paulo, BR); Pravin Pawar (University of Twente, The Netherlands., NL); Bert-Jan van Beijnum (University of Twente, NL); Edson Moreira (University of Sao Paulo, BR)

EcnLD, ECN Loss Differentiation to optimize the performance of transport protocols on wireless networks
Wassim Ramadan (University of Franche-Comté, FR); Eugen Dedu (University of Franche-Comte, FR); Julien Bourgeois (University of Franche-Comte, FR)

Price Bargaining Integration with Dynamic Call Admission Control in Wireless Multiservice Networks
Dimitrios Stratogiannis (Wireless and Sattelite Communications Group, GR); Georgios Tsiropoulos (Wireless and Satellite Communication Group, GR); John D. Kanellopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Panayotis Cottis (National Technical University of Athens, GR)

19:00 Fare-the-well Party at Pulkovskaya Park Inn