5th IEEE Broadband Wireless Access Workshop - Technical Program

Technical program in pdf here.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

8.30 - 9.20, Keynote Speech

09.20-10.00, Optimization and Performance Evaluation, Part I

• A Unified Framework for Dynamic Spectrum Leasing (DSL in Cognitive Radios)
  • Sudharman K Jayaweera (University of New Mexico, US); Kamrul Hakim (University of New Mexico, US); Carlos Mosquera (Universidad de Vigo, ES)
• DMT Optimal On-Demand Relaying for Mesh Networks
  • Benoit Escrig (Universite de Toulouse, FR)

BREAK

10.30-11.10, Optimization and Performance Evaluation, Part II

• On Robust Estimation of Network-wide Packet Loss in 3G Cellular Networks
  • Angelo Coluccia (Universita del Salento, IT); Fabio Ricciato (Universita del Salento, IT); Peter Romirer-Maierhofer (Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), AT)
• Performance Evaluation of Rate Adaptation Algorithms in 802.11-based Mesh Networks
  • Tsungnan Lin (National Taiwan University, TW)

11.10-12.30, Resource Allocation and Scheduling

• Scheduling for Network Coded Multicast: A Distributed Approach
  • Michael Heindlmaier (Technische Universitat Munchen, DE); Danail Traskov (Technical University of Munich, DE); Muriel Medard (MIT, US)
• Resource Allocation for the LTE Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • Patrick Hosein (Huawei Technologies, US)
• A Concept for Efficient System Level Simulations of OFDMA Systems with Proportional Fair Scheduling
  • Jan Ellenbeck (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, DE); Johannes Schmidt (Technische Universitat Munchen, DE); Ulrike Korger (Technische Universitat Munchen, DE); Christian Hartmann (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, DE)
• Femto-Cell Resource Partitioning
  • Zubin Bharucha (The University of Edinburgh, UK); Harald Haas (The University of Edinburgh, UK); Gunther Auer (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, DE); Ivan Cosovic (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, DE)

LUNCH BREAK

13.30-14.50, Signal Processing, Coding and Decoding Algorithms

• Joint Rate, Power and Decoding Order Optimization of MIMO-MAC with MMSE-SIC
  • Hussein Alnuweiri (Texas A&M University, Qatar, QA); Wessam Mesbah (Texas A&M University at Qatar, QA)
• Capacity of Wireless Ad-hoc Broadcast Networks under Realistic Channel Models
  • Cagdas Atici (Ozyegin University, TR); Oguz Sunay (Ozyegin University, TR)
• Space-Time Coding Scheme for Forward Link Multiuser STBC-OFDM Systems
  • Shingo Sasaki (Chiba Institute of Technology, JP); Takahiko Saba (Chiba Institute of Technology, JP)

14.50-15.30, Mesh and Relay Networks, Part I

• A Joint Radio and Channel Assignment (JRCA) Scheme for 802.11-based Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Ronnie Koshy (Iowa State University, US); Lu Ruan (Iowa State University, US)
• Model-based Radio and Channel Assignment in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Sebastian Max (RWTH Aachen University, DE)

BREAK

16.00-16.40, Mesh and Relay Networks, Part II

• Exploiting Dynamic Relays with Limited Overhead in Cellular Systems
  • Agisilaos Papadogiannis (France Telecom, FR); Ahmed Saadani (Orange labs, FR); Eric Hardouin (France Telecom, Research & Development Division, FR)
• Capacity Assignment for Multipath Routing in Multiclass Two-Tier Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Abdelhak Farsi (University of Paris13, FR); Nadjib Achir (University of Paris 13, FR); Khaled Boussetta (University of Paris 13, FR)

16.40-17.40, MIMO Modeling

• A Reduced-State-Space Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Iterative Spatial Multiplexing MIMO
  • Ming Zhao (National ICT Australia, AU); Zhenning Shi (Shanghai Bell - Alcatel Lucent, CN); Mark C. Reed (National ICT Australia, ANU, AU)
• Genetic and Greedy user Scheduling for Multiuser MIMO Systems with Successive Zero-Foricng
  • Robert C. Elliott (University of Alberta / TRLabs, CA); Shreeram Sigdel (University of Alberta / TRlabs, CA); Witold A. Krzymien (University of Alberta / TRLabs, CA); Mazin Al-Shalash (Huawei, US); Anthony Soong (Huawei Technologies, US)
• Joint Adaptive Modulation and MIMO Transmission for Non-ideal OFDMA Cellular Systems
  • David Morales (Universidad de Malaga, ES); Gerardo Gomez (University of Malaga, ES); Jose Francisco Paris (University of Malaga, ES); J. Tomas Entrambasaguas (Universidad de Malaga, ES)

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Session 1

• Media Independent Handovers: LAN, MAN and WAN Scenarios
  • Pedro Miguel Neves (Portugal Telecom Inovacao, PT); Joao Soares (University of Aveiro, PT); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, PT)
• Feasibility Study of Uplink Transmission with 64 QAM Based on Results of MBWA System Field Trial
  • Hiroshi Oguma (Tohoku University, JP); Suguru Kameda (Tohoku University, JP); Noboru Izuka (Softbank Telecom, JP); Yasuyoshi Asano (Softbank Telecom, JP); Yoshiharu Yamazaki (Softbank Telecom, JP); Tadashi Takagi (Tohoku University, JP); Kazuo Tsubouchi (Tohoku University, JP)
• Empirical Evaluation of Mobile WiMAX with MIMO
  • Esa Piri (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Jarno E. Pinola (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Ilkka S. Harjula (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Kostas Pentikousis (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI)
• Periodic Spectrum Sensing Performance and Requirements for Detecting Legacy Users with Temporal and Noise Statistics in Cognitive Radios
  • Sithamparanathan Kandeepan (Create-Net International Research Centre, IT); Andrea Giorgetti (University of Bologna, IT); Marco Chiani (University of Bologna, IT)
• Theory and Practice of RRC State Transitions in UMTS Networks
  • Pekka Perala (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Antonio Barbuzzi (Politecnico di Bari, IT); Gennaro Boggia (Politecnico di Bari, IT); Kostas Pentikousis (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

Session 2

• Blind MC-DS-CDMA parameters estimation in frequency selective channels
  • Crepin Nsiala Nzeza (Institut National de REcherche sur le Transport et leur Securite, FR); Marion Berbineau (Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite, FR); Moniak Gerald (Thales Communication (France), FR); Roland Gautier (University of Brest, FR); Gilles Burel (Universita de Bretagne Occidentale, FR); Iyad Dayoub (IEMN, FR)
• Traffic Class Prediction and Prioritization on a Diversified IP Network using Machine Learning
  • Christiaan Brand (University of Stellenbosch, ZA); Riaan Wolhuter (University of Stellenbosch, ZA)
• Channel Sounding Pilot Overhead Reduction for TDD Multiuser MIMO Systems
  • Petri Komulainen (University of Oulu, FI); Antti Tolli (University of Oulu, FI); Matti Latva-aho (UoOulu, FI); Markku Juntti (University of Oulu, FI)
• Improved Frequency Synchronization Method for MB-OFDM Ultra-Wideband Communications
  • Debarati Sen (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, IN)

Session 3

• Dual code method for blind identification of convolutional encoder for cognitive radio receiver design
  • Melanie Marazin (Univeriste de Brest, FR); Roland Gautier (University of Brest, FR); Gilles Burel (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, FR)
• Allowing Short-Lived TCP Sessions to Ramp-UP in Broadband Wireless Networks
  • Toktam Mahmoodi (King's college London, UK); Vasilis Friderikos (King's College London, UK); Hamid Aghvami (King's College London, UK)
• Performance analysis of a MAC protocol under realistic channel characteristics in a motorway environment
  • Bilal R Qazi (University of Leeds, UK); Wanod Kumar (University of Leeds, UK); Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Leeds, UK)
• Coordinated Multipoint Trials in the Downlink
  • Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer Institut fur Nachrichtentechnik (Heinrich-Hertz-Institut) Berlin, DE); Lars Thiele (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, DE); Thomas Wirth (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institut, DE); Thomas Haustein (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, DE); Stefan Schiffermueller (FhG-HHI, DE); Sander Wahls (Berlin University of Technology, DE); Stephan Jaeckel (Fraunhofer-Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin, DE); Simon Schubert (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, DE); Christoph Juchems (IAF GmbH, DE); Frank Luhn (IAF GmbH, DE); Ronny Zavrtak (IAF GmbH, DE); Heinz Droste (Deutsche telekom, Laboratories, DE); Gerhard Kadel (Deutsche Telekom, Laboratories, DE); Wolfgang Kreher (Deutsche Telekom, Laboratories, DE)