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The Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications ICWMC 2008 July 27 - August 1, 2008 - Athens, Greece |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
ICWMC 2008 // ICCGI 2008 // ComP2P 2008
Sunday, July 27
11:00 |
Registration Starts |
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12:00 - 14:30 |
Tutorial 1 |
14:30 - 17:00 |
Tutorial 2 |
17:00 - 19:30 |
Tutorial 3 |
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19:45 - 20:45 |
Welcome Cocktail |
Monday, July 28
09:00 - 09:15 |
Opening session |
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09:15 - 10:15 |
Invited Speakers Georgios Exarchakos and Nick Antonopoulos Topic: Peer-to-Peer Overlays for Scalable Service Access |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 - 12:15 |
ICWMC 1 |
ICCGI 1 |
12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch on your own |
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13:45 - 15:30 |
ICWMC 2 |
ComP2P 1 |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45 - 17:30 |
ICWMC 3 |
ICCGI 2 |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
IARIA Work Group Meeting: Mobile Communications |
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Tuesday, July 29
08:30 - 10:15 |
ICWMC 4 |
ICCGI 3 |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 - 12:15 |
ICWMC 5 |
ICCGI 4 |
12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch on your own |
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13:45 - 15:30 |
ICWMC 6 |
ComP2P 2 |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45 - 17:30 |
ICWMC 7 |
ICCGI 5 |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
IARIA Work Group Meeting: Context Aware Knowledge Virtualization |
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Wednesday, July 30
08:30 - 10:15 |
ICWMC 8 |
ICCGI 6 |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 - 12:15 |
ICWMC 9 |
ICCGI 7 |
12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch on your own |
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13:45 - 15:30 |
ICWMC 10 |
ComP2P 3 |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45 - 17:30 |
ICWMC 11 |
ICCGI 8 |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Panel The story of P2P: Bringing P2P into the wireless and business worlds Moderator: Expert Panelists: |
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19:15 - 24:00 |
GALA DINNER: ICWMC 2008 - ICCGI 2008 - ComP2P 2008 |
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Thursday, July 31
08:30 - 10:15 |
ICWMC 12 |
ICCGI 9 |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 - 12:15 |
ICWMC 13 |
ICWMC 15 |
12:15 - 13:45 |
Lunch on your own |
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13:45 - 15:30 |
ICWMC 14 |
ICWMC 16 |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Closing Session |
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Friday, August 1
8:00 - 18:00 |
Acropolis, Athens, and Corinth, including lunch |
DETAILED PROGRAM
ICCGI 1: Internet and web technologies
Session Chair: Bernhard Freudenthaler
Knowledge as a Service. An Online Scoring Engine Architecture
Diana Gorea
Intelligent Store - An Innovative Technological Solution for Retail Activities with Mobile Access
Carmen E. Stan, Dan Dumitrescu, Vasilca Caras, Doru E. Tiliute, Eugen Pop,
and Lucian E. Anghel
On Designing an Asynchronous and Dynamic Platform for Solving Single Task
Requests of Remote Applications
Marc Eduard Frîncu and Dana Petcu
Web Based Telematics Application for Robotics
Dorin Popescu, Dan Selisteanu, Ionut Dinulescu, and Livia Carmen Popescu
ICCGI 2: Information Systems
Session Chair: Guorui Jiang
How Do People Seek Knowledge in Information System Projects: A New
Perspective from Social Network Theory
Chenghong Zhang, Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, and Cheng Zhang
Case-Based Decision Support for Bridge Monitoring
Bernhard Freudenthaler, Georg Gutenbrunner, Reinhard Stumptner,
and Josef Küng
An Empirical Study of Flexible Business Process Based on Modularity System
Theory
Fang Ding and Liu Jie
An Agent-Based Multi-issue Negotiation Model
Ying Wang, Huamei Sun, and Guorui Jiang
ICCGI 3: Context-aware Systems, systems and networks on the chip
Session Chair: Clay Pearson
Contextual QR Codes
José Rouillard
Metadata Extraction from Semi-structured Email Documents
Ashok Sharma, B. D. Chaudhary, and M. M. Gore
Implementing a Knowledge-Driven Hierarchical Context Model in a Medical
Laboratory Information System
Jaan Pruulmann and Jan Willemson
Transparent Connectivity for Embedded System Design
C. Pearson, T. Giuma, and A. Harris
ICCGI 4: Mobility and Multimedia Systems, distance education, knowledge process, networking and telecommunications
Session Chair: Sasha Hegazy
A Contextual Acceptance Model of Mobile Commerce Based on TAM
Zhengchuan Xu, Chenghong Zhang, and Hong Ling
Improved Minkowsky Metric for Image Region Partition
Ionut Pirnog, Cristina Oprea, Constantin Paleologu, and Dragos Nicolae Vizireanu
Generator for Multimedia Presentations
Gheorghe Marian, Nicolae Iulian Enescu, Marius Marian, and Eugen Dumitrascu
An Algorithm for Robust Relative Influence Values Elicitation (ARRIVE)
S. E. Hegazy and C. D. Buckingham
A Range Free Localization Algorithm Based on Restricted-Area for Wireless
Sensor Networks
Chao Wang, Kai Liu, and Nan Xiao
ICCGI 5: Software Development and deployment, industrial systems, Security in network, systems, and applications
Session Chair: Raul Brandao
Requirements vs. Software Design: An Explanation Based on the Distinction
between Concepts and Their Representations
Hermann Kaindl and Davor Svetinovic
MECRAD: Model and Tool for the Technical Quality Evaluation of Software
Products in Visual Environment
Laura Silvia Vargas Pérez, Agustín Francisco Gutiérrez Tornés,
and Edgardo Manuel Felipe Riverón
Product Lifecycle Management Systems and Business Process Improvement
- A Report on Case Study Research
Raul Brandao and Martin Wynn
Describing Data Format Exploits Using Bitstream Segment Graphs
Michael Hartle, Daniel Schumann, Arsene Botchak, Erik Tews,
and Max Mühlhäuser
ICCGI 6: Information Technologies, networking techniques
Session Chair: Rehab AlNemr
An Investigation into Small World Phenomenon in Engineering Informatics
Zhengxu Zhao and Jinsheng Fan
Semantic Access Control in Web Based Communities
Najeeb Elahi, Mohammad M. R. Chowdhury, and Josef Noll
Getting More from Reputation Systems: A Context-Aware Reputation
Framework Based on Trust Centers and Agent Lists
Rehab AlNemr and Christoph Meinel
Marine Sensor Networks and Ocean Observatories. A Policy Based
Management Approach
J. Sorribas, A. Barba, E. Trullols, J. del Río, A. Manuel, and M. de la Muela
ICCGI 7: Digital information processing, Intelligent techniques, logics, and systems
Session Chair: Mirela Danubianu
An Improved Extension of the D-S Evidence Theory to Fuzzy Sets
Y. Z. Miao, X. P. Ma, H. X. Zhang, J. W. Zhang, and Z. X. Zhao
Mapping Image Low-Level Descriptors to Semantic Concepts
Anca Ion, Liana Stanescu, Dan Burdescu, and Stefan Udristoiu
Dimensionality Reduction for Feature and Pattern Selection in Classification Problems
Zacharias Voulgaris and George D. Magoulas
Distributed Intelligent System for Personalized Therapy of Speech Disorders
Mirela Danubianu, Stefan-Gheorghe Pentiuc, Ovidiu Andrei Schipor, Marian Nestor, and Ioan Ungureanu
A SOM Based Method for Classes Overlap Degree Evaluation
Ioan Lemeni and Nicolae Tepus
ICCGI 8: Autonomic and Autonomous Systems
Session Chair: Alexei Iliasov
Mobile Code for Coordination
Alexei Iliasov
Self-Monitoring of Non-functional Requirements in Reactive Autonomic
Systems Framework: A Multi-agent Systems Approach
Heng Kuang and Olga Ormandjieva
Resolving Physical Conflicts in Multiagent Systems
Kornelije Rabuzin, Mirko Malekovic, and Mirko Cubrilo
DIAO: A Scheme of Cooperative Data Distribution for Grid-Enabled Data
Analysis Applications
Tongcheng Guo and Stephen A. Jarvis
Modeling and Controlling Dynamic Service Compositions
Heiko Pfeffer, David Linner, and Stephan Steglich
ICCGI 9: Evolutionary computation, Cognitive Science and knowledge-based systems, autonomic and autonomous systems
Session Chair: Heiko Pfeffer
ContTest - A Multi-agent System for Accounting Education
Bogdan Patrut, Simona Elena Vârlan, and Tiberiu Socaciu
A Multi-copy Join Optimization of Information Integration Systems Based on
a Genetic Algorithm
Liying Fang, Pu Wang, and Jianzhuo Yan
Bearing-Only Target Tracking Based on Big Bang - Big Crunch Algorithm
H. M. Genç and A. K. Hocaoglu
Semi-autonomous Servers in Wireless Cellular Networks
John Tsiligaridis
Research on Personalized Topic Distillation Algorithm
Kai-zhong Jiang, Zhao Lu, Yu Yan, and Jun-zhong Gu
ComP2P 1: Analysis & Performance of Computational P2P systems
Session Chair: Nikos Antonopoulos
ComP2P Opening (Chairs: Nick Antonopoulos, Antonio Liotta)
Improving the Accuracy of Peer-to-Peer Sampling Services
Elth Ogston and Stephen A. Jarvis
Understanding BitTorrent’s Suitability in Various Applications and Environments
Sebastian Kaune, Jan Stolzenburg, Aleksandra Kovacevic, and Ralf Steinmetz
ComP2P 2: Resource Discovery and Self-Organization
Session Chair: Lu Liu
Investigation of Research towards Efficient Social Peer-to-Peer Networks
Lu Liu, Nick Antonopoulos, Jie Xu, and Duncan Russell
A P2P Platform for Socially Intelligent Web Service Publication and Discovery
Michael Pantazoglou and Aphrodite Tsalgatidou
A Self-Organising Environment for Evolving Business Activities
A. Razavi, S. Moschoyiannis, and P. Krause
ComP2P 3: Load-balancing and security
Session Chair: Masanori Takaoka
Thermal Diffusion-Based Access Load Balancing for P2P File Sharing
Networks
Masanori Takaoka, Kei Ohnishi, Masato Uchida, and Yuji Oie
Adaptive Management of Communities Based on Peer Content
and Reputation
Ioannis Pogkas, Vassil Kriakov, Zhongqiang Chen, and Alex Delis
Free-Riding Prevention in Super-Peer Desktop Grids
Peter Merz, Florian Kolter, and Matthias Priebe
ICWMC 1: Protocols for wireless and mobility
Session Chair: Josef Noll
Routing Protocols for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks That Ensure Quality
of Service
James Bernsen and D. Manivannan
Wireless TCP-Friendly Rate Control over the DCCP Transport Protocol
Shiva Safaripour Khanloo, Mahmood Fathy, and Mohsen Soryani
SEEEP: Simple and Efficient End-to-End Protocol to Secure Ad Hoc Networks
against Wormhole Attacks
Neelima Gupta and Sandhya Khurana
Data-Centric Density Control for Wireless Sensor Networks
Júlio César e Melo and Linnyer Beatrys Ruiz
A Reliable Method for Disseminating Safety Information in Vehicular Ad Hoc
Networks Considering Fragmentation Problem
Samaneh Khakbaz and Mahmood Fathy
ICWMC 2: Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems (I)
Session Chair: Omar Alfandi
Performance Evaluation of Hop-Aware Buffer Management Scheme
in Multihop Ad Hoc Networks
Mohamed A. Kalil, Hassan Al-Mahdi, and Andreas Mitschele-Thiel
Stochastic Performance Analysis of Multi-radio Multi-channel Wireless Mesh
Networks
Chengzhi Li and Wei Zhao
Performance Evaluation of PANA Pre-authentication and PANA Context
Transfer
Omar Alfandi, Patryk Chamuczynski, Henrik Brosenne, Constantin Werner,
and Dieter Hogrefe
A Study on Hidden Receiver Problem in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Chun-Chih Lo, Chao-Yu Kuo, Yi-Hung Huang, Kuan-Cheng Lin, and Yen-Ping Chu
ICWMC 3: Wireless and Mobile Technologies (I)
Session Chair: Tommi Aihkisalo
Performance Evaluation of Broadband WiMAX Services over High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) Communication Channel
Iskandar and Dimas Rinarso Putro
Design and Performance Evaluation of the MIMO SFBC CI-OFDM Communication System
Heung-Gyoon Ryu, Sang Burm Ryu, and Seon-Ae Kim
A Practical Cooperative Diversity Scheme Based on Opportunistic Relaying with Acknowledgement and Random Backoff
Danpu Liu, Jianjun Hao, and Guangxin Yue
Performance Evaluation of Virtual MIMO Schemes for the UL OFDMA Based Systems
Andreia Moço, Sara Teodoro, Adao Silva, and Atílio Gameiro
An Overview of Mobile Applications Architecture and the Associated Technologies
Sofien Beji and Nabil El Kadhi
ICWMC 4: Wireless and Mobile Technologies (II)
Session Chair: Clemens Holzmann
Mobile Ad Hoc Communication Networks: Capacity Analysis and Design
Latha Kant, Eric van den Berg, and K. R. Krishnan
α-Coverage Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohamed Lehsaini, Hervé Guyennet, and Mohammed Feham
Estimation of BT Interference in OFDM Sub Carriers with Training Signals
Minakshmi Roy and H. S. Jamadagni
Adaptive Method for Decreasing Over-covered Areas in Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohammadjavad Negahdar, Mehrdad Ardebilipour, and Mokhtar Mapar
ICWMC 5: Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures (I)
Session Chair: Robert Schmohl
Using Spatial Abstractions in Industrial Environments
Clemens Holzmann, Alois Ferscha, Manfred Hechinger, Andreas Zeidler,
Marcos dos Santos Rocha, and Marquart Franz
A Generalized Context-aware Architecture in Heterogeneous Mobile Computing Environments
Robert Schmohl and Uwe Baumgarten
A Probabilistic Based Approach to Improve the Performance and Efficiency of AODV Protocol
Namit Mishra, Md. Tanvir Ansari, and Shashikala Tapaswi
A Portable Wireless-Based Architecture for Solving Minimum Digital Divide Problems
Gianni Fenu and Luca Piras
ICWMC 6: Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures (II)
Session Chair: D. Manivannan
Integrating Mobile Devices into Semantic Services Environments
Josef Noll, Sarfraz Alam, and Mohammad M. R. Chowdhury
A Method for Blind Identification of Single User MIMO Signal in Step by Step
Qinghua Chen and Xianzhong Xie
Proxy-Based Fednets for Sharing Personal Services in Distributed Environments
Malohat Ibrohimovna and Sonia Heemstra de Groot
A Comparative Analysis of the Resource Consumption in Message Oriented Middleware with XML and Binary Encoded Messages
Tommi Aihkisalo and Pekka Välitalo
ICWMC 7: Management of wireless and mobile networks (I), network deployment
Session Chair: Vitaly Teterin
Proposal, Implementation, and Evaluation of a QoS-Aware Routing
Mechanism for Multi-channel Multi-interface Ad-Hoc Networks
Shinsuke Kajioka, Naoki Wakamiya, Masayuki Murata, Hiroki Satoh, Kazuya Monden, Masato Hayashi, and Susumu Matsui
MaISAM: A New Fast QoS Aware Mobility Management Protocol for “ALLIP”
Networks
Esam Alnasouri, Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, and Ali Diab
Optimized Multicast Tree for Handover in a Two-Nodes Mobile Network
Architecture Based on a All-IP Infrastructure
Yacine Benallouche and Dominique Barth
A Staged Optimization Framework for Cost Optimized WiMax Network Design
V. Teterin, S. Hurley, and S. M. Allen
ICWMC 8: Management of wireless and mobile networks (II)
Session Chair: Mouna Ayari
Mobile IP Based Interoperability between GSM and WiMAX
Rakhshanda Shaukat and Ahmad Raza Cheema
A Novel Procedure for Coupling QoS Control and Handover Decision for Mobility Management
Anis Zouari, Lucian Suciu, Jean Marie Bonnin, and Karine Guillouard
Towards Autonomous Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: A Distributed Policy-Based Management Approach
Mouna Ayari, Farouk Kamoun, and Guy Pujolle
A Data Gathering Algorithm for a Mobile Sink in Large-Scale Sensor Networks
E. M. Saad, M. H. Awadalla, and R. R. Darwish
ICWMC 9: Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems (II)
Session Chair: Faisal M. Hossain
Performance Analysis of DFT-OFDM, DCT-OFDM, and DWT-OFDM Systems in AWGN Channel
Deepak Gupta, Vipin B. Vats, and Kamal K. Garg
Distributed Resource and Routing Assignment Algorithms for Multi-channel WMNs
Yean-Fu Wen and Tom Adam Frederic Anderson
The Simulation of the Interference Levels in Extended DVB-H SFN Areas
Jyrki T. J. Penttinen
SC Diversity Receiver over Rician Correlated Fading: Average SIR and Average SEP
Mihajlo C. Stefanovic, Aleksandra S. Panajotovic, Dragan Lj. Draca,
and Ivana M. Petrovic
Some Statistical Characteristics of a New Shadowed Rician Fading Channel Model
Hana Stefanovic, Vladimir Stefanovic, Aleksandra Cvetkovic, Jelena Anastasov,
and Dimitrije Stefanovic
ICWMC 10: Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems (III)
Session Chair: Anders Nickelsen
Improving Scalable Video Transmission over IEEE 802.11e through a Cross-Layer Architecture
Hsing-Lung Chen, Po-Ching Lee, and Shu-Hua Hu
Performance Analysis of Multiuser DS-UWB System with Orthogonal and Non-orthogonal Code under Synchronous and Asynchronous Transmission
Himanshu B. Soni, U. B. Desai, and S. N. Merchant
Dynamic Complexity of TCP in UMTS Networks and Performance Evaluation
Ioannis Vasalos and Rolando Carrasco
A Comparison of Various Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) with the Use of Fluid Flow Simulation Method
Alireza Salehan, Mohammad Robatmili, Mozhdeh Abrishami, and Ali Movaghar
Scalable Emulation of Dynamic Multi-hop Topologies
Anders Nickelsen, Morten N. Jensen, Erling V. Matthiesen,
and Hans-Peter Schwefel
ICWMC 11: Security in wireless and mobile environment
Session Chair: David Boyle
Security Analysis of Interleave-Division Multiple Access: Next Generation Competitor
Asma Basharat, Imtiaz Ahmad Khokhar, and Saeed Murtaza
CA Based RFID Authentication Protocol for Privacy and Anonymity
Kang-Joong Seo, Jun-Cheol Jeon, Sang-Ho Shin, and Kee-Young Yoo
Hierarchical Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme and Self-Generated Pseudonym System in Ad Hoc Networks
Xiaojun Dang and Yang Zhang
The Impact of Java and Public Key Cryptography in Wireless Sensor Networking
David Boyle and Thomas Newe
ICWMC 12: Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modeling of wireless networks and systems (IV)
Session Chair: Jyrki Penttinen
The SFN Gain in Non-interfered and Interfered DVB-H Networks
Jyrki T. J. Penttinen
2D-Hierarchical Radiosity Model for Indoor Propagation Prediction
N. Torjemen, M. Ayadi, and S. Tabbane
Impact of Mobile Relays on Throughput and Delays in Multihop Cellular
Network
Md. Faisal Murad Hossain, Aarne Mämmelä, and Helal Chowdhury
Performability Model of Vertical Handoff in Wireless Data Network
Gowrishankar, Ramesh Babu H. S., Raju G. T., and Satyanarayana P. S.
ICWMC 13: Wireless Communication Basics
Session Chair: Senglee Foo
Adjustable Dual Beam Wireless Base Station Antenna
Senglee Foo and Bill Vassilakis
A New, Compact, Low Cost Switched Beam Array for ISM and WLAN Applications at 2.4 GHz
Stylianos C. Panagiotou, Christina I. Tsitouri, Themistoklis D. Dimousios, and Christos N. Capsalis
Coupling Reduction for Collocated Antennas on MIMO Systems
Stavros V. Georgakopoulos
Twofold Constructions of Multilevel Coset Codes
Shang-Chih Ma
A Rapid Joint Semi-blind Estimation Algorithm for Carrier Phase and Timing Parameter
Yang Jianxi, Wang Yuan, and Chu Liang
NAES: Natural Adaptive Exponential Smoothing Algorithm for WLAN Channel Prediction in Mobile Environment
Jeandro Bezerra, Rudy Braquehais, Filipe Roberto, Jorge Silva, Marcial Fernandez, Thelmo de Araújo, and Celestino Junior
ICWMC 14: Applications and services based on wireless infrastructures (III)
Session Chair: Philipp Bostan
A Mobile Agent Enabled Wireless Sensor Network for River Water Monitoring
Theodore Kotsilieris and George T. Karetsos
Context-Sensitive Service Discovery for Mobile Commerce Applications
Colin Atkinson, Philipp Bostan, and Thomas Butter
Collaborative Driving Support System in Mobile Pervasive Environments
Nevin Vunka Jungum, Razvi M. Doomun, Soulakshmee D. Ghurbhurrun, and Sameerchand Pudaruth
Wireless Sensor Networks Applied to Museums’ Environmental Monitoring
Lina M. Pestana Leao de Brito, Laura M. Rodríguez Peralta, Filipe E. Sousa Santos, and Roberto P. Ramos Fernandes
ICWMC 15: Radio Interfaces and Systems, wireless and mobility
Session Chair: Lina Brito
The Impact of Novel RF MEMS and SDCs on Smart Antenna Technologies
N. Crisan and L. Chira Cremene
A Radio Repeater Interference Cancellation Model for Mobile Communication Systems
Moohong Lee, Byungjik Keum, Hwang Soo Lee, and Joo-Wan Kim
Cross-Layer QoS Routing Framework for Wireless Mesh Networks
Lamia Romdhani and Christian Bonnet
Stateless and Controlled Reservation Based DiffServ Model for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Muhammad Omer Farooq and Sadia Aziz
ICWMC 16: Design and implementation, QoS, network coverage and integration
Session Chair: Annette Bohm
DSP Design and Implementation for the UE Modem Controller of the 3G Long-Term Evolution
Ok-Sun Park, Jae-Kyung Lee, Hyung-Jun Park, and Jae-Min Ahn
Wireless Sensor Networks for Surveillance Applications - A Comparative Survey of MAC Protocols
Mahmood Ali, Annette Böhm, and Magnus Jonsson
FPGA Design and Implementation of UDCM for the WiBro System
Kyongkuk Cho, Kyungmin Lee, Dongweon Yoon, Wooju Lee, and Sang Kyu Park
The Joint Probability Density Function of the SSC Combiner Output Signal in the Presence of Nakagami-m Fading
Dragana S. Krstic, Petar Nikolic, Marija Matovic, Ana Matovic, and Mihajlo C. Stefanovic
