IFIP WIRELESS DAYS CONFERENCE 2008

Sofitel City Centre Hotel Residence

Dubai -- United Arab Emirates -- November 24 - 27, 2008

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  • Track 1: Home Networking
  • Track 2: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Track 3: Broadband Wireless
  • Track 4: Signal Processing for Wireless Communications
  • Track 5: Network Control conference
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Program

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
	Home Networking	Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks	Broadband Wireless	Signal Processing for Wireless Com.	Network Control "Special focus on wireless and mobility"
Monday 24 November 2008
08h00 - 08h30	Registration
08h30 - 09h00	Introduction by a representative of UAE
09h00 - 10h00	Keynote 1: Power Line Communications: Applications, Technology Challenges and Standardization Efforts (Stefano Galli, Panasonic R&D)
10h00 - 10h30	Coffee Break
10h30 - 12h10	S1.1 Power Line Communication	S2.1 WSN MAC protocols	S3.1 3G
Lunch Break
13h50 - 14h40	T1 Open Hardware and Open Pattern in Home Networking	Invited paper OCARI for Industrial sensor networks	T2 Broadband wireless
14h40 - 15h30	S1.2 Energy Saving	S2.2 WSN architectures	S3.2 OFDMA
15h30 - 16h00	Coffee Break
16h00 - 18h00	S1.3 Home Networks Protocol	S2.3 Broadcast and Opportunistic Networks	S3.3 Mesh networks
Tursday 25 November 2008
08h30 - 09h00	Registration
09h00 - 10h00	Keynote 2: Wireless Mesh Networks (Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada)
10h00 - 10h30	Coffee Break
10h30 - 11h20		S2.4 Energy conservation I	S3.4 WIMAX		T3 Wireless virtualization
11h20 - 12h10					S5.1 Wireless Access
Lunch Break
13h50 - 14h40		T4 HIP-Tags, a new paradigm for TDe Internet of The Dings	S3.5 Cooperation	S4.1 Modulation, Coding and Synchronization
14h40 - 15h30		S2.5 Localization
15h30 - 16h00	Coffee Break
16h00 - 18h00		S2.6 Mesh networks and MANET integration to Internet		S4.2 Multiple Access Tech.	S5.2 Wireless Security
Wednesday 26 November 2008
08h30 - 09h00	Registration
09h00 - 10h00	Keynote 3: Broadband and adhoc wireless networks (Kaveh Pahlavan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA)
10h00 - 10h30	Coffee Break
10h30 - 12h10		S2.7 MANET Routing protocols		S4.3 Propagation, Antennas and Channel Characterization	S5.3 Network Optimization
Lunch Break
13h50 - 14h40		S2.8 Energy conservation II		S4.4 Signal Separation and Interference Rejection	T5 New Generation Networks Traffic Theory
14h40 - 15h30					Keynote R&D in Wireless - Industry or Universities
15h30 - 16h00	Coffee Break
16h00 - 18h00		S2.9 QoS support in MANET		S4.5 DSP Applications to Wireless Systems	S5.4 Services I
Thursday 27 November 2008
08h30 - 09h00	Registration
09h00 - 10h00	Keynote 4: Cognitive Radio Systems (Matti Latva-Aho, University of Oulu, Finland)
10h00 - 10h30	Coffee Break
10h30 - 12h10		S2.10 Monitoring and Data collection in WSN		S4.6 Diversity Techniques and Equalization	S5.5 Services II
Lunch Break
13h50 - 15h45		S2.11 Security		T6 WiMAX	S5.6 Applications
15h45 - 16h15	Coffee Break
16h15 - 17h15	Keynote 5: The present and the future for the wireless area (Guy Pujolle, UPMC, FR; Reda Reda, ICT, AT)
17h15 - 18h00	Closing Session

Monday 24 November

• Session 1.1: Power Line Communication


1. Impulsive Noise Characterization at Source (Mohamed Tlich, INNOVAS, FR; Hassina Chaouche, Ahmed Zeddam, Frederic Gauthier, France Telecom R&D, FR)
2. Bit, Tone and Cyclic Prefix Allocation in OFDM with Application to In-Home PLC (Andrea Tonello, Salvatore D'Alessandro, University of Udine, IT; Lutz Lampe, University of British Columbia, CA)
3. Deterministic Modelling of Powerline Channels and Impact of Domestic Appliances Impedances (Hassina Chaouche, France Telecom R&D, FR; Mohamed Tlich, INNOVAS, FR; Pascal Pagani, Ahmed Zeddam, France Telecom R&D, FR)

• Session 2.1: WSN MAC protocols


1. Medium Access Control for a Tree-Based Wireless Sensor Network: Synchronization Management (Gérard Chalhoub, Alexandre Guitton, Frédérique Jacquet, Antonio Freitas, Michel Misson, Blaise Pascal University, FR
2. A Study of Collisions in Wireless Network Coding (Jianping He, Tsinghua University, CN)
3. An Efficient Transmission Scheduling Algorithm for Sparse Sensor Networks with Multiple Mobile Sinks (Long Cheng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN; Canfeng Chen, Jian Ma, Nokia Research Center, CN)
4. Cooperative Communication for Wireless Sensors Network : A Mac Protocol solution (Bastien Mainaud, Telecom SudParis, FR)

• Session 3.1: 3G


1. CPICH Power Planning for Optimizing HSDPA and R99 SHO Performance: Mathematical Modelling and Solution Approach (Lei Chen, Di Yuan, Linköping University, SE)
2. Impact of Iub Flow Control on the Proportional Fair Scheduler in HSDPA (Abdulmohsen Mutairi, King Fahad, Uthman Baroudi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, SA)
3. Decision-Window-Based Detection for Multiuser MIMO CDMA (Shu-Ming Tseng, National Taipei University of Technology, TW)
4. Evaluation of Different Radio Bearer Selection Approaches for MBMS in B3G Networks (Christos Bouras, University of Patras, GR)

• Session 1.2: Energy Saving


1. Energy Saving in Future Home Environments (Helmut Hlavacs and Roman Weidlich and Thomas Treutner, University of Vienna, AT)
2. Estimating the Energy Cost of Communication on Portable Wireless Devices (Rajesh Palit, Kshirasagar Naik, Ajit Singh, Waterloo University, CA)

• Session 2.2: WSN architectures


1. On the Development of a Multi-tier, Multimodal Wireless Sensor Network for Wild Life Monitoring ( Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Lopes, Linnyer Ruiz, Federal University of Minas Gerais, BR)
2. Agent-Cooperation Based Communication Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks (Ahmad Sardouk, Leila Merghem-Boulahia, Dominique Gaiti, University of Technology of Troyes, FR)

• Session 3.2: OFDMA


1. Frequency-Time Scheduling for Streaming Services in OFDMA system (Mohamad Assaad, Supelec, FR)
2. Adaptive Subcarrier and Power Allocation for OFDMA Systems (Pradeep Weeraddana, Wei Li, University of Oulu, FI)

• Session 1.3: Home Networks Protocol


1. Technology Convergence for Future Home Networks (Jean Philippe Javaudin, Martial Bellec France Telecom R&D)
2. Home Network Protocol with Device-centric Addressing (Xiang Ren, Martin Fleury, University of Essex, UK)
3. Piloting the Spanning Tree Protocol in Home Networks using a Multi-Agent System (Lionel Molinier, Mathieu Ligocki, Ginkgo Networks, FR; Guy Pujolle, University of Paris 6, FR; Dominique Gaiti, UTT, FR)
4. Codec-based Adaptive QoS Control for VoWLAN with Differentiated Services (Tebbani Badis, Kamel Haddadou, University of Paris 6, FR)

• Session 2.3: Broadcast and Opportunistic Networks


1. Optimized MPR-Based Flooding in Wireless Ad Hoc Network using Network Coding (Nour Kadi, Khaldoun Al Agha, University of Paris XI, FR)
2. Broadcast with Negative Acknowledgements for Enhanced Delivery Ratio in MANET with Dual Coverage (Thriveni Javarappa, UVCE, IN)
3. Impact of History on Epidemic Broadcast in DTNs (Giorgio Gamberini, Francesco Giudici, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT; Elena Pagani, University of Milano, IT; Gian Paolo Rossi, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT)
4. I Seek for Knowledge: Exploiting Social Properties in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Sebastian Belle, Arshad Islam, Marcel Waldvogel, University of Konstanz, DE)
5. Experimental Validation of a 2-Level Social Mobility Model in Opportunistic Networks (Federico Pedersini, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT;Giuliano Grossi, Sabrina Gaito, University of Milan, IT; Gian Paolo Rossi, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT)

• Session 3.3: Mesh Networks


1. Using MIMO Adaptive Transmission for Increasing the Throughput of a Multihop Wireless Network (Anelise Munaretto, Richard Demo Souza, UTFPR, BR; Mauro Fonseca, PUC-PR, BR; Ricardo Borges, Huawei Technologies, BR)
2. CLM-TCP: TCP Congestion Control Mechanism using Cross Layer for Wireless Mesh Networks (Vagner Nascimento, Carlos Gomes, Waldir Moreira, Antonio Jorge Abelém, UFPA, BR)
3. A Distributed Algorithm for Gateway Load-Balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks (Juan Jose Galvez, Pedro Ruiz, Antonio Gomez-Skarmeta, University of Murcia, ES)
4. A New Channel, Power and Rate Assignment Algorithm for Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks (Stefano Avallone, Giorgio Ventre, University of Napoli Federico II, IT)

Tuesday 25 November

• Session 2.4: Energy conservation I


1. Traffic Adaptive Active Period Length Control for Cluster-based IEEE 802.15.4 Sensor Networks (Kazuo Mori, Katsuhiro Naito, Hideo Kobayashi, Mie Univ., JP)
2. Optimizing the Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime under Reliability Constraint (Moez Esseghir, University of Paris 6, FR)
3. Base-station Controlled Clustering Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks (S. H. Manjula, University Visvesvaraya, IN)
4. A Measurement Platform for Energy Harvesting and Software Characterization in WSNs (Philipp Glatz, Philipp Meyer, Alex Janek, Graz, Thomas Trathnigg, Christian Steger, Reinhold Weiss, Graz University of Technology, AT)

• Session 3.4: WIMAX


1. Enhancing Access Technique for Non Real Time Services in 802.16 Networks (Fatma Ghandour, Mounir Frikha, Sami Tabbane, SUP'COM, TN)
2. Density-based admission control in IEEE802.16e Mobile WiMAX (Chadi Tarhini, Tijani Chahed, Telecom SudParis, FR)
3. Bandwidth Partitionning for Mobile WiMax service provisioning (Sondes Khemiri, Khaled Boussetta, Nadjib Achir, Univ. Paris 13, FR)
4. Network Level Cooperation for Resource Allocation in Future Wireless Networks (Manzoor Khan, TU Berlin, DE)

• Session 5.1: Wireless Access


1. A New Access Selection Strategy in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Based On Traffic Distribution (Jamal Haydar, Abbas Ibrahim, Lebanese University, LB)
2. A Distributed Trust and Reputation Model for Capacity Enhancement in Wireless Networks (Gilbert Sawma, University Paris 6, FR)
3. VoIP Call Admission Control for Last Mile Wireless Mesh Networks (Edgar Piacentini, PUC-PR, BR; Anelise Munaretto, UTFPR, BR; Mauro Fonseca, PUC-PR, BR)
4. Mobile PassPattern System (MPPS): Advanced User Authentication system for mobile devices (Rakesh Thatha, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, IN); Serugudi Raghavan, IIT Madras, IN)

• Session 2.5: Localization


1. RFID Tags: Positioning Principles and Localization Techniques (Mathieu Bouet, University of Paris 6 ; Aldri L. dos Santos, University of Paraná Curitiba, BR)
2. Design, Deployment and Performance of a Complete Real-time ZigBee Localization System (Francesco Sottile, ISMB, IT; Roberta Giannantonio, Telecom Italia, IT; Maurizio Spirito, ISMB, IT; Fabio Luigi Bellifemine, Telecom Italia, IT)

• Session 3.5: Cooperation


1. Practical Power Allocation and Greedy Partner Selection for Cooperative Networks (Hadi Goudarzi, Sharif University of Technology, IR)
2. Wireless Cooperative Networks: Partnership Selection and Fairness (Elsheikh Elsheikh, Kai Kit Wong, University College London, UK)
3. AP Selection Algorithm for VoIP Services in Mixed Traffic WLAN Environment (Yasufumi Morioka, Takeshi Higashino, Katsutoshi Tsukamoto, Shozo Komaki, Osaka University, JP)

• Session 4.1: Modulation, Coding and Synchronization


1. Simple Receiver Design Approach for Space-Time Coded Serial-MSK that Achieves Full-Transmit Diversity (Walid AbedIseid, University of Waterloo, CA)
2. Low Complexity Iterative Decoding Algorithm for Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes (Hany Zeidan, Maha Elsabrouty, German University in Cairo (GUC), EG)
3. Decoding Architectures for Projective Geometry Based LDPC Codes (Harihara Subramanyam, Girish Chandra, Tarakapraveen Uppalapati, Tata Consultancy Services, IN)
4. Synchronization for an Efficient Multiuser Filtered Multitone Receiver (Andrea Tonello, Francesco Pecile University of Udine, IT)

• Session 2.6: Mesh networks and MANET integration to Internet


1. Performance comparison of hop count and radio aware path selection protocols in IEEE 802.11s WLAN Mesh networks (Sana Ghannay, University of Manouba, TN)
2. Service negotiation over wireless mesh networks: an approach based on economic agents (J. Anjos, Linnyer Ruiz, Federal University of Minas Gerais, BR)
3. Testbed Performance Analysis of Cross-Layer based Service Discovery in Wireless Mesh Networks (Martin Krebs, Karl-Heinz Krempels, RWTH Aachen University, DE)
4. A Hybrid Architecture for Integrating Mobile Ad Hoc Network and the Internet using Fixed and Mobile Gateways (Khaleel Khan, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, IN)
5. A Bi-Directional Connectivity Framework for Mobile Ad Hoc Network and the Internet (Khaleel Khan, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, IN; Rafi Zaman, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, IN)

• Session 4.2: Multiple Access Tech.


1. OFDMA, TDMA and CDMA Technologies and Systems Blind Channel Identification (Faisal O. Alayyan, Yee Hong Leung, Abdelhak Zoubir, Raed Shubair, Omar Alketbi,xxxxx)
2. Performance Evaluation of Intercarrier Interference Self-Cancellation Schemes for Space Time Frequency Block Codes MIMO-OFDM system (Azlina Idris, Kaharudin Dimyati, University of Malaya, MY)
3. Reduced Complexity dSLM Recovery in MIMO-OFDM without Side Information (Mohammed Asseri, Newcastle University, UK; Bayan Sharif, Stephane Le Goff, Charalampos Tsimenidis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)
4. Reducing Sidelobes in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Based Overlay Systems (Saleem Ahmed, Myongji University, KR)
5. MUSIC-Based Modal Channel Estimation for Wideband OFDM-OQAM (Giovanni Garbo, Stefano Mangione, Vincenzo Maniscalco, Università di Palermo, IT)

• Session 5.2: Wireless Security


1. Abstract State Machines and Their Mathematical Background in Evaluation Assurance (Wolfgang Haidegger, Secude Global Consulting, AT)
2. Secure Use of BlackBerrys for CAN-US Public Safety and Homeland Security Operations (Mazda Salmanian, Defence R&D Canada, CA; Brian Murphy-Dye, Industry, US; Paul Walczak, Warrior LLC, US; Matthew Kellett, University of Ottawa, CA; Douglas Maughan, Department of Homeland Security, US)
3. Peer-to-peer assisted Security Context Transfer for mobile terminals Sampath Ranasinghe, King's College, London, UK; Hakima Chaouchi, INT, FR; Vasilis Friderikos, King's College London, UK; Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK)
4. Network Entry process Security in IEEE 802.16 Mesh mode (Mohamed-Amin Jabri, ESSTT, TN; Lamia Benazzouz, ENSI, TN)
5. An efficient algorithm resistant to SPA and DPA variants in ECC (Hadi Meshgi, Behzad Kasiri, Iran University of Science and Technology, IR; Mohammad Erfan Khazaie, Amirkabir University of Technology of Iran, IR; Hadi Shahriar Shahhoseini, Iran University of Science and Technology, IR)

Wednesday 26 November

• Session 2.7: MANET Routing protocols


1. Cooperative Forwarding in IEEE 802.11-based MANETs (David Fusté, Jorge Garcia-Vidal, Julian Morillo, UPC, ES)
2. Impact of Random and Realistic Mobility Models on the Performance of Bypass-AODV Routing Protocol (Ahed Alshanyour, Concordia University, CA; Uthman Baroudi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, SA)
3. Traffic-Aware & Low-Overhead Routing Protocol for MANETs (Fahed Awad, Jordan University of Science and Technology, JO)
4. Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols for Public Transportation Vehicular Networks (Francesco Giudici, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT; Dario Maggiorini, University of Milano, IT; Gian Paolo Rossi, Università degli Studi di Milano, IT)

• Session 4.3: Propagation, Antennas and Channel Characterization


1. Practical Calibration Process on 1800 MHz Band Mobile Networks Using Dual-Slop Method (Hayder Hassan, Asiacell Mobile Telecom, IQ)
2. A New Generic Model for Signal Propagation in Wi-Fi and WiMAX Environments (Rana Ezzine, Rafik Braham, University of Sousse, TN; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, US; Abdelfettah Belghith, ENSI, TN)
3. Performance Evaluation of LS Algorithm in both Training-Based and Semi-Blind Channel Estimations for MIMO Systems (Shahriar Shirvani Moghaddam, Shahid Rajaee, Teacher Training University, IR)
4. A Modified Precoding Scheme for MIMO Downlink Channels with Imperfect CSIT (Peng Cao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

• Session 5.3: Network Optimization


1. Implementing the Expected Transmission Time Metric for OLSR Wireless Mesh Networks (Pedro Esposito, Miguel Elias Mitre Campista, Igor Moraes, UFRJ, BR; Marcelo Rubinstein, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, BR; Luis Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa, Otto Duarte, UFRJ, BR)
2. Practical Handover Optimization Solution (Meriem Abid, University Paris 6, FR)
3. Management Scheme in a Loosely-coupled 3G-WLAN Interworking Architecture (Meriem Kassar, Amel Achour, Brigitte Kervella, LIP6, FR)
4. VIMLOC: Virtual Home Region Multi-Hash Location Service in Wireless Mesh Networks (Andrey Krendze, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Manuel Requena-Esteso, José Núñez-Martínez, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, ES)

• Session 2.8: Energy conservation II


1. Cluster based Prioritized Power Conservation mechanism (Imen Jemili, Abdelfettah Belghith, ENSI, TN; Mosbah Mohamed, Labri, FR)
2. Improving Neighborhood Aware Power Saving Mechanism using Carrier Sensing for Dynamic Advertising Windows (Akkari Wafa, Abdelfettah Belghith, ENSI, TN)
3. Energy-Aware Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (Murali Parameswaran, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, IN)
4. RESDA: Robust Energy-Efficient Synchorinized Data Aggregation Approach in Wireless Sensor Networks (Mohammad Hossein Anisi, Azad University of Qazvin, IR)

• Session 4.4: Signal Separation and Interference Rejection


1. Performance Of UWB Telecommunication System in the Presence Of Multiple Access Interference (Omar Abdul-Latif, Peter Shepherd, Stephen Pennock, University of Bath, UK)
2. Narrowband Interference Mitigation for Delay-Hopped Transmitted Reference UWB Systems Using Eigen Analysis (Sara Bahramian, Sharif University of Technology, IR; Ali Abolghasemi, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, IR)
3. Blind Source Separation and Tracking of Multiple Frequency Hopping Signals for Cognitive Radio Communications (Mohammad Sadegh Mohammadi, Mahmoud Mohammad-Taheri, University of Tehran, IR)
4. Quadratic-Residue and Orthogonal Gold code as spreading sequences for QS-CDMA Communication (Sujit Jos, IIT Kharagpur, IN)

• Session 2.9: QoS support in MANET


1. A Periodic Refreshment Method for Resource Reservation in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (Llorenç Cerdà-Alabern, Rafael Guimaraes, UPC, ES)
2. Receiver Blocking Problem in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Challenges & Solutions (Kaveh Ghaboosi, University of Oulu, FI; Matti Latva-aho, UoOulu, FI; Yang Xiao, The University of Alabama, US)
3. A cross-layer based autonomic architecture for QoS support in wireless networks (Wafa Berrayana, Manouba University , TN)
4. Noncooperative QoS Support in an Ad Hoc WLAN (Jerzy Konorski, Gdansk University of Technology, PL)
5. On the Congestion Control within VANET (Mohamed Salah Bouassida, Mohamed Shawky, UTC, FR)
6. Collaborative video caching techniques in mobile ad hoc networks (Yousef Abdelmalek, City College, US)

• Session 4.5: DSP Applications to Wireless Systems


1. Information processing of Concentrated Time-Frequency Distributions (Jamil Ahmad, Ismail Shah, Iqra University Islamabad Pakistan, PK; Faisal Kashif, MIT, US)
2. Enhanced Telemetry System using CP-QPSK Band-Pass Modulation Technique Suitable for Smart Pill Medical Application (Nidal Fawaz, Institute for Applied Research, DE)
3. Multiple Description Image Transmission over Unreliable Channel (Ali Dawood, Etisalat College of Engineering, AE)
4. Throughput, Delay, and Packet Capture Effects in Rayleigh Fading of A Cognitive Radio Packet Network (Sangho Choe, The Catholic University of Korea, KR)

• Session 5.4: Services I


1. One-Node-Based Mobile Architecture For a Better QoS Control (Khadija Daoud, Philippe Herbelin, Orange Labs, FR; Noel Crespi, Telecom SudPAris, FR)
2. Using SIP Identity to prevent Man-in-the-Middle (Oliver Jung, Telecommunicat- ions Research Center Vienna, AT)
3. Control, Mobile Video Surveillance Local Control, Engineering and Applications (Florian Matusek, KiwiSecurity Software GmbH, AT; Reda Reda, Information Communication Technologies, AT)
4. Security Architecture for Mobile Banking System (C. Narendiran, Department of Computer Science, IN)
5. A Greedy Approach to Beacon Placement for Localization (Sudha Vankadara, Serugudi Raghavan, IIT Madras, IN)

Thursday 27 November

• Session 2.10: Monitoring and Data collection in WSN


1. Geographic Convergecast in Wireless Sensor Networks (Tzung-Shi Chen , National University of Tainan, TW; Hua-Wen Tsai, National Cheng Kung University, TW; Yu-Hsin Chang, National University of Tainan, TW)
2. Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks Assisted by Mobile Collector (Tzung-Cheng Chen ,Chang Jung Christian University, TW; Tzung-Shi Chen, National University of Taiwan, TW)
3. A Gradient Approach for Differentiated Wireless Sensor Network Deployment (Nadjib Aitsaadi, University of Paris 6, FR; Nadjib Achir , University of Paris 13, FR; Khaled Boussetta, University of Paris 13, FR)
4. Energy-Efficient Event Detection in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks (Susumu Toriumi, Yuichi Sei, University of Tokyo, JP; Shinichi Honiden, National Institute of Informatics, University of Tokyo, JP)

• Session 4.6: Diversity Techniques and Equalization


1. Reduced Complexity Joint Soft-Decision MLSE Equalization and Decoding (Herman Myburgh, Louis Linde, xxxxxx )
2. Performance Evaluation of Random Step-Size NLMS in Adaptive channel equalization (Shihab Jimaa, Etisalat University College, AE; Nasser Al Saeedi, Saleh Al Araji, KUSTAR, AE; Raed Shubair, Etisalat University College, AE)
3. BER Performance of Smart Antenna Systems Operating over Rayleigh Fading Channels (Rim Haddad, Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieur de Tunis, TN; Ridha Bouallegue, National Engineering School of Sousse, TN)
4. Pre-distortion Linearization for 64-QAM Modulation in Ka-Band Satellite Link (Parvin Sojoodi, IR; Reza Solat, and Payman Parvand, IranTelecommunication Research Center, IR)
5. Distributed On-Off Uplink Scheduling in CDMA Systems with Adaptive Antenna Arrays (Elias Yaacoub, Zaher Dawy, Ali El-Hajj, Karim Kabalan, American University of Beirut, LB)

• Session 5.5: Services II


1. Instantaneous Mobile Video Surveillance: A Security & Quality Challenge (Stephan Sutor, KiwiSecurity Software GmbH, AT; Reda Reda, Information Communication Technologies, AT)
2. New Wireless Communication Architectures for Interactive Fruition of Historical and Artistic Contents (Pasquale Pace, Gianluca Aloi, University of Calabria, IT; Antonio Palmacci, Infobyte SpA, IT)
3. Mobile messaging in floating appointments: Cutting queues and personalising patient care (Kaisu Juntunen, University of Oulu, FI)
4. Identity in federated electronic healthcare (Mina Deng, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)
5. Design and Implementation Issues for MPaySmart (Vahid Rahimian, Jafar Habibi, Sharif University of Technology, IR)

• Session 2.11: Security


1. Trust Assessment in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks (Seyed Shahrestani, University of Western Sydney, AU)
2. Weak Data Secrecy via Obfuscation in Network Coding Based Content Distribution (Roberto Cascella, University of Trento, IT; Zhen Cao, Mario Gerla, UCLA, US; Bruno Crispo, Roberto Battiti, University of Trento, IT)
3. Secured Vertical Handoff Decision Scheme for the Fourth Generation (4G) Wireless Networks (Rami Tawil, University of Paris 6, FR)

• Session 5.6: Applications


1. A Predicted-contact Routing Scheme for Brazilian Rural Networks (Carina Teixeira de Oliveira, Reinaldo Bezerra Braga, Danilo Michalczuk Taveira, Natalia Castro Fernandes, Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte, UFRJ, Brazil)
2. Core nursing process improvement enabled by wireless services (Antti Alasalmi, Olli Martikainen, University of Oulu, FI; Tomohiro Kuroda, Osaka University, JP; Tadamasa Takemura, Naoto Kume, Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Kyoto University Hospital, JP; Tsuyoshi Nagashima, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP; Naoki Ohboshi, Kinki University, JP)
3. Security Management Process for Video Surveillance Systems in Heterogeneous Communication Networks (Klemens Kraus, Kiwi Security Software GmbH, AT, Reda Reda, Information Communication Technologies, AT)

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