Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 1: Cooperative Communications I

Chair: Gerhard Bauch, Universität der Bundeswehr/DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany

Room: Halic

A Distributed Layered Modulation for Relay Downlink Cooperative Transmission,Yan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); Mingli You (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd, China); Shengjie Zhao (Bell Labs, USA); Lu Zhang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, China)

Bounded Delay-Tolerant Space Time Codes with Optimal Rates for Two Cooperative Antennas,Michel Nahas (Orange Labs, France); Ahmed Saadani (Orange labs, France); Ghaya Rekaya-Ben Othman (TELECOM ParisTech, France)

Detection Strategies in Cooperative Relaying with Network Coding,

Tafzeel ur Rehman Ahsin (Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden); Slimane Ben Slimane (KTH, Sweden)

Tight Bounds on Ergodic Capacity of Cooperative Analog Relaying with Adaptive Source Transmission Techniques,Annamalai Annamalai (Prairie View A&M University, USA)

Distributed Multi-Antenna Relaying in Nonregenerative Cooperative Networks,Maged Elkashlan (CSIRO, ICT Centre, Australia); Phee Lep Yeoh (University of Sydney, Australia); Chang Kyung Sung (CSIRO, Australia); Iain B. Collings (CSIRO, Australia)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 2: OFDM I

Chair: Andreas Polydoros, University of Athens, Greece

Room: Topkapi B

Non-Iterative Signal Processing for A New Coded LSTF Architecture in OFDM MIMO Multiplexing, Yuanliang Huang (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Jiangzhou Wang (University of Kent, United Kingdom)

Training Sequence Reduction for A Blind Single Antenna Interference Cancellation Algorithm in MQAM-OFDM Systems, Zhenyu Zhou (Waseda University, Japan); Takuro Sato (Waseda University, Japan)

Side Information-Free PTS-PAPR Reduction via Pilot Assisted Estimation of Phase Factors in an OFDM Frame with a Preamble,Youngseok Oh (KAIST, Korea); Eui-Rim Jeong (KAIST, Korea); Sungho Choi (KAIST, Korea); Yong H. Lee  (KAIST, Korea); Wooseok Nam (KAIST, Korea)

Joint Symbol Detection and Channel Tracking for MIMO-OFDM Systems via the Variational Bayes EM Algorithm,Xiaoying Zhang (National University of Defense Technology,China, China); JiBO Wei (NUDT, China); Degang Wang (National University of Defense Technology, China); Chunlin Xiong (NUDT, China)

Bit-Power Loading Algorithms Based on Effective SINR Mapping Techniques, Ioannis Dagres (University of Athens, Greece); Andreas Polydoros (University of Athens, Greece); Andreas Zalonis (University of Athens, Greece); Adrian Kliks (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Natalia Miliou (NKUA, Greece)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:50

PHY 3: Channels and Propagation I

Chair: Fernando J. Velez, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Room: Topkapi A

Multi-Dimensional K-Factor Analysis for V2V Radio Channels in Open Sub-urban Street Crossings,Laura Bernado (FTW - Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, Austria); Thomas Zemen (FTW Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, Austria); Johan Karedal (Lund University, Sweden); Alexander Paier (TU Wien, Austria); Andreas Thiel (Delphi Delco Electronics Europe GmbH, Germany); Oliver Klemp (Delphi Delco Electronics Europe GmbH, Germany); Nicolai Czink (Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Austria); Fredrik Tufvesson (Lund University, Sweden); Andreas Molisch (University of Southern California, USA); Christoph F Mecklenbräuker (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

A Time-Variant Statistical Channel Model for Tri-polarized Antenna Systems,François Quitin (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium); François Bellens (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium); Ali Panahandeh (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium); Jean-Michel Dricot (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium); Fabrice Dossin (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium); François Horlin (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium); Claude Oestges (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Philipe De Doncker (ULB, Belgium)

Characterization of Propagation in an Outdoor-to-Indoor Scenario at 780 MHz,Essi Suikkanen (Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland); Antti Tolli (University of Oulu, Finland); Matti Latva-aho (University of Oulu, Finland)

Relationship Between Physical and Subspace Propagation Channels,Patrice Pajusco (TELECOM Bretagne, France); Nadine Malhouroux (France Telecom Research & Development, France)

Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning in Mixed Scenarios, Pedro Sebastião (Instituto de Telecomunicações/Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal);Francisco Cercas (ISCTE-IUL/Instituto de Telecommunicações, Portugal); Fernando J. Velez (University of Beira Interior, Portugal); António J. Rodrigues (IT / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Validation of the Unified Propagation Model for Wi-Fi, UMTS and WiMAX Planning, Pedro Sebastião (Instituto de Telecomunicações/Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal);Francisco Cercas (ISCTE-IUL/Instituto de Telecommunicações, Portugal); Fernando J. Velez (University of Beira Interior, Portugal); António J. Rodrigues (IT / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 4: Transmission Techniques I

Chair: Mandyam Giridhar, Qualcomm, USA

Room: Marmara

Optimal Transmission Rate for Ultra Low-Power Receivers, Johannes van den Heuvel (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands); Jean-Paul Linnartz (Philips Research, Netherlands); Peter Baltus (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)

Precoded Spectrally Efficient FDM System,Safa Isam (University College London, United Kingdom); Izzat Darwazeh (University College London, United Kingdom)

Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction of Wavelet Packet Modulation by Adaptive Phase Selection,Berna Torun (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands); Madan Kumar Lakshmanan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands); Homayoun Nikookar (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

Generalized Architecture of Concurrent Dual-Band Transmitter for Spectrum Aggregation System, Toru Kitayabu (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan); Hiroyasu Ishikawa (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan)

Antenna Pairing for Space-Frequency Block Codes in Edge-Excited Distributed Antenna Systems, Jiayin Zhang (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, China); Xiaoyan Bi (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, China); Yi Wang (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, China)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 – 15:30

PHY 5: Cooperative Communications II

Chair: Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus, Greece

Room: Halic

Cooperative Coded Partial Retransmission Scheme Using Type-I HARQ and LDPC Codes, On the spectral efficiency maximization of Glauber Brante (Federal University of Technology - Paraná (CPGEI/UTFPR), Brazil); André Gustavo Degraf Uchôa (Technological Federal University of Parana - UTFPR, Brazil); Richard Demo Souza (Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Brasil)

On the Spectral Efficiency Maximization of Nonregenerative Cooperative MIMO Communication Systems, Fabien Héliot (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Cooperation Protocol for the Uplink of Relay Assisted Cellular Networks,Mihai Stef (Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania); Zsolt Polgar (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania); Vasile Bota (University of Cluj Napoca, Romania)

Relay Selection vs. Repetitive Transmission Cooperation: Analysis under Nakagami-m Fading, George C Alexandropoulos (University of Patras, Greece); Agisilaos Papadogiannis (University of York, United Kingdom); Kostas Berberidis (University of Patras, Greece)

Efficient Cooperative Protocols for General Outage-Limited Multihop Wireless Networks, Behrouz Maham (University of Oslo, Norway); Walid Saad (University of Oslo, UniK, Norway); Merouane Debbah (Supelec, France); Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA); Are Hjørungnes (University of Oslo, Norway)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 6: OFDM II

Chair: Stefan Kaiser, DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany

Room: Topkapi B

Adaptive Modulation Scheme for Spatially Correlated OFDM with Time Shifted Sampling, Refik Kizilirmak (Keio University, Japan); Yukitoshi Sanada (Keio University, Japan)

Iterative SIC Receiver Scheme for Non-Orthogonally Superimposed Signals on Top of OFDMA, Andreas Rueegg (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany); Alberto Tarable (Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Italy)

Joint Time-Frequency Linear Equalization for OFDM Signals,

Daniela Valente (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy); Alexander Kocian (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy); Ernestina Cianca (University of Aalborg, Denmark); Ramjee Prasad (Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark, Denmark)

Efficient Interleaving Technique for OFDM System over Impulsive Noise Channels, Arafat J. Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Ali Hazmi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Charalampos C. Tsimenidis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)

An Improved Preamble-Based SNR Estimation Algorithm for OFDM Systems, Milan Zivkovic (RWTH Aachen, Germany)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 7: Detection and Estimation I

Chair: Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University, Turkey

Room:Galata

Joint Channel Equalization and Detection of Spectrally Efficient FDM Signals, Arsenia Chorti (Middlesex University, United Kingdom); Ioannis Kanaras (University College London, United Kingdom); Miguel Rodrigues (University of Porto, Portugal); Izzat Darwazeh (University College London, United Kingdom)

On Maximum Likelihood MIMO Detection in QAM-FBMC Systems,

Rostom Zakaria (CNAM, France); Didier Le Ruyet (CNAM, France)

A Novel Adaptive Iterative Detection Technique for Joint Estimation and Detection, Onur Oguz (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Cédric Herzet (INRIA Rennes, France); Luc Vandendorpe (University of Louvain, Belgium)

Compressive Sampling Based Differential Detection of Ultra Wideband Signals, Shahzad Gishkori (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands); Geert Leus (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands); Vincenzo Lottici (University of Pisa, Italy)

Time-Delay Estimation in Multiple-Input Single-Output Systems, Fatih Kocak (Bilkent University, Turkey); Sinan Gezici (Bilkent University, Turkey)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 8: Wireless Networks I

Chair: Ertan Onur, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Room: Marmara

Energy Efficient Wireless Link Monitoring Using Probability Inequality for Vertical Handover, Yuji Ikeda (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan); Kosuke Yamazaki (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan); Issei Kanno (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan); Yasuhiko Hiehata (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan); Hiroyasu Ishikawa (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan)

Throughput of a Wireless Cell Using Superposition Based Multiple-Access with Optimized Scheduling,

Joerg Schaepperle (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)

Pilot Design for a Cellular Wireless System Based on Costas Arrays,

Havish Koorapaty (Ericsson Research, USA); Jiann-Ching Guey (Ericsson Research, USA); R. Ramesh (Ericsson Inc., USA); Kumar Balachandran (Ericsson Inc., USA)

Distribution of Eigenvalues for 2×N MIMO Channel Capacity Based on Urban Microcell Measurements, Wonsop Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Jae Joon Park (ETRI, Korea); Myung-Don Kim (ETRI, Korea); Hyun Kyu Chung (ETRI, Korea); Hyuckjae Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea)

Cell Based Fair Resource Allocation in Fixed Clustered Cellular Systems Using a Genetic Algorithm, Muhammad Imran Majid (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

PHY 9: MIMO I

Chair: Mutlu Koca, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Room: Halic

Augmented Lattice Reduction for Low-Complexity MIMO Decoding,

Laura Luzzi (Telecom ParisTech, France); Ghaya Rekaya-Ben Othman (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Jean-Claude Belfiore (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France)

Low-Complexity Iteration Control for MIMO-BICM Systems,Christina Gimmler (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Timo Lehnigk-Emden (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany); Norbert Wehn (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

User Group Selection Scheme for Lattice-Reduction-Aided Precoder in MIMO Broadcast Systems,

Heekwang Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)

A Sub-Optimal Interference-Aware Precoding Scheme with Other-Cell Interference for Downlink Multi-User MIMO Channel, Shengjie Zhao (Bell Labs, USA); Jin Liu (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., China); Yan Zhao (Alcatel-lucent shanghai bell, China); Huan Sun (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., China); Yan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); Mingli You (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., China); Luoning Gui (Alcatel Shanghai Bell co.,ltd, China)

Precoding and Feedback Schemes for a MIMO Backhaul Link in the Presence of Interference, Daniel Sacristán-Murga (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Antonio Pascual-Iserte (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

PHY 10: Coded Communication I

Chair: Krzysztof Wesolowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Room: Topkapi B

Design of Diversity-Achieving LDPC Codes for H-ARQ with Cross-Packet Channel Coding, Dieter Duyck (Ghent University, Belgium); Daniele Capirone (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Christoph Hausl (Technische Universität München, Germany); Marc Moeneclaey (Ghent University, Belgium)

Encoding of Certain LDPC Codes with Decoding Resources,

Zhaohui Cai (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

Early Stopping Scheme for Iterative Carrier Synchronization of LDPC Codes, Chengxin Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Chang Yongyu (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China); Changhao Zhai (Beijing university of posts and telecomunication, China); Wenyan Leng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Xin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Low Latency Low Power Bit Flipping Algorithms for LDPC Decoding,Mohamed R Ismail (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom); Imran Ahmed (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom); Justin Coon (Toshiba TRL, United Kingdom); Simon Armour (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Taskin Kocak (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Joe McGeehan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Simplified Log-MAP Decoding with max* Approximation Based on the Jensen Inequality, Michal Sybis (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Piotr Tyczka (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Stylianos Papaharalabos (Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS), Greece); Mathiopoulos Panayiotis (Institute for Space Applications & Remote Sensing, Greece)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 11: Signal Processing for Communications I

Chair: Serdar Sezginer, Sequans, France

Room: Galata

Noise Constrained Diffusion Least Mean Squares over Adaptive Networks,Muhammad Omer Bin Saeed (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Azzedine Zerguine (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Salam A. Zummo (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

Vandermonde-Subspace Frequency Division Multiplexing Receiver Analysis, Leonardo S. Cardoso (Supelec, France); Francisco R. P. Cavalcanti (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil); Mari Kobayashi (Supelec, France); Merouane Debbah (Supelec, France)

Low Complexity QRD-M Algorithm Based on LR-aided Decoding for MIMO-OFDM Systems, Yu-Jin Song (University of Sejong, Korea); Hyoung-Kyu Song (Sejong University, Korea)

CQI Mismatch Analysis for Multiuser Orthogonal Random Beamforming Systems, Chanhong Kim (Seoul National University, Korea); Sungkyu Jung (Seoul National University, Korea); Kyeongjun Ko (Seoul National University, Korea); Jungwoo Lee (Seoul National University, Korea)

An MRC Based Over-Determined Blind Source Separation Algorithm,Junliang Yao (Xidian University, China); Xiaoniu Yang (No.36 Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, China); Jiandong Li (Xidian University, China); Zhao Li (Xidian University, China)

Speed Estimation for Pedestrian Dead-Reckoning, Bogdan Pricope (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Harald Haas (International University of Bremen, Germany)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 12: Channels and Propagation II

Chair: Milan S. Derpich, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

Room: Marmara

Modeling and Analysis of Polarized MIMO Channels in 3D Propagation Environment,Jue Wang (National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, China); Jianing Zhao (Southeast University, China); Xiqi Gao (Southest University, China)

Inaccurate Path Correction in Ray Tracing Using Ray ‎Expansion Method,Vahid Mohtashami (Sharif University of Technology, Iran); Amir Ahmad Shishegar (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

Characterization of Delay Spread for Mobile Radio Communications under Collapsed Buildings, Ling Chen (University of Freiburg, Germany); Marc Loschonsky (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany); Leonhard M Reindl (University of Freiburg, Germany)

On the Second Order Power Spectral Statistics of Wideband Indoor Microwave Channels, Milan S. Derpich (Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile); Rodolfo Feick (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile)

New Results for the alpha-mu Multivariate Fading Model, Guilherme Rabelo (State University of Campinas, Brazil); Michel Daoud Yacoub (State University of Campinas, Brazil); Rausley Adriano Amaral de Souza (Instituto Nacional de Telecoumunicações - Inatel, Brazil)

Radio Channel Characterization Through Leaky Feeder for Different Frequency Bands,

Abdellah Chehri (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 13: Relaying I

Chair: Oguz Kucur, Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey

Room: Halic

Uplink Outage and SER Evaluation for Cellular Relay Systems with Selection Diversity, Phee Lep Yeoh (University of Sydney, Australia); Maged Elkashlan (CSIRO, ICT Centre, Australia); Iain B. Collings (CSIRO, Australia)

Error Performance of Transmit Antenna Selection / Maximal Ratio Combining in Two Hop Amplify-and-Forward Relay System over Rayleigh Fading Channel, Ahmet Yilmaz (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey); Oguz Kucur (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey)

Performance Analysis of Repetition-Based Decode-and-Forward Relaying over Asymmetric Fading Channels, Sudhan Majhi (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, France); Youssef Nasser (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France); Maryline Hélard (INSA Rennes, France)

Performance Analysis of Amplify-and-Forward MIMO Relay Networks with Transmit Antenna Selection over Nakagami-m Channels, Trung Q. Duong (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Hans-Jurgen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Theodoros Tsiftsis (Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Lamia, Greece); Bao Quoc Vo Nguyen (Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Vietnam)

Performance Analysis of Two-Hop Amplify-and-Forward MIMO Relaying with Transmit Antenna Selection, Lei Cao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Li Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Xin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Dacheng Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 14: Space-Time Coding

Chair: Luc Vandendorpe, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Room: Topkapi A

Construction of New Delay-Tolerant Space-Time Codes, Mireille Sarkiss (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Ghaya Rekaya-Ben Othman (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Mohamed Oussama Damen (University of Waterloo, Canada); Jean-Claude Belfiore (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France)

Euclidean Distance Decomposition to Generate New 16-QAM and 64-QAM Space-Time Trellis Codes, Pierre Viland (IETR-INSA de Rennes, France); Gheorghe Zaharia (IETR-INSA de Rennes, France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France)

Performance and Tradeoff Analysis of Layered Steered Space-Time Codes (LSSTC), Ahmad Salim (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia); Salam A. Zummo (Associate Professor, Saudi Arabia); Samir Al-Ghadhban (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

A Layered-Steered Space-Time Coded System with Optimal Power Allocation, Ahmad Salim (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia); Salam A. Zummo (Associate Professor, Saudi Arabia); Samir Al-Ghadhban (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)

A Quasi-Orthogonal STBC Design for SC-FDMA in LTE-Advanced,

Zander Zhongding Lei (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Chau Yuen (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore); Francois Chin (Institue for InfoComm Research, Singapore)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 15: Coded Communication II

Chair: Tuncer Baykaş, NICT, Japan

Room: Topkapi B

Joint Channel-Network Turbo Coding for the Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Relay Channel, Atoosa Hatefi (Ecole Supelec, France); Raphael Visoz (Orange Labs, France); Antoine O. Berthet (Supélec, France)

Low Complexity Soft Sphere Decoding Via Optimal Radius Control,

Jaeseok Lee (Korea University, Korea); Byonghyo Shim (Korea University, Korea)

Small-sized Packet Error Rate Reduction Using Coded Parity Packet Approach, Mustafa Gurcan (Imperial College London, United Kingdom); Hadhrami Ab Ghani (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

Variable-Rate Equal-Power Waterfilling for Non-Binary LDPC Coded Multicarrier Systems, Gabriele Boccolini (ETIS, CNRS, ENSEA, Univ Cergy-Pontoise, Italy); Inbar Fijalkow (ETIS, CNRS, ENSEA, Univ Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Lossy Source Coding Using Belief Propagation and Soft-Decimation over LDGM Codes, Daniel Castanheira (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Atilio Gameiro (Telecommunications Institute/Aveiro University, Portugal)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 16: Precoding

Chair: Irfan Ghauri, Infineon Technologies, France

Room: Marmara

Robust Precoding Scheme in Downlink Multiuser MIMO-OFDM Systems with Imperfect CSI, Linchen Chang (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Kazuhiko Fukawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Satoshi Suyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Joint MMSE Transceiver Design in Amplify-and-Forward MIMO Relay Systems with Tomlinson-Harashima Source Precoding, Fan-Shuo Tseng (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan); Min-Yao Chang (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan); Wen-Rong Wu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Partially Non-Orthogonal Block Diagonalization-Based Precoding in Multiuser MIMO with Limited Channel State Information Feedbacks,

Yuki Tajika (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Ryosuke Kimura (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Masahiro Watanabe (Tokyo University of Science, Japan); Kenichi Higuchi (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

QRD-based Precoder Selection for Maximum-Likelihood MIMO Detection,Chun-Tao Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Wen-Rong Wu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

MMSE Precoder Design for a Non-Regenerative MIMO Relay with Covariance Feedback, Dae-Hyun Kim (KAIST, Korea); Hyung Myung Kim (KAIST, Korea)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 17: Relaying II

Chair: Ali Ghrayeb, Concordia University, Canada

Room: Halic

Interference Cancellation in Two-Path Successive Relay System with Network Coding, Chunbo Luo (University of Reading, United Kingdom); Yu Gong (University of Reading, United Kingdom); Fu-Chun Zheng (The University of Reading, United Kingdom)

Relay Assignment in Network-Coded Cooperative Systems with M-PSK Modulation over Asymmetric Channels, Xuehua Zhang (Concordia University, Canada); Ali Ghrayeb (Concordia University, Canada); Mazen Omar Hasna (Qatar University, Qatar)

An Efficient Relay Selection Strategy for Interference Limited Relaying Networks, Sung-il Kim (Korea University, Korea); Jun Heo (Korea University, Korea)

Network Coded Multi-way Relaying with Iterative Decoding, Onurcan Iscan (Technische Universität München, Germany); Imran Latif (TU Muenchen, Germany); Christoph Hausl (Technische Universität München, Germany)

Performance Evaluation of a Flexible Amplify and Forward (AF) Combined with HARQ, Mohammad Sadegh Fazel Falavarjani (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 18: MIMO II

Chair: Daniel K. C. So, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Room: Topkapi A

Dynamic Range Consideration in MIMO Systems with Hybrid Antenna Selection,

Javad Ahmadi-Shokouh (University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran)

An Efficient Cholesky Decomposition based Multiuser MIMO Detection Algorithm, Yejian Chen (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany); Hardy Halbauer (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany); Michael Jeschke (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany); Robert Richter (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany)

A Generalized Approach to Block Diagonalization for Multiuser MIMO downlink, Tomoki Sada (Hokkaido University, Japan); Julian Webber (Hokkaido University, Japan); Toshihiko Nishimura (Hokkaido University, Japan); Takeo Ohgane (Hokkaido University, Japan); Yasutaka Ogawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Robust Linear Beamforming for MIMO Relay with Imperfect Channel State Information, Ebrahim Avazkonandeh Gharavol (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Ying-Chang Liang (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Koen Mouthaan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

A Multi-Threshold Scheme for Feedback Load Reduction in Multiuser MIMO Broadcast Channel, Jin-Hao Li (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Hsuan-Jung Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 19: Interference Analysis and Mitigation I

Chair: Ferkan Yılmaz, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Room: Topkapi B

Adaptive Co-channel Interference Cancelation for Power-Limited Applications, Redha M Radaydeh (KAUST, Saudi Arabia); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

Antenna Selection Criteria for Interference Alignment, Johannes G. Klotz (Ulm University, Germany); Aydin Sezgin (Ulm University, Germany)

Comparison of Distributed Space and Frequency Interference Alignment,Mylene Pischella (Institut Supérieur d'Electronique de Paris (ISEP), France); Emmanuelle Vivier (Institut Supérieur d'Electronique de Paris, France)

Asynchronous OFDM/FBMC Interference Analysis in Selective Channels,Yahia Medjahdi (Cnam, France); Michel Terré (CNAM, France); Didier Le Ruyet (CNAM, France); Daniel Roviras (Cnam, France)

Relaying with Distributed Interference Alignment in Multi-Node Networks,Onur Sahin (InterDigital, Inc., USA); Erdem Bala (InterDigital, USA)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 20: Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Access I

Chair: Christos Verikoukis, Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Spain

Room: Marmara

Uniform Quantizer for Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks,Huseyin Birkan Yilmaz (Bogazici University, Turkey); Tuna Tugcu (Bogazici University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)

A First-Order Cyclostationarity Based Energy Detection Approach for Non-Cooperative Spectrum Sensing, Zhengwei Lu (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Yi Ma (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Exact Performance Analysis of Blindly Combined Energy Detection for Spectrum Sensing, Ayse Kortun (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Tharmalingam Ratnarajah (Queens University of Belfast, United Kingdom); Mathini Sellathurai (Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom)

Spatial Cognitive Access in Zero Forcing Beamforming Scenarios,

Christos Verikoukis (Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Spain); Maha Odeh (University of Jordan, Jordan); Nizar Zorba (University of Jordan, Jordan)

Sensing Based Interference and Data Queue Back-Pressure Approach for Cognitive Radio, Kimmo Kansanen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

PHY 21: Detection and Estimation II

Chair: Pierre Duhamel, Supelec, France

Room: Topkapi B

A Dynamic Symbol Mapping Technique for MIMO Systems with V-BLAST Detection, Christos Masouros (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom); Emad Alsusa (Manchester University, United Kingdom)

Fast Maximum-Likelihood Decoding for BLAST Systems: Decomposed Matrix Structure Technique, Sinan Kahraman (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Mehmet E. Celebi (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)

Complexity Reduced Detection for Virtual Layered Space Time Receivers, Ryota Ohnishi (Kyoto University, Japan); Satoshi Denno (Kyoto University, Japan); Daisuke Umehara (Kyoto University, Japan); Masahiro Morikura (Kyoto University, Japan)

A Viterbi-Based Non-Coherent DBPSK-Demodulator with 1-Bit Quantization and Digital Differential Decoding for AWGN Channels, Markus Petri (IHP, Germany); Maxim Piz (IHP, Germany); Eckhard Grass (IHP, Germany)

Application of Real Zero Concept to Coherent Detector for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, Hiroki Ishibashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Kazuhiko Fukawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); Satoshi Suyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

PHY 22: LTE PHY

Chair: Serdar Sezginer, Sequans, France

Room: Topkapi A

Time Variant Channel Estimation Using a Modified Complex Exponential Basis Expansion Model in LTE-OFDM Systems, Nazar Idrees (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, Austria); Werner Haselmayr (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria); David Schellander (University, Austria); Andreas Springer (University, Austria)

Fast Varying Channel Estimation in Downlink LTE Systems, Youssef El Hajj Shehadeh (University of Goettingen, Germany); Serdar Sezginer (Sequans, France)

Iterative Channel Estimation and Turbo Equalization for Time-Varying Channels in a Coded OFDM-LTE System for 16-QAM and 64-QAM,

Werner Haselmayr (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria); David Schellander (University, Austria); Andreas Springer (University, Austria)

Application of MIMO and Network Coding in Two-Way Relaying Applied in LTE, Krzysztof Wesołowski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

Making Multiuser MIMO Work for LTE, Rizwan Ghaffar (Institut Eurecom, France); Raymond Knopp (Institut Eurecom, France)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 23: Transmission Techniques II

Chair: Izzat Darwazeh, University College London, United Kingdom

Room: Halic

The Effect of Power Control on the Average Power Amplifier Efficiency, Sandrine Boumard (VTT, Finland); Aarne O Mammela (VTT, Finland)

Impact of LED Nonlinearities on Optical Wireless OFDM Systems,

Hany Elgala (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Raed Mesleh (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Harald Haas (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Spectral Characteristics of a Piecewise Linear Function in Modeling Power Amplifier Type Nonlinearities, Mei Yen Cheong (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Stefan Werner (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Juan Cousseau (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina); Risto Wichman (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Architecture and Filtering Requirements for Fully Digital Multi-radio Transmitters, Fabien Robert (ESIEE, France); Antoine M Diet (Université Paris-Sud 11, France); Martine Villegas (ESYCOM ESIEE-Paris, France); Fabio Epifano (ST-Ericsson SAS, France); Philippe Cathelin (ST-Ericsson SAS, France); Pascal Triaire (ST-Ericsson SAS, France); Geneviève B. Baudoin (ESIEE, France)

Spectrum-Sharing Power Control with Outage Performance Requirements and Direct Links CSI Only, Abdoulaye Bagayoko (Orange labs, France); Patrick Tortelier (Research engineer, France); Inbar Fijalkow (ETIS, CNRS, ENSEA, Univ Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Analysis of Joint Effect of Nonlinear Amplification and I/Q Imbalance in OFDM Transmission, Natalia Ermolova (Aalto University, Finland), Olav Tirkkonen (Aalto University, Finland)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

PHY 24: Communication Theory

Chair: Mutlu Koca, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

Room: Marmara

The Ergodic and Outage Capacities of Distributed Antenna Systems in Generalized-K Fading Channels, Saad Al-Ahmadi (Carleton University, Canada); Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton University, Canada)

Tightness of Capacity Bounds in Correlated MIMO Systems with Channel Estimation Error,

Alkan Soysal (Bahcesehir University, Turkey)

Sum-Rate Maximization in the Simultaneous Unicast and Multicast Services with Two Users, Ubolthip Sethakaset (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Sumei Sun (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

Gaussian Two-way Relay Channel with Arbitrary Inputs, Deniz Gunduz (CTTC, Spain), Miquel Payaro (CTTC, Spain)

Weighted Sum Rate Maximization in the MIMO Interference Channel,Francesco Negro (Eurecom, France); Shakti P. Shenoy (Infineon Technologies France, France); Irfan Ghauri (Infineon Technologies France, France); Dirk Slock (Eurecom, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

PHY 25: Relaying III

Chair: Ferkan Yılmaz, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Room: Topkapi A

Rate-Interference Trade-off Between Duplex Modes in Decode-and-Forward Relaying, Taneli Riihonen (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland); Stefan Werner (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Risto Wichman (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Power Allocation and Link Combining Methods for DSTTD-Based Two-Path Relay Systems, Jingon Joung (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Sumei Sun (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

Joint Processing in Multi-Cell Coordinated Shared Relay Network,Junhyeong Kim (KAIST, Korea); Jin-Yup Hwang (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Youngnam Han (KAIST, Korea)

On Power Allocation for Relay Networks with Nonorthogonal Amplify-and-Forward Protocols, Youngtaek Bae (Seoul National University, Korea); Jungwoo Lee (Seoul National University, Korea)

Relay ARQ Strategies for Single Carrier MIMO Broadband Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative Transmission, Zakaria El-Moutaouakkil (Nokia Siemens Networks, Morocco); Tarik Ait-Idir (INPT, Morocco); Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton University, Canada); Samir Saoudi (Telecom-Bretagne, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

PHY 26: Channel Estimation

Chair: Hakan A. Cirpan, Istanbul University, Turkey

Room: Topkapi B

An Effective Power Allocation scheme for MMSE MIMO Channel Estimation with MMSE Detection, Jun Wang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China); Hongyang Chen (University of Tokyo, Japan); Shaoqian Li (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Taiwan)

EM Based Channel Estimation in an Amplify-and-Forward relaying network, Nico Aerts (Ghent University, Belgium); Iancu Avram (UGent, Belgium); Dieter Duyck (Ghent University, Belgium); Marc Moeneclaey (Ghent University, Belgium)

Adaptive Pilot Based Modulation Identification and Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems, Murat Karabacak (Istanbul University, Turkey); Hakan A. Cirpan (Istanbul University, Turkey); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, USA)

Modified Decision Feedback Method for Mobile OFDM Channel Estimation,Dah-Chung Chang (National Central University, Taiwan); Yung-Fang Chen (National Central University, Taiwan, Taiwan)

Automatic Data Segmentation Based on Statistical Hypothesis Testing for Stochastic Channel Modeling, Li Tian (Tongji University, China); Xuefeng Yin (Tongji University, China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

PHY 27: Interference Analysis and Mitigation II

Chair: Natalia Ermolova, Aalto University, Finland

Room: Halic

Intercarrier Interference in Uplink OFDMA Systems with Carrier Frequency Offset, Babar Aziz (ETIS, ENSEA, Université de Cergy Pontoise, France); Inbar Fijalkow (ETIS, CNRS, ENSEA, Univ Cergy-Pontoise, France); Myriam Ariaudo (ETIS, ENSEA, Université Cergy-Pontoise, CNRS, France)

A DS-CDMA Interference Cancellation Technique for Body Area Networks,Wen-Bin Yang (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA); Kamran Sayrafian-Pour (NIST, USA)

A Spatial Interference Minimization Strategy for the Correlated LTE Downlink Channel, Rosdiadee Nordin (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Simon Armour (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Joe McGeehan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

60-GHz Adaptive Beamforming Receiver Arrays for Interference Mitigation,Chang-Soon Choi (IHP, Germany); Mohamed Elkhouly (IHP, Germany); Eckhard Grass (IHP, Germany); Christoph Scheytt (IHP, Germany)

A New Iterative Soft Decision Subcarrier PIC Scheme for CI/MC-CDMA System, Mithun Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India); Preetam Kumar (IItaly Kharagpur, India)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

PHY 28: Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Access II

Chair: Mohamed El-Tarhuni, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: Sultan 2

A Green Software-Defined Communication Processor for Dynamic Spectrum Access, Ching-Kai Liang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

A Second–Order Statistical Method for Spectrum Sensing in Correlated Shadowing and Fading Environments, Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA); Serhan Yarkan (Texas A&M University, USA)

Receiver Design for Downlink MIMO MC-CDMA in Cognitive Radio Systems,Morteza Rajabzadeh (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran); Hossein Khoshbin (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran)

Multiple-Path Direction-of-Arrival Estimation for Cognitive Radio Sensing,Andreas Polydoros (University of Athens, Greece); Prokopios Panagiotou (Univeristy of Southern California, USA); Phunsak Thiennviboon (TrellisWare Technologies, USA)

Comparison of Linear and Polynomial Classifiers for Co-operative Cognitive Radio Networks, Yasmin A Hassan (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Mohamed El-Tarhuni (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Khaled Assaleh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 29: Spatial Modulation and Multiplexing

Chair: Erdal Panayirci, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Room: Topkapi B

Space-Time Block Coding for Spatial Modulation, Ertugrul Basar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Umit Aygolu (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Erdal Panayirci (Kadir Has University, Turkey); H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University, USA)

A Novel Spatial Modulation Technique with Interference Free Simultaneous Transmission, Ahmed Elkalagy (University of Manchester, United Kingdom); Emad Alsusa (Manchester University, United Kingdom)

A Simultaneous Transmission Spatial Modulation Technique With Optimum Detection, Ahmed Elkalagy (University of Manchester, United Kingdom); Emad Alsusa (Manchester University, United Kingdom)

On the Performance of Coded Optical Spatial Modulation, Raed Mesleh (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Hany Elgala (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany); Harald Haas (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Low Complexity Optimum Transmit Antenna Selection Algorithms in Spatial Multiplexing Systems, Liang Zhou (Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 30: Equalization

Chair: Krzysztof Wesolowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Room: Topkapi A

Sparse Probabilistic Classification Models for Nonlinear Channel Equalization, Mohamed Musbah (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom); Xu Zhu (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)

An Exact SER Analysis of ZF-DFE for M-QAM on Fast Fading Channels,Eunhye Heo (Korea Advanced of Science and Technology, Korea); Cheolkyu Shin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea); Hyuncheol Park (KAIST, Korea)

Adaptive BLAST Decision-Feedback Equalizer FOR MIMO-FBMC/OQAM Systems, Eleftherios Kofidis (University of Piraeus, Greece); Athanasios A. Rontogiannis (National Observatory of Athens, Greece)

Robust Equalizer Design for Allpass Transformed DFT Filter Banks with LTI Property, Fabian Altenbach (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Heinrich Loellmann (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Rudolf Mathar (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Performance of SC-FDMA with Transmit Power Allocation and Frequency-Domain Equalization, Mohamed B Noune (Bristol University, United Kingdom); Andrew Nix (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 31: Localization and Tracking

Chair: Ferit Akgul, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Room: Galata

Impact of Antennas on the Anchor-less Indoor Localization of a Static IR-UWB Pair, Vincenzo La Tosa (CEA-Leti Minatec, France); Benoit Denis (CEA-Leti Minatec, France); Serge Bories (CEA, France); Bernard Uguen (Université Rennes I, France)

On the Detection Probability of Parallel Code Phase Search Algorithms in GPS Receivers,Bernhard C. Geiger (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Michael Soudan (University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland); Christian Vogel (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

Time of Arrival Based Location Estimation for Cooperative Relay Networks,Hasari Celebi (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Mohamed M. Abdallah (Texas A&M university at Qatar, Qatar); Syed Hussain (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

Power Delay Doppler Profile Fingerprinting for Mobile Localization in NLOS,

Turgut Oktem (Eurecom, France), Dirk Slock (Eurecom, France)

Does Particle Filter Really Outperform Low Pass Filter in Indoor Target Tracking? Daisuke Anzai (Osaka City University, Japan), Shinsuke Hara (Osaka City University, Japan)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

PHY 32: MIMO III

Chair: Jungwoo Lee, Seoul National University, Korea

Room: Sultan 2

Legacy User Support In Multiuser MIMO with Vector Perturbation Precoding, Henning Vetter (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom); Yong Sun (Toshiba Research Europe Limited, United Kingdom)

Design of Distributed Amplify-and-Forward Relay Network for MIMO Transmission, Chun-Jung Wu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); David Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Tzu-Hsien Sang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

An SFBC-OFDM Receiver to Combat Multiple Carrier Frequency Offsets in Cooperative Communications, Tsung-Ta Lu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Hsin-De Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Tzu-Hsien Sang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Power Allocation for the Downlink of Nonregenerative Cooperative Multi-User MIMO Communication system, Fabien Héliot (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Optimal Beamforming in MIMO Systems with HPA Nonlinearity, Jian Qi (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada), Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 33: Synchronization

Chair: Sinan Gezici, Bilkent University, Turkey

Room: Topkapi B

Low Complexity Frame Synchronization Methods for Fading Channels,Fumihiro Hasegawa (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan); Hiroyasu Sano (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan); Akihiro Okazaki (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan); Hiroshi Kubo (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)

Frequency-Immune and Low-Complexity Symbol Timing Synchronization Scheme in OFDM Systems, Kapseok Chang (ETRI, Korea); Woo Yong Lee (ETRI, Korea); Hyun Kyu Chung (ETRI, Korea)

Symbol Timing Offset Estimation Scheme for OFDM Systems Based on Power Difference Measurements, Sedki Younis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Arafat J. Al-Dweik (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Charalampos C. Tsimenidis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Ali Hazmi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

Frame Synchronization based on Robust Header Recovery and Bayesian Testing, Usman Ali (Supelec, France); Michel Kieffer (L2S - CNRS - SUPELEC - Univ Paris-Sud, France); Pierre Duhamel (LSS SUPELEC, France)

Carrier Frequency Synchronization in the Downlink of 3GPP LTE,

Qi Wang (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Christian Mehlführer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Markus Rupp (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 34: Diversity Techniques

Chair: Constantinos B. Papadias, Athens Information Technology, Greece

Room: Topkapi A

An MGF-based Capacity Analysis of Equal Gain Combining over Fading Channels, Ferkan Yilmaz (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,Saudi Arabia); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

Enhanced Selection Combining for Compact Single RF User Terminals in Multiuser Diversity Systems, Elpiniki Tsakalaki (Athens Information Technology - Aalborg University, Center for TeleInFrastruktur, Greece); Osama Alrabadi (AIT, Greece); Constantinos B. Papadias (Athens Information Technology, Greece); Ramjee Prasad (Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark, Denmark)

A Near-Optimum Equal-Power Transmit Diversity Scheme, Amr Ismail (Ecole supérieure d'électricité (SUPELEC), France); Serdar Sezginer (Sequans, France); Jocelyn Fiorina (SUPELEC, France); Hikmet Sari (Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC), France)

A Parallel Hybrid Merge-Select Sorting Scheme for K-Best LSD MIMO Decoder on a Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor, Zong Wang (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Ahmet Erdogan (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Tughrul Arslan (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Crossover Neural Network Predistorter for the Compensation of Crosstalk and Nonlinearity in MIMO OFDM Systems, Rafik Zayani (6'Tel / Sup'Com, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia); Daniel Roviras (Cnam, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 35: Performance Evaluation

Chair: Elza Erkip, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA

Room: Galata

Performance of Maximal-Ratio Transmission with Receive Antenna Selection in Nakagami-m Fading Channels, Ahmet Coskun (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey); Oguz Kucur (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey)

Coding Performance of HARQ with BICM — Part I: Unified Performance Analysis,

Jung-Fu (Thomas) Cheng (Ericsson Research, USA)

Coding Performance of HARQ with BICM — Part II: LTE Circular Buffer Rate Matching & Extension,

Jung-Fu (Thomas) Cheng (Ericsson Research, USA)

End-to-End Performance of Randomized Distributed Space-Time Codes,Trung Q. Duong (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Ozgu Alay (Polytechnic University, USA); Elza Erkip (Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA); Hans-Jurgen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Performance Evaluation of Channel Coding for Gbps 60-GHz OFDM-based Wireless Communications

Miroslav Marinkovic (IHP, Germany)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

PHY 36: Wireless Networks II

Chair: Seiichi Sampei, Osaka University, Japan

Room: Sultan 2

Time Reversal Outage Probability for Wideband Indoor Wireless Communications, Dorra Ben Cheikh Battikh (Télécom ParisTech, France); Jean-Marc Kelif (Orange Labs, France); Fadi Abi Abdallah (University of Nice, France); Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy (Orange-France Telecom, France)

Enhancement of Throughput Efficiency Using Adaptive Bandwidth Control for Autonomous Distributed Networks in Multiuser Environments,

Tomomi Aoki (Osaka University, Japan); Shinsuke Ibi (Osaka University, Japan); Seiichi Sampei (Osaka University, Japan)

Quantize-and-Estimate Encoding Schemes for Random Field Estimation with Delay-Constrained and Delay-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks,Javier Matamoros (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Carles Anton-Haro (Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia (CTTC), Spain)

Downlink Distributed Antenna Systems in Indoor High Building Femtocell Environments,Hassan Osman (University of Kent, United Kingdom); Huiling Zhu (University of Kent, United Kingdom); Jiangzhou Wang (University of Kent, United Kingdom)

Reed-Solomon Coding for Cooperative Wireless Communication,

Ismail Shakeel (Qatar University, Qatar), Mazen Omar Hasna (Qatar University, Qatar), Ali Ghrayeb (Concordia University, Canada)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 37: Channels and Propagation III

Chair: Mamiko Inamori, Keio University, Japan

Chair: Topkapi B

Power Angle Profile Measurements and Capacity Evaluation of a SIMO System at 60 GHz, Nektarios Moraitis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Demosthenes Vouyioukas (University of the Aegean, Greece); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Photonic Generation and Distribution of a Modulated 60 GHz Signal Using a Directly Modulated Gain Switched Laser, Haymen Shams (Research Institute for Networks and communication Engineering (RINCE), Ireland); Prince Anandarajah (Dublin City University, Ireland); Philip A Perry (Dublin City University, Ireland); Liam Barry (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Performance Analysis of a 60 GHz Near Gigabit System for WPAN Applications, Lahatra Rakotondrainibe (IETR-INSA Rennes, France); Yvan Kokar (IETR-INSA Rennes, France); Gheorghe Zaharia (IETR-INSA de Rennes, France); Guy Grunfelder (IETR-INSA De Rennes, France); Ghais El Zein (IETR-INSA Rennes, France)

Experimental Investigation of IEEE802.11n Reception with Fractional Sampling, Ryosuke Nakamura (Keio University, Japan); Yukitoshi Sanada (Keio University, Japan)

Development and Outdoor Evaluation of an Experimental Platform in an 80-MHz Bandwidth 2x2 MIMO-OFDM System at 5.2-GHz Band, Shingo Yoshizawa (Hokkaido University, Japan); Shinya Odagiri (Hokkaido University, Japan); Yasuhiro Asai (Hokkaido University, Japan); Takashi Gunji (Mitsubishi Electric TOKKI Systems Corporation, Japan); Takashi Saito (Mitsubishi Electric TOKKI Systems Corporation, Japan); Yoshikazu Miyanaga (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Mobile Healthcare Monitoring in Hospital Based on Diffuse Optical Wireless Technology, Seyed Sina Torkestani (University of Limoges, France); Anne Julien-Vergonjanne (University of Limoges, France); Jean Pierre Cances (University of Limoges, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 38: Signal Processing for Communications II

Chair: Vasile Bota, University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Room: Topkapi A

Target Detection with MSN Algorithm for the Bistatic Radar Using Digital Broadcasting Signals, Junji Asada (Keio University, Japan), Iwao Sasase (Keio University, Japan)

Mobile WiMAX: Impact of Channel Estimation Error on the Performance of Limited Feedback Linear Precoding, Mai Tran (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Andrew Nix (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

User Grouping Algorithm for Power Minimization in STBC MC-CDMA Systems, Antonis Phasouliotis (University of Manchester, United Kingdom); Daniel K. C. So (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Hybrid Filtered Multitone Architecture for WLAN Applications,

Salvatore D'Alessandro (University of Udine, Italy); Nicola Moret (Università di Udine, Italy); Andrea M Tonello (University of Udine, Italy)

Hybrid Beamforming for Two-User SDMA in Millimeter Wave Radio,

Sau-Hsuan Wu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Lin-Kai Chiu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Ko-Yen Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Ming-Chen Chiang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

A Novel OFDM Channel Estimation Method Based on Kalman Filtering and Distributed Compressed Sensing, Wang Donghao (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:50

PHY 39: Antennas

Chair: Ulf Lindgren, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Room: Galata

A Statistical Approach to Model Antenna Radiation Patterns in Off-Body Radio Channels, Michal Mackowiak (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal); Luis M. Correia (IST - Technical University Lisbon, Portugal)

On the Reduction of Mutual Coupling Employing a Polyphase Antenna,

Ulf Lindgren (Ericsson AB, Sweden); Bo Hagerman (Ericsson, Sweden); Fredrik Athley (Ericsson AB, Sweden)

An Inverted L-Shape Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna for Mobile Communication, Mustafa Secmen (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey); Altunkan Hizal (Middle East Technical Universtiy, Turkey)

Impedance Analysis of Extremely Low-Profile Antennas Using Metamaterial Substrates, Hayrettin Odabasi (The Ohio State University, USA); Fernando Teixeira (Ohio State University, USA)

Performance Analysis of Broadband Coupling Element Based Multiantenna Structure for Mobile Terminal with Hand Effects,

Bin Abdullah Al-Hadi Azremi (Aalto University School of Science and Engineering, Finland); Janne Ilvonen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Jari Holopainen (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland); Risto Valkonen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Outi Kivekäs (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Clemens Icheln (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland); Pertti Vainikainen (Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Finland)

A Novel Low SAR PIFA for Mobile Terminal, Andi Hakim Kusuma (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia), Ibrahim Elshafiey (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

MAC 1: Ad Hoc Network Management

Chair: Aylin Yener, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Room: Sultan 3

An Efficient Cooperative Transmission Scheme Using Multiple Relays Incrementally, Dorin Panaitopol (Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (SUPELEC), France); Peng-Yong Kong (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Chen Khong Tham (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Jocelyn Fiorina (SUPELEC, France)

Self-Optimization of Remote Electrical Tilt, Osman N. C. Yilmaz (Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland); Seppo Hamalainen (Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland); Jyri Hämäläinen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Barrage Relay Networks: System & Protocol Design, Andreas Polydoros (University of Athens, Greece); Thomas R Halford (TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., USA); Keith M Chugg (University of Southern California, USA)

Imbalance Compensation in Heterogeneous DO Networks, Kambiz Azarian (Qualcomm Inc., USA); Christopher Lott (Qualcomm, Inc., USA); Donna Ghosh (Qualcomm Corp R&D, USA); Rashid Attar (QUALCOMM Inc., USA)

Connectivity in Wireless Networks with Dynamic Key Compromise and Recovery, Satashu Goel (Pennsylvania State University, USA); Aylin Yener (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

MAC 2: Resource Management I

Chair: Michelle Gong, Intel

Room: Sultan 3

Spectrum Allocation with Beamforming Antenna in Heterogeneous Overlaying Networks, Sunheui Ryoo (Seoul National University, Korea); Changhee Joo (Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea); Saewoong Bahk (Seoul National University, Korea)

A Soft Pairing Approach for MUROS to Increase Voice Capacity in GERAN, Satish Jamadagni (Samsung India, India); Sarvesha Anagundi Ganapathi (Samsung India, India); Jongsoo Choi (Samsung Electronics Research Institute, United Kingdom)

Buffer Sharing on an OFDMA Downlink, Tolga Girici (TOBB Economics and Technology University, Turkey); Omur Ozel (University of Maryland, College Park, USA); Elif Uysal-Biyikoglu (METU, USA)

Cooperation Based Resource Allocation for Improving Inter-cell Fairness in Femtocell Systems, Kisong Lee (KAIST, Korea); Dong-Ho Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

Multihoming at Layer-2 For Inter-RAT Handover, Bin Liu (Telecom ParisTech, France); Nadia Boukhatem (Telecom ParisTech, France); Philippe Martins (Telecom Paristech, France); Philippe Bertin (Orange Labs, France)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

MAC 3: Cross Layer Management I

Chair: Leonardo Goratti, University of Oulu, Finland

Room: Topkapi A

Delays Analysis of Cooperative Truncated HARQ with Opportunistic Relaying and Noisy Feedback, Hatem Boujemaa (Ecole Supérieure des Communications, Tunisia)

A Game-Theoretic Approach to Load Balancing in Cellular Radio Networks, Ahmad Awada (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany); Bernhard Wegmann (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany); Ingo Viering (Nomor Research GmbH, Germany); Anja Klein (TU Darmstadt, Germany)

Packet Retransmission Using Frequency Diversity in OFDMA, Xiaoyan Liu (University of Kent, United Kingdom); Huiling Zhu (University of Kent, United Kingdom); Jiangzhou Wang (University of Kent, United Kingdom)

Multi-User Diversity Gain in Uplink Cognitive Radio Systems with Spectrum Sensing Reliability, Junsu Kim (University of British Columbia, Canada); Yoan Shin (Soongsil University, Korea); Robert Schober (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Distributed Interference Control in OFDMA-based Femtocells,

Lorenza Giupponi (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Christian Ibars (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya - CTTC, Spain)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

MAC 4: Resource Management II

Chair: Antonio Cipriano, Thales, France

Room: Sultan 3

Optimal Rate Allocation for Wireless Multicast Systems Employing Hybrid-ARQ with Chase Combining, Junsu Kim (University of British Columbia, Canada); Hu Jin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Dan Keun Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Robert Schober (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Fair and Efficient Resource Allocation Algorithm for Uplink Multicarrier Based Cognitive Networks, Musbah Shaat (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC, Spain); Faouzi Bader (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya-CTTC, Spain)

Training Protocols for Multi-User MIMO Wireless LANs, Michelle Gong (Intel, USA); Eldad Perahia (Intel Corporation, USA); Roy Want (Intel Research, USA); Shiwen Mao (Auburn University, USA)

Resource Allocation Analysis in OFDMA Femtocells Using Fractional Frequency Reuse, Taeyoung Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea); Jisun Yoon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea); Sangtae Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea); Jitae Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

Genetic Algorithm Based Multiuser Scheduling for Single- and Multi-cell Systems with Successive Interference Cancellation, Fanglei Sun (Alcatel-Lucent, China); Mingli You (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd,, China); Jin Liu (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., China); Zhenning Shi (Orange Labs Beijing, China); Pingping Wen (Alcatel Shanghai Bell, China); Jianguo Liu (Alcatel-lucent Shanghai Bell, China)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

MAC 5: Cross Layer Management II

Chair: Tamer Dag, Kadir Has University, Turkey

Room: Topkapi A

Path Selection for Spatial Multiplexing Gain with Multiple Relay Stations in MIMO-OFDMA Systems,

Junwoo Jung (Ajou University, Korea)

Interference-Aware Prioritized Spectrum Scheduling for MB-OFDM Systems, Ayman Khalil (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes - IETR, France); Matthieu Crussière (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of Rennes (IETR/INSA), France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France)

Throughput Maximization of a Hybrid Dynamic Frame Aggregation and Block-ACK Scheme for 60 GHz High Speed Communications,

Jian Luo (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany); Andreas Kortke (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany); Wilhelm Keusgen (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany)

Cross-Layer Design of Ranging Code Expansion in OFDMA BWA Network, Cheng-Ming Chen (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Chih-Kai Wang (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Ping-Heng Kuo (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Yu-Tao Hsieh (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Pangan Ting (Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Cognitive-Based Distributed Interference Management For Home-eNB Systems with Single or Multiple Antennas, Tao Yang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, China); Lu Zhang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, China); Lin Yang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

MAC 6: IEEE 802.11/15/16 I

Chair: Laura Pierucci, Università di Firenze, Italy

Chair: Sultan 3

Centralised Multi-class Access Control in a WiMAX-UMTS Hybrid Network, Kinda Khawam (Université de Versailles, France); Marc Ibrahim (Saint Joseph University, Lebanon); Samir Tohme (University of Versailles, France)

Slot-Based Persistent Allocation for WiMAX Systems, Ming-Hung Tao (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Ying-Chuan Hsiao (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan)

Spatial Multiplexing Based on Distributed Antenna Arrays for Mobile WiMAX Networks, Christos Papathanasiou (University of Thessaly, Greece); Nikos Dimitriou (University of Athens, Greece); Leandros Tassiulas (University of Thessaly,Greece)

Performance of MIMO Downlink WiMAX at Application Layer, Rudzidatul Dziyauddin (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Dritan Kaleshi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom); Mai Tran (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Performance Enhancement of Contention-Based Bandwidth Request Mechanism in IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Networks, Hsi-Lu Chao (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

MAC 7: Resource Management III

Chair: Romano Fantacci, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Room: Sultan 3

Receiver-Centric Resource Allocation in Multi-Cell OFDMA Downlink, Zhenning Shi (Orange Labs Beijing, China); Mingli You (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd,, China); Pingping Wen (Alcatel Shanghai Bell, China); Lu Zhang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, China)

Optimal User Scheduling and Resource Allocation Strategy for AMC Based OFDMA Systems, Muayad Al-Janabi (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Charalampos C. Tsimenidis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Stephane Y. Le Goff (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)

Downlink Capacity of Two-tier Cognitive Femto Networks, Shin-Ming Cheng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Weng Chon Ao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Fair Scheduling and Hybrid Resource Allocation in OFDMA Cellular System, Anas F. Al Rawi (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom); Charalampos C. Tsimenidis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)

Capacity of Closed-Access Femtocell Networks with Dynamic Spectrum Reuse, Ibrahim Demirdogen (University of South Florida, USA); Ismail Guvenc (DOCOMO USA Labs, USA); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, USA)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

MAC 8: Energy Efficient Protocols I

Chair: Umberto Spagnolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Room: Galata

Power Control versus Multiuser Detection based Cross-Layer Design in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Ulrike Korger (Technische Universität München, Germany); Christian Hartmann (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany); Katsutoshi Kusume (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany); Joerg C. Widmer (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany)

Joint Maximum Number of Transmissions Handling for HARQ Protocol in Relay Networks, Zhenhong Li (Nokia, China); Haifeng Wang (Nokia, Finland); Gang Wu (Nokia, China); Ting Zhou (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, China)

Battery Life Idle Parameter Optimization of UE in Self Organizing Network, Tomasz Mach (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Low-Complexity Admission Control for Distributed Power-Controlled Networks With Stochastic Channels, Stepan Kucera (National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan); Bing Zhang (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

Distributed Power Allocation for Interference Limited Networks, Cédric Abgrall (CEA/LETI Labs, France); Emilio Calvanese Strinati (CEA-LETI, France); Jean-Claude Belfiore (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

MAC 9: Resource Management IV

Chair: Jian Luo, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany

Room: Sultan 3

An Efficient Scheduler for Uplink Single Carrier FDMA System, Donggeun Kim (PIVOTEC, Korea); Jeongchan Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea); Hoon Kim (University of Incheon, Korea); Keunyoung Kim (ETRI, Korea); Youngnam Han (KAIST, Korea)

A Distributed Radio Resource Allocation Algorithm with Interference Coordination for Multi-cell OFDMA Systems, Ioannis Fraimis (University of Patras, Greece); Vasileios D Papoutsis (University of Patras, Greece); Stavros Kotsopoulos (Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory, Greece)

Interference Type based Channel Management Using Adaptive Bandwidth in Wireless LANs, Changwon Nam (Seoul National University, Korea); Jongwook Lee (Seoul National University, Korea); Saewoong Bahk (Seoul National University, Korea)

Communication Cost Analysis of MBSFN in LTE, Christos Bouras (University of Patras, Greece); Antonios Alexiou (University of Patras, Greece); Vasileios Kokkinos (University of Patras, Greece); George Tsichritzis (University of Patras and RACTI, Greece)

Rate-Adaptation for Multi-Rate IEEE 802.11 WLANs Using Mutual Feedback Between Transmitter and Receiver, Shahbaz Khan (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Sahibzada Ali Mahmud (NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, PK); Hamed Al-Raweshidy (University of Brunel, United Kingdom); Hadi Noureddine (Brunel University, United Kingdom)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

MAC 10: Energy Efficient Protocols II

Chair: Merouane Debbah, Supelec, France

Room: Galata

Traffic Density Based Power Control Scheme for Femto AP, Se-Young Yun (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Dong-Ho Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

Energy-Aware Compress and Forward systems for Wireless Monitoring of Time-Varying Fields, Stefano Savazzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Daniele Molteni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Umberto Spagnolini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Uplink Power Control and Interference Management for the Support of QoS Applications,

Patrick Hosein (Huawei Technologies, USA)

Optimal Beamwidth for Beacon and Contention Access Periods in IEEE 802.15.3c WPAN, Leonardo Goratti (Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland); Tadeusz Wysocki (University of Sydney, Australia); Mohammad-Reza Akhavan (King's College London, University of London, United Kingdom); Jing Lei (Rutgers University, USA); Hiroyuki Nakase (Tohoku University, Japan); Shuzo Kato (Tohoku University, Japan)

Optimal Discrete Spreading Factor Determination for Uplink Resource Allocation in Multiservice UMTS and HSUPA Networks, Emmanuelle Vivier (Institut Supérieur d'Electronique de Paris, France); Michel Terré (CNAM, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

MAC 11: Multiple Access Techniques I

Chair: Victor CM Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada

Chair: Sultan 3

OFDMA Multicell Systems with Opportunistic Beamforming, Dimitra Zarbouti (University of Peloponnese, Greece); George Tsoulos (University of Pelloponese, Greece

Multi-User Diversity in a TDMA cellular system, David Cooper (3G Wave Ltd., United Kingdom)

A Fair and Adaptive Contention Resolution Algorithm for Time-Slotted MAC Protocol Designs, Ulrike Korger (Technische Universität München, Germany); Yingrui Chen (Technische Universität München, Germany); Katsutoshi Kusume (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany); Christian Hartmann (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany); Joerg C. Widmer (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany)

Performance Analysis and Comparison of Sleep Mode Operation for IEEE 802.16m Advanced Broadband Wireless Networks, Chun-Yu Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Chung-Hsien Hsu (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Kai-Ten Feng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

A Reservation-Type Protocol for Channel-Aware ALOHA, Toan To (Swansea University, United Kingdom); Duc To (Swansea University, United Kingdom); Xinheng Wang (Swansea University, United Kingdom); Jinho Choi (Swansea University, United Kingdom)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

MAC 12: Multiple Access Techniques II

Chair: Patrick Hosein, Huawei Technologies, USA

Room: Sultan 3

A Cluster-Free MAC Protocol for Cognitive IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks, Ming-Tuo Zhou (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Singapore); Hiroshi Harada (National Institute of Information & Communications Technology (NICT), Japan)

An Analysis of Contention-based Feedback Schemes for Score-Based Schedulers,

Seung Baek (Korea University, Korea)

Throughput Improvement in ALOHA Networks with Power Capture and a Cheat-Proof Access Control, Fu-Te Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Hsuan-Jung Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

The Effect of Retransmission Cutoff in S-ALOHA Systems with Binary Exponential Backoff, Jun Bae Seo (University of British Columbia, Canada); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Performance Analysis and Improvement of Cooperative MAC for Multi-Hop Ad hoc Networks, Yan Zhang (Xidian University, China); Jiandong Li (Xidian University, China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

MAC 13: IEEE 802.11/15/16 II

Chair: Junwoo Jung, Ajou University, Korea

Room: Sultan 3

A Generalized Analytical Model for Contention-Based Access in IEEE 802.16 Wireless Networks

IEEE 802.16 Wireless Networks, Hossam Fattah (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Hussein Alnuweiri (Texas A&M University, Qatar, Qatar)

Modeling and Optimization of Bandwidth Request Procedure in IEEE 802.16 Networks, Pero Latkoski (Ss Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje, Macedonia); Zoran Hadzi-Velkov (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia); Borislav Popovski (University Ss "Cyril and Methodius", Macedonia)

Achieving Time-Based Fairness for VoIP Applications in IEEE 802.11 WLAN Using a Cross-Layer Approach, Chiapin Wang (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

On the Efficiency of Persistent Scheduling for Non-periodic Real-time Services in IEEE 802.16e System, Hu Jin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Ju Young Lee (SK Broadband, Korea); Dan Keun Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

Modeling and Analysis for the Coexistence of PSC I and PSC II in the IEEE 802.16e System, Sang-Wook Kwon (KAIST, Korea); Dong-Ho Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:10

MAC 14: 3GPP/3GPP2

Chair: Sonia Aissa, University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada

Room: Sultan 3

Position-Based Power Planning for Fair Resource Allocation in LTE-A, Francesco Pantisano (University of Bologna, Italy); Virginia Corvino (University of Bologna, Italy)

Multi-User Resource Allocation for Downlink Control Channel in LTE Systems, Li Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, China); Wenbo Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Adaptive Fairness Control for a Proportional Fair LTE Scheduler,

Magnus Proebster (Universität Stuttgart, Germany); Christian M. Mueller (Universität Stuttgart, Germany); Hajo Bakker (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Germany, Germany)

MU-MIMO System Performance Analysis in LTE Evolution, Bishwarup Mondal (Motorola Inc., USA); Timothy A. Thomas (Motorola, USA); Amitava Ghosh (Motorola, USA)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 1: Cognitive Wireless Networks I

Chair: Murad Abusubaih, Palestine Polytechnic University

Chair: Dolmabahce A

Self-Coexistence Techniques for Cognitive Radio LANs/PANs,

Dong Heon Lee (Seoul National University, Korea); Wha Sook Jeon (Seoul National University, Korea); Dong Geun Jeong (Hankuk University of FS, Korea)

Identifying Boundaries of Dominant Regions Dictating Spectrum Sharing Opportunities for Large Secondary Networks, Muhammad Aljuaid (Carleton University, Canada); Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton University, Canada)

An Interference Aware Throughput Maximizing Scheduler for Centralized Cognitive Radio Networks, Didem Gozupek (Bogazici University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)

A QoS-Aware Framework for Available Spectrum Characterization and Decision in Cognitive Radio Networks, Berk Canberk (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Sema Oktug (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)

Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Scheme with Light Communication Overhead in Cognitive Radio Networks, Huifang Chen (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Wei Wu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Lei Xie (Zhejiang Univ., P.R. China)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 2: Femtocell Systems

Chair: Olabisi Emmanuel Falowo, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Chair: Dolmabahce B

Radio over Telephone Lines in Femtocell Systems, Jonathan Gambini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Umberto Spagnolini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Algorithms for Dynamic Frequency Selection for Femto-cells of Different Operators, Marco Petracca (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy); Remo Pomposini (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy); Franco Mazzenga (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Romeo Giuliano (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, RadioLabs, Italy); Francesco Vatalaro (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Coexistence of LTE Femtocells with GSM Cellular Network, Ki Won Sung (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Lei Shi (KTH, Sweden); Jens Zander (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden)

On Spectrum allocation and interference management for WCDMA and OFDMA femtocells, Juan Espino (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Jan Markendahl (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Aurelian Bria (Ericsson, Sweden)

Cognitive Uplink Interference Management in 4G Cellular Femtocells, Yang-Yang Li (University of Toronto, Canada); Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 3: Routing in Wireless Networks

Chair: Hamed Al-Raweshidy, University of Brunel, United Kingdom

Room: Dolmabahce C

Gossip Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks, Bastian Blywis (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany); Mesut Guenes (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany); Felix Juraschek (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany); Sebastian Hofmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

A conservative scheme for distributed low-delay routing in MANETs, Despina Triantafyllidou (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)

Adaptive Tuning in Minimum Drain Rate Algorithm for Routing Protocols in MANETs, Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy); Marco Fotino (University of Calabria, Italy)

On the Tradeoff between Opportunistic Gain and Coordination Delay of Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks, Jongwook Lee (Seoul National University, Korea); Changwon Nam (Seoul National University, Korea); Saewoong Bahk (Seoul National University, Korea)

Comparative Analysis of Novel Long Life Routing Methods in Mobile Networks, Barbaros Preveze (Cankaya University, Turkey); Aysel Safak (Baskent University, Turkey)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 4: Wireless Sensor Networks I

Chair: Zhuo Chen, CSIRO ICT Centre

Room: Galata

Energy Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks through Cooperative MIMO with Data Aggregation, Yi Zuo (Beihang University, P.R. China); Qiang Gao (Beihang University, P.R. China); Li Fei (Beihang University, P.R. China)

On the Feasibility of Receive Collaboration in Wireless Sensor Networks, Behnam Banitalebi (Braunschweig University, Germany); Stephan Sigg (TU Braunschweig, Germany); Michael Beigl (TU Braunschweig, Germany)

Reliable Routing Scheme for Indoor Sensor Networks, Khaled Daabaj (Murdoch University, Australia); Peter Cole (Murdoch University, Australia)

A Stochastic Biometric Authentication Scheme using Uniformed GMM in Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks, Wei Wang (South Dakota State University, USA); Kun Hua (University of Nebraska Linkoln, USA); Michael Hempel (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Dongming Peng (Univ. Nebraska - Lincoln, USA); Hamid Sharif (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Hsiao-Hwa Chen (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

A Critical Observation Collection Method for Sensor Networks Inspired by Behavioral Ecology, Fan Bai (University of Sydney, Australia); Kumudu S Munasinghe (University of Sydney, Australia); Abbas Jamalipour (University of Sydney, Australia)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 5: Cognitive Wireless Networks II

Chair: Shin-Ming Cheng, National Taiwan University

Room: Dolmabahce A

Spatial Duty Cycle Model for Cognitive Radio, Miguel López-Benítez (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ferran Casadevall (University Polyt. Catal., Spain)

Optimal Dynamic Spectrum Access in Multi-Channel Multi-User Cognitive Radio Networks, Po-Chiang Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Tsungnan Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Identification of IEEE 802 CR Systems for Heterogeneous Coexistence on TV White Space, Yong Wook Jeong (Seoul National University, Korea); Wha Sook Jeon (Seoul National University, Korea); Dong Geun Jeong (Hankuk University of FS, Korea); Myung Sun Song (ETRI, Korea)

A General Framework for Assisted Power Control in Cognitive Radio Networks, To Ba Lam (UPMC - Lip6, France); Hicham Khalife (ENSEIRB-LaBRI, France); Naceur Malouch (Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, France)

An analytical framework for modeling distributed JRRM decision in cognitive networks, Louai Saker (Orange Labs, France); Sana Ben Jemaa (France Telecom Research and Development Division, France); Salah Eddine Elayoubi (Orange Labs, France)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 6: Energy Efficient Wireless Networks I

Chair: Markus Gruber, Alcatel-Lucent

Room: Dolmabahce B

Potential of Energy-Oriented Network Optimisation: Switching Off Over-Capacity in Off-Peak Hours Remco Litjens (TNO Information and Communication Technology, The Netherlands), Ljupco Jorguseski (TNO Informationi and Communication Technology, The Netherlands)

Self-Organized Energy Efficient Cellular Networks, Konstantinos Samdanis (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany), Dirk Kutscher (NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany), Marcus Brunner (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany)

Transmission Power Control in 2-D Wireless Sensor Networks Powered by Ambient Energy Harvesting, Hwee Pink Tan (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Alvin C Valera (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Wenbin Koh (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Block diagonalization with interference control for energy efficient downlink,

Mohamed Kamoun (CEA LIST, France), Anis Riahi (SupCom, Tunisia)

Sleep mode implementation issues in green base stations,

Louai Saker (Orange Labs, France), Salah Eddine Elayoubi (Orange Labs, France)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 7: Wireless Localization I

Chair: Muzaffer Kanaan, Erciyes University, Turkey

Room: Dolmabahce C

Constraints for Positioning on the Plane, Adrian Bishop (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden)

sDLSne - Improved Scalable Distributed Least Squares Localization with minimized Communication, Ralf Behnke (University of Rostock, Germany), Jakob Salzmann (University of Rostock, Germany), Dirk Timmermann (University of Rostock, Germany)

A Novel Manuvering Target Tracking Algorithm based on Moving Slide Window, Jinho Bae (Jeju National University, Korea), Jonghoon Chun (Samsung Thales, Korea)

Hybrid TOA/TDOA Based Unified Kalman Tracking Algorithm for Wireless Networks, Cheng-Tse Chiang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Po-Hsuan Tseng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Kai-Ten Feng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

A Distributed Positioning Algorithm for Cooperative Active and Passive Sensors, Mohammad Reza Gholami (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Sinan Gezici (Bilkent University, Turkey), Mats Rydström (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Erik G Ström (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 8: Energy Efficient Wireless Networks II

Chair: Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Surrey

Room: Dolmabahce B

Energy Efficient Cooperative Communication in Single Frequency Networks, Sara Elrabiei (Alfateh University, Libya), Mohamed Hadi Habaebi (Alfateh University, Libya)

Energy-Efficient Predictive Tracking for Continuous Objects in Wireless Sensor Networks, Seungwoo Hong (Convergence Networking Research Team/ETRI, Korea)

Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless OFDMA Systems,

Amir Akbari (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Energy Analysis of Asynchronous Polarized Cooperative MIMO Protocol, Sarmad Sohaib (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Daniel K. C. So (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Stable Route Selection in ODMRP with Energy Based Strategy,

Hekmat Mohammadzadeh (Islamic azad university, Iran), Shapour Joudi (Parsabad moghan university, Iran), Ali Norouzi (Istanbul University, Turkey)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 9: Mobile Cellular Networks I

Chair: Van Minh Nguyen, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Room: Dolmabahce A

Statistical Learning-based Automated Healing: Application to Mobility in 3G LTE Networks, Moazzam Islam Tiwana (Orange Labs, France), Berna Sayrac (Orange Labs, France), Zwi Altman (France Telecom R&D, France), Tijani Chahed (Telecom SudParis, France)

Radio Problem Detection Assisted Rescue Handover for LTE, Jani Puttonen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland), Janne Kurjenniemi (Magister Solutions Ltd, Finland), Olli Alanen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland)

Subframe Allocation for Relay Networks in the LTE Advanced Standard, Stefan Roth (Linkoping University, Sweden), Gan Jiansong (Ericsson Research, P.R. China), Danyo Danev (Linkoping University, Sweden)

Coverage Optimization for Minimization of Drive Tests in LTE with Extended RLF Reporting, Jani Puttonen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland), Jussi Turkka (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Olli Alanen (Magister Solutions Ltd., Finland), Janne Kurjenniemi (Magister Solutions Ltd, Finland)

Codebook based Inter-Cell Interference Coordination for LTE,

Laetitia Falconetti (Ericsson Research, Germany), Christian P. Hoymann (Ericsson Research, Germany)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 10: Power Control and Scheduling

Chair: Remco Litjens, TNO Information and Communication Technology

Room: Dolmabahce C

The Investigation of Power Control Schemes for a Device-to-Device Communication Integrated into OFDMA System, Hongnian Xing (Nokia, Finland), Sami J Hakola (Nokia, Finland)

Size-Based Proportional Fair Scheduling, Kinda Khawam (Université de Versailles, France), Dana Marinca (PRiSM Laboratory, France)

Opportunistic Scheduling for Wireless Network Coding on Two-User OFDMA Systems, Poramate Tarasak (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Sumei Sun (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

A joint traffic scheduling and slot allocation algorithm for mobile WiMAX Networks, Spyros Xergias (University of Athens, Greece), Nikos Passas (University of Athens, Greece), Spyros Sioutas (Ionian University, Greece), Lazaros Merakos (University of Athens, Greece)

Discrete-Rate Allocation Schemes in Multi-Cell Scenarios with Power Adaptation, Lorenzo Galati Giordano (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Luca Reggiani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Laura Dossi (CNR-IEIIT, Italy)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 11: Ad Hoc Networks

Chair: Fawaz Farooqui, Saudi ARAMCO

Room: Dolmabahce A

P2ProxyLite: effective video streaming in wireless ad-hoc networks, Roberta Fracchia (Thales Communications, France), Catherine Lamy-Bergot (Thales Communications France, France)

SS-CBF: Sender-Based Suppression Algorithm for Contention-Based Forwarding in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, Hadi Noureddine (Brunel University, United Kingdom), Qiang Ni (Brunel University, United Kingdom), Hamed Al-Raweshidy (University of Brunel, United Kingdom)

Improving Link Failure Detection and Response in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Alvin C Valera (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Hwee Pink Tan (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Winston K.G. Seah (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

New Degree Distribution to improve LT-Code in Network Coding for Broadcasting in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Nour Kadi (Université Paris-Sud 11, France), Khaldoun Al Agha (University of Paris XI, France)

Optimization of Scheduling in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks Using Matrix Games, Ebrahim Karami (University of Oulu, Finland), Savo Glisic (University of Oulu, Finland)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 12: Cognitive Wireless Networks III

Chair: A S Madhukumar, Nanyang Technological University

Room: Dolmabahce B

Automatic Channel Selection for Cognitive Radio Systems,

Mustapha Bennai (Communications Research Centre, Canada), John Sydor (Communications Research Centre, Canada), Mahmudur Rahman (Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada)

Delay Reduction for Real Time Services in IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network, Sabita Maharjan (University of Oslo, Norway), Jie Xiang (Simula Research Laboratory, Norway), Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway), Stein Gjessing (University of Oslo and Simula Research Lab., Norway)

Opportunistic Channel Access Scheme for Cognitive Radio System Based on Residual White Space Distribution, Manuj Sharma (ANURAG, India), Anirudha Sahoo (IIT Bombay, India)

RAC2E: Novel Rendezvous Protocol for Asynchronous Cognitive Radios in Cooperative Environments, Valentina Pavlovska (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Skopje, Macedonia), Daniel Denkovski (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - Skopje, Macedonia), Vladimir Atanasovski (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - Skopje, Macedonia), Liljana Gavrilovska (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, Macedonia)

A Distributed Power Allocation Scheme for Sum-Rate Maximization on Cognitive GMACs, Sang-wook Han (The University of British Columbia, Canada), Hoon Kim (University of Incheon, Korea), Youngnam Han (KAIST, Korea), John Cioffi (Stanford University, USA), Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 13: Mobile Cellular Networks II

Chair: Markus Gruber, Alcatel-Lucent

Room: Dolmabahce C

Content Discovery and Caching in Mobile Networks, Francesco Malandrino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Claudio E. Casetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Self-Optimization of Capacity and Coverage in LTE Networks Using a Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning Approach, Rouzbeh Razavi (Bell labs, Ireland), Siegfried Klein (Bell Labs Germany, Germany), Holger Claussen (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom)

Performance Aspects of LTE Uplink with Variable Load and Bursty Data Traffic, Claudio Rosa (Nokia Siemens Networks/Aalborg, Denmark), Klaus Pedersen (Nokia Siemens Networks, Denmark)

Analysis of 3GPP LTE-Advanced Cell Spectral Efficiency, Daniel Bültmann (RWTH Aachen University, Faculty 6, Germany), Torsten Andre (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Rainer Schoenen (RWTH Aachen University, Faculty 6, Germany)

Interference Constrained Soft Frequency Reuse for Uplink ICIC in LTE Networks, Mazin Al-Shalash (Huawei, USA), F Khafizov (Huawei, USA), Zhijun Chao (Huawei Technologies, P.R. China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 14: Wireless Sensor Networks II

Chair: Yang-Yang Li, University of Toronto

Room: Galata

Detection Performance Improvement Using Risk Assessment Framework, Can Komar (Bogazici University, Turkey), Cem Ersoy (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Node Failure Handling for Serial Distributed Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks, Mehmet Keskinoz (Sabanci University, Turkey), Mumin Imamoglu (Sabanci University, Turkey)

An Explicit Disjoint Multipath Algorithm for Cost Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks, Oh Hyun-Woo (Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea)

Strategy for Real-time Data Dissemination to Mobile Sinks in Wireless Sensor Networks, Soochang Park (Chungnam National University, Korea), Euisin Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Hosung Park (Chungnam National University, Korea), Juhyun Jung (Chungnam National University, Korea), Sang-Ha Kim (Chungnam National University, Korea)

Data Dissemination Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Sink Groups, Hyungjoo Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Jeongcheol Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Seungmin Oh (Chungnam National University, Korea), Sang-Ha Kim (Chungnam National University, Korea)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 15: Mobile Cellular Networks III

Chair: Haibin Zhang, TNO ICT

Room: Dolmabahce C

On the Impact of Real Time Data Acquisition from Vehicles through UMTS, Alessandro Bazzi (WiLab, IEIIT-BO/CNR, University of Bologna, Italy), Barbara M Masini (University of Bologna, Italy), Oreste Andrisano (University of Bologna, Italy)

Efficient Self-optimization of Neighbour Cell Lists in Macrocellular Networks, Van Minh Nguyen (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, France), Holger Claussen (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, United Kingdom)

Non-regular Layout for Cellular Network System Simulations, Jussi Turkka (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Andreas Lobinger (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany)

Extended HSUPA Coverage and Enhanced Battery Saving Opportunities with Multiple TTI Lengths, Frans Laakso (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Kari Aho (Magister Solutions Ltd, Finland), Ilmari Repo (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Thomas Chapman (Roke Manor Research Ltd, United Kingdom)

Implementation Issues of the Partial CoMP Concept, Wolfgang Mennerich (Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH&CoKG, Germany), Wolfgang Zirwas (Nokia siemens Networks GmbH&CoKG, Germany)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 16: Analysis, Simulation, Measurement and Performance Evaluation I

Chair: José Roberto B. de Marca, Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro

Room: Dolmabahce A

Improved Performance Bounds for Iterative IC LMMSE Channel Estimator with SI Pilots, Toni A Levanen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Markku K. Renfors (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

Effect of WiMAX System Introduction over General Public Exposure: Simulation and Measurements, Claudia Carciofi (FUB, Italy), Marina Barbiroli (University of Bologna, Italy), Doriana Guiducci (Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy)

On the Asymptotic Performance of TBMA with Multichannel Diversity over Fading Channels, Jinho Choi (Swansea University, United Kingdom), Jeongseok Ha (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

BEP Performance of M2M Communications over Frequency Flat Double Hoyt Fading Channels, Nazih Hajri (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Sup'Com, Tunisia), Neji Youssef (Ecole superieure des communications de Tunis, Tunisia), Fethi Choubani (Associate Professor, Tunisia)

Performance of Decode-and-forward Opportunistic Cooperation with Channel Estimation Errors, Changqing Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Wenbo Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Shuang Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 17: Wireless Localization II

Chair: Muzaffer Kanaan, Erciyes University

Room: Dolmabahce B

Fingerprint-MDS based Algorithm for Indoor Wireless Localization,

Wei Ni (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Wendong Xiao (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Yue Khing Toh (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Chen Khong Tham (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

Incremental Code Relaying in a Location Aware Wireless Relay Network, Ashish James (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), A S Madhukumar (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Surya Dharma Tio (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Ernest Kurniawan (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

Empirical Analysis of UWB Channel Characteristics for Secret Key Generation in Indoor Environments, Sana Tmar - Ben Hamida (CEA-LETI, Minatec, France)

Error Distribution of Range Measurements in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Imtiaz Rasool (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Andrew H. Kemp (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Hemat Kumar Maheshwari (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

Performance analysis of cooperative and range-based localization algorithms for Zigbee and 802.15.4a Wireless Sensor Networks,

Ana Moragrega (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain), Christian Ibars (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya - CTTC, Spain)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 18: Mobility Aware Protocols

Chair: Vasilis Friderikos, King's College London

Room: Dolmabahce A

Traffic-based, mobility-aware clustering for IEEE 802.15.4a UWB networks, Luca De Nardis (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy), Daniele Domenicali (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy), Maria Gabriella Di Benedetto (University of Rome La Sapienza Italy, Italy)

How to improve the performance in Delay Tolerant Networks under Manhattan mobility model, Mouna Abdelmoumen (Sup'com, Higher School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia), Eya Dhib (Sup'com, Higher School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia), Mounir Frikha (Sup'com, Higher School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia), Tijani Chahed (Telecom SudParis, France)

QoS Mobility-Aware Algorithm using Early Update for Host Identity Protocol, Zeynep Gurkas Aydin (Istanbul University, Turkey), Tara Yahiya (Telecom Sud Paris, France), Hakima Chaouchi (Telecom Sud Paris, France), A. Halim Zaim (University of Istanbul, Turkey)

Weighted Social Manhattan: Modeling and Performance Analysis of a Mobility Model, Leila Harfouche (Cnam/ Cedric Laboratory, France), Selma Boumerdassi (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France), Eric Renault (TELECOM & Management SudParis (ex GET-INT), France)

An Empirical Study on The Effect of Mobility of GSM Telephone Traffic, Busra Yuksel (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey), Gunes Karabulut (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey), Sema Oktug (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 19: Analysis, Simulation, Measurement and Performance Evaluation II

Chair: José Roberto B. de Marca, Catholic University, Brazil

Room: Dolmabahce B

NCTUns Emulation Testbed for Evaluating Real-life Applications over WiMAX Networks, Shie-Yuan Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Taiwan), Chih-Che Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Po-Hsi Koo (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Yu-Ming Huang (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan), Jen-Shun Yang (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan)

Frame Delay Distribution Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Networks Using Signal Flow Graphs, Ralf Jennen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Sebastian Max (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Bernhard Walke (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

An Optimized Neural Network for monitoring Key Performance Indicators in HSDPA, Laura Pierucci (University of Florence, Italy), Romano Fantacci (University of Florence, Italy), Davide Micheli (Telecom, Italy)

A New Performance Characterization Framework for Deployment Architectures of Next Generation Distributed Cellular Networks,

Ali Imran (University of Surrey, UK, United Kingdom), Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Performance Analysis for Dual Polarization Antenna Schemes in TD-HSPA+ System, Xiang Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Wenbo Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Yong Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China), Shuping Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 20: Wireless Mesh Networks

Chair: Zafer Sahinoglu, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, USA

Room: Dolmabahce C

Topologies of wireless mesh networks with inband backhauling,

Markus Gruber (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany), Siegfried Klein (Bell Labs Germany, Germany), Serkan Uygungelen (Universität Stuttgart, Germany), David Chieng (Malaysian Research Centre, Malaysia), It Ee Lee (Multimedia University, Malaysia), Dietrich Karl Zeller (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)

Joint Channel Assignment and Link Scheduling for Wireless Mesh Networks: Revisiting the Partially Overlapped Channels, Liu Xiang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Jun Luo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Adaptive Rate Control & Collaborative Storage Management for Challenged Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks Employing Static & Dynamic Heterogeneity, Amar H Kabashi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Jaafar Elmirghani (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

Fast Route Switching of A Managed Wireless Mesh for Regional Network Infrastructure, Masugi Inoue (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), Masaaki Ohnishi (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), Hiroaki Morino (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan), Tohru Sanefuji (Nassua Solutions Corp., Japan)

Automatically configured, optimised and QoS aware wireless mesh networks, Elias Tragos (Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Greece), Vasilios Siris (ICS-FORTH / Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece), Raffaele Bruno (IIT-CNR, Italy), Krzysztof Grochla (Proximetry, Poland), Emilio Ancillotti (Italian National Research Council, Italy)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

NET 21: Beamforming

Chair: Rouzbeh Razavi, Bell labs

Room: Dolmabahce A

Adaptive Beamforming Method Based on Closed-Loop Power Control for DS-CDMA Receiver in Multipath Fading Channels, Mohamad Moghadam (Islamic Azad university of Qazvin, Iran), Hamid Reza Bakhshi (shahed university, Iran), Gholamreza Dadashzadeh (Shahed University, Iran)

Optimum Transmit Beamforming in an Interactive Wireless Relay System with Network Coding, Sakiko Matsuya (Hokkaido University, Japan), Julian Webber (Hokkaido University, Japan), Toshihiko Nishimura (Hokkaido University, Japan), Takeo Ohgane (Hokkaido University, Japan), Yasutaka Ogawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Unitary Beamforming Techniques Enhancing VoIP Call Admittance Capacity, Marios Nicolaou (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Simon Armour (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Yong Sun (Toshiba Research Europe Limited, United Kingdom)

Asymptotic Analysis of Distributed Multi-cell Beamforming,

Subhash Lakshminarayana (SUPELEC, France), Jakob Hoydis (SUPÉLEC, France), Merouane Debbah (Supelec, France), Mohamad Assaad (Supelec, France)

Effects of Carrier Synchronization on Link Throughput of Distributed Beamforming, Hao Wang (Beihang University, P.R. China), Qiang Gao (Beihang University, P.R. China), Li Fei (Beihang University, P.R. China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

NET 22: Cooperative Communications III

Chair: Sang-wook Han, University of British Columbia, Canada

Room: Dolmabahce B

Average Rate and Outage Probability of Cyclic Prefixed Single-Carrier Opportunistic Cooperative Diversity Systems, Kyeong Jin Kim (None, USA), Theodoros Tsiftsis (Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Lamia, Greece), George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Performance Study of Cooperative Diversity Network with Selection Combining, Ahmad Gharanjik (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran), Kamal Mohamed-pour (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran)

Dynamic Cooperation Set Clustering on Base Station Cooperation Cellular Networks, Ian Dexter S. Garcia (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Naoki Kusashima (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Kei Sakaguchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan), Kiyomichi Araki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Semi-analytic Approach To Evaluate Performance of a Precoded Multiuser Cooperative Scheme, Hamid Meghdadi (University of Limoges, France), Jean Pierre Cances (University of Limoges, France), Vahid Meghdadi (University of Limoges, France)

Joint Channel-Aware and Queue-Aware Relay Selection and Resource Allocation in Cooperative OFDMA Networks, Bing Xie (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Wenan Zhou (Beijing University of Post and Telecom, Beijing, P.R. China, P.R. China), Chenxi Hao (Beijing University of Post and Telecom, Beijing, P.R. China, P.R. China), Wei Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Junde Song (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Taiwan)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

NET 23: Handover and Resource Allocation I

Chair: Thang Tran, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany

Room: Dolmabahce C

Optimization of Node Placement and Channel Allocation in WiMedia Networks, Frank Leipold (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, Germany), Sergio Bovelli (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, Germany)

A Model to Evaluate Vertical Handovers on JRRM, António Serrador (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal), Luis M. Correia (IST - Technical University Lisbon, Portugal)

A Softer Vertical Handover Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks,

Alessandro Bazzi (WiLab, IEIIT-BO/CNR, University of Bologna, Italy)

Robust Probabilistic Distributed Power Allocation by Chance Constraint Approach, Saeedeh Parsaeefard (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran), Ahmad R. Sharafat (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran), Mehdi Rasti (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran)

Automatic Link Balancing Using Fuzzy Logic Control of Handover Parameter, Pedro M. d'Orey (University of Porto, Portugal), Mario Garcia-Lozano (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain), Michel Ferreira (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

NET 24: Wireless Sensor Networks III

Chair: Zhuo Chen, CSIRO ICT Centre

Room: Galata

Bandwidth-efficient Underwater Data Broadcasting, Petros Nicopolitidis (Aristotle University, Greece), Georgios Papadimitriou (Aristotle University, Greece), Andreas Pomportsis (Aristotle University, Greece)

Effective Retransmission Scheme for Supporting Communication Reliability in Sensor Networks, SungKee Noh (ETRI, Korea), Euisin Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Seungmin Oh (Chungnam National University, Korea), Tae-Ho Lee (ETRI, Korea), Sang-Ha Kim (Chungnam National University, Korea)

A Novel Tag Collection Algorithm using an Identified Slot Scan for Active RFID Systems, Won-Ju Yoon (Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea), Sang-Hwa Chung (Pusan National University, Korea), Yoon-Geun Kwon (Pusan National University, Korea)

Consecutive Geographic Multicasting Protocol in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks, Jeongcheol Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Euisin Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea), Soochang Park (Chungnam National University, Korea), Seungmin Oh (Chungnam National University, Korea), Sang-Ha Kim (Chungnam National University, Korea)

Error Performance of Joint Transmit and Receive Antenna Selection in Two Hop Amplify-and-Forward Relay System over Nakagami-m Fading Channels, Ahmet Yilmaz (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey), Oguz Kucur (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 25: Cooperative Communications IV

Chair: Annamalai Annamalai, Prairie View A&M University, USA

Room: Dolmabahce B

Asymptotic Performance Analysis of Packet Cooperative Relaying System over Quasi-Static Fading Channel, Xi Yong (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)

Enhanced Parity Packet Transmission for Video Multicast using R-DSTC, Ozgu Alay (Polytechnic University, USA), Zhili Guo (Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA), Yao Wang (Polytechnic University, USA), Elza Erkip (Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA), Shivendra Panwar (Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA)

Cooperative Interference-Aware Joint Scheduling for the 3GPP LTE Uplink, Philipp Frank (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany), Andreas Müller (University of Stuttgart, Germany), Heinz Droste (Deutsche telekom, Laboratories, Germany), Joachim Speidel (University of Stuttgart, Germany)

SLAR: A Smart Regenerative Cooperative Protocol with Improved Power and Spectral Efficiency, Rajendra Sirigina (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Surya Dharma Tio (Research Fellow, Singapore), A S Madhukumar (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Antenna Selected Space-Time Block Code Coordinated Multi-cell Transmission, Seungah Chae (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Dong In Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 26: Cognitive Wireless Networks IV

Chair: Jens Zander, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Room: Dolmabahce A

An Auction-based Approach to Spectrum Allocation using Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning, Nadeem Abji (University of Toronto, Canada), Alberto Leon-Garcia (University of Toronto, Canada)

Quorum-Based Neighbor Discovery in Self-Organized Cognitive MANET,Sina Khatibi (Science & Research Branch of Azad University, Iran), Ruhollah Rohani (South Tehran Branch of Azad University, Iran)

Reinforcement Learning-based Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks, Brandon F Lo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Statistical Delay Control of Opportunistic Links in Cognitive Radio Networks, Hung-Bin Chang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Shin-Ming Cheng (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Shao-Yu Lien (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Dynamic Compartment Formation for Coverage Optimization of Cognitive Wireless Networks, Apostolos Kousaridas (University of Athens, Greece), Andrej Mihailovic (King's College London, United Kingdom), Nancy Alonistioti (University of Athens, Greece)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 27: Handover and Resource Allocation II

Chair: Salih Ergüt, Türk Telekom, Turkey

Room: Dolmabahce C

CSH-MU: Client Based Secure Handoff Solution for Mobile Units,

Thang Tran (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany), Christian Wietfeld (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany), Faqir Zarrar Yousaf (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany)

Downlink TCP Performance Enhancement at Handoff for FMIPv6-enabled Nodes, Jorge Espi Aleman (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom), Robert Caddell Atkinson (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom), David Harle (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom), Ivan Andonovic (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom), Colin Michael Arthur (Agilent Laboratories, United Kingdom)

An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Based Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithm for Wireless Heterogeneous Networks,

Ali Calhan (Kocaeli University, Turkey)

Enhancing LTE-Advanced Relay Deployments via Biasing in Cell Selection and Handover Decision, Abdallah Bou Saleh (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany), Ömer Bulakci (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany), Simone Redana (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany), Bernhard Raaf (Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany), Jyri Hämäläinen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Modeling and Analysis of Queuing Effect on Mobile IPv6 Handoff Performance, Zheng Liang (Alcatel-Lucent, Shanghai, P.R. China), Jun Zheng (Alcatel Shanghai Bell, P.R. China), Songwei Ma (Alcatel Shanghai Bell, P.R. China), Shuigen Yang (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, P.R. China), Bin Wang (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Corp., P.R. China), Jianguo Liu (Alcatel-lucent Shanghai Bell, P.R. China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

NET 28: Wireless Relay Networks I

Chair: Daniel K. C. So, University of Manchester

Room: Halic

Call Blocking and Effective Throughput Analysis for Mobile Multi-hop Relay Uplink System, Seung Yeon Kim (Korea University, Korea), Sejin Kim (Korea University, Korea), Seung-Wan Ryu (Chung-ang University, Korea), Choong-Ho Cho (Korea University, Korea), Hyong Woo Lee (Korea University, Korea)

Exact Capacity Analysis of Multihop Transmission over Amplify-and-Forward Relay Fading Channels, Ferkan Yilmaz (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), Oguz Kucur (Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey), Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar)

Enhanced Cooperative Coding for Relay-Based MIMO-OFDM Systems, Ibrahim Y Abualhaol (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates), Mustafa Muhammad Matalgah (University of Mississippi, USA), Alaeddin Abu-Abed (University of Central Oklahoma, USA)

Inter-Cell Interference Coordination based on Soft Frequency Reuse for Relay Enhanced Cellular Network, Jianguo Liu (Alcatel-lucent Shanghai Bell, P.R. China), Dongyao Wang (Alcatel Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., P.R. China), Jiyong Pang (Alcatel-lucent Shanghai Bell, P.R. China), Jun Wang (Alcatel-Luceng Shanghai Bell, P.R. China), Gang Shen (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., P.R. China)

Optimized Relay Selection Strategy for Adaptive Network Coded Cooperation, Zhang Kaibin (Tsinghua University, P.R. China), Liuguo Yin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Youzheng Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China), Jianhua Lu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 29: Cognitive Wireless Networks V

Chair: Brandon F Lo, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Room: Dolmabahce A

Robust Interference Management to Satisfy Allowable Outage Probability Using Minority Game, Yuki Saito (Kyoto University, Japan), Koji Yamamoto (Kyoto University, Japan), Hidekazu Murata (Kyoto University, Japan), Susumu Yoshida (Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan)

A model to estimate the costs of a partial clearance of spectrum in the 900MHz band, Antolin Moral (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain), Arturo Vergara (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain), Jorge Pérez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain), Catalina Ovando (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)

Cognitive Beacon Channel via GSM and UMTS, Rodrigo Soulé de Castro (TELECOM ParisTech, France), Philippe Godlewski (TELECOM ParisTech, France), Philippe Martins (Telecom Paristech, France)

Optimal Beamforming in Cognitive Two-way Relay Networks,

Ardalan Alizadeh (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran), Seyed Mohammad Sajad Sadough (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran), Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran)

A New Approach for Interference Measurement in 802.11WLANs,

Murad Abusubaih (Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 30: Mobile Cellular Networks IV

Chair: Erol Hepsaydir, Hutchison3G

Room: Dolmabahce B

An Optimum RTL Design of Time Domain Auto-Correlation Architecture for WiMAX OFDMA and 3GPP LTE Cooperative System, Hendra Setiawan (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)

Channel Holding Time in Mobile Cellular Networks with Generalized Coxian Distributed Cell Dwell Time, Anum Corral-Ruiz (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico), Felipe A. Cruz-Pérez (Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico), Genaro Hernandez-Valdez (UAM-A, Mexico)

A Novel Self Organizing Framework for Adaptive Frequency Reuse & Deployment in Future Cellular Networks, Ali Imran (University of Surrey, UK, United Kingdom), Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

Interference Margin Analysis for OFDMA Cellular Networks Planning,

Bin Han (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, P.R. China), Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China), Changqing Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China), Wenbo Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Analysis and Comparison of Different Feedback Schemes for Coordinated Cellular Networks, Lv Ding (University of Southeast, P.R. China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 31: MIMO IV

Chair: Linoh A. Magagula, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Room: Dolmabahce C

How Much Feedback is Required to Achieve the Degrees of Freedom in Ergodic X Channel? Soroush Akhlaghi (Shahed University, Iran), Ehsan Rahimi (Shahed University, Iran)

Ergodic System Capacity of Mobile MIMO Systems using Adaptive Modulation, Alexandra Oborina (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland), Martti Moisio (Nokia Research Center, Finland), Visa Koivunen (HUT, Finland)

MIMO-OFDM Performance in Relation to Wideband Channel Properties,

Pu Li (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), Haibin Zhang (TNO ICT, The Netherlands), Job C. Oostveen (TNO Information and Communication Technology, The Netherlands), Erik Fledderus (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Double Iterative Precoder & Receiver Design for MU-MIMO Broadcast Channel, Mustapha Amara (Orange Labs, France), Yi Yuan-Wu (Orange Labs, France), Dirk Slock (Eurecom, France)

Smart Neighbor Scanning with Directional Antennas in 60 GHz Indoor Networks, Gencay Mutlu Olcer (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Zulkuf Genc (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Ertan Onur (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

NET 32: Wireless Relay Networks II

Chair: Witold Krzymien, University of Alberta / TRLabs, Canada

Room: Halic

Effective Multi-Source Cooperative Relaying Transmission with Minimum Control Overhead, Lu Zhang (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs (China), P.R. China), Len Cimini (University of Delaware, USA)

Relay assignment in Decode-and-forward cooperative networks based on order-statistics, Amir Minayi Jalil (University of Limoges, France), Vahid Meghdadi (University of Limoges, France), Jean Pierre Cances (University of Limoges, France)

Selective DF Relaying for Mobile Satellite Broadcasting, Hui Luo (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Yi Ma (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Barry Evans (University of Surrey, Italy)

Data Precoded Relay-Assisted Scheme for Cellular Systems, Sara Teodoro (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Adão Silva (Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)/University of Aveiro, Portugal), João M. Gil (IT - Telecommunications Institute, Portugal), Atilio Gameiro (Telecommunications Institute/Aveiro University, Portugal)

Two-Hop Relay Channels with Limited FeedBack, Ali Osmane (TELECOM ParisTech, France), Sheng Yang (Supelec, France), Jean-Claude Belfiore (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 33: Mobile Cellular Networks V

Chair: John F. An, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Room: Dolmabahce B

Optimal Pre-weighting Design using Pilot Sub-Carrier Cluster in MIMO-OFDM Channel Application, John F. An (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

Fractional Frequency Reuse Techniques for multi-cellular WiMAX Networks, Ioannis Stiakogiannakis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece), Dimitra I Kaklamani (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)

Hybrid Single-Carrier and Multi-Carrier System: Improving Uplink Throughput with Optimally Switching Modulation, Shunsuke Tomita (Tohoku University, Japan), Yuji Miyake (Tohoku University, Japan), Ikuro Kashiwamura (Tohoku University, Japan), Kazuhiro Komatsu (Tohoku University, Japan), Ngoc Hao Tran (Tohoku University, Japan), Hiroshi Oguma (Tohoku University/Miyagi Pref., Japan), Noboru Izuka (Softbank Telecom, Japan), Suguru Kameda (Tohoku University, Japan),adashi Takagi (Tohoku University, Japan), Kazuo Tsubouchi (Tohoku University, Japan)

Adaptive paging schemes for group calls in mobile broadband cellular systems, José Ramón Gállego (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Maria Canales (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Angela Hernández-Solana (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Antonio Valdovinos (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

Antenna Selection Algorithm for Down Link MIMO SDMA OFDM Cellular Systems, Mohammad Hayajneh (UAEU, United Arab Emirates), Imad Barhumi (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates), Falah Awwad (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 34: QoS and Scheduling

Chair: Sema Oktug, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Room: Dolmabahce A

A QoS Tracking Algorithm for Multimedia Requirements over IEEE 802.11e Multihop Networks, Ju Yong Lee (KAIST, Korea), Seung-Jun Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Jang Keun Jeong (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Jitae Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Shahrokh Valaee (University of Toronto, Canada)

Sum-Rate Scheduling of Decode-and-Forward Broadcast Channel with Limited-Feedback, Wei Ni (CSIRO, Australia), Zhuo Chen (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia), Iain B. Collings (CSIRO, Australia), Hajime Suzuki (CSIRO, Australia)

Suboptimal Precoding Vector Selection Scheme Combined with Frequency Domain Scheduling for Closed-Loop MIMO Transmission in LTE-Advanced Uplink, Yuichi Kakishima (NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Japan), Teruo Kawamura (NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Japan), Hidekazu Taoka (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany), Takehiro Nakamura (NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan)

Using Formal Verification Methods and Tools for Protocol Profiling and Performance Assessment in Mobile and Wireless Environments,

Stylianos Georgoulas (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Klaus Moessner (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Bruce Mcaleer (University of Surrey, United Kingdom), Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)

A Joint Power Control and Link Scheduling Strategy for Consecutive Transmission in TDMA Wireless Networks, Fang Yuan (Beihang University, P.R. China), Bing Zhang (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), Chenyang Yang (Beihang University, P.R. China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 35: Wireless Heterogeneous Networks

Chair: Konstantinos Samdanis, NEC Europe Ltd.

Room: Dolmabahce C

Novel TCP Method to suppress the Time Delay Effect in Heterogeneous Radio Systems, Takashi Fujimoto (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan), Akira Yamaguchi (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan), Kanshiro Kashiki (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan), Toshinori Suzuki (KDDI, Japan), Feng Lu (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan)

WLAN hot spots to increase UMTS capacity, Alessandro Bazzi (WiLab, IEIIT-BO/CNR, University of Bologna, Italy)

Dynamic Improvements for Intelligent Performance Enhancement Proxy, Fawaz Farooqui (Saudi ARAMCO, Saudi Arabia)

Contact Surround in Opportunistic Networks, Nadjet Belblidia (UPMC Univ Paris 06, France), Marcelo Dias de Amorim (UPMC Paris Universitas, France), Jeremie Leguay (Thales Communications, France), Vania Conan (Thales Architecture Framework Centre, France), Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Serge Fdida (University Pierre & Marie Curie, France)

Achieving Seamless Mobility through Handover Coordination in a Network-based Localized Mobility Managed Heterogeneous Environment,

Linoh A. Magagula (University of Cape Town, South Africa), H Anthony Chan (Huawei Technologies, USA), Olabisi Emmanuel Falowo (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

NET 36: Wireless Relay Networks III

Chair: Ferkan Yilmaz, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Room: Halic

Implementation Aspects of RF-repeaters in Cellular Networks, Panu Lähdekorpi (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Tero Isotalo (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Usama Khan Sultan (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Jukka Lempiäinen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)

Outage Probability Analysis of Network coded Time Division Multiple Access Protocol in the Relay based Cellular Networks, Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Novel HARQ Schemes for MIMO Single-hop and Multi-hop Relay Systems, Imran Rashid (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Daniel K. C. So (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Error Exponents for Backhaul-Constrained Parallel Relay Networks,

Erhan Yilmaz (Institute Eurecom, France)

Improving Selfishness Detection in Reputation Protocols for Cooperative Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Alberto Rodriguez-Mayol (Miguel Hernández University, Spain), Javier Gozalvez (Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche. Uwicore Laboratory, Spain)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

SAB1. Multimedia Transmission

Chair: Luis M. Correia (IST/IT – Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)

Room: Sultan 2

Application of Multiple-Wireless to a Visual Localization System for Emergency Services, Costas Efthymiou (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom), Sedat Gormus (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom), Zhong Fan (Toshiba Research Europe, United Kingdom), Andrew Calway (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Walterio W Mayol-Cuevas (University of Bristol, United Kingdom), Angela Doufexi (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Video Quality Optimization Algorithm for Video-Telephony over IP Networks, Ricardo Vaz (Inesc-Inov, Portugal), Berend W.M. Kuipers (INESC-ID, Portugal), Mario S Nunes (INESC, Portugal)

Integrating Wireless Actuation Capabilities with the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem for Enhanced Multimedia Services, Ru Cheng Hou (Concordia University, Canada), Roch Glitho (Concordia University, Canada), Ferhat Khendek (Concordia University, Canada), Mustafa Mehmet-Ali (Concordia University, Canada)

Mobile Image Search for Tourist Information Using ACCC Algorithm, Wichian Premchaiswadi (Siam University, Tailand)

Scalable Video Transmission over MIMO OFDM Wireless Systems with Antenna Selection, Shengjie Zhao (Bell Labs, USA), Mingli You (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd., China), Yan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China), Luoning Gui (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd, China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

SAB2. Peer-to-Peer and Home Networks

Chair: Kpatcha Bayarou (Fraunhofer-SIT, Darmstadt, Germany)

Room: Sultan 2

Convergence in Home Gigabit Networks: Implementation of the Inter-MAC Layer as a Pluggable Kernel Module, Vincenzo Suraci (Università degli studi e-Campus, Italy), Alessio Cimmino (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Roberto Colella (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Guido Oddi (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Marco Castrucci (University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy)

FESP: Fast and Energy Efficient Service Provisioning in 6LoWPAN, Muhammad Taqi Raza (Electronics & Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI), Korea)

A Hierarchical Social Network-based P2P SIP System for Mobile Environments, Bo-Wei Li (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Kuochen Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Yi-Ling Hsieh (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Efficient Push-Pull Based P2P Multi-streaming Using Application Level Multicast, Chia Yi Liu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Kuochen Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Yi-Ling Hsieh (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

The Effects of Underlying Physical Network Topologies on Peer-to-peer Application Performances, Shie-Yuan Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Chih-Che Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Chao-Chan Huang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

SAB3. Applications and Positioning

Chair: Lazaros Merakos (Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece)

Room: Istanbul I

IR-UWB for High Bit Rate Communications beyond 60 GHz, Cosimo Stallo (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Sandeep Mukherjee (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Using Combined Keying Materials for Key Distribution in Wireless Sensor Networks, Murat Ergun (Sabanci University, Turkey), Albert Levi (Sabanci University, Turkey)

Location-Aware System for Wearable Physiological Monitoring within Hospital Facilities, Gregorio Lopez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), Víctor Custodio (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), Jose Ignacio Moreno (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

UWB Tracking of Mobile Robots, Ka C Cheok (Oakland University, USA), Micho Radovnikovich (Oakland University, USA), Pavan Kumar Vempaty (Oakland University, USA)

Accurate Position Location in TDS-OFDM Based Digital Television Broadcasting Networks, Linglong Dai (Tsinghua University, China)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

SAB4. Economic and Social Aspects

Chair: Lazaros Merakos (Univ. Athens, Athens, Greece)

Room: Sultan 2

Classification of Business Scenarios for Spectrum Sensing, Matthias Barrie (IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), Simon Delaere (IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), Pieter Ballon (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Social Networking of the Smart Home, Andreas Kamilaris (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Andreas Pitsillides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

Utility Based Model for Optimized Resource Allocation for Adaptive Multimedia Services, Krunoslav Ivesic (University of Zagreb, Croatia), Maja Matijasevic (University of Zagreb, Croatia), Lea Skorin-Kapov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Forward-Link Authentication For RFIDs, Behzad Malek (University of Ottawa, Canada), Ali Miri (University of Ottowa, Canada)

Double Auction Based Spectrum Sharing for Wireless Operators, Wenchao Xu (Southeast University, China), Jiangzhou Wang (National Mobile Communications Research Lab., Southeast University, China)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

SS1. PHY Layer Security

Organizers: Mari Kobayashi, SUPELEC, France, and Matthieu Bloch, Georgia Tech., France

Chair: Matthieu Bloch, Georgia Tech., France

Room: Sultan 2

Transmission of Common, Public and Confidential Messages in Broadcast Channels with Multiple Antennas, Ersen Ekrem (University of Maryland, USA), Sennur Ulukus (University of Maryland, USA)

The Role of Channel States in Secret Key Generation, He Xiang (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Aylin Yener (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

A Secrecy Game with an Informed Jammer Relay, Melda A Yuksel (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey), Xi Liu (Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA), Elza Erkip (Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA)

High SNR Secrecy Rates with OFDM Signaling over Fading Channels, Francesco Renna (University of Padova, Italy), Nicola Laurenti (University of Padova, Italy), H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University, USA)

Polar Coding for Secure Transmission and Key Agreement, Onur Ozan Koyluoglu (The Ohio State University, USA), Hesham El Gamal (Ohio State University, USA)

Monday, 27 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

SS2. Optimal Transport and Routing in Ad-Hoc Networks

Organizers: Merouane Debbah, SUPELEC, France, and Alonso Silva, INRIA, France

Chair: Merouane Debbah, SUPELEC, France

Room: Sultan 2

Energy-Delay Tradeoff Analysis in Embedded M2M Networks with Channel Coding, Tatjana Predojev (CTTC, Spain), Jesus Alonso-Zarate (CTTC, Spain), Mischa Dohler (CTTC, Spain)

Topology Management for Group Oriented Networks, Navid Nikaein (EURECOM, France), Christian Bonnet (EURECOM, France), Daniel Camara (EURECOM, France)

Beyond Routing Via Network Coding: An Overview of Fundamental Information-Theoretic Results, Marco Di Renzo (CNRS, France), Michela Iezzi (University of L'Aquila, Italy), Fabio Graziosi (University of l'Aquila, Italy)

Self-Optimizing Routing in MANETs with Multi-Class Flows, Pierre Coucheney (INRIA, France), Bruno Gaujal (INRIA, France), Corinne E Touati (INRIA - LIG Grenoble, France)

Energy, Latency and Capacity Trade-offs in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks, Jean-Marie Gorce (INSA-Lyon, France), Ruifeng Zhang (INRIA, France), Katia E Jaffrès-Runser (INSA de Lyon, France), Claire Goursaud (INSA-Lyon, France)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 14:00 - 15:30

SS3. Cognitive Radio Techniques

Organizers: Constantinos Papadias, AIT, Greece, and Aawatif Hayar, EURECOM, France

Chair: Constantinos Papadias, AIT, Greece

Room: Sultan 2

Robustness of the Cyclostationary Detection to Cyclic Frequency Mismatch, Yonghong Zeng (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore), Ying-Chang Liang (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

On Ergodic Sum Capacity of Underlay Cognitive Broadcast Channels, Liang Li (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany), Marius Pesavento (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany), Alex Gershman (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)

Maximum Weighted Sum Rate Multi-User MIMO Amplify-and-Forward for Two-Phase Two-Way Relaying, Francesco Negro (EURECOM, France), Irfan Ghauri (Infineon Technologies France, France), Dirk Slock (EURECOM, France)

Spectrum Sensing Methods for Detection of DVB-T Signals in AWGN and Fading Channels, Danyo Danev (Linkoping University, Sweden), Erik Axell (Linkoping University, Sweden), Erik G. Larsson (Linköping University, Sweden)

Adaptive Threshold Enhanced Filter Banks for Wireless Microphone Detection in IEEE 802.22 WRAN, Yun Cui (Zhejiang University, China), Zhifeng Zhao (Zhejiang University, China), Honggang Zhang (Zhejiang University, China)

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 16:00 - 17:30

SS4. Cognitive Radio Implementation

Organizers: Gerd Ascheid and Petri Mähönen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Chair: Gerd Ascheid, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Room: Sultan 2

Cognitive Radio: A Mobile Communication Industry Perspective, Peter Olanders (Ericsson, Sweden)

Broadband Cognitive Radio: The Cost of Flexibility in PHY-Layer Processing, Gerd H. Ascheid (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Martin Witte (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Filippo Borlenghi (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)

Spatial Filtering Approach for Dynamic Range Reduction in Cognitive Radios, Danijela Cabric (University of California Los Angeles, USA), Johannes van den Heuvel (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)

An Implementation of Cognitive Resource Management on LTE Platform, Jad Nasreddine (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Marina Petrova (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Petri Mähönen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Tao Cai (Huawei Technologies Sweden AB, Sweden), Georgios P. Koudouridis (Huawei Technologies Sweden R&D Center, Sweden), Johan Johansson (Huawei Technologies Sweden R&D Center, Sweden)

Peak to Average Power Ratio Sensor for Green Cognitive Radio, Jacques Palicot (SUPELEC, France), Yves Louët (SUPELEC, France), Mohamad Mroue (SUPELEC, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 09:00 - 10:30

SS5. Green Communications

Organizers: Hanna Bogucka, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Chair: Hanna Bogucka, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Room: Istanbul I

Improving Battery Life for Wireless Web Services Through the Use of a Mobile Proxy, Giridhar Mandyam (Qualcomm, USA)

Performance Study of Green Cellular - An Architecture for Minimal Emission from Mobile Stations, Doron Ezri (Greenair Wireless Ltd., Israel), Shimi Shilo (Greenair Wireless Ltd., Israel), Boaz Benmoshe (Ariel University Center, Israel), Eyal Berliner (Ariel University Center, Israel)

Green Resource Allocation for OFDMA Wireless Cellular Networks, Emilio Calvanese Strinati (CEA-LETI, Grenoble, France), Paolo Greco (CEA-LETI, France)

Energy-Efficient Bit and Power Loading Options for Practical OFDM Systems with Pilot-Aided Channel Estimation, Leszek Koschel (Heinrich Hertz Institut, Germany), Hanna Bogucka (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

Low Power, Flexible FIR Filters in the Digital Front-end of Green Radios, Navin Michael (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), A P Vinod (NTU, Singapore), Christophe Moy (SUPELEC, France), Jacques Palicot (SUPELEC, France)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 - 12:30

Organizers: Jean-Philippe Javaudin and Martial Bellec, Orange Labs, France

Chair: Ralf Jennen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Room: Istanbul I

Initial Techno-economic Results for OMEGA Home Gigabit Networks, Michalis Fokas (University of Athens, Greece) Dimitris Katsianis (University of Athens, Greece), Dimitris Varoutas (University of Athens, Greece), Theodoros Rokkas (University of Athens, Greece), Jean Philippe Javaudin (Orange Labs, France), Martial Bellec (France Telecom R&D, France), Gilles Goni (Orange Labs, France Telecom, France)

Electro Magnetic Compatibility for Power Line Communications: Regulatory Issues and Countermeasures, Pascal Pagani (Orange Labs, France), Richard Razafferson (Orange-FT R&D, France), Ahmed Zeddam (Orange Labs, France), Brice Praho (Orange Labs, France), Mohamed Tlich (INNOVAS, France), Jean-Yves Baudais (CNRS, France), Ali Maiga (IETR, France), Olivier Isson (SPiDCOM Technologies, France), Gordana Mijic (THYIA Tehnologije d.o.o., Slovenia), Spase Drakul (THYIA Tehnologije d.o.o., Slovenia)

Prioritized Medium Access in Ad-hoc Networks with a System Click Model of the IEEE 802.11n MAC, Oliver Hoffmann (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany), Falk-Moritz Schaefer (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany), Ruediger Kays (Dortmund University of Technology, Germany), Christian Sauer (Cadence Design Systems, Germany), Hans-Peter Loeb (Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Germany)

Admission Control and Drop Strategies in a UPnP-QoS Controlled Home Network, Vincenzo Suraci (Università degli studi e-Campus, Italy), Andrea Angelucci (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Nico Mattiacci (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy), Guido Oddi (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)

Automated Mapping of MAC Parameters into Generic QoS Parameters by Inter-MAC Adaptors, Michael Maaser (IHP microelectronics, Germany), Stefan Nowak (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Peter Langendoerfer (IHP microelectronics, Germany)