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Accepted Papers Program

Preliminary Program (updated 4/10/2006)

Thursday, April 27
7:00 am - 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
Business Technology
8:00 am - 10:00 am Wireless Network Security Panel Discussion GPS and Wireless Communications
10:00 am - 10:15 am Networking Break
10:15 am - 12:15 pm Mobile Wireless Communications Services and Business Panel Discussion Future Directions In Wireless Communications Research Panel Discussion
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Buffet Lunch at Kellogg West: Vassiliki Cossiavelou, Press and Communications Attache, Greek Embassy, Beijing, China
"China: The Wireless World (2005-2020)"
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Wireless Communications Investments Panel Discussion MIMO Wireless Systems Tutorial (I)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm New Wireless Communications Ventures Panel Discussion MIMO Wireless Systems Tutorial (II)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm WTS Organizers' Meeting
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Networking Session Welcoming Dinner and Lecture at Kellogg West Co-Hosted by the IEEE Communications Society
Speaker: Dr. Donald Schilling, educator, researcher, entrepreneur, and spread spectrum and 3G application innovator
"The Wireless Revolution"
Friday, April 28
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 am Opening Remarks
9:15 am - 10:15 am Keynote Speaker: Mike Lazaridis, BlackBerry® Developer, Founder, President, and Co-CEO of Research In Motion
10:15 am - 10:30 am Networking Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Poonacha Machaiah, Senior Director of Seamless Mobility/Wireless Broadband Services, Motorola, Inc.
"Wireless Communications Evolution to 4G and Seamless Mobility"
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Dr. Raymond Pennotti, Managing Vice President - Professional Services, Lucent Worldwide Services, Lucent Technologies
"Wireless Network Optimization for 3G Networks to Deliver End to End Application QoS"
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Buffet Lunch at Kellogg West WTS 2006 Co-Sponsor Recognition Speaker: David Cavossa, Executive Director, Satellite Industry Association
"State of the Satellite Industry"
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Simon Aspinall, Director, Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Mobile Worldwide, Cisco Systems Inc.
"Innovation in Wireless Communications"
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Networking Break
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Minhyung Eom, Project Leader, DMB Broadcasting, Korea Broadcasting System
"T-DMB Overview in Korea"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm Bus Travel to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5:15pm - 8:30pm Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Vice President, California Institute of Technology Reception and Tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Telecommunication Enables The Excitement and Challenges of Space Exploration"
8:30pm - 9:30pm Bus Travel to Kellogg West
Saturday, April 29
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast
Accepted Paper Author Check-In
9:00 am - 10:30 am Accepted Paper Sessions (I)
10:30 am - 10:45 am Networking Break
10:45 am - 12:15 pm Accepted Paper Sessions (II)
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Buffet Lunch at Kellogg West
Student Paper Award Ceremony
Speaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm Doctoral Students Session/Poster Paper Session
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Accepted Paper Sessions (III)
Wireless Network Security Workshop (I)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Accepted Paper Sessions (IV)
Wireless Network Security Workshop (II)

WTS 2006 Accepted Paper Sessions
Saturday April 29, 2006


Track 1 - Wireless Networks and Systems


Track Chair:
Dr. Hong Zhou

The University of Southern Queensland, Australia

 

Session Chairs:

 

Wireless Internet & WML: Dr. Zhongwei Zhang, The University of Southern Queensland, Australia

 

3G/4G Wireless Networks & Systems: Dr. Kwan-Wu Chin, University of Wollongong, Australia

 

Wireless IP, Home Networks, and Ad Hoc Networks: Jackson Yin, Telstra Research Lab, Australia

 

Satellite Based Systems: Dr. James Kang, Cal Poly Pomona

 

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session A1 - Wireless Internet & WML

Mobility Independent Predictive Services in WLAN Networks with Predictive Reservation Policy under a 2D Mobility Model

Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy

 

Wireless Compliant Software Design Model
Sufyan Almajali, Tzilla Elrad, Illinois Institute of Technology

 

Optimizing Wireless Communication using Adaptive Packet Sizing and Turbo Codes

Jill Gemmill, Helmuth Orthner, University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Networking Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Session B1 - 3G/4G Wireless Networks & Systems

 

On the Optimal Downlink Power Allocation for Multi-carrier OFCDM Wireless Networks

Jeonghoon Mo, Seong-Lyun Kim, Yonsei University, Korea

 

Improved Channel Codec Implementation and Performance Analysis of OFDM based DAB Systems

Yu-Pin Chang, Department of Electronic Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

 

Efficient Adaptive Transmission Technique for Multiuser OFDMA Systems with Reduced Feedback Rate

Duho Rhee, JungHyoung Kwon, Il Mu Byun, Kwang Soon Kim, Keum Chan Whang, Yonsei University, Korea

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - Kellogg West Dining Room
Student Paper Award Ceremony

Speaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Doctoral Students Session/Poster Paper Session

 

A Full-Diversity Space-Time-Frequency coded MIMO-OFDM System with Linear Decoding Complexity

Chao-Cheng Tu, McGill University, Canada

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session C1 - Wireless IP, Home Networks, and Ad Hoc Networks

InPCM: A Network Cache Technique for Improving the Performance of TCP in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

Andrew Adinegara, William Lau, Kwan-Wu Chin, Curtin University of Technology

 

Traffic Allocation in Delay-Tolerant Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Min Kyoung Park, Volkan Rodoplu, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Suitability of UMTS to Act as an Ad Hoc Network Gateway for VoIP Services

Nathan Smith, Motorola Labs

 

Wireless Usage Analysis and Data-Modeling Using a Performance-Based Approach

Dip Biswas, San Jose State University

 

3:15PM - 3:30 PM Networking Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Session D1 – CDMA Systems

 

An adaptive uplink congestion control scheme of CDMA systems

Wei Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

 

Multiple Sequence Multicarrier CDMA for Interference-free Multiple Access

Santosh Nagaraj, Mark Bell, Purdue University

 

Unified micro-cellular network with Pico-cells to avoid local congestion

Takahiko Yamada, Phan Thanh Hoa, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

 

Track 2 - Algorithms, Methods, Simulation, and Software


Track Co-Chair:
Dr. Hussain Al-Rizzo

Systems Engineering Department

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

 

Track Co-Chair: Dr. Ehsan Sheybani

Virginia State University

 

Session Chairs:

 

Wireless Multimedia: Dr. Hong-Chuan (Tim) Lin, Cal Poly Pomona

 

Wireless Network Modeling, Algorithms, and Simulation: Dr. Antonio Pescape, Universitŕ degli Studi di Napoli, Italy

 

QoS and Wireless Network Reliability: Dr. Jan Holub, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic

 

Broadband Wireless Access & Mobile and WLAN Interoperability: Dr. David Dellacca, IUPUI

 

Power Control & Signal Processing: Dr. Giti Javidi, Virginia State University

 

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session A2 - Wireless Multimedia

Co-existence of Zigbee and WLAN, A Performance Study

Khaled Shuaib, College of IT, UAE University

 

AQIS with Composite Mobility Prediction for Multimedia Traffic in WLAN Handoff

Mukund Raghavan, Qing-An Zeng, University of Cincinnati

 

Dynamic Adaptive Resource Allocation Scheme for Multimedia Services in Wireless and Mobile Networks

Pawan K. Lakshmanan, Qing-An Zeng, University of Cincinnati

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Networking Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Session B2 - Wireless Network Modeling, Algorithms, and Simulation

Simulation-based Design Tool for GSM/GPRS Networks

Paul Kubik, Maxim Gitlits, Telstra Research Laboratories

 

Dynamic System Level Simulations of Uplink Synchronization for TD-SCDMA

Zizhou Wang, Bo Chen, Yafeng Wang, Dacheng Yang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

 

Delay Performance under the Joint Scheduling over Gilbert-Elliot Channel

Fumio Ishizaki, Gang Uk Hwang, Korea University

 

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - Kellogg West Dining Room
Student Paper Award Ceremony

Speaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Doctoral Students Session/Poster Paper Session

 

A Full-Diversity Space-Time-Frequency coded MIMO-OFDM System with Linear Decoding Complexity

Chao-Cheng Tu, McGill University, Canada

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session C2 – QoS, Wireless Network Reliability, Broadband Wireless Access & Mobile and WLAN Interoperability

A Performance Evaluation of a Distributed QoS Load Sharing Scheme

Susan Lincke, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

 

A Novel Non-Intrusive Voice Transmission Quality Measurement Algorithm

Jan Holub, Michael Street, Ondrej Tomiska, Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

 

BER and PER Evaluation for IEEE 802.16e Protocol in HAP Architecture with User Mobility

Floriano De Rango, Salvatore Marano, University of Calabria, Italy

 

Stability of Random Access Protocol with Newly Generated Packet Rejection and Retransmission Cut-Off

Jahangir Sarker, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

3:15PM - 3:30 PM Networking Break

3:30-5:00 PM

Session D2 – Power Control & Signal Processing

Design Considerations and Performance Analysis of Good pi-Rotation LDPC Codes

Rich Echard, S. C. Chang, Naval Research Laboratory

 

Prediction based adaptive modulation and coding for MIMO systems on flat rayleigh fading channels

Duho Rhee, Jung Hyung Kwon, Hae Gwang Hwang, Kwang Soon Kim, Yonsei University, Korea

 

Low Complexity BICM-OFDM-based MIMO Receiver using Successive Interference Cancellation

Youngjae Kim, John Cioffi, Keith Holt, Stanford University

 

Directional Antenna Multi-Path Location Aided Routing (DA-MLAR)

Sanjaya Gajurel, Limin Wang, Behnam Malakooti, Siva Tanguturi, Case Western Reserve University

Track 3 - Wireless Network Technologies and Standards


Track Chair:
Dr. Rose Q. Hu

ECE Department

Mississippi State University

 

Session Chairs:

 

Spread-spectrum/CDMA/OFDM Technologies: Richard Cockrum, Cal Poly Pomona

 

UWB Technology: Dr. Hsiao-Chun Wu, Louisiana State University

 

802.11, Bluetooth and RFID: Dr. Tareef Al-Mahdawi,Sr. Intelleflex Corporation

 

Location Systems and Modeling: Lionel Garin, SIRF Technology

 

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session A3 - OFDM Technologies

Approximate Maximum-Likelihood of SDMA OFDM over unknown Time-Varying Frequency-Selective Channels

Thomas Ketseoglou, Meghana Gaikwad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

 

Construction of QAM Codes for Low-Cost OFDM Systems

Karen Guan, UIUC, Chi Guan, MIT

 

Blind channel identification in MIMO OFDM systems

Xin Lv, Lanzhou University, China

 

Reducing the Clipping Noise in OFDM Systems

Wu Linjun, LI/Yanwen, Henan University of Technology, China

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Networking Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Session B3 – Spread-spectrum/CDMA/UWB Technology

 

Performance of Coherent Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Frequency Shift Keying

Sudhir K. Sunkara, David W. Matolak, Ohio University

 

A UWB Sensor Network Using Simplex Motes for Hospitals

Reza Pasand, TRLabs, Calgary, AB, Canada

 

Mean Time Acquisition for Ultra-Wideband Communication Systems

Rashid A. Saeed, Universiti Putra, Malaysia

 

Fast Ds-Ss Acquisition Implementation For High Sensitivity Receivers

Phani Sagiraju, David Akopian, University of Texas at San Antonio

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - Kellogg West Dining Room
Student Paper Award Ceremony

Speaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Doctoral Students Session/Poster Paper Session

 

A Full-Diversity Space-Time-Frequency coded MIMO-OFDM System with Linear Decoding Complexity

Chao-Cheng Tu, McGill University, Canada

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session C3 – 802.11, Bluetooth and RFID

Perspective of CMOS Power Amplifier in RFID Technology

Gao Tongqiang, Tsinghua University, China

 

Easy Embedded Security Protocol for Low Cost Radio Frequency Identification System

Milin Zhang, Kun Yang, Leibo Liu, Chun Zhang, Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua University, China

 

Starvation Prevention Scheme for the IEEE 802.11e EDCF Using Dynamic MAC Layer Parameters

Qing-An Zeng, University of Cincinnati

3:15PM - 3:30 PM Networking Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Session D3 – Location Systems, Modeling, and Algorithms

Energy and Channel Aware Geographic Forwarding Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Net

Mirko Dal Pozzo, Riccardo Veronesi, Velio Tralli, ENDIF, University of Ferrara, Italy

 

A Unified Geolocation Channel Model: Part II (Multi-path Distribution)

Ilir Progri, California Sate Polytechnic University, Pomona

 

Improving Accuracy of WiFi Positioning System by Using Geographical Information System (GIS)

Tussanai Parthornartt, Kittiphan Techakittiroj, Assumption University

 

Automatic Classification of Location Based Information

Deepthi Bhupathiraju, Phani Sagiraju, University of Texas at San Antonio

Track 4 - Business, Management, Security, Policy, and Applications


Track Chair: Dr. Michael Bartolacci

Information Sciences and Technology

Penn State University

 

Session Chairs:

 

Spectral Management & Policy: Dr. Sasha Dekleva, Depaul University

 

Global Wireless Services, Business, and Applications: Dr. Majed Muhtaseb, Cal Poly Pomona

 

Wireless Telecommunications Management: Dr. Dong Hee Shin. Penn State University

 

Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy: Dr. Timothy Matis, Texas Tech University, TX

 

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session A4 – Global Wireless Services, Business, Applications, and Management

Economics of Wireless Broadcasting over DVB-H Networks

Anssi Hoikkanen, Nokia Corp.

 

Optimisation of Enhanced UMTS Cellular Planning Based in Economic Aspects

Fernando Velez, Cátia Franco, Ricardo Rei, University of Texas at San Antonio

 

Taming Wireless in Business: New Services and Capabilities Bring Increased Complexity

Kevin Whitehurst, mindWireless

 

An Examination of Select Wireless Technologies in the Asia-Pacific Market

Vassiliki Cossiavelou, Greek Embassy, Beijing, China

 

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Networking Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Session B4 - Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy (I)

Secure Service Sharing over Networks for Mobile Users Using Service Network Graphs

David Lai, Zhongwei Zhang, University of Southern Queensland

 

Forward-Secure Identity-Based Signcryption with Pubilc Verifiability and Short Ciphertext

Huiyan Chen, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

Implementing and Evaluating An Adaptive Secure Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Lu Jin, Hong Zhou, University of Southern Queensland

 

Secure Architecture For Extensible Mobile Internet Transport Services (SAFEMITS) Design and Testing

Patrick Fitzgibbons, Digen Das, Larry Hash, SUNY Institute of Technology

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch - Kellogg West Dining Room Student
Paper Award Ceremony

Speaker: Theresa Swinehart, General Manager, Global Partnerships, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Doctoral Students Session/Poster Paper Session

 

A Full-Diversity Space-Time-Frequency coded MIMO-OFDM System with Linear Decoding Complexity

Chao-Cheng Tu, McGill University, Canada

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Session C4 - Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy (II)

Wireless Network Security Workshop (I)

Instructor: D. Kent Stevens, Wireless/Optical Architect, Western Region, Nortel

3:15PM - 3:30 PM Networking Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Session D4 - Mobile and Wireless Network Security and Privacy (III)

Wireless Network Security Workshop (II)

Instructor: D. Kent Stevens, Wireless/Optical Architect, Western Region, Nortel

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