6th ACM International Wireless

Communications and Mobile

Computing Conference 2010

(IWCMC 2010)

Caen, France

28 June - 2 July 2010

Volume 1 of 2

ISBN: 978-1-61782-416-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TM-1: Vehicular Networks and Services

(Vehicular Communication Technology Symposium)Session Chair: F. Hrizi (EURECOM, FR)Session Co-Chair: Y. Ghamri-Doudane (LIGM & ENSUE, FR)

JTEF: Joint Throughput Enhancement and Fairness MAC Protocol for

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks 1

Li-Ling Hung (Aletheia University, TW)Chih-Yung Chang (Tamkang University, TW)Cheng-Chang Chen (Tamkang University, TW)Yu-Chieh Chen (Tamkang University, TW)

An Integrated Propagation Model for VANET in Urban Scenario 6Yuhao Wang (Nanchang University, CN)Yan Zhang (Nanchang University, CN)Jiang Hao (Wuhan University, CN)Jie Liu (Wuhan University, CN)Jing Wu (Wuhan University, CN)

BER of OFDM with Directional Antennas in Time-Variant Environments 11

KhoaN. Le (University of Western Sydney, AU)

A Novel Method for Reducing Road Traffic Congestion using Vehicular Communication 16

Abderrahmane Lakas (UAE University, AE)Moumena Chaqfeh (UAE University, AE)

Secure Wireless Communication Platform for EV-to-Grid Research 21

Huaqun Guo (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG)Fan Yu (National University of Singapore, SG)W.C. Wong (National University of Singapore, SG)

Vivy Suhendra (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG)Y.D. Wu (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG)

An Extensible Software Framework for Building Vehicle to Vehicle Applications 26

Hazem M. Hajj (American University ofBeirut, LB)Wassim El-Hajj (American University of Beirut, AE)Mohamad El Dana (American University of Beirut, LB)Marwan Dakroub (American University of Beirut, LB)Faysal Fawaz (American University of Beirut, LB)

simlTS: An Integrated and Realistic Simulation Platform for Vehicular Networks 32

Fatma Hrizi (EURECOM, FR)Fethi Filali (QU Wireless Innovations Center, QA)

TM-2: Topics on Wireless LAN (WLAN/WPAN Symposium)Session Chair: A. Rachedi, University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, FR

Session Co-Chair: A. Benslimane, University of Avignon, FR

On Channel Assignment, Distributed Antennas and Network Load Distribution in

Dense IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure Networks 37Robert Sombrutzki (Humboldt University Berlin, DE)Anatolij Zubow (Humboldt University Berlin, DE)Pablo Vidales (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, DE)Jens-Peter Redlich (Humboldt University Berlin, DE)

The WLED Communication System using SC-FDM Techniques for WLAN Communications 42

Xun Li (Chungbuk National University, CN)Young Ju Kim (Chungbuk National University, ICR.)Noeyoon Park (Chungbuk National University, KR)

Experimental Study on Performance of IEEE 802.1 In and Impact of

Interferes on the 2.4 GHz ISM Band 47Sandra Fiehe (RWTH Aachen University, DE)Janne Riihijarvi (RWTH Aachen University, DE)Petri Mahonen (RWTH Aachen University, DE)

The Impact of Self Similar Traffic on Wireless LAN 52

Sayeed Ghani (Institute of Business Administration, PK)

Detecting and Mitigating the Impact of Wideband Jammers in IEEE 802.11 WLANs 57

Eduard Garcia-Villegas (Technical University of Catalonia - UPC, ES)Moises Gomez (Technical University of Catalonia - UPC, ES)Elena Lopez-Aguilera (Technical University of Catalonia - UPC, ES)Jordi Casademont (Technical University of Catalonia - UPC, ES)

Evaluation of Security Algorithms that Combat Byzantine Failures in Cognitive Radio Networks 63

Yi Zhang (Memorial University ofNewfoundland, CA)Ramachandran Venkatesan (Memorial University ofNewfoundland, CA)

TM-3: Deployment and Coverage (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: A. Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USASession Co-Chair: Bjorn Stelte, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, DE

Strong k-Barrier Coverage with Mobile Sensors 68

Dongsong Ban (National University ofDefense Technology, CN)Jie Jiang (National University ofDefense Technology, CN)Wei Yang (National University of Defense Technology, CN)Wenhua Dou (National University of Defense Technology, CN)Huizhan Yi (National University ofDefense Technology, CN)

New Formulation for Scheduling Problem in Multi-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks

Takehiro Furuta (Tokyo University of Science, JP)Mihiro Sasaki (Nanzan University, JP)Fumio Ishizaki (Nanzan University, JP)Takamori Ukai (Nanzan University, JP)

Hajime Miyazawa (Nanzan University, JP)

Wonyong Koo (Nanzan University, JP)Atsuo Suzuki (Nanzan University, JP)Keisuke Inakawa (Akita Prefectural University, JP)

Object Coverage with Camera Rotation in Visual Sensor Networks

Tzung-Shi Chen (National University of Tainan, TW)Hua-Wen Tsai (Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, TW)Chih-Ping Chen (National University of Tainan, TW)Jiun-Jie Peng (National University of Tainan, TW)

A Dead-End Free Deployment Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks with Obstacles

Chih-Yung Chang (Tamkang University, TW)Chao-Tsun Chang (Hsiuping Institute of Technology, TW)Chen-Yu Hsieh (Tamkang University, TW)Cheng-Chang Chen (Tamkang University, TW)Yu-Chieh Chen (Tamkang University, TW)

Energy-Balanced Hole-Movement Mechanism for Temporal Full-Coverage in Mobile WSNs

Chih-Yung Chang (Tamkang University, TW)Wei-Cheng Chu (National Cheng Kung University, TW)Chih-Yu Lin (Tamkang University, TW)Chien-Fu Cheng (Tamkang University, TW)

Mitigating Query Hotspots for Wireless Sensor Networks

Tzung-Shi Chen (National University ofTainan, TW)Hua-Wen Tsai (Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, TW)

Ying-Hung Lo (National University ofTainan, TW)Yi-Shiang Chang (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

Maximum Lifetime Scheduling for Target Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks 99

Hoon Kim (Korea University, KR)Youn-Hee Han (Korea University, KR)Sung-Gi Min (Korea University, KR)

TM-4: Communication Trans-Receiver

(Comm. and Information Theory Symposium)Session Chair: Ran Xu, University of Bristol, UK

Session Co-Chair: Ling Tang, Southeast University, CN

Optimal MISO Secrecy Beamforming via Quasi-Convex Programming with

Rank-One Transmit Covariance Guarantee

Ling Tang (Southeast University, CN)Liu Hao (Southeast University, CN)Jianhui Wu (Southeast University, CN)

On the Capacity Improvement of Multicast Throughput in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

with Physical-Layer Network Coding 109Chen Chen (Peking University, CN)Lin Bai (Swansea University, UK)Jianhua He (Swansea University, UK)Haige Xiang (Peking University, CN)Jinho Choi (Swansea University, UK)

Research of Propagation Characteristics of Break Point; Near Zone and Far Zone

under Operational Subway Condition 114Ke Guan (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Cesar Briso-Rodriguez (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, ES)

The EMF Radiation Calculation and Measurement for Smart Antenna 119

Ma Wenhua (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)Ma Huaxing (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)Gao Peng (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)

A New Model to Improve the Performance ofRRM 124Bo Fang (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd, CN)Sheng Zhou (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd, CN)Jie Yuan (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd, CN)

Peng Gao (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)

The Phase-Shifting Network Design of Electronically-Steered Smart Antennas for

TD-SCDMA Systems 129

Yejun. He (Shenzhen University, P.R. China, CN)Xiangzi Han (Mobi Antenna Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., P.R. China, CN)Francis CM. Lau (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, CN)

TM-5: MAC and Radio Resource Management (General Symposium)Session Chair: Mehrdad Dianati, University of Surrey, United KingdomSession Co-Chair: Efstathios Katranaras, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

An Adaptive Distributed Scheduling Scheme for IEEE 802.16j Networks 133

Ying-Hong Wang (Tamkang University, TW)Kuo-Feng Huang (Tamkang University, TW)Wei-Chia Huang (Tamkang University, TW)

SMAC-Based Proportional Fairness Backoff Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks 138

Chunsheng Zhu (Dalian University of Technology, CN)Yuanfang Chen (Dalian University of Technology, China, CN)Lei Wang (Dalian University of Technology, CN)Lei Shu (Osaka University, Japan, JP)Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, NO)

Application of Taboo Search and Genetic Algorithm in Planning and

Optimization of UMTS Radio Networks 143

Bahareh Jalili (University of Surrey, UK)Mehrdad Dianati (University of Surrey, UK)

Modulation-Adaptive Cooperation in Rayleigh Fading Channels with Imperfect CSI 148

Yuanyuan Zhang (University of Surrey, UK)Yi Ma (University of Surrey, UK)Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, UK)

Impacts of Node Population and TXOP on Stable Operation of IEEE 802.11 e EDCA 153Saeed Rashwand (University of Manitoba, CA)Jelena Misic (Ryerson University, CA)

Interference Allowance in Clustered Joint Processing and Power Allocation 158

E. Katranaras (University of Surrey, UK)D. Kaltakis (University of Surrey, UK)M.A. Imran (University of Surrey, UK)R. Hoshyar (University of Surrey, UK)

TA-1: INVITED PAPERSSession Chair: Fumiyuki Adachi, Tohoku University, Japan

Joint Iterative Transmit/Receive Frequency-Domain Equalization and ISI Cancellation for

Broadband Single-Carrier Block Transmissions 163

Kazuki Takeda (Tohoku University, JP)Fumiyuki Adachi (Tohoku University, JP)

A MAC Protocol for Cognitive Wireless Body Area Sensor Networking 168

Khaled A. Ali (University of Ottawa, CA)Jahangir H. Sarker (University ofOttawa, CA)Hussein T. Mouftah (University of Ottawa, CA)

Utility-Based Fair Bandwidth Sharing in Vehicular Networks 173

Jian Pu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Design of Zone Configuration Scheme for Wireless Zone-Based Multicast and Broadcast Service 178

Kai-Hsiang Hu (National Taiwan University, TW)Huai-Lei Fu (National Taiwan University, TW)Phone Lin (National Taiwan University, TW)

CRABSS: CalRAdio-Based Advanced Spectrum Scanner for Cognitive Networks 183

Riccardo Manfrin (University ofPadova, IT)Luca Boscato (University ofPadova, IT)Andrea Zanella (University of Padova, IT)Michele Zorzi (University of Padova, IT)

TA-2: QoS and Scheduling in Wireless Networks (WLAN/WPAN Symposium)Session Chair: Jelena Misic, Ryerson University, CanadaSession Co-Chair: Hossam S. Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada

Comparing Uplink Schedulers for LTE 189

Khalid Elgazzar (Queen's University, CA)Mohamed Salah (Queen's University, CA)Abd-Elhamid M. Taha (Queen's University, CA)Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, CA)

End-to-End Real-Time Traffic Scheduling in TDD-Based Wireless Mesh Networks 194

Jiaying Song (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Xu Li (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)

Performance of G-Limited Scheduling in a Cognitive MAC with Transmission Tax 199

Vojislav B. Mislc (Ryerson University, CA)Jelena Mi§ic (Ryerson University, CA)

A MAR-Based QoS Routing in Long-Distance Wireless Networks 204

Zenghua Zhao (Tianjin University, CN)Zhibin Dou (Tianjin Univiersity, CN)Tengfei Li (Tianjin University, CN)Lianfang Zhang (Tianjin University, CN)Jie Zhang (Tianjin Univiersity, CN)Kevin C. Lee (University of California, Los Angeles, US)

A Cross Layer QoS Algorithm to Improve Wireless Link Throughput and

Voice Quality over Multi-Rate WLANs 209

Mehmet Fatih Ttiysuz (Gebze Institute of Technology, TR)Haci Ali Mantar (Gebze Institute of Technology, TR)

TA-3: Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks

(Cooperative and Cognitive Networks)Session Chair: Jun Cai (University of Manitoba, CA)Session Co-Chair: T. Taleb (NEC Europe, DE)

Joint Rate Allocation, Routing and Spectrum Sharing for Multi-Hop Cognitive Radio

Networks with Imperfect Spectrum Sensing 214

YuanWu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)Danny H.K. Tsang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)

Q-Learning for Opportunistic Spectrum Access 220

Omar Alsaleh (Oregon State University, US)Bechir Hamdaoui (Oregon State University, US)Alan Fem (Oregon State University, US)

Cooperative Sensing with Transmit Diversity based on Randomized STBC in CR Networks 225

T.M.N. Ngatched (University of Manitoba, CA)Attahiru S. Alfa (University of Manitoba, CA)Jun Cai (University of Manitoba, CA)

Optimal Power Allocation for OFDM Cognitive System based on Dual Decomposition Method 231

Youyun Xu (PLA Uuniversity of Science and Technology, CN)Yuehuai Ma (PLA University of Science and Technology, CN)

Throughput and Stability Analysis of Cognitive Transmissions over Fading Channels 236

Mingming Li (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, CN)Jiaru Lin (Beijing University ofPost and Telecommunications, CN)Dongxu Wang (China Unicom Company, CN)Zhiqiang He (Beijing University ofPost and Telecommunications, CN)Jun Li (Shandong Institute of Light Industry, CN)

Enhanced Cooperation in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks using Coverage Adjustment 241Haris Pervaiz (Queen Mary University ofLondon, UK)Haibo Mei (Queen Mary University of London, UK)John Bigham (Queen Mary University of London, UK)Peng Jiang (Queen Mary University ofLondon, UK)

A Contention-Based Multiple Access Protocol in Cooperative Wireless Networks 246

Hongzhi Jiao (University of Agder, NO)Frank Y. Li (University of Agder, NO)

TA-4: Communication Channel (Comm. and Information Theory Symposium)Session Chair: Yejun He, Shenzhen University, CNSession Co-Chair: Daiming Qu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN

Transmit Diversity Scheme for TDS-OFDM System over the Time Selective Fading Channel 251

Wenting Chang (Tsinghua University, CN)Jintao Wang (Tshinghua University, CN)Jian Song (Tsinghua University, CN)

Changyong Pan (Tsinghua University, CN)

Myopic Sensing for Multiple SUs in Multichannel Opportunistic Access 256

Pengchao Xu (Shanghai Jiaotong University, CN)Shen Gu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN)Lin Gao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN)Hui Yu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN)Xinbing Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN)

Xiaoying Gan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CN)Shenglong Dong (State Key Laboratory ofWireless Communications - CATT, CN)

Statistical Analysis of External Interference in Wireless Networks 261

Qiuyan Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, China, CN)

Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)

Path Loss Measurements and Analysis for High-Speed Railway Viaduct Scene 266

Ruisi He (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, CN)

Rateiess Multiple Access over Noisy Channel

Kedi Wu (Zhejiang University, CN)Zhaoyang Zhang (Zhejiang University, CN)Shaolei Chen (Zhejiang University, CN)

Throughput Improvement on Bidirectional Fano AlgorithmRan Xu (University of Bristol, UK)Taskin Kocak (University of Bristol, UK)Graeme Woodward (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., UK)Kevin Morris (University of Bristol, UK)

TA-5: Cross-Layer Applications(Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Djamel Hadj Sadok, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Session Co-Chair: Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada

AODV with Sufficient Bandwidth Aware Routing Protocol

Pattana Warmawilai (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, TH)Chanboon Sathitwiriyawong (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, TH)

Implementation and Performance Measurement and Analysis of OLSR Protocol

Hassan Sinky (Oregon State University, US)Bechir Hamdaoui (Oregon State University, US)

Investigation of a Cross-Layer Link Adaptation Algorithm for IEEE 802.lln Networks

Zuoyin Tang (University of Bedfordshire, UK)Jianhua He (Swansea University, UK)Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, NO)Zhong Fan (Toshiba Telecommunications Research Laboratory, UK)

A Cross-Layer Reputation System for Routing Non-Cooperation Effects

Mitigation within Hybrid Ad-Hoc Networks

S. Laniepce (Orange Labs, FR)L. Lancieri (Orange Labs, FR)M. Achemlal (Orange Labs, FR)A. Bouabdallah (Universite de Technologie - Compiegne, FR)

A Central-Networked Cross-Layer Design Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Shafagh Alikhani (Carleton University, CA)Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, CA)Marc St-Hilaire (Carleton University, CA)Fei Richard Yu (Carleton University, CA)

A Subspace Coding Approach to MIMO Compound Broadcast Channel

Rong Yu (South China University ofTechnology, CN)Jianwen Chen (Tsinghua University, CN)Lingyang Song (Peking University, CN)Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, NO)Jun Cai (University of Manitoba, CA)

On Computer-Aided Design of Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Andriy Luntovskyy (BA Dresden University ofTechnology, DE)Volodymyr Vasyutynskyy (Dresden University ofTechnology, DE)

TA-6: Mathematical Methods for Traffic Data Analysis (TRAC Workshop)Session Chair: Christian Callegari (University of Pisa, Italy)

Modeling of Dependence in a Peer-to-Peer Video Application 316

Natalia M. Markovich (Institute ofControl Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences, RU)

Traffic-Based Network ClusteringLuigi Laura ("Sapienza" Universita di Roma, IT)Maurizio Naldi (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata", IT)Giuseppe F. Italiano (Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata, IT)

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On the use of Random Neural Networks for Traffic Matrix Estimation in Large-Scale IP Networks 326

Pedro Casas (Telecom Bretagne, FR)Sandrine Vaton (Telecom Bretagne, FR)

On the use of Sketches and Wavelet Analysis for Network Anomaly Detection 331

Christian Callegari (University of Pisa, IT)Stefano Giordano (University ofPisa, IT)Michele Pagano (University of Pisa, IT)Teresa Pepe (University ofPisa, IT)

Quantification of Packet Delay Variation through the Coefficient of Throughput Variation 336

Tahir Nawaz Minhas (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE)Markus Fiedler (Blekinge Institute ofTechnology, SE)Patrik Arlos (Blekinge Institute ofTechnology, SE)

Profile Deformation of Aggregated Flows Handled by Premium and Low

Priority Services within the Geant Network 341

Jordi Mongay Batalla (National Institute of Telecommunications, IT)

Andrzej Beben (Warsaw University of Technology, PL)Albert Cabellos (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, ES)

TA-7: Wireless PAN and Cellular Networks (WLAN/WPAN Symposium)Session Chair: A. Mellouk, University Paris-Est Creteil Val de Marne, France

Session Co-Chair: T. Taleb, NEC Europe, Germany

Wireless Network Simulators Relevance Compared to a Real Testbed in

Outdoor and Indoor Environments 346

Abderrezak Rachedi (University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, FR)Stephane Lohier (University ofParis-Est Marne-la-Vallee, FR)Sylvain Cherrier (University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, FR)Ismail Salhi (University ofParis-Est Marne-la-Vallee, FR)

Single Carrier Architecture for High Data Rate Wireless PAN Communications System 351

Lahatra Rakotondrainibe (INSA, IETR Rennes, FR)Yvan Kokar (INSA, IETR Rennes, FR)Gheorghe Zaharia (INSA, IETR Rennes, FR)Guy Grunfelder (INSA, IETR Rennes, FR)Ghais El Zein (INSA, IETR Rennes, FR)

Analytical Characterisation of the Performance of Bluetooth Piconets using Serial Port Profile 356

R. Luque (University ofMalaga, ES)MJ. Moron (University of Malaga, ES)E. Casilari-Perez (University of Malaga, ES)

Efficient Classification based on Multi-Scale Traffic Data Extraction Patterns of Cellular Networks 361A. Mellouk (University Paris-Est-UPEC, Creteil/Vitry, FR)A. Kurien (Tshwane University of Technology, ZA)G. Noel (Tshwane University of Technology, ZA)B. Van Wyk (Tshwane University ofTechnology, ZA)K. Djouani (Tshwane University ofTechnology, ZA)

Automatic Gain Control for Interoperability in OFDM Systems 366

Hyungu Hwang (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - ETRI, KR)Daeho Kim (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - ETRI), KR)

TA-8: Traffic Control and Resource Management(Mobile Computing Symposium)Session Chair: Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada

Session Co-Chair: Guy Pujolle, Laboratoire d'lnformatique de Paris 6, France

Scheduling Alternatives for Mobile WiMAX End-to-End Simulations and Analysis 371

Carlos Valencia (Carleton University, CA)Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, CA)

HODSTAT: A Handover Decision STAbility Technique for Minimizing Instability in

Wireless Local Area Networks 376

Meriem Abid (University of Paris, FR)Tara Ali Yahiya (Telecom SudParis, FR)Guy Pujolle (University of Paris, FR)

Dynamic Fractional Frequency Reuse based on Interference Avoidance Request for

Downlink OFDMA Cellular Networks 381

Lu Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)Daiming Qu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)Tao Jiang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Power Efficiency Analysis of Multimedia Secured Mobile Applications 387Marius Marcu ("Politehnica" University of Timisoara, RO)Dacian Tudor ("Politehnica" University of Timisoara, RO)Sebastian Fuicu ("Politehnica" University ofTimisoara, RO)

Low Complexity Multi-User Rate Region Maximization for

Frequency-Selective Interference Channel 392

Rajatha Raghavendra (University of Houston, US)Hao Zou (Stanford University, US)Mohamad Charafeddine (Stanford University, US)Zhu Han (University of Houston, US)JohnM. Cioffi (Stanford University, US)

TA-9: Cooperative Communication Systems(Cooperative and Cognitive Networks)Session Chair: M. Matalgah, University of Mississippi, USASession Co-Chair: Yinan Qi, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Relay-Based Cooperative Transmission Protocol with Preferable-Link

Switching Combining Scheme 397

Amer M. Magableh (Jordan University of Science and Technology, JO)Mustafa M. Matalgah (The University ofMississippi, US)

Closed-Form Expression for the BER Performance in Cooperative Communication

Systems with MRC over Rayleigh Fading Channels 402

Amer M. Magableh (Jordan University of Science and Technology, JO)Mustafa M. Matalgah (The University ofMississippi, US)

Capacity Sensitivity of the Cooperative MIMO Relay Network over Spatially Correlated Channels 407

Yuanfeng Peng (Tsinghua University, CN)Youzheng Wang (Tsinghua University, CN)

A Novel Decoding Structure in Compress-and-Forward Systems 412

Yinan Qi (University of Surrey, UK)Reza Hoshyar (University of Surrey, UK)Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, UK)

An Efficient Opportunistic Cooperative Diversity Protocol for IEEE 802.11 Networks 417

Brett Hagelstein (University ofWollongong, AU)Mehran Abolhasan (University ofWollongong, AU)Daniel Franklin (University of Wollongong, AU)Farzad Safaei (University of Wollongong, AU)

Distributed Power Control for Cooperative Diversity in the MAC Channel 422

Kamel Tourki (Texas A&M at Qatar - TAMUQ, QA)David Gesbert (Institut Eurecom, FR)Ridha Bouallegue (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, TN)

Stable Throughput of Secondary user in Cognitive Relay System 427

Haiyan Luo (Zhejiang University, CN)Zhaoyang Zhang (Zhejiang University, CN)Jianmin Zhang (Zhejiang University, CN)

TA-10: MAC and Scheduling (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Radu Stoleru, Texas A&M University, USA

Session Co-Chair: Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, CN

AM-MAC: An Energy Efficient, Adaptive Multi-Hop MAC Protocol for Sensor Networks 432

Kien Nguyen (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, TP)

Yusheng Ji (National Institute of Informatics, JP)

Efficient Contention Resolution in MAC Protocol for Periodic Data Collection in WSNs 437

Ahsanul Haque (Monash University, AU)Manzur Murshed (Monash University, AU)Mortuza Ali (The University ofMelbourne, AU)

BulkMAC: A Cross-Layer based MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks 442Turkmen Canli (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)Mohamed Hefeida (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)Ashfaq Khokhar (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)

Traffic-Oriented Scheduling Algorithm for Aerial Platform based Routing and MAC for WSNs 447Jian Qiu (University of York, UK)Paul Mitchell (University of York, UK)David Grace (University of York, UK)

IMT-Advanced for Body area Networks: Enabling Technologies 452

Najah Abu Ali (United Arab Emirates University, AE)Abd-Elhamid M. Taha (Queen's University, CA)

WM-1: Traffic Monitoring: From Theory to Practice (TRAC Workshop)Session Chair: Sandrine Vaton, Telecom Bretagne, France

A Flow Trace Generator using Graph-Based Traffic Classification Techniques 457Peter Siska (University ofBern, CH)Marc Ph. Stoecklin (IBM Research - Zurich, CH)Andreas Kind (IBM Research - Zurich, CH)Torsten Braun (University of Bern, CH)

Traffic Classification Techniques Supporting Semantic Networks 463O. Gremillet (INRIA, FR)A. Dupas (Alcatel Lucent, FR)P. Goncalves (INRIA, FR)P. Vicat-Blanc Primet (INRIA, FR)

Emulation Platform for Network Wide Traffic Sampling and Monitoring 468Amir Krifa (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR)Imed Lassoued (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR)Chadi Barakat (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR)

Estimating Routing Symmetry on Single Links by Passive Flow Measurements 473

Wolfgang John (Chalmers University of Technology, SE)Maurizio Dusi (Universita degli Studi di Brescia, IT)KC Claffy (CAIDA, US)

Fine-Grained Traffic Classification with Netflow Data

Dario Rossi (TELECOM ParisTech, FR)Silvio Valenti (TELECOM ParisTech, FR)

FIowRank: Ranking NetFlow RecordsShaonan Wang (University of Luxembourg, LU)Radu State (University ofLuxembourg, LU)Mohamed Ourdane (EPT Luxembourg, LU)Thomas Engel (University of Luxembourg, LU)

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WM-2: Emergency Management (EMCCP Workshop)Session Chair: Daniele Tarchi (University of Florence, Italy)Session Co-Chair: Cedomir Stefanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Space Integration Services: A Platform for Space-Aware Communication 489

Diego Bernini (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT)Daniela Micucci (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT)Francesco Tisato (University ofMilano -Bicocca, IT)

UsingWiMAX for Effective Business Continuity During and After Disaster 494

Elankayer Sithirasenan (Griffith University, AU)Nasser Almahdouri (Ministry ofDefense, OM)

Communication and Coordination Support in Ad Hoc Networks for

Emergency Management Scenarios 499

Jose Mocito (INESC-ID/FCUL, PT)Luis Rodrigues (INESC-ID/IST, PT)

Hugo Miranda (University of Lisbon, PT)

Resource Discovery Support for Time-Critical Adaptive Applications 504

Carlo Bertolli (University ofPisa, IT)Daniele Buono (University ofPisa, IT)Gabriele Mencagli (University of Pisa, IT)Massimo Torquati (University of Pisa, IT)Marco Vanneschi (University ofPisa, IT)Matteo Mordacchini (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)Franco Maria Nardini (ISTI-CNR, IT)

Enabling Replication in the ASSISTANT Programming Model 509

Carlo Bertolli (University of Pisa, IT)Marco Vanneschi (University ofPisa, IT)Bruno Ciciani (Sapienza University of Rome, IT)Francesco Quaglia (Sapienza University ofRome, IT)

Performance Analysis of a QoS Management Architecture for an Emergency Scenario 514

Michele Cinotti (CNIT, IT)Paolo Orefice (CNIT, IT)

Luigi Paura (Universita di Napoli Federico II, IT)Amedeo Scarpiello (CNIT, IT)

3D Routing: A Protocol for Emergency Scenarios

Breno Jacinto (Federal University ofPernambuco, BR)Leonardo Vilaca (Federal University ofPernambuco, BR)Judith Kelner (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR)Djamel Sadok (Federal University of Pernambuco, BR)Eduardo Souto (Federal University of Amazonas, BR)

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WM-3: Design Techniques (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

Session Co-Chair: Radu Stoleru, Texas A&M University, USA

Cross-Sensor Coding Techniques for Low Energy Sensor Networks 524

Kien Nguyen (Oregon State University, US)Thinh Nguyen (Oregon State, US)

Approximating Fault-Tolerant Steiner Subgraphs in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks 529

Ambreen Shahnaz (University ofLeicester, UK)

Thomas Erlebach (University ofLeicester, UK)

Using Connection Expansion to Reduce Control Traffic in MANETs 534

Zeki Bilgin (City University Of New York, US)Bilal Khan (John Jay College, City University of New York, US)

Ala Al-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University, US)

Toward Development of High Secure Sensor Network Nodes using an FPGA-Based Architecture 539

Bjorn Stelte (Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, DE)

Starting Up Multi-Gateway WSNs 544

Barbara Staehle (University ofWiirzburg, DE)Dirk Staehle (University ofWiirzburg, DE)

Dynamic user Profiling Approach for Services Discovery in Mobile Environments 550

Mariam Ouanaim (Al Akhawayn University, MA)Hamid Harroud (Al Akawayn University, MA)Aziz Berrado (Ecole Mohammadia dTngenieurs, MA)Mohammed Boulmalf (Al Akhawayn University, MA)

WM-4: Signal Processing and PHY Layer (General Symposium)Session Chair: Han-Chieh Chao, National Man University, Taiwan

Session Co-Chair: Mehrdad Dianati, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

An Improved Single user Bit Allocation Algorithm based on Cognitive OFDM 555

Dawei Sun (Nanjing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

Baoyu Zheng (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

Xiaorong Xu (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

Jingwu Cui (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)Sulan Tang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

Blind Signal Separation using Oblique Projection Operators Method 560

Yan-Qun Zhang (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)

Bin Cao (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)

Qin-Yu Zhang (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)Xi Chen (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)

Subspace-Based Blind Adaptive Detector for Synchronous CDMA Systems 565

Bin Cao (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)

Qi-Yu Zhang (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)

Shou-Ming Wen (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)

Dong Liang (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)

Sheng Wang (Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)

An Interleaver Acquisition Scheme in Asynchronous IDMA Systems 570

Wang Xiu-Hong (Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)Mao Xing-Peng (Harbin Institute of Technology, CN)Ma Hui-Xiao (Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)Liu Gong-Liang (Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)Wu Ping (Wenzhou University, CN)

Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive OFDM System using Free Probability Theory 575

Lei Wang (Nanjing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)Baoyu Zheng (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)Jingwu Cui (Nanjing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)Sulan Tang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)Haie Dou (Nanjing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

An Oversampling Approach for LoS-ToA Estimation in Interleaved OFDMA 580

Ziming He (University of Surrey, UK)

Hongju Liu (Path Intelligence Ltd., UK)Yi Ma (University of Surrey, UK)Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, UK)

WM-5: Channel Estimation and Synchronization(Comm. and Information Theory Symposium)Session Chair: Jintao Wang, Tsinghua University, CNSession Co-Chair: Xiaoqing Wang, Tsinghua University, CN

Improved DFT-Based Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems over Multipath Channels 585

Xiaoqing Wang (Tsinghua University, CN)Jintao Wang (Tshinghua University, CN)Zhaocheng Wang (Tsinghua University, CN)Zhixing Yang (Tsinghua University, CN)Jian Song (Tsinghua University, CN)

Superimposed Pilot-Interference Aided Channel Estimation and Joint Signal Detection in

Amplify-and-Forward Relaying Systems ,591

Yueming Cai (PLA University of Science and Technology, Nation Mobile Communications Research Lab., CN)Jia Tu (Institute of Communications Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, CN)

Effect of Imperfect Channel Estimation in I/Q Imbalanced OFDM System 596

Udesh Oruthota (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, FI)Olav Tirkkonen (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, FI)

Novel UWB Synchronization Schemes based on the Maximum Likelihood Criterion 601

Dahae Chong (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)Junhwan Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)Seung Goo Kang (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)Seokho Yoon (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)

New Schemes of Integer Frequency Offset Estimation using Pilots for DVB-T Systems 606

Youngyoon Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)

Youngpo Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)

Chonghan Song (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)Seokho Yoon (Sungkyunkwan University, KR)

Inter-Cell Interference Mitigation based on Resource Joint Time-Frequency Planning and

Scheduling in OFDMA System 611

Zhang Dongchen (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)Meng Dexiang (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)Gao Peng (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)

Song Zhiyuan (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., CN)

WA-1: INVITED PAPERS

Session Chair: Ahmed Helmy, University of Florida, USA

Outage Probability for Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Diversity with

Selective Combining in Cellular Networks 616

Hyungseok Yu (Georgia Institute ofTechnology, US)Gordon L. Sttiber (Georgia Institute of Technology, US)

RBG Matching: An Innovative Combinatorial Approach for OFDMA Resource Allocation 621

Bo Bai (Tsinghua University, HK)Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, CN)Khaled Ben Letaief (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)Zhigang Cao (Tsinghua University, CN)

On the Selection of Relays' Positions in Diamond Relay Networks 626

Qing Wang (Tsinghua University, CN)Pingyi Fan (Tsinghua University, CN)Matthew McKay (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)Khaled Letaief (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK)

Synthetic Aperture Radar Construction of Spectrum Map for Cognitive Radio Networking 631

Tsung-Wei Chiang (National Taiwan University, TW)Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, TW)

PROTECT: Proximity-Based Trust-Advisor using Encounters for Mobile Societies 636

Udayan Kumar (University ofFlorida, US)Gautam Thakur (University of Florida, US)Ahmed Helmy (University of Florida, US)

WA-2: Communications/Computing and Environmental Data

Management (EMCCP Workshop)Session Chair: Stefano Savazzi, Politecnico di Milano, ItalySession Co-Chair: Frederic Guinand, Le Havre University, France

A Uniform Approach to Communication and Computation 646Francesco Tisato (University of Milano-Bicocca, IT)Daniela Micucci (University of Milano - Bicocca, IT)Diego Bernini (University of Milano - Bicocca, IT)