IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications

and Networking

26-29 May 2020 // Virtual Conference

The Odyssey of Communications and Networking in the Black Sea Region Continues

FINAL PROGRAM

MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is our pleasure to welcome all of you to the IEEE International Black Sea

Conference on Communications and Networking, BlackSeaCom 2020.

The conference was originally planned to take place in Odessa, Ukraine, but unfortunately based on the d decision of the

Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society IEEE BLACKSEACOM 2020 will now be held virtually on 26-29

May 2020.

The conference is hosted by the Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications (ONAT), Ukraine and National

Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (KPI), Ukraine, to which we are most thankful

for their support.

We express our sincere appreciation to the rector of ONAT - Petro Vorobienko and the vice-rector of KPI -Yurii

Yakymenko for their support. We also thank our patron “Polytecnic Software” of Ukraine for the generous support of

the conference.

The theme of the conference is “The Odyssey of Communications and Networking in the Black Sea Region Continues.”

We are especially proud and excited about this event because this is the eighth edition of a series of BlackSeaCom

conferences in countries surrounding Black Sea.

The goal of the IEEE BlackSeaCom conference is to bring together visionaries, industrial and academic researchers and

engineering practitioners from all over the world to the shores of the Black Sea and to connect them to our colleagues

and friends from the Black Sea region. The IEEE Communications Society fully sponsors IEEE BlackSeaCom.

In this conference, the participants will address many of the current and forefront research challenges in

communications and networking areas.

Thanks to the great team effort and hard work, we are pleased to present an outstanding program, including the top

quality paper sessions and demonstrations, keynote presentations and four half-day tutorials by renowned leaders in

the field. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the keynote speakers, Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic, Xavier Costa-Pérez and Dr.

Halim Yanikomeroglu, who took the time from their busy schedules and accepted our invitations for delivering their

keynote presentations.

IEEE BlackSeaCom 2020 would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of many people. First and foremost,

we thank the Technical Program Co-Chairs DR. Burak Kantarci of University of Ottawa, Canada and Dr. Konstantinos

Samdanis of Nokia Bell Labs, Germany, for their enormous effort in processing the submitted papers in a relatively short

time. All organizing committee members have devoted enormous time and effort into the conference program

preparation. We express our deep appreciation to our esteemed colleagues whose names can be found in the

Organizing Committee list.

The current plan is to hold next IEEE BlackSeaCom in 2021 in Bucharest Romania. We are always looking to strengthen

the IEEE BlackSeaCom series, and we are open to suggestions and we invite volunteers to the Organizing and Technical

committees. Please do not hesitate to contact the Steering Committee with ideas and contributions.

We hope that your participation in IEEE BlackSeaCom 2020 will be a memorable experience from both professional and

personal perspectives.

Alexander Gelman, Larysa Globa, and Mehmet Ulema

May 2020

MESSAGE FROM THE TPC CO-CHAIRS

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and

Networking, BlackSeaCom 2020. BlackSeaCom2020 aims at serving as a rendezvous point to exchange ideas and share

experiences among researchers, professionals, students, and engineers in the domain of Communications. Due to the

novel COVID-19 pandemic, this year, following the advice and guidelines from healthcare officials and local authorities,

IEEE BlackSeaCom 2020 will be held virtually.

The technical scope of BlackSeaCom2020 will remain on the outstanding grand challenges that exist in the areas of

communications and networking. The call for papers of BlackSeaCom2020 attracted 101 submissions from Asia, Canada,

U.S. and Europe. The technical program committee reviewed and accepted 44% of the submissions after rigorous

review. The conference also included a short papers session, and 11 papers in the special session on Recent Results in

Wireless Communications.

BlackSeaCom 2020 will have Professor Ljiljana Trajkovic of Simon Fraser University (Canada), Professor Halim

Yanikomeroglu of Carleton University (Canada) and Dr. Xavier Costa-Pérez of NEC Laboratories-Europe as the keynote

speakers. Besides these distinguished keynotes, the conference will have 4 tutorials, On the Security of Wireless

Systems: A Cyber-Physical System Perspective (by Professor Gunes Karabulut-Kurt of Istanbul Technical University), 2:

Civil drones traffic management: Wireless communication for safe UAV (by Dr. Evgenii (Genia) Vinogradov and Franco

Minucci of KU Leuven, Belgium; and Dr. Aymen Fakhreddine of Lakeside Labs, Austria); and Moving Towards Zero-Touch

Automation, A Key Enabler for 6G: Addressing the Training Data Sparsity/Scarcity Challenge (by Professor Ali Imran of

the University of Oklahoma).

In addition to 11 technical sessions on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Communications, Vehicle-to-

Everything (V2X), 5G Radio, Optical Communications, 5G Applications and Security, Cognitive Networks and Software

Defined Networking; 4 sessions of Recent Results in Wireless Communications Special Session, and a demo session will

be held in the technical program.

Putting together BlackSeaCom2020 was a team effort. First of all, we would like to thank the authors for contributing to

the content of the technical program. We also appreciate the cooperation, effort and time of the technical program

committee members for their dedication and hard work in reviewing papers and providing constructive comments and

feedback for authors to improve the quality of final papers. Finally, we also would like to thank IEEE Communications

Society for all the support provided to achieve a successful event.

In the hope that our attendees will enjoy the conference, we would like to welcome you to the technical program of IEEE

BlackSeaCom 2020.

Burak Kantarci and Konstantinos Samdanis

May 2020

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

HONORARY CHAIRS Petro Vorobienko, Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications, Ukraine Yurii Yakymenko, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Larysa Globa, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA Alexander D. Gelman, NETovations, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada Konstantinos Samdanis, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany TREASURER Bruce Worthman, IEEE Communications Society, USA PROJECT MANAGER Tina Gaerlan, IEEE Communications Society, USA PUBLICATIONS CO-CHAIRS Albena Mihovska, Aarhus University, Denmark Alin Tomoyaga, Manhattan College, USA OPERATIONS CHAIR Vadim Kaptur, Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications, Ukraine

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR Vladislav Kumysh, Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications, Ukraine TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS Lela Mirtskhulava, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University / San Diego State University Georgia Toktam Mahmoodi, King’s College London, UK PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS Murat Simsek, University of Ottawa, Canada Evgeny Khorov, IITP RAS, Russia PUBLICITY CO-CHAIR Atay Ozgovde, Galatasaray University, Turkey DEMO SESSIONS CHAIR Tolga Soyata, University of Albany-SUNY, USA STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS CHAIR Dmitry Bankov, IITP RAS, Russia WEB AND COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Nataliia Gvozdetska, NTUU Igor Sikorsky KPI, Ukraine

STEERING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA VICE-CHAIR Alexander Gelman, NETovations, USA MEMBERS Larysa Globa, National Technical University of Ukraine, Ukraine Albena Mihovska, Aarhus University, Denmark Erdal Panavirci, Kadir Has University, Turkey Lela Mirtskhulava, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University / San Diego State University, Georgia Evgeny Khorov, IITP RAS, Russia Octavian Fratu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | 15:00-16:00 EEST | Virtual Room #1

Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Title: Complex Networks

Abstract: The Internet, social networks, power grids, gene regulatory networks, neuronal systems, food webs, social systems, and networks emanating from augmented and virtual reality platforms are all examples of complex networks. Collection and analysis of data from these networks is essential for their understanding. Traffic traces collected from various deployed communication networks and the Internet have been used to characterize and model network traffic, analyze network topologies, and classify network anomalies. Data mining and statistical analysis of network data have been employed to determine traffic loads, analyze patterns of users’ behavior, and predict future network traffic while spectral

graph theory has been applied to analyze network topologies and capture historical trends in their development. Recent machine learning techniques have proved valuable for predicting anomalous traffic behavior and for classifying anomalies in complex networks. Further applications of these tools will help improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms that govern behavior, improve their performance, and enhance their security of social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Internet blogs, forums, and websites.

Biography: Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from University of Pristina, Yugoslavia, in 1974, the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, in 1979 and 1981, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of California at Los Angeles, in 1986. She is currently a Professor in the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. From 1995 to 1997, she was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley. She was a Research Scientist at Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ, from 1990 to 1997, and a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, from 1988 to 1990. Her research interests include high-performance communication networks, control of communication systems, computer-aided circuit analysis and design, and theory of nonlinear circuits and dynamical systems. Dr. Trajkovic serves as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director (2019–2020) and served as IEEE Division X Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect (2018). She served as Senior Past President (2018–2019), Junior Past President (2016–2017), President (2014–2015), President-Elect (2013), Vice President Publications (2012–2013, 2010–2011), Vice President Long-Range Planning and Finance (2008–2009), and a Member at Large of the Board of Governors (2004–2006) of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. She served as 2007 President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and a member of its Board of Governors (2004–2005, 2001–2003). She is Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society joint Chapter of the Vancouver/Victoria Sections. She was Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems (1998). She is General Co-Chair of SMC 2020 and SMC 2020 Workshop on BMI Systems and served as General Co-Chair of SMC 2019 and SMC 2018 Workshops on BMI Systems, SMC 2016, and HPSR 2014, Special Sessions Co-Chair of SMC 2017, Technical Program Chair of SMC 2017 and SMC 2016 Workshops on BMI Systems, Technical Program Co-Chair of ISCAS 2005, and Technical Program Chair and Vice General CoChair of ISCAS 2004. She served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part I) (2004–2005, 1993–1995), the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part II) (2018, 2002-2003, 1999–2001), and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (2001–2003). She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2020-2021) and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2010–2011, 2002–2003). She is a Professional Member of IEEE-HKN and a Life Fellow of the IEEE.

Thursday, May 28, 2020 | 15:00-16:00 EEST | Virtual Room #1

Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Title: Wireless Access Architecture: The Next 20 Years

Abstract: The wireless community has been occupied by the 5G related developments for the last many years. As 5G moves from the standardization phase to the deployment phase, a new brainstorming endeavour has started for the subsequent generation (6G) wireless networks. The roots of today’s wireless access architecture (the terrestrial 4G & 5G cellular network) go back to 1940s. The access architecture has evolved substantially over the

decades. However, rapid developments in a number of domains outside telecommunications, including those in aerospace and satellite industries as well as in artificial intelligence, will likely result in a disruptive transformation in the wireless access architecture in the next 20 years. In this talk, an ultra-agile, dynamic, distributed, and partly-autonomous vertical heterogeneous network (VHetNet) architecture with very low earth orbit satellites (VLEOs), high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), and drone BSs for almost-ubiquitous super-connectivity will be presented. In this disruptive setting, free-space optical (FSO) communications will play an important role in addition to the legacy radio communications. In the absence of a clear technology roadmap, the talk has, to a certain extent, an exploratory view point to stimulate further thinking and creativity in ICT research and innovation.

Biography: Dr. Halim Yanikomeroglu is a Full Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has had extensive collaboration with industry on 4G and 5G wireless technologies which resulted in 35 granted patents. During 2012-2016, he led one of the largest academic-industrial collaborative research programs on pre-standards 5G wireless, sponsored by the Ontario Government and the industry. In Summer 2019, he started a new large-scale project on the 6G wireless network architecture. Dr. Yanikomeroglu supervised 24 PhD & 28 MASc students (all completed with theses) as well as 14 PDFs; about a dozen of the former members of his research team have become faculty members. In addition, his wireless lab at Carleton has hosted around 50 visiting scholars from around the world. He is a Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a Fellow of EIC (Engineering Institute of Canada), a Fellow of CAE (Canadian Academy of Engineering), and a Distinguished Speaker for both IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. He has been one of the most frequent tutorial presenters on the emerging wireless technologies. He served as the General Chair and Technical Program Chair of several major international IEEE conferences; he also served in the Editorial Boards of several IEEE periodicals. He served as the Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications, and he is currently serving as the Chair of the Steering Committee of IEEE’s flagship Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). Dr. Yanikomeroglu received several awards for his research and teaching including the IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award in 2018.

Friday, May 29, 2020 | 15:00-16:00 EEST | Virtual Room #1

Xavier Costa-Pérez 5G Networks R&D, NEC Laboratories Europe

Title: AI-based Automation for Beyond 5G Networks

Abstract: AI-based automation allows service providers to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs and offer, via proper abstractions, infrastructure resources (radio, networking, computing) to vertical sectors traditionally alien to the telco industry (e.g., automotive, health, construction). In this talk we will review AI-enabled automation solutions and explore the concept of resources overbooking to maximize the revenue of infrastructure providers. Hierarchical control plane solutions will be considered to manage the network in an

automated manner. Then, some early implementations of proof-of-concepts will be reviewed to evaluate the automation gains potential. Finally, we will illustrate how such automation solutions can be used in Beyond 5G networks comprising industry verticals.

Biography: Xavier Costa-Pérez is Head of 5G Networks R&D and Deputy General Manager of the Security and Networking Research Division at NEC Laboratories Europe. His team contributes to products roadmap evolution as well as to European Commission H2020 projects and received several awards for successful technology transfers. In addition, his team contributes to related standardization bodies: 3GPP, ETSI NFV, ETSI MEC and IETF. He has served on the Program Committees of several conferences (including IEEE Greencom, WCNC, and INFOCOM), published at top research venues and holds several patents. He received both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona and was the recipient of a national award for his Ph.D. thesis.

TUTORIALS

Tutorial 1: On the Security of Wireless Systems: A Cyber-Physical System Perspective

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 | 15:00-17:00 EEST | Virtual Room #1

Speaker: Prof. Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Abstract: The user demand and data transmission rates are ever-increasing in wireless communication networks.

However, due to the broadcast nature of wireless links, connections are inherently risky. In recent years, advances in the

field of secure wireless communications have been made in the physical layer including beamforming and artificial

interference approaches. However, these works are yet to be used for cyber-physical systems (CPS), which will enable us

to interconnect all elements of industrial production processes. CPSs contain stringent requirements such as a maximum

allowed latency, in addition to the commonly known metrics as security capacity. Existing Physical Layer (PHY) security

solutions fail to address these requirements.

This tutorial will address the requirements that are necessary to establish a secure CPS communications framework,

along with an overview of the state-of-the-art and open challenges. A generalized problem description will be provided,

and the theoretical performance limits will be overviewed. Attack types and current tools for secure wireless system

designs will be covered.

Application-based requirements for the CPS systems will be addressed. The promise of machine learning solutions will

be highlighted. The tutorial will be concluded with a future outlook and current open issues.

Speaker’s Biography: Gunes Karabulut Kurt received the B.S. degree with high honors in electronics and electrical

engineering from the Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2000 and the M.A.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in electrical

engineering from the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. From 2000 to 2005, she was a

Research Assistant with the CASP Group, University of Ottawa. Between 2005 and 2006, she was with TenXc Wireless,

Canada. From 2006 to 2008, she was with Edgewater Computer Systems Inc., Canada. From 2008 to 2010, she was with

Turkcell Research

and Development Applied Research and Technology, Istanbul. Since 2010, she has been with Istanbul Technical

University, where she currently works as a Professor. Her research interests include wireless network design, physical

layer security, and network coding. She is a Marie Curie Fellow, and her project REALMARS is selected to be a success

story by European Commission Research Executive Agency. She is the Director of Wireless Communications Research

Laboratory at Istanbul Technical University. Gunes has co-authored 58 peer-reviewed journal papers, 11 granted

patents, 9 filed patent applications, 7 book chapters, and more than 170 conference papers. She has supervised 6 PhD

theses (1 as a co-supervisor), 16 MSc theses and 37 Senior Design Projects. She pioneered several significant test-bed

designs for experimental verification for several topics including network coding, non- orthogonal multiple access

(NOMA) and various waveform designs, that have been published in reputable IEEE Journals. Since August 2019, she is at

Carleton University as a visiting professor and also appointed as an adjunct research professor. Gunes is currently

serving an Associate Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine.

Tutorial 2: Civil drones traffic management: Wireless communication for safe UAV

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 | 17:00-19:00 EEST | Virtual Room #1

Speakers: Evgenii (Genia) Vinogradov, KU Leuven, Belgium; Franco Minucci, KU Leuven, Belgium; Aymen Fakhreddine,

Lakeside Labs, Austria

Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-enabled solutions are becoming very popular. UAVs (or drones) are attractive

owing to their flexibility and potential cost efficiency in comparison with conventional aircraft. While in some countries

drones are perceived as “game changers” and “development enablers”, in other areas, the public is rather concerned

about safety and security issues aroused by the UAV-use. Moreover, it is not fully understood how the wide-scale

drones’ applications will influence conventional Air Traffic Management (ATM). National and supranational authorities

(e.g., Federal Aviation Administration – FAA, European Union Aviation Safety Agency – EASA, International Civil Aviation

Organization – ICAO) and industrial actors (Amazon, Google, DJI) are now developing systems for UAV Traffic

Management. These services and products are vital for establishing trust between the authorities, the public, and

industry. As it is anticipated that UTM and ATM systems will, at some point, coincide or overlap, the common

terminology and approaches are vital. Given UAVs mobility, high speed and adaptive altitude, the communication with

UAVs will have to rely on several technologies to ensure the targeted reliability. Cellular networks and LWAN could

potentially be good candidates. This tutorial will shed lights on how connecting UAVs via several popular technologies

ranging from WiFi (and others, part 2) to cellular networks (part 3). We will discuss the technical challenges that drone-

connected networks research has to deal with. We report and discuss throughput, interference and handover

measurements for an aerial drone connected the aforementioned networks.

The tutorial consists of three main parts. The first part (given by E. Vinogradov) is dedicated to describing the traffic

management system architecture, requirements, terminology, and services. Moreover, he will give a quick overview of

existing technologies that can be useful for aerial deconfliction. In the second part, F. Minucci will focus wireless

technologies used for the tactical (while flying) deconfliction: ADS-B, p2p LoRa, WiFi, FLARM. These technologies require

only on-board equipment. The use of ground infrastructure will be investigated by A. Fakhreddine in the third part of the

tutorial on the example of using LTE-A. The second and third parts are mostly based on the extensive measurement

campaigns.

Speakers’ Biography:

Evgenii Vinogradov received the Dipl. Engineer degree in Radio Engineering and Telecommunications from Saint-

Petersburg Electro-technical University (Russia), in 2009. After several years of working in the field of mobile

communications, he joined UCLouvain (Belgium) in 2013, where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2017. His doctoral

research interests focused on multidimensional radio propagation channel modeling. In 2017, Evgenii joined the

electrical engineering department at KU Leuven (Belgium) where he is working on wireless communications with UAVs

and UAV detection. He has also authored several tutorials (during ICC’19, EuCAP’19, and IE’19) dedicated to various

aspects of wireless communications with drones.

Franco Minucci received his BSc and MSc in electronics engineering from the University of Calabria in Italy. After

graduation, he worked for three years in Italy mostly as a hardware designer for telecom equipment. In 2011 he moved

to Belgium, where he worked for Ansem NV, IMEC vzw and Nokia (former Alcatel Lucent) in Antwerp. Currently, he is a

Ph.D. student in KU Leuven, where he is working on a wireless system for automatic air conflict management and

collision avoidance.

Aymen Fakhreddine holds a doctoral and master degree in telematics engineering from the University Carlos III of

Madrid (Spain) with expertise in wireless communications, networking, and localization. He is a senior researcher at

Lakeside Labs (Klagenfurt, Austria) working on cellular- connected drone systems. He previously held a similar position at

the University of Klagenfurt, worked as a researcher at IMDEA Networks Institute (Madrid, Spain) and a visiting

researcher at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He also holds a master degree in advanced wireless

communication systems from École Supérieure d’Électricité (CentraleSupélec) in Paris (France) and an engineering

degree in Telecommunications from INPT Rabat (Morocco).

Tutorial 3: Moving Towards Zero-Touch Automation, A Key Enabler for 6G: Addressing the

Training Data Sparsity/Scarcity Challenge

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 | 15:00-17:00 EEST | Virtual Room #2

Speaker: Prof. Ali Imran, Director AI4Networks Research Center, William H. Barkow Presidential (Associate) Professor,

ECE, The University of Oklahoma, USA, CTA AISON

Abstract: Despite the recent success of AI for enabling automation in other domains, in mobile networks attempts

towards AI powered zero touch automation are hampered by a fundamental challenge: The sparsity and scarcity of the

training data in mobile networks. Unlike many other native applications of AI, real cellular data for training AI is

generally both scarce and sparse. This is because operators generally do not test a wide range of parameters on live

network, and whatever data they have cannot be extracted and shared easily. This limits the utility of some of the most

powerful AI tools such as DNN for solving many practical problems in mobile networks; Without addressing this

challenge explicitly and timely, despite the hype and hopes, full potential of AI cannot be

harnessed for mobile networks. Leveraging insights from presenter’s heavy involvement in several cutting-edge projects

on the topic, the goal of this tutorial is to share promising approaches for addressing the data sparsity challenge to

ultimately enable zero touch automation in 6G. Some of the approaches to be discussed include, domain aware data

augmentation methods for cellular network data, use of generative adversarial networks (GANs), leveraging different

types of network geometries and novel methods for realistic synthetic data generation to address the sparsity challenge.

The tutorial will conclude with introduction of new real problems of mobile industry interest that require AI based

solutions and potential solution approaches and opportunities therein to trigger the much-needed focused research

effort towards zero touch automation.

Speaker’s Biography:

Dr. Ali Imran is founding director of AI4Networks Research Centre (www.ai4networks.com) at the University of

Oklahoma. In addition to being first of its kind centre focused on mobile network native AI, the centre is also host to

TurboRAN (http://bsonlab.com/TurboRAN/ )-a purpose-built cellular testbed for enabling experimental research on zero

touch automation–and numerous multinational R&D projects on AI for wireless networks. Dr. Imran is also co-

founder of a start-up AISON (www.aison.co ) that has launched world’s first deep AI enabled RAN automation and

performance optimization solution currently being evaluated by several operators around the world for its game

changing gains over current SON paradigm. Dr. Imran’s research on network automation has played major role in this

area and has been supported by over $4M in nationally and internationally competitive research grants. On this topic,

he has published over 100 refereed journal and conference papers and has several patents granted and pending. His

work includes some of the most influential publications in the area of mobile network automation. The impact of his

work on network automation has been recognized by several prestigious awards such as VPR Outstanding International

Impact Award at the University of Oklahoma, 2018, IEEE Green ICT YP International award 2017, and best paper award

IEEE CAMAD 2013. Dr. Imran is routinely invited to serves as an advisor to key stakeholder in cellular network eco-

system. He has been a tutorial presenter, a keynote speaker and a panelist on numerous international industry fora and

academic conferences on this topic. He is an Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), UK; president of

ComSoc Tulsa Chapter; Senior Member IEEE, Member of Advisory Board for Special Technical Community on Big Data at

IEEE Computer Society, and board member of ITERA.

Tutorial 4: Satellite Communications: Present and Future

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 | 17:00-19:00 EEST | Virtual Room #2

Speaker: Prof. Arie Reichman, Ariel University and Ayecka Communication Systems

Abstract: After more than 60 years of history, the satellite communication continues to grow in all terms of capacity,

number of systems and users and applications competing and cooperating with wireless communications. The latest

challenges are high throughput satellite (HTS) systems using GEO satellites and multi beam Ka band technology and

‘newspace’ LEO Constellation systems that would provide low latency global Internet access at high data rates.

The satellite communication has unique features that make it vital and growing mean of communication. This tutorial is

meant to provide the audience an overview of present satellite communication methods and systems, how it works and

its application. The focus is to present the new goals with GEO and MEO and LEO satellites.

This tutorial will be suitable for all those engineers who wish to learn the present methods of satellite communication

based on international standards at different frequency bands and the future systems that are under development.

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to understand the types of satellite communication in the present and in

the future, its performance and applications.

Speaker’s Biography: Prof. Arie Reichman is an expert in wireless communication with more than 40 years of experience

in industry and academy. Now he is the Chief Scientist at Ayecka Communication Systems, a company with high

expertise in satellite communication and a professor at Ariel University. At the university he teaches courses in

communication including a course on satellite communication. He received the prestigious Israeli Security Prize,

developed core technologies of high-tech companies and was the cofounder of Shiron Satellite Communications. He

represents the state of Israel in European programs of Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) in the domain of

Information and Communication Technologies.

He was the initiator and held leading positions in several R&D consortia under the auspices of Chief Science of Ministry

of Industry and Trade. He wrote more than 50 articles in refereed journals and in conference proceedings and 5 patents.

He holds the B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Technion and PhD from the University of Southern California in 1984.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

FULL PROGRAM

*Times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time*

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 15:00-17:00 EEST TUT I: Tutorial 1: On the Security of Wireless Systems: A Cyber-Physical System Perspective (Virtual Room 1) Prof. Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Chair: Toktam Mahmoodi (King’s College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)) TUT III: Tutorial 3: Moving Towards Zero-Touch Automation, A Key Enabler for 6G: Addressing the Training Data Sparsity/Scarcity Challenge (Virtual Room 2) Prof. Ali Imran, Director AI4Networks Research Center, William H. Barkow Presidential (Associate) Professor, ECE, The University of Oklahoma, USA, CTA AISON Chair: Albena Mihovska (SDSU, USA) 17:00-19:00 EEST TUT II: Tutorial 2: Civil Drones Traffic Management: Wireless Communication for Safe UAV (Virtual Room 1) Evgenii (Genia) Vinogradov, KU Leuven, Belgium Franco Minucci, KU Leuven, Belgium Aymen Fakhreddine, Lakeside Labs, Austria Chair: Lela Mirtskhulava, Lm. (Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & San Diego State University Georgia, Georgia) TUT IV: Tutorial 4: Satellite Communications: Present and Future (Virtual Room 2) Prof. Arie Reichman, Ariel University and Ayecka Communication Systems Chair: Mehmet Ulema (Manhattan College, USA)

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 15:00-16:00 EEST Opening Plenary and Keynote 1 (Virtual Room 1) Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Complex Networks Chair: Mehmet Ulema (Manhattan College, USA) 16:00-17:30 EEST Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning I (Virtual Room 1) An Intelligent Traffic Classification in SDN-IoT: A Machine Learning Approach Isaac Owusu (University of Ottawa, Canada); Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Anomaly Detection on Broadband Network Gateway Halil Ertan (Innova Bilişim Çözümleri, Turkey); Selver Küçükbay (Innova Bilişim Çözümleri, Turkey); Amir Yavariabdi (Karatay University, Turkey); Nuri Kangöz (Türk Telekom Research Center, Turkey); Ali Emre Tiryaki (Türk Telekom Research Center, Turkey); İren Özalp (Türk Telekom Research Center, Turkey) A Machine Learning based Framework for KPI Maximization in Emerging Networks using Mobility Parameters Joel Shodamola (University of Oklahoma, USA); Usama Masood (University of Oklahoma, USA); Marvin Manalastas (University of Oklahoma, USA); Ali Imran (University of Oklahoma, USA) 5G-Radio I (Virtual Room 2) Chair: Sinem Coleri (Koc University, Turkey) Coverage Probability of Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Pandelis Kourtessis (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Marco Di Renzo (CentraleSupelec-University, France); Symeon Chatzinotas (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg); John Micheal Senior (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Search-Free Precoder Selection for 5G New Radio Using Neural Networks Talha Akyıldız (Bilkent University, Turkey); Tolga M. Duman (Bilkent University, Turkey) Optimal On-Off Transmission Schemes for Full Duplex Wireless Powered Communication Networks Muhammad Shahid Iqbal (Koc University, Turkey); Yalcin Sadi (Kadir Has University, Turkey); Sinem Coleri (Koc University, Turkey) 5G-APPs & Security I (Virtual Room 3) Chair: Nataliia Gvozdetska (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine) Novel OMA and Hybrid NOMA Schemes for MEC Offloading İlke Altin (Bogazici University & ULAK Communications, Turkey); Mehmet Akar (Bogazici University, Turkey) Performance of a Security Control Scheme for a Health Data Exchange System Erol Gelenbe (Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland & University of Cote d’Azur, France); Mihajlo Pavloski (Facebook, United Kingdom (Great Britain)) Architectural and Financial Considerations for Deploying 5G Based Fixed Wireless Access Mehmet Ulema (Manhattan College, USA); Kudret Topyan (Manhattan College, USA) Recent Results in Wireless Communications I (Virtual Room 4) Chair: Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) Federated Mimic Learning for Privacy Preserving Intrusion Detection Noor Ali Al-Athba Al-Marri (Hamad Bin Khalifa University & Qatar Central Bank, Qatar); Bekir S Çiftler and Mohamed M. Abdallah (Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar) Doppler Spread Impact Minimization via Terminal Sensors Usage Alexander Yudnikov (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia); Dmitriy Zabirov (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Russia); Vladimir Lyashev and Mikhail Kirichenko (Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Russia) A Comparative Study on Multi-Channel Access Methods in 5G NR-U Networks Vyacheslav Zhdanovskiy (IITP RAS, MIPT, Russia); Vyacheslav Loginov (IITP RAS, NRU HSE, Russia); Andrey Lyakhov and Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia)

17:30 -18:00 EEST Break 18:00-19:30 EEST Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning II (Virtual Room 1) Chair: Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada) Communication Supervision Function for Verticals in 4G Networks and Beyond: Traffic Anomaly Detection from Aggregated LTE MAC Layer Reports Using a LSTM-RNN Sergio Lembo (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Heli Kokkoniemi-Tarkkanen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Seppo Horsmanheimo (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland) Dynamic Resource Management in Next Generation Networks with Dense User Traffic Aysun Aslan (Hacettepe University, Turkey); Cenk Toker (Hacettepe University, Turkey); Gulce Bal (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) Neuromorphic AI Empowered Root Cause Analysis of Faults in Emerging Networks Shruti Bothe (University of Oklahoma, USA); Usama Masood (University of Oklahoma, USA); Hasan Farooq (University of Oklahoma, USA); Ali Imran (University of Oklahoma, USA) 5G-Radio II (Virtual Room 2) Chair: Ferdi Kara (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey) Error Probability Analysis of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access with Channel Estimation Errors Ferdi Kara (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey); Hakan Kaya (Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey) Minimum Length Scheduling for Wireless Powered Communication Networks with Discrete Rates Elif Dilek Salik (Koc University, Turkey); Sinem Coleri (Koc University, Turkey) Wireless Powered Cooperative Relaying Systems with Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Ferdi Kara (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey) 5G-APPs & Security II (Virtual Room 3) Chair: Anshul Pandey (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India) Comprehensive Energy Efficient Approach to Workload Processing in Distributed Computing Environment Larysa S. Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine); Nataliia Gvozdetska (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine) Triple-Band Transparent Flexible Antenna for ISM Band and 5G Applications Tale Saeidi (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Sarmad Mahmood (Al-Kitab University College, Iraq); Sameer Alani (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Iraq); Shahid Ali (Petronas University Malaysia, Malaysia); Idris bin Ismail (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia); Adam Alhawari (Najran University, Saudi Arabia) Secure Cooperative Fixed Gain Untrusted Relay Networks with Destination Assisted Jamming under Nakagami-m Fading Channels Anshul Pandey (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India); Suneel Yadav (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India)

Recent Results in Wireless Communications II (Virtual Room 4) Chair: Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia) Energy-Efficient Deployment of UAV in V2X Network Considering Latency and Backhaul Issues Uygar Demir, Cenk Toker and Özgür Ekici (Hacettepe University, Turkey) Resource Allocation Strategies for Real-Time Applications in Wi-Fi 7 Evgeny Avdotin (IITP RAS & MIPT, Russia); Dmitry Bankov (IITP RAS & NRU HSE, Russia); Evgeny Khorov and Andrey Lyakhov (IITP RAS, Russia) A Four-User Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System Implementation in Software Defined Radios Mehmet Akif Durmaz, Eray Guven and Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Mesut Toka, Mahmoud Aldababsa and Oğuz Kucur (Gebze Technical University, Turkey)

Thursday, May 28, 2020 15:00-16:00 EEST Keynote 2 (Virtual Room 1) Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, Wireless Access Architecture: The Next 20 Years Chair: Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada) 16:00 – 16:30 EEST Break 16:30-18:30 EEST Congitive-Nets (CNET1-CNET4) (Virtual Room 1) Utility Proportional Resource Allocation for Users with Diverse SLAs in Virtualized Radio Access Networks Behnam Rouzbehani (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon & INESC-ID, Portugal); Vladimir Marbukh (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA); Kamran Sayrafian (NIST, USA) Spectrum Sensing Algorithm Based on Real-time Likelihood Ratio in Cognitive Networks Yanyan Ge, Jiajun Chen, Dongmei Li, Shibing Zhang, Lili Guo and Yonghong Chen (Nantong University, China) Multimedia traffic prediction based on wavelet- and spline-extrapolation Irina Strelkovskaya (ONAT & Institute of Infocommunications and Software Engineering, Ukraine); Irina Solovskaya (Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications, Ukraine); Anastasiya Makoganiuk (A. S. Popov Odessa National Academy of Telecommunications, Ukraine); Taisa Rodionova (Odessa National University, Ukraine) Optimal Location of Cellular Base Station via Convex Optimization Elham Kalantari and Sergey Loyka (University of Ottawa, Canada); Halim Yanikomeroglu (Carleton University, Canada); Abbas Yongacoglu (University of Ottawa, Canada) Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) Communication (Virtual Room 2) Chair: Atay Ozgovde (Galatasaray University, Turkey)

QoS based Deep Reinforcement Learning for V2X Resource Allocation Shubhangi Bhadauria (Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg & Fraunhofer IIS, Germany); Zohaib Shabbir (Altran Technologies, Germany); Elke Roth-Mandutz (Fraunhofer IIS, Germany); Georg Fischer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany) Secrecy Performance of Cognitive Vehicular Radio Networks: Joint Impact of Nodes Mobility and Imperfect Channel Estimates Suneel Yadav (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh India, India); Anshul Pandey (Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India) A Novel Link Adaptation Method for NB-IoT Downlink Control Channel İlke Altin (Bogazici University & ULAK Communications, Turkey); Emre Bilican, Oguz Celikel and Yagmur Coskun (ULAK Communications Inc, Turkey) Cost-aware Data Aggregation and Energy Decentralization with Electrical Vehicles in Microgrids through LTE Links Murat Simsek (University of Ottawa & Istanbul Technical University, Canada); Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Omara and Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada) Murat Simsek (University of Ottawa & Istanbul Technical University, Canada); Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed Omara and Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada) Optical (Virtual Room 3) Chair: Ekin Basak Bektas (Kadir Has University, Turkey)

On the Investigation of Achievable Links for VLC based Wireless Downhole Telemetry Systems Sezer Can Tokgoz (Texas A&M University (at Qatar), USA); Scott Miller (Texas A&M University, USA); Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA) Mathematical Technique for Photonic Crystal Fibers Automated Positioning Module Igor Nevliudov, Oleksandr Filipenko and Oksana Sychova (Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine) Molecular Motor Communication with An Absorbing Receiver Ankit Ankit and Manav Bhatnagar (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India) Sparse Channel Estimation with Clipping Noise in DCO-OFDM Based VLC Systems Ekin Basak Bektas and Erdal Panayirci (Kadir Has University, Turkey) Recent Results in Wireless Communications III (Virtual Room 4) Chair: Eduardo de Arruda (PUCRS, Brazil) Uplink and Downlink Performance Bounds for Full Duplex Cellular Networks Askar Mandali Kundu (IIT Bhilai, India); Rudrashish Pal and Mayank Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, India); Thazhathe Veetil Sreejith (IIT Bhillai, India) Performance Analysis and Power Allocation for Virtual Noise Based Cooperative Systems Yunus Emre Ayhan (Yildiz Technical University & Ericsson, Turkey); Muhammet Ali Karabulut and Haci Ilhan (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey) Appendable-block Blockchain Evaluation over Geographically-Distributed IoT Networks Eduardo de Arruda (PUCRS, Brazil); Roben Castagna Lunardi (PUCRS & IFRS, Brazil); Henry C Nunes and Avelino Zorzo (PUCRS, Brazil); Regio Michelin (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Friday, May 29, 2020 15:00-16:00 EEST Closing Plenary and Keynote 3 (Virtual Room 1) Xavier Costa-Pérez, NEC Laboratories Europe, AI-based Automation for Beyond 5G Networks Chair: Larysa S. Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine) 16:00 – 16:30 EEST Break 16:30-17:30 EEST Software-defined Networking (Virtual Room 1) Chair: Alexander D. Gelman (NETovations, USA) LRSD-BGP: A Software-Defined Routing Framework for Inter-Domain Fast Initial Link Setup Kuang-Ting Cheng, Nian Xia, Shu-Wei Lee and Chu-Sing Yang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) Routing Chain: A Proof-of-Concept Model for a Blockchain-Enabled QoS-Based Inter-AS Routing in SDN Murat Karakus (Bayburt University, Turkey); Evrim Guler (Bartin University, Turkey) Recent Results in Wireless Communications IV (Virtual Room 2) Chair: Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia) Machine Learning Approach for Automatic Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Cellular Networks Jamale Benitez Porch (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Chuan Heng Foh (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Hasan Farooq and Ali Imran (University of Oklahoma, USA) On the Channel Estimation Performance of NOMA Systems: Experimental Implementation of Real-Time Downlink NOMA-OFDM Joana Angjo, Mehmet Tuncer, Ege Akertek, Hakan Alakoca, Mehmet Basaran and Lutfiye Durak-Ata (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) Demos (Virtual Room 3) Chair: Andrii A. Astrakhantsev (National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute & Samsung R&D Institute Ukraine, Ukraine) Exploiting RSUs to Improve the Connectivity of Junction-Based Routing in VANETs’ City Scenarios Khalid Zahedi (Basrah University College of Science and Technology, Iraq); Abdul Samad Ismail and Razali Ngah (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia) Energy Efficient Workload Processing Technology for Distributed Computing Environment Larysa S. Globa and Nataliia Gvozdetska (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine) Analysis of the Effectiveness of Methods for Forming a Biometric Template Based on Iris Image Processing Andrii A. Astrakhantsev (National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute & Samsung R&D Institute Ukraine, Ukraine); Valeriia Chernikova (NURE, Ukraine)

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