Technical Program

Program at a glance

Detailed Program

Monday, August 22

Morning

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM    Opening Ceremony

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM      Keynote speech: Dr. Jon Mark

Evolution of Wireless Communications and Networking

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 1: Wireless Scheduling I

Session chair: Junshan Zhang, Arizona State University

Link Scheduling with Power Control for Throughput Enhancement in Multihop Wireless Networks

Jian Tang, Guoliang Xue, Christopher Chandler, Weiyi Zhang

Power Allocation and Scheduling for MAC Layer Design in UWB Networks

Jun Cai, Stanley Liu, Sherman Shen, Jon Mark, Terence D. Todd

Provisioning Link Layer Proportional Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks with Smart Antennas

Ashish Deopura, Aura Ganz

Opportunistic Multichannel Aloha for Clustered OFDM Wireless Networks

Kai Bai, Junshan Zhang

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 2: Wireless Sensor Networks

Session chair: Thomas Hou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Maintaining Reliability Through Activity Management in 802.15.4 Sensor Networks

Jelena Misic, Shairmina Shafi, Vojislav Misic

Distributed Source Coding in Wireless Sensor Networks

Guogang Hua, Chang Wen Chen

Energy-Efficient Data Aggregation Hierarchy for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yuanzhu Peter Chen, Arthur Liestman, Jiangchuan Liu

On Base Station Selection for Anycast Flow Routing in Energy-ConstrainedWireless Sensor Networks

Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, Hanif Sherali




Afternoon

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM    Session 3: Wireless LANs I

Session chair: Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba

Voice Capacity Analysis of WLAN with Unbalanced Traffic

Lin Cai, Sherman Shen, Jon Mark, Lin Cai, Yang Xiao

QoS mechanisms for the MAC protocol of IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Jose Gallardo, Paul Medina, Weihua Zhuang

Admission Control with Load Balancing in IEEE 802.11-Based ESS Networks

Dongmei Zhao, Jun Zou

Optimizing Network Utilization in Mobile Wireless Local Area Networks

Song Ci, Mohsen Guizani, Hamid Sharif

Performance Analysis of UMTS Handover with the Help of WLAN

Danyan Chen

 

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM    Session 4: Routing

Session chair: Baochun Li, University of Toronto

Load Balancing Routing in Multi-Channel Hybrid Wireless Networks with Single Network Interface

Jungmin So, Nitin Vaidya

Solving Multi-Constrained Path Selection Problem by Using Depth First Search

Zhenjiang Li, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Delay Satisfaction End-to-End Priority Assignment and Routing in Multi-Class Priority Networks

Mohamed Ashour, Tho Le-Ngoc

Route Based QoS and The Biased Early Drop (BED) Algorithm

Scott Evans, Marc Pearlman, Michael Hartman, Asavari Rothe, Marty Egan, Manny Leiva

A Utility-based Distributed Maximum Lifetime Routing Algorithm for Wireless Networks
 
Yuan Xue, Yi Cui, Klara Nahrstedt


 

Tuesday, August 23

Morning

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM    Keynote speech: Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi

Capitalizing on Analogies between Different Applications in Stochastic Modeling

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 5: Wireless Scheduling II

Session chair: Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University

Finite Buffer Queue Analysis and Scheduling for Heavy-Tailed Traffic in Packet-Switching Wireless Networks

Shahram Teymori, Weihua Zhuang

TCP fairness measures for scheduling algorithms in wireless networks

Krister Norlund, Tony Ottosson, Anna Brunstrom

Cross-Layer Scheduler Design with QoS Support for Broadband Wireless Access Networks

Qingwen Liu, Xin Wang, Georgios B. Giannakis

Achieving Weighted Fairness between Uplink and Downlink in IEEE 802.11 DCF-Based WLANs

Jiwoong Jeong, Sunghyun Choi, Chong-kwon Kim

 

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 6: Wireless LANs II

Session chair: Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta

Enhancing the IEEE 802.11e in QoS Support: Analysis and Mechanisms

Xiang Chen, Hongqiang Zhai, Yuguang Fang

Channel-Aware Weighted Proportional Fair Medium Access Control in Wireless LANs with MIMO links

Dong Zheng, Junshan Zhang

An Efficient Algorithm for the Optimal Placement of Wireless Extension Points in WLANs

Aaron So, Ben Liang

A Per-Class QoS Service Model in IEEE 802.11e WLANs

Wanjiun Liao, JengFarn Lee



Afternoon

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM    Session 7: Network Integration

Session chair: Shirshanka Das, University of California, Los Angeles

Grido: An Architecture for a Grid-based Overlay Network

Shirshanka Das, Alok Nandan, Michael Parker, Giovanni Pau, Mario Gerla

Architecture for 3G and 802.16 Wireless Networks Integration with QoS Support

Daehyon Kim, Aura Ganz

Adaptive Low-Complexity Erasure-Correcting Code-Based Protocols for QoS-Driven Mobile Multicast Services

Xi Zhang, Qinghe Du

A Heuristic Multicast Algorithm to Support QoS Group Communications in Heterogeneous Network

Hui Cheng, Jiannong Cao, Xingwei Wang

Reducing Multicast Traffic Load for Cellular Networks using Ad Hoc Networks

Li Lao, Jun-Hong Cui

 

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM    Session 8: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Session chair: Dapeng (Oliver) Wu, University of Florida

A Denial-of-Service Resistant Quality-of-Service Signaling Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Marek Hejmo, Brian L. Mark, Charikleia Zouridaki, Roshan K. Thomas

On Increasing End-to-End Throughput in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Zongpeng Li, Baochun Li

The QuORRUM Protocol - Efficient Tree Repair for Qualification-Based

Lori Flynn, Hans-Peter Dommel

Cooperative Diversity Slotted ALOHA

Wing Hin Wong, John Shea, Tan Wong

Retransmission Strategies for Wireless Connections with Resource-Limited Devices

Lavy Libman
 

Wednesday, August 24

Morning

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM      Keynote speech: Dr. Anthony C.K. Soong

Technological enablers of the IEEE Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (IEEE 802.16)

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 9: Mobility Management

Session chair: Brain Mark, George Mason University

Enhancing QoS Support for Vertical Handoffs Using Implicit/Explicit Handoff Notification

Ling-Jyh Chen, Guang Yang, Tony Sun, M.Y. Sanadidi, Mario Gerla

Novel Service Oriented Handoffs in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Guangbin Fan, Xuming Lu

Smooth Handoff with Enhanced Packet Buffering-and-Forwarding in Wireless/Mobile Networks

Chun-Ting Chou, Kang G. Shin

Personal AP Protocol for Mobility Management in Hybrid Wired/Wireless Systems

Lichun Bao, Lei Zan, Jidong Wang

Using TCP for Video Streaming Over Wireless Channel

Chi Fai Wong, Chi Fai Jack Tang, Wai Lam Fung, Gary Chan
 

9:30 AM - 12:30 AM   Session 10: Resource Management

Session chair: Dongmei Zhao, McMaster University

On Maintaining Multimedia Session's Quality in CDMA Cellular Networks Using a Rate Adaptive Framework

Ehab Elmallah, Mrinal Mandal

Effective Capacity Channel Model for Frequency-selective Fading Channels

Dapeng Oliver Wu, Rohit Negi

Utility-based Adaptive Resource Allocation in Hybrid Wireless Networks

Calin Curescu, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Bing Cao, Teresa Dahlberg

Adaptive Resource Management for Mobile Multimedia Communications with Bandwidth Asymmetry between Uplink and Downlink

Chuang Lin, Wei YaYa

Path Protection with Pre-identification for MPLS Networks

Dan Wang, Funda Ergun

On the Variable Capacity Property of CC/DS-CDMA Systems

Li-Peng Wang, Yang Yang, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, Yong Hua Song