16th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems

Technical Program



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Sunday, November 3

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia/Workshops I

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MobiWAC 2013
PM2HW2N 2013
DIVANet 2013

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Morning Tutorial

Title: TBD

Monday, November 4

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia/Workshops II

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MobiWAC 2013
PM2HW2N 2013
DIVANet 2013

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome Address and Keynote Speaker

Prof. Robert Schober, Chair for Digital Communication at the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU), Erlangen, Germany

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Session 1: Wireless Mesh Networks

Chair: Bjorn Landfeldt, Lund University, Sweden
Exploiting Graph Partitioning for Hierarchical Replica Placement in WMNs
Zakwan Al-Arnaout (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Qiang Fu (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Marcus Frean (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Improving minimum flow rate in wireless mesh networks by effective placement of directional antennas
Yuan Li (Lund University, Sweden); Michał Pióro (Lund University, Sweden); Bjorn Landfeldt (Lund University, Sweden)
Experimental Evaluation of a Wireless Community Mesh Network
Llorenç Cerdà-Alabern (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Axel Neumann (UPC, Spain); Pau Escrich (Guifi.net Foundation, Spain)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 2: Spectrum and bandwidth assignment and management

Chair: Sotiris E. Nikoletseas, University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute, Greece
On Radio Resource Sharing in Multi-Antenna Virtualized Wireless Networks
Xin Wang (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Prashant Krishnamurthy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); David Tipper (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Assessing the Appropriateness of using Markov Decision Processes for RF Spectrum Management
John Meier (Washington University - st. Louis, USA); Sreeharsha Sistla (Washington University STL, USA); Benjamin Karaus (Washington University - STL, USA); Christopher Gill (Washington University in St. Louis, USA); Roger D Chamberlain (Washington University in St. Louis, USA); Terry Tidwell (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
Algorithms for Channel Assignment in Mobile Wireless Networks using Temporal Coloring
Feng Yu (Graduate Center of CUNY, USA); Amotz Bar-Noy (Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA); Prithwish Basu (Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA); Ram Ramanathan (BBN Technologies, USA)
Femtocells Sharing Management using Mobility Prediction Model
Barth Dominique (University of Versailles, France); Amira Choutri (University of Versailles, France); Leila Kloul (PRiSM Laboratory, University of Versailles, France); Olivier Marce (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, France)

12:15 PM - 1:20 PM

Lunch Break

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session I

Demo Session

Session 3: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)
An Energy Efficient Adaptive HELLO Algorithm for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Danping He (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain); Nathalie Mitton (Inria Lille - Nord Europe, France); David Simplot-Ryl (Inria, France)
APDV: Making Distance Vector Routing Scale Using Adaptive Publish-Subscribe Mechanisms
Qian Li (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA); Jj Garcia-Luna-Aceves (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA)
Performance Evaluation of the Anypath Routing and Forwarding Mechanism AP-OLSR
Andreas Lavén (Karlstad University, Sweden); Andreas J. Kassler (Karlstad University, Sweden); Anna Brunstrom (Karlstad University, Sweden)
Sequence Numbers Do Not Guarantee Loop Freedom —AODV Can Yield Routing Loops—
Rob van Glabbeek (NICTA, Australia); Peter Höfner (National ICT Australia, Australia); Wee Lum Tan (NICTA, Australia); Marius Portmann (University of Queensland, Australia)

3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Coffee Break

3:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Session 4: Wireless Sensor Networks (I)

Chair: Angel Cuevas (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Efficient, Distributed Coordination of Multiple Mobile Chargers in Sensor Networks
Adelina Madhja (University of Patras, Greece); Sotiris E. Nikoletseas (University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute, Greece); Theofanis P. Raptis (University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute, Greece)
Performance evaluation of wireless sensor networks in realistic wildfire simulation scenarios
Sinan Isik (Bogazici University, Turkey); Mehmet Yunus Donmez (Bogazici University, Turkey); Can Tunca (Bogazici University, Turkey); Cem Ersoy (Bogazici University, Turkey)
Efficient Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks with Multi-Channel Links
Miloud Bagaa (Center of Research on Scientific and Technical Information (CERIST), Algeria); Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA); Nadjib Badache (CERIST, Algeria)
Optimal radius for connectivity in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks
Amitabha Bagchi (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India); Sainyam Galhotra (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India); Tarun Mangla (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India); Cristina M. Pinotti (University of Perugia, Italy)
Energy Saving Strategies in WiFi Indoor Localization
Azin Neishaboori (Carnegie Mellon University & Pennsylvania State University, USA); Khaled A. Harras (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Coffee Break

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Session 5: Modeling multiple-access channels and networks

Chair: Prithwish Basu, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA
Performance Modeling and Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks with Hidden nodes
Myung Woo Lee (KAIST, Korea); Ganguk Hwang (KAIST, Korea); Sumit Roy (University of Washington, USA)
Hierarchical Modeling of 802.11 Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Thiago Abreu (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France); Bruno Baynat (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-LIP6, France); Thomas Begin (Université de Lyon 1, France); Isabelle Guérin Lassous (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - LIP, France)
Multiple-access Channel Capacity of Diffusion and Ligand-based Molecular Communication
Qiang Liu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Kun Yang (University of Essex, United Kingdom)

Tuesday, November 5

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

8:00 AM - 9:30 PM

Session 6: Wireless Sensor Networks (II)

Chair: Teruo Higashino (Osaka University, Japan)
Efficient Algorithm for Serial Data Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks
Ahmed Mostefaoui (University of Franche-Comté, France); Mahmoud Melkemi (Univeriste de Haute Alsace, France); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Movement Assisted-Topology Control and Geographic Routing Protocol for Underwater Sensor Networks
Rodolfo W. L. Coutinho (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Luiz F. M. Vieira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Cooperative Localization Revisited: Error Bound, Scaling, and Convergence
Shigeo Shioda (Chiba University, Japan); Kazuki Shimamura (Chiba University, Japan)
Voronoi Trees for Hierarchical In-Network Data and Space Abstractions in Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohamed Mohamed (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA); Ashfaq Khokhar (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA); Goce Trajcevski (Northwestern University, USA)

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Session 7: Data Link Layer protocols: multiple access and scheduling

Chair: Ganguk Hwang (KAIST, Korea)
ATR-MAC: Deadline Driven Data Collection from Smart Meters in Absence of Aggregation
Ehsan Nourbakhsh (University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Ravi Prakash (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
An Intelligent Routing Scheme Effectively Utilizing Mass Storage Embedded on Satellites to Mitigate Network Congestions
Kazuma Kaneko (Tohoku University, Japan); Yuichi Kawamoto (Tohoku University, Japan); Hiroki Nishiyama (Tohoku University, Japan); Nei Kato (Tohoku University, Japan); Shinichi Yamamoto (National Institute of Information and Conmmucations Techology, Japan); Naoko Yoshimura (National Institute of Information and Conmmucations Techology, Japan)
Wake-up Radio as an Energy-Efficient Alternative to Conventional Wireless Sensor Network MAC Protocols
Joaquim Oller (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ilker Demirkol (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya & i2CAT Foundation, Spain); Jordi Casademont (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain); Josep Paradells (UPC, Spain); Gerd Gamm (University of Freiburg & IMTEK, Germany); Leonhard Reindl (IMTEK - Institute for Microsystem Technology, Germany)

11:15 AM - 12:15 AM

Keynote Speaker Address

Prof. Arturo Azcorra, U. Carlos III and IMDEA Networks, Spain

12:15 PM - 1:20 PM

Lunch Break

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session II

Session 8: Link Quality and Coverage Estimation (I)

Chair: Ahmed Mostefaoui (University of Franche Comte, France)
Indoor Coverage Estimation from Unreliable Measurements using Spatial Statistics
Elena Meshkova (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Janne Riihijärvi (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Junaid Ansari (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Petri Mähönen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
An Empirical Study of Link Quality Estimation Techniques for Disconnection Detection in WBANs
Majid Nabi (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands); Marc Geilen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands); Twan Basten (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Equilibrium Sensing Time for Distributed Opportunistic Access in Cognitive Radio Networks
Sofia Bouferda (GREENTIC/UH2C, Morocco); Essaid Sabir (ENSEM/GREENTIC UH2C & ENSEM, Morocco); Aawatif Hayar (GREENTIC/ENSEM/UH2C, Morocco); M Rifi (ESTC-UH2C, Morocco)
Understanding the Benefits of Open Access in Femtocell Networks: Stochastic Geometric Analysis in the Uplink
Wei Bao (University of Toronto, Canada); Ben Liang (University of Toronto, Canada)

3:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Session 9: Wireless Sensor Networks (III)

Chair: Antonio A.F. Loureiro (UFMG, Brazil)
Efficient Energy Management and Data Recovery in Sensor Networks using Latent Variables Based Tensor Factorization
Bojan Milosevic (University of Bologna, Italy); Jinseok Yang (University of California, San Diego, USA); Nakul Verma (University of California, San Diego, USA); Sameer S. Tilak (University of California at San Diego, USA); Piero Zappi (University of California, San Diego, USA); Elisabetta Farella (DEIS - University of Bologna, Italy); Tajana Simunic Rosing (University of California, San Diego, USA); Luca Benini (University of Bologna, Italy)
A Process Algebraic Framework for Estimating the Energy Consumption in Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks
Lucia Gallina (Università Ca' Foscari, Italy); Andrea Marin (Universita' Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy); Sabina Rossi (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy); Tingting Han (Oxford University, United Kingdom); Marta Kwiatkowska (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
Energy Management of Networked, Solar Cells Powered, Wireless Sensors
Soledad Escolar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Stefano Chessa (University of Pisa, Italy); Jesus Carretero (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Analytical Revisit on the Use of Biased Random Walks for Data Forwarding in Wireless Sensor Networks
Issam Mabrouki (University of Carthage & HanaLab, ENSI, Tunisia); Abdelfettah Belghith (University of Manouba & National School of Computer Sciences ENSI, Tunisia)
Cactus: A Hybrid Digital-Analog Wireless Video Communication System
Hao Cui (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Zhihai Song (Peking University, P.R. China); Zhe Yang (Northeastern University, P.R. China); Chong Luo (Microsoft Research Asia, P.R. China); Ruiqin Xiong (Peking University, P.R. China); Feng Wu (Microsoft Research Asia, P.R. China)

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Coffee Break

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Session 10: LTE & Cellular Networks (I)

Chair: Adlen Ksentini (University of Rennes 1 (INRIA/IRISA), France)
On the Compound Impact of Opportunistic Scheduling and D2D Communications in Cellular Networks
Arash Asadi (Institute IMDEA Networks & University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain); Vincenzo Mancuso (Institute IMDEA Networks, Spain)
An open source model for the simulation of LTE handover scenarios and algorithms in ns-3
Nicola Baldo (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Manuel Requena-Esteso (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Marco Miozzo (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Raymond YC Kwan (Ubiquisys, United Kingdom)
ERCA: Efficient and Robust Cipher Algorithm for LTE Data Confidentiality
Soran Hussein (University of Paris Sud 11, France); Hassan Noura (Université Paris-Sud 11, France); Steven Martin (University of Paris-Sud 11, France); Lila Boukhatem (University Pars-Sud XI, France); Khaldoun Al Agha (University of Paris XI, France)

Wednesday, November 6

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia/Workshops III

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PE-WASUN 2013

8:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session 11: Dynamic Network Interactions

Chair: Robert van Glabbeek (NICTA & University of New South Wales)
A Representative and Accurate Characterization of Inter-contact Times in Mobile Opportunistic Networks
Enrique Hernández-Orallo (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Juan-Carlos Cano (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Carlos T. Calafate (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Pietro Manzoni (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
A Novel Scheduling Algorithm for Densely-Deployed Wireless Stations in Urban Areas
Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan); Akihito Hiromori (Osaka University, Japan); Teruo Higashino (Osaka University, Japan); Shigeki Umehara (Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD., Japan); Hirofumi Urayama (Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD., Japan); Masaya Yamada (Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD., Japan); Taka Maeno (Space-Time Engineering Japan, Inc., Japan); Shigeru Kaneda (Space-Time Engineering, LLC., USA); Mineo Takai (University of California, Los Angeles & Osaka University, USA)
RECAST: Telling Apart Social and Random Relationships in Dynamic Networks
Pedro O.S. Vaz de Melo (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Aline Carneiro Viana (INRIA, France); Marco Fiore (National Research Council of Italy, Italy); Katia Jaffrès-Runser (University of Toulouse, France); Frederic Le Mouel (INRIA / INSA Lyon, France); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Epidemic content distribution: empirical and analytic performance
Ljubica Pajevic (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Gunnar Karlsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Olafur R Helgason (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Gateway Relocation Avoidance-Aware Network Function Placement in Carrier Cloud
Tarik Taleb (NEC Europe Ltd., Germany); Adlen Ksentini (University of Rennes 1 / IRISA Lab, France)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 AM

Session 12: Network and Transport Layer (I)

Chair: Llorenc Cerda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
How Does Interference Dynamics Influence Packet Delivery in Cooperative Relaying?
Udo Schilcher (University of Klagenfurt, Austria); Stavros Toumpis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece); Alessandro Crismani (University of Klagenfurt, Italy); Guenther Brandner (University of Klagenfurt, Austria); Christian Bettstetter (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Efficient New Delayed ACK for TCP: old problem, new insight
Ming Li (Aalto University, Finland); Andrey Lukyanenko (Aalto University, Finland); Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki, Finland); Antti Ylä-Jääski (Aalto University, Finland)
Congestion Control in Reliable CoAP Communication
August Betzler (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Carles Gomez (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Ilker Demirkol (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya & i2CAT Foundation, Spain); Josep Paradells (UPC, Spain)
Analyzing the Effect of Client Queue Size on VoIP and TCP Traffic over an IEEE 802.11e WLAN
Sajib Datta (University of Texas at Arlington, USA); Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Session 13: Delay Tolerant Networks and WiFi Localization and Interference Modelling

Chair: Katia Jaffres-Runser (University of Toulouse, IRI-ENSEEIHT, France)
CEDO: Content-Centric Dissemination Algorithm for Delay-Tolerant Networks
Francisco Santos (EPFL, Switzerland); Benjamin Ertl (University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France); Chadi Barakat (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France); Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (EURECOM, France); Thierry Turletti (INRIA, France)
Efficient relay deployment for controlling connectivity in delay tolerant mobile networks
Zhiyu Wang (University of Alberta, Canada); Mike H. MacGregor (University of Alberta, Canada); Mario A Nascimento (University of Alberta, Canada)
Measurement-Based Simulation of WiFi Interference
Mustafa Al-Bado (UCC, Ireland); Cigdem Sengul (Oxford Brookes University & Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
Multi-metric Routing Protocol with Service Differentiation for Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc Networks
Samar Moursi (Alexandria University, Egypt); Mustafa El-Nainay (Alexandria University & Virginia Tech, Egypt)

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM

Short Break

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Session 14: Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Chair: Juan-Carlos Cano (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Solution of Detecting Jamming Attacks in Vehicle Ad Hoc NETworks
Jalel Ben-Othman (University of Paris 13, France); Lynda Mokdad (Université de Paris 12 & Laboratoire LACL, France)
On the Selection of Optimal Broadcast Schemes in VANETs
Julio A. Sanguesa (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Manuel Fogue (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Piedad Garrido (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Francisco J. Martinez (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Juan-Carlos Cano (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Carlos T. Calafate (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Pietro Manzoni (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Traffic Aware Video Dissemination Over Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
Guilherme Maia (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Cristiano Rezende (University of Ottawa, Canada); Leandro Aparecido Villas (UNICAMP, Brazil); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada); Aline Carneiro Viana (INRIA, France); Andre Aquino (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Coffee Break

4:15 PM - 5:40 PM

Session 15: LTE & Cellular Networks (II) and Link Quality & Coverage Estimation (II)

Chair: Christina Pinotti (University of Perugia, Italy)
Distributed Base-Station Activation for Energy-Efficient Operation of Cellular Networks
Ali Abbasi (University of Calgary, Canada); Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary, Canada)
Modelling and Analysis of Link Adaptation for LTE-Advanced
Parth Amin (Aalto University, Finland); Sassan Iraji (Aalto University, Finland); Jukka K. Nurminen (Aalto University, Finland)
NeonRaptor - Raptor Coding on Android Devices
Philipp Eittenberger (Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany)
Channel Fading Impact on Multi-hop DSRC Safety Communication
Xiaoyan Yin (Duke University, USA); Xiaomin Ma (Oral Roberts University, USA); Kishor S. Trivedi (Duke University, USA)
SA and PSO assisted joint scheme of channel estimation and PPIC for MIMO-SDMA/OFDM System
Islam Shaalan (Port Said University, Egypt); Khairy El_barbary (Military Technical College, Egypt); Ahmed Ahmed Shaaban Dessouki (Port Said University, Egypt); Mohamed Abo-El-Seoud (Faculty of Engineering-Port Said University, Egypt)

5:40 PM - 5:50 PM

Closing Remarks: MSWiM 2013 General and TPC Co-Chairs

Thursday, November 7

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia/Workshops IV

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HP-MOSys 2013
PE-WASUN 2013