Tentative Technical Program



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Black = full paper (25-min oral presentation) / Red = short paper (15-min oral presentation)

Sunday, November 13

7:30

Registration Opening

All Day

Tutorials

Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11-based Multihop Wireless Networks: From modeling to experimentations
Isabelle Guérin Lassous
Virtualization and Network Slicing Solutions in 5G Wireless Networks
Vincenzo Sciancalepore and Dr. Konstantinos Samdanis

Concurrent Symposia I

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Q2SWinet 2016
DIVANet 2016

Monday, November 14

7:30

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia II

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Q2SWinet 2016
DIVANet 2016

8:15 - 8:30

Welcome Address

8:30 - 9:45

Session 1: Mobile and Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Theoretical Interference Analysis of Inter-vehicular Communication at Intersection with Power Control
Tatsuaki Kimura (NTT Corporation, Japan); Hiroshi Saito (NTT Corporation, Japan)
Neighbor Contamination to Achieve Complete Bottleneck Control
Nadav Schweitzer (Ben-Gurion University, Israel); Ariel Stulman (Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel); Asaf Shabtai (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
A Fully-distributed Traffic Management System to Improve the Overall Traffic Efficiency
Allan Mariano de Souza (University of Campinas, Brazil); Leandro Aparecido Villas (University of Campinas, Brazil)

9:45 - 10:45

Keynote Speech 1

Use of Optimization Models for Resource Allocation in Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
Prof. Kin K. Leung (Imperial College, UK)

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:30

Session 2: Optimization, and Energy Consumption

Revisiting 802.11 Rate Adaptation from Energy Consumption's Perspective
Inaki Ucar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Carlos Donato (IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain); Pablo Serrano (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Andres Garcia-Saavedra (NEC Labs Europe, Germany); Arturo Azcorra (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid & IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain); Albert Banchs (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid & IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain)
Performance-Energy Trade-offs in Smartphones
Tiberiu S Chis (Imperial College London, England UK); Peter G Harrison (Imperial College London, England UK)
Energy Aware Network Formation in Peer-to-Peer Wireless Power Transfer
Adelina Madhja (Computer Technology Institute and Press Diophantus (CTI) & University of Patras, Greece); Sotiris Nikoletseas (Computer Technology Institute and Press Diophantus (CTI) & University of Patras, Greece); Christoforos Raptopoulos (Computer Technology Institute and Press Diophantus (CTI) & University of Patras, Greece); Dimitrios Tsolovos (Computer Technology Institute and Press Diophantus (CTI) & University of Patras, Greece)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 17:15

Poster Session I

13:30 - 15:00

Session 3: WiFi and WAN Performance Evaluation

Passive Classification of Wi-Fi Enabled Devices
Alessandro Enrico Cesare Redondi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Davide Sanvito (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Do LoRa Low-Power Wide-Area Networks Scale?
Martin C. Bor (Lancaster University, United Kingdom); Utz Roedig (Lancaster University, United Kingdom); Thiemo Voigt (Uppsala University and SICS, Sweden); Juan M. Alonso (Universidad Nacional De Cuyo and Universidad Nacional De San Luis, Argentina)
Impact of Time in Network Selection for Mobile Nodes
Tobias Rueckelt (Adam Opel AG, Germany); Daniel Burgstahler (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany); Florian Jomrich (Adam Opel AG, Germany); Doreen Bohnstedt (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany); Ralf Steinmetz (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany)
Evaluating Video Dissemination in Realistic Urban Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Cristhian Iza-Paredes (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Ahmad Mohamad Mezher (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Monica Aguilar Igartua (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:15

Session 4: Wireless Networks - Performance Modeling

T-SIMn: Towards the High Fidelity Trace-Based Simulation of 802.11n Networks
Ali Abedi (University of Waterloo, Canada); Andrew Heard (University of Waterloo, Canada); Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Preference and Mobility-Aware Task Assignment in Participatory Sensing
Rim Ben Messaoud (Universite Paris Est Marne La Vallee, France); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of La Rochelle, France); Dmitri Botvich (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Experimental Validation of a Distributed Self-Configured 6TiSCH with Traffic Isolation in Low Power Lossy Networks
Fabrice Theoleyre (CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France); Georgios Z. Papadopoulos (Institut Mines Telecom, France)
A Novel Semi-Supervised Adaboost Technique for Network Anomaly Detection
Yali Yuan (Institute of Computer Science, Germany); Georgios Kaklamanos (Gesellschaft fur wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen (GWDG), Germany); Dieter Hogrefe (Institute of Computer Science, Germany)
An Approach to Rule Placement in Software-Defined Networks
Wenjie Li (Hunan University, China); Zheng Qin (Hunan University, China); Hui Yin (Hunan University, China); Rui Li (Hunan University, China); Lu Ou (Hunan University, China); Heng Li (Hunan University, China)

Tuesday, November 15

8:15 - 10:00

Session 5: Wireless Access

Association Optimization in Wi-Fi Networks: Use of an Access-based Fairness
Mohammed AMER (Univ Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Inria, LIP UMR 5668, France); Anthony Busson (Univ Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Inria, LIP UMR 5668, France); Isabelle Guerin Lassous (Univ Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Inria, LIP UMR 5668, France)
Energy Efficiency in Mixed Access Networks
Christian Vitale (IMDEA Network Institute, Spain); Vincenzo Mancuso (IMDEA Network Institute, Spain)
Making On-Demand Routing Efficient with Route-Request Aggregation
Maziar Mirzazad-Barijough (UCSC, USA); J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (UCSC/PARC, USA)
Effective Selection of Targeted Advertisements for Vehicular Users
Gil Einziger (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Francesco Malandrino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

Session 6: Wireless Cloud and IoT

Modeling and Analysis:Energy Harvesting in the Internet of Things
Yu-Hsuan Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan Roc); Bryan Ng (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Winston K.G. Seah (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand); Ai-Chun Pang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan Roc)
Formal Analysis and Verification of the IEEE 802.15.4 DSME Slot Allocation
Florian Kauer (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Maximilian Köstler (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Tobias Lübkert (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Volker Turau (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
Analytical Models for QoS-driven VNF Placement and Provisioning in Wireless Carrier Cloud
Fatma Ben Jemaa (Sorbonne Universites, UPMC, France); Guy Pujolle (Sorbonne Universites, UPMC, France); Michel Pariente (Meteor Network, France)
A Novel Service-oriented Architecture for Information-Centric Vehicular Networks
Felipe Modesto (University of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:00

Session 7: Cellular Networks and Mobility Management

Holistic Small Cell Traffic Balancing across Licensed and Unlicensed Bands
Ursula Challita (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom); Mahesh K. Marina (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Learning-Based Resource Allocation Scheme for TDD-Based 5G CRAN System
Sahar Imtiaz (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Hadi Ghauch (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); M. Mahboob Ur Rahman (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); George Koudouridis (Huawei Technologies, Sweden); James Gross (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Backhaul Routing and Base Station Sleep Mode Engagement in Energy Harvesting Cellular Networks
Jorge Baranda (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Marco Miozzo (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Paolo Dini (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Jose Nunez - Marti?ez (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Josep Mangues - Bafalluy (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain)
Characterizing User Activity in WiFi Networks: University Campus and Urban Area Case Studies
Larissa Marinho Eglem de Oliveira (University of California Santa Cruz, USA); Katia Obraczka (University of California Santa Cruz, USA); Abel Rodriguez (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:15

Session 8: Wireless Sensor Networks

An Experimental Study of Cross-Technology Interference in In-Vehicle Wireless Sensor Networks
Rasool Tavakoli (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands); Majid Nabi (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands); Twan Basten ( Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands); Kees Goossens ( Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
A Novel Centrality Metric for Topology Control in Underwater Sensor Networks
Rodolfo W. L. Coutinho (University of Ottawa and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada); Luiz Vieira (UFMG, Brazil); Antonio Loureiro (UFMG, Brazil)
A Slot Sharing TDMA Scheme for Reliable and Efficient Collision Resolution in WSNs
Philip Parsch (TU Chemnitz, Germany); Alejandro Masrur (TU Chemnitz, Germany)
Multisensor Data Fusion for Patient Risk Level Determination and Decision-support in Wireless Body Sensor Networks
Carol Habib (University of Franche-Comte, femto-st institute, France); Abdallah Makhoul (University of Franche-Comte, femto-st institute, France); Rony Darazi (Antonine University, TICKET Lab, Lebanon); Raphael Couturier (University of Franche-Comte, femto-st institute, France)
On Optimal Charger Positioning in Clustered RF-power Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks
Dimitrios zorbas (University of La Rochelle, France); Patrice Raveneau (University of La Rochelle, France); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of La Rochelle, France)

Wednesday, November 16

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia III

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MobiWAC 2016
PE-WASUN 2016

8:30 - 9:15

Session 9: Wireless Communication

Examining Relationships Between 802.11n Physical Layer Transmission Feature Combinations
Ali Abedi (University of Waterloo, Canada); Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Distributionally Robust Relay Beamforming in Wireless Communications
Shimin Gong (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China); Sissi Xiaoxiao Wu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China); Anthony Man-Cho So (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China); Xiaoxia Huang (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China)

9:15 - 10:15

Keynote Speech 2

Privacy Challenges in Mobile and Pervasive Networks
Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

10:15 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:15

Session 10: D2D and Wearable Devices

Control-theoretic Scalable Device-to-Device Offloading System for Video Streaming Services
Gi Seok Park (Division of IT Convergence Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea); Wan Kim (Cloud Technology Lab., Software R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea); Hwangjun Song (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea)
Performance of D2D Underlay and Overlay for Elastic Traffic
Prajwal Osti (Aalto University, Finland); Pasi Lassila (Aalto University, Finland); Samuli Aalto (Aalto University, Finland)
A Virtual Local-hub Solution with Function Module Sharing for Wearable Devices
Hsin-Peng Lin (Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan Roc); Yuan-Yao Shih (Academia Sinica, Taiwan Roc); Ai-Chun Pang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan Roc); Yuan-Yao Lou (National Taiwan University, Taiwan Roc)
Dynamic Adaptive Access Barring Scheme For Heavily Congested M2M Networks
Bouzouita Meriam (Supcom, Tunisia); Hadjadj-Aoul Yassine (University of Rennes 1, France); Zangar Tunisia Nawel (Mediatron, SUPCOM, Tunisia); Rubino Gerardo (INRIA , France); Tabbane Sami (Mediatron,SUPCOM, Tunisia)

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 17:15

Poster Session II

13:30 - 15:00

Session 11: Sensing and Tracking

A Real-time Indoor Tracking System in Smartphones
Jose Luis Carrera (University of Bern, Switzerland); Zan Li (University of Bern, Switzerland); Zhongliang Zhao (University of Bern, Switzerland); Torsten Braun (Institute of Computer Science, Switzerland); Augusto Neto (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
Matrix: Multihop Address Allocation and Dynamic Any-to-Any Routing for 6LoWPAN
Bruna Soares Peres (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Otavio Augusto de Oliveira Souza (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Bruno Pereira Santos (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Edson Roteia Araujo Junior (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Olga Goussevskaia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Marcos Augusto Menezes Vieira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Luiz Filipe Menezes Vieira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil); Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Updating Wireless Signal Map with Bayesian Compressive Sensing
Bo Yang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China); Suining He (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China); S.-H. Gary Chan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)
An Energy-Detection-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Scheme for Minimizing the Effects of NPEE and RSPF
Oladiran G. Olaleye (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Muhammad Iqbal (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Ahmed Aly (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Dmitri Perkins (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA); Magdy Bayoumi (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:15

Session 12: Wireless Networks

Dynamic Sensitivity Control to improve Spatial Reuse in Dense Wireless LANs
Parag Kulkarni (Telecommunications Research Laboratory, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom); Fengming Cao (Telecommunications Research Laboratory, Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom)
Normalization of Application Performance in IEEE 802.11 Networks
Joseph Beshay (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Ravi Prakash (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Andrea Francini (Nokia Bell Labs, USA)
An Efficient Content Delivery Infrastructure Leveraging the Public Transportation Network
Qiankun Su (IRIT-INPT/ENSEEIHT, University of Toulouse, France); Katia Jaffres-Runser (IRIT-INPT/ENSEEIHT, University of Toulouse, France); Gentian Jakllari (IRIT-INPT/ENSEEIHT, University of Toulouse, France); Charly Poulliat (IRIT-INPT/ENSEEIHT, University of Toulouse, France)
Coverage Properties of One-Dimensional Infrastructure-Based Wireless Networks
Naveen Kolar Purushothama (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India); Anurag Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, India)

Thursday, November 17

7:30 AM

Registration Opening

All Day

Concurrent Symposia IV

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MobiWAC 2016
PE-WASUN 2016