Meeting Room: Elko Room

Meeting Room:
Ely Room

Meeting Room:
Goldfield Room

Meeting Room: Reno Room

Meeting Room:
Laughlin Room

Meeting Room:
Silver Room

Meeting Room:
Cooper Room

Meeting Room:
Laughlin Room

Meeting Room:
Silver Room

Meeting Room:
Cooper Room

Meeting Room: Elko Room

Meeting Room:
Ely Room

Meeting Room:
Goldfield Room

Meeting Room:
Laughlin Room

Meeting Room:
Silver Room

Meeting Room:
Cooper Room

Meeting Room: Ely Room

Sunday, Jan. 8

8:30-6:00

Workshops

8:30-9:30

Workshop Keynote: Digital Home Networks - Searching Beyond
the World Wide Web

by Newton Lee, Disney Online

Chair: Abdennour El Rhalibi, John Moores University Liverpool

9:30-10:00

Break(Tahoe)

10:00-12:00

Workshop Morning Sessions I

DRM-I

10:00-12:00

DRM for Content

Chair: Stan Moyer, Telcordia

Mobile DRM for Multimedia Content Commerce in P2P Networks

Chi-Cheng Chu (University of California - Los Angeles, US)

Xiaoyong Su (University of California - Los Angeles, US)

Shiv Prabhu (University of California, Los Angeles, US)

Rajit Gadh (University of California - Los Angeles, US)

Swetha Kurup (Satyam Computer Services Ltd, IN)

Sridhar Gangadharpalli (Satyam Computer Services Ltd, IN)

Sridhar V (Satyam Computer Services Ltd, IN)

An Efficient Key Scheme for Multiple Access of JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 Enabling Truncations

Bin Benjamin Zhu (Microsoft Research Asia, CN)

Yang Yang (Univ. of Science and Technology of China, CN),
Shipeng Li (Microsoft Research Asia, CN)

Analysis of Using Java Card for DRM Master Key Security

John Buford (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),
Rakesh Kumar (Polytechnic University, US)

A Method for Image Recovery in the DFT Domain

Ahmet Eskicioglu (CUNY Brooklyn College, US),
Peining Tao (City University of New York, US)

NIME-I

10:00-12:00

Online Entertainment

Chair: Marco Roccetti, University of Bologna

Multimedia Convergence Service using Multi-functional Systems :3D Virtual Monitoring with Dynamic Voice and Video over IP based on SIP,

Jinsul Kim (ETRI)

Hyun-Woo Lee(ETRI),

Won Ryu,(ETRI), 

Byung Sun Lee(ETRI)

Lightweight Steganography on Smartphones,

Alessandro Amoroso (University of Bologna),

Marco Masotti (University of Bologna)

Minimising the Computational Cost of Providing a Mobile Immersive Communication Environment (MICE),

Ying Que (University of Wollongong),

Farzad Safaei (University of Wollongong),

Paul Boustead (University of Wollongong)

RMob: Transcoding Rich Multimedia Contents through Web Services,

Silvia Mirri (University of Bologna),

Paola Salomoni (University of Bologna),

Daniele Pantieri (University of Bologna)

Modeling Epidemic Query Dissemination in AdTorrent Networks,

Alok Nandan (UCLA),

Saurabh Tewari (UCLA),

Leonard Kleinrock (UCLA) - SHORT PAPER

HWN-I

10:00-12:00

Integration of 3G/WLAN Networks

Chair: Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph

WLAN Call Admission Control Strategies for Voice Traffic over Integrated 3G/WLAN Networks

Alessandro Bazzi (University of Bologna),

Marco Diolaiti (University of Bologna),

Gianni Pasolini (University of Bologna),

Claudio Gambetti (Siemens Mobile)

Handover Probability Database for Optimization of Mobility between UMTS and WLAN

Mylène Pischella (France Télécom Division R&D)

A Framework for Intrusion Detection in Heterogeneous Environments

Bo Zhou (Liverpool John Moores University),

Qi Shi (Liverpool John Moores University),

Madjid Merabti (Liverpool John Moores University)

A Theoretical Approach for Service Provider Decision in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Nidal Nasser (University of Guelph)

12:00-1:30

Lunch (on your own)

1:30-3:30

Workshop Afternoon Sessions II

DRM-II

1:30-3:30

DRM Distribution Models

Chair: Dave Marples, Telcordia

New DRM Model in Distributed Environments

SangGyoo SIM (Samsung Electronics, KR),

YunSang OH (Samsung Electronics, KR)

Enabling Revenue-Generating Digital Content Distribution for Telecom Carriers

Ben Falchuk (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., US),

Dave Marples (Telcordia Technologies, US),

D Gorton (Telcordia Technologies, US)

Towards a Digital Rights Management First Class Citizen

Michel Pawlak (University of Geneva, CH)

NIME-II

1:30-3:30

MMOG

Chair: Giovanni Pau, UCLA

Detecting Cheaters for Multiplayer Games: Theory, Design and Implementation,

Rephah Yeung (Chinese University of Hong Kong),

John Lui (Chinese University of Hong Kong),

Jiangchuan Liu (Simon Fraser University),

Jeff Yan (University of Newcastle)

Buscar el Levante por el Poniente: In Search of Fairness Through Interactivity in Massively Multiplayer Online Games,

Stefano Ferretti (University of Bologna),

Claudio E. Palazzi (UCLA),

Marco Roccetti (University of Bologna),

Giovanni Pau (UCLA),

Mario Gerla (UCLA)

Interest Management for P2P MMOG,

Abdennour El Rhalibi (Liverpool John Moores University),

Madjid Merabti (John Moores University Liverpool)

Capability of IEEE 802.11g Networks in Supporting Multi-player Online Games,

Ellen Liu (Univeristy of Manitoba)

Jing Wang (University of Manitoba)
Michael Kwok (University of Waterloo)
Jeff Diamond (TRLabs)
Michel Toulouse (University of Manitoba)

Fairness and Playability in Online Multiplayer Games,

Jeremy Brun (University of Wollongong),

Paul Boustead (University of Wollongong),

Farzad Safaei (University of Wollongong, AU) - SHORT PAPER

HWN-II

1:30-3:30

Resource Management

Chair: George Kormentzas, University of the Aegean

Power Management in iBSS Wireless Networks: Selective Awakening of Doze Stations

Nicola Aste (University of Cagliari),

Luigi Atzori (University of Cagliari),

Luca Sanna Randaccio (University of Cagliari),

Alessandro Giua (University of Cagliari)

Joint Rate and Power Control Using Game Theory

Madhusudhan R. Musku (The University of Texas-San Antonio),

Anthony T. Chronopoulos (The University of Texas-San Antonio),

Dimitrie C. Popescu (The University of Texas-San Antonio)

Session Scheduling in SIP based Network

Hassan Hassan (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems LAAS-CNRS),

Jean-Marie Garcia (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems LAAS-CNRS),

Olivier Brun (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems LAAS-CNRS)

A novel decentralized time slot allocation algorithm in dynamic TDD system

Young Sil Choi (Seoul National University),

Illsoo Sohn (Seoul National University),

Kwang Bok Lee (Seoul National University)

Throughput Analysis for IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks Under the Hidden Terminal Problem

Dimitris Vassis (University of the Aegean),

George Kormentzas (University of the Aegean)

3:30-4:00

Break(Tahoe)

4:00-6:00

Workshop Afternoon Sessions III

NIME-III

4:00-6:00

Miscellaneous

Chair: Marco Furini, University of Piemonte Orientale

An Hidden Proxy for Seamless & ABC Multimedia Mobile Blogging,

Vittorio Ghini (University of Bologna),

Stefano Cacciaguerra (University of Bologna),

Fabio Panzieri (University of Bologna),

Paola Salomoni (University of Bologna)

An Audio-Video Summarization Scheme Based on Audio and Video Analysis,

Marco Furini (University of Piemonte Orientale),

Vittorio Ghini (University of Bologna)

Wandering About the City, Multi-Playing a Game,

Stefano Cacciaguerra (University of Bologna),

Silvia Mirri (University of Bologna),

Paola Salomoni (University of Bologna),

Marco Pracucci (University of Bologna)

Multicast Tree Reconfiguration in Distributed Interactive Applications,

Carsten Griwodz (University of Oslo),

Knut-Helge Vik (University of Oslo),

Pal Halvorsen (University of Oslo) - SHORT PAPER

Video Browsing Techniques for Web Interfaces,

Ole-Ivar Holthe,

L. Rønningen (Gridmedia Americas, Inc.) - SHORT PAPER

Immersive Peer-to-Peer Audio Platform for Massive Online Games,

Leslie Liu (University of Southern California),

Roger Zimmermann (University of Southern California) - SHORT PAPER

4:00-6:00

Panels

SP-1

4:00-6:00

Panel-SI: When Applications can Roam Freely

Moderator: Stan Moyer, President, OSGi Alliance, and Executive Director, Telcordia Technologies

Panelists:

- Peter Kriens, OSGi Evangelist, OSGi Fellow and Technology Officer OSGi Alliance (general overview)

- Vince Izzo, Business Development, Motorola (connected home)

- Dave Marples, Ph.D., Chief Architect, EU Global System for Telematics, Telcordia Technologies (automotive)

- Jon Bostrom, Chief Architect, Java, Nokia (mobile)

SP-2

4:00-6:00

Panel-SII: Leveraging Trends in the CE Industry- IEEE Corporate Standards Program

Coordinator: Edward Rashba, IEEE SA

Moderator: Jean Baronas, Sony Corp.

Panelists: TBD

8:00-12:00

Morning Tutorials

TU-I

8:00-12:00

Content Delivery and P2P Networks

Danny Tsang

TU-II

8:00-12:00

Deploying VoIP Services with SIP

Dorgham Sisalem, Sven Ehlert

TU-III

8:00-12:00

Mobile Broadcasting

Giovanni Corrazza

1:30-5:30

Afternoon Tutorials

TU-IV

1:30-5:30

Digital Rights Management of Multimedia Data: Solutions, Challenges and Future Needs

Ahmet Eskicioglu

TU-V

1:30-5:30

IPTV Technologies and Deployment Challenges

Swarup Acharya, Anurag Srivastava

TU-VI

1:30-5:30

Wireless Sensor Networks: A Systems View

Torsten Braun

6:30-7:30

Reception(Tahoe)

Monday, Jan. 9

7:00 – 8:00

Registration and Breakfast

8:00 – 8:05

Welcome from Conference Chair  (CCNC06 General Chair: Michael Bove)

8:05 – 9:00

Opening Keynote

by Douglas S. Rasor

Vice President, Manager of Worldwide Strategic Marketing

Texas Instrument

Chair: Michael Bove

9:00-10:30

MA1-1 Plenary Panel: Who Owns the Home Network?

Moderator: Stephen Palm, Broadcom

Panelists:

- Ralph Brown, CableLabs

- John Card II, Systems Engineer, EchoStar Technologies

- Glen Stone, DLNA and Sony

- Chris Boyer, SBC

10:30-10:50

Break (Tahoe)

10:50-12:10

Technical sessions

MA2-1

10:50-12:10

Topics in Ad Hoc Network Security

Chair: Tom Karygiannis, NIST

Performance Evaluation of a Distributed OCSP Protocol Over MANETs

Konstantinos Papapanagiotou (University of Athens, GR),

Giannis Marias (University of Athens, GR),

Panagiotis Georgiadis (University of Athens, GR),

Stefanos Gritzalis (University of the Aegean, GR)

Detecting wireless misbehavior through cross-layer analysis

Jim Parker (University of Maryland at Baltimore County, US),

Anand Patwardhan (University of Maryland at Baltimore County, US),

Anupam Joshi (University of Maryland at Baltimore County, US)

Secure Ad Hoc Networking

Panagiotis Papadimitratos (Virginia Tech, US)

Active fingerprinting of 802.11 devices by timing analysis

Bartlomiej Sieka (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)

MA2-2

10:50-12:10

Quality of Service 1

Chair: Feifei Feng, Samsung

Handling Concurrent Admission Control in Multiservice IP Networks

Solange Lima (University of Minho, PT),

Paulo Carvalho (University of Minho, PT)

Impact of Network Conditions on QoS Routing Algorithms

Bo Peng (University of Leeds, UK),

A.H. Kemp (University of Leeds, UK),

S. Boussakta (University of Leeds, UK)

Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Schemes in Hybrid TDM/WDM Passive Optical Networks

Ahmad Dhaini (Concordia University, CA),

Chadi Assi (Concordia University, CA),

Abdallah Shami (The University of Western Ontario, CA)

A Heuristic for Bandwidth Allocation and Management to Maximize User Satisfaction Degree on Multiple MPLS Paths

Zheng Wu (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG),

Qinghe Yin (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG)

MA2-3

10:50-12:10

IEEE 802.11 LANs

Chair: Giovanni Pau, UCLA

Contention-based QoS MAC Mechanisms for VBR VoIP in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs

Frank Haizhon Li (USC Upstate, US),

Yang Xiao (The University of Memphis, US)

Enhancing MAC protocol for Voice over IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Jong-Ok Kim (Osaka University, JP),

Hideki Tode (Osaka University, JP),

Koso Murakami (Osaka University, JP)

Fairness Issues in Hybrid 802.11b/e Networks

Jim Martin (Clemson University, US),

Arvind Swaminathan (Clemson University, US)

Dynamic Admission Control in IEEE 802.11e EDCA-based Wireless Home Network

Hayoung Yoon (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

JongWon Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

DongYun Shin (Samsung Electronics, KR)

MA2-4

10:50-12:10

Applications of Content and Platforms

Chair: Alan Messer, Samsung

Virtual Content Containers - A System for Flexible, Time/Space Delayed Content Consumption

S.R. Subramanya (LGE Mobile Research, US)

Adaptive Resource Replication in a Ubiquitous Peer-to-Peer based Multimedia Distribution Environment

Letian Rong (University of Wollongong, AU)

Content Management Using Personal Content Portfolios

S.R. Subramanya (LGE Mobile Research, US)

Platform for Timely Portable-Push Information Delivery

Vlaho Kostov (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP)

Jun Ozawa (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP)

Eiichi Naito (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP)

MA2-5

10:50-12:10

Autonomic Communication-I

Chair: Xiaoyuan Gu, Technical University of Braunschweig

Fully self-organized key agreement for ad-hoc wireless networks

Bartlomiej Sieka (University of Illinois at Chicago , US),

Ajay Kshemkalyani (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)

Hierarchical Self-routing Scatternet for Multihop Bluetooth Networks

Wen-Zhan Song (Washington State University, Vancouver Campus, US)

Routing in Autonomic Communications

Osama Bazan (Ryerson University, CA),

Muhammad Jaseemuddin (Ryerson University, CA)

iREX: Inter-domain QoS Automation using Economics

Ariffin Datuk Yahaya (University of California, Irvine, US),

Tatsuya Suda (University of California, Irvine, US)

MA2-6

10:50-12:10

Challenges and advances in enabling seamless multimedia applications over wireless networks

Chair: Dan Lelescu, DoCoMo Labs

Latest Technology for Video-Streaming Gateway of M-stage V Live -Assuring Video Quality and Usability

Harumi AOYAMA (NTT DoCoMo,Inc., JP)

Heterogeneous Intersystem Mobility (HIM) for Seamless Multimedia Applications

Wei-Huai Hung (National Tsing Hua University, TW),

Jyh-Cheng Chen (National Tsing Hua University, TW)

Handling NAT traversal and mobility for multimedia traffic

Nadir Gaylani (ATILIM University, TR),

Murat Erten (TOBB Economics and Technology University, TR)

Constructing Spectral Gaps in OFDM for Interference Mitigation

Celestino Corral (Freescale Semiconductor, US),

Shahriar Emami (Freescale Semiconductor, US),

Gregg Rasor (Freescale Semiconductor, US)

MA2-7

10:50-12:10

Nature Inspired Approaches in Sensor Networks

Chair: Yi Shang, University of Missouri

Adaptive Spanning Tree: A Learning-based Meta-Routing Strategy for Sensor Networks

Ying Zhang (Palo Alto Research Center, US),

Qingfeng Huang (Palo Alto Research Center, US)

A GA Approach to the Optimal Placement of Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks with Obstacles and Preferences

Yong Xu (University of Birmingham, UK),

Xin Yao (University of Birmingham, UK)

Data Dissemination Based on Ant Swarms for Wireless Sensor Networks

Selvakennedy Selvadurai (University of Syndney, AU),

Sukunesan SINNAPPAN (University of Wollongong, AU),

Yi Shang (University of Missouri, US)

Improving Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks with An Evolutionary Algorithm

Vincent Tam (University of Hong Kong, HK),

King-Yip Cheng (University of Hong Kon, HK),

King-Shan Lui (University of Hong Kong, HK)

12:10-2:00

Lunch (Reno)

2:00-4:20

Demonstrations

MP1-D

2:00-4:20

Monday Demo Sessions

Chair: Alan Kaplan, Panasonic

Redefining Connectivity: Unifying Mobile Comunication with the Internet

Kulkarni Sameer (Pune University, IN),
Syed Ali (University of Pune, IN)

USHA: a simple and practical seamless vertical handoff solution

Ling-Jyh Chen (Academia Sinica, TW),
Tony Sun (University of California, Los Angeles , US),
Guang Yang (University of California, Los Angeles, US),
Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles, US)

ScanAvert: Detection and Alarm against Ingredient Harm

Ellen Badinelli (ScanAvert, Inc., US)

Demonstration of a multiple HD video stream wireless transmission

Patrice Hirtzlin (Thomson R&D France, FR),
Samuel Guillouard (Thomson R&D France, FR)

The Huggable: A Therapeutic Robotic Companion for Relational, Affective Touch

Walter Stiehl (MIT, US),
Jeff Lieberman (MIT, US),
Cynthia Breazeal (MIT Media Lab, US),
Louis Basel (MIT, US),
Heather Knight (MIT, US),
Levi Lalla (MIT, US)

Proposal & Demonstration of a New Remote Home-Access System, SoftWire

Hideo Yoshimi (NEC Corporation, JP),
Nobuyuki Enomoto (NEC Corporation, JP),
Chinryu SAI (NEC, CH),
Kazuo Takagi (NEC Corporation, JP),
Atsushi Iwata (NEC Corporation, JP)

Wireless(UWB) Multi-Hop CE Network Demonstration

Shin Saito (Sony Corporation, JP),
Kuniaki Kurihara (Sony Corporation, JP),
Masaaki Isozu (Sony Corporation, JP),
Kazuhiro Watanabe (Sony Corporation, JP)

Knowledge Base Design for Network Service Composition Using Semantic Web Languages

Nobuhide Nishiyama (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, JP),
Kenichi Nishikawa (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, JP),
Yoshihiro Nakamura (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, JP),
Fumihiko Ito (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, JP)

Demonstration of MBMS Video Streaming over GERAN

Thomas Stockhammer (Nomor Research, DE),
Junaid Afzal (Siemens AG, DE),
Christian Buchner (Nomor Research, DE),
Wen Xu (Siemens AG, DE),
Andreas Arnold (Siemens AG, DE)

Demonstration of a Terrestrial TV Receiver with Optimized Equalizer

Hossein Dehghan (Doradus Technologies, US)

Sam Heidar (Doradus Technologies, US)

Path Capacity Estimation in IEEE 802.15.4 Enabled Wireless Sensor Network via SenProbe

Tony Sun (University of California, Los Angeles , US),
Ling-Jyh Chen (Academia Sinica, TW),
Chih-Chieh Han (University of California, Los Angeles, US),
Guang Yang (University of California, Los Angeles, US),
Mario Gerla (University of California at Los Angeles, US)

Cryptographic consumer electronic devices filesystems performance

Gennady Lomako (New York Institute of Technology, US),
Il-Pyung Park (Panasonic Digital Networking  Laboratory, US),
Stephen Johnson (Panasonic Digital Networking  Laboratory , US),
David Braun (Panasonic Digital Networking  Laboratory , US),
Jinhong Guo (Panasonic Digital Networking  Laboratory , US)

Web browser plug-in prototype for advanced graphics and multimedia

Ole-Ivar Holthe (Gridmedia Americas, Inc., NO)

Propagation Channel Model with Meteorological Conditions Using Neural Networks

Taleb Moazzeni (Petroleum Univrsity of Technology, IR)

Cross-antenna decoding for the ldpc coded space-time system

Jun Wang (Beijing university of post and telecommunication, CN)

mLab: An Ad Hoc Network Testbed

EMMANOUIL ANTONAKAKIS (NIST, US)

FilmTrust: Movie Recommendations from Semantic Web-based Social Networks

Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland, US)

Navigation for Visually Impaired - Leveraging Ad Hoc RF Environmental Sensing

Tom Roslak (State University of New York - SCCC, US)

Pervasive Application System with the Convergence Network

JinS Kim (ETRI, KR)

A new error resilient coding schemes for the home entertainment video

Yuk Chung (University of Sydney, AU)

A Study of Clustering algorithm for wavelet-based Image Retrieval System

Yuk Chung (University of Sydney, AU)

Mobile Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing Application

Marcin Matuszewski (Helsinki University of Technology, FI),
Nicklas Beijar (Helsinki University of Technology, FI),
Juuso Lehtinen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, FI),
Tuomo Hyyryläinen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, FI)

Iterative Probabilistic Scheduling of IP traffic.

Oladayo Salami (University of Cape Town, ZA)

Impact of Services on Network Capacity: Tool for Seamless Integration of Service and Network Modeling

Ben Falchuk (Telcordia Technologies, US),
K. R. Krishnan (Telcordia Technologies, US),
Shoshana Loeb (Telcordia Technologies, US),
Mark Garrett (Telcordia Technologies, US),
David Shallcross (Telcordia Technologies, US),
Gitae Kim (Telcordia Technologies, US),

Abdelhakim Hafid (Telcordia Technologies, US)

Context-Aware Content-Provision Service for Shopping Malls Based on Ubiquitous Service-Oriented Network Framework and Authentication and Access Control Agent Framework

Yoji Yamato (NTT Corporation, JP),
Yuki YOKOHATA (NTT Corporation, JP),
Michiharu Takemoto (NTT Corporation, JP),
Erika Tanaka (Hitachi, JP),
Kenya Nishiki (Hitachi, JP),
Takeshi Okuda (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP)

Programming a PVR with Pen and Paper

Mario Kolberg (University of Stirling, UK),
Evan Magill (University of Stirling, UK)

Fast-FMS: Fast Multimedia Across 3G Mobile Networks

Gustavo Marfia (University of California, Los Angeles, US),
Daniela Maniezzo (University of California, Los Angeles, US),
Giovanni Pau (University of California Los Angeles, US)

2:00-4:00

Technical Sessions

MP1-1

2:00-4:00

Adhoc Networks

Chair: Alex Gelman, Panasonic

Communications Quality of Service for Ad-hoc Mobile Optical Free-Space Networks

Ionut Cardei (Florida Atlantic University, US),

Allalaghatta Pavan (Honeywell Labs, US),

Riccardo Bettati (Texas A&M University, US)

Epoch Distance of the Random Waypoint Model in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, TW)

Randomized Protocol Stack for Ubiquitous Networks in Indoor Environment
Alvise Bonivento (University of California at Berkeley, US),

Carlo Fischione (The Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, SE),

Alberto Sangiovanni-V. (University of California at Berkeley, US)

A Novel Load Balancing Technique for Proactive Energy Loss Mitigation in Ubiquitous Networks

Muhammad Iqbal (Monash University, AU)

Modeling Forwarding Progress for One Hop in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, TW)

Traffic Model for Clustering Algorithms in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

Peng Fan (University of Illinois at Chicago, US),

John Dillenburg (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)

MP1-2

2:00-4:00

Multimedia and QoS in Wireless Networks - I

Chair: Hang Liu, Thomson Research

MAC-Enabling Technologies for High-Throughput Wireless LAN

Huai-Rong Shao (Samsung Electronics, US),

Harkirat Singh (Samsung Electronics, US),

Chiu Ngo (Samsung Electronics, US)

Rate-Adaptive Multimedia Multicasting over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs

Youngsam Park (Seoul National University, KR),

Yongho Seok (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, KR),

Nakjung Choi (Seoul National University, KR),

Yanghee Choi (Seoul National University, KR)

Jean-Marie BONNIN (ENST Bretagne, FR)

Token Bucket Based CAC and Packet Scheduling for IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Networks

Chi-Hung Chiang (National Chengchi University, TW),

Tzu-Chieh Tsai (National Chengchi University, TW)

QoS issues in Wi-Fi-WMM based triple play home networks

Yun Tao Shi (INRIA/IRISA, France, FR),

Jean-Marie Bonnin (ENST Bretagne, FR),

Gilles Straub (Thomson France, FR)

Raptor Codes for Reliable Download Delivery in Wireless Broadcast Systems

Thomas Stockhammer (Nomor Research, DE),

Wen Xu (Siemens AG, DE),

Tiago Gasiba (Siemens AG, DE),

Michael Luby (Digital Fountain, US),

Mark Watson (Digital Fountain, DZ)

Peer-to-peer transmission of JPEG2000 Images

Theera Kasemsap (San Jose State University, DZ),

Shun-Him Wong (San Jose State University, US),

Xiao Su (San Jose State University, US)

MP1-3

2:00-4:00

Service Platform

Chair: John Barr, Motorola

MUSIK: Multimedia Service Integration Framework for Smart Environments

Rakesh Kothari (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, US),

Aura Ganz (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, US)

MNFS: Mobile Multimedia File System for NAND Flash based Storage Device

Hyojun Kim (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Youjip Won (Hanyang University, KR)

Developing an OSGi-like Service Platform for .NET
Clément Escoffier (Grenoble University, FR),
Didier Donsez (Grenoble University, FR),
Richard Hall (Grenoble University, FR)

Service and Device Discovery of Nodes in a Wireless Sensor Network

Åke Östmark (Luleå University of Technology, SE),

Per Lindgren (Luleå University of Technology, SE),

Aart van Halteren (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS, NL),

Lianne Meppelink (University of Twente, NL)

Tunneling with Service Discovery: A Remote Access Model and 
Implementation

Tomoo Mizukami (Japan Advanced Institute of Science Technology/Softbank Creative Inc., JP),

Kenjiro Cho (Japan Advanced Institute of Sicence Technology/Internet Initiative Japan Inc., JP)

A Possible Extension for iDTV Platform to Support Interactions with Home Appliances

Dmitry Tkachenko (St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, RU),

Nickolay Kornet (St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, RU),

Alexander Lagunov (St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, RU),

Denis Kravtsov (St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, RU),

Andrey Kurbanov (St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, RU),

Rajesh Khandelwal (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Luyang Li (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

MP1-4

2:00-4:00

Novel Applications

Chair:  Rob Fish, Panasonic

MobiCon: Mobile Video Recording with Integrated Annotations and DRM

Janne Lahti (VTT, FI)

Kostas Pentikousis (VTT, FI)

Marko Palola (VTT, FI)

An Evaluation of Location-Demographic Replacement Policies for Zebroids

Shahram Ghandeharizadeh (University of Southern California, US)

Shyam Kapadia (University of Southern California, US)

Visible Light Communication with LED-based Traffic Lights Using 2-Dimensional Image Sensor

Haswani Binti Che Wook (KEIO University, JP)

Toshihiko Komine (KEIO University, JP)

Shinichiro Haruyama (KEIO University, JP)

Masao Nakagawa (KEIO University, JP)

Creating Mobile Animation Messages without Authoring

Koichi Emura (University of Tokyo, JP)

Makoto Yasugi (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Toshiyuki Tanaka (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Seiya Miyazaki (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Sachiko Motoike (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Designing a Sociable Robot System for Weight Maintenance

Cory D. Kidd (MIT Media Lab, US)

Cynthia Breazeal (MIT Media Lab, US)

BlueGame - A Bluetooth Enabled Multi-Player and Multi-Platform Game:An Experience Report

Vincent Tam (University of Hong Kong, CN)

Matthew M.H. Chan (University of British Columbia, Canada)

King-Shan Lui (University of Hong Kong, CN)

MP1-5

2:00-4:00

Content Management and Semantic Web

Chair(s): Tao Wu, Nokia and Ora Lassila, Nokia

Using the Semantic Web to Enhance the Digital Living Experience

Sadhna Ahuja (Nokia Research Center, US),

Tao Wu (Nokia Research Center, US),

Ora Lassila (Nokia Research Center, US)

Scheduled RSS Feeds for Streaming Multimedia to The Desktop using RSS enclosures

Kevin Curran (University of Ulster, UK)

Multimedia Content Acquisition and Processing in the MIRACLE System

Zhu Liu (AT & T Labs, US),

David Gibbon (AT&T Labs, US),

Behzad Shahraray (AT&T Labs, US)

The MIRACLE Video Search Engine

David Gibbon (AT&T Labs, US),

Zhu Liu (AT & T Labs, US),

Behzad Shahraray (AT&T Labs, US)

FilmTrust: Movie Recommendations using Trust in Web-based Social Networks

Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland, US)

Peer-to-Peer Content Searching Method using Evaluation of Semantic Vectors

Yoji Yamato (NTT, JP),

Hiroshi Sunaga (NTT, JP)

MP1-6

2:00-4:00

Multimedia Communications

Chair: Bin Wei, AT&T Research Lab

Layered Video Coding Offset Distortion Traces for Trace-Based Evaluation of Video Quality after Network Transport

Patrick Seeling (Arizona State University, US),

Martin Reisslein (Arizona State University, US),

Frank H.P. Fitzek (Aalborg University, DK)

When two-hop meets VoFi

Sathya Narayanan ( Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Shivendra Panwar (Polytechnic University, US)

A New Scheduling and CAC Scheme for Real-Time Video Application in Fixed Wireless Networks

Ou Yang (Tsinghua University, CN)

Jianhua Lu (Tsinghua University, CN)

Evaluation Result of Transmission Control Mechanism for Multimedia Streams based on the Multi-RTCP Scheme over Multiple IP-Based Networks

Norihiro Fukumoto (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., JP),

Hideaki Yamada (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., JP),

Hisashi Kawai (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., JP)

A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Cost-Effective On-Demand Media Streaming

Xin Liu (University of British Columbia, CA)

Jun Wang (University of British Columbia, CA)
Son T. Vuong (University of British Columbia, CA)

On scalable multimedia messaging services in peer-to-peer networks

Eunsoo Shim (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Sathya Narayanan ( Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

MP1-7

2:00-4:00

Sensor Networks

Chair: Ying Zhang, Palo Alto Research Center

Performance Analysis of Collaborative Spatio-Temporal Processing for Wireless Sensor Networks

Carlo Fischione (The Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, SE),

Alvise Bonivento (University of California at Berkeley, US),

Alberto Sangiovanni-V. (University of California at Berkeley, US),

Fortunato Santucci (University of l'Aquila, IT),

Karl-Henrik Johansson (The Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, SE)

EAREC: Energy Aware Routing with Efficient Clustering for Sensor Networks

Akhtar Al-Eimon (Kyung Hee University, KR),

Choong Seon Hong (Kyung Hee University, KR),

Tatsuya Suda (University of California, Irvine, US)

Time Synchronous Bluetooth Sensor Networks

Jens Eliasson (Luleå  University of Technology, SE),

Magnus Lundberg ( Luleå  University of Technology, SE),

Per Lindgren ( Luleå  University of Technology, SE)

Traffic-aware Gossip-based Energy Conservation for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Routing

Xiaobing Hou (University of Pittsburgh, US),

David Tipper (University of Pittsburgh, US),

Shuju Wu (Southeast Missouri State University, US)

An Energy-efficient Data Gathering Technique using Multiple Paths in Wireless Sensor Networks

Dongkyun Kim (Kyungpook National University, KR),

Joungsik Kim (Kyungpook National University, KR),

Ki-Hyung Kim (Ajou University, KR)

A Semantic Clustering Routing Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks

Faycal Bouhafs (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)

MP1-8

2:00-4:00

Quality of Service 2

Chair: Andrew Kemp, University of Leeds

Evaluation of QoS in Internet Accesses for Multimedia Applications (EQoSIM)

Eduardo Antonio Viruete Navarro (University of Zaragoza, ES),

Julián Fernández Navajas (University of Zaragoza, ES),

Ignacio Martínez Ruiz (University of Zaragoza, ES)

The Variation in RTT of Smooth TCP

Elvis Vieira (University of Western Ontario, CA),

Michael Bauer (University of Western Ontario, CA)

Expedited Forwarding End-to-End Delay Budget Partitioning

Hamada Alshaer (Lip6, FR),

Eric Horlait (QOSMOS, FR)

Using SCTP to improve performances of hybrid broadcast/telecommunication network system

Davy DARCHE (CRAN University of Nancy, FR)

Performance Analysis of Signaling Using SigComp Scheme in Narrowband System

Dai Bin (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN),

F. Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN),

J. Ke (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

MP1-9

2:00-4:00

Wireless Local and Metropolitan Area Networks

Chair: Guijin Wang, Sony

Reducing Voice over WLAN Call Setup Delay under Limited Access Point Buffer

Shiao-Li Tsao (National Chiao Tung University, TW),

Tai-Xing Yu (Industrial Technology Research Institute, TW)

Practical Rate control for video over WLAN

Guijin Wang (Sony, JP)

A MAC Parameter Optimization Scheme for IEEE 802.11e-based Multimedia Home Networks

Minyoung Sung (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Namhyun Yun (Samsung Electronics, KR)

Analysis of Soft-state User Tracking of Wireless LAN Hosts for VoIP

Behcet Sarikaya (University of Northern British Columbia, CA)

Xiao (Abbie) Zheng ( University of Northern British Columbia, CA)
Tim Ozugur (Alcatel, US)

Improving AAA Message Forwarding Lookup Latency for WLAN Roaming in Cellular/PWLAN Environment

Jenq-Shiou Leu (National Tsing Hua University, TW),
Wei-Kuan Shih (National Tsing Hua University, TW),
Yuan-Po Chi (MOBITAI Communications, TW)

Performance Analysis of an Energy Saving Mechanism in the IEEE 802.16e Wireless MAN

Yang Xiao (The University of Memphis, US)

MP1-10

2:00-4:00

Adhoc Networking

Chair: Derek Pao, City University of Hong Kong

Interference-Efficient Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Kun-Da Wu (National Taiwan University, TW),

Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, TW)

A Proactive Direction Based Routing for Directional Ad Hoc Networks

Yang Li (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Hong Man (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)

Tree-Based versus Gossip-Based Reliable Multicast in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

K.S. Lau (City University of Hong Kong, HK),

Derek Pao (City University of Hong Kong, HK)

OSPF-MCDS-MC: A Routing Protocol for Multi-Channel Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

Unghee Lee (Virginia Tech, US),

Scott Midkiff (Virginia Tech, US),

Tao Lin (McMaster University, CA)

Middleware Issues and Approaches for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

Salem Hadim (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Jameela Al-Jaroodi (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Nader Mohamed (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)

MP1-11

2:00-4:00

Access Control, Congestion Control, and Load Balancing

Chair: Hong Zhou, University of Southern Queensland

Guest Access: Change Even Your Mother into an Effective Security Technician

Sung-Min Lee (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Hyun-Gyoo Yook (Samsung Electronics, KR),

S. Jae Oh (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Sehee Han (Samsung Electronics, KR)

Multicast Access Control Concept for xDSL-customers

Olli Karppinen (University of Jyväskylä, FI),

Olli Alanen (University of Jyväskylä, FI),

Timo Hämäläinen (University of Jyväskylä, FI)

STT-Vegas: A Simple Single-Trip Time Based Modification of Vegas

Hong Zhou (University of Southern Queensland, AU)

A Statistical Method of Packet Loss Type Discrimination in Wired-Wireless Networks.

Min Kyu Park (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Kue-Hwan Sihn (Samsung Electronics, KR),

Jun-Ho Jeong (Samsung Electronics, KR)

Load Balancing Based on Velocity and Position in Multitier Cellular System

Guangxi Zhu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Guoqin Ning (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Renyong Wu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Xiaofeng Lu  (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN)

Top Load Balanced Forest Routing in Mesh Networks

Yean-Fu Wen (National Taiwan University, TW),

F. S. Lin (National Taiwan University, TW)

MP1-12

2:00-4:00

Recent Advances

Chair: Gregg Rasor

Fountain Codes for Impulsive Noise Correction In Low-Voltage Indoor Power-line Broadband Communications

Pouyan Amirshahi (Pennsylvania State University, US),

Seyed Mohammad Navidpour (Pennsylvania State University, US),

Mohsen Kavehrad (Pennsylvania State University, US)

Ultra-Wideband Peak and Average Power Limits

Celestino Corral (Freescale Semiconductor, US),

Shahriar Emami (Freescale Semiconductor, US),

Gregg Rasor (Freescale Semiconductor, US)

Beaconing in Distributed Control Wireless PAN: Problems and Solutions

Shaomin Mo ( Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

Configuration Management Architecture in distributed VoIP network

Dharmaraja Rajan (Nortel, US)

Low Latency handoff for nested mobile networks

Mehdi Sabeur (Institut National des Télécommunications Evry, FR),

Badii Jouaber (Institut National des  Télécommunications Evry, FR),

Djamal Zeghlache (Institut National des Télécommunications Evry , FR)

FTTH Residential Gateway and IP Tuner for IPTV Service

Sangjae Lee (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KR)

4:00-4:20

Break(Tahoe)

4:20-5:50

Panel Sessions

MP2-1

4:20-5:50

Panel MI:  The Home Gateway Initiative

Moderator: Stan Moyer, President, OSGi Alliance, and Executive Director, Telcordia Technologies

Panelists:

- Paolo Pastorino, HGI & Telecom Italia

- Roger Clark, BT

- Heather Kirksey, Motive

- Hans-Werner Bitzer, Deutsche Telekom

MP2-2

4:20-5:50

Panel MII: Integrating UWB in Consumer Devices

Moderator: Patrick Mannion, Executive Editor, EETimes

Panelists:

- Martin Rofheart, Director of UWB Operations, Freescale Semiconductor, DS-UWB

- Eric Jansen, VP, Cambridge Silicon Radio/North America, Bluetooth

- Eric Anderson, Apple Computer, chair, 1394 Trade Association

- Bruce Watkins, CEO, Pulse~LINK, Wireless DVI/HDMI

- Yoram Solomon, Director, Market Development and Industry Relations, - Texas Instruments, MB-OFDM

- Andrew Gowans, United Kingdom, Ofcom, European Regulatory Position

6:00-7:00

Career Forum I

Chair: Bin Wei, AT&T Research Lab

6:30-7:30

Happy Demo Hour

Chair: Alan Kaplan, Panasonic

7:30-9:30

Banquet (Reno)

8:00-8:40

Award Ceremony at Banquet

8:40-9:30

Banquet Keynote: Eliminating Boundaries

by Charles S. Swartz
Executive Director/CEO
Entertainment Technology Center at USC

Chair: Rob Fish

Tuesday, Jan. 10

9:10-10:30

Technical Sessions

TA1-1

9:10-10:30

Personal Area Networks

Chair: John Buford, Panasonic

A SIP-based Device Communication Service for Mobile Personal Area Networks

Alan Brown (University of Stirling, UK),

Mario Kolberg (University of Stirling, UK),

Dennis Bushmitch (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Gennady Lomako (New York Institute of Technology, US),

Matthew Ma (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

Propagation Characteristics of Intra-body Communications for Body Area Networks

Jordi Agud Ruiz (Waseda University, JP),

Shigeru Shimamoto (Waseda University, JP),

Jiang  Xu (Waseda University, JP)

A concrete example of a personal network architecture

Frank den Hartog (TNO Information and Communication Technology, NL),

Mark Peeters (TNO Information and Communication Technology, NL)

The Power Consumption of Bluetooth Scatternets

Luca Negri (Politecnico di Milano, IT),

Jan Beutel (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), CH),

Matthias Dyer (TIK, ETH Zurich, CH)

TA1-2

9:10-10:30

Quality of Service 3

Chair: Thomas Stockhammer, Nomor Research

Consumer Oriented State Aggregation using Reinforcement Learning Approach

Sajjad Zarifzadeh (University of Tehran, IR)

Principles & Experiments of Explicit Delay Control

Xiaoyuan Gu (Technical University of Braunschweig, DE),

Dirk Markwardt (Technical University of Braunschweig, DE),

Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig, IBR, DE)

End-to-end Loss Discrimination for Improved Throughput Performance in Heterogeneous Networks

Nguyen Nguyen (University of Waterloo, CA),

En-hui Yang (University of Waterloo, CA)

UPnP-based QoS Agent for QoS-guaranteed Streaming Service in Home Networks

HyunRyong Lee (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

SungTae Moon (Gwang-ju Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

JongWon Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

DaeWoo Cho(Samsung Electronics, KR)

TA1-3

9:10-10:30

Ultra Wideband

Chair: John Barr, Motorola

Adaptive ACK Schemes of the IEEE 802.15.3 MAC for the Ultra-Wideband System

Yang Xiao (The University of Memphis, US),

Sherman Shen (University of Waterloo, CA)

Advanced Coding Schemes for a Multi-Band OFDM Ultrawideband System towards 1 Gbps

Timo Lunttila (Nokia Research Center, FI),

Sassan Iraji (Nokia, FI),

Heikki Berg (Nokia, FI)

Subband processing in hybrid filter bank A-D converters for software-defined multiband UWB and WLAN radios

Ashish Pandharipande (Samsung, KR)

TA1-4

9:10-10:30

Economic aspects and tools in networks-I

Chair: Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida

Distributed Topology Control in Ad-Hoc Networks: A Game Theoretic Perspective

Ramakant Komali (Virginia Tech, US),

Allen MacKenzie (Virginia Tech, US)

A Distributed Overload Control Framework for Revenue Maximization in Wireless Switches

Haitao Lin (Nortel, US)

Pricing Wireless Network Services Using Smart Market Models

Swarup Mandal (XLRI School of Management, IN),

Debashis Saha (Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Calcutta, IN),

Mainak Chatterjee (University of Central Florida, US)

Pricing for Spectrum Usage in Cognitive Radios

Saishankar Nandagopalan (Qualcomm Inc., US)

TA1-5

9:10-10:30

Autonomic Communication-II

Chair: Linda Jiang Xie, University of North Carolina

An Autonomic Adaptation Mechanism on Decentralized Grid Applications

Chonho Lee (University of Massachusetts, Boston, US),

Junichi Suzuki (University of Massachusetts, Boston, US)

Policy-Based Architecture to Enable Autonomic Communications A Position Paper

Steven Davy (Waterford Institute of Technology, TSSG, IE),

Keara Barrett (Waterford Institute of Technology , IE),

John Strassner (Motorola Labs, US),

Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (Waterford Institute of Technology, IE),

Sven van der Meer (Waterford Institute of Technology, TSSG, IE),

Brendan Jennings (TSSG, IE)

I, Base Station - Cognisant Robots and Future Wireless Access Networks

Holger Claussen (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, UK),

Lester Ho (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, UK),

Hamid Reza Karimi (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, UK),

Francis Mullany (Bell Labs Ireland, Lucent Technologies, Ireland),

Louis Samuel (Lucent Technologies, UK)

Using Context Prediction for Self-Management in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

Maurice Mulvenna (University of Ulster, UK),

Xiaoyuan Gu (Technical University of Braunschweig, DE),

Chris Nugent (University of Ulster, UK),

Mary Shapcott (University of Ulster, UK),

Johnny Wallace (University of Ulster, UK),

Suzanne Martin (University of Ulster, UK)

TA1-6

9:10-10:30

Security and Digital Rights Management

Chair:  Ahmet Eskicioglu, CUNY Brooklyn College

A Robust DRM System on the DVB Multimedia Home Platform

Chia-Kai Liang (National Taiwan University, TW),

Chia-Chu Liu (National Taiwan University, TW),

Homer Chen (National Taiwan University, TW)

An Operating System Security Method for Integrity and Privacy Protection in Consumer Electronics

Jinhong Guo (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Stephen Johnson (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Il-Pyung Park (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

Social Certificates and Trust Negotiation

John Buford (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Il-Pyung Park (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Greg Perkins (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

True Random Number Generator in RFID Systems against Traceability

Zhaoyu Liu (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US),

Dichao Peng (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US)

TA1-7

9:10-10:30

Agile radios and cooperative networking for next generation wireless networks

Chair: N. Sai Shankar, Qualcomm

Route and Spectrum Selection in Dynamic Spectrum Networks

Qiwei Wang (Tsinghua University, CN)

Haitao Zheng (University of California, Santa Barbara, US),

Real-Time Secondary Spectrum Sharing with QoS Provisioning

Yiping Xing (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Chetan Nanjunda (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Mohamed Haleem (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Rajarathnam Chandramouli (Stevens Institute of Technology, US),

Koduvayur Subbalakshmi (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)

Intrusion and Anomaly Detection Model Exchange for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Gabriela Cretu (Columbia University, US),

Janak Parekh (Columbia University, US),

Ke Wang (Columbia University, US),

Salvatore Stolfo (Columbia University, US)

Applying Intrusion Detection Systems to Wireless Sensor Networks

Rodrigo Roman (University of Malaga, ES),

Jianying Zhou (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG),

Javier Lopez-Munoz (University of Malaga, ES)

10:30-10:50

Break (Tahoe)

10:50-12:10

Technical sessions

TA2-1

10:50-12:10

Wireless LANs

Chair:  Yang Xiao, The University of Memphis

Improving the Multiple Access Method of CSMA/CA Home Networks

Miguel Elias Mitre Campista (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR),

Luis Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR),

Otto Duarte (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR)

Distributed Collision-controlled MAC Protocols without Diologues for Mobile Multihop Networking and WLANs with Crowded APs

Chi-Hsiang Yeh (Queen's ECE, CA)

Implementation of 324Mbps WLAN equipment with MAC frame aggregation for high MAC-SAP throughput

Yukimasa Nagai (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., JP),

Yoshihiko Shirokura (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., JP),

Fumio Ishizu (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, JP),

Hiroyuki Nakase (Tohoku University, JP),

Kazuo Tsubouchi (Tohoku University, JP),

Hiroshi Oguma (Tohoku University, JP)

Goodput and Delay Cross-Layer Analysis of IEEE 802.11a Networks over Block Fading Channels

Roger Hoefel (University La Salle, BR)

TA2-2

10:50-12:10

Security & Pricing

Chair: Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University

Towards Adaptive Anomaly Detection in Cellular Mobile Networks

Bo Sun (Lamar University, US)
Zhi Chen (Lamar University, US)
Ruhai Wang (Lamar University, US)
Fei Yu (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Victor C.M. Leung (University of British Columbia, Canada)

On Providing Confidentiality in Link State Routing Protocol

Dijiang Huang (Arizona State University, US),

Amit Sinha (University of Missouri Kansas City, US),

Deep Medhi (University of Missouri Kansas City, US)

Scheduling Small Packets in IPSec-based Systems

Antonio Taddeo (ALaRI - University of Lugano, CH),

Alberto Ferrante (DTI - University of Milan, IT),

Vincenzo Piuri (DTI - University of Milan, IT)

On User Strategies in a Network Implementing Congestion Pricing

Tobias Harks (Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, DE),

Tobias Poschwatta (Technische Universität Berlin, DE)

TA2-3

10:50-12:10

Recent advances in UWB

Chair: Sam Mo, Panasonic

PSWF-based Direct-Sequence UWB Transmission Using Orthogonal Ternary Code Sets

Chihong Cho (Keio University, JP),

Honggang Zhang (Create-net, IT),

Masao Nakagawa (Keio University, JP),

Zheng Zhou (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

Transmitting Multiple HD Video Streams over UWB Links

Chunjie Duan (Mitsubishi Electronics Research Laboratories, US)

24-GHz Ultra-Wideband Short-Range Impulse Radar

Hiroyo Ogawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, JP)

Improvements to the Multi-band OFDM Physical Layer

Anuj Batra (Texas Instruments, US),

Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Texas Instruments, US)

TA2-4

10:50-12:10

Economic aspects and tools in networks-II

Chair: Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida

Minimum-Cost Gateway Deployment in Cellular Wi-Fi Networks

Rajesh Prasad (University of Louisiana  at Lafayette, US),

Hongyi Wu (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, US)

Bringing the Economic Model to the Human-Computer Interface

Kevin Kwiat (Air Force Research Laboratory, US)

A Game-theoretic Analysis for Converged Cellular-VoIP Services

Nilanjan Banerjee (Motorola India Research Labs, IN),

Shantanu Biswas (Motorola India Research Lab, IN),

Suresh Chintada (Motorola India Research Lab, IN)

A Framework for Maximum Capacity in Multi-channel Multi-radio Wireless Networks

Wei Wang (University of California, Davis, US),

Xin Liu (University of California, Davis, US)

TA2-5

10:50-12:10

Multicast & Transport Layer Aspects

Chair: Alan Kaplan, Panasonic

Routing Multiple Multicast Services using Genetic Algorithms

Luca Sanna Randaccio (University of Cagliari, IT),

Luigi Atzori (University of Cagliari, IT),

Nicola Aste (University of Cagliari, IT)

Unicast-Friendly Multicast in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs

Nakjung Choi (Seoul National University of Korea, KR),

Jiho Ryu (Seoul National University, KR),

Yongho Seok (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, KR),

Yanghee Choi (Seoul National University, KR),

Taekyoung Kwon (Seoul National University, KR)

MTCP: A Transmission Control Protocol for Multi-Provider Environment

Keuntae Park (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

Yongjin Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

Donggook Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KR),

Daeyeon Park (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KR)

TCP Fairness in Ethernet over Passive Optical Networks (EPON)

Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, TW)

TA2-6

10:50-12:10

Video over wireless-I

Chair: Wenjun Zeng, University of Missouri

Fast Adaptive Inter Mode Decision Method for P Slices in H.264

Feng Bin (Huazhong University of science & technology, HK),

Guangxi Zhu (Huazhong  University of science & technology, CN),

Wenyu Liu (Huazhong  University of science & technology, CN)

Video Pricing for Wireless Networks

Patrick Seeling (Arizona State University, US),

Martin Reisslein (Arizona State University, US)

H.264 Search Window Size Algorithm for Fast and Efficient Video Coding with Single Pixel Precision and No Background Estimation for Motion Detection

Gianluca Bailo (University of Genova, IT),

Massimo Bariani (University of Genova, IT),

Chiappori Andrea (University of Genova, IT),

Fabio Sguanci (University of Genova, IT)

Energy Conserving Packet Transmission Schemes for Video and Voice over WLAN

Shiao-Li Tsao (National Chiao Tung University, TW),

Chung-Huei Huang (National Chiao Tung University, TW),

Tzu-Ming Lin (ITRI, TW)

TA2-7

10:50-12:10

Wireless sensor networks – I

Chair: Balasubramaniam Natarajan, Kansas State University

Parallel Genetic Algorithm based Optimal Fusion in Sensor Networks

Nithya Gnanapandithan (Kansas State University, US),

Balasubramaniam Natarajan (Kansas State University, US)

Dynamic Framed Slotted ALOHA Algorithm using Fast Tag Estimation method for RFID System

Jae-Ryong Cha (Ajou University, KR),

Jae-Hyun Kim (Ajou University, KR)

A Wireless-Sensor-Network Energy-Efficient Medium-Access-Control Protocol with Overhearing Avoidance

Christopher Nguyen (University of Louisville, US),

Anup Kumar (University Of Louisville, US)

Wireless Sensor Network Energy-Adaptive MAC Protocol

Michael Brownfield (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, US),

Kaveh Mehrjoo ( Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , US),

Almohanad Fayez (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US),

Nathaniel Davis (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, US)

12:10-2:00

Lunch (Reno)

12:10-2:00

Career Forum II (Tahoe): meet the industry people at lunch

1:00-4:20

Demonstrations

TP1-D

1:00-4:20

Tuesday Demo Sessions

Chair: Alan Kaplan, Panasonic

Please see session MDI - Monday Demo Session s

2:00-4:00

Technical Sessions

TP1-1

2:00-4:00

Mobility Support

Chair:  Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling

Mobility Support in QoS Signaling of Multiple Path Sessions

Hong Cheng (Panasonic Singapore Laboratories Pte Ltd, SG),

Takako Sanda (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., JP),

Toyoki Ue (Panasonic, JP)

Mobility Support for Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Devices using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Brijesh Kumar (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Mahfuzur Rahman ( Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US)

On the Analysis of Micro Mobile MPLS Access Networks: The Fast Handoff and the Forwarding Chain Mechanisms

Rami Langar (Telecom Paris (ENST Paris), FR),

Samir Tohme (University of Versailles, FR),

Nizar Bouabdallah (INRIA, FR)

Transparent Roaming Between Instant Messaging and Presence Service Providers in Wireless Networks

John Buford (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Alan Kaplan (Panasonic Digital Networking Laboratory, US),

Vipul Bhasin (Columbia University, US)

VIP (VHE in Mobile IP Networks) Architecture

Octavio Ramirez (Universit?de Versailles, FR),

Jalel BEN OTHMAN (Universit?de Versailles, FR),

Safouane Sfar (Universit?de Versailles, FR)

An Analysis of Session Setup Time in Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) with EV-DO (Rev. A) Wireless Links

Admela Jukan (UIUC, US),

Miguel Melnyk (UIUC, US)

TP1-2

2:00-4:00

Multimedia and QoS in Wireless Networks - II

Chair: Hang Liu, Thomson Research

A Location Based Wireless Tourist Guide

Kevin Curran (University of Ulster, UK)

Mobility Management for multiple diverse applications in heterogeneous wireless networks

Robert Brannstrom (Luleå University of Technology, SE),

Ruwini Kodikara (Monash University, AU),

Christer Ahlund (Luleå University of Technology, SE),

Arkady Zaslavsky (Monash University, AU)

Asymptotic Weighted Fair Queuing (AWFQ) for IEEE 802.11 Point Coordination Function (PCF)

Yi-Wen Lan (National Tsing Hua University, TW),

Jyh-Cheng Chen (National Tsing Hua University, TW)

Capacity Evaluation of VoIP in IEEE 802.11e Network Environment

Abdelbasset Trad (INRIA French National Institue for Research in Computer Science and Control, FR)

A Backlight Optimization Scheme for Video Playback on Mobile Devices

Magda El Zarki (University of California at Irvine, US)

Cross Layer Optimization for Scalable Video Multicast over 802.11 WLANs

Liqiao Han (Rutgers, US),

Hang Liu (Thomson Inc., US),

Kumar Ramaswamy (Thomson Inc., US),

Dipankar Raychaudhuri (Rutgers Univ., US)

TP1-3

2:00-4:00

Enabling Technologies 1

Chair: Elias Nemer, Intel Corporation

Performance Analysis of Adaptive Modulation Algorithm using Pseudo Bit Error Rate on IEEE 802.11a

Tomoya Urushihara (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Takenori Sakamoto (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Miyano Kentaro (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Katsuaki Abe (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Takashi Matsuoka (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP)

Optimum and Joint-Suboptimum Maximum-Likelihood Detection for FH/BFSK in Multitone Jamming

Yi-Chen Chen (University of Southern California, US)

Effective Multi-Mode Equalization for ATSC Receivers

Elias Nemer (Intel Corporation, US)

Blind Iterative Linear Cancellation of Multipath for Terrestrial Digital Television Receivers

Hossein Dehghan (Doradus Technologies, US),

Sam Heidari (Doradus Technologies, US)

Parallel Tree Search: An Algorithmic Approach For Multi-Field Packet Classification

Derek Pao (City University of Hong Kong, HK),

Cutson Liu (City University of Hong Kong, HK)

Moving Object Segmentation Based on Wavelet and Fuzzy Clustering

Liu Haihua (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN),

Changsheng Xie (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN),

ZhouHui Chen (South-Central University for Nationalities, CN),

Yi Lei (South-Central University for Nationalities, CN)

TP1-4

2:00-4:00

Convergence of computer and consumer electronic applications in the home

Chair: Dirceu Cavendish,NEC Labs

Consumer Electronics Ethernet Networks

Dirceu Cavendish (NEC Laboratories America, Inc., US)

Timing and Synchronization for Audio/Video Applications in a Converged Residential Ethernet Network

Geoffrey Garner (Samsung Electronics (Consultant), US)

End-to-end Stream Establishment in Consumer Home Networks

Feifei Feng (Samsung AIT, KR),

Hyunsurk Ryu (Samsung AIT, KR),

den Hollander Kees (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, KR)

Optimal 3-Dimensional Sensor Deployment Strategy

Mohamed Watfa (University of Oklahoma, US)

Sesh Commuri ((<<University of Oklahoma>, <US>>)

Broadband Access over Medium and Low Voltage Powerlines and use of White Light Emitting Diodes for Indoor Communications

Pouyan Amirshahi (Pennsylvania State University, US),

Mohsen Kavehrad (Pennsylvania State University -- Univ. Park, US)

TP1-5

2:00-4:00

Cellular Networks

Chair: Vincent Tam, University of Hong Kong

Automated Antenna Positioning for Wireless Networks

Boaz Ben-Moshe (Simon Fraser University, CA),

Yehuda Ben-Shimol (Ben-Gurion University, IL),

Yoav Ben-Yehezkel (Ben-Gurion University, IL),

Amit Dvir (Ben-Gurion University, IL),

Michael Segal (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL)

Client Side Active Queue Management for 3G Cellular Networks

Ozdemir Akin (University of California at San Diego, US),

Salih Ergut (Ericsson Inc, US),

Ramesh Rao (University of California at San Diego, US)

Cellular network as a multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagram

Jose Portela (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Ceará, BR)

Downlink Scheduling and Call Admission Control for Voice, Video, WAP and SMS Traffic overHigh Capacity Wireless Picocellular Networks

Polychronis Koutsakis (Technical University of Crete, GR),

Haris Papadakis (Technical University of Crete, GR)

M. Vafiadis (Technological Educational Institution of Crete, GR)

Simulations on Heterogeneous Networking with CAHN

Marc Danzeisen (University of Berne & Swisscom Innovations AG, CH),

Torsten Braun (University of Berne, CH),

Marc Heissenbuettel (Swisscom Mobile, CH)

Isabel Steiner (University of Berne & Swisscom Innovations AG, CH)

Capacity Allocation in Multi-cell UMTS Networks for Different Spreading Factors with Perfect and Imperfect Power Control

Robert Akl (University of North Texas, US),

Son Nguyen (University of North Texas, US)

TP1-6

2:00-4:00

Video over Wireless-II

Chair:  Geert van der Auwera, Arizona State University

Scalable Video Streaming to Heterogeneous Receivers

Lotfallah Osama (Arizona State University, US)

System Design Options for Video Broadcasting over Wireless Networks

Thomas Stockhammer (Nomor Research, DE),

Junaid Afzal (Siemens AG, DE),

Tiago Gasiba (Siemens AG, DE),

Wen Xu (Siemens AG, DE)

Wireless Video Services Solution and Management Framework

E.K. Park (UMKC, US),

Wei Liu (Accenture, US)

An Integrated Joint Source-Channel Coding Framework for Video Transmission over Wireless Fading Channels

Ehsan Maani (Northwestern university, US),

Aggelos K. Katsaggelos (Northwestern University, US)

Stream Switching for 3GPP PSS Compliant Adaptive Wireless Video Streaming

Markus Kampmann (Ericsson Research, DE),
Christoph Plum (Ericsson GmbH, DE)

TP1-7

2:00-4:00

Wireless sensor networks-II

Chair: Yiping Xing, Stevens Institute of Technology

An Energy Efficient 3-Dimensional Wireless Sensor Cover

Mohamed Watfa (University of Oklahoma, US)

Sesh Commuri (University of Oklahoma, US)

Estimation Error Minimization in Sensor Networks with
Mobile Agents

Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal (Sharif University of Technology, IR),

Vahid Reza Arbab (Sharif University of Technology, IR),
Mohammad R. Pakravan (Sharif University of Technology, IR),
Babak H. Khalaj (Sharif University of Technology, IR)

Reservation Based Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Nauman Aslam (Dalhousie University, CA),

Bill Robertson (Dalhousie University, CA),

Shyamala Sivakumar (Saint Mary's University, CA),

William Phillips (Dalhousie University, CA)

Wireless Sensor Actuator Network for light Monitoring and Control Application

Suetfei Li (Technical University of Berlin, DE)

The Need for Rules of Engagement Applied to Wireless Body Area Networks

Steve Warren (Kansas State University, US),

Emil Jovanov (University of Alabama, US)

A Multipath Routing Survey for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Sasan Adibi (University of Windsor, CA),

Shervin Erfani (University of Windsor, CA)

TP1-8

2:00-4:00

Novel Networking Applications

Chair: Qusay Mahmoud, University of Guelph

Dependable Communication Middleware for Residential Electrical Installations

Adrian Dusa (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Geert Deconinck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Ronnie Belmans (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

QoS-Aware Real-Time Video Encoding - How to Improve the User Experience of a Gaming-on-Demand Service

Sari Jarvinen (VTT, Finland)

Jukka-Pekka Laulajainen (VTT, Finland)

Tiia Sutinen (VTT, Finland)

Sami Sallinen (G-cluster, Finland)

An Efficient Approach for Providing Update Information Among Networked Appliances

Yasuhiro Yuki (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Nobuhiro Kambe (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Tomoaki Maruyama (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Akino Inoue (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. , JP)

Converging computer and home entertainment devices in the consumer media network environment

Paul Gilbertson (Lancaster University, UK)

Reuben Edwards (Lancaster University, UK)

Paul Coulton (Lancaster University, UK)

Design a Jini-based Service Broker for Home Networking

Kuo-Wei Hsu (, TW)

Putting it on the NIC: A Case Study on application offloading to a Network Interface Card

Yossi Amir (Hebrew University, IL),

Gilad Gat (Hebrew University, IL),

Elan Pavlov (MIT, US),

Yaron Weinsberg (Hebrew University, IL),

Sharon Wulff (Hebrew University, IL)

TP1-9

2:00-4:00

Modeling and Testing

Chair: Alan Messer, Samsung

Comparative Statistical Analysis of Indoor Positioning Using Empirical Data and Indoor Radio Channel Models

Ahmad Hatami (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US)

Kaveh Pahlavan (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US)

Performance of a 3G-Based Mobile Telemedicine System

Eduardo Antonio Viruete Navarro (University of Zaragoza, ES),

José Ruiz Mas (University of Zaragoza, ES),

Julián Fernández Navajas (University of Zaragoza, ES),

Cristina Peña Alcega (University of Zaragoza, ES)

Pigeon: A Framework for Testing Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games over Heterogeneous Network

Zhizhi Zhou (Renmin University of China, CN)

Hao Wang (Tsinghua university, CN)

Jin Zhou (Tsinghua university, CN)

Li Tang (Tsinghua university, CN)

Kai Li (Tsinghua university, CN)

Modeling of Pollution in P2P File Sharing Systems

Qijun Gu (Texas State University, US)

TP1-10

2:00-4:00

Transmission and Network

Chair: Li Zou, Thomson

Adaptive IQ Imbalance Compensation Scheme with Frequency Offset for Communication Channel

Yi-Jen Chiu (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

UWB Interference to Narrowband Receivers

Dongsong Zeng (Honeywell, US),

Amir Zaghloul (Virginia Tech, US),

A. Annamalai (Virginia Tech, US),

Charles Laberge (Honeywell, US)

Detection of the Guard Interval Length in OFDM Systems

Li Zou (Thomson Broadband R&D Co.Ltd, CN)

Limited Feedback for Antenna Selection in MIMO-OFDM Systems

Hung-Ta Pai (National Taipei University, TW)

Network Traffic Reduction for Transport of User Signaling Information

Eric Burger (Brooktrout Technology, Inc., US),

Ophir Frieder (Illinois Institute of Technology, US)

TP1-11

2:00-4:00

Enabling technologies 2

Chair:  Wenjun Zeng, University of Missouri

A Framework of a Content Distribution Service Synchronized with TV Broadcasting Programs

Eiji Kawai (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP),

Suguru Yamaguchi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JP),

Tomoshisa Akafuji (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, JP),

Keishi Kandori (Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, JP)

Fast Selective intra mode decision in H.264/AVC

JunSung Park (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KR),

HyoJung Song (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., KR)

Embedded Linux Technologies to Develop Mobile Phones for the Mainstream Market

Kazuomi Kato (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Tetsuji Yamamoto (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Teruto Hirota (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., JP),

Masashige Mizuyama (Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., JP)

AppBus: Providing Short Term Memory for Mobile Devices

Craig Janssen (Motorola Labs, US),

Michael Pearce (Motorola Labs, US),

Shriram Kollipara (Motorola, US)

InterPlay: A Middleware for Integration of Devices, Services and Contents in the Home Networking Environment

Alan Messer (Samsung Electronics, US),

Henry Song (Samsung Information Systems America, US),

Praveen Kumar (Samsung Information Systems America, US),

Phuong Nguyen (Samsung Information Systems America, US),

Anugeetha Kunjithapatham (Samsung Information Systems America, Inc., US),

Mithun Sheshagiri (Samsung Information Systems America, US)

An Efficient Selective-Repeat ARQ Scheme for Half-duplex Infrared Links under High Bit Error Rate Conditions

Shamim Ara Shawkat (Waseda University, JP),

Mohammad Shah Alam (Waseda University, JP),

Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, JP)

TP1-12

2:00-4:00

Multimedia Streaming

Chair: Thinh Nguyen, Oregon State University

An Approach to Transport Layer Handover of VoIP over WLAN

John Fitzpatrick (University College Dublin, IE),

Sean Murphy (University College Dublin, IE),

John Murphy (University College Dublin, IE)

Automated Broadcast Media Monitoring Application

Kevin Curran (University of Ulster, UK)

Efficient Scheduling Schemes for HD-quality Content Distribution

Eunsam Kim (University of Florida, US),

Jonathan Liu (University of Florida, US)

Dual Parent Multicast Graph for Failure Resilient Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Streaming

XuanTung Hoang (Information and Communications University, KR),

Younghee Lee (Information and Communications University, KR)

Customizing and Delivering Mobile Services using Software Agents and CC/PP

Qusay Mahmoud (University of Guelph, CA)

Zhixin Wang (University of Guelph, CA)

4:00-4:20

Break (Tahoe)

4:20-5:50

Panel Sessions

TP2-1

4:20-5:50

Panel TI: High Definition AV Networking

Moderator: Bill Rose, WJR Consulting, Inc.

Panelsists:

- Chang-Ki Lee Lee, Sr. Mgr. of DTV Pre-marketing, New Business Development Group, Samsung Electronics of America

- John Santhoff, CTO and Founder, Pulse~LINK, Inc.

- Bob King, Charter Communications

5:50-6:00

Drawing for HOT CES 2006 Products

Chair: John Barr, Motorola

Prizes include: two Lumix cameras (FX-9) and many more