ACM International Wireless

Communications and Mobile

Computing Conference 2009

IWCMC 2009: Connecting the

World Wirelessly

Leipzig, Germany21-24 June 2009

Volume 1 of 2

TIB/UB Hannover

ISBN: 978-1-61567-864-8

Table of Contents

Session 1: Mobile Computing I (Mobile Computing Symposium)Session Chair: Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, GR

A Pro-Active Mobility Management Scheme for Pub/Sub Systems using Neighborhood Graph ]

Abdulbaset Gaddah, Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, CA)

Further Work on Network Interference in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks 7

Guinian Feng, Pingyi Fan (Tsinghua University, CN)Soung Chang Liew (The Chinese University ofHongKong, HK)

Cooperative Proportional Fairness Scheduling for Wireless Transmissions 12

Hui Zhou, Pingyi Fan (Tsinghua University, CN)Jie Li (University ofTsukuba, JP)

A Proxy Cooperative Diversity Method based on IEEE 802.11 Standard 17

W. Panichpattanakul, B. Paillassa, B. Escrig, D. Roviras (Universite de Toulouse, FR)

True Polarization Diversity for Handset MIMO 22

Juan F. Valenzuela-Valdes (EMTE Ing, ES)David A. Sanchez-Hernandez (Technical University ofCartagena, ES)

Dynamic Trust Establishment in Emergency Ad Hoc Networks 26

Christos Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Birkos (University ofPatras, GR)Tasos Dagiuklas (TEI ofMesolonghi, GR)Stavros Kotsopoulos (University ofPatras, GR)

Mobility Support Using the Mobile Port Mapping 31

Zhiqiang Shi (Institute ofSoftware, Chinese Academy ofSciences, CN)

Yuansong Qiao, Adrian Matthews, Gregory Hayes, Anthony Cunningham, Enda Fallon (Athlone Institute ofTechnology, IE)

Session 2: Emergency Management I (MCEM Workshop)Session Chair: Romano Fantacci, University of Florence, IT

Dynamic Update of Data Analysis Models in Emergency Systems 37

Daniele Toscani, Marco Frigerio (Consorzio Milano Ricerche, IT)Diego Bernini (University ofMilano-Bicocca, IT)

Fast and Safe Emergency Communication through Network Virtualization 42

Peter Dedecker, Jeroen Hoebeke, Dries Naudts, Ingrid Moerman (Ghent University, BE)Joris Moreau (University College Ghent, BE)Piet Demeester (Ghent University, BE)

A Software Architecture for the Deployment of Executable Transformation Models 47

Diego Bernini (University ofMilano-Bicocca, IT)Daniele Toscani, Marco Frigerio (Consorzio Milano Ricerche, IT)

Topology Management for Public Safety Networks 52

Daniel Camara, Christian Bonnet (EURECOM, FR)

Genetic DOA Estimation in Sparse MIMO Systems for Localization of Rescuers 57

Laura Pierucci (University ofFlorence, IT)

How to Localize Domain Entities: The Case of a FloodingPrediction and Risk Management System 62

Daniela Micucci (University ofMilano-Bicocca, IT)

A Software-Defined Radio Receiver for APCO Project 25 Signals 67

S. Glass (QueenslandResearch Lab, AU)V. Muthukkumarasamy (Griffith University, AU)M. Portmann (University ofQueensland, A U)

Session 3: Security I (Computer and Network Security Symposium)Session Chair: Bilal Khan, CUNY, USA

Exploring the Security Requirements for Quality of Service in

Combined Wired and Wireless Networks 73

Zubair Md. Fadlullah (Tohoku University, JP)Tarik Taleb (NEC Europe Ltd, DE)Nidal Nasser (University ofGuelph, CA)Nei Kato (Tohoku University, JP)

Using a Secure Permutational Covert Channel to Detect Local and

Wide Area Interposition Attacks 79

Jaroslaw Paduch, Jamie Levy, Bilal Khan (CUNY, USA)

A Scalable Distributed Security Infrastructure for Industrial Control and Sensor Networks 84

Flutra Osmani (Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan, SE)Adriaan Slabbert (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SE)

WMNSec - Security for Wireless Mesh Networks 90

Georg Lukas, Christian Fackroth (University ofMagdeburg, DE)

On the Use of Co-Occurrence Matrices for Network Anomaly Detection 96

Christian Callegari, Stefano Giordano, Michele Pagano (University ofPisa, IT)

Securing Hierarchical Multicast Communications Using Roles 101

Ezedin E. Barka, Emad Eldin Mohamed (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)

A Prediction-Based Detection Algorithm against Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks 106

Guoxin Zhang, Shengming Jiang, Gang Wei, Quansheng Guan (South China University ofTechnology, CN)

Session 4: Autonomic Wireless Networking WorkshopSession Chair: R. Venkatesan, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CA

A Distributed Embedded Web based Automated Testbed for Wireless Sensor Networks 111

Lars Mollendorf, David Rahusen, Daniel Schauenberg (STZEDN, DE)Axel Sikora (Duale Hochschule Lorrach Hangstrafie, DE)

Graph Coloring based Physical-Cell-ID Assignment for LTE Networks 116

Tobias Bandh, Georg Carle (TU Miinchen, DE)Henning Sanneck (Nokia Siemens Networks, DE)

Effect of Non-Cooperation on Dynamic Spectrum Cognitive Networks 121

Mustafa Y. EINainay, Allen B. MacKenzie (Virginia Tech, US)

Inertia-Based Distributed Channel Allocation 126

Juha-Matti Koljonen, Matti Peltomaki, Mikko Alava, Olav Tirkkonen (Helsinki University of Technology, FI)

ADMA: Autonomous Decentralized Management Architecture for MANETs -

A Simple Self-Configuring Case Study 132

Mouna Ayari, Zeinab Movahedi, Guy Pujolle (University ofParis 6, FR)Farouk Kamoun (University ofManouba, TN)

Modeling and Algorithm for Topology Construction with Delay and Traffic Constraints 138

Yong-Jin Lee (Korea National University ofEducation, KR)

Dong-Woo Lee (Woosong University, KR)

Hybrid Gateway Discovery Mechanism in Mobile Ad Hoc for Internet Connectivity 143

Lin Zhuang, Luanan Liu, Kaiming Liu (Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

Session 5: Cross-Layer Wireless Networks (Cross-LayerOptimized Wireless Networks Symp.)Session Chair: Lingyang Song, PKU, CN

A Cross Layer Scheme for Maximizing the Combination of Wireless VoIP Capacity and Quality 148

Terence Chen, Roksana Boreli (University ofNSW, AU)Thava Iyer (NationalICT, AU)

Cross Layering in Wireless Sensor Networks 154

Pascale Minet, Saoucene Mahfoudh (INRIA, FR)

Hierarchical Cross-Layer Control ESL Verification for Wireless Communications 160

Chao-Lieh Chen (NationalKaohsiung First Univ. ofScience and Technology, TW)

Wu-Liang Cheng, Chun-Ching Wu (Kun-Shan University ofTechnology, TW)

A Cross Layer Design to Improve Video Transmission over 802.1 le WLANs

Using Error and Rate Joint Control 165

Yu-Cheng Sheu, Chu-Sing Yang (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

Eugene Yeh (National Cengerfor High Performance Computing, TW)Chen-Wei Lee (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

XLEngine: A Cross-Layer Autonomic Architecture with Network Wide

Knowledge for QoS Support in Wireless Networks 170

Wafa Berrayana, Guy Pujolle (University ofParis 6, TN)Habib Youssef (University ofSousse, TN)

Application-Driven Cross-Layer Design of Multiuser H.264 Video

Transmission over Wireless Networks 176

Fan Li, Guizhong Liu, Lijun He (XVan Jiaotong University, CN)

Rate Control for Network Coding based Multicast: A Hierarchical Decomposition Approach 181

Dalin Li, Xuehong Lin, Wenjun Xu, Zhiqiang He, Jiaru Lin (Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

Session 6: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs Symp.)Session Chair: Abdelhamid Mellouk, University Paris XII, FR

An Efficient Real-Time Routing with Presence of Concave Voids in Wireless Sensor Networks 186

Mohamed Aissani (University ofParis, FR)Abdelhamid Mellouk (University Paris XII, FR)

Nadjib Badache (USTHB University, AL)Brahim Saidani (Polytechnic School, AL)

An Adaptive Computational Trust Model for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 191

Azzedine Boukerche, Yonglin Ren, Richard Werner Nelem Pazzi (University ofOttawa, CA)

Performance Analysis of BitTorrent Enabled Ad Hoc Network Routing 196

Padmini Vellore, Paul Gillard, Ramachandran Venkatesan (Memorial University ofNewfoundland, CA)

On Fault Tolerant Ad Hoc Network Design 201

Wassim El-Hajj (UAE University, AE)Hazem Hajj (American University ofBeirut, LB)Zouheir Trabelsi (UAE University, AE)

Application of Sector Antennas in Ad-Hoc Topologies 207

Jan Janecek (Czech Technical University in Prague, CZ)

Lattice-Based Soft-Constraint Satisfaction Multi-Modulus Blind

Equalization Algorithm of Order p 212

KashifN. Paracha (University ofFaisalabad, PA)Azzedine Zerguine, Yahya S. Al-Harthi (KFUPM, SA)

A Network Coding Scheme for SVC Streaming over Wireless Mesh Network 217

Liu Yong, Sun Lifeng, Yang Shiqiang (Tsinghua University, CN)

Session 7: Communications I (Communication and Information Theory Symp.)Session Chair: Seyed (Reza) Zekavat, Michigan Tech University, USA

Design of Adaptive Modulation and Coding System Using Ideal Performance Codes 222

Chia-Hao Yu, Kalle Ruttik, Olav Tirkkonen (Helsinki University of Technology, FI)

Rate Adaptation Design for Adaptive Modulation/Coding Systems with Hybrid ARQ 227

Chia-Hao Yu, Olav Tirkkonen (Helsinki University ofTechnology, FI)

A Simple Decorrelate-and-Forward Relaying Scheme for Multiuser Wireless CDMA Networks 232

Tung T. Pham, Ha H. Nguyen (University ofSaskatchewan, CA)

Orthogonal Structured Linear Dispersion Code for Fast Sphere Decoding 237

X. G. Dai, S. W. Cheung, T. I. Yuk (The University ofHong Kong, HK)

Robust Joint Multiuser Scheduling and Precoding Design with

Imperfect Channel State Information 242

Xiaoting Wang, Webo Wang, Zhi Yan (Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

Sum of Weibull Variates and Performance of Diversity Systems 247

Ferkan Yilmaz, Mohamed-Slim Alouini (Texas A&M University at Qatar, QA)

Reverse CDMA Link based on Noise-Like Spreading Sequences and Fading Mitigation 253

Stevan Berber, Xinghua Zhan (University ofAuckland, NZ)

Session 8: Security & Fault Tolerance (Wireless Sensor Networks Symp.)Session Chair: Laura Pierucci, University of Florence, IT

Energy Efficiency for Rectangular Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks 258

Wei Feng, Hamada Alshaer, Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani (University ofLeeds, UK)

A Key Pre-Distribution Scheme for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks 263

Amar Rasheed, Rabi Mahapatra (Texas A&M University, USA)

On Providing Sink Anonymity for Sensor Networks 269

Edith C.-H. Ngai (Uppsala University, SE)

On-Supporting Energy Balanced K-Barrier Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks 274

Chih-Yung Chang (Tamkang University, TW)

Li-Ling Hung (Alethia University, TW)Yu-Chieh Chen, Ming-Hsien Li (Tamkang University, TW)

Energy Penalties for Non-Shortest Paths in Wireless Sensor Networks with Link Failures 279

Geir Egeland (University ofStavanger, NO)Paal E. Engelstad (University ofOslo/Telenor R&I, NO)

Randomized Multi-Stage Clustering-Based Geocast Algorithms in

Anonymous Wireless Sensor Networks 286

Alain Bertrand Bomgni (University ofYaounde, CM)Jean Fr6d6ric Myoupo, Aboubecrine Ould Cheikhna (University ofPicardie-Jules Verne, FR)

A Protocol for Secure and Energy-Aware Reprogramming in WSN 292

Carlos F. Caloca de la Parra, J. Antonio Garcia-Macias (CICESE Research Center, MX)

Session 9: UWB and Cognitive Networks (Wireless LANs and

Wireless PANs Symp.)Session Chair: Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, CA

Multi-Band CSMA/CA-Based Cognitive Radio Networks 298

Jo Woon Chong, Youngchul Sung, Dan Keun Sung (KA1ST, KR)

Scalable FPGA Implementation for Mixed-Norm LMS-LMF Adaptive Filters 304

Abdul-Rahman Elshafei, Azzedine Zerguine, Abdelhafid Bouhraoua (KFUPM, SA)

The Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Survey 309

Xueying Zhang, Cheng Li (Memorial University ofNewfoundland, CA)

Cross-Layer Resource Allocation Scheme for Multi-Band High Rate UWB Systems 314

Ayman Khalil, Matthieu Crussiere, Jean-Francois Helard (Institute ofElectronics and

Telecommunications ofRennes - IETR, FR)

Performance Evaluation of Multiple Access M-Ary DS-UWB Communication System 320

Zhiquan Bai, Dongfeng Yuan, Xiaotong Li, Rongkai Li (Shandong University, CN)Kyungsup Kwak (INHA University, KR)

Multi-Scale Direct Sequence Ultra Wide Band Communications 324

Ertan Oztiirk (ZonguldakKaraelmas University, TR)Hsiao Hwa Chen (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

Near-Optimal Delay-Constrained MLR Scheduler for Embedded Multimedia Wireless Channels 328

Tae-Eung Sung (Cornell University, US)

Session 10: Cross-Layer Applications (Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless

Networks Symp.)Session Chair: Falko Dressier, University of Erlangen, DE

Integrated Ad-Hoc and Cellular Networking in Indoor or Faded Environments 333

Jean-Michel Dricot, Philipe De Doncker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BE)

Distributed Routing Algorithm for Low-latency Broadcasting in

Multi-Rate Wireless Mesh Network 338

Tiantian Guo, Jianfei Cai, Chuan Heng Foh (Nanyang Technological University, SG)

The Impact of Path-Delay Routing on TCP in Ad Hoc Networks 343

Despina Triantafyllidou, Khaldoun Al Agha (University ofParis XI, FR)

LT Codes for OFDM Multicast Systems with PAPR Reduction Capability 348Shih-Kai Lee (Yuan Ze Univ, TW)

Hsin-Liang Chiu, Yung-Chih Tsai, Hsin-Yi Chen (Taiwan Univ., TW)

Using Novel Distributed Heuristics on Hexagonal Connected Dominating Sets to

Model Routing Dissemination 353Maria Striki, Anthony McAuley (Telcordia Technologies, US)

TCP-Sleek Channel Access Scheduling for Multi-Hop Mesh Networks 360

Li-Ping Tung (Accidentia Sinica, TW)Yeali S. Sun, Tzu-Lin Huang (National Taiwan University, TW)Meng Chang Chen (Academia Sinica, TW)

A Utility-Based Power Allocation Non-Cooperative Game for the Uplink in

Multi-Service CDMA Wireless Networks 365Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Timotheos Kastrinogiannis, Symeon Papavassiliou (National Technical

University ofAthens, GR)

Session 11: Performance Evaluation & Analysis (Wireless Sensor

Networks Symp.)Session Chair: Stevan Berber, University of Auckland, NZ

Sensor-Aided Routing for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 371

Ricardo Lent, Javier Barria (Imperial College London, UK)

GAFO: Genetic Adaptive Fuzzy Hop Selection Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks 376

Darminder Singh Ghataoura, Yang Yang (University College Loldon, UK)George Matich (Selex Galileo, UK)

Characterization of Hello Message Exchange for EstimatingDistribution of Network Residual Energy 381

Shudong Fang, Stevan Mirko Berber, Akshya Kumar Swain (University ofAuckland, NZ)

Sink Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks: A (Mis)Match between Theory and Practice 386

N. Vlajic, D. Stevanovic (York University, CA)

Performance Analysis of Collaborative Communication in the Presence of

Phase Errors and AWGN in Wireless Sensor Networks 394

Husnain Naqvi, Stevan M. Berber, Zoran Salcic (The University ofAuckland, NZ)

Performance Analysis of SDS-TWR-MA Algorithm 399

Hakyong Kim (Samsung Networks Inc., KR)

Graph Neuron and Hierarchical Graph Neuron, Novel Approaches Toward

Real Time Pattern Recognition in Wireless Sensor Networks 404

Amir H. Basirat, Asad I. Khan (Monash University, AU)

Session 12: Vehicular Communication I (Vehicular Communication

Technology Workshop)Session Chair: Cheng-Xiang Wang, Heriot-Watt University, UK

Vehicular Communication: Protocol Design, Testbed Implementation and Performance Analysis 410

Sumaiya Iqbal, Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury, Chowdhury Sayeed Hyder (Bangladesh University of

Engineering and Technology, BD)Athanasios V. Vasilakos (University of Western Macedonia, GR)

Cheng-Xiang Wang (Heriot-Watt University, UK)

Estimation of a Successful Beacon Reception Probability in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks 416

Alexey Vinel (Saint-Petersburg Institutefor Informatics and Automation, RU)

Yevgeni Koucheryavy (Tampere University ofTechnology, FI)

Sergey Andreev (Saint-Petersburg State University ofAerospace Instrumentation, RU)Dirk Staehle (University ofWuer

The Promotion ofWAVE Contention Performance by Variable Cyclic Prefix Mechanism 421

Ya-ChunLi, Tin-Yu Wu, Wei-TsongLee (Tamkang University, TW)Yueh-Min Huang (National Cheng Kung University, TW)

Multi-Channel Transmission with Efficient Delivery of Routing Information in

Maritime WiMAX Mesh Networks 426

Ming-Tuo Zhou,Hiroshi Harada (NICT, SG)

Peng-Yong Kong, Chee-Wei Ang, Yu Ge, J. S. Pathmasuntharam (Institutefor Infocomm Research, SG)

Cars Communicating Over Publish/Subscribe in a Peer-to-Peer Vehicular Network 431

Vivian Prinz, Robert Eigner, Wolfgang Woerndl (Technische Universitdt Miinchen, DE)

Hardware Architecture for Trustable Vehicular Electronic Control Units 437

Wael Adi (Technical University ofBraunschweig, DE)Nizar Kassab (Ajman University ofScience & Technology, AE)

A TOA Estimation Method for UWB Signals based on Weighted Energy Detection 442

Tingling Zhang, Qinyu Zhang, Naitong Zhang (Harbin Institute ofTechnology, CN)

Session 13: Routing and Protocols (General Symposium)Session Chair: Mehrdad Dianati, University of Surrey, UK

PTFW: A Protocol Testing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks 447

Jialu Fan, Jiming Chen, Ruilong Deng, Youxian Sun (Zhejiang University, CN)Sherman Shen (University of Waterloo, CA)

E-PROPHET: A Novel Routing Protocol for Intermittently Connected Wireless Networks 452

Yun Li, Xin Li, Qilie Liu, Zhanjun Liu (ChongQing University ofPosts and Telecommunications ofChina, CN)

f-Drop: Congestion Control Strategy under Epidemic Routing in DTN 457

'un Li, Ling Zhao, Zhanjun Liu, Qilie Liu (ChongQing University ofPosts and Telecommunications ofChina, CN)

PC-MAC: Pico Cellular MAC Protocol for Motorway Vehicular Multimedia Communication 461

Bilal R. Qazi, Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani (University ofLeeds, UK)

Using Link-Layer Broadcast to Improve Scalable Source Routing 466

Pengfei Di, Thomas Fuhrmann (TU Munich, DE)

Exploiting Traffic Sampling Techniques for Mobile Peer Networking 472

Julian K. Buhagiar, Carl J.Debono (University ofMalta, MT)

Distributed Routing Schemes for Multi-Hop Fixed Relay Networks 477

Weiwei Wang, Jun Cai, Attahiru S. Alfa (University ofManitoba, CA)

Session 14: Cooperative Cognitive Networks WorkshopSession Chair: Merouane Debbah, SUPERLEC, FR

A New Energy Efficiency Measure for Quasi-Static MIMO Channels 483

Elena Veronica Belmega, Samson Lasaulce, Merouane Debbah (Supelec, FR)Are Hjercungnes (University ofOslo, NO)

Cognitive Radio: An Enabling Technology for the Green Radio Communications Concept 489

Jacques Palicot (SUPELEC/IETR, FR)

A Software-Defined Radio based Cognitive Radio Demonstration over FM Band 495

Omer Mian, Ruolin Zhou, Xue Li (Wright State University, USA)Seng Hong (Air Force Research Laboratory US)

Zhiqiang Wu (Wright State University, USA)

Multi-User MIMO Broadcast Systems with Imperfect Feedbacks 500

Li-Chun Wang, Chu-Jung Yeh (National Chiao Tung University, TW)

Carbon-Copying onto the Dirty Relay Channel 505

AbdellatifZaidi, Luc Vandendorpe (Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain, BE)

Myopic Sensing for Opportunistic Spectrum Access Using Channel Correlation 512

Hao Zhao, Tao Luo, Guangxin Yue, Xin He (Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, CN)

Outage Analysis for Novel Selection Cooperation in Multi-Source Cognitive Networks 517

Bao Xu, Song Tiecheng, Lianfeng Shen (Southeast University, CN)

Randomized Space-Time Block Coding with Limited Feedback 522

Xin He, Tao Luo, Jianfeng Li, Guangxin Yue, Hao Zhao (Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications,CN)

Session 15: WiMAX/WiBro Services and QoS Management Symp.Session Chair: Bechir Hamdaoui, Oregon State University, US

Effect of Feedback Prediction on OFDMA System Throughput 527

Mohammad Abdul Awal, Lila Boukhatem (Univ. ofParis Sud, FR)

An Energy-Efficient Scheduling Algorithm for IEEE 802.16e Broadband Wireless Access Systems 532

Shun-Ren Yang, Chien-Chi Kao (National Tsing Hua University, TW)

Handling Mobility Across WiFi and WiMAX 537

Anand Padmanabha Iyer (The University ofTexas at Austin, US)Jayaraman Iyer (Cisco Systems, Inc., US)

An Efficient Scheduling Algorithm for Maximizing throughput in WiMAX Mesh Networks 542

Chih-Yung Chang, Ming-Hsien Li, Wen-Chuan Huang, Cheng-Chang Chen (Tamkang University, TW)

Enhancement of Managed Roaming Procedure in GSM 547

Jaroslav Vrana, Petr Vlacil, Robert Bestak (Czech Technical University in Prague, CZ)

A Joint Centralized Scheduling and Channel Assignment Scheme in WiMax Mesh Networks 552

Yuliang Tang, Yan Yao, Xinrong Lin (Xiamen University, CN)

A Minimum Energy Path Topology Control Algorithm for Wireless Multihop Networks 557

Quansheng Guan, Quanlong Ding, Shengming Jiang (South China University ofTechnology, CN)

Session 16: INVITED PAPERS

Session Chair: Izhak Rubin, UCLA, USA

Cross-Layer Routing and Rate Control Strategies for Datagram-BasedWireless Multi-Hop CSMA/CA Networks 562

Ju-lan Hsu, Izhak Rubin (UCLA, US)

Switching Cost Minimization in the IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX Sleep Mode Operation 567

Gary K. W. Wong, Qian Zhang, Danny H. K. Tsang (Hong Kong University ofScience and Technology, HK)

On the Capacity of BICM with QAM Constellations 573

Alex Alvarado, Erik Agrell, Arne Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology, SW)

TinyNET: A Tiny Network Framework for TinyOS 580

Angelo P. Castellani, Paolo Casari, Michele Zorzi (University ofPadova, IT)

Adaptive Antenna Selection at Mobile Stations for SDMA in WiMAX Networks 586

Tairan Wang (University ofMinnesota, US)Zhifeng Tao (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, US)Andreas F. Molisch (Univ. ofSouthern California, US)

Philip V. Orlik, Jinyun Zhang (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, US)

Handoff Management In 4G Networks 592

Sarra Ben Oubira, Mounir Frikha, Sami Tabbane (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, TN)

Session 17: Emergency Management II (MCEM Workshop)Session Chair: Daniele Tarchi, University of Florence, IT

Scheduling Cooperative Emergency Response (or How the Meek Shall Overcome the Greedy) 598

Zarol Dottin, Bilal Khan (John Jay College, US)

Combining Mobility and Heterogeneous Networking for Emergency Management:A PMIPv6 and HIP-Based Approach 603

Giuliana Iapichino, Christian Bonnet (Eurecom, FR)Oscar del Rio Herrero (European Space Agency, NL)Cedric Baudoin, Isabelle Buret (Thales Alenia Space, FR)

Carawa - A Clinical Documentation System for use in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks 608

Martin Lablans, Frank Uckert (University Hospital ofMuenster, DE)

Design of a Backup Network for Catastrophe Scenarios 613

S. Alves (Collab, PT)B. Koldehofe (IPVS Stuttgart, DE)H. Miranda (University ofLisbon, PT)F. Taiani (University ofLancaster, UK)

The Communication Infrastructure for Emergency Management: The In.Sy.Eme. Vision 618

Daniele Tarchi, Romano Fantacci, Dania Marabissi (University ofFlorence, IT)

Rescue Information System for Earthquake Disasters based on MANET

Emergency Communication Platform 623

Hung-Chin Jang, Yao-Nan Lien, Tzu-Chieh Tsai (National Chengchi University, TW)

Structured and Real Time Heterogeneous Sensor Deployment in Preferential Areas 628

Rabie Ramadan, FatmaZiwar (German University in Cairo, EG)

Session 18: Physical & Synchronization (Wireless Sensor Networks Symp.)Session Chair: Thomas Kurtz, Carleton University, CA

Behavior of Clock-Sampling Mutual Network Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks 633

Ereth McKnight-MacNeil, Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, CA)

Approximating Node-Weighted Multicast Trees in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks 639

Thomas Erlebach, Ambreen Shahnaz (University ofLeicester, UK)

Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting In Wireless Sensor Networks 644

Lizzie Tang, Chris Guy (The University ofReading, UK)

Memory-Efficient Segment-Based Packet-Combining Schemes in Face of Deadlines 649

Andreas Willig (Technische Universitat Berlin, DE)

C2AM: An Algorithm for Application-Aware Movement-Assisted Recovery in

Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks 655

Ameer Abbasi, Uthman Baroudi (King Fahd Univ. ofPetroleum and Minerals, SA)Mohamed Younis (Univ. ofMarylandBaltimore County, US)Kemal Akkaya (Southern Illinois Univ., US)

Cooperative Beamforming for Multi-Hop Relaying in Wireless Sensor Networks 660

Mohamed Abdallah (Cairo University, EG)

On the Capacity of k-MPR Wireless Networks Using Multi-Channel Multi-Interface 665

Ming-Fei Guo, Xinbing Wang, Min-You Wu (Shanghai JiaoTong University, CN)

Session 19: Wireless Networks (General Symposium)Session Chair: Bechir Hamdaoui, Oregon State University, USA

Global Planning of 3G Networks using Simulated Annealing 670

Shangyun Liu, Marc St-Hilaire (Carleton University, CA)

Distance-Incorporated Opportunistic Scheduling 675

Mehrdad Shariat, Atta U. Quddus, Rahim Tafazolli (University ofSurrey, UK)

A Markov Model for Per-User Service of Opportunistic Scheduling 681

Mehrdad Dianati, Rahim Tafazolli (University ofSurrey, UK)Xuemin Shen, Kshirasagar Naik (University of Waterloo, CA)

A Robust Reservation Protocol for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks 687

Ghalem Boudour, Cedric Teyssie, Zoubir Mammeri (Paul Sabatier University, FR)

Interference and Throughput Analyses in Dual-Polarized Wireless Networks

Subject to Rayleigh Fading 693

Jean-Michel Dricot, Francois Horlin, Philipe De Doncker (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BE)

Fuzzy-Based Cross-Layer Transmission Scheme with QoS

Considerations for Wireless Mesh Networks 698

Chin-Fu Kuom, Hsueh-Wen Tseng, Ai-Chun Pang (National University ofKaohsiung, TW)

An Equilibrium Multi-Hop Cluster Hierarchy for Wireless Sensor Networks 703

Kai Lin, KeqiuLi, Hongwei Ge, Yanming Shen (Dalian University ofTechnology, CN)

Session 20: Networking over Emerging Wireless Networks (Wireless LANs

and Wireless PANs Symp.)Session Chair: Hamid Sharif, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Type I HARQ Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Mobile WiMAX for Network Simulators 707

Puttipong Mahasukhon, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Ting Zhou, Wei Wang, Tao Ma (University of

Nebraska-Lincoln, US)

Downlink Call Admission Control Algorithm with Look-Ahead Calls for

3GPP LTE Mobile Networks 712

Farag M. Sallahi, Khaled Shuaib (UnitedArab Emirates University, UAE)

A Distributed Call Admission Control scheme for Satellite Networks under Rain Fading 716

Dionysia K. Petraki, Markos P. Anastasopoulos (National Technical University ofAthens, GR)Athanasios V. Vasilakos (University of Western Macedonia, GR)

Panayotis G. Cottis (National Technical University ofAthens, GR)

Centralized Scheduling and Channel Assignment Scheme in Third Generation

Router based WiMAX Mesh Network 721

Jun Xiao (East China Normal University, CN)Naixue Xiong (Georgia State University, US)Athanasios V. Vasilakos (University of Western Macedonia, GR)

Carrier Sensing and Receiver Performance in Indoor IEEE 802.11b Mesh Networks 726

Mathias Kurth, Jens-Peter Redlich (Humboldt University Berlin, DE)

irrier Sense Multiple Access with Enhanced Collision Avoidance: a Performance Analysis 733

lme Barcelo, Boris Bellalta, Cristina Cano, Anna Sfairopoulou, Miquel Oliver (Pompeu Fabra Univ., ES)

ter-Carrier Interference Self-Cancelation in Synchronous Downlink MC-CDMA System 739

uolin Zhou, Xue Li (Wright State University, US)/asu Chakravarthy (Air Force Research Laboratory, US)Bin Wang, Zhiqiang Wu (Wright State University, US)

Session 21: Communications II (Communication and Information Theory Symp.)Session Chair: Seyed (Reza) Zekavat, Michigan Tech University, USA

Orientation Adaptive Transmit Polarization Diversity for Branch Power EqualizationYu Chieh Huang, Bouchra Senadji (Queensland University ofTechnology, AU)

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