ACM MobiWac 2006 Technical Program

October 2nd, 2006

8.00 am

Registration Opens

8.15 am - 8.30 am

Opening Remarks

8.30 am - 9.45 am

Session 1: Mobility Control and Topology Management

  • IEEE 802.11 networks with dormant mode support: an IP paging approach and its performance analysis
    Rafael Vidal Ferré, Josep Paradells Aspas
    (Wireless Network Group, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain)
  • Clustering Techniques for Dynamic Mobility Management
    Javid Taheri, Albert Y. Zomaya
    (University of Sydney, Australia)
  • Diagnosing Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Two Distributed Comparison-Based Self-Diagnosis Protocols
    Mourad Elhadef, Azzedine Boukerche, Hishal Elkadiki
    (School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada)

9.45 am - 11.00 am

Session 2: Wireless Mesh and Access Networks

  • Capacity Upgrading in Mobile Ad Hoc Access Networks (MAHANs) Using CSMA/CAPA
    Chun-Yen Hsu, Jean-Lien C. Wu, Shun Te Wang
     (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
  • Design of wireless mesh networks for aggregating traffic of fast moving users
    Filip De Greve, Filip De Turck, Ingrid Moerman, Piet Demeester
    (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Evaluation of MultiRadio Extensions to AODV for Wireless Mesh Networks
    Asad Amir Pirzada (National ICT Australia Limited, Australia)
    Marius Portmann, Jadwiga Indulska     (University of Queensland, Australia)

11.00 am - 11.30 am

Coffee break (and Poster Show)

11.30 am - 12.45 pm

Session 3: Wireless Sensors Networks

  • Sink Mobility Protocols for Data Collection in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Athanasios Kinalis, Sotiris Nikoletseas
    (Computer Technology Institute (CTI) and University of Patras, Greece)
  • Quick Convergecast in ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Tree-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
    Yu-Chee Tseng, Meng-Shiuan Pan
    (Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
  • An Adaptive and Low-latency Power Management Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
    Giuseppe Anastasi, Mario Di Francesco (University of Pisa, Italy)
    Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella (IIT-CNR, Italy)

12.45 pm - 2.00 pm

Lunch break

2.00 pm - 3.15 pm

Session 4: Location, Tracking and Proximity Detection

  • Efficient Proximity Detection among Mobile Targets with Dead Reckoning
    Georg Treu, Thomas Wilder, Axel Kupper
    (Mobile and Distributed Systems Group, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
  • Fuzzy Location and Tracking on Wireless Networks
    J.J. Astrain, J. Villadangos, J.R. Garitagoitia, J.R. Gonzalez de Mendivil
    (Departamento de Matematica e Informatica Universidad Publica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
    V. Cholvi     (Dept. of Languages and Informatic Systems, Universitat Jaume I, Castello, Spain)
  • Calibration-Free WLAN Location System Based on Dynamic Mapping of Signal Strength
    Bruno Astuto Nunes, Luis Felipe M. de Moraes
    (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

3.15 pm - 4.00 pm

Coffee break and Poster Show Session

4.00 pm - 5.15 pm

Session 5: Multimedia, Data Distribution and Session Management

  • Multi-user Session Control in the Next Generation Wireless System
    Eduardo Cerqueira, Edmundo Monteiro (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
    Paulo Mendes (DoCoMo Eurolabs, Germany)
  • A Buffer Management Technique for 3D Image-based Rendering on Mobile Devices
    Azzedine Boukerche, Jing Feng, Richard Pazzi Werner
    (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  • Hoarding Location-Based Data Using Clustering
    Susanne Buerklen, Kurt Rothermel, Pedro Jose Marron, Timo Pfahl
    (Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany)

5.15 pm- 5.25 pm

Short break

5.25 pm - 6.40 pm

Session 6: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation

  • Analysis of Ranging Process in IEEE 802.16e Wireless Access Systems
    Doo Hwan Lee, Hiroyuki Morikawa
    (Graduate School of the Frontier Informatics, University of Tokyo)
  • An Analytical Model Based on G/M/1 with Self-Similar Input to Provide End-to-End QoS in 3G Networks
    Mohsin Iftikhar, Bjorn Landfeldt (Advanced Network Research Group, University of Sydney, NSW)
    Mine Caglar (Department of Mathematics, KOC University, Turkey)
  • Performance Analysis of Cross-Layered Multipath Routing and MAC layer solutions for Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks
    Luciano Bononi, Marco Di Felice
    (University of Bologna, Italy)

6.40 pm

Workshop conclusion

List of Poster Papers
(all day display, coffee breaks show: 11.00 am - 11.30 am, 3.15 pm - 4.00 pm)

  • Ad Hoc Routing Based on the Stability of Routes
    Alicia Trivino-Cabrera, I. Nieves-Pérez, E. Casilari, F. J. González-Cañete
    (University of Malaga, ES)
  • Proactive Crossover Router Discovery with FMIPv6
    Doan Huy Cuong, J. K. Choi (ICU, Korea),
    D. Guha (Nanyang Technological University),
    J. S. Park, H. J. Kim, J. H. Hahm (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
  • Better CCI Mitigation with Optimized Frequency Reuse in Multi-cell OFDMA Systems
    Soumaya Hamouda, Sami Tabbane (Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia)
     P. Godlewski (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications),
  • A Weighted Center of Mass based Trilateration Approach for Locating Wireless Devices in Indoor Environment
    Navin Kumar Sharma
    (Computer Associates India, HiTech City, Hyderabad, India)
  • A Totally Decentralized Document Sharing System for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
    Lionel Barrere, Serge Chaumette, Arnaud Casteigts
    (University of Bordeaux, France)
  • Indoor tracking in WLAN location with TOA measurements
    Marc Ciurana, Francisco Barcelo, Sebastiano Cugno
    (Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain)
  • Evolution of Cooperation in Ad Hoc Networks under Game Theoretic Model
    Marcin Seredynski, Pascal Bouvry (University Of Luxembourg, Luxemburg)
     M. A. Klopotek (Polish Academy of Sciences)
  • Performance Evaluation of OFDMA Wireless Systems using WM-SIM Platform
    Juan J. Sánchez Sánchez, Gerardo Gomez, David Morales-Jimenez, J. Tomás Entrambasaguas
    (University of Malaga, Spain)
  • An End-To-End Simulator for an Open Broadband Access Network
    Fabio Galliano, Stefano Conti, Alessandro Basile (Motorola Electronics, Italy)
    Marina Mondin, Fred Daneshgaran (Euroconcepts, Torino, Italy)
    Massimiliano Laddomada (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Torino, Italy)
  • Quality of Service Control Mechanisms for Multimedia Services
    Ana Maria Lopez Nieto, Maria Belén Pancorbo Marcos, Susana Fernandez Alonso
    (Ericsson, Spain)
  • On the Performance of DCCP in Wireless Mesh Networks
    Pirabakaran Navaratnam, Nadeem Akhtar, Rahim Tafazolli
    (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)