WTS
2010
9th ANNUAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYMPOSIUM
                    EMBASSY SUITES USF / BUSCH GARDENS
                              TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA


                 21-23 APRIL 2010
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April 23, 2010 (Room: Salon A/B)

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration

8:00 am – 10:00 am

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Seshadri Mohan

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Bala Natarajan

Accepted Paper Sessions (I)

Track: Wireless Communications and Network Technologies Session: OFDM/OFDMA I

Residue Number System Arithmetic Inspired Hopping Pilot Pattern Design for Cellular Downlink OFDMA
Dalin Zhu (NEC Laboratories China, CN); Bala Natarajan (Kansas State University, US)

EVM based AMC for an OFDM system
Ramdane Chouitem (None, US)

ARMA Companding Scheme With Improved Symbol Error Rate For PAPR Reduction In OFDM Systems
Yasir Rahmatallah (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, US); Nidhal Bouaynaya (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, US); Seshadri Mohan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, US)

General Performance Analysis of M-PSK and M-QAM Wireless Communications Applied to OFDMA Interference
Albert Mráz (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU); László Pap (Technical University of Budapest, HU)

Decision Feedback Channel Estimation Algorithm for Alamouti Coded OFDM Systems
Masoud Hoseinzade (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Kamal Mohamed-pour (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Andargoli (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Ahmad Gharanjik (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR)

Modeling Fairness in Resource Allocation for Secondary Users in a Competitive Cognitive Radio Network
Lutfa Akter (Kansas State University, US); Bala Natarajan (Kansas State University, US)

A method of automatic assessment of feature compatibility in mobile networks
Szymon Fedor (Dublin City University, IE)

 

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Networking Break

 

Accepted Paper Sessions (II)

Wireless Communications and Network Technologies     Session: Network Communications

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Onur Altintas

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Gang Uk Hwang

 

 


A Study on Evolving the Architecture of Circuit Switched Domain in UMTS Core Networks

Ye Ouyang (Stevens Institute of Technology, US); M. Hosein Fallah (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)

An Efficient Wireless Switching Architecture
Jaewook Shim (University of California, San Diego, US); Kenneth Yun (University of California, San Diego, US); Rene Cruz (UCSD, US)

Dynamic Channel Allocation Schemes for Overlay Cellular Architectures
Hazar Aki (University of South Florida, US); Mustafa Cenk Erturk (University of South Florida, US); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, US)

Minimum Energy Consumption Design of A Two-hop Relay Network for QoS Guarantee
Chan Yong Lee (Korea Advanced Instutute of Science and Technology (KAIST), KR); Gang Uk Hwang (KAIST, KR)

End-to-End Performance of Dual Hop Transmission with Fixed Relay
Ahmad Gharanjik (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Kamal Mohamed-pour (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Andargoli (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR); Masoud Hoseinzade (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IR)

Unified 3GPP and 3GPP2 Turbo Encoder Using Run-time Partial Reconfiguration
Arya Shikha Tripathi (Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham, IN); Rishi Mathur (Cosmic Circuits Pvt. Ltd., IN); Jyoti Arya (BITS, Pilani, IN)

A Performance Analysis for UMTS Packet Switched Network Based on Multivariate KPIs
Ye Ouyang (Stevens Institute of Technology, US); M. Hosein Fallah (Stevens Institute of Technology, US) 

 

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch

Guest Speaker: Dr. Young-Kil Suh, Senior Advisor, SK Telecom

"Mobile TV industry in Korea & Lessons from First Operator, TU Media"

1:15 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Ehsan Sheybani

 

Session Co-Chair:

Mr. Yuanzhou Ye

 

Accepted Paper Sessions (III)

Track: Wireless Communications and Network Technologies Session: Radio Network Operation

A Cooperative Game-Theoretic Approach to Cellular Network Hand-off
Yongxue Yu (University of South Florida, US); Ravi Sankar (University of South Florida, US)

 A Time Domain Eigen Value Method for Robust Indoor Localization
G. M. Roshan Indika Godaliyadda (National University of Singapore, SG); Hari Krishna Garg (National University of Singapore, SG)

Impact of Mobility Prediction on the Performance of Cognitive Radio Networks Ismail Butun (University of South Florida, US); Ahmet Cagatay Talay (Istanbul Technical University, TR); Deniz Turgay Altilar (Istanbul Technical University, TR); Murad Khalid (USF, US); Ravi Sankar (University of South Florida, US)

Adaptive Admission Control in a NGN Service Platform
Andre Ferreira (University of Minho, PT); Paulo Carvalho (University of Minho, PT); Solange Rito Lima (University of Minho, PT)

Distributed Acceleration of Mobile Radio Network Optimization Algorithms Yuanzhou Ye (University of Reading/ Symantec Corporation, UK); Graham Megson (University of Westminster, London, UK)

Interference Management of Femtocell in Macro-cellular Networks
Rong-Terng Juang (Industrial Technology Research Institute, TW); Pangan Ting (Tsing Hua University, TW); Hsin-Piao Lin (National Taipei University of Technology, TW); Ding-Bing Lin (National Taipei University of Technology, TW)

 

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Networking Break

3:15 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Thomas Ketseoglou

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Xuan Hung Le

Accepted Paper Sessions (IV)

Wireless Communications and Network Technologies
Session: OFDM/OFDMA II

Doppler Estimation for OFDM based Aeronautical Data Communication
Jamal Haque (University of South Florida, US); Mustafa Cenk Erturk (University of South Florida, US); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, US)

Cooperation Diversity Scenarios for Clipped OFDM with Iterative Destination Node Reception
Thomas Ketseoglou (California State Polytechnic University, US)   

Low-Complexity Channel Estimation for Superimposed Pilots in Distributed OFDMA Systems
Mikko Hiivala (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Ilkka S. Harjula (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI); Mika Lasanen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI)

Enhanced IEEE 802.11 by Integrating Multiuser Dynamic OFDMA
Hasan S Ferdous (Monash University, AU); Manzur Murshed (Monash University, AU)

The effect of channel and time-slot assignment algorithms on data loss events in OFDM/TDMA multi-hop wireless networks
Vida Ferdowsi (University of Missouri Kansas City, US); Kenneth Mitchell (University of Missouri-Kansas City, US)

Efficient Residual Prediction
Muhammad Shoaib (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, CN)

 

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Awards Ceremony for the Outstanding Paper and
the Best Graduate and Undergraduate Student Papers
Closing Remarks

 

 

 

April 23, 2010 (Room: Salon C)

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration

8:00 am – 10:00 am

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Manish Agrawal

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Sagar Dhakal

Accepted Paper Sessions (V)

Track: Wireless Algorithms, Methods, and  Simulations
Session: PHY Layer & MIMO

A Novel CQI Feedback and User Allocation Scheme for PU2RC/OFDMA Systems in Correlated MIMO Channels
Myeon-gyun Cho (Semyung University, KR)

Regularized Channel Inversion Dirty-Paper Coding (RCI-DPC): Narrowing the Power Offset in MIMO X Channels
Adam Anderson (USF, US)

Content-Based Rate-Adaptive Transfer Of SVC-Encoded Video Over MIMO Communication Systems
Daniela
Radakovic (University of Illinois at Chicago, US); Rashid Ansari (University of Illinois at Chicago, US); Yingwei Yao (University of Illinois at Chicago, US)

Statistical Analysis of User-pairing Algorithms in Virtual MIMO Systems
Sagar Dhakal (Naval Research Laboratory, US); JoonBeom Kim (Ericsson Inc., US)

VLSI Implementation of A Multi-Standard MIMO Symbol Detector for 3GPP LTE and WiMAX
Di Wu (Linkoping University, SE); Johan Eilert (Linkoping University, SE); Rizwan Asghar (Linkoping University, SE); Dake Liu (Linköping University, SE); Qun Ge (Synopsys, CN)

Modulation Diversity Benefits in Cooperative Communications
Nauman F. Kiyani (IMEC-NL, NL); Umar H Rizvi (Delft University of Technology, NL); Guido Dolmans (Holst Centre / IMEC-NL, NL)

The Application of Hybrid Space-Polarization Block Coding
Jason Uher (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US); Tadeusz Wysocki (University of Nebraska - Lincoln, US); Beata Wysocki (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US)

 

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Networking Break

10:15 am – 12:15 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr John N. Daigle

 

Session  Co-Chair:

Dr. Chitranjan K. Singh

 

 

Accepted Paper Sessions (VI)

Track: Ad-Hoc, Sensor, Mesh Networks and RFID
Session: Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks

A Clustering Approximation Mechanism based on Data Spatial Correlation in Wireless Sensor Networks
Zhikui Chen (Dalian University of Technology, CN); Song Yang (Dalian uinversity of technology, CN); Liang Li (Dalian uinversity of technology, CN); Zhijiang Xie (Chongqing university, CN)

An Internet Overlay Architecture for Global Scale Wireless Sensor Networks William D Phillips (University of South Florida, US); Ravi Sankar (University of South Florida, US)

Mission-Critical Packet Transfer with Explicit Path Selection in WMN-Based Tactical Networks
Byeong-hee Roh (Ajou University, KR)

An Algorithm for Real-Time Noise Cancellation in Wireless Sensor Networks Ehsan Sheybani (Virginia State University, US); Giti Javidi (Virginia State University, US)

Operation of QDMA-Based Ad Hoc Networks
John N. Daigle (University of Mississippi, US); Vijay P. Ramalingam (University of Mississippi, US)

Effect of Antennas Correlation on the Performance of MIMO Systems in Wireless Sensor Network
Chitranjan
K Singh (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, US); Seshadri Mohan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, US)

WAVE design for next DSRC applications
Tsutomu Tsuboi (Renesas Technology Corp., JP

 

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch

Guest Speaker: Dr. Young-Kil Suh, Senior Advisor, SK Telecom

"Mobile TV industry in Korea & Lessons from First Operator, TU Media"

1:15 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Benjamin Khoo

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Zhikui Chen

 

 

Accepted Paper Sessions (VII)

Tracks: Military and Satellite Applications and Security, Business Issues in Wireless Networks Session: Wireless Network Applications

RFID Usage Issues in the Supply Chain
Benjamin Khoo (New York Institute of Technology, US)

Wireless Telecommunications in Latin America: A Comparison of the Market Portfolios of America Movil and Telefonica
Steven R Powell (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, US)

Mobile Communications for Development: Enabling Low-Cost e-Applications for Rural and Remote Areas (e-Health, e-Government, e-Environment)
Souma Badombena Wanta (George Mason University, US); Ehsan Sheybani (Virginia State University, US)

An Attribute-based Scheme for Service Recommendation using Association Rules and Ant Colony Algorithm
Zhikui Chen (Dalian University of Technology, CN); Zhuang Shao (Software School Dalian University of Technology, CN); Zhijiang Xie (Chongqing university, CN); Xiaodi Huang (Charles Sturt University, AU)

A Unified Architecture for Efficient Data and Non-Data Aided Frequency Estimation for FPGA Implementation and Application to Satellite Communications
Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan (MITRE Corporation, US); Jeffrey Long (The MITRE Corporation, US)

Transparent Session Transfer in Converged IP Messaging Systems
Young sub Kwon (Seoul National University, KR); Jaehyun Jang (Seoul National University, KR); Hyunwoo Lee (Seoul National University, KR); Haewook Lee (Seoul National University, KR); Bummo Koo (Seoul National University, KR); Wuk Kim (Samsung Electronics, KR); Hyeonsang Eom (Seoul National University, KR)

 

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Networking Break

3:15 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Session Chair:

Dr. Jan Holub

 

Session Co-Chair:

Dr. Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan

Accepted Paper Sessions (VIII)

Track: Wireless Algorithms, Methods, and Simulations Session: Multimedia Networks

Voice Transmission Quality Measurement Algorithm with Non-native Listener Emulation Capability
Jan Holub (FEE CTU Prague, CZ)

A Polynomial Phasing Scheme to Realize Minimum Crest Factor for Multicarrier Transmission
Yanyan Wu (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, CN)

Low-Power Baseband Processing for Wireless Multimedia Systems using Unequal Error Protection
Yoon Seok Yang (Texas A&M University, US); Gwan Choi (Texas A&M University, US)

No-Reference Quality of Experience Monitoring in DVB-H Networks
Kamal Deep Singh (IRISA/INRIA Rennes, FR); Gerardo Rubino (Inria/Irisa, FR)

Robust and Reliable Frame Synchronization Method for DVB-S2
Yulong Zhang (Fudan University, CN)

Optimized Digital Automatic Gain Control for DVB-S2 System
Yulong Zhang (Fudan University, CN)

 

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Awards Ceremony for the Outstanding Paper and
the Best Graduate and Undergraduate Student Papers
Closing Remarks