2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference: Services, Applications, and Business Program

Monday, April 2

14:00 - 15:30

SAB01: Applications to Mobile Services and Networks - I

Room: 326/327
Chair: Jukka K. Nurminen (Aalto University, Finland)
Game Theoretic Modeling of Cooperation among Service Providers in Mobile Cloud Computing Environments
Dusit Niyato (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Ping Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Ekram Hossain (University of Manitoba, Canada); Walid Saad (University of Miami, USA); Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA)
Predicting the Number of Mobile Subscribers: An Accurate Forecasting System and its Application
Chang Liu (Columbia University, USA); Stefan Valentin (Bell Labs & Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany); Michael Tangemann (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG & Bell Labs, Germany)
Smartphone Docking Stations and Strongly Converged VoIP Clients for Fixed-Mobile Convergence
Elliot Eichen (Verizon Communications & Northeastern University, USA); Rezwanul Azim (Verizon Communications, USA); Sujin Catherine Chang (Verizon Communications, USA); Joe Geiger (Bose Inc., USA); James Flynn (Verizon Communications, USA); Rafael Gaviria (Verizon Communications, USA); Lee Goodman (Verizon Communications, USA); Gowtham Javaregowda (Verizon Communications, USA); Punita Mishra (Verizon Communications, USA); Paul Perry (Verizon Communications, USA)
Optimal Admission Control Policy for Mobile Cloud Computing Hotspot with Cloudlet
Hoang Thai Dinh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Dusit Niyato (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Ping Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Cyclic Activated Power-efficient Scheme based upon Dynamic Cell Configuration
Zhenni Pan (Waseda University, Japan); Shigeru Shimamoto (Waseda University & Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Japan)

16:00 - 17:30

SAB02: Applications in Wireless Sensor and Mesh Networks

Room: 326/327
Chair: Junyi Wang (NICT, Japan)
Belt-Barrier Construction Algorithm for WVSNs
Chien-Fu Cheng (Tamkang University, Taiwan); Kuo-Tang Tsai (Tamkang University, Taiwan)
A Novel Fusion Method in Distributed Multi-view Video Coding Over Wireless Video Sensor Network
Manman Fan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Ye Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jinhong Di (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Aidong Men (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
TinyPack XML: Real Time XML Compression for Wireless Sensor Networks
Thomas Szalapski (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA); Sanjay Madria (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA); Mark H Linderman (Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, USA)
A Low-cost MIMO Mesh Testbed based on 802.11n
Anatolij Zubow (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany); Robert Sombrutzki (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
Distributed Dynamic Scheduling for Body Area Networks
Narjes Torabi (University of British Columbia, Canada); Chintan Kaur (PEC University of Technology, India); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Tuesday, April 3

14:00 - 15:30

SAB03: Applications to Mobile Services and Networks - II

Room: 326/327
Chair: Stefan Valentin (Bell Labs & Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Germany)
Operator Competition with Asymmetric Strategies in Shared Spectrum
Du Ho Kang (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Ki Won Sung (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Jens Zander (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Cellular Traffic Offloading through Community-based Opportunistic Dissemination
Yung-Jen Chuang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan); Kate Ching-Ju Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Measuring and modeling mobile phone charger energy consumption and environmental impact
Mikko Heikkinen (Aalto University, Finland); Jukka K. Nurminen (Aalto University, Finland)
V2V and V2R for Cellular Resources Saving in Vehicular Applications
Alessandro Bazzi (WiLab, IEIIT-BO/CNR, University of Bologna, Italy); Barbara M Masini (IEIIT-CNR & University of Bologna, Italy); Gianni Pasolini (University of Bologna, Italy)
UPTIME: Ubiquitous Pedestrian Tracking using Mobile Phones
Moustafa Alzantot (Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology & Google, Egypt); Moustafa Youssef (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt)

16:00 - 17:30

SAB04: Multimedia Services and Applications

Room: 326/327
Chair: Elliot Eichen (Verizon Communications & Northeastern University, USA)
IMS-based distributed multimedia conferencing service for LTE
Tien Anh Le (Institut Telecom, Telecom Sud Paris, France); Hang Nguyen (Institut Telecom, Telecom SudParis, France); Noel Crespi (Institut Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France)
Small World P2P Overlay for Video Sharing Service
Zheng Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Kaiping Xue (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Peilin Hong (Dept. EEIS & USTC, P.R. China); Du Zhenguo (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)
Multi(Uni)cast DCCP for Live Content Distribution with P2P Support
Leandro M Sales (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil); Rafael Silva (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil); Hyggo Almeida (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil); Angelo Perkusich (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)
Request-Peer Selection for Load-Balancing in P2P Live Streaming Systems
Nianwang Liu (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Zheng Wen (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Kwan Yeung (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Zhibin Lei (Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited, Hong Kong)
WEVCast: practical implementation and testing of effective multicast services for Wi-Fi Networks
Pasquale Pace (University of Calabria, Italy); Gianluca Aloi (University of Calabria, Italy)

Wednesday, April 4

09:00 - 10:30

SAB05: Cognitive Radio and Sensor-Based Applications

Room: 326/327
Chair: Anatolij Zubow (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
An Effective Use of Spectrum Usage Estimation for IEEE 802.22 Networks
Saptarshi Debroy (University of Central Florida, USA); Shameek Bhattacharjee (University of Central Florida, USA); Mainak Chatterjee (University of Central Florida, USA); Kevin Kwiat (Air Force Research Lab, USA)
A Feasible Neighbor Discovery Algorithm for Coexistence Control System Over TVWS
Junyi Wang (NICT, Japan); Stanislav Anatolievich Filin (NICT, Japan); Tuncer Baykas (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Mohammad Azizur Rahman (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Chunyi Song (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Hiroshi Harada (National Institute of Information & Communications Technology (NICT), Japan)
Coexistence Protocol Design for Autonomous Decision-Making Systems in TV White Space
Junyi Wang (NICT, Japan); Tuncer Baykas (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Stanislav Anatolievich Filin (NICT, Japan); Mohammad Azizur Rahman (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Chunyi Song (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Hiroshi Harada (National Institute of Information & Communications Technology (NICT), Japan)
Optimizing the Cloud Platform Performance for Supporting Large-Scale Cognitive Radio Networks
Shie-Yuan Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Po-Fan Wang (National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, Taiwan); Pi-Yang Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
A Pitch-Aided Lane Tracking Algorithm for Driver Assistance System with Insufficient Observations
Chi-Wai Tang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Kai-Ten Feng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Po-Hsuan Tseng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Chien-Hua Chen (National Chiao Tnug University, Taiwan); Jing-Wei Guo (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

11:00 - 12:30

SAB06: Context and Location-Aware Services and Applications

Room: 326/327
Chair: Moustafa Youssef (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt)
Smart Recommendation by Mining Large-scale GPS Traces
Shiyou Qian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Yanmin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Minglu Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China)
Real-time In-network Single Frequency GPS Processing for Deformation Monitoring
Hoang-Ha Tran (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Kai-Juan Wong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Through-Wall Tracking with Radio Tomography Networks Using Foreground Detection
Yi Zheng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Aidong Men (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
SECA: Snapshot-based Event Detection for Checking Asynchronous Context Consistency in Ubiquitous Computing
Daqiang Zhang (Nanjing Normal University & Jiansu Institute of Quality and Safety Engineering, P.R. China); Qin Zou (Wuhan University, P.R. China)
Robust WLAN Device-free Passive Motion Detection
Ahmed E. Kosba (Alexandria University, Egypt); Ahmed M Saeed (Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology, Egypt); Moustafa Youssef (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt)

14:00 - 15:30

SAB07: SAB Poster Session I

Room: Bordeaux Hall
G-DBAS: A Green and Deployable Bandwidth Aggregation System
Karim Habak (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt); Moustafa Youssef (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt); Khaled A. Harras (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
ClickWatch - An Experimentation Framework for Communication Network Test-beds
Markus Scheidgen (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany); Anatolij Zubow (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany); Robert Sombrutzki (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
MIMO Link Design Strategy for Wireless Data Center Applications
Yasunao Katayama (IBM Research - Tokyo, Japan); Toshiyuki Yamane (IBM reseach, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Japan); Yasuteru Kohda (IBM Research - Tokyo, Japan); Kohji Takano (IBM Research - Tokyo, Japan); Daiju Nakano (IBM Research -Tokyo, Japan); Nobuyuki Ohba (IBM Research - Tokyo, Japan)
CrowdITS: Crowdsourcing in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Kashif Ali (University of California, Berkeley, USA); Dina Al-Yaseen (Queens University, Canada); Ali Ejaz (Queen's University, Canada); Tayyab Javed (Queen's University, Canada); Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)
Accelerated genetic algorithm for bandwidth allocation in view of EMI for wireless healthcare
Di Lin (McGill University, Canada); Fabrice Labeau (McGill University, Canada)

16:00 - 17:30

SAB08: SAB Poster Session II

Room: Bordeaux Hall
Opinion Based Service Selection in a Pervasive Cooperative Consumer Network
Nusrat Ahmed Surobhi (University of Sydney, Australia); Abbas Jamalipour (University of Sydney, Australia)
A Resilience Wireless Enhancement for Neighborhood Watching System
Peng Jiang (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom); John Bigham (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom); Eliane Bodanese (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom)
A Novel PSNR with Three-Dimension Scalability for SVC Video Streaming Networks
Tsang-Ling Sheu (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan); Ching-Chen Lin (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan)
QUMESH: Wireless mesh network deployment and configuration in harsh environment
Lamia Romdhani (Qatar University, Qatar); Amr Mohamed (Qatar University & Qatar University Wireless Innovations center, Qatar); Tarek M. Elfouly (Qatar University, Qatar); Salman Raeisi (Qatar University, Qatar)
Tiered Approach to Infer the Behaviour of Low Entropy Mobile People
Muhammad Azam (University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, United Kingdom); Jonathan Loo (Middlesex University, United Kingdom); Sardar Kashif Ashraf Khan (Mirpur University of Science and Technology, United Kingdom)