WCNC 2012 Workshop on Wireless Vehicular Communications and Networks Program

Sunday, April 1
09:00-10:30	S1: Challenges & real world experimentation
11:00-12:30	S2: Mobility in vehicular communication networks
14:00-15:30	S3: Performance evaluation in vehicular communication networks
16:00-17:30	S4: PHY & MAC in vehicular communication networks

Sunday, April 1

Room: 322

Chair: Piotr Szczechowiak (Telcordia Poland, Poland)

Keynote 1 - Vehicular Communications: What lies ahead?: Onur Altintas (Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Japan)
Getting the message about road safety: Christopher Wright (Middlesex University, United Kingdom); Zory Marantz (NYC College of Technology, USA); Penina Orenstein (Seton Hall University, USA)
To Live and Drive in L.A.: Measurements from A Real Intervehicular Accident Alert Test: Alessandro Amoroso (University of Bologna, Italy); Gustavo Marfia (Università di Bologna, Italy); Marco Roccetti (University of Bologna, Italy); Giovanni Pau (UCLA, USA)
Experiences with UHF Bands for Content Downloading in Vehicular Networks: Carlo Borgiattino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Claudio E. Casetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Nazario Di Maio (CSP, Italy); Andrea Ghittino (CSP, Italy); Massimo Reineri (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Room: 322

Chair: Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (ENSIIE & Université Paris-Est (LIGM Lab), France)

Seamless Data Offload and Flow Mobility in Vehicular Communications Networks: Christian Makaya (Telcordia Technologies, USA); Subir Das (Telcordia Technologies, USA); Fuchun Joseph Lin (Telcordia Technologies & Ericsson, USA)
A Solution for Mobile DTN in a Real Urban Scenario: Armir Bujari (University of Padua, Italy); Claudio E. Palazzi (University of Padua, Italy); Dario Maggiorini (University of Milano, Italy); Christian Quadri (University of Milano, Italy); Gian Paolo Rossi (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
On the Role of Vehicular Mobility in Cooperative Content Caching: Osama Attia (Nile University, Egypt); Tamer ElBatt (Nile University, Egypt)
Analysis of Operational 3G Network Characteristics for Adaptive Vehicular Connectivity Maps: Tobias Pögel (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany); Lars C Wolf (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
How Virtual Police Agents Can Help in The Traffic Guidance?: Arturo Gomez (University of Paris 13 & Institut Galilee, France); Gladys Diaz (University of Paris 13 & L2TI, Institut Galilee, France); Khaled Boussetta (University of Paris 13, France)

Room: 322

Chair: John Fitzpatrick (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Keynote 2 - iTETRIS: Roads to the Future Open for Simulation: Oscar Lazaro (Innovalia, Spain)
The Effects of Quality of Service on Vehicular Network Pseudonym Distribution in Congested Urban Environments: Joseph Benin (Georgia Institute of Technology & United States Coast Guard Academy, USA); Michael Nowatkowski (United States Military Academy at West Point, USA); Henry Owen (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Prototyping Telematic Services in a Wireless Vehicular Mesh Network Environment: Cristian Olariu (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland); Adriana Hava (UCD, Ireland); Piotr Szczechowiak (Telcordia Poland, Poland); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (ENSIIE & Université Paris-Est (LIGM Lab), France)
A Novel Bandwidth Estimation Algorithm for IEEE 802.11 TCP Data Transmissions: Zhenhui Yuan (Dublin City University, Ireland); Hrishikesh Venkataraman (Dublin City University & Performance Engineering Laboratory, Ireland); Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Room: 322

Chair: Sean Murphy (University College Dublin, Ireland)

Interference Aware Throughput Measurements for Mobile WiMAX over Vehicular Radio Channels: Bjoern Dusza (TU Dortmund University, Germany); Christoph Ide (TU Dortmund University, Germany); Christian Wietfeld (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Towards Real-Time Media Access in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Steffen Moser (Ulm University, Germany); Jochen Weiß (Ulm University, Germany); Frank Slomka (Ulm University, Germany)
Intra-vehicle UWB MIMO Channel Capacity: Han Deng (Oakland University, USA); Liuqing Yang (Colorado State University, USA); Jia Li (Oakland University, USA); Tim Talty (General Motors, USA)
Modeling Nakagami Hoyt Mobile to Mobile Fading Channel with Diffused Line of Sight: Muhammad Akram (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Asrar U. Sheikh (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)