2013 9th International Wireless

Communications and Mobile

Computing Conference

(IWCMC 2013)

Sardinia, Italy1-5 July 2013

Pages 1-918

IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1319E-POD

ISBN: 978-1-4673-2479-3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tuesday

TM-1: INVITED PAPERS

Session Chair: Koichi Asatani, Kogakuin University, Japan

Novel Activity-based Metrics for Efficient Forwarding over Online and Detected Social Networks 1

Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy)Annalisa Socievole (University of Calabria, Italy)Antonio Scaglione (University of Calabria, Italy)Salvatore Marano (University of Calabria, Italy)

Average Power Limitations in Sliding Window Contention Resolution Diversity Slotted Aloha 7

Alessio Meloni (University of Cagliari, Italy)Maurizio Murroni (University of Cagliari, Italy)

A New TCP Bandwidth Estimation Protocol for Satellite Networks 13

Mauro Tropea (University ofCalabria, Italy)Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy)Peppino Fazio (University ofCalabria, Italy)Antonio Francesco Gentile (University of Calabria, Italy)

Intelligent and Cooperative Environments via Internet of Sensors: Perspective and Case

Study Analysis 19

Francesco Chiti (University of Florence, Italy)Romano Fantacci (University of Florence, Italy)

Enhancement of Multi-User Access in IEEE 802.11 WLAN Channels 24

Arafet Ben Makhlouf (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Performance of MRC Fusion-based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing with Censoring of CognitiveRadios in Rayleigh Fading Channels 30

Srinivas Nallagonda (National Institute of Technolgy, India)S. Dhar Roy (National Institute of Technolgy, India)S. Kundu (National Institute of Technology, India)G. Ferrari (University of Parma, Italy)R. Raheli (University of Parma, Italy)

TM-2: WINETII (Wireless Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Soumaya Cherkaoui, Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada

Evolutionary Approach for Multi-objective Optimization of Wireless Mesh Networks 36

P. Chakraborty (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

C. Mannweiler (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Delay Analysis of the Approximate Maximum Weight Scheduling in Wireless Networks 41

Ccm Boyaci (University of Florida, USA)

Yc Xia (University ofFlorida, USA)

CIPRA: Coherence-Aware Channel Indication and Prediction for Rate Adaptation 47

Yongjiu Du (Southern Methodist University, USA)Pengda Huang (Southern Methodist University, USA)Dinesh Rajan (Southern Methodist University, USA)

Joseph Camp (Southern Methodist University, USA)

Reducing Complexity of GPS/INS Integration Scheme Through Neural Networks 53

Sara Benkouider (University of Laghouat, Algeria)Nasreddine Lagraa (University of Laghouat, Algeria)Mohamed B. Yagoubi (University ofLaghouat, Algeria)Abderrahmane Lakas (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)

A Distributed Broker System Enabling Coordinated Access Schemes in Autonomous

Wireless Networks 59Christian Mannweiler (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)Joerg Schneider (University ofKaiserslautern, Germany)Pratip Chakraborty (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)Andreas Klein (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Queuing Model for EVs Charging at Public Supply Stations 65Dhaou Said (Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada)Soumaya Cherkaoui (Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada)Lyes Khoukhi (University of Technology of Troyes, France)

TM-3: Traffic Classification and Network Analysis (TRAC Workshop)Session Chair: Christian Callegari, University of Pisa, Italy

Mini-IPC: A Minimalist Approach for HTTP Traffic Classification using IP Addresses 71Pedro Casas (Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Austria)Pierdomenico Fiadino (Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Austria)

Low Complexity, High Performance Neuro-Fuzzy System for Internet Traffic Flows

Early Classification 77Antonello Rizzi (University of Roma Sapienza, Italy)Silvia Colabrese (University of Roma Sapienza, Italy)Andrea Baiocchi (University ofRoma Sapienza, Italy)

Optimizing Agent Placement for Flow Reconstruction of DDoS Attacks 83

Omer Demir (Turkish National Police, Turkey)Bilal Khan (John Jay College, CUNY, USA)Ghassen Ben Brahim (Prince Mohamed University, Saudi Arabia)Ala Al-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA)

The (Betweenness) Centrality of Critical Nodes and Network Cores 90

Giorgio Ausiello (Sapienza University ofRome, Italy)Donatella Firmani (Sapienza University ofRome, Italy)

Luigi Laura (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

Realtime MicroCloud-based Flow Aggregation for Fixed and Mobile Networks 96

Luca Deri (NTOP, Italy)

Francesco Fusco (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

TM-4: Modeling and Optimization I (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Hossam Ahmed, Memorial University, Canada

Distributed Real-time Optimization of Average Consensus 102

Haitao Yang (Swansea University, United Kingdom)Xinheng Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom)Christos Grecos (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom)

Lin Bai (Beihang University, P.R. China)

A Tripartite Graph Approach for Optimizing Sensor Placement Problem 108

S. Abid (University of Oran, Algeria)H. Haffaf (University of Oran, Algeria)

Network Throughput Maximization in Unreliable Sensor Networks with a Mobile Sink 114

Xu Xu (Australian National University, Australia)

Minimizing the Probability of Collision in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Cooperative

Diversity and Optimal Power Allocation 120

Fatemeh Mansourkiaie (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Mohamed Hossam Ahmed (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Yasser Gadallah (The American University in Cairo, Egypt)

The Optimal Transmitting Power in Randomly Deployed Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor

Networks for Predetermined Average Node Degree 125

Ghofrane Fersi (University of Sfax, Tunisia)WassefLouati (University of Sfax, Tunisia)Maher Ben Jemaa (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

TM-5: Wireless Security (Security Symposium)Session Chair: Michele Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

DVB-RCS Security Framework for ULE-Based Encapsulation 131

A. Abdel Salam (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

M. Luglio (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)C. Roseti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)F. Zampognaro (University ofRome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Seamless Authentication Across Heterogeneous Networks using Generic Bootstrapping Systems 137

Yousif Targali (InterDigital Communications, LLC, USA)

Vinod Choyi (InterDigital Communications, LLC, USA)

Yogendra Shah (InterDigital Communications, LLC, USA)

A Tight Estimation of the Security Gap over the Fast Fading Wiretap Channel 143

Marco Baldi (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)

Marco Bianchi (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)

Nicola Maruro (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)

Franco Chiaraluce (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)

Improving Physical-layer Security using APSK Constellations with Finite-alphabet Inputs 149

Ruifcng Ma (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Zhaocheng Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Zhixing Yang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

E-SeRLoc: An Enhanced SeRLoc Localization Algorithm with Reduced

Computational Complexity 153

Issam Mabrouki (University of Manouba, Tunisia)Abdelfettah Belghith (University ofManouba, Tunisia)

TM-6: Design and Routing Protocols (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Ala Al-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA

Routing Scheme lor a Wireless Sensor Network Real-Time Locating System 159

Hugo Cruz-Sanchez (INRIA, France)

Laurent Ciarletta (LORIA, University of Lorraine, France)

Ye-Qiong Song (LORIA, University ofLorraine, France)

Priyadarsi Nanda (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

ECTP: Enhanced Collection Tree Protocol for Practical Wireless Sensor Network Applications 165

Yasser Gadallah (The American University in Cairo, Egypt)Mohammed Elmorsy (University of Alberta, Canada)Mohamed N. Ibrahim (Ain Shams University, Egypt)Hani Ragai (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

An Energy Efficient Clique Based Clustering and Routing Mechanism in Wireless

Sensor Networks 171

Kamanashis Biswas (Griffith University, Australia)Vallipuram Muthukkumarasamy (Griffith University, Australia)Elankayer Sithirasenan (Griffith University, Australia)Muhammad Usman (Griffith University, Australia)

Energy Efficient Cross-Layer Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on

Fuzzy Logic 177

Toleen Jaradat (University of Houston, USA)Driss Benhaddou (University of Houston, USA)Manikanden Balakrishnan (New Mexico State University, USA)Ala AI-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA)

H-DHAC: A Hybrid Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks 183

Jiang Zhu (Carleton University, Canada)

Chung-Horng Lung (Carleton University, Canada)

Vineet Srivastava (Cistech Limited, Canada)

TM-7: MANET I (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Abdallah Shami, Western University London, Canada

Simulative Analysis of Saturation Condition in a Pedestrian Ad-hoc Network 189

Andrea Gorrieri (University ofParma, Italy)

Gianluigi Ferrari (University of Parma, Italy)

Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of Rate Adaptation with Transmit Buffer Information 194

Yongjiu Du (Southern Methodist University, USA)Dinesh Rajan (Southern Methodist University, USA)

Joseph Camp (Southern Methodist University, USA)

A Route Control Method Based on Cross Layer Approach Between Physical and Media

Access Control Layer201

Kenko Ota (Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan)Yoshihiro Kainuma (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Kohei Miyasaka (Tokyo University ofScience, Japan)

Makoto Sugita (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

Hideaki Matsue (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

DataMonitor - A Formal Approach for Passively Testing a MANET Routing Protocol 207

Felipe Lalanne (Telecom SudParis, France)

Stephane Maag (Telecom SudParis, France)

A Resource Scheduling Model for Cloud Computing Data centers 213

Mohamed Abu Sharkh (Western University London, Canada)

Abdelkader Ouda (Western University London, Canada)

Abdallah Shami (Western University London, Canada)

Simultaneous Mobility Management in the HHP-based M2M Overlay Network 219

Amine Dhraief (University ofManouba, Tunisia)Mohamed Amine Ghorbali (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

Tarak Bouali (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

Abdelfettah Belghith (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

Khalil Drira (LAAS-CNRS, France)

TA-1: General

Session Chair: Tamer ElBatt, Cairo University, Egypt

On the Flow Anonymity Problem in Network Coding 225

Ahmed Osama Fathy Atya (University of California, Riverside, USA)

Tamer ElBatt (Nile University, Egypt)Moustafa Youssef (Alexandria University and E-JUST, Egypt)

Performance Evaluation for Compression-Accuracy trade-off using Compressive Sensing for

EEC-based Epileptic Seizure Detection in Wireless Tele-monitoring 231

Khalid Abualsaud (Qatar University, Qatar)Massudi Mahmuddin (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia)

Ramy Hussein (Qatar University, Qatar)Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar)

Analytical Study of Frame Aggregation in Error-prone Channels 237

Hajlaoui Nasreddine (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Issam Jabri (National School of Engineers of Gabes, Tunisia)

Maher Ben Jemaa (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Context-aware Handoff Selection Algorithm in Femtocell Networks 243

Aicha Ben Salem (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Kaouthar Sethom Ben Reguiga (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Minimum Transmission Power Design for Diffusion Adaptive Network with

Imperfect Channels 248

Wael Bazzi (American University in Dubai, UAE)

Azam Khalili (Malayer University, Iran)

Amir Rastegarnia (Malayer University, Iran)

Flying Against Lossy Light-Load Hybrid Networks 252

Kai Pan (Peking University, P.R. China)

Hui Li (Peking University, P.R. China)

Shuo-Yen Robert Li (The Chinese University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong)

Qin Shi (Peking University, P.R. China)

Wcijuan Yin (Peking University, P.R. China)

TA-2: LTE II (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Mahasweta Sarkar, San Diego State University, USA

Throughput Performance Insights of LTE Release 8: Malaysia's Perspective 258

Abdulaziz M. Ghaleb (MIMOS, Malaysia)David Chieng (MIMOS, Malaysia)Alvin Ting (MIMOS, Malaysia)

Ayad Abdulkafi (MIMOS, Malaysia)Kim-Chuan Lim (University Teknikal Malaysia, Malaysia)

Heng-Siong Lim (Multimedia University, Malaysia)

Comparing Different LTE Scheduling Schemes 264

Salman A. AlQahtani (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)Mohammed Alhassany (King Fahd Security College, Saudi Arabia)

Achieving Energy Efficiency in LTE with Joint D2D Communications and Green

Networking Techniques 270

Elias Yaacoub (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar)Hakim Ghazzai (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)Mohamed-Slim Alouini (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)

Adnan Abu-Dayya (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar)

Predicting Burst Error Statistics of Digital Wireless Systems with HARQ 276

Omar S. Salih (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)Cheng-Xiang Wang (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)Raed Mesleh (University ofTabuk, Saudi Arabia)Xiaohu Ge (Huazhong University of Science & Technology, P.R. China)Dongfeng Yuan (Shandong University, P.R. China)

QoS and Protection of Relay Nodes in 4G Wireless Networks Using Network Coding 282

Perumalraja Rengaraju (Carleton University, Canada)

Chung-Horng Lung (Carleton University, Canada)

Anand Srinivasan (Carleton University, Canada)

Auction based Resource Allocation in WiMAX 288

Sahana Pillappaiah (San Diego State University, USA)Mahasweta Sarkar (San Diego State University, USA)S. Nagaraj (San Diego State University, USA)C. Paolini (San Diego State University, USA)

TA-3: WLAN I (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Salvatore Marano, University of Calabria, Italy

A Distributed Hand-over Management and Pattern Prediction Algorithm for Wireless

Networks With Mobile Hosts 294

Peppino Fazio (University of Calabria, Italy)Mauro Tropea (University of Calabria, Italy)Salvatore Marano (University of Calabria, Italy)

Performance Analysis of Multiple Classes of Traffic in Wi-Fi Networks: A Markov

Chain-Based Approach 299

Sajib Datta (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)Sajal K. Das (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

A Competitive AL-FEC Framework over Mobile Multicast Delivery 305

Christos Bouras (University of Patras, Greece)Nikolaos Kanakis (University of Patras, Greece)

An Energy-efficient Message Scheduling Algorithm in Internet of Things Environment 311

Saima Abdullah (University of Essex, United Kingdom)Kun Yang (University of Essex, United Kingdom)

Optimal Resource Sharing in Multi-Cell Wireless LANs: Joint Channel Assignment,Association Control, Airtime Sharing and Contention Resolution 317

Jun Zhang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)Jason Min Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)Brahim Bensaou (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

TA-4: Mobile Development & Offloading (Mobile Computing Symposium)Session Chair: Tamer Nadeem, Old Dominion University, USA

Survey, Comparison and Evaluation of Cross Platform Mobile Application Development Tools 323

Isabelle Dalmasso (EURECOM, France)

Soumya Kanti Datta (EURECOM, France)

Christian Bonnet (EURECOM, France)

Navid Nikaein (EURECOM, France)

Smartphone Energizer: Extending Smartphone's Battery Life with Smart Offloading 329

Ayat Khairy (Cairo University, Egypt)

Hany H. Ammar (West Virginia University, USA)Reem Bahgat (Cairo University, Egypt)

Nesto - Network Selection and Traffic Offloading System for Android Mobile Devices 337

Ariel Bar (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Dudu Mimran (Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev, Israel)

Lena Chekina (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Yuval Elovici (Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev, Israel)

Bracha Shapira (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Efficient ANDSF-assisted Wi-Fi Control for Mobile Data Offloading 343

Dae Sun Kim (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan)

Yujin Noishiki (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan)Yoshinori Kitatsuji (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan)Hidetoshi Yokota (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan)

A Hybrid Approach with Collaborative Filtering for Recommender Systems 349

Gilbert Badaro (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Hazem Hajj (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)Wassim El-Hajj (American University ofBeirut, Lebanon)Lama Nachman (Intel Corporation, USA)

TA-5: Cooperative Networks (Cognitive and Cooperative Networks Workshop)Session Chair: Vojislav Misic, Ryerson University, Canada

ARQ-Based Scheme for Coded Wireless Cooperative Communications 355

Ahmad Suhail Salim (Arizona State University, USA)Hussain Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)Maan Kousa (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

An Cooperation Incentive Scheme based on Coalitional Game Theory for Sparse and

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Di Wu (Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China)Yanrong Gao (Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China)Guozhen Tan (Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China)Limin Sun (Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)Jie Liang (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Jiangchuan Liu (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Wireless Cooperative Communication with Incomplete Interference Cancellation and

Lightweight Synchronization N/A

Junquan Deng (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)Shaohe Lv (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)Hu Shen (National University of Defence Technology, P.R. China)

Xuan Dong (National University ofDefense Technology, P.R. China)

Xiaodong Wang (National University ofDefence Technology, P.R. China)

Xingming Zhou (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)

Enhanced Rank Based Cooperative Game (ERBCG) Strategy for IEEE 802.11s Mesh WLAN

Power Management 375

Yasmine Morad El-sabe (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Mohamed EsamEldin (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Mohamed Ashour (German University in Cairo, Egypt)

Energy and Throughput Efficient Transmission Strategy with Cooperative Transmission in

Ad-hoc Networks 381

Hicham Slimani (University of Toulouse, France)Benoit Escrig (University of Toulouse, France)Riadh Dhaou (University of Toulouse, France)

Andre-Luc Beylot (University ofToulouse, France)

Multi-criteria Cooperative Energy-aware Routing in Wireless Ad- Hoc Networks 387

I. Gravalos (University of Patras, Greece)P. Kokkinos (University of Patras, Greece)E.A. Varvarigos (University of Patras, Greece)

A Cooperative Network Coding Approach to Reliable Wireless Body Area Networks with

Demodulate-and-Forward 394

Samaneh Movassaghi (University of Technology, Australia)

Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam (University of Sydney, Australia)

Mehran Abolhasan (University of Technology, Australia)

TA-6: MAC and Design Techniques (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Wenying Zheng, University of Windsor, Canada

Reliable and Energy Efficient Cooperative Relaying Scheme (REECR) in Wireless

Sensor Networks 400

Wenying Zheng (University of Windsor, Canada)Kazi Atiqur Rahman (University of Windsor, Canada)Kemal E. Tepe (University of Windsor, Canada)

Performance Evaluations of unslotted CSMA/CA Algorithm at High Data Rate

WSNs Scenario 406

Nanhao Zhu (Universite de Lyon, France)Ian O'Connor (Universite de Lyon, France)

Low-Latency Asynchronous Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Burst Traffic in Wireless

Sensor Networks 412

Hongwei Tang (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)Caixia Sun (National University ofDefense Technology, P.R. China)

Yongpeng Liu (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)Baohua Fan (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China)

Distributed and Stable Energy-Efficient Scheduling Algorithm for Coverage in Wireless

Sensor Networks 418

Manel Chenait (University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria)

Bahia Zebbane (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne, Algeria)Hamza Belbezza (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne, Algeria)Hakim Balli (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne, Algeria)

Nadjib Badache (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne, Algeria)

Duo-MAC: Energy and Time Constrained Data Delivery MAC Protocol in Wireless

Sensor Networks 424

Messaoud Doudou (University of Sciences and Technology Houari-Boumediene, Algeria)

Mohammad Alaei (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Djamel Djenouri (CERIST Research Center, Algeria)

Jose M. Barcelo-Ordinas (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Nadjib Badache (University of Sciences and Technology Houari-Boumediene, Algeria)

Nadjib Badache (Centre de Recherche sur l'lnformation Scientifique et Technique,)

TA-7: General Symposium I

Session Chair: Jelena Misic, Ryerson University, Canada

Performance Optimization of the BitTorrent Protocol in the Framework of P4P IETF ALTO 431

Leonardo Bruni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Paolo Giacomazzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Alessandro Poli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Analytical Model for IEEE 802.1 le EDCA with Non-Saturated Stations 437

Chongyang Huang (Chiba University, Japan)Shigeo Shioda (Chiba University, Japan)

Kernel Level Energy-Efficient 3G Background Traffic Shaper for Android Smartphones 443

Ekhiotz Jon Vergara (Linkoping University, Sweden)Joseba Sanjuan (Linkoping University, Sweden)Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linkoping University, Sweden)

WiTracer: A Novel Solution to Improve TCP Performance over Wireless Network 450

Chaoxin Hu (Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China)Xinyu Yang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China)Manli Fan (Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China)Peng Zhao (Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China)

Outage Probability of Multihop Relay Networks

Bappi Barua (University of Technology, Australia)Mehran Abolhasan (University of Technology, Australia)Daniel R. Franklin (University of Technology, Australia)Farzad Safaei (University of Wollongong, Australia)

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A Model for Bursty PU Channel and its Impact on the Study of Cognitive Radio Netw orks 461

Sofia C. Alvarenga Chu (University of Manitoba, Canada)Attahiru S. Alfa (University of Manitoba, Canada)Jun Cai (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Social Interaction Increases Capacity of Wireless Networks 467

Mohsen Karimzadeh Kiskani (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)Hamid Sadjadpour (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)Mohsen Guizani (Qatar University, Qatar)

TA-7: Cellular Networks (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Wassim El-Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Adaptive Mobility Management in Cellular Networks with Multiple Model-based Prediction 473

Satoshi Ikeda (NEC Corporation, Japan)

Nobuharu Kami (NEC Corporation, Japan)Takashi Yoshikawa (NEC Corporation, Japan)

Directional Share and Ranking Based Neighboring Cell List Optimization Algorithm in

UMTS Cellular Network 479

Mariam El Azab (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Ramy Atawia (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Tallal Elshabrawy (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Mohamed Ashour (German University in Cairo, Egypt)

Extending Generalized Processor Sharing for Multi-Operator Scheduling in Cellular Networks 485

Stefan Valentin (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)Wahid Jamil (University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany)Osman Aydin (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)

Novel Frequency Reusing Scheme for Interference Mitigation in D2D Uplink

Underlaying Networks 491

Pengcheng Bao (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)Guanding Yu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)Rui Yin (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)

Mobile Short Data Services as a Carrier for Message Communications 497

Juho Maatta (Aalto University, Finland)Risto Jarvinen (Aalto University, Finland)Riku Luostarinen (Aalto University, Finland)Lauri Liuhto (Aalto University, Finland)Taneli Taira (Aalto University, Finland)Jukka Manner (Aalto University, Finland)

TA-8: QoS and QoESession Chair: Abderrezak Rachedi, University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallee, France

Modeling and Analysis of QoS Class Mapping for Hybrid QoS Domains Using Flow Aggregate 503

Wang Zai-jian (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Yu-ning Dong (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)Hai-xian Shi (Nanjing Agricultural University, P.R. China)

Zhang Hui (Nanjing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Efficient Network Coding Packet Selection Model for QoS-based Applications 509

Samih Abdul-Nabi (Lebanese International University, Lebanon)

Ayman Khalil (Lebanese International University, Lebanon)Jean-Francois Helard (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, France)

Lookback Scheduling for Long-Term Quality-of-Service Over Multiple Cells 515

Hatcm Abou-zeid (Queen's University, Canada)

Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Stefan Valentin (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)Mohamed F. Feteiha (Queens University, Canada)

Network Coding and Quality of Service Metrics for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks 521

Michael Hay (Carleton University, Canada)

Basil Saeed (Carleton University, Canada)

Chung-Horng Lung (Carleton University, Canada)Thomas Kunz (Carleton University, Canada)Anand Srinivasan (EION Inc., Canada)

Energy-Efficient Sleep Scheduling with QoS Considerations in 3GPP LTE-Advanced Networks 527

Jia-Ming Liang (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)Jen-Jce Chen (National University of Tainan, Taiwan)

Hung-Hsin Cheng (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)Yu-Chee Tseng (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)

Scheduling Algorithms in Mobile VViMAX for rtPS QoS Class 532

Ahmed Mohamed Medhat Hassan (German University in Cairo, Egypt)Mohamed Ashour (German University in Cairo, Egypt)

Is QoE Estimation Based on QoS Parameters Sufficient for Video Quality Assessment? 538

Hajer Gahbiche Msakni (University of Sousse, Tunisia)Habib Youssef (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

A Survey on Communication Infrastructure for Micro-grids 545

Salman Safdar (Oregon State University, USA)Bcchir Hamdaoui (Oregon State University, USA)Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez (Oregon State University, USA)Mohsen Guizani (Qatar University, Qatar)

TA-9: Communication Systems I (Comm. and Signal Processing Symposium)Session Chair: Mahasweta Sarkar (San Diego State University, USA)

Closed-form Expression for Bit Error Rate in Relay-Based Cooperative Diversity Systems over

Multipath Fading Channels with Interference 551

Amer Magableh (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan)Mamoun F. Al-Mistarihi (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan)Rami Mohaisen (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan)

Cell Zooming for Power Efficient Base Station Operation 556R. Balasubramaniam (San Diego State University, USA)S. Nagaraj (San Diego State University, USA)M. Sarkar (San Diego State University, USA)C. Paolini (San Diego State University, USA)Paras Khaitan (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)

Blind Phase Estimation Algorithm for Trellis Coded Modulation over Both AWGN and RayleighFlat Fading Channels 561

Emna Ben Slimane (ENIT, Tunisia)Slaheddine Jarboui (King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia)

Ammar Bouallegue (ENIT, Tunisia)

Precoder Design for a Single-Relay Non-Orthogonal AF System based on Mutual Information 567

Tamseel Mahmood Syed (University of Akron, USA)

Nghi H. Tran (University of Akron, USA)Tuyen X. Tran (University of Akron, USA)

Zhu Han (University ofHouston, USA)

Tradeoff Between Network Energy Consumption and Terminal Energy Consumption via Small

Cell Power Control .'. ''. 573

Qimei Chen (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)

Guanding Yu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)Yuhuan Jiang Zhejiang University (P.R. China, Aiping)

Huang Zhejiang University (P.R. China,)

TA-10: Environmental Issues

Session Chair: Hacene Fouchal, Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France

Transitive Approach for Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks 579

Karim Bessaoud (Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France)Alain Bui (Universite de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)Toshimitsu Masuzawa (Osaka University, Japan)Laurence Pilard (Universite de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)

Low Energy Geographical Routing Protocol for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks 585

I. Bennis (University of Mohamed V, Morocco)O. Zytoune (University of Mohamed V, Morocco)D. Aboutajdine (University of Mohamed V, Morocco)H. Fouchal (Universit'e de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)

Worst-Case Models of Electromagnetic Background Created by the Radiation of Cellular

Base Stations 590

Vladimir Mordachev (Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belarus)

Air Quality Monitoring and Analysis in Qatar using a Wireless Sensor Network Deployment 596

Elias Yaacoub (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar)Abdullah Kadri (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar)Mohammed Mushtaha (Qatar University, Qatar)Adnan Abu-Dayya (Qatar University, Qatar)

TA-11: Cognitive and WSN (Wireless Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy

STEM-Mesh: Self-Organizing Mobile Cognitive Radio Network for Disaster

Recovery Operations 602

Marco Di Felice (University of Bologna, Italy)

Angclo Trotta (University of Bologna, Italy)

Luca Bcdogni (University of Bologna, Italy)Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna, Italy)Fabio Panzieri (University of Bologna, Italy)

Giuseppe Ruggeri (University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy)Valeria Loscri (University of Calabria, Italy)Pasqualc Pace (University of Calabria, Italy)

Oppurtunistic Interference Cancellation Evaluation in Cognitive Radios under Power

Control Strategies 609

Fcrdinando Suriano (University of Calabria, Italy)Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy)Petar Popovski (Aalborg University, Denmark)

Cognitive Extensions to Existing Wireless Technology 615

William J. Barnes (University of Oklahoma, USA)Asaad Kaadan (University of Oklahoma, USA)Samer Rajab (University of Oklahoma, USA)Hazcm H. Refai (University of Oklahoma, USA)

Localization Procedure for Randomly Deployed WSNs based on the Composability of

Position Estimation Protocols 621

Luis Sanabria-Russo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)Cristina Cano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)Boris Bellalta (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)

Reducing Traffic Congestion in ZigBee Networks: Experimental Results 627Luca Sccci (University of Bologna, Italy)Chiara Buratti (University of Bologna, Italy)

TA-12: Cloud-Assisted Mobile Computing and Pervasive ServicesSession Chair: Sghaier Guizani, Alfaisal University, SA

TCP Noordwijk+: An Upgrade for a Cost-Effective Cloud Computing via Satellite 633M. Luglio (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)C. Roscti (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)F. Zampognaro (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)

Intelligent Home-Appliance Recognition over IoT Cloud Network 639Shih-Yeh Chen (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)Chin-Feng Lai (National Ilan University, Taiwan)Yueh-Min Huang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)Yu-Lin Jeng (Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan)

Mobile Cloud Computing: Application Scenarios and Service Models 644

Jiafu Wan (Guangdong Jidian Polytechnic, P.R. China)

Zhuohua Liu (Guangdong Jidian Polytechnic, P.R. China)

Keliang Zhou (Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)Rongshuang Lu (Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

CAMSPF: Cloud-Assisted Mobile Service Provision Framework Supporting Personalized

User Demands in Pervasive Computing Environment 649

Bin Pan (Yonsei University, Korea)Xiaofei Wang (Seoul National University, Korea)Enmin Song (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)Chin-Feng Lai (National Ilan University, Taiwan)Min Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

Security and Privacy in Mobile Cloud Computing 655

Hui Suo (Guangdong Jidian Polytechnic, P.R. China)

Keliang Zhou (Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

Challenges and Opportunities of Mobile Cloud Computing 660

Mojtaba Alizadeh (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)Wan Haslina Hassan (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia)

The Quest for Location-Privacy in Opportunistic Mobile Social Networks 667

Sameh Zakhary (University ofNottingham, United Kingdom)Milena Radenkovic (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)Abderrahim Benslimane (University of Avignon, France)

Development of a Virtual Butterfly Ecological System Based on Augmented Reality and

Mobile Learning Technologies 674

Wernhuar Tarng (National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan)

Chuan-Sheng Yu (National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan)

Fong-Lu Liou (National Hsinchu University ofEducation, Taiwan)Hsin-Hun Liou (National Central University, Taiwan)

Wednesday

WM-1: INVITED PAPERS

Session Chair: Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA

Statistical Analysis of INon Orthogonal Spectrum Sharing and Scheduling Strategies in Next

Generation Mobile Networks 680

Francesco Guidolin (University of Padova, Italy)Antonino Orsino (Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, Italy)Leonardo Badia (University of Padova, Italy)Michele Zorzi (University ofPadova, Italy)

MADN - Multipath Ad-hoc Data Network Prototype and Experiments 686

Fabio Angius (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)Aditya Bhiday (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)Mario Gerla (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)Giovanni Pau (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

Fast Audio Fingerprint Comparison for Real-Time TV-Channel Recognition Applications 694

Igor Bisio (University of Genoa, Italy)Alessandro Delfino (University of Genoa, Italy)

Fabio Lavagetto (University of Genoa, Italy)

Mario Marehese (University of Genoa, Italy)

Cristina Fra (Telecom Italia S.p.A.. Italy)

Massimo Valla (Telecom Italia S.p.A.. Italy)

Compressive Sensing Based Vehicle Information Recovery in Vehicular Networks 700

Waleed Alasmary (University1 of Toronto, Canada)

Shahrokh Valaee (University of Toronto, Canada)

W INSOME: a Middleware Platform for the Provision of Secure Monitoring Services over

Wireless Sensor Networks 706

Luigi Pomante (University of L'Aquila, Italy)Marco Pugliese (University of L'Aquila. Italy)Stefano Marchesani (University of L'Aquila, Italy)Fortunate Santucci (University" of L'Aquila. Italy)

SALT: Sensing enAbled Localization and Tracking for Geolocation Database in TV

White Space 712

Li Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hong Kong)Tengyi Zhang (Hong Kong University ofScience and Technology, Hong Kong)Danny H.K. Tsang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Hong Kong)

WM-2: Satellite and DTN (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Maura Tropea, University of Calabria, Italy

Interest-driven Forwarding for Delay-tolerant Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 718

Elena Pagani (University of Milano. Italy)Gian Paolo Rossi (L'niversity of Milano. Italy)

Queue Maximum Proportional Fair Scheduling for Saturated and Non-Saturated Regimes N/A

Hicham Anouar (Thales Communications and Security-. France)

Enhancements of Epidemic Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks from an Energy Perspective 731Floriane De Range (University of Calabria. Italy)Salvatore Amelio (University ofCalabria. Italy)Pepptno Fazio (L'niversity of Calabria. Italy)

Marko\ian Channel Modeling for D\ B-RCS Satellite Systems Based on ObservationW indovi Concept 735

Maurc Tropea (University- of Calabria, Italy)Peppino Fazio (L'niversity of Calabria. Italy)Fiore Veltri (University of Calabria. Italy)Salvaiore Marano (L'niversity" of Calabria. Italv)

A Divide and Conquer Approach for Efficient Bandwidth Allocation in Next Generation

Satellite-Routed Sensor System (SRSS) 741

Yuichi Kawamoto (Tohoku University, Japan)

Hiroki Nishiyama (Tohoku University, Japan)

Nei Kato (Tohoku University, Japan)

Shinichi Yamamoto (National Institute ofInformation and Communications Technology, Japan)

Naoko Yoshimura (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

Naoto Kadowaki (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)

WM-3: WSN and Other Networks (Wireless Sensor Networks Symposium)Session Chair: Jalal Almhana, University of Moncton, Canada

Reciprocal Public Sensing for Integrated RFID-Sensor Networks 746

Fadi M. Al-Turjman (Queen's University, Canada)Ashraf E. Al-Fagih (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)Waleed M. Alsalih (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Adaptive Traffic Light Control Using VANET: A Case Study 752

S. Kwatirayo (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

J. Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

Z. Liu (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

A Triple-Band WLAN Antenna 758

Alessandro Fanti (University of Cagliari, Italy)Paolo Maxia (University of Cagliari, Italy)Claudia Musu (University ofCagliari, Italy)

A Wire Antenna for Broadband WLAN and Wi-Fi Applications 763

Alessandro Fanti (University of Cagliari, Italy)Paolo Maxia (University of Cagliari, Italy)Claudia Musu (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Adaptation of an Active RFID Technology for Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks 769

Ivo Dufek (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)Vojtech Derbek (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

Interaction of Clustering Period and Event Sensing Reliability in IEEE 802.15.4 Based WSNs 774

Hamidreza Tavakoli (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran)Jelena Misic (Ryerson University, Canada)

Majid Naderi (Iran University ofScience and Technology, Iran)

Vojislav B. Misic (Ryerson University, Canada)

WM-4: Green Communications and NetworkingSession Chair: Hans-Juergen Zepernick, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Outage Analysis of Cognitive Relay Networks over a-u Fading Channels 780

Charles Kabiri (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)Hans-Jiirgen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Hung Tran (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity of Underlay Cognitive Radio Systems with AdaptivePower Transmission 785

Charles Kabiri (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Hans-Jurgen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Hung Tran (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Packet Transmission Time for Cognitive Radio Networks Considering Interference from

Primary User 791

Louis Sibomana (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Hans-Jurgen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Hung Tran (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)Charles Kabiri (Blekinge Institute ofTechnology, Sweden)

Performance Evaluation of Energy Efficient Policies for Ethernet Switches 797

Beatrice Paillassa (University ofToulouse, France)Riadh Dhaou (University of Toulouse, France)Gentian Jakllari (University of Toulouse, France)Thaenchaikun Chakadkit (University ofToulouse, France)

Fault Tolerant Routing Algorithms for Hyper-De Bruijn Networks 803

Ngoc Chi Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam)Thanh Vu-Dinh (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam)

WM-5: LTE I (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Hassan Mahasneh, University of Calgary, Canada

The Directional Relay (DR) Scheme-Aided LTE-A Communication Systems 809Hassan A. Mahasneh (University of Calgary, Canada)A.B. Sesay (University of Calgary, Canada)

Adaptive Random Access Preamble Split in LTE 814Daehee Kim (Korea University, Korea)Wook Kim (Korea University, Korea)Sunshin An (Korea University, Korea)

Multi-Layer Cell Deployment Strategy for Self-Organizing LTE-Advanced Networks 820Mohammadreza Behjati (Brunei University London, United Kingdom)John Cosmas (Brunei University London, United Kingdom)

Utility-Based Resource Allocation in LTE-Advanced Heterogeneous Networks 826Mohammed Al-Rawi (Ericsson Research, Finland)Meryem Simsek (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)Riku Jantti (Aalto University, Finland)

Improved Handover Mechanisms to Reduce Packet Forwarding in LTE-Advanced 831Parth Amin (Aalto University, Finland)Antti Yla-Jaaski (Aalto University, Finland)

WM-6: WLAN II (Wireless Networking Symposium)Session Chair: Leonardo Brum', Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Joint Association Control, Airtime Sharing and Contention Resolution in Multi-Cell VVLANs

with Directional Antennas 837

Jun Zhang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)Jason Min Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)Brahim Bensaou (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

On the Stability of Asynchronous Random Access Schemes 843

Alessio Meloni (University of Cagliari, Italy)Maurizio Murroni (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Cross-Layer Queuing Control in Mobile Router for Power Saving 849

Masakatsu Ogawa (Sophia University, Japan)

A Quorum-Based Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks N/A

Chih-Yung Chang (Tamkang University, Taiwan)

Li-Ling Hung (Aletheia University, Taiwan)Chao-Tsun Chang (Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)Tzu-Lin Wang (Tamkang University, Taiwan)Tzu-Chia Wang (Tamkang University, Taiwan)

DGA: Distributed Genetic Algorithm Based Relay Assignment in

Cooperative Communication 861

Ruijian An (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Yusheng Ji (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)

Experimental Analysis of VHO-enabled Mobile Application for Data Offloading in

Heterogeneous Wireless Networks 867

Marco Picone (University of Parma, Italy)Giovanni Spigoni (University of Parma, Italy)Stefano Busanelli (Guglielmo Sri, Italy)Nicola Iotti (Guglielmo Sri, Italy)Gianluigi Ferrari (University of Parma, Italy)

WA-1: OFDM (Comm. And Signal Processing Symposium)Session Chair: Haikal Al Abed, GIZ, Germany

Adaptive Compressive Sensing Based Channel Estimation for TDS-OFDM Systems 873

Xudong Zhu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)Jintao Wang (Tshinghua University, P.R. China)Zhaocheng Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Adaptive Sparse Channel Estimation for Time-Variant MIMO-OFDM Systems 878

Guan Gui (Tohoku University, Japan)Fumiyuki Adachi (Tohoku University, Japan)

Performance of Fast Frequency Hopping OFDM Under Doppler SpreadAhmet Oturak (Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey)Ertan Oztiirk (Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey)

884

Optimizing User Throughput with the Consideration of Multiple Acces Interference in the

OFDMA Uplink889

Hieu Le (Technical University Berlin, Germany)Daniel Willkomm (Technical University Berlin, Germany)

Adam Wolisz (Technical University ofBerlin, Germany)

Spectrum Notch Techniques for TDS-OFDM System 895

Wenbo Ding (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Fang Yang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)Jian Song (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Fci Ren (Sichuan Changhong Electronic Ltd. Co., P.R. China)

Jia Li (P.R. China,)

Effects of Channel Estimation Errors on BER Performance of DFT-precoded OFDM Systems 900

Chan-Tong Lam (Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao)

David D. Falconer (Carleton University, Canada)

Taking Advantage of Multi-User Diversity in OFDM Systems 906

Jose Armando Oviedo (University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz, USA)

H.R. Sadjadpour (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)Mohsen Guizani (Qatar University, Qatar)

WA-2: Security Architectures and Performance (Security Symposium)Session Chair: Jalal Almhana, University of Moncton, Canada

COACH: a COntext Aware and multi-service trust model lor Cooperation management in

Hetcregenous wireless networks 911

Yosra Ben Saied (CEA LIST, France)Alexis Olivereau (CEA LIST, France)Radhouene Azzabi (CEA LIST, France)