Session#M-1: Sensor Networks, 5:40pm-6:40pm, Nassau A&B

Session Chair: Iwan Santoso

Implementing artificial neural-networks in wireless sensor networks, Andrea Kulakov (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Republic of Macedonia), Danco Davcev (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University "St. Cyril & Methodius", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia), Goran Trajkovski (Towson University, USA)

In-Network Processing and Aggregation in Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Evaluation, Ajay Mahimkar (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Session#M-2: MIMO, 5:40pm-6:40pm, University/Colonial

Session Chair: Irving Kalet, Technion, Haifa

Combined Asterism and Sphere decoder for large Asymmetric MIMO systems, Phillip Conder (University of Wollongong, Australia), Tadeusz A. Wysocki (School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Northfi, Australia)

An Low Complexity Soft-Output MIMO Decoding Algorithm, Zhan Guo (Lund University, Sweden)

A Tri-Polarized Ultra-Wideband MIMO System, Matthews Mtumbuka (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Wasim Malik (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Christopher Stevens (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), David Edwards (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

Session#M-3: Special Session, 5:40pm-6:40pm, Princeton

Session Chair: Kim Chin, The Australian Catholic University

Efficient Use of Java MIDP Record Management System in Wireless Devices, Haklin Kimm (East Stroudsburg University, USA), Sung Shin (South Dakota State University, USA)

Co-evolving algorithm-to-hardware gateway system
design in manageable IP networks, Dipnarayan Guha (Information and Communications University, Republic of Korea)

The Effect of Cooperation Level in Cooperative Systems, Ebrahim Karami
(University of Tehran, Iran), Mohsen Shiva (University of Tehran, Iran)

Session#T-1: RF & Devices, 8am- 9:30am, Nassau A&B

Session Chair: Robert Weigel, University of Erlangen

Ultra Low Noise Low Cost Multi Octave Band VCO, Ajay Poddar (Synergy Microwave Corp, USA), Ulrich Rohde (Synergy Microwave Corp., USA)

Adaptive Control Network for Intelligent RF Front-End Amplifier, Willie Thompson, II (Morgan State University, USA), Nathan Richardson (Morgan State University, USA), Ben Davis (Morgan State University, USA), Carl White (Morgan State University, USA)

A Low Voltage/ Low Power 1.575 GHz Low Noise Amplifier in 90 nm CMOS Technology, Roghoyeh Salmeh (University of Calgary, P. Eng., Canada)

Self-Recovery System for an Intelligent RF Front End Amplifier, Nathan Richardson (Morgan State University, USA), Willie Thompson, II (Morgan State University, USA), Damian Watkins (Morgan State University, USA), Ben Davis (Morgan State University, USA), Carl White (Morgan State University, USA)

Analogue Filter Tuning for Antenna Switching with Multiple Objective Particle Swarm Optimization, Yangyang Zhang (Oxford University, United Kingdom), Wasim Malik (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

Session#T-2: Ultra-Wideband, 8am- 9:30am, University/Colonial

Session Chair: Marilynn Green, Nokia

Simulating an Indoor Ultra Wideband Channel Based on a Niching Particle Swarm Optimizer, Yifan Chen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Design and Time-Domain Characterization of UWB Conical Antenna, Yiqiong Shi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Sheel Aditya (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Detection Performance of Time-Hopping Ultra-Wideband LPI Waveforms, Jin Yu (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA), Yu-Dong Yao (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)

Narrowband Interference Detection in Multiband UWB Systems, Oscar Gonzalez (USF, USA), Wilfrido Moreno (University of South Florida, USA)

UWB Channel Estimation with Various Sampling Rate Options, Ismail Guvenc (University of South Florida, USA), Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, USA)

Session#T-3: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET-I), 8am- 9:30am, Princeton

Session Chair: Panagiotis Papadimitrato, Virginia Tech

Mobility Prediction Aided Dynamic Multicast Routing in MANET, Bo Rong (Ecole de technologie superieure, Universite du Quebec, Canada), Zbigniew Dziong (Ecole de technologie superieure, Universite du Quebec, Canada)

Analytic Model of a Virtual Backbone Stability in Mobile Environment, Ibrahim Hokelek (CCNY, City University of New York, USA), Mariusz Fecko (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA), Umit Uyar (City College of New York, USA)

On the Efficiency of A Peer-Forwarding-based Location Lookup Service in Mobile Networks, Jun Liu (University of North Dakota, USA)

Application of cellular automata to modeling radio propagation and mobility in wireless networks, Penina Orenstein (Polytechnic University, USA), David Goodman (Polytechnic University, USA), Zory Marantz (Polytechnic University, USA)

Session#T-4: Multimedia & Networking, 11:15am - 12:30pm, Nassau A&B

Session Chair: Radu Balan, Siemens Corporate Research

Concepts for Entropy-Aware Image Transport Over Energy Limited, Ad-Hoc Networks, Syeed Ali (US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC), USA), Derek Morris (Media Tech, Inc., ), Charles Graff (US Army CERDEC STCD, USA)

Supporting Multimedia Conferencing with Implicit Multicast, Thiruvengadam Venketesan (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA), Hemant Deokar (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA), Wu-Hon Leung (Illinois institute of Technology, USA)

Analysis of a Method for Improving Perceptual Quality of Video in a Multicast Network, Kim Chin (The Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia, Australia)

Session#T-5: Security, 11:15am - 12:30pm, Princeton

Session Chairs: Yoshihiro Ohba, Zhiyuan Yan, Lehigh University

A Description Logic Based Approach for IDS Security Information Management, Wei Yan (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Nirwan Ansari (NJIT, USA)

Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Security Architecture for Wireless Local Area Networks, Debabrata Nayak (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)

Detection and Mitigation of Spam in IP Telephony Networks using Signaling Protocol Analysis, Dmitri Vinokurov (Alcatel Canada, Canada), Robert MacIntosh (Alcatel Canada, Canada)

Optimal Distortion Parameter for the GPT Public-Key Cryptosystem, Maximilien Gadouleau (Lehigh University, USA), Zhiyuan Yan (Lehigh University, USA)

Session#T-6: Wireless Networks, 2pm-3:20pm, Nassau A&B

Session Chair: Ming Yu, SUNY Binghamton

Antenna Dynamic Selection Strategies in CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems, Chen Peng (BUPT, P.R. China), WU Wei-ling (BUPT, P.R. China)

Multiband OFDM Ultrawideband Solution for IEEE 802.15.3a WPANs, Marilynn Green (Nokia Research Center, USA), Pekka Ranta (Nokia Research Center, Finland), Juha Salokannel (Nokia Research Center, Finland)

Gamma Variate Ratio Distribution with Application to CDMA Performance Analysis, Raymond Kwan (University of British Columbia, Canada), Cyril Leung (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Multiband OFDM Alliance The next generation of Wireless Personal Area Networks, Guido Hiertz (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Yunpeng Zang (ComNets Aachen, Germany), Habetha (Philip Research, Germany), Hamza Sirin (Philips Research Aachen, Germany)

Session#T-7: Communication & Signal Processing (CSP-I), 2pm-3:20pm, Princeton

Session Chair: Amod Dandawate, Intel

Iterative Equalization of Frequency Selective Channels, Oguz Bayat (Northeastern University, USA), Bahram Shafai (Northeastern University, USA), Osman Ucan (Istanbul University, Turkey)

Estimation of Time-Varying Channels with Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Algorithm, Gunes Karabulut (University of Ottawa, Canada), Abbas Yongacoglu (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Session#T-8: Switching & QoS, 3:40pm-5pm, Palmer's

Session Chair: Amruthur Narasimhan

Extending OSPF for Large Scale MPLS Networks, Khaled Shuaib (UAEU, UAE), Farag Sallabi (UAE University, UAE)

Security-enhanced Quality of Service (SQoS): Design and Architecture, Pitipatana Sakarindr (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Nirwan Ansari (NJIT, USA), Roberto Rojas-Cessa (NJIT, USA), Symeon Papavassiliou (NJIT, USA)

Prioritized Traffic Recovery over GMPLS Networks, Yuanqiu Luo (NJIT, USA), Nirwan Ansari (NJIT, USA)

Heterogeneous Maximal-Throughput Bursty Traffic Model with Application to Input-Queued Switches, Xike Li (University of Tennessee, USA), Itamar Elhanany (University of Tennessee, USA)

Session#T-9: Wireless and Optical Communication, 3:40pm-5pm, Nassau A&B

Session Chair: Jikai Li, The College of New Jersey

A Dynamic Radio Channel Allocation Scheme For Wireless LANs, Ming Yu (SUNY Binghamton, USA)

Noise due to Fiber Dispersion in Phase Dithered Microwave Fiber Optic Links, Linghao Cheng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Sheel Aditya (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Zhaohui Li (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Chao Lu (Institute for Communication Research, Singapore)

Dual Reservation in Optical Burst Switching Networks, Jikai Li (The College of New Jersey, USA), Xiaojun Cao (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

Selection Diversity in Non-Identically Distributed Nakagami Fading Channels, Raymond Kwan (University of British Columbia, Canada), Cyril Leung (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Converter-aware Wavelength Assignment for WDM Networks of Arbitrary Topologies, Dung Ho-Quang (Information and Communications University (ICU), Republic of Korea)

Session#T-10: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET-II), 3:40pm-5pm, University/Colonial

Session Chair: Raquel Morera, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

Secure On-Demand Distance Vector Routing in Ad Hoc Networks, Panagiotis Papadimitratos (Cornell University, USA)

Towards Scalable Clustering of Infrastructured Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Ahmed Mahdy (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA), Jitender Deogun (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

A Stable Clustering Scheme for Large Scale Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Tinku Mohamed Rasheed (University of Paris XI, France), Laurent Reynaud (France Telecom R&D, France), Khaldoun Al Agha (University of Paris XI, France)

Secure Route Discovery for QoS-Aware Routing in Ad Hoc Networks, Panagiotis Papadimitratos (Cornell University, USA)

Session#T-11: Communication & Signal Processing (CSP-II), 3:40pm-5pm, Princeton

Session Chair: Zhiyuan Yan, Lehigh University

A Gridding Algorithm for Efficient Density Compensation for Arbitrarily Sampled Fourier Domain Data, Wasim Malik (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Hammad Khan (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), David Edwards (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), Christopher Stevens (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

On Bounding the Coding Gains of Space-Time Coset Codes, Zhiyuan Yan (Lehigh University, USA), Michael Ionescu (Nokia, USA)

Blind Modulation Classification: A Concept Whose Time Has Come, Octavia Dobre (NJIT, USA), Ali Abdi (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Yeheskel Bar-Ness (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Wei Su (US Army CECOM, USA)

Doppler Spread Estimation for Wireless OFDM Systems, Ramy Tannious (University of South Florida, USA), Tevfik Yucek (University of South Florida, USA), Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, USA)