Technical Sessions

Session 01: Propagation Measurements I

Session Chair: Henry Bertoni, Polytechnic University, USA

01-1 Measurements of the vehicle penetration loss characteristics at 800 mhz

Ivica Kostanic, Chris Hall, John McCarthy, TEC Cellular, Inc., West Melbourne, USA

01-2 Measurements of base station two-branch space and polarization diversity reception and a comparison of the diversity gain based on the CDF of the signal level and simulations of BER in a GSM system

Dieter Emmer, Eduard Humburg, Peter Weber, Siemens AG, Mobile Networks, Munich, Germany
Christian Math, University of Kaiserslautern, Munich, Germany

 

01-3 Wideband measurement and simulation of the DECT indoor propagation channel

G. Lombardi, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

01-4 Experimental Evaluation of Polarisation Diversity Gain at the Base Station End in a GSM900 Network

Jaana Laiho-Steffens, Jukka Lempiainen, Matti Salmenkaita, Nokia Telecommunications, Nokia Group,
Joni Siltaniemi, Olavi Jukarainen, Oy Radiolinja AB, Helsinki, Finland

01-5 Dynamic Wideband Measurement of Mobile Radio Channel with Adaptive Antennas

Kimmo Kalliola, Hassan El-Sallabi, Pertti Vainikainen, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland

Session 02: Multiuser Detector Systems

Session Chair: Alexandra Duel-Hallen, N.C. State University, USA

02-1 A Diversity Co-channel Interference Canceller for AMPS Cellular Systems

Alan Carter, Derek Hilborn, Norman Secord, Adnan Abu-Dayya, Nortel, Ottawa, Canada

 

02-2 System concept comparisons for multirate CDMA with multiuser detection

Markku Juntti, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

 

02-3 Multiuser detector performance comparisons in multirate CDMA systems

Markku Juntti, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

 

02-4 Adaptive Multi-element DFE Receivers for Narrowband Multiuser Detection

Tracy Fulghum, Alexandra Duel-Hallen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

 

02-5 Performance Comparison of Some Multiuser Detector Algorithms for Wideband CDMA

Tero Ojanpera, Nokia Research Center, Nokia Group, Finland
Hiroshi Harada, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Tokyo, Japan
Ramjee Prasad, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

 

Session 03: Coding I

Session Chair: David Haccoun, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

03-1 Design of Source-Matched Blockwise Decoded Convolutional Codes for Mobile Communications

Fulvio Babich, Guido Montorsi, Francesca Vatta, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

 

03-2 Performance of Trellis-Coded Modulation on Frequency-Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels with Soft-output Algorithms

Nguyen Hoang Ha, R.M.A.P Rajatheva, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Thailand

 

03-3 Performance of Turbo Codes in Multipath Fading Channels

Yu T. Su, Li-Der Jeng, Da-Shang Jan, Jung-Tang Chiang, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

 

03-4 Performance of Turbo Codes in Interleaved Flat Fading Channels with Estimated Channel State Information

Matthew C. Valenti, Brian D. Woerner, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA

 

03-5 Stream Oriented Turbo Codes

Eric K. Hall, Stephen G. Wilson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

 

Session 04: Satellite Mobile Communications I

Session Chair: John Sweitzer, Nortel , USA

04-1 A study of multimedia CDMA system for personal satellite communication

Tetsushi Ikegami, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan

 

04-2 Comparison of the probability of visibility of new planned mobile satellite systems (Mstar, Celestri, SkyBridge)

Horst Salzwedel, Harald Keller, Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

 

04-3 Prediction and measurement of effective statistical G/T in satellite PCN handhelds

A.A.Agius, S.R. Saunders, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

 

04-4 Effective Channel Assignment Technique and Handover Strategies in Mobile Satellite Communication Network

Cheon-sig Shin, Se Kyoung Park, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institutes, Yusung-gu Taejeon, Korea

 

04-5 Burst reservation CDMA protocol for mixed services S-PCS

Pouya Taaghol, Payam Taaghol, Damon J. Birch, Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

 

Session 05: Media Access Control I

Session Chair: K C Chen, Tsinghua University, Taiwan

05-1 R-ISMA with multimedia Traffic in overlapping cellular systems

Fujio Watanabe, Gang Wu, Communications Research Laboratory, MPT, Tokyo, Japan

 

05-2 On the Performance of a Routing Protocol for the Reconfigurable Wireless Networks

Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

 

05-3 Proposal of an RLC/MAC Protocol for Wide Band CDMA Capable of Handling Real Time and Non-Real Time Services

Per Beming, Johan Lundsjo, Mathias Johansson, Christiaan Roobol, Ericsson Radio Systems AB, Stockholm, Sweden

 

05-4 A novel reservation TDMA based access scheme using adaptive modulation for wireless communication systems

Masayuki Kawagishi, Seiichi Sampei, Norihiko Morinaga, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

 

05-5 Uplink Access Protocol for Multimedia Systems Based on DECT/ATM Layer

A. Salloum, N. Benvenuto, G. Pierobou, S. Pupoliu, G. Coppola, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

 

Session 06: PCS Technologies

Session Chair: Patrick O’Kelly, Nortel, Canada

06-1 Signalling Interoperability As A Key Enabler To GSM/PCS Roaming With North America

R. Beccaris, Omnitel Pronto Italia, Ivrea, Italy
X. Palacios Albacar, Servei de Telecommunicacions d’ Andorra, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
M. Proulx, Microcell Connexions, Montreal, Canada
F. Settimo, Omnitel Pronto Italia, Ivrea, Italy

 

06-2 An Adaptive Direction Biased Fuzzy Handoff Algorithm With Unified Handoff Candidate Selection Criterion

Jeffrey H. Reed, Hugh F. VanLandingham, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
Nishith D. Tripathi, Nortel, Richardson, USA

 

06-3 An air interface for high bandwidth cellular digital communications on microwave frequencies

J.D.Bakker, F.C. Schoute, R.Prasad, Delft University of Technology, GA Delft, The Netherlands

 

06-4 Performance Evaluation of Different Frequency Reuse Patterns and Channel Coding Schemes in GPRS

Per Larsson, Hakan Olofsson, Ericsson Radio Systems AB, Stockholm, Sweden

 

06-5 A Practical Approach to 'Channel Finding' for Microcells in GSM System

Dr. Volker Wille, Hannu Multimaki, Sean Irons, Nokia Telecommunications Ltd., Huntingdon, UK

 

Session 07: Propagation Measurements II

Session Chair: Robert Bultitude, CRC, Canada

07-1 Wideband channel modeling for line-of-sight microcellular environment with low base-station antenna-height

Kazumasa Taira, Shinya Sekizawa, Yoshihiro Hase, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Koganei, Japan

 

07-2 On measuring the delay profile and the direction of arrival by using super resolution algorithm

Kei Sakaguchi, Jun-ichi Takada, Kiyomichi Araki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 

07-3 A path loss formulation for wireless applications considering terrain effects for urban environments

Leonard Piazzi, Henry L. Bertoni, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, USA

 

07-4 Efficient high-resolution 3-D channel sounding

Martin Haardt, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Christopher Brunner, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Josef Nossek, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

 

07-5 Estimation of multipath propagation parameters from measured channel data

V.T.P Pham, A.-J. van der Veen, R.Prasad, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

 

 

Session 08: Multiuser Detection Techniques I

Session Chair: Josef Blanz, Qualcomm Inc., USA

08-1 Outage Probability for a Zero Forcing Multiuser Detector with Random Signature Sequence

Salim Manji, Narayan B. Mandayam, WINLAB, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

 

08-2 Adaptive Algorithm for the Multishot Matched Filtering Multiuser Detector in a Multipath Rayleigh Fading Environment

Y. Bar-Ness, N.J.M. van Waes, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

 

08-3 The Bootstrap Algorithm for a One-shot Matched Filtering Multiuser Detector in a Multipath Environment

N.J.M. van Waes, Y. Bar-Ness, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

 

08-4 Gaussian maximum likelihood blind multichannel multiuser identification

Luc Deneire, Dirk T.M.Slock, Institut EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France

 

08-5 Low computational complexity multiuse detection using multibeam antennas

Xiaoming Yu, John Litva, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

 

 

Session 09: Satellite Mobile Communcations II

Session Chair: Roger Fudge, Inmarsat, UK

09-1 Geometric aspects of polar and near polar circular orbits for the use of intersatellite links for global communications

Harald Keller, Horst Salzwedel, Gunar Schorcht, Volker Zerbe, Technical University of Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany

 

09-2 Global Mobile N-ISDN Satellite Communication System

Masahiro Minomo, Hiroshi Kazama, Hideki Toshinaga, Toru Otsu, NTT Wireless Systems Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan

 

09-3 EHF-band channel characterization for mobile multimedia satellite

A. Jahn, Matthias Holzbock, German Aerospace Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

 

09-4 A versatile propagation channel simulator for land mobile satellite applications

Martin Doettling, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Axel Jahn, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Jurgen Kunisch, Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Techniques (IMST), Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
Sergio Buonomo, European Space Research and Technology Centre ESA/ESTEC, Nordwijk, The Netherlands

 

09-5 Turbo coding and DS-CDMA multiple access for satellite multimedia communications

C. Valadon, R. Tafazolli, B.G. Evans, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

 

 

Session 10: Media Access Control II

Session Chair: Caroline Guillaume, Cable and Wireless, UK

10-1 Call Admission Policies for Data Users and Capacity Analysis of a Multi-Service CDMA Personal Communications System with Different Transmission Schemes

Songsong Sun, Witold A. Krzymien, University of Alberta / TRLabs, Edmonton, Canada
Ahmad Jalali, Nortel, Richardson, USA

 

10-2 K-hop Cluster-based Dynamic Source Routing in Wireless Ad-Hoc Packet Radio Network

Dongkyun Kim, Yanghee Choi, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

10-3 A variable partition duplexing scheme with packet reservation multiple access protocol

Cooper Chang, Chung-Ju Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

 

10-4 Base Station MAC with APRMA Protocol for Broadband Multimedia ATM in Micro/Pico-Cellular Mobile Networks

K.H. Le, S. Norskov, L. Dittman, U. Gliese, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

 

10-5 Admission Control for VSG-TDMA/SS Multimedia Cellular Networks

Jui Teng Wang, Tsern-Huei Lee, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan