Technical Sessions

Session 11: Mobile Location Techniques

Session Chair: Sirin Tekinay, NJIT, USA

11-1 History-Based Location Tracking for Personal Communications Networks

Joseph S.M. Ho, Jim Xu, Nortel, Richardson, USA

 

11-2 Polling Strategies for Mobile Location Estimation in a Cellular System

Pi-Chun Chen, Jack Holtzman, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

 

11-3 Mobile station location in a DS-CDMA system

Amitava Ghosh, Robert Love, Motorola, Arlington Heights, USA

 

11-4 A dynamic location tracking strategy for mobile communication systems

Daging Gu, Stephen S. Rappaport, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

 

11-5 Automatic Location Identification Using a Hybrid Technique

George P. Yost, Shankari Panchapakesan, Ericsson Inc., Richardson, USA

 

Session 12: Spectrum Mangement

Session Chair: John Gilsenan, State department, USA

12-1 Statistical Approach to the Spectrum Engineering Practice

Abdelkrim Benamar, Dragan Boscovic, Nicolas Dubois, Chris Johnson, Centre de recherche de Motorola, Paris, France

 

12-2 Etiquette modification for unlicensed spectrum: Approach and impact

Durga P. Satapathy, Jon M. Peha, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

 

12-3 Measures of the spectrum utilization

Gerry Chan, Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Roshdy Hafez, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

 

12-4 Spectrum allocation for fixed wireless access technologies in the Americas

Hector Salgado, Nortel, Sunrise, USA

 

12-5 Intermodulation and Harmonic Analysis for Land Mobile Radio Communications

Salim A. Hanna, Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada

 

Session 13: Propagation Measurements III

Session Chair: Masaharu Hata, NTT DoCoMo, Japan

13-1 Spatio-temporal variability analysis of the wideband microcellular environment

J.G.O Moss, A.M. Street, D.J. Edwards, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
M.P Fitton, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
K.M. Allen, BT Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
C.C. Constantinou, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

 

13-2 Analysis of wideband propagation characteristics for the high transmission rate in indoor radio channels

Deock-Ho Ha, Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea
Hee-Chang Jung, Electronics and Telecommuncations Research Institute, Dae-Jeon, Korea
Jin-Dam Mok, Electronics and Telecommuncations Research Institute, Dae-Jeon, Korea

 

13-3 The Use of Measurement Data to Analyse the Performance of Rooftop
Diffraction and Foliage Loss Algorithms in a 3-D Integrated Urban/Rural
Propagation Model

Eustace K. Tameh, Andrew R. Nix, Mark A. Beach, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

 

13-4 A Theoretical Study of the Ultra-Wideband Wireless Propagation Channel Based on the Concept of the Scattering Centres

Robert C. Qiu, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, USA

 

Session 14: Multiuser Detection Techniques II

Session Chair: Hakan Eriksson, Ericsson Radio Systems, Sweden

14-1 Adaptive blind 2D rake receiver for multiuser detection

Jaeyoung Kwak, I-Tai Lu, Polytechnic University, Farmindgale, USA

 

14-2 Eavesdropping Strategies for Cellular CDMA

Andrew McKellips, Sergio Verdu, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

 

14-3 On the integrated power control and cell-site selection problems of a cellular DS/CDMA system employing multiuser receivers

Zhang Wurong, Wu Weiling, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

 

14-4 A Frequency Domain Approach to Timing Estimation in Multiuser Communications

Cha'o Ming Chang, Kwang-Cheng Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

 

14-5 A low complexity threshold detector making MLSD decisions in a multiuser environment

Rickard Nilsson, Frank Sjoberg, Per Ola Borjesson, Per Odling,Sarah Wilson, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
Ove Edfors, Lund University of Technology, Lund, Sweden
Hakan Eriksson, Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, Sweden

 

 

Session 15: Coding II

Session Chair: Hideki Imai, University of Tokyo, Japan

15-1 Performance of Block Codes With Peak Power Reduction for Indoor Multicarrier Systems

Hideki Ochiai, Hideki Imai, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

 

15-2 Some New Outlooks on Burst Error Correcting Capabilities of Reed-Solomon Codes with Applications in Mobile Communications

Behnam Kamali, Mercer University, Macon, USA

 

15-3 Variable rate adaptive Trellis coded QAM for high bandwidth efficiency applications under Rayleigh fading channels

Vincent K.N. Lau, Malcolm D. Macleod, University of Cambridge, New Jersey, USA

 

15-4 Iterative decoding of serially concatenated convolutional codes applying SOVA

Ha-young Yang, Suk-hyun Yoon, Chang-eon Kang, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

 

15-5 Rate-Selectable Multimode Trellis-Coded 8PSK System

Shigeo Nakajima, Niigata Institute of Technology, Kashiwazaki, Japan

 

Session 16: Distributed Systems

Session Chair: Gisela Hertel, VEBA AG, Germany

16-1 Performance of TCP/RLP protocol stack on correlated fading DS-CDMA wireless links

A. Chockalingam, G. Bao, Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, USA

 

16-2 Multi-channel Ad-hoc wireless local area network

Yoshikatsu Nakagawa, Hiroaki Uchiyama, Harumi Kokaji, Satoshi Takahashi, Masamitsu Suzuki, Mitsushisa Kanaya, RICOH CO., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

 

16-3 Multicast communication in "Ad hoc" networks

Jens Meggers, Georg Filios, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany

 

16-4 HIPERLAN Type 1: Performance Analysis of the Channel Access Control Protocol

Ivan Vukovic, Motorola, Schaumburg, USA

 

16-5 Experimental Wideband characterization of a hybrid fibre-coax wireless channel for mobile local access

V. Sampath, C. Despins, A. Beasley, A. Chow, J.Y. Bernard, Microcell Connexions, Montreal,
Vytas Kezys, John Litva, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Session 17: PCS System Performance

Session Chair: Bruce Rodin, Bell Mobility, Canada

17-1 Optimization methods for base station placement in wireless applications

Margaret H. Wright, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA

 

17-2 Performance of radio on fibre link for microcellular GSM networks

H.S.Al-Raweshidy, D. Galbraith, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
R.Prasad, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

 

17-3 Techno-Economic Analysis of Backbone Infrastructures for Metropolitan Micro/Pico-Cellular Mobile Networks

M. Bruun, TeleDenmark, Taastrup, Denmark
U. Gliese, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

 

17-4 Cordless-Cellular network integration for third generation Personal Communication Systems

Shahram Ghaheri-Niri, R. Tafazolli, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

 

Session 18: Equalization Techniques I

Session Chair: Seiichi Sampei, Osaka University, Japan

18-1 Adaptive Frequency Domain Equalization and Diversity Combining for Broadband Wireless Communication

Martin V. Clark, AT&T Labs - Research, Red Bank, USA

 

18-2 Non-Causal Decision Feedback Equalizer based on Soft Decisions

Elisabeth de Carvalho, Dirk T.M. Slock, EURECOM Institute, Sophia-Antipolis, France

 

18-3 Combined MLSE / frequency-discriminator detection of the GSM signal

B. Rohani, K. S. Chung, University of Technology, Perth, Australia

 

18-4 Decision Feedback Sequence Estimation in the Ungerboeck Form for ISI Channels

Abdulrauf Hafeez, Wayne E. Stark, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

 

18-5 Application of Per-Survivor Processing for Digital Mobile Radio

Joachim Habermann, University of Applied Science, Giessen-Friedberg, Germany
Sven Hischke, City University, London, England

 

Session 19: Propagation Modeling I

Session Chair: Larry Greenstein, AT & T, USA

19-1 Complex Impulse Response Modeling for Wideband Radio Channels

Paulo Marques, Jose Fernandes, Jose Neves, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

 

19-2 Interference analysis in an original TDMA-based high density cellular radio network

Yann Begassat, Vinod Kumar, Alcatel, Nanterre, France

 

19-3 Statistical properties of Jakes' fading channel simulator

Mattias Patzold, Frank Laue, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany

 

19-4 Spatial Channel Characteristics in Outdoor Environments and its Impact on Systems

Klaus I. Pedersen, Preben E. Mogensen, Bernard H. Fleury, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

 

19-5 Performance Studies of Narrow Beam Trisector Cellular Systems

L-C Wang, K. Chawla, L.J. Greenstein, AT&T Labs - Research, Red Bank, USA

 

Session 20: Diversity Antennas I

Session Chair: Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

20-1 Outage probability of Radio cellular systems using Maximal ratio combining in the presence of multiple interferers

Jian Cui, Nortel, Ottawa, Canada
Asrar U. Sheikh, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

20-2 A Combining Technique of Array Antenna and Interference Cancellation for Wideband CDMA Systems

Tae-hyun Moon, Chang E. Kang, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

 

20-3 Performance of Two-Branch Polarisation Antenna Diversity in a Real Operational GSM Network

Troels B. Sorensen, Anders O. Nielsen, Preben E. Mogensen, Aalbourg University, Aalborg, Denmark

 

20-4 On the application of uplink optimum combining to base station reception

Eric Villier, Luis Lopes, Steve Aftelak, Motorola, Swindon, UK

 

20-5 Diversity Combining and Equalization of Frequency Selective Fading Signals with Unequal mean Strengths

Sheng-Chou Lin, Nortel, Richardson, USA
Vasant K. Prabhu, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, USA

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