2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference: MAC and Cross-Layer Design Program

Monday, April 2

11:00 - 12:30

MAC01: 4G Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Dong In Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
System-level Analysis and Evaluation of SF-DC Transmit Mode in HSPA+ System
Chi Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chang Yongyu (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China); Shuhui Liu (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China); Dacheng Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
An Efficient Probing Mechanism for Next Generation Mobile Broadband Systems
Lazaros Gkatzikis (University of Thessaly & CERTH, Greece); Tryfonas Tryfonopoulos (University of Thessaly, Greece); Iordanis Koutsopoulos (University of Thessaly and CERTH & CERTH, Greece)
Fair Resource Allocation for the Relay Backhaul Link in LTE-Advanced
Guenther Liebl (Nomor Research GmbH, Germany); Thiago Martins de Moraes (Nomor Research GmbH, Germany); Akin Soysal (Nomor Research GmbH, Germany); Eiko ES Seidel (Nomor Research GmbH, Germany)
Uplink Multi-Cluster Scheduling with MU-MIMO for LTE-Advanced with Carrier Aggregation
Hua Wang (Aalborg University & Nokia Siemens Networks, Denmark); Hung Tuan Nguyen (Aalborg University, Denmark); Claudio Rosa (Nokia Siemens Networks/Aalborg, Denmark); Klaus Pedersen (Nokia Siemens Networks, Denmark)
Backhaul Resource Allocation in LTE-Advanced Relaying Systems
Su Yi (NEC Labs, P.R. China); Ming Lei (NEC Laboratories China, P.R. China)

MAC02: Femtocell Networks

Room: 326/327
Chair: Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA)
A particle swarm optimization algorithm for resource allocation in femtocell networks
Zhuo Li (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Song Guo (The University of Aizu, Japan); Wenzhong Li (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Sanglu Lu (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Daoxu Chen (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Adaptive Interference Mitigation Techniques for Femtocells
Ahmed S. Ibrahim (Cairo University, Egypt); Ahmed Darwish (Intel, Egypt); Esraa A. Makled (American University in Cairo & INTEL Corporation, Egypt); Hani Elgebaly (Intel, USA)
Femtocell Downlink Power Control based on Radio Environment Maps
Andreas Zalonis (University of Athens, Greece); Nikos Dimitriou (University of Athens, Greece); Andreas Polydoros (University of Athens, Greece); Jad Nasreddine (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Petri Mähönen (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Joint Clustering and Interference Alignment for Overloaded Femtocell Networks
Slim Ben Halima (Orange Labs, France); Ahmed Saadani (Orange Labs, France)
Network Capacity Enhancement of OFDMA System Using Self-organized Femtocell Off-load
Sara Akbarzadeh (Institut Eurecom, France); Richard Combes (Orange Labs, France); Zwi Altman (France Telecom R&D, France)

14:00 - 15:30

MAC03: Scheduling in Wireless Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Symeon Papavassiliou (Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems/National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Predictive Interference-based Scheduling Mechanism for Direct Communications in IEEE 802.16 Networks
Chung-Hsien Hsu (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan); Kai-Ten Feng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
QoE Enhancement by Capacity Allocation and Piggyback Bandwidth Request in Audio-Video IP Transmission over the IEEE 802.16 BE Service
Toshiro Nunome (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan); Shuji Tasaka (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
On the Performance of Multiuser Scheduling with Post-Examining Under Non-Identical Fading
Fakhreddine Gaaloul (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia); Redha M Radaydeh (KAUST, Saudi Arabia); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (KAUST, Saudi Arabia); Hong-Chuan Yang (University of Victoria, Canada)
A GA-Based Optimization for Frequency-Selective Scheduling in Downlink OFDMA Systems with Cyclic-Delay Diversity
Yu-Fan Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Wern-Ho Sheen (Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan)
Packet Aggregation based Back-pressure Scheduling in Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Gaurish Deuskar (North Carolina State University, USA); Parth Pathak (North Carolina State University, USA); Rudra Dutta (North Carolina State University, USA)

MAC04: Cognitive Radio Networks (Poster Session)

Room: Bordeaux Hall
Queueing Analysis for Cognitive Radio Networks with Lower-layer Considerations
Jian Wang (Zhejiang University & Institute of Information and Communication Engineering, P.R. China); Aiping Huang (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Wei Wang (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Rui Yin (Zhe Jiang University, P.R. China)
Optimal Wideband Mixed Access Strategy Algorithm in Cognitive Radio Networks
Chao Yang (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Yuli Fu (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway); Rong Yu (Guangdong University of Technology, P.R. China); Shengli Xie (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
A POMDP-based Optimal Spectrum Sensing and Access Scheme for Cognitive Radio Networks with Hardware Limitation
Lingcen Wu (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Wei Wang (Zhejiang University, P.R. China); Zhaoyang Zhang (Zhejiang University, P.R. China)
A Feedback-Based Access Scheme for Cognitive-Relaying Networks
Noha Helal (Nile University, Egypt); Karim G Seddik (American University in Cairo & Alexandria University, Egypt); Amr El-Keyi (Nile University, Egypt); Tamer ElBatt (Nile University, Egypt)
Throughput Maximization for Cognitive Radio Networks with Wideband Spectrum Sensing
Chin-Liang Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Han-Wei Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Zong-Ying Tsai (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

16:00 - 17:30

MAC05: Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Lila Boukhatem (Paris-Sud&LRI/CNRS, France)
A Joint Resource Allocation Scheme for OFDMA-based Wireless Networks with Carrier Aggregation
Fan Wu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Yuming Mao (SCIE, P.R. China); Xiaoyan Huang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Supeng Leng (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)
Dynamic Planning for OFDMA Networks: Resource, Interference and Traffic Congestion Management
Anas Al Rawi (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada); Charalampos C. Tsimenidis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom); Bayan Sharif (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Game Theoretic QoS Modeling for Joint Resource Allocation in Multi-User MIMO Cellular Networks
Lei Zhong (National Institute of Informatics, Japan); Yusheng Ji (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Distributed Resource Optimization in Multicell OFDMA Networks
Mohammad Fathi (University of Kurdiatn, Iran); Eleftherios Karipidis (Linköping University, Sweden)
Subcarrier Assignment in Multi-cell OFDMA Systems via Interference Minimization Game
Quang Duy La (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Yong Huat Chew (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Boon Hee Soong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

MAC06: Cognitive Radio (Poster Session)

Room: Bordeaux Hall
Concurrent Spectrum Sensing and Data Transmission Scheme in a CR System
Woongsup Lee (KAIST, Korea); Dong-Ho Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Spectrum Sharing in Secondary Networks: A Bargain Theoretic approach
Swastik Brahma (Syracuse University, USA); Mainak Chatterjee (University of Central Florida, USA)
Channel allocation under uncertain primary users for delay sensitive secondary users
Guanzhe Zhao (Kyung Hee University, Korea); Muhammad Ejaz Ahmed (Kyung Hee University, Korea); Rukun Mao (University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA); Ju Bin Song (Kyung Hee University, Korea); Husheng Li (University of Tennessee, USA)
Resource Allocations for MISO based Cognitive Radio OFDMA Systems
Yuan-Bin Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Yu Ted Su (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Joint Resource Allocation and Interference Avoidance with Fairness Consideration for Multi-cell Cognitive Radio Networks
Hailan Peng (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan); Takeo Fujii (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Tuesday, April 3

11:00 - 12:30

MAC07: Cognitive Radio: Spectrum Sensing

Room: 322/323
Chair: Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Collaborative Spectrum Sensing in Multi-channel Cognitive Networks: A Coalition Game Approach
Heli Zhang (BeiJing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hong Ji (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xi Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Energy-Efficient Collaborative Scheme for Compressed Sensing-Based Spectrum Detection in Cognitive Radio Networks
Chunyan An (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hong Ji (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yi Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Distributed Cooperative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks
Liang Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hong Ji (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yi Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xi Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Relay based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Distributed Cognitive Radio Networks
Shengliang Peng (Huaqiao University, P.R. China); Shuli Shu (Huaqiao University, P.R. China); Xi Yang (Southeast University, P.R. China); Xiuying Cao (National Mobile Communication Research Lab., Southeast University, P.R. China)
Comparison of Channel Information Acquisition Schemes in Cognitive Radio System
Woongsup Lee (KAIST, Korea); Dong-Ho Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

MAC08: Mesh, Relay and Ad hoc Networks

Room: 326/327
Chair: Jamil Y Khan (The University of Newcastle, Australia)
A Practical Incremental Relaying Scheme with Imperfect Feedback for Wireless Networks
Dorin Panaitopol (NEC Technologies, France); Peng-Yong Kong (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR), UAE); Chen Khong Tham (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Abdoulaye Bagayoko (NEC Technologies, France)
Green Resource Allocation for MIMO-OFDM Relay Networks
Tain-Sao Chang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Kai-Ten Feng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Jia-Shi Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Li-Chun Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Modified Dynamic DF for Type-2 UE Relays
Sung Sik Nam (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea); Dong In Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea); Hong-Chuan Yang (University of Victoria, Canada)
Joint Resource Optimization in Decode and Forward Multi-Relay Cognitive Network With Direct Link
Musbah Shaat (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC, Spain); Faouzi Bader (CTTC & Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain)
Wireless Bidirectional Relaying and Latin Squares
Vishnu Namboodiri (Indian Institute of Science, India); Vijayvaradharaj Muralidharan (Indian Institute of Science, India); B. Sundar Rajan (Indian Institute of Science, India)

14:00 - 15:30

MAC09: Cognitive Radio: Resource Allocation

Room: 322/323
Chair: Onur Kaya (Isik University, Turkey)
Throughput Performance Optimization in Cognitive Radio Networks under Rayleigh Fading
Hyeon Je Cho (KAIST, Korea); Gang Uk Hwang (KAIST, Korea)
RAU Allocation for Secondary Users in Cognitive WLAN over Fiber system :A HMM Approach
Heli Zhang (BeiJing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hong Ji (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xi Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)
An IEEE 802.11 Cognitive Radio MAC Protocol with Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Capabilities
Lee-Chin Lau (National Chiao Tung University of Taiwan, Taiwan); Chih-Che Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Shie-Yuan Wang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Channel Assignment for Throughput Maximization in Cognitive Radio Networks
Tan Le (University of Quebec, Canada); Long Bao Le (University of Quebec, Canada)
Competition-Based Channel Selection for Cognitive Radio Networks
Yong Yao (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Said Rutabayiro Ngoga (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); David Erman (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden); Adrian Popescu (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

MAC10: 4G Networks (Poster Session)

Room: Bordeaux Hall
A Variable-length Burst Scheduling Algorithm (VLBS) for Downlink Traffic in IEEE 802.16m OFDMA Systems
Hung-Chang Chen (Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Taiwan); Chi-Tao Chiang (Tamkang University, Taiwan); Chih-Ping Chiang (Tamkang University, Taiwan); Sheng-Shih Wang (Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Kuei-Ping Shih (Tamkang University, Taiwan)
A Configurable Dual-Mode Algorithm on Delay-Aware Low-Computation Scheduling and Resource Allocation in LTE Downlink
Siyue Sun (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China); Qiyue Yu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China); Weixiao Meng (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China); Cheng Li (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
A Utility Based Resource Allocation Scheme with Delay Scheduler for LTE Service-Class Support
Salman Ali (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan); Muhammad Zeeshan (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan)
Opportunistic Packet Loss Fair Scheduling for Delay-Sensitive Applications over LTE System
Nabeel Khan (Kingston University, United Kingdom); Maria G. Martini (Kingston University, United Kingdom); Zubin Bharucha (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany); Gunther Auer (Ericsson, Sweden)
Optimized Scheduling Algorithm for LTE Downlink System
Sang Tran (University of California Irvine, USA); Ahmed M. Eltawil (University of California, Irvine, USA)

16:00 - 17:30

MAC11: Cognitive Radio: Spectrum Access

Room: 322/323
Chair: Stefano Savazzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Spectrum Sharing Optimization Model for Multiuser Linear-Precoded OFDM UWB Systems
Ayman Khalil (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes - IETR & INSA, France); Matthieu Crussière (IETR - Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of Rennes (IETR) & INSA - National Institute of Applied Sciences, France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France)
A Discriminatory Pricing Double Auction for Spectrum Allocation
Liyao Xiang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Gaofei Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Jing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China); Xinbing Wang (Shanghai Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Li Li (Shanghai Normal University, P.R. China)
Hybrid Spectrum Access in Cognitive Neighborhood Area Networks in the Smart Grid
Rong Yu (Guangdong University of Technology, P.R. China); Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Norway); Yanrong Chen (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
Secondary Access Based on Sensing and Primary ARQ Feedback in Spectrum Sharing Systems
Doha Hamza (KAUST, Saudi Arabia); Sonia Aissa (University of Quebec, INRS-EMT, Canada)
DOTA: A Double Truthful Auction for Spectrum Allocation in Dynamic Spectrum Access
Qinhui Wang (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Baoliu Ye (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Tianyin Xu (UC San Diego, USA); Sanglu Lu (Nanjing University, P.R. China); Song Guo (The University of Aizu, Japan)

MAC12: IEEE 802.11 WLAN (Poster Session)

Room: Bordeaux Hall
A Channel Access Cycle based Model for IEEE 802.11e EDCA in Unsaturated Traffic Conditions
Xun Yang (CSIRO ICT Center, Australia); Ren Ping Liu (CSIRO, Australia); Mark Hedley (CSIRO, Australia)
Enhanced QoS 802.11n Prototype Including a Tournament Contention Function
Roxana Ojeda (COMSIS Company, France); Bruno Rouvio (COMSIS S.A.S., France); Zhipeng Zhao (COMSIS, France); Patrick Brown (Orange Labs, France); Jerome Galtier (Orange Labs, France)
Providing Variable TXOP for IEEE 802.11e HCCA Real-Time Networks
Gabriele Cecchetti (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Anna Lina Ruscelli (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Antonia Mastropaolo (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy); Giuseppe Lipari (Scuola Superiore S.Anna, Italy)
Performance Comparison of Downlink User Multiplexing Schemes in IEEE 802.11ac: Multi-User MIMO vs. Frame Aggregation
Jiyoung Cha (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea); Hu Jin (University of British Columbia, Canada); Bang Chul Jung (Gyeongsang National University, Korea); Dan Keun Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
EasiRA: A Hybrid Rate Adaptation Scheme for 802.11 Mobile Wireless Access Networks
Tingpei Huang (Institute of Computing Techonology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Haiming Chen (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Zhaoliang Zhang (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Li Cui (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)

Wednesday, April 4

09:00 - 10:30

MAC13: Wireless Sensor Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Peter H. J. Chong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Modeling and Estimation of Partially Observed WLAN Activity for Cognitive WSNs
Marcello Laganà (KTH, Italy); Ioannis Glaropoulos (KTH, Sweden); Viktoria Fodor (KTH, Sweden); Chiara Petrioli (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)
Performance of Target Tracking Applications in Multi-Channel Wireless Sensor Networks
Jari Nieminen (Aalto University, Finland); Riku Jäntti (Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland); Jan Eriksson (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland)
A Battery Aware Distributed Clustering and Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Jaya B Rao (University of Calgary, Canada); Abraham O Fapojuwo (University of Calgary, Canada)
Cascading Tournament MAC: Low Power, High Capacity Medium Sharing for Wireless Sensor Networks
Quentin Lampin (Orange Labs, France); Dominique Barthel (Orange Labs & France Telecom, France); Isabelle Augé-Blum (CITI, INSA Lyon, France); Fabrice Valois (INSA Lyon, France)
XY-MAC: a Short Preamble MAC with Sharpened Pauses for Wireless Sensor Networks
Zheng Lu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tao Luo (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); XiaoYan Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

MAC14: Mesh Relay and Ad hoc Networks (Poster Session)

Room: Bordeaux Hall
A Distributed Adaptive MAC Protocol for Efficient Broadcasting in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Sheng-Shih Wang (Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan); Hung-Chang Chen (Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Taiwan); Jia-Kang Chang (Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Optimal Rate Selection Scheme in a Two-hop Relay Network Adopting Chase Combining HARQ in Rayleigh Block-fading Channels
Seong Hwan Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Seung Joon Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea); Dan Keun Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea); Hiroki Nishiyama (Tohoku University, Japan); Nei Kato (Tohoku University, Japan)
An Efficient CG-Based Approach for Joint Routing and Scheduling in MIMO-Based WMNs
Matadeen Bansal (ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India); Aditya Trivedi (ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, India)
A random broadcast consensus synchronization algorithm for large scale wireless mesh networks
Nicolas Gresset (Mitsubishi Electric Research Centre Europe, France); Jonathan Letessier (IPSIS, France)

11:00 - 12:30

MAC15: Cooperative Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (University of British Columbia, Canada)
When CoMP is beneficial - and when it is not. Selective coordination from a spectral efficiency and a users' throughput perspective
Christian M. Mueller (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Optimal and Efficient power allocation for OFDM non-coherent cooperative transmission
Chen Xin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiaodong Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications & Wireless Technology Innovation Institute, P.R. China); Jingya Li (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Xiaofeng Tao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tommy Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Hui Tian (Beijng university of posts and telecommunications, P.R. China)
Resource Allocation Strategies Based on the Signal- to-Leakage-plus-Noise Ratio in LTE-A CoMP Systems
Rana A. Abdelaal (Cairo University, USA); Mahmoud H. Ismail (Cairo University, Egypt); Khaled Elsayed (Cairo University, Egypt)
MAC Protocol for Wireless Cooperative Physical-Layer Network Coding
Antonios Argyriou (University of Thessaly & CERTH, Greece)
Cooperative MAC Relaying with Multi-Rate Transmissions and Network Coding
Choong Hock Mar (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Peng-Yong Kong (Khalifa University of Science, Technology & Research (KUSTAR), UAE)

14:00 - 15:30

MAC16: Multi-cell Cellular Networks

Room: 322/323
Chair: Long Le (Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Canada)
Uplink Distributed Power and Receiver Optimization Across Multiple Cells
Changxin Shi (Northwestern University, USA); Michael Honig (Northwestern University, USA); Shirish Nagaraj (Nokia Siemens Networks, USA); Philip J Fleming (Nokia Siemens Networks USA, USA)
Optimized Time-Domain Resource Partitioning for Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in Heterogeneous Networks
Jiyong Pang (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, P.R. China); Jun Wang (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell & ALU, P.R. China); Dongyao Wang (Alcatel Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., P.R. China); Gang Shen (Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., P.R. China); Qi Jiang (Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., P.R. China); Jianguo Liu (Alcatel-lucent Shanghai Bell, P.R. China)
Inter-cell Interference Coordination Through Adaptive Soft Frequency Reuse in LTE Networks
Manli Qian (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences & University of Sydney, P.R. China); Wibowo Hardjawana (The University of Sydney, Australia); Yonghui Li (University of Sydney, Australia)
Exploiting Interference Alignment for Sum Rate Enhancement in D2D-Enabled Cellular Networks
Hussain Elkotby (Port Said University, Egypt); Khaled Elsayed (Cairo University, Egypt); Mahmoud H. Ismail (Cairo University, Egypt)
A Resource Allocation Scheme for Balanced Performance Improvement in LTE Networks with Inter-Cell Interference
Yiwei Yu (Macquarie University, Australia); Eryk Dutkiewicz (Macquarie University, Australia); Xiaojing Huang (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia); Markus Dominik Mueck (Intel Mobile Communications, Germany)

MAC17: Applications of Network Coding

Room: 326/327
Chair: Michel Kieffer (L2S - CNRS - SUPELEC - UniversityParis-Sud, France)
NCAC-MAC: Network Coding Aware Cooperative Medium Access Control for Wireless Networks
Xiaoyan Wang (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Jie Li (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Mohsen Guizani (WMU, USA)
Optimal Resource Allocation for Network Coding in Multiple Two-Way Relay OFDM Systems
Bin Han (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, P.R. China); Wenbo Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Mugen Peng (Beijing University of posts & Telecommunications, P.R. China)
Practical User Pairing and Selective Network Coding for Multi-User Bidirectional Relaying
Jawad Manssour (Ericsson AB, Sweden)
Channel Quantization for Physical Layer Network-Coded Two-Way Relaying
Vijayvaradharaj Muralidharan (Indian Institute of Science, India); Vishnu Namboodiri (Indian Institute of Science, India); B. Sundar Rajan (Indian Institute of Science, India)
Evaluation of Multicasting Schemes based on Joint Multiple Description and Network Coding
Hamlet Medina Ruiz (L2S - CNRS - Supelec - Univ Paris-Sud & LTCI - CNRS - Telecom ParisTech, France); Lana Iwaza (L2S - CNRS - SUPELEC - UniversityParis-Sud, France); Michel Kieffer (L2S - CNRS - SUPELEC - UniversityParis-Sud, France); Beatrice Pesquet (Telecom Paristech, France); Khaldoun Al Agha (LRI, France)

16:00 - 17:30

MAC18: Cross-layer Design

Room: 322/323
Chair: Hakima Chaouchi (Telecom Sud Paris, France)
Utility-cost optimization for joint routing and power control in multi-hop wireless networks
Meng Zheng (Shenyang Institute of Automation, P.R. China); Slawomir Stańczak (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Yu Hai-bin (Shenyang Institute of Automation China Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
Physical layer reliability vs ARQ in MIMO block-fading channels
Marie Zwingelstein-Colin (University of Valenciennes, France); Mérouane Debbah (Supelec, France)
Exploiting Channel State Information in Slotted ALOHA with SINR Capture
Fu-Te Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Chi-Tang Liu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Hsuan-Jung Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Joint Congestion Control and Power Allocation with Outage Constraint in Wireless Multihop Networks
Nguyen H. Tran (Kyung Hee University, Korea); Choong Seon Hong (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
Cross-Layer Design of Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Capable MIMO-Based WMNs
Matadeen Bansal (ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India); Aditya Trivedi (ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, India)

MAC19: Energy Efficiency

Room: 326/327
Chair: Dan Keun Sung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Energy-Saving Massive Access Management and Resource Allocation for Machine-to-Machine Communications in OFDMA Cellular Networks
Chieh Yuan Ho (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); ChingYao Huang (National Chiao Tung U., Taiwan)
Energy-Efficient Battery-Aware MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Yamen Nasrallah (University of Ottawa, Canada); Mouhcine Guennoun (University of Ottawa, Canada); Hussein T Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
QoE-based energy conservation for VoIP over WLAN
Adlen Ksentini (University of Rennes 1 / IRISA Lab, France); Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (University of Rennes 1, France)
Spectral Efficiency and Energy Consumption Tradeoffs for Reconfigurable Devices in Heterogeneous Wireless Systems
Rahul Amin (Clemson, USA); Jim Martin (Clemson, USA); Ahmed M. Eltawil (University of California, Irvine, USA); Amr M. A. Hussien (University of California, Irvine, USA)