Thursday, February 28, 2002

TRACK A

Security in Wireless Networks

Session Organizer: Antonio Lioy, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Chair: Antonio Lioy

- Security Issues in a Future Vehicular Network (Invited Paper)
M. El Zarki, S. Mehrotra, G. Tsudik, N. Venkatasubramanian
University of California at Irvine, USA

- WLAN security - Status, Problems and Perspective (Invited Paper)
M. Casole
Ericsson Enterprise, Stockholm, Sweden

- Simulation – Based Analysis of Security Exposure in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (Invited Paper)
P. Michiardi, R. Molva
Institut Eurecom, France

- Secure VPN Deployment in GPRS Mobile Networks
C. Xenakis, E. Gazis, L. Merakos
University of Athens, Greece

- Lightweight AAA for Cellular IP
H. Tewari, D. O'Mahony
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

- Building Blocks for Secure Communication in Ad-Hoc Networks
C. Schwingenschlögl, M.P. Horn
Munich University of Technology, Germany

Ad Hoc Wireless Networks/2

Chair: Andrea Baiocchi, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

- Multi-hop Networks Management Considering Terminal Mobility
N. Nakabo¹, K. Mutsuura¹, O. Akizuki ², S. Handa¹ and S. Oshita^1
1 Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan; ² Miyagi University, Miyagi, Japan

- Power Controlled MAC Protocols for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
C. Martello, D. Bocchetta
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

- Adaptive Core Multicast Routing Protocol
S. Park, D. Park
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

- Broadband MultiHop Networks with reduced Protocol Overhead
W. Zirwas¹, T. Giebel², N. Esseling³, E. Schulz¹, J. Eichinger^1
1 Siemens AG, Germany; ² Technical University Hamburg, Germany; ³ Aachen University of Technology, Germany

- Distributed Location Estimation Method Based on SOM Algorithm for Ad-Hoc Networks
S. Asakura, D. Umehara, M. Kawai
Kyoto University, Japan

TRACK B

OFDM Systems and Techniques

Chair: Mounir Ghogho, University of Leeds, UK

- Approximate Equation of Bit Error Rate in DQPSK/OFDM Systems over Fading Channels
F. Sasamori¹, H. Umeda¹, S. Handa¹, F. Maehara², F. Takahata², S. Oshita^1
1 Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, ² Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

- Practical Pilot Patterns for Coherent Coded OFDM Systems using Space Time Transmit Diversity
R. Stirling-Gallacher, Z. Wang
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Germany

- Performance Evaluation of Frequency Spread Coding and Frequency Interleaving for OFDM Systems Using Adaptive Co-Channel Interference Canceller
M. Shibahara^*, T. Fujii^*, T. Saba⁺, I. Sasase^*
* Keio University, Yokohama, Japan; ⁺ Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan

- Performance of Space-Combining Transmission Diversity with OFDM for Broadband Wireless Access System
M. Nobuaki, Y. Asai, O. Kagami, H. Hojo
NTT Access Networks, Japan

- Delay Spread Estimation for OFDM Based Mobile Communication Systems
H. Schober^*, F. Jondral^*, R. Stirling-Gallacher+, Z. Wang+
^* University of Karlsruhe, Germany; + Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Germany

Advanced Signal Processing for Wireless Systems

Session Organizer: Georgios B. Giannakis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Chair: Georgios B. Giannakis

- Influence of propagation conditions on the outage capacity of space-time block codes (Invited Paper)
R.U. Nabar¹, H. Boelcskei², A.J. Paulraj^1
1 Stanford University, CA, USA; ² ETH Zurich, Switzerland

- Efficient Space-Time Coding for Wideband CDMA Systems Using Variable-Length Cyclic Prefix (Invited Paper)
S. Barbarossa, G. Scutari, D. Scamolla
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

- Highly accurate blind frequency-offset estimation for OFDM
M. Ghogho¹, A. Swami² (Invited Paper)
¹ University of Leeds, UK; ² Army Research Lab, Adelphi, MD, USA

- Joint Coded-Precoded OFDM with Low-Complexity Turbo-decoding (Invited Paper)
Z. Wang, S. Zhou, G.B. Giannakis
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

TRACK C

Power Control and Quality of Service in Cellular Systems

Chair: Don Torrieri, US Army Research Laboratory

- Instantaneous and Local-Mean Power Control for Direct-Sequence CDMA cellular networks
D. Torrieri
US Army Research Laboratory

- On the CIR gain from Location Diversity in GPRS Networks
U. Fornefeld, B. Walke
Aachen University of Technology, Germany

- Uplink and Downlink Qualities for Sector Beam-width Control in CDMA Systems
K. Takeo, S. Sato
YRP Mobile Telecommunications Key Technology Research Laboratories Co., Ltd., Japan

- Comparison of SIR Estimation Techniques for Closed-Loop Power Control in the W-CDMA System
S. Gunaratne, T.G. Jeans, R. Tafazolli, B.G. Evans
University of Surrey, UK

- Geometrical Characteristics and SIR in Two Coexisting Cellular Radio Networks using the same Frequencies
W. Rave, T. Kohler, G. Fettweis
Dresden University of Technology, Germany

- A Power Control Algorithm for 3G WCDMA System
L. Nuaymi¹, X. Lagrange¹, P. Godlewski^2
1 ENST Bretagne, Cesson Sévigné, France, ² ENST, Paris, France

Multiuser Detection and Interference Mitigation for CDMA

Chair: Romano Fantacci, University of Florence, Italy

- Blind Multiuser Receivers for Periodic Long-Code DS-CDMA Systems
J.K. Tugnait, J. Ma
Auburn University, Alabama, USA

- Performance Analysis of the Path Selective Decorrelating Detector with a Maximum Likelihood Channel Estimator
A.H. Ulusoy, A. Rizaner, K. Hacioglu, H. Amca
Eastern Mediterranean University, Magosa, Turkey

- A Neural Network Approach for Blind Multiuser Detection in DS-CDMA Communication Systems
D.Tarchi, R.Fantacci, M.Forti, M.Marini, G.Vannuccini
Università di Firenze, Italy

- Blind Interference Suppression for DS/CDMA LEO Satellite Communication Systems
S. Fischer, B.L. Wenning, V. Kühn, K.D. Kammeyer
University of Bremen, Germany

- An Analytical Upper Bound on MMSE Performance Using Approximated MMSE Multiuser Detector in Flat Rayleigh Fading Channels
L. Rugini, P. Banelli, S. Cacopardi
Università di Perugia, Italy

- Selective Parallel Interference Cancellator for a WCDMA Communications with Antenna Array
D. Marabissi, E. Del Re, R. Fantacci, S. Morosi
Università di Firenze, Italy