First International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking
Sheraton Hotel, Batumi, Georgia, July 3-5, 2013
Communications and Networking in the Land of "Golden Fleece"
Technically Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society
Sponsored by the International Black Sea University, Georgia
Technical Sessions
Session 1: LTE and LTE-Advanced
Chair: Ralf Muller (University of Erlangen, Germany)
Time: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 10:20 - 12:00
| SC-FDMA User Pairing and Frequency Allocation with Imperfect Channel State Information Michael A. Ruder (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Anamaria Moldovan (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Wolfgang Gerstacker (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany) |
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| On Achievable Rate Regions at Large-System Limit in Full-Duplex Wireless Local Access Mikko Vehkaperä (Aalto University, Finland); Maksym A. Girnyk (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Taneli Riihonen (Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland); Risto Wichman (Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland); Lars K. Rasmussen (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) |
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| Efficient Assessment of the Instantaneous Power Distributions of Pulse-Shaped Single- and Multi-Carrier Signals Sebastian Stern (Ulm University, Germany); Robert F.H. Fischer (Ulm University, Germany) |
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| How Costly is it to Learn Fading Channels? Erwin Riegler (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Günther Koliander (Vienna University of Technology, Austria); Giuseppe Durisi (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Wei Yang (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) |
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| Distributed interference alignment and power control for wireless MIMO interference networks with noisy channel state information Hamed Farhadi (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Ali A. Zaidi (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Carlo Fischione (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Chao Wang (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Mikael Skoglund (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) |
Session 2: Wireless Networks
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Time: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 13:30 - 15:30
| Smartphones Like Stem Cells: Cooperation and Evolution for Emergency Communication in Post-Disaster Scenarios Marco Di Felice (University of Bologna, Italy); Luca Bedogni (University of Bologna, Italy); Angelo Trotta (University of Bologna, Italy); Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna, Italy); Fabio Panzieri (University of Bologna, Italy); Giuseppe Ruggeri (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Gianluca Aloi (University of Calabria, Italy); Valeria Loscrì (University of Calabria, Italy); Pasquale Pace (University of Calabria, Italy) |
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| On the trade-off between delivery delay and power consumption in opportunistic scenarios Salvatore D'Oro (University of Catania, Italy); Laura Galluccio (DIEEI, Italy); Giacomo Morabito (University of Catania, Italy); Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania, Italy) |
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| Dynamic Key Ring Update Mechanism for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Merve Sahin (Sabanci University, Turkey); Albert Levi (Sabanci University, Turkey) |
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| Energy-Delay Tradeoffs for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network Muhamad Felemban (Purdue, USA); Emad Felemban (Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia) |
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| Performance of MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks in Harsh Smart Grid Environment Melike Yigit (University of Bahcesehir, Turkey); Eyup Alper Yoney (University of Bahcesehir, Turkey); Vehbi Cagri Gungor (Bahcesehir University, Turkey) |
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| Heli-Routing: An Efficient Routing Extension for Congestion Avoidance in Wireless Sensor Networks Charalambos Sergiou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus); Loizos Kanaris (Sigint Solutions Ltd, Cyprus); Akis Kokkinis (Sigint Solutions Ltd, Cyprus); Vasos Vassiliou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) |
Session 3: Nanonetworks
Co-chairs: Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (Tampere University of Technology, Finland) and Alan Davy (TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Time: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 15:50 - 18:00
| Establishing digital molecular communications in blood vessels Luca Felicetti (University of Perugia, Italy); Mauro Femminella (University of Perugia, Italy); Gianluca Reali (University of Perugia, Italy) |
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| On Spectrum Analysis for Nanomachine-to-Neuron Communications Mladen Veletic (Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway); Ilangko Balasingham (Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway); Zdenka Babic (University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
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| Graphene-enabled Wireless Networks-on-Chip Ignacio Llatser (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Sergi Abadal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Albert Mestres Sugranes (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Albert Cabellos-Aparicio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Eduard Alarcón (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain) |
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| Forward and Reverse Coding for Bacteria Nanonetworks Vitaly Petrov (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Yevgeni Koucheryavy (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), Mikael Skurnik (University of Helsinki, Finland) |
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| Molecular Channel Model with Multiple-Bit Carrying Molecules Bige D Unluturk (Koc University, Turkey); Ecehan B. Pehlivanoglu (Koc University, Turkey); Ozgur B. Akan (Koc University, Turkey) |
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| Stop-and-Wait Automatic Repeat reQuest Schemes for Molecular Communications Xiayang Wang (University of Warwick, United Kingdom); Matthew D Higgins (University of Warwick, United Kingdom); Mark S Leeson (University of Warwick, United Kingdom) |
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| Reception Enhancement with Protrusions in Communication via Diffusion Gaye Genc (Bogazici University, Turkey); Huseyin Birkan Yilmaz (Bogazici University, Turkey); Tuna Tugcu (Bogazici University, Turkey) |
Session 4: Machine-to-Machine Communication
Chair: HJ Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Time: Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 10:20 - 12:00
| Spatial Constraints of Device-to-device Communications Zih-Siang Syu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan); Chia-Han Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) |
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| Design of a Self-Portrait Application with Sensor-Assisted Guiding for Smart Devices Chi Chung Lo (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Sz-Pin Huang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Yi Ren (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Yu-Chee Tseng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) |
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| Power Saving Mechanisms for M2M Communication over LTE Networks Satish Chandra Jha (University of British Columbia, Canada); Ali T Koc (Intel Corporation, USA); Maruti Gupta (Intel Corporation, USA); Rath Vannithamby (Intel Corporation, USA) |
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| Random Access Design for Clustered Wireless Machine to Machine Networks Sen-Hung Wang (Intel-NTU Connected Context Computing Center, Taiwan); Hsuan-Jung Su (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Hung-Yun Hsieh (National Taiwan University, Taiwan); Shu-ping Yeh (Intel Corporation, USA); Minnie Ho (Intel Corporation, USA) |
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| The Evolution of M2M into IoT Neeli Rashmi Prasad (Center for TeleInFrastructure, Denmark); Rasmus Hjorth Nielsen (Cisco Systems Inc., Denmark); Mahbubul Alam (Cisco Systems Inc., USA) |
Session 5: Small Cells
Chair: Mehdi Bennis (University of Oulu, Finland)
Time: Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 13:30 - 15:30
| On the Impact of Small Cell Discovery Mechanisms on Device Power Consumption over LTE Networks Satish Chandra Jha (University of British Columbia, Canada); Maruti Gupta (Intel Corporation, USA); Ali T Koc (Intel Corporation, USA); Rath Vannithamby (Intel Corporation, USA) |
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| Decentralized Transmit Beamforming Scheme for Interference Coordination in Small Cell Networks Alexis Alfredo Dowhuszko (Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland); Furqan Ahmed (Aalto University, Finland); Olav Tirkkonen (Aalto University, Finland) |
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| Positioning in Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks using MDT RF Fingerprints Riaz Uddin Mondal (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh); Jussi Turkka (Tampere University of Technology, Finland); Tapani Ristaniemi (University of Jyväskylä, Finland); Tero Henttonen (Renesas Mobile Europe, Finland) |
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| K - Tier Heterogeneous Small-Cell Networks: Toward Balancing the Spectrum Usage and Power Consumption with Aggressive Frequency Reuse Scheme Yusuf Sambo (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir (Texas A&M University at Qatar, Qatar); Ali Riza Ekti (Texas A&M University, USA); Khalid A. Qaraqe (Texas A&M University at Qatar, USA); Erchin Serpedin (Texas A&M University, USA); Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Surrey, United Kingdom) |
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| On the benefits of repeated game models for green cross-layer power control in small cells Mariem Mhiri (Tunisia Polytechnic School, Tunisia); Vineeth S Varma (Supelec, France); Mael Le Treust (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada); Samson E Lasaulce (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Supelec, France); Abdelaziz Samet (Tunisia Polytechnic School, Tunisia) |
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| Exploiting Multiple Wireless Interfaces in Smartphones for Traffic Offloading Sanaa Sharafeddine (Lebanese American University, Lebanon); Karim Jahed (Lebanese Americen University, Lebanon); Nadine Abbas (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Elias Yaacoub (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center, Qatar); Zaher Dawy (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) |
Session 6: Recent Advances on Communications and Networking
Chair: Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Time: Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 15:50 - 18:00
| Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing with Index Modulation in the Presence of High Mobility Ertugrul Basar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Umit Aygölü (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Erdal Panayirci (Kadir Has University, Turkey) |
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| A New Block Markov Coding Strategy for Pairwise and Collective Cooperation in the Three User MAC Cagatay Edemen (Isik University, Turkey); Onur Kaya (Isik University, Turkey) |
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| Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Spectrum Access Using Software Defined Radios Gulnur Selda Uyanik (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Ozge Cepheli (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Sema Oktug (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) |
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| Feasibility of Cooperative Spectrum Sensing based on Clustered Beamforming Valentin Rakovic (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia); Vladimir Atanasovski (Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia); Liljana Gavrilovska (Ss Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje, Macedonia) |
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| A Traffic-Aware Controller Design for Next Generation Software Defined Networks Zemre Arslan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Arda Alemdaroglu (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Berk Canberk (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) |
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| Interoperability of Secure VoIP Terminals Recep Kuyuk (Tubitak, Turkey); Hasan Basri Çelebi (Yildiz Technical University, Turkey); Ibrahim Hokelek (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkey); Ozgur Oren (Tubitak, Turkey); Ayhan Yeni (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkey); Aydin Saribudak (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkey); Fatih Kara (Tubitak-Uekae, Turkey); Gökhan Vicil (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkey); Umit Uyar (City College, New York, USA) |
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| Numerical comparison of different algorithms for construction of wavelet matrices Nika Salia (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia); Alexander Gamkrelidze (I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia); Lasha Ephremidze (Tbilisi State University, Georgia) |
Session 7: Energy Efficient Communication and Networking
Chair: Sennur Ulukus (University of Maryland, USA)
Time: Friday, July 5, 2013 - 7:45 - 9:00
| Energy Efficient Greedy Link Scheduling in Wireless Networks Arun Sridharan (Ohio State University, USA); Changhee Joo (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea); C. Emre Koksal (Ohio State University, USA) |
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| Optimal Routing and Scheduling in wireless networks with nodes powered by renewable and traditional energy sources Saswati Sarkar (University of Pennsylvania, USA); MHR Khouzani (University of Southern California, USA) ; K. Kar (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) |
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| Generalized Online Packet Scheduling with Energy and Delay Constraints Tan Bacinoglu (METU, Turkey); Elif Uysal-Biyikoglu (METU, Turkey) |
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| Energy efficiency in cognitive radio channels with Markov arrivals Mustafa Ozmen (Syracuse University, USA); Gozde Ozcan (Syracuse University, USA); M. Cenk Gursoy (Syracuse University, USA) |
Session 8: Communication and Control in Smart Grids
Co-chairs: Lalitha Sankar (Arizona State University, USA), Veronica Belmega (ENSEA, France), and David Gregoratti (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain)
Time: Friday, July 5, 2013 - 10:20 - 12:00
| Distributed Convex Optimization of Energy Flows: The Two-Microgrid Case David Gregoratti (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain); Javier Matamoros (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain) |
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| A Dynamical Approach of the EV Charging Problem for Minimizing Distribution Network Costs Amar Prakash Azad (CNRS, France); Olivier Beaude (CNRS, France); Samson E Lasaulce (CNRS - Supelec, France); Laurent Pfeiffer (Ecole Polytechnique, France) |
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| A Bayesian Mean Field Game Approach to Supply Demand Analysis of the Smart Grid Maryam Kamgarpour (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, France); Hamidou Tembine (Supelec, France) |
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| The role of Power Line Communications to support Smart Grid applications over the Medium Voltage grid Angeliki M Sarafi (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Artemis C. Voulkidis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Spiros Livieratos (ASPETE, Greece); Panayotis Cottis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) |
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| Testing and Validation of a Fast Real-Time Oscillation Detection PMU-Based Application for Wind-Farm Monitoring Luigi Vanfretti (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Statnett SF, Norway); Maxime Baudette (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Iyad Al Khatib (iITC, Sweden); Muhhamad Shoaib Almas (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, France); Jan Ove Gjerde (Statnett SF, Norway) |
Session 9: Cognitive Radio Networks
Co-chairs: Tommaso Melodia (SUNY Buffalo, USA) and Berk Canberk (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Time: Friday, July 5, 2013 - 15:20 - 17:30
| Impacts of Soil Moisture on Cognitive Radio Underground Networks Xin Dong (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) |
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| Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Beamforming Approach Ozge Cepheli (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) |
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| Competitive Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Queuing Theory based Analysis Ilario Filippini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Matteo Cesana (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Ilaria Malanchini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) |
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| Energy Efficient Layered Content Dissemination for Multi-mode Cognitive Radios Gurkan Gur (Bogazici University, Turkey); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey) |
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| Effect of Social Relations on Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks Can Guven (Bogazici University, Turkey); Suzan Bayhan (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), Finland); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey) | |
| Effect of Channel Conditions on Inventory Database Update in Supply Chains Murat Kocaoglu (Koc University, Turkey); Cuneyt Oksuz (Idea Teknoloji Cozumleri, Turkey); Ozgur B. Akan (Koc University, Turkey) |
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