8:15 am- 8:30 am Welcome Message (TPC Co-Chairs)

 

8:30 am-10:00 am

 

Session 1:  Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous Networks

 

• Efficient Delay-Based Scheduling Algorithm for Supporting Heterogeneous Traffic in HSDPA Networks

Nidal Nasser, Hossam Hassanein

(University of Guelph, Canada), (Queens University, Canada)

• Identifying Long-range Dependent Network Traffic through Autocorrelation Functions         

Karim Rezaul, Vic Grout

(NEWI, University of Wales, UK)

• 802.11 QoS Cross-Layer Protocol Based Propagation Conditions Adaptation

Jalel Ben-othman

(Universite de Versailles, FR)

 

10:00 am-10:30 am Coffee Break

              

10:30 am-12:30 pm

 

Session 2: Resource Allocation and Scheduling

 

• R-MAC: Reservation Medium Access Control for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yessad Samira, Farid Nait-Abdesselam, Tarik Taleb

(Univ. of Sciences and Technologies of Lille, France), (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

• Minimum Frequencies for the Virtual Maximum MAC Capacity in a Multi-Channel Ad-Hoc Network 

Myung Ah Park, Andras Farago

(The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, US)

• Adaptive Resource Allocation and Scheduling for the Delay Limited OFDM Systems

Peng LieXin

(Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, China)

• An Energy saving and Coverage Preserving Protocol based on Function Layers

Xin Fei, A. Boukerche

(Univ. of Ottawa, Canada)

 

12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch

 

1:30 pm- 3:00 pm

 

Session 3: Routing and Communication Support for MANETs and Sensor Networks

 

• Improving Probabilistic Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Jamal-deen Abdulai, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Lewis Mackenzie

(Univ. of Glasgow, UK)      

• Handoff Performance Enhancement for TCP-based Streaming Services in Heterogeneous Networks

Masanori Yoshimoto

(Osaka University, JP)

• N-best Optimal Paths Ant Routing Algorithm  

Abdelhamid Mellouk

(University Paris XII, FR)

• Predictive Multiple Metrics in Proactive Mobile Ad Hoc Network Routing

Zhihao Guo

(Case Western Reserve University, US)

 

3:00 pm- 3:30 pm Coffee Break

 

3:30 pm- 4:30 pm

 

Session 4: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

•  Communications Support for Disaster Recovery Operations using Hybrid Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Weiquan Lu, Edwin Wei Chew Peh (National University of Singapore, SG); Winston Seah, Yu Ge (Institute for Infocomm Research, SG)

• Energy Efficient and Low Latency Multiple Event Detection and Propagation Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks with Multiple Sinks  

Anahit Martirosyan, A. Boukerche

(University of Ottawa, Canada)

 

4:30 pm- 5:30 pm

 

Session 5: Posters 

·          Toward a performance evaluation of Mobile transaction system based on Network Simulator 

Lynda Boukantar

(CERIST, DZ)                                                         

·          Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Random and Predetermined Mobility Patterns using OPNET: Preliminary Results 

Dan Denson, Suresh Muknahallipatna, Margareta Stefanovic

(University of Wyoming, US)            

·          ESTREL: Transmission and Reception Energy Saving Model for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks      

Kaddar Lamia, Ahmed Mehaoua

(University of Versailles Saint Quentin, FR), (University of Paris - Descartes, FR)