Notes: Demo sessions will be held on 6 June 2018 (Wednesday)
Monday, June 4, 08:00 – 08:30
Reg: Registration: Conference
Monday, June 4, 08:30 – 12:00
T1: Tutorial 1 Wireless Radio Access for 5G and Beyond
Dr. Huseyin Arslan
During the standardization of 5G, one thing has become certain: there is no single enabling technology that can achieve all of the applications being promised by 5G networking. This will be even more pronounced beyond 5G. For this purpose, the concept of using multiple OFDM numerologies, i.e., different parameterization of OFDM based subframes, within the same frame has been proposed in 3GPP discussions for 5G. This concept will likely meet the current expectations in multiple service requirements to some extent. However, since it is almost obvious that quantity of wireless devices, applications, and heterogeneity of user requirements will keep increasing towards the next decade(s), the sufficiency of the aforementioned flexibility level remains quite disputable considering future expectations. Therefore, novel RATs facilitating much more flexibility are needed to address the aforementioned technical problems.
Monday, June 4, 10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break
Monday, June 4, 12:00-13:30
Lunch
Monday, June 4, 13:30 – 17:00
T2: Tutorial 2 FPGA-based Hardware Accelerators for Applications in Communications and Networking
Dr. Valeri Sklyarov and Dr. Iouliia Skliarova
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) were invented by Xilinx in 1985, i.e., a bit more than 30 years ago. The influence of FPGAs on many directions in engineering is growing continuously and rapidly. If we compare FPGA market in % by end applications then we can see that applications in the scope of communications occupy almost 50% of the market. There are many reasons and the most important are the inherent configurability of FPGAs and their relatively cheap development cost. Forecasts suggest that the impact of FPGAs will continue to grow and the range of applications will increase considerably in the future. Technical issues of the tutorial are: in the scope of reconfigurable logic (FPGA + programmable systems-on-chip – PSoC), applications and importance of FPGA/PSoC for the scope of communications and networking; hardware accelerators and what can we get from them; network-based data processing techniques and their impact on communications; network-based real-time priority buffering; demonstrations and examples.
Monday, June 4, 15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
Monday, June 4, 18:00 – 21:00
Rec: Reception
Tuesday, June 5, 08:30 – 09:30
S01: Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks – I
Chair: Mehmet Ulema (Manhattan College, USA)
Density-aware Probabilistic Clustering in Ad hoc Networks
Doğanalp Ergenç (Middle East Technical University, Turkey); Levent Eksert (METU, Turkey); Ertan Onur (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
k-Connectivity Estimation from Local Neighborhood Information in Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
Vahid Khalilpour (EGE University, Turkey); Orhan Dagdeviren (Ege University, Turkey)
Evaluating Fault Tolerance Properties of Self-stabilizing Matching Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks
Can Umut Ileri and Orhan Dagdeviren (Ege University, Turkey)
Tuesday, June 5, 09:30 – 10:00
Coffee Break
Tuesday, June 5, 10:00 – 11:00
K1: Keynote The “Cloud” to “Things” Continuum
Dr. Raouf Boutaba
Back in 2011, we introduced the concept of a multi-tier cloud as part of the “Smart Applications on Virtualized Infrastructure (SAVI)” NSERC Strategic Network Project. SAVI extends the traditional cloud computing environment into a two-tier cloud including smart edges – small to moderate size data centers located close to the end-users (e.g., service provider premises), and massive scale data centers with abundant high-performance computing resources typically located in remote areas. We designed the smart edge as a converged infrastructure that uses virtualization, cloud computing and network softwarization principles to support multiple network protocols, customizable network services, and high-bandwidth low latency applications. Since then the concept of a multi-tier cloud has been widely adopted by telecom operators and in initiatives such as the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). In the meantime, the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has seen an explosive growth in the number of connected devices generating a large variety of data in high volumes at high velocities. The unique set of requirements posed by the IoT data demands innovation in the information infrastructure with the objective of minimizing latency and conserving bandwidth resources. The multi-tier cloud computing model proposed in SAVI falls short in addressing the needs of the IoT applications, since, most voluminous, heterogeneous and short-lived data will have to be processed and analyzed closer to IoT devices generating the data. Therefore, it is imperative that the future information infrastructure should incorporate more tiers (e.g., IoT gateways, customer premise equipments) into the multi-tier cloud to enable true at-scale end-to- end application orchestration. In this keynote, we will discuss the research challenges in realizing the future information infrastructure that should be massively distributed to achieve scalability; highly interoperable for seamless interaction between different enabling technologies; highly flexible for collecting, fusing, mining, and processing IoT data; and easily programmable for service orchestration and application-enablement.
Tuesday, June 5, 11:00 – 12:00
S02: Multi-Carrier Communications
Chair: Felix Albu (Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania)
Trellis demodulator for pulse shaped OFDM
Andrey Rashich (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia); Alexandr Kislitsyn (St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia); Sergei Gorbunov (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia)
Pulse-shaped Multicarrier Signals with Nonorthogonal Frequency Spacing
Andrey Rashich and Anton Urvantsev (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia)
Low Complexity Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction in OFDM-IM
Ebubekir Memisoglu and Ertugrul Basar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida & Istanbul Medipol University, USA)
Tuesday, June 5, 12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Tuesday, June 5, 13:30 – 14:30
S03: Communication Networks
Chair: Alex Gelman (Standardization Programs Development, USA)
Minimizing Age of Information for Multiple Flows
Hasan Beytur and Elif Uysal-Biyikoglu (METU, Turkey)
Energy Efficient Price Based Power Allocation in a Small Cell Network by Using a Stackelberg Game
Maryam Lashgari (University of Tehran, Iran); Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan); Hamed Kebriaei (University of Tehran, Iran)
Flow Control with Max-Min Fairness and Path Constraints in Software-Defined Networks
Wei Peng and Dongxing Li (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China); Wenping Deng (National University of Defense Technology & ETH Zurich, P.R. China)
Tuesday, June 5, 14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
Tuesday, June 5, 15:00 – 16:00
S04: Software Defined Networks
Chair: Selcuk Cevher (Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey)
Multi Topology Routing Based Failure Protection For Software Defined Networks
Selcuk Cevher (Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey)
Virtualized Cache Placement in an SDN/NFV Assisted SAND Architecture
Stuart Clayman (University College London (UCL), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Reza Shokri Kalan (Ege University- Turkey, Turkey); Muge Sayit (Ege University, Turkey)
Prognostic-Reactive NFV Resource Allocation Method for Implementation in Virtualized Mobile Network EPC of Ukraine
Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Volodymyr Prokopets (NTUU “KPI”, Ukraine); Nataliia Gvozdetska (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine)
Tuesday, June 5, 16:00 – 17:00
WiP1: Work in Progress – I
Chair: Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)
OCP Deployment in a Public Administration Data Center: the Emilia-Romagna Region Use Case
Enrica Salbaroli (Lepida SpA, Italy); Gianluca Mazzini (University of Ferrara and LepidaSpA, Italy)
Role-based access control for vehicular adhoc networks
Maxim Kalinin, Peter Zegzhda, Vasiliy Krundyshev and Evgenia Rezedinova (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia)
Ontology Model of Telecom Operator Big Data
Rina Novogrudska (National University of Technology of Ukraine “KPI” Kiev, Ukraine); Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Alexander Koval (National Technical University of Ukraine ”Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
Age-of-Information in Practice: Status Age Measured over TCP/IP Connections through WiFi, Ethernet and LTE
Canberk Sönmez, Sajjad Baghaee and Abdussamed Ergişi (Middle East Technical University, Turkey); Elif Uysal-Biyikoglu (METU, Turkey)
Tuesday, June 5, 18:00 – 22:00
Dinner
Wednesday, June 6, 08:30 – 09:30
S5: Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks – II
Chair: Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
The intellectual IoT-system for monitoring the base station quality of service
Vasyl Kurdecha (National University of Technology of Ukraine “KPI” Kiev, Ukraine); Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Ivan Ishchenko, Andrii Zakharchuk and Nataliia Kunieva (National University of Technology of Ukraine “KPI” Kiev, Ukraine)
On Hardness of Connectivity Maintenance Problem in Drone Networks
Vahid Khalilpour (EGE University, Turkey); Orhan Dagdeviren (Ege University, Turkey)
Communications Scenarios and A New Mixed Numerology Set for Flying Base Stations in 5G and Beyond
Ünzüle Şenol and Ahmet Yazar (Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida & Istanbul Medipol University, USA)
Wednesday, June 6, 09:30 – 10:00
Coffee Break
Wednesday, June 6, 10:00 – 11:00
K2: Keynote Are we ready for 5G vision? What is next?
Dr. Huseyin Arslan
5G aims to support new and diverse sets of application classes like eMBB communications, uRLLC and mMTC. Supporting these services using a single framework has introduced a new vision and sets of challenges for wireless researchers in many layers of the protocol stacks, especially in the Physical, Medium Access and Network Layers. The trend on the variety and the number of mobile devices along with the mobile applications will certainly continue beyond 5G. In order to create a system that can support this trend, a wide range of technical challenges and requirements must be simultanously satisfied. A robust system that ensures extreme reliability and low latency under diverse channel conditions, while minimizing production and operational costs and maximizing power and spectrum efficiency is required. Cooperative networking capability and coexistence, dynamic and flexible utilization of wireless spectrum, highly flexible, cognitive and adaptive radio access technologies are key enablers in addressing these technical challenges. In this talk, the potential directions and research opportunities to address the challenges and requirements of the 5G vision will be discussed.
Wednesday, June 6, 11:00 – 12:00
S06: Wireless Communications
Chair: Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
Cognitive Radio Overlay Paradigm Towards Satellite Communications
Luciano B C Silva (IMT-Atlantique, France & National Institute for Spatial Research, Brazil); Tarik Benaddi (IMT Atlantique, France); Laurent Franck (Télécom Bretagne, France)
DCS – Securing Short-Range Wireless Communication
Jacques Bou Abdo and Wissam Al Jurdi (Notre Dame University, Lebanon)
A New Cross-Layer Approach for MIMO Amplify and Forward Relay System
Mahsa Shirzadian gilan (University of Tehran, Iran); Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
Wednesday, June 6, 12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Wednesday, June 6, 13:30 – 14:30
S7: Energy Efficiency in Communications
Chair: Alex Gelman (Standardization Programs Development, USA)
Star-BRISE: Energy-efficient Benchmarking for Interacting Algorithms
Dmytro Pukhkaiev, Sergii Shchaslyvyi, Roman Kosovnenko, Ievgeniia Svetsynska and Sebastian Götz (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Framework for Traffic Proportional Energy Efficiency in Software Defined Networks
Beakal Gizachew Assefa and Oznur Ozkasap (Koc University, Turkey)
WirelessEnergySim: A Discrete Event Simulator for an Energy-Neutral Operation of IoT Nodes
Sajjad Baghaee, Salar Chamanian and Hasan Uluşan (Middle East Technical University, Turkey); Ozge Zorlu (Mikro Biyosistemler Inc., Turkey)
Demonstrations
Modeling of Prognostic-Reactive NFV Resource Allocation Method Implementation in Ukrainian Mobile Network EPC
Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Nataliia Gvozdetska (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine); Volodymyr Prokopets (NTUU “KPI”, Ukraine); Svitlana Sulima (National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
Testbed to Study the Capture Effect in Wi-Fi Devices
Aleksey Kureev (IITP RAS & MIPT, Russia); Ilya Levitsky (MIPT, Russia); Andrey Lyakhov and Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia)
An intellectual decision making system for data analysis based on fuzzy logic
Larysa Globa (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Vasyl Kurdecha (National University of Technology of Ukraine “KPI” Kiev, Ukraine); Ivan Ishchenko (National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine); Andrii Zakharchuk (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine); Nataliia Kunieva (National University of Technology of Ukraine “KPI” Kiev, Ukraine)
Comfort Pattern Detection System for Smart Building Installations
Oleg Razumovskyi (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” & Inzhenerna Logika LLC, Ukraine); Vadim Shpuryk and Artem Kovalchuk (National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
Optical Character Recognition for Handwritten characters
Davit Soselia, Irakli Koberidze and Shota Amashukeli (Tbilisi State University, Georgia); Levan Shugliashvili (San Diego State University, Georgia); Sandro Jijavadze and Giorgi Gigauri (Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
Analysis of human color preferences using machine learning classification algorithms
Roman Kosovnenko (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Olena Shtogrina and Natalia Yushko (NTUU “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
Rover SENTINEL
Lela Mirtskhulava, Lm. (Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University & San Diego State University Georgia, Georgia); Luka Chkhetiani, Erekle Shishniashvili, Nicoloz Tbileli and Giorgi Basiashvili (San Diego State University/SDSU Georgia, Georgia)
Wednesday, June 6, 14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
Wednesday, June 6, 15:00 – 17:00
Panel (Program)
Chair: Vladimir Lyashev (Huawei Technologies, Russia)
Wednesday, June 6, 18:00 – 22:00
Banquet
Thursday, June 7, 08:30 – 09:00
S8: MIMO Communications
Chair: Tolga M. Duman (Bilkent University, Turkey)
DFT based Beam-Time Delay Sparse Channel Representation for Channel State Information (CSI) Compression in 5G FDD Massive MIMO Systems
Luis Suárez, Nikita Ryabov and Vladimir Lyashev (Huawei Russian Research Center, Russia); Alexander Sherstobitov (Huawei Technologies, Russia)
Fully-Quadrature Spatial Modulation
Hany S. Hussein (Aswan University, Egypt); Mohamed Elsayed (Sohag University, Egypt)
EM Algorithm Based MAP Channel Estimation for Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Systems
Senol Sancar (Istanbul Zaim University, Turkey); Bahattin Karakaya (Istanbul University, Turkey)
Thursday, June 7, 09:30 – 10:00
Coffee Break
Thursday, June 7, 10:00 – 11:00
K3: Keynote Underwater Acoustic Communications: Fundamentals and New Results
Dr. Milica Stojanovic
Underwater wireless communications rely on transmission of acoustic waves, since electro-magnetic waves propagate only over very short distances. Acoustic communications thus form an integral part of autonomous undersea systems, which find application in basic sciences (oceanography, marine biology), industry (off-shore oil, aquaculture), environment monitoring (climate, pollution, seismic disturbances) and security (search-and-rescue, surveillance).
Acoustic waves, however, are confined to low frequencies because of energy absorption (usually no more than several tens of kHz), and the bandwidth available for communication is extremely limited. Sound travels underwater at a very low speed (nominally 1500 m/s) and propagation occurs over multiple paths. Delay spreading over tens or even hundreds of milliseconds results in a frequency-selective signal distortion, while motion creates an extreme Doppler effect. The worst properties of radio channels—poor link quality of a mobile terrestrial channel, and long delay of a satellite channel—are thus combined in an underwater acoustic channel, which is often said to be the most difficult communication medium in use today.
The quest for bandwidth-efficient acoustic communications has progressed over the past few decades from an initial feasibility proof of phase-coherent detection, to the development of the first high-speed acoustic modem, and finally to a plethora of innovative solutions on both the signal processing and the networking fronts. In this presentation, we begin with an overview of channel characteristics, focusing on the major differences between underwater acoustic and terrestrial radio channels. We follow with a discussion of signal processing methods, briefly overviewing single-carrier broadband equalization used in an existing acoustic modem, and focusing on recent research results in multi-carrier signal detection on highly time-varying, Doppler-distorted channels. The performance of various techniques is illustrated through experimental results, which include transmissions over few kilometers in shallow water to hundreds of kilometers in deep water, at highest bit-rates demonstrated to date. We conclude by addressing the major issues involved in the design of underwater networks: the interplay between bandwidth and distance that impacts the notions of both relaying and cellular system design, and the high latency and packet loss that necessitate a dedicated design of the data-link layer.
Thursday, June 7, 11:00 – 12:00
S9: Coding and Communication Theory
Chair: Luis Suárez (Huawei Russian Research Center, Russia)
Asynchronous Neuro-Spike Array-Based Communication
Keyvan Aghababaiyan and Vahid Shah-Mansouri (University of Tehran, Iran); Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
On the Maximal Achievable Rate for Signal-Code Construction Based on Interleaved Reed-Solomon Codes for Multiple Access System over Vector-Disjunctive Channel
Fedor Ivanov (Institute for Information Transmission Problems & National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia); Pavel Rybin (IITP RAS & Skoltech, HSE, Russia)
Channel Model of Molecular Communication via Diffusion in a Vessel-like Environment Considering a Partially Covering Receiver
Meriç Turan (Bogazici University, Turkey); Mehmet Sukru Kuran (Abdullah Gul University, Turkey); H. Birkan Yilmaz (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain); Ilker Demirkol (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain); Tuna Tugcu (Bogazici University, Turkey)
Thursday, June 7, 12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
Thursday, June 7, 13:30 – 14:30
S10: Future WiFi
Chair: Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia)
Testbed to Study the Capture Effect: Can We Rely on This Effect in Modern Wi-Fi Networks
Aleksey Kureev (IITP RAS & MIPT, Russia); Ilya Levitsky (MIPT, Russia); Evgeny Khorov and Andrey Lyakhov (IITP RAS, Russia)
Analytical Study of Adaptive Video Generation in CCTV over Public Wireless Networks
Nikolay Zhirnov (IITP RAS); Evgeny Khorov and Andrey Lyakhov (IITP RAS, Russia)
Joint Power Control and Time Division to Improve Spectral Efficiency in Dense Wi-Fi Networks
Aleksandr Krotov (The Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russia); Anton Kiryanov and Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia)
Thursday, June 7, 14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break
Thursday, June 7, 15:00 – 16:00
S11: Signal Processing
Chair: Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia)
An Accelerated Variational Framework for Face Expression Recognition
Wentao Fan (Huaqiao University, P.R. China); Nizar Bouguila (Concordia University, Canada)
The Constrained Stability Least Mean Square Algorithm for Active Noise Control
Felix Albu (Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania)
Smartphone Lock-Screen Based on Sense of Rhythm
Evgeny Bakin and Maria Shelest (State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Russia); Grigory Evseev (St.Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Russia); Maxim Grankin (Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation & Quantenna Communications, Russia)
Thursday, June 7, 16:00 – 17:00
WiP2: Work in Progress – II
Chair: Grigoriy Fokin (The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Russia)
TDOA Measurement Processing for Positioning in Non-Line-of-Sight Conditions
Grigoriy Fokin (The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Russia)
Sparse MLD Decoder for 1-bit ADC MIMO Constant Envelope Modulation
Hany S. Hussein (Aswan University, Egypt)
Relay Probability Characteristics in a Social Ad-hoc Network with Different Intimacy Calculation Models and Social Network Structure Models
Tianran Luo (Nagoya University, Japan); Eng Keong Lua (NEC Laboratories Singapore & Carnegie Mellon/Cambridge University/NTT Labs, Singapore); Tutomu Murase (Nagoya University, Japan)
Adaptive Sparsity Based Channel Estimator for 1- Bit ADC MIMO-Constant Envelope Modulation
Hany S. Hussein, Shaimaa Hussein and Ehab Mahmoud Mohamed (Aswan University, Egypt)