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Conference Programme

Short Programme

Monday March 17th 2008

8.15	Registration Desk Open
9.00-10.30	Session 1 - Tutorial: Planning wireless cities based on WiFi-WiMAX mesh networks - technologies, business models and applications
9.00-10.30
10.30-11.00	Break
11.00-12.30	Session 2 - Tutorial: Planning wireless cities based on WiFi-WiMAX mesh networks - technologies, business models and applications
12.30-14.00	Lunch
14.00-15.30	Session 3 - Tutorial: Management of Next Generation Networks
15.30-16.00	Break
16.00-17.30	Session 4 - Tutorial: Management of Next Generation Networks

Tuesday March 18th 2008

8.15	Registration Desk Open	Registration Desk Open
9.00-9.30	Session 1 - Opening by the General Chair
9.30-11.00	Session 2 - Demonstrations Open with Overview	Session 1 Workshop WEEDEV
11.00-11.30	Break
11.30-12.00	Demonstration booth review	Session 2 Workshop WEEDEV
12.00-13.30	Lunch
13.30-15.15	Session 4 - Paper Track: Wireless LANs & Sensor Networks	Session 3 Workshop WEEDEV
15.15-15.45	Break
15.45-17.30	Session 5 - Paper Track: Next Generation Internet Testbeds I	Session 4 Workshop WEEDEV

Wednesday March 19th 2008

8.15	Registration Desk Open
9.00-10.00	Session 1 - Keynote II (EU FIRE Office)
10.00-10.15	Break
10.15 - 12.15	Panel Session - Testbeds and their relevance for the development of new products
12.15-13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 15.15	Session 2 - Paper Track: Wireless Access Networks
15.15 - 15.30	Break
15.30 - 16.30	Session 3 - Paper Track: Next Generation Testbeds II
16.30-16.45	Break
16.45-18.15	Session 4 - Paper Track: Wireless Communications & Security
	Session 4 Special Session: Military Testbeds - Postponed

20.00-22.00	Conference Gala Banquet

Thursday March 20th 2008

8.15	Registration Desk Open
9.00-10.00	Session 1 - Keynote II (US GENI Office)
10.00-10.30	Break
10.30-12.00	Session 2 - Paper Track: Wireless Mesh Testbeds
12.00-13.30	Lunch
13.30-15.00	Session 3 - Paper Track: Wireless Sensor Testbeds and Virtualization
15.00-15.15	Break
15.15-16.45	Session 4 - Paper Track: Multimedia Testbeds
16.45-17.00	Break
17.00-18.30	Session 4 Special Session: NGN Testbeds and Tools

Detailed Programme

Tuesday March 18th 2008

8.15

Registration Desk Open

9.00-9.30

Session 1 - Opening by the General Chair

9.30-11.00

Session 2 - Demonstrations Open with Overview

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-12.00

Demonstration booth review

12.00-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.15

Session 4 - Paper Track: Wireless LANs & Sensor Networks

Paper	Author Presenting
Experimental demonstration of the viability of IEEE 802.11b based inter-vehicle communications	Alberto Los Santos
On the development of a IEEE 802.11s Mesh Point prototype	Luca Tavanti
A Flexible Dual Frequency Testbed for RFID	Christoph Angerer
Optimizing AES for Embedded Devices and Wireless Sensor Networks	Aaron Ault
Automated Troubleshooting of a UMTS-WLAN Test Platform	Ronan Skehill

15.15-15.45

Break

15.45-17.30

Session 5 - Paper Track: Next Generation Testbeds I

Paper	Author Presenting
Performance of P2P Live Video Streaming Systems on a Controlled Test-bed	Sachin Agarwal
Netkit: Easy Emulation of Complex Networks on Inexpensive Hardware	Massimo Rimondini
LOBSTER: A European Platform for Passive Network Traffic Monitoring	Demetris Antoniades
Combined Terminal and Network Measurement System for Bottleneck Localization	Pekka Perälä
Relative Rate Reduction Based Control with Adjustable Congestion Level	Ferenc Tóth

Wednesday March 19th 2008

8.15

Registration Desk Open

9.00-10.00

Session 1 - Keynote II (EU FIRE Office)

10.00-10.15

Break

10.15 - 12.15

Panel Session - Testbeds and their relevance for the development of new products

Content:

Differences between research and commercial testbeds
Positioning of research and commercial testbeds for product development
Relevance of trials in the product development cycle
Examples of current testbeds in R&D labs and in industry
Challenges to move from research to commercial testbeds and to join forces

Panelists:

Dr. Carrie Gates (CA Labs)
Prof. Michael Rumsewicz (University of Adelaide)
Prof. Ina Schieferdecker (Moderator) (Fraunhofer FOKUS)
Dr. Ronan Skehill (University of Limerick)
Dr. Marcin Solarski (Deutsche Telekom A.G. Laboratories)

12.15-13.30

Lunch

13.30 - 15.15

Session 2 - Paper Track: Wireless Access Networks

Paper	Author Presenting
The Real-Time AROMA Testbed for All-IP Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks	Nemanja Vucevic
WEIRD Testbeds with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Technology for User Applications, Telemedicine and Monitoring of Impervious Areas	Gabriele Tamea
Empirical Evaluation of VoIP Aggregation over a Fixed WiMAX Testbed	Esa Piri
A Testbed for Cooperative Multi Cell Algorithms	Carsten Jandura
Mobisense Testbed: Merging User Perception and Network Performance	Pablo Vidales

15.15-15.30

Break

15.30-16.30

Session 3 - Paper Track: Next Generation Testbeds II

Paper	Author Presenting
High Quality Queueing Information from Accelerated Active Network Tomography	Jozsef Steger
Session Mobility of SIP over Multiple Devices	Min-Xiou Chen
LaasNetExp: a generic polymorphic platform for network emulation and experiments	Philippe Fowezarski

16.30-16.45

Break

16.45-18.15

Session 4 - Paper Track: Wireless Communications & Security

Paper	Author Presenting
A Low SINR Synchronization System for Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Communications: Radio Prototype, Verification Testbed and Experimental Results	Joel Marciano
Flexible Demonstrator Platform for Cooperative Joint Transmission and Detection in Next Generation Wireless MIMO-OFDM Networks	Andreas Ibing
Integration of heterogeneous networking testbeds	Rajesh Mahindra
A Case Study in Testing a Network Security Algorithm	Carrie Gates
A Testbed-based Approach to Develop Layer 3 Wireless Mesh Network Protocols	Yasunori Owada

Session 4 Special Session: Military Testbeds

- Postponed

Presentation Topic	Author Presenting
Public Safety and Security
Coalition Interoperability
Civil Military Coordination (CIMIC)
Capability Test & Verification

20.00-22.00

Conference Gala Banquet

Thursday March 20th 2008

8.15

Registration Desk Open

9.00-10.00

Session 1 - Keynote II (US GENI Office)

10.00-10.30

Break

10.30-12.00

Session 2 - Paper Track: Wireless Mesh Testbeds

Paper	Author Presenting
A Quantitative Evaluation of the MeshTest Wireless Testbed	Brenton Walker
Experiences and Investigations with Heraklion MESH: An Experimental Metropolitan Multi-Radio Mesh Network	Nikolaos Petroulakis
Model validation through experimental testbed: the fluid flow behavior example	Adel Aziz

12.00-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.00

Session 3 - Paper Track: Wireless Sensor Testbeds and Virtualization

Paper	Author Presenting
An Automatic Protocol Verification Framework for the Development of Wireless Sensor Networks	Taehyun Kim
Single versus Multi-hop Wireless Reprogramming in Sensor Networks	Rajesh Panta
The NTP Experimental Platform for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks	Chin-Liang Wang
Virtual Integrated TCP Testbed (VITT)	Renzo Davoli

15.00-15.15

Break

15.15-16.45

Session 4 - Paper Track: Multimedia Testbeds

Paper	Author Presenting
Performance Measurement for Voice Services in Heterogeneous Wired Networks	Hussein Mouftah
Design and Implementation of a Framework for Persistent Identiﬁcation and Communication in Emerging Networks	Henry Jerez
Interactive Multimedia Services over Open NGN Testbed	Adel Al-Hezmi
On the use of SHIM6 for Mobility Support in IMS Networks	John Ronan

16.45-17.00

Break

17.00-18.30

Session 4 Special Session: NGN Testbeds and Tools

Paper	Author Presenting
Open Source Development Tools for IMS Research	David Waiting
A 3GPP System Architecture Evolution Virtualized Experimentation Infrastructure for Mobility Prototyping	Miguel Gómez Rodríguez
Generic Access Network Emulation for NGN Testbeds	Joachim Fabini
An IMS Client Application Framework for emerging NGN Testbeds	Andreas Bachmann