2018 14th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2018)

Limassol, Cyprus

25-29 June 2018

Pages 1-761

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Monday, June 25th, 2018

MA-1: Satellite Communications (Satellite Symposium) Session Chair: Soumaya Cherkaoui (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

Enhancing Signal Strength and ISI-Avoidance of Diffusion-based Molecular Communication ...... 1 Abderrahmane Oussama Dambri (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada) Soumaya Cherkaoui (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)

Algorithm and Realization of the Key Modules for IQ-Separated Receiver Structure ...... 7 Haoran Hao (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yukui Pei (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

High-Resolution Wideband Digital Channelizer with Adjustable Reconstruction Performance ...... 12 Weicheng Ling (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jian Yan (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jianhua Lu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

A Novel RTRLNN Model for Passive Intermodulation Cancellation in Satellite Communications ...... 18 Bizheng Liang (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xiangyuan Bu (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Mucheng Li (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Pengfei Guo (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Celun Liu (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Joint User Scheduling and PRB Mapping Scheme in Satellite LTE Networks ...... 24 Gbolahan Aiyetoro (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Fambirai Takawira (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)

MA-2: Multimedia Comm. and Networking (Multimedia Symposium) Session Chair: Fabio Silva (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Transmission Rate Allocation for Reliable Video Transmission in Aerial Vehicle Networks ...... 30 Liyue Zhu (Academy of Broadcasting Science, P.R. China) Cheng Zhan (Southwest University, P.R. China) Han Hu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) MO-PR: Message-Oriented Partial-Reliability MPTCP for Real-time Multimedia Transmission in Wireless Networks ...... 36 Jiuren Qin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Changqiao Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Hui Huang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Lujie Zhong (Capital Normal University, P.R. China) Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)

A Distributed Social-Aware Clustering Approach in D2D Multicast Communications ...... 42 Lianxin Yang (AEUPLA, P.R. China) Dan Wu (AEUPLA, P.R. China) Yueming Cai (AEUPLA, P.R. China)

Wi-Live, Adaptive Scenario-Aware Wireless Multicast Solution for Living Streaming based on Software Defined Networks ...... 48 Tong Qin (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Hewu Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Qian Wu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Naijia Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Fenghua Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Exploiting Heuristic Techniques for Efficient Energy Management System in Smart Grid ...... 54 Muhammad Hassan Rahim (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Sundas Shafiq (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Umair Khalid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Ubed Ullah Memon (HITEC University, Pakistan)

Integration of Cloud and Fog based Environment for Effective Resource Distribution in Smart Buildings ...... 60 Itrat Fatima (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Isra Shafi (Abasyn University, Pakistan) Ayesha Anjum (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Ubed Ullah Memon (HITEC University, Pakistan)

MA-3: Clustering Mechanisms for WSNs (WSNs Symp.) Session Chair: Khalid A. Darabkh and Jumana Zomot (University of Jordan, Jordan)

An Improved Cluster Head Selection Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 65 Khalid A. Darabkh (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Jumana N. Zomot (The University of Jordan, Jordan)

A New Fixed Clustering based Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 71 Khalid A. Darabkh (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Laith Al-Jdayeh (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Effect of Data Validation Schemes on the Energy Consumptions of Edge Device in IoT/WSN ...... 77 N.A.M. Alduais (University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia) J. Abdullah (University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia) A. Jamil (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia) L. Audah (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia) R. Alias (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia)

QGAC: Quantum Genetic Based-Clustering Algorithm for WSNs ...... 82 Mechta Djamila (Université Ferhat Abbas de Sétif, Algeria) Harous Saad (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)

MA-4: Multimedia Information Processing (Multimedia Symposium) Session Chair: Jelena Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada)

Performance of Caching in a Layered CoAP Proxy ...... 89 Vojislav B. Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada) Jelena Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada)

A MPTCP-based RTT-aware Packet Delivery Prioritisation Algorithm in AR/VR Scenarios ...... 95 Fabio Silva (Dublin City University, Ireland) Diana Bogusevschi (Dublin City University, Ireland) Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Fault Tolerance of Real-time Video Streaming Protocols over SDN Networks ...... 101 Shailendra Gaikwad (University of Louisiana, USA) Sana Tafleen (University of Louisiana, USA) Raju Gottumukkala (University of Louisiana, USA) Khalid Elgazzar (University of Louisiana, USA)

On the Strengthening of the Speech Encryption Schemes for Communication Systems based on Blind Source Separation Approach ...... 108 Anissa Farhati (ENIT, Tunisia) Anis Ben Aicha (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

QoE Prediction for IPTV based on Imbalanced Dataset by the PNN-PSO Algorithm ...... 112 Xin Wei (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and NUPT, P.R. China) Mengwen Diao (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Zhengying Hu (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Xiao Hu (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Yun Gao (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Ruochen Huang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

MA-5: Heterogeneous Nets (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Vojislav B. Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada)

Impact of Hidden Nodes on Uplink Transmission in IEEE 802.11ax Heterogeneous Network ...... 118 M. Zulfiker Ali (Ryerson University, Canada) Jelena Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada) Vojislav B. Mišić (Ryerson University, Canada) Service Migration versus Service Replication in Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) ...... 124 Pantelis A. Frangoudis (EURECOM, France) Adlen Ksentini (EURECOM, France)

Is the Optimized FFR Interference Avoidance Scheme Challenging the Future HetNets? ...... 130 Jihene Ben Abderrazak (University of Carthage amd ESPRIT School of Engineering, Tunisia) Hichem Besbes (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

A Low-Complexity Scheduling for Joint Unicast and Multicast Transmissions in LTE-A Network ...... 136 Abdennaceur Ghandri (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Yassine Boujelben (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Maher Ben Jemaa (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

MA-6: Performance in Wireless Networks (Comm. & SP Symp.) Session Chair: Rodolfo Oliveira (Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal)

On the Impact of Fading on Residual Self-Interference Power of In-Band Full-Duplex Wireless Systems ...... 142 Luis Irio (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Rodolfo Oliveira (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Decentralized PHY/MAC Design for the Uplink of Multi-Packet Reception Wireless Networks ...... 147 António Furtado (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Rodolfo Oliveira (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Luis Bernardo (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Rui Dinis (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Mobility-Aware User Association in HetNets with Millimeter Wave Base Stations ...... 153 Cirine Chaieb (Higher School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia) Zoubeir Mlika (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada) Fatma Abdelkefi (University of Brittany Loire, France) Wessam Ajib (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada)

HARQ Performance over FSO Channels with Atmospheric Fading and Pointing Errors ...... 158 Abir Touati (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Mazen O. Hasna (Qatar University, Qatar) Farid Touati (Qatar University, Qatar)

Relaying in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems with Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer ...... 164 Nouha Dahi (University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Noureddine Hamdi (University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

Wireless Power Transfer in Two-Way AF Relaying with Maximal-Ratio Combining under Nakagami-m Fading ...... 169 Ugrasen Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India) Sourabh Solanki (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India) Devendra S. Gurjar (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India) Prabhat K. Upadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India) Daniel B. da Costa (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) Body Area Networks: Path Loss Modeling and Antenna Design ...... 174 Amina Nahali (University of Sousse, Tunisia) Abdelaziz Hamdi (University of Sousse, Tunisia) Rafik Braham (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

TM-1: Invited Papers Session Chair: Sofiene Affes (INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, Canada)

QoS-Based Virtualization of User Equipment in 5G Networks ...... 180 Slim Zaidi (University of Quebec, Canada) Oussama Ben Smida (University of Quebec, Canada) Sofiène Affes (University of Quebec, Canada) Usa Vilaipornsawai (Huawei Technologies Canada Co. Ltd., Canada) Liqing Zhang (Huawei Technologies Canada Co. Ltd., Canada) Peiying Zhu (Huawei Technologies Canada Co. Ltd., Canada)

OFDMA-based Hybrid Channel Access for IEEE 802.11ax WLAN ...... 188 Jorden Lee (Nation Taiwan University, Taiwan) Der-Jiunn Deng (National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan) Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Design and Implementation of a Hybrid RF-VLC System with Bandwidth Aggregation ...... 194 Zhouchi Li (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Sihua Shao (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Abdallah Khreishah (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Moussa Ayyash (Chicago State University, USA) Iman Abdalla (Boston University, USA) Hany Elgala (State University of New York at Albany, USA) Michael Rahaim (University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) Thomas Little (Boston University, USA)

Networked Data Transaction in Mobile Networks: A Prediction-based Approach using Auction ...... 201 Jun Du (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Chunxiao Jiang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, United Kingdom ) Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA) Yong Ren (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

Cognitive Data Allocation for Auction-based Data Transaction in Mobile Networks ...... 207 Jun Du (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, United Kingdom ) Chunxiao Jiang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA) Yong Ren (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA) TM-2: Next Generation Networking I (NGSN Symposium) Session Chair: Walid Saad (Virginia Tech, USA)

Dynamic Learning for Distributed Power Control in Underlaid Cognitive Radio Networks ...... 213 Ali Taleb Zadeh Kasgari (Virginia Tech, USA) Behrouz Maham (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan) Hamed Kebriaei (University of Tehran, Iran) Walid Saad (Virginia Tech, USA)

Detecting Stealthy False Data Injection Attacks in Power Grids using Deep Learning ...... 219 Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman (University of Idaho, USA) Yacine Chakhchoukh (University of Idaho, USA) Ananth A. Jillepalli (University of Idaho, USA) Predrag T. Tosic (University of Idaho, USA) Daniel Conte de Leon (University of Idaho, USA) Frederick T. Sheldon (University of Idaho, USA) Brian K. Johnson (University of Idaho, USA)

HESTIA: Adversarial Modeling and Risk Assessment for CPCS ...... 226 Ananth A. Jillepalli (University of Idaho, USA) Daniel Conte de Leon (University of Idaho, USA) Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman (University of Idaho, USA) Yacine Chakhchoukh (University of Idaho, USA) Brian K. Johnson (University of Idaho, USA) Frederick T. Sheldon (University of Idaho, USA) Jim Alves-Foss (University of Idaho, USA) Predrag T. Tosic (University of Idaho, USA) Michael A. Haney (University of Idaho, USA)

Task Proactive Caching based Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile-Edge Computing Systems ...... 232 Hongyu Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Ying Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Ruijin Sun (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Constrained Time-Critical Routing for Multiple Mobile Agents ...... 238 Ola Felemban (Ball State University, USA) Shaoen Wu (Ball State University, USA)

Throughput Analysis for Full-duplex Sensing in Non-time-slotted Cognitive Radio Network ...... 243 Jingwen Zhang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) Fanggang Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) TM-3: Network Security (Security Symposium) Session Chair: Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar)

A Simple Approach for Securing IoT Data Transmitted over Multi-RATs ...... 249 Rida Diba (Arab Open University, Lebanon) Elias Yaacoub (Arab Open University and Beirut Research and Innovation Center, Lebanon) Mohammed Al-Husseini (Beirut Research and Innovation Center, Lebanon) Hassan Noura (Arab Open University, Lebanon) Khalid Abualsaud (Qatar University, Qatar) Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

Towards a Streaming Approach to the Mitigation of Covert Timing Channels ...... 255 Omar Darwish (Western Michigan University, USA) Ala Al-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA) Ghassen Ben Brahim (Prince Mohammad University, Saudi Arabia) Ilyes Jehani (Prince Mohammad University, USA) Muhammad Anan (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia)

Improving the Secrecy of Distributed Storage Systems using Interference Alignment ...... 261 Natasa Paunkoska (University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul The Apostle", Macedonia) Venceslav Kafedziski (Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia) Ninoslav Marina (Princeton University, USA)

C-DIDS: A Cooperative and Distributed Intrusion Detection System in Cloud Environment ...... 267 Saadia Ghribi (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Faouzi Zarai (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Biometric-based Per-Packet Authentication Techniques in Communication Networks ...... 273 Ihsen Nakouri (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Tai-Hoon Kim (University of Tasmania, Australia)

Multi-Objective Virtual Machine Placement Algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization ...... 279 Khaoula Braiki (Université de Sousse, Tunisia) Habib Youssef (Université de Sousse, Tunisia)

TM-4: WSN-based Monitoring Systems (WSNs Symposium) Session Chair: Jalal Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

Radio Data Transmission Reduction in Power-Constrained WSN ...... 285 Koffi V.C. De Souza (Universite de Moncton, Canada) Jalal Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada) Philippe Fournier-Viger (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

An Overview of the Internet of Things Closed Source Operating Systems ...... 291 Ayaa Al-Sakran (Applied Science Private University, Jordan) Mahmoud H. Qutqut (Applied Science University, Jordan and Queen's University, Canada) Fadi Almasalha (Applied Science Private University, Jordan) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada) Mohammad Hijjawi (Applied Science Private University, Jordan) En-Route Data Filtering Technique for Maximizing Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime ...... 298 Hassan Harb (Antonine University and American University of Culture and Education, Lebanon) Abdallah Makhoul (University of Franche-Comté, FEMTO-ST, France) Chady Abou Jaoude (Antonine University, Lebanon)

BFAN: A Bloom Filter based Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 304 Bacem Mbarek (GUTech, Oman) Nabil Sahli (GUTech, Oman) Nafaâ Jabeur (GUTech, Oman)

Coverage and Connectivity of WSN Models for Health Open-Pit Mines Monitoring ...... 310 Jeridi Mohamed Hechmi (Sys'Com, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Amira Zrelli (Sys'Com, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, University of Gabes, Tunisia) Mohamed Kbida (Sys'Com, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Hacen Khlaifi (Sys'Com, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Tahar Ezzedine (Sys'Com, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

Wireless Sensor Network Localization Problem by Hybridized Moth Search Algorithm ...... 316 Ivana Strumberger (Singidunum University, Serbia) Eva Tuba (Singidunum University, Serbia) Nebojsa Bacanin (Singidunum University, Serbia) Marko Beko (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal) Milan Tuba (Singidunum University, Serbia)

TA-1: Network Optimization & Modeling (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Abdellatif Kobbane (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco)

Channel Assignment for D2D Communication: A Regret Matching based Approach ...... 322 Safae Lhazmir (Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco) Abdellatif Kobbane (Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco) Jalel Ben-Othman (CentraleSupélec, France)

Detection and Analysis Algorithms of Punctual Road Events from Vehicular Data in the Search for the Optimal Route: An Overview of the AMNAM Platform ...... 328 Jihene Rezgui (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada) Pascal Dally-Bélanger (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada) Philippe Rivest (Collège de Maisonneuve, Canada)

An Optimization-based mTSP Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 334 Jianxin Ma (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shuo Shi (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xuemai Gu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Joint Optimization of Sample Capacity and Access Point by Hypothesis Test for Indoor Localization ..... 339 Mu Zhou (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Yacong Wei (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Zengshan Tian (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Xiaolong Geng (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Joint Optimization of Resource and Power Allocation in Heterogeneous Urban Dense Cellular Networks ...... 345 Amira Bezzina (University of Paris 6, France and University of Manouba, Tunisia) Mouna Ayari (University of Paris 6, France and University of Wisconsin Madison, USA) Rami Langar (University Paris Est Marne-la-Vallée, France) Leila Azouz Saidane (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

Performance Modeling of IEEE 802.15.4-TSCH with Shared Access and ON-OFF Traffic ...... 352 Sahar Ben Yaala (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Fabrice Théoleyre (CNRS, University of Strasbourg, France) Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

TA-2: e-Health (e-Health Symposium) Session Chair: Khalid Abualsaud (Qatar University, Qatar)

Deep Learning and Low Rank Dictionary Model for mHealth Data Classification ...... 358 Ahmed Ben Saïd (Qatar University, Qatar) Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar) Tarek Elfouly (Qatar University, Qatar) Khalid Abualsaud (Qatar University, Qatar) Khaled Harras (Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar, Qatar)

Classification for Imperfect EEG Epileptic Seizure in IoT Applications: A Comparative Study ...... 364 Khalid Abualsaud (Qatar University, Qatar) Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar) Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar) Elias Yaacoub (Arab Open University, Lebanon) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

Convolutional Autoencoder Approach for EEG Compression and Reconstruction in m-Health Systems ...... 370 Abeer Z. Al-Marridi (Qatar University, Qatar) Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar) Aiman Erbad (Qatar University, Qatar)

Wearables with Heart Rate Monitors and Dynamic Workout Plans ...... 376 Antonio Ferreira (ISEP/ITSector, Portugal) Jorge Coelho (ISEP-IPP, Portugal) Nuno Nogueira (IPSN/CESPU, Portugal)

BDTMS: Binomial Distribution-based Trust Management Scheme for Healthcare-oriented Wireless Sensor Network ...... 382 Weidong Fang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China) Chunsheng Zhu (The University of British Columbia, Canada) Wei Chen (China University of Mining and Technology, P.R. China) Wuxiong Zhang (Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications, P.R. China) Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues (National Institute of Telecommunications, Brazil, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal, and University of Fortaleza, Brazil)

On Delay-Sensitive Healthcare Data Analytics at the Network Edge based on Deep Learning ...... 388 Zubair Md. Fadlullah (Tohoku University, Japan) Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (Southeast University, Bangladesh) Haris Gacanin (Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium) Enhancing E-Healthcare Privacy Preservation Framework through L-Diversity ...... 394 Adeel Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Haider Abbas (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Waseem Iqbal (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Rabia Latif (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan)

TA-3: MIMO (Comm. & SP Symposium) Session Chair: Daniel Benevides da Costa (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil), Brazil)

A Low Complexity Communication Technique for Mobile-to-Mobile Communication Systems ...... 400 Petros S. Bithas (University of Piraeus, Greece) Athanasios G. Kanatas (University of Piraeus, Greece) Daniel B. da Costa (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)

Sparse Channel Estimation for MIMO Systems based on Time-Domain Training Sequence Optimization ...... 406 Xu Ma (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Fang Yang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Ling Cheng (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Jian Song (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Low Complexity Hybrid Precoding Algorithm for GenSM Aided mmWave MIMO Systems ...... 412 Zhilin Lu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Longzhuang He (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jintao Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jian Song (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Energy Efficient Hybrid Precoding for Cooperative Multicell Multiuser Massive MIMO Systems with Multiple Base Station Association ...... 418 Imran Akhtar (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Lixin Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Fucheng Yang (Naval Aviation University, P.R. China) Xu Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Ang Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA)

An Efficient Blind CFO Estimation Technique for MIMO-OFDM Systems using Space-time Diversity ...... 424 Manish Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology, India) Sudhan Majhi (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Secrecy Outage Analysis by Applying Bi-directional Beamforming in Underlay MIMO-CRN ...... 430 Nibedita Nandan (Indian Institute of Technology, India) Sudhan Majhi (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

Geometrical Model for Point-to-Point Multi-Polarized Massive MIMO Systems ...... 435 Xudong Cheng (Shenzhen University, P.R. China) Yejun He (Shenzhen University, P.R. China) TA-4: Resource Manag. & Analysis in VehicCommNets (Vehic. Symp.) Session Chair: Geoffrey Li (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Deep Reinforcement Learning based Distributed Resource Allocation for V2V Broadcasting ...... 440 Hao Ye (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Geoffrey Ye Li (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Multi-Destination Computation Offloading in Vehicular Networks ...... 446 Siqi Mu (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) Minming Ni (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China)

Theoretical Game Approach for Mobile Users Resource Management in a Vehicular Fog Computing Environment ...... 452 Joelle Klaimi (University of Bourgogne, France) Sidi-Mohammed Senouci (University of Bourgogne, France) Mohamed-Ayoub Messous (University of Bourgogne, France)

A Functional Complexity Framework for Dynamic Resource Allocation in VANETs ...... 458 Kunal Pattanayak (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) Aritra Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) Merim Dzaferagic (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Suvra Sekhar Das (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) Nicola Marchetti (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Proposal of More Accurate Energy Model of Electric Vehicle for SUMO ...... 464 Insaf Sagaama (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Amine Kchiche (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Wassim Trojet (Normandie University, France) Farouk Kamoun (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

WBAN Path Loss based Approach for Human Activity Recognition with Machine Learning Techniques ...... 470 Rim Negra (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Imen Jemili (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Akka Zemmari (University of Bordeaux, France) Mohamed Mosbah (University of Bordeaux, France) Abdelfettah Belghith (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

TA-5: Application Level Trust (Security Symposium) Session Chair: Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar)

DTW based Authentication for Wireless Medical Device Security ...... 476 Heena Rathore (Qatar University, Qatar) Abdulla Al-Ali (Qatar University, Qatar) Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar) Xiaojiang Du (Temple University, USA) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA) Reliable Fully Homomorphic Disguising Matrix Computation Outsourcing Scheme ...... 482 Yonghui Chen (Hubei University of Technology, P.R. China) Bo Gu (Kogakuin University, Japan) Cheng Zhang (Waseda University, Japan) Hongzhang Shu (Hubei University of Technology, P.R. China)

Adaptive Biometric Strategy using Doddington Zoo Classification of User's Keystroke Dynamics ...... 488 Abir Mhenni (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, Normandie University, France and University of Sousse, Tunisia) Estelle Cherrier (Normandy University, France) Christophe Rosenberger (Normandy University, France) Najoua Essoukri Ben Amara (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

A Whole-Home Level Intrusion Detection System using WiFi-enabled IoT ...... 494 Yue Jin (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Zengshan Tian (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Mu Zhou (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Ze Li (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Zhenyuan Zhang (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

Secure Data Management in P2P Social Networks using Access Tokens ...... 500 Mohammed Hamed Al-Amin (Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport and Xandrya Software, Egypt) Mohamed Shaheen Elgamel (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt) Ayman Abdel-Hamid (Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) for outlier detection in Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 506 Hamoud Alshammari (Aljouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Oussama Ghorbel (Aljouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Mohamed Aseeri (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) Mohamed Abid (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

TA-6: Data Analytics for Cyber Security (DACS Workshop) Session Chair: Elias Bou-Harb, Florida Atlantic University, USA

A Module for Protecting Data Location Privacy on Mobile Devices ...... 512 Fatima Makki (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Wassim El-Hajj (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Haidar Safa (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Abbas Alhakim (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

On the Collaborative Inference of DDoS: An Information-theoretic Distributed Approach ...... 518 Ouerfelli Fatima Ezzahra (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Barbaria Khaled (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Elias Bou-Harb (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Claude Fachkha (University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Steppa Cyber Inc., Canada) Belhassen Zouari (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Enhancing Wireless Intrusion Detection using Machine Learning Classification with Reduced Attribute Sets ...... 524 Razan Abdulhammed (University of Bridgeport, USA) Miad Faezipour (University of Bridgeport, USA) Abdelshakour Abuzneid (University of Bridgeport, USA) Ali Alessa (University of Bridgeport, USA)

A Model of Role-Risk based Intrusion Prevention for Cloud Environment ...... 530 Wided Ben Daoud (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Faouzi Zarai (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Towards Predicting Cyber Attacks using Information Exchange and Data Mining ...... 536 Martin Husák (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Jaroslav Kašpar (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

Machine Learning Fingerprinting Methods in Cyber Security Domain: Which one to Use? ...... 542 Martin Laštovička (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Antonín Dufka (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Jana Komárková (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

Correlation for Efficient Anomaly Detection in Medical Environment ...... 548 Mbarka Belhadj Mohamed (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia) Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Ahmed Fakhfakh (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia)

TA-7: Vehicular and UAVs (General Symposium) Session Chair: Hadi Otrok (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

A Cluster-Based QoS-OLSR Protocol for Urban Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ...... 554 Maha Kadadha (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates) Hadi Otrok (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates) Hassan Barada (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates) Mahmoud Al-Qutayri (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates) Yousof Al-Hammadi (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates)

Intrusion Detection Systems for Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Survey ...... 560 Gaurav Choudhary (Soonchunhyang University, Korea) Vishal Sharma (Soonchunhyang University, Korea) Ilsun You (Soonchunhyang University, Korea) Kangbin Yim (Soonchunhyang University, Korea) Ing-Ray Chen (Virginia Tech, USA) Jin-Hee Cho (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)

On the Effect of Misalignment Fading in DF Dual-Hop Hybrid FSO/RF System using MPPM Coding Method under GG Channel Turbulence Model ...... 566 Hechmi Saidi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Noureddine Hamdi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

Effect of Annotation on Multiple-Player-Tracking Algorithms ...... 571 Afnan Al-Ali (Qatar University, Qatar) Somaya Al-maadeed (Qatar University, Qatar) Analysis of the Channel Capacity with Shadowing Fading in VANET ...... 577 He Chenguang (Harbin Institute of Technology and Ministry of Public Security, P.R. China) Zhang Kaiyu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Wei Shouming (Harbin Institute of Technology and Ministry of Public Security, P.R. China)

Efficient Multi Objective Cross Layer Approach for 802.11e over MANETs ...... 582 Mahadev A. Gawas (BITS Pilani, India) Mridini M. Gawas (BITS Pilani, India)

TA-8: IoT and Sensor networks (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

MoT: A Deterministic Latency MAC Protocol for Mission-Critical IoT Applications ...... 588 Galal Hassan (Queen's University, Canada) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Cost-efficient Multi-tasking in Coverage-aware Mobile Crowd Sensing ...... 594 Rawan F. El Khatib (Qatar University, Qatar) Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Automatic Charging of an Energy Harvesting Powered Sensor Node from Controllable Energy Source ...... 600 Juha Petäjäjärvi (University of Oulu, Finland) Jarkko Kaleva (University of Oulu, Finland) Konstantin Mikhaylov (University of Oulu, Finland) Heikki Pulkkinen (Helvar Oy Ab, Finland) Jukka Ahola (Helvar Oy Ab, Finland) Max Björkgren (Helvar Oy Ab, Finland)

Adaptive Anonymous Authentication for Wearable Sensors in Wireless Body Area Networks ...... 606 Amel Arfaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia and University of Bourgogne, France) Asma Ben Letaifa (University of Bourgogne, France) Ali Kribeche (University of Bourgogne, France) Sidi-Mohammed Senouci (University of Bourgogne, France) Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

A Cross-Layer Adaptive Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks ...... 612 Tong Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shuo Shi (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xuemai Gu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Fog-assisted Congestion Avoidance Scheme for Internet of Vehicles ...... 618 Shumayla Yaqoob (National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan) Ata Ullah (National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan) Muhammad Akbar (National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan) Muhammad Imran (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA) Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

WM-1: WON (WON Symp.) Session Chair: Anas Chaaban (KAUST, KSA)

Contrasting MISO Schemes for IM/DD FSO Communications with Photon-Counting Receivers ...... 623 Chadi Abou-Rjeily (Lebanese American University, Lebanon) Rami Mawla (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)

FoVLC: Foveation based Data Hiding in Display Transmitters for Visible Light Communications ...... 629 Ozgur Yildiz (Vestel Electronics, Turkey) Burhan Gulbahar (Ozyegin University, Turkey)

Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing for Free-space Quantum Key Distribution Impaired by Turbulence ...... 636 Yu Chen (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom ) Shenjie Huang (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom ) Majid Safari (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom )

A Novel VLC Attocell Network Structure using Superimposed Optical-OFDM ...... 642 Zhi Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Chao Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

WM-2: Theory and Applications for Environmental Issues (SeNTApE Work.) Session Chair: Song Ci (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Towards Better Understanding the Challenges of Reliable and Trust-Aware Critical Communications in the Aftermath of Disaster ...... 648 Milena Radenkovic (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ) Adam Walker (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ) Li Bai (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom )

Online Energy Restoration by a Mobile Robot in a Ring of Sensors ...... 654 Eman Omar (University of Ottawa, Canada) Paola Flocchini (University of Ottawa, Canada) Nicola Santoro (Carleton University, Canada)

Fine-to-Coarse Multiscale Permutation Entropy for Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis ...... 660 Zhiqiang Huo (University of Lincoln, United Kingdom and Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, P.R. China) Yu Zhang (University of Lincoln, United Kingdom) Lei Shu (University of Lincoln, United Kingdom and Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, P.R. China)

Lifetime Maximization for Pipeline Monitoring based on Data Aggregation and Bio-inspired Clustering Algorithm ...... 666 Maroua Abdelhafidh (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Mohamed Fourati (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Lamia Chaari Fourati (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Mokhtar Zid (Groupe Chimique Tunisien SA, Tunisia) PA-RPL: A Partition Aware IoT Routing Protocol for Precision Agriculture ...... 672 Karim Fathallah (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Mohamed Amine Abid (University of Passau, Germany) Nejib Ben Hadj-Alouane (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

Survey of Optical Sensors for Strain Monitoring in Underground Mining ...... 678 Amira Zrelli (SYSCOM, ENIT, and University of Gabes, Tunisia) Hamadi Lirathni (SYSCOM, ENIT, Tunisia) Tahar Ezzedine (SYSCOM, ENIT, Tunisia)

Developing a Self-Powered Enlarging Smart Waste Bin ...... 683 Nesreen Alsbou (University of Central Oklahoma, USA) Mohamed Abdul Samad (University of Central Oklahoma, USA) Mohammed Alhashem (University of Central Oklahoma, USA) Alaeddin S.A. Abuabed (University of Central Oklahoma, USA)

WM-3: Routing Protocols for WSNs (WSNs Symposium) Session Chair: Mohamed Anan (Alfaisal University, KSA)

Poly-parametric Performance Evaluation of Mobility Models for Clustering Wireless Mobile Sensor Networks ...... 690 Maria Iloridou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) Fotini-Niovi Pavlidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

DEEP: Delay and Energy Efficient Proactive Routing Protocol for Event-Driven WSNs ...... 696 Soumaya Argoubi (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Karima Maalaoui (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Leila Azouz Saidane (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Rihab Boussada (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

Q-Learning for Energy Balancing and Avoiding the Void Hole Routing Protocol in Underwater Sensor Networks ...... 702 Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Obaida Abdul Karim (International Islamic University, Pakistan) Arshad Sher (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Imran (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Ansar Ul Haque Yasar (Hasselt University, Belgium) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

An Improved Reactive Routing Protocol over Mobile Ad-hoc Networks ...... 707 Khalid A. Darabkh (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Mohammad Judeh (The University of Jordan, Jordan)

A New Density-Based Relaying Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 712 Khalid A. Darabkh (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Saja M. Odetallah (The University of Jordan, Jordan) Zouhair Al-qudah (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan) Ala’ F. Khalifeh (German Jordanian University, Jordan) Energy Efficient Sink Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks by Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm ...... 718 Eva Tuba (Singidunum University, Serbia) Dana Simian (Lucian Blaga University, Romania) Edin Dolicanin (State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia) Raka Jovanovic (Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar) Milan Tuba (Singidunum University, Serbia)

WM-4: Physical Layer Security I (Security Symposium) Session Chair: Elias Bou-Harb (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

On Secrecy Bounds of MIMO Wiretap Channels with ZF Detectors ...... 724 Long Kong (ETS, University of Quebec, Canada) Georges Kaddoum (ETS, University of Quebec, Canada) Daniel Benevides da Costa (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) Elias Bou-Harb (Florida Atlantic University, USA)

Secrecy Capacity for Multi-Antenna Wireless-Powered AF Relaying Systems ...... 730 Abdelhamid Salem (University of Essex, United Kingdom ) Leila Musavian (University of Essex, United Kingdom )

On the Average Secrecy Outage Rate and Average Secrecy Outage Duration of Wiretap Channels with Rician Fading ...... 736 Monir Abughalwa (Qatar University, Qatar) Aymen Omri (Qatar University, Qatar) Mazen O. Hasna (Qatar University, Qatar)

Secure Two-User AF Relaying Networks Using Cooperative Jamming ...... 741 Walid Mallat (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Wided Hadj Alouane (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Hatem Boujemaa (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Farid Touati (Qatar University, Qatar)

Multi Criteria Automatic Generation of Optimal Routing for WSN ...... 747 Anis Mezni (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Emil Dumitrescu (INSA-Lyon, France) Eric Niel (INSA-Lyon, France) Samir Ben Ahmed (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

WA-1: Security Networks (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Sparsity Order Estimation Algorithm in Compressed Sensing by Exploiting Slope Analysis ...... 753 Yulong Gao (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Yanling Si (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Baoqi Zhu (Harbin University of Commerce, P.R. China) Yuming Wei (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Cross-Layer Design Approach based Packet Scheduling in Next Generation Wireless Networks ...... 757 Sibonelo Xulu (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Gbolahan Aiyetoro (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) A New Protocol for an Efficient and Green Biometric-based Security Key Establishment in WBAN's ..... 762 Amal Sammoud (SYSCOM, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Omessaad Hamdi (ENSAI, France) Mohamed Aymen Chalouf (IRISA, France) Ammar Bouallegue (SYSCOM, ENIT, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

Performance Analysis of Beamforming Algorithms in Physical Layer Security ...... 768 Ciyuan Gao (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xuedong Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Weixiao Meng (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Fang Gao (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

A Privacy-Preserving Scheme using Chaos Theory for Wireless Body Area Network ...... 774 Neila Mekki (ENIT and University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Taoufik Aguili (ENIT and University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Tai-hoon Kim (University of Tasmania, Australia)

WA-2: IoT I (IoT Symposium) Session Chair: Shun-Ren Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

3D Indoor Redeployment in IoT Collection Networks: A Real Prototyping using a Hybrid PI-NSGA-III-VF ...... 780 Sami Mnasri (University of Gafsa, Tunisia) Nejah Nasri (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Adrien van den Bossche (IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France) Thierry Val (IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France)

A New Infrastructure as a Service for IoT-Cloud ...... 786 Sarra Hammoudi (Ferhat Abbas University, Algeria) Zibouda Aliouat (Ferhat Abbas University, Algeria) Saad Harous (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)

Context-aware Automatic Access Policy Specification for IoT Environments ...... 793 Ashraf Alkhresheh (Queen's University, Canada) Khalid Elgazzar (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Popularity-Based Cache Placement for Fog Networks ...... 800 Ibrahim Althamary (National Central University, Taiwan) Chih-Wei Huang (National Central University, Taiwan) Phone Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Shun-Ren Yang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Chien-Wei Cheng (Chunghwa Telecommunication Laboratories, Taiwan)

A Double Auction-Based Approach for Multi-User Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing ...... 805 Yanlin Yue (Xidian University, P.R. China) Wen Sun (Xidian University, P.R. China) Jiajia Liu (Xidian University, P.R. China) Efficient Resource Provisioning for Smart Buildings Utilizing Fog and Cloud based Environment ...... 811 Anila Yasmeen (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Obaid Ur Rehman (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Hina Iftikhar (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Faizan Malik (Bahria University, Pakistan) Fatima J. Muhammad (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Pakistan)

A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Solution for IoT over NDN Applied to E-health ...... 817 Rihab Boussada (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Balkis Hamdane (Sup'Com, Tunisia) Mohamed Elhoucine Elhdhili (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Soumaya Argoubi (University of Manouba, Tunisia) Leila Azouz Saidane (University of Manouba, Tunisia)

WA-3: Heterogeneous Network Mechanisms (WSNs Symp.) Session Chair: Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar)

On the Achievable Degrees of Freedom of a Relay Aided X-Channel ...... 823 Duaa Abumaali (Qatar University, Qatar) Ahmed Badawy (Qatar University, Qatar) Tamer Khattab (Qatar University, Qatar)

A Consensus-based Distributed Clock Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Network ...... 828 Lin Zhu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shuo Shi (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xuemai Gu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Improvement of Target Discrimination for Monitoring Area Application by a New Proposed Network Design of WSN ...... 833 Hacen Khlaifi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Jeridi Mohamed Hechmi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Amira Zrelli (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Tahar Ezzedine (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)

A New Insight Towards Buffer-Aided Relaying in Cooperative Wireless Network ...... 839 Hina Nasir (International Islamic University, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Waseem Raza (University of Lahore, Pakistan) Muhammad Imran (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Muhammad Shoaib (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer for Buffer-Aided Cooperative Relaying Systems ...... 845 Hina Nasir (International Islamic University, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Imran (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Muhammad Shoaib (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Mehmoon Anwar (University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan) Buffer Occupancy based Link Prioritization for Cooperative Wireless Networks ...... 850 Waseem Raza (HITEC University, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Hina Nasir (International Islamic University, Pakistan) Muhammad Imran (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Ansar Haque Yasar (Hasselt University, Belgium)

Cyclic Spectrum Estimation under Compressive Sensing by the Strip Spectral Correlation Algorithm ...... 856 Yulong Gao (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Song Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Yanping Chen (Harbin University of Commerce, P.R. China) Yuming Wei (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

WA-4: QoE/QoS (QoS Workshop) Session Chair: Abdallah Shami (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

Green Distributed Cloud Services Provisioning in SDN-enabled Cloud Environment ...... 861 Khaled Alhazmi (Western University, Canada and KACST, Saudi Arabia) Abdallah Moubayed (Western University, Canada) Abdallah Shami (Western University, Canada)

Age of Information as a QoS Metric in a Relay-Based IoT Mobility Solution ...... 868 Anderson Augusto Simiscuka (Dublin City University, Ireland) Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Dual Metric Scheduling based on Quality of Service and Power Control for Network Assisted D2D Communications ...... 874 Fatma Loussaief (Sfax University, Tunisia) Hend Marouane (Sfax University, Tunisia) Hend Koubaa (Sfax University, Tunisia) Faouzi Zarai (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Understanding Complementary Multi-layer Collaborative Heuristics for Adaptive Caching in Heterogeneous Mobile Opportunistic Networks ...... 880 Vu San Ha Huynh (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ) Milena Radenkovic (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom )

ThingsGame: When Sending Data Rate Depends on the Data Usefulness in IoT Networks ...... 886 Bouziane Brik (University of Technology of Troyes, France) Moez Esseghir (University of Technology of Troyes, France) Leila Merghem-Boulahia (University of Technology of Troyes, France) Hichem Snoussi (University of Technology of Troyes, France)

WA-5: Safety in Vehicular Communication Networks (Vehicular Symp.) Session Chair: Jalal Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

On the Effect of Traffic and Road Conditions on the Drivers' Behavior: A Statistical Analysis ...... 892 Abdalla Abdelrahman (Queen's University, Canada) Najah Abu Ali (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada) Priority based Algorithm for Traffic Intersections Streaming using VANET ...... 898 Mohamed Akram Ameddah (Universite de Moncton, Canada) Bhaskar Das (Universite de Moncton, Canada) Jalal Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)

Data Gathering for Internet of Vehicles Safety ...... 904 Chahrazed Ksouri (University of Mannouba, National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia and Universiy of Bordeaux, France) Imen Jemili (University of Mannouba, Tunisia) Mohamed Mosbah (Universiy of Bordeaux, France) Abdelfettah Belghith (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

An Online Time Warping based Map Matching for Vulnerable Road Users' Safety ...... 910 Esbalew Alemneh (University of Bourgogne, France and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia) Sidi-Mohammed Senouci (University of Bourgogne, France) Philippe Brunet (University of Bourgogne, France)

A Multilevel Authentication Protocol (MAP) for Human Safety in VANET ...... 916 Nesrine Meddeb (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Mohamed Ali Ben Ayed (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

WA-6: IoT II (IoT Symposium) Session Chair: Phone Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Deployment of Secure EV Charging System using Open Charge Point Protocol ...... 922 Binod Vaidya (University of Ottawa, Canada) Hussein T. Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)

The 3D Indoor Deployment in DL-Iot with Experimental Validation using a Particle Swarm Algorithm based on the Dialects of Songs ...... 928 Sami Mnasri (IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France) Nejah Nasri (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Thierry Val (IRIT, Université de Toulouse, France)

Methodical Detection of Pesticide Residues using Potentiostat ...... 934 George Suciu (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Vlad Poenaru (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Alexandru Drosu (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Carmen Nădrag (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Sébastien Mirambet (BEIA Consult International, Romania)

A Machine Learning Model for Classifying Unsolicited IoT Devices by Observing Network Telescopes ...... 938 Farooq Shaikh (University of South Florida, USA) Elias Bou-Harb (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Jorge Crichigno (University of South Carolina, USA) Nasir Ghani (University of South Florida, USA) Effects of Wireless Power Transfer on LoRaWAN Join Procedure ...... 944 Syed Muhammad Danish (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Hassaan Khaliq Qureshi (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Sobia Jangsher (Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan) Marios Lestas (Frederick University, Cyprus)

Scratch Analysis Tool(SAT): A Modern Scratch Project Analysis Tool based on ANTLR to Assess Computational Thinking Skills ...... 950 Zhong Chang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Yan Sun (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) Tin-Yu Wu (National Ilan University, Taiwan) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

WA-7: Coding Physical layer (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Adlen Ksentini (Eurecom, France)

Alternatives to Binary Routing Policies Applied to a Military MANET Coalition ...... 956 Florian Grandhomme (DGA-IP, France) Gilles Guette (IRISA, France) Adlen Ksentini (EURECOM, France) Thierry Plesse (DGA-MI, France)

Practical Compressed Sensing and Network Coding for Intelligent Distributed Communication Networks ...... 962 Maroua Taghouti (TU Dresden, Germany and University of Carthage, Tunisia) Anil Kumar Chorppath (TU Dresden, Germany) Tobias Waurick (TU Dresden, Germany) Frank H.P. Fitzek (TU Dresden, Germany)

Congestion Control Dependability Assessment ...... 969 Maroua Belkneni (University of Carthage, Tunisia) M. Taha Bennani (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Samir Ben Ahmed (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Ali Kalakech (Lebanese University, Lebanon)

Indoor Environment Blind Zone Recognition using Fractional Fourier Transform ...... 975 Shaochuan Wu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xiaokang Zhou (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Yuming Wei (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Yanwu Song (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

The Prediction of Heart Rate During Running using Bayesian Combined Predictor ...... 981 Haibin Zhang (Xidian University, P.R. China) Bo Wen (Xidian University, P.R. China) Jiajia Liu (Xidian University, P.R. China)

Channel Estimation for FBMC/OQAM with Fast Fading Channels by Kalman Filter ...... 987 Shaochuan Wu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xiaoqing Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Yuming Wei (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Xu Bai (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) A Mixed Integer Linear Programming based Optimal Home Energy Management Scheme Considering Grid-Connected Microgrids ...... 993 Sheraz Aslam (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Muhammad Asif (Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan) Umar Iqbal (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Zafar Iqbal (PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Pakistan) Mian Ahmer Sarwar (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan)

WA-8: Energy Efficiency in WSNs (Energy Efficiency Workshop) Session Chair: Adel Mnaouer (Canadian University in Dubai, UAE)

Energy Efficiency Analysis of Centralized-Synchronous LoRa-based MAC Protocols ...... 999 Galal Hassan (Queen's University, Canada) Mohamed ElMaradny (Queen's University, Canada) Mohamed A. Ibrahim (Queen's University, Canada) Abdulmonem M. Rashwan (Queen's University, Canada) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Spectrum Sensing of DVB-T2 Signals using a Low Computational Noise Power Estimation ...... 1005 Oluyomi Simpson (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Yusuf Abdulkadir (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Yichuang Sun (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Mohamad Cheikh (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom )

Energy Harvesting Multi-path Routing for Wireless Multimedia Nanosensor Networks in Terahertz Band ...... 1011 Juan Xu (Tongji University, P.R. China) Jiaolong Jiang (Tongji University, P.R. China) Zhiyu Wang (Tongji University, P.R. China) Yakun Zhao (Tongji University, P.R. China)

Cloud-Based Platform for Enhancing Energy Consumption Awareness and Substantiating the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Measures within SMEs ...... 1018 George Suciu (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania) Lucian Necula (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Victor Suciu (BEIA Consult International, Romania) Yasemin Curtmola (BEIA Consult International, Romania)

Time-Dependent Pricing for On-Demand Bandwidth Slicing in Software Defined Networks ...... 1024 Bo Gu (Kogakuin University, Japan) Junhao Feng (North China Electric Power University, P.R. China) Zhenyu Zhou (North China Electric Power University, P.R. China) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA) Thursday, June 28th, 2018

ThM-1: Cognitive Radio & Cooperative Solutions (Wireless Nets Symp.) Session Chair: Hamid Sharif (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

A Discrete Time Queueing Model of Cognitive Radio Networks with Multi-Modal Overlay/Underlay Switching Service Levels ...... 1030 Attahiru Sule Alfa (University of Manitoba, Canada and University of Pretoria, South Africa) Haitham Abu-Ghazaleh (Tarleton State University, USA) Bodhaswar T. Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

The Selective Clustering Energy Detector for Cognitive Radio Networks – Conceptual Design and Experimental Assessment ...... 1036 Christopher Kohlstruck (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany) Markus Engel (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany) Reinhard Gotzhein (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Optimizing Communication Costs based on Novel Cooperative Localization Techniques using Coalitional Game Theory in Wireless Networks ...... 1043 Kaouther Hedhly (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Mohamed Laaraiedh (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Fatma Abdelkefi (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Mohamed Siala (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Bargaining-Based Cooperative Co-existence Framework for LTE-U Systems ...... 1047 Mohamed AbdelRaheem (Assiut University, Egypt)

Cycle-Based Routing Protocol for Device-to-Device Group Communications ...... 1053 Marwa Dammak (University of Paris Seine / University of Cergy-Pontoise, France and University of Sfax, Tunisia) Yassine Boujelben (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Noura Sellami (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Adaptive Coverage Solution in Multi-UAVs Emergency Communication System: A Discrete-Time Mean-Field Game ...... 1059 Kaiyuan Xue (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Zihe Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Lixin Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Huisheng Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Xu Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Ang Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) ThM-2: IoT III (IoT Symposium) Session Chair: Chih-Wei Huang (National Central University, Taiwan)

Secured IoT Gateway for Smart Nation Applications ...... 1065 Paul Loh Ruen Chze (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Kan Siew Leong (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Ang Khoon Wee (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Elizabeth Sim (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Kan Ee May (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Yong Jun Jie (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore) Hing Siew Wing (Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore)

Security Challenges against Cognitive IoT Development ...... 1069 Lamia Chaari Fourati (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia) Mohamed Fourati (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia) Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

An Innovative Four-Quarter IoT Secure Architecture based on Secure Element ...... 1074 Pascal Urien (Telecom ParisTech, France)

Hardware based Two-Factor User Authentication for the Internet of Things ...... 1081 Mehdi Akbari Gurabi (University of Goettingen, Germany) Omar Alfandi (University of Goettingen, Germany) Arne Bochem (University of Goettingen, Germany) Dieter Hogrefe (University of Goettingen, Germany)

Game-Based Adaptive Risk Management in Wireless Body Area Networks ...... 1087 Amel Arfaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia and University of Bourgogne, France) Ali Kribeche (University of Bourgogne, France) Sidi-Mohammed Senouci (University of Bourgogne, France) Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

ThM-3: Advances Towards 5G Communications I (5G Symp.) Session Chair: Andreas Pitsillides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

A Kosambi-Karhunen-Loève Learning Approach to Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks ...... 1094 Oluyomi Simpson (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Yusuf Abdulkadir (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Yichuang Sun (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ) Pan Cao (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom )

A Comparative Study on the Capacity of SCMA and LDSMA ...... 1099 Shuang Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Kewu Peng (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yushu Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jian Song (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Selection of UE-based Virtual Small Cell Base Stations using Affinity Propagation Clustering ...... 1104 Pravati Swain (NIT Goa, India) Christophoros Christophorou (CITARD Services LTD, Cyprus) Upasana Bhattacharjee (NIT Goa, India) Cristiano M. Silva (Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Brazil) Andreas Pitsillides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)

DAS Modifications for More Efficient Network Cost in 5G ...... 1110 Christos Bouras (University of Patras, Greece) Anastasia Kollia (University of Patras, Greece) Andreas Papazois (University of Patras, Greece)

Asymptotic Analysis for NOMA over Fading Channel without CSIT ...... 1116 Yushu Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Kewu Peng (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Shuang Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jian Song (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

ThM-4: Modeling and Perf. Analysis for VehicCommNets (Veh.r Symp.) Session Chair: Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (Frederick University, Cyprus)

Multihop Stability Analysis for Linear Adaptive Vehicular Networks ...... 1121 Anil Wagle (Frederick University, Cyprus) Marios Lestas (Frederick University, Cyprus) Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (Frederick University, Cyprus)

Modeling FlexRay Macrotick Generation Process using Coloured Petri Nets ...... 1127 Hana Mejdi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Salem Hasnaoui (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

DQ-EDCA: Dynamic Queue Management based EDCA Mechanism for Vehicle Communication ..... 1131 Haibin Zhang (Xidian University, P.R. China) Wanqing Tian (Xidian University, P.R. China) Jiajia Liu (Xidian University, P.R. China)

Outage Analysis of a Dual Relay SWIPT System in Hybrid Forwarding Schemes ...... 1137 Farhan Nawaz (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Syed Ali Hassan (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) Sajid Saleem (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan)

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Vehicular Networks based Software-Defined Radio ...... 1142 Rafik Zitouni (Institut VEDECOM, France) Samir Tohmé (Institut VEDECOM, France)

ThA-1: Cloud and Edge Computing (Big Data Symposium) Session Chair: Yong Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Enhancing Mobile User Performance Through Data Caching Over Edge Computing Wireless Networks ...... 1148 Muhammad Sheraz (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Fang Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yong Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) A Cloud-Fog-Based Smart Grid Model for Efficient Resource Utilization ...... 1154 Saman Zahoor (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Asif Khan (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Fatima J. Muhammad (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Pakistan) Maida Zahid (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Pakistan)

Risk-based Decision for a Distributed and Cooperative Network Policy in Cloud Computing ...... 1161 Ferdaous Kamoun-Abid Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Faouzi Zarai (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Analyzing Traces from a Google Data Center ...... 1167 Pascale Minet (INRIA, France) Éric Renault (University of Paris-Saclay, France) Ines Khoufi (INRIA, France) Selma Boumerdassi (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France)

Resource Allocation using Fog-2-Cloud based Environment for Smart Buildings ...... 1173 Sakeena Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Nadeem Javaid (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Sahrish Khan Tayyaba (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan) Norin Abdul Sattar (University of Poonch, Pakistan) Bibi Ruqaya (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Pakistan) Maida Zahid (Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Pakistan)

Multi-Path Routing for Maximum Bandwidth with K Edge-Disjoint Paths ...... 1178 Tao Wang (Northwest University, P.R. China) Chase Q. Wu (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA and Northwest University, P.R. China) Yongqiang Wang (Northwest University, P.R. China) Aiqin Hou (Northwest University, P.R. China) Huiyan Cao (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

ThA-2: Energy Harvesting (Wireless Networking Symp.) Session Chair: Hazem Refai (University of Oklahoma, USA)

A User Association and Energy Efficiency Analysis of D2D Communication under HetNets ...... 1184 Amal Algedir (University of Oklahoma, USA) Hazem H. Refai (University of Oklahoma, USA)

Small Base Station Management – Improving Energy Efficiency in Heterogeneous Networks ...... 1191 Dongfeng Fang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) Feng Ye (University of Dayton, USA) Yi Qian (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) Hamid Sharif (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)

Power Allocation for SCMA Downlink Systems based on Maximum Energy Efficiency ...... 1197 Yiteng Huang (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Shizeng Guo (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Weixiao Meng (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) Cheng Li (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) Adaptive Transmission Policy for Energy Harvesting Relaying Systems ...... 1203 Abdelhamid Salem (University of Essex, United Kingdom ) Leila Musavian (University of Essex, United Kingdom )

Performance Analysis of Energy Harvesting based scheme for 3-D Cellular Networks ...... 1208 Soumaya Bachtobji (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia and Université du Maine, France) Aymen Omri (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Kais Hassan (Université du Maine, France) Ridha Bouallegue (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Kosai Raoof (Université du Maine, France)

Energy Efficient Prioritized Bandwidth Allocation Algorithm Supporting RF Energy Charging ...... 1213 Yitian Zhang (University of Essex, United Kingdom ) Kun Yang (University of Essex, United Kingdom ) Xiaofeng Lu (Xidian University, P.R. China)

Reliable Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm for Vehicle-Assisted Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks ...... 1219 Meidong Huang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Bin Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Xiaohu Ge (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Wei Xiang (James Cook University, Australia) Qiang Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

ThA-3: Smart Cities Symposium Session Chair: Ala Alfuqaha (Western Michigan University, USA)

Optimal Placement of a UAV to Maximize the Lifetime of Wireless Devices ...... 1225 Hazim Shakhatreh (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Abdallah Khreishah (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

Utilization of Wavelet Packet Sensor De-noising for Accurate Positioning in Intelligent Road Services ...... 1231 Amr S. El-Wakeel (Queen's University, Canada and Arab Academy for Science & Technology, Egypt) Aboelmagd Noureldin (Queen's University, Canada and Royal Military College of Canada, Canada) Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada) Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar)

An Alternative Data Gathering of the Air Pollutants in the Urban Environment using LoRa and LoRaWAN ...... 1237 Haiahem Rahim (Université de la Manouba, Tunisia) Cherif Ghazel (Université de la Manouba, Tunisia) Leila Azouz Saidane (Université de la Manouba, Tunisia)

Service-Oriented Big Data Analytics for Improving Buildings Energy Management in Smart Cities ...... 1243 Nader Mohamed (Middleware Technologies Lab, USA) Jameela Al-Jaroodi (Robert Morris University, USA) Imad Jawhar (Midcomp Research Center, Lebanon)

Cloud based Mobile Application for Remote Control of Intelligent Wheelchair ...... 1249 Agnès Ghorbel (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Sabri Bouguerra (ENETCOM, Tunisia) Nader Ben Amor (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Mohamed Jallouli (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Advanced Measurement of Road Traffic Information in City Environment ...... 1255 Tawfiq Nebbou (University of Tlemcen, Algeria) Mohamed Lehsaini (University of Tlemcen, Algeria) Hacène Fouchal (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)

ThA-4: Physical Layer Security II (Security Symposium) Session Chair: Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar)

A Secret Key Generation Scheme for Internet of Things using Ternary-States ReRAM-based Physical Unclonable Functions ...... 1261 Ashwija Reddy Korenda (Northern Arizona University, USA) Fatemeh Afghah (Northern Arizona University, USA) Bertrand Cambou (Northern Arizona University, USA)

Efficient and Secure Physical Encryption Scheme for Low-Power Wireless M2M Devices ...... 1267 Hassan Noura (American University of Beirut, USA) Reem Melki (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Ali Chehab (American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Mohammad M. Mansour (American University of Beirut, USA) Steven Martin (University of Paris-Sud, France)

UAV-based Semi-Autonomous Data Acquisition and Classification ...... 1273 Ahmed Mohamed Hussain (Qatar University, Qatar) Sherif B. Azmy (Qatar University, Qatar) Ahmed Abuzrara (Qatar University, Qatar) Khalid Al-Hajjaji (Qatar University, Qatar) Abdelmonem Hassan (Qatar University, Qatar) Husain Khamdan (Qatar University, Qatar) Mouadh Ezzine (Qatar University, Qatar) Abdelhakim Hassani (Qatar University, Qatar) Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar)

Ant Colony Optimization based Relay Selection for Secrecy Enhancement in Decode-and-Forward Relay Networks ...... 1278 Shemi P.M. (Cochin University of Science & Technology, India) Jibukumar Mangalathu Gopalakrishnan (Cochin University of Science & Technology, India) Ali M.A. (Government Engineering College, India)

On the Impact of DDoS Attacks on Software-Defined Internet-of-Vehicles Control Plane ...... 1284 Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui (University of Ottawa, Canada) Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)

ThA-5: Smart Infrastructures for Crowd Management (SICM Work.) Session Chair: Nizar Zorba (Qatar University, Qatar) and Hossam Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)

Distributed Sensor Network for Indirect Occupancy Measurement in Smart Buildings ...... 1290 Colin Brennan (University of Guelph and Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Canada) Graham W. Taylor (University of Guelph and Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Canada) Petros Spachos (University of Guelph, Canada) Optimal Array size for Multiuser MIMO ...... 1296 Khalid W. Hameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom ) James M. Noras (University of Bradford, United Kingdom ) Ayman Radwan (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Fadi Al-Turjman (Middle East Technical University, Cyprus) Jonathan Rodriguez (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Raed A. Abd-Alhameed (University of Bradford, United Kingdom )

Analysis and Enhancement of Platoon Management in Smart City ...... 1301 Fatma Marzouk (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Jonathan Rodriguez (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Ayman Radwan (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

The Importance of Mixture of Thermography, Ultrasound Diagnostics & Power Analysis for Energy Audit and Sustainable Maintenance in Agricultural Industry ...... 1307 Anastasios Tzoumpas (University of Aegean and Gaia Epicheirein, Greece) George Anastasopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) George Kormentzas (University of Aegean and Gaia Epicheirein, Greece)

ThA-6: Smart Healthcare & Emotions (Wireless Big Data Symposium) Session Chair: Yong Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

BrainNets: Human Emotion Recognition using an Internet of Brian Things Platform ...... 1313 Huimin Lu (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Hyoungseop Kim (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Yujie Li (Fukuoka University, Japan) Yin Zhang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China)

Intelligent Healthcare Systems Assisted by Data Analytics and Mobile Computing ...... 1317 Xiao Ma (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China) Zie Wang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China) Sheng Zhou (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China) Haoyu Wen (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China) Yin Zhang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, P.R. China)

RoCoSense: Integrating Robotics, Smart Clothing and Big Data Clouds for Emotion Sensing ...... 1323 Jun Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Mengchen Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Zeru Wei (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Chao Han (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Wei Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Yiming Miao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

Sample Expansion-Oriented LDBN Heart Disease Risk Forecast Model ...... 1327 Zhenfei Wang (Zhengzhou University, P.R. China) Jinlei Chen (Zhengzhou University, P.R. China) Zhiyun Zheng (Zhengzhou University, P.R. China) Junfeng Wang (Zhengzhou University, P.R. China) Towards IPv6-based Architecture for Big Data Processing of Community Medical Internet of Things ...... 1333 Chao Liu (Anhui Normal University, P.R. China) Fulong Chen (Anhui Normal University, P.R. China) Cheng Zhang (Anhui Normal University, P.R. China) Chuanxin Zhao (Anhui Normal University, P.R. China)

An Enhanced Random Forest for Cardiac Diseases Identification based on ECG signal ...... 1339 Sihem Nita (University of Biskra, Algeria) Salim Bitam (University of Biskra, Algeria) Abdelhamid Mellouk (University Paris-Est Creteil, France)

ThA-7: Next Generation Networking II (NGSN Symp.) Session Chair: Sghaier Guizani (Alfaisal University)

A Cournot Economic Pricing Model for Caching Resource Management in 5G Wireless Networks ... 1345 Bouchaib Assila (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco) Abdellatif Kobbane (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco) Mohammed El Koutbi (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco)

Information Dissemination using Opportunistic Networks in Scenarios with People Renewal ...... 1351 Leonardo Chancay-García (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) Enrique Hernández-Orallo (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) Pietro Manzoni (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) Carlos T. Calafate (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain) Juan-Carlos Cano (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)

A Variable Step-Size Blind Equalization Algorithm based on Particle Swarm Optimization ...... 1357 Omar Alhmouz (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia) Shafayat Abrar (Habib University, Pakistan) Naveed Iqbal (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia) Azzedine Zerguine (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)

A Switch to the Concern of User: Importance Coefficient in Utility Distribution and Message Importance Measure ...... 1362 Shanyun Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Rui She (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Shuo Wan (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Pingyi Fan (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yunquan Dong (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, P.R. China)

Massive Data Mining, Cyber Security Approach ...... 1368 Sghaier Guizani (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia) ThA-8: Enabling Techniques for 5G Communications (5G Symp.) Session Chair: Sameh Sorour (University of Idaho, USA)

High Throughput Parallel Concatenated Encoding and Decoding for Polar Codes: Design, Implementation and Performance Analysis ...... 1373 Jiaying Yin (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Lixin Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Huisheng Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Xu Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Ang Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA)

Understanding Information Centric Layer of Adaptive Collaborative Caching Framework in Mobile Disconnection-Prone Networks ...... 1379 Vu San Ha Huynh (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ) Milena Radenkovic (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom ) Robert John (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom )

A Novel Modulation Scheme of Polar Codes ...... 1385 Xiaotong Jia (Shanghai University, P.R. China) Fang Wang (Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China) Yanzan Sun (Shanghai University, P.R. China) Shunqing Zhang (Shanghai University, P.R. China)

Detection and Impact of the Hidden Node Problem in LAA-WiFi Coexistence Scenarios ...... 1391 Pablo Campos (University of Zaragoza, Spain) Angela Hernández-Solana (University of Zaragoza, Spain) Antonio Valdovinos-Bardají (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

Rate-Compatible LDPC based IDMA Scheme Supporting Grant-Free Transmission in eMBB ...... 1398 Zhangmei Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Kewu Peng (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yushu Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Two Novel Schemes to Compensate HPA Non-Linearity on the FBMC/OQAM Signal ...... 1404 Mounira Laabidi (University of Carthage, Tunisia) Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Friday, June 29th, 2018

FrM-1: Satellite Networking (Satellite Symposium) Session Chair: Cheng Li (University of New Foundland, Canada)

A Multi-channel Scheduling Algorithm in Wireless on-board Bus ...... 1409 Wangxiang Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yukui Pei (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jianhua Lu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) An Integrating Unicast and Multicast Solution by Extending Content Delivery Network to Satellite ...... 1414 Hui Yang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Hewu Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Qian Wu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Comprehensive Evaluation of Space Information Network Simulation System Based on GEO Satellite ...... 1420 Dingyuan Shi (Beihang University, P.R. China) Feng Liu (Beihang University, P.R. China) Ligang Fei (Beijing Space Information Relay and Transmission Technology Center, P.R. China) Kunkun Nie (Beijing Space Information Relay and Transmission Technology Center, P.R. China)

Performance Analysis of QUIC Protocol in Integrated Satellites and Terrestrial Networks ...... 1425 Siyu Yang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Hewu Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Qian Wu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

A LEO Satellite Network Capacity Model for Topology and Routing Algorithm Analysis ...... 1431 Yunlu Xiao (Beihang University, P.R. China) Tao Zhang (Beihang University, P.R. China) Dingyuan Shi (Beihang University, P.R. China) Feng Liu (Beihang University, P.R. China)

FrM-2: Signal Processing (Comm. & SP Symp.) Session Chair: Daniel Benevides da Costa (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil), Brazil)

Fast-Decoding Channel Estimation Technique for Downlink Control Channel in LTE-MTC Systems ... 1437 Mahmoud Elsaadany (Concordia University, Canada) Abdelmohsen Ali (Concordia University, Canada) Walaa Hamouda (Concordia University, Canada)

Spoken Language Identification based on I-vectors and Conditional Random Fields ...... 1443 Panikos Heracleous (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan) Yasser Mohammad (AIST, Japan) Koichi Takai (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan) Keiji Yasuda (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan) Akio Yoneyama (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan)

Angle of Arrival based Positioning Method in Single Frequency Networks ...... 1448 Ruiqi Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Chao Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Spectral Efficiency Maximization for Spatial Modulation Aided Layered Division Multiplexing: An Injection Level Optimization Perspective ...... 1453 Yue Sun (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jintao Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Changyong Pan (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Longzhuang He (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Design and Simulation of a Green Bi-Variable Mono-Parametric SHM Node and Early Seismic Warning Algorithm for Wave Identification and Scattering ...... 1459 Farid Touati (Qatar University, Qatar) Hasan Tariq (Qatar University, Qatar) Damiano Crescini (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) Adel Ben Manouer (Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Using DWT Lifting Scheme for Lossless Data Compression in Wireless Body Sensor Networks ...... 1465 Joseph Azar (University of Franche-Comté, France) Rony Darazi (Antonine University, Lebanon) Carol Habib (University of Franche-Comté, France) Abdallah Makhoul (University of Franche-Comté, France) Jacques Demerjian (Lebanese University, Lebanon)

On Hybrid RSS/TOA Target Localization in NLOS Environments ...... 1471 Slavisa Tomic (COPELABS/ULHT, ISR/IST, Portugal) Marko Beko (COPELABS/ULHT, CTS/UNINOVA, Portugal) Rodolfo Oliveira (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Luis Bernardo (Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) Nebojsa Bacanin (John Naisbitt University, Serbia) Milan Tuba (State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia)

FrM-3: Designs and Tools for VehicCommNets (Vehicular Symp.) Session Chair: Azzam Mourad (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)

Precoding Design for Drone Small Cells Cluster Network with Massive MIMO: A Game Theoretical Approach ...... 1477 Zhibin Xu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Lixin Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Haitao Xu (University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Ang Gao (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Xu Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Zhu Han (University of Houston, USA)

Passive Monitoring and Geo-based Prediction of Mobile Network Vehicle-to-Server Communication ... 1483 Josef Schmid (Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany) Philipp Heß (Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany) Alfred Höß (Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany) Björn W. Schuller (University of Augsburg, Germany and Imperial College London, United Kingdom )

In-car Gateway Architecture for Intra and Inter-vehicular Networks ...... 1489 Amal Hbaieb (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Olfa Ben Rhaiem (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Lamia Chaari (University of Sfax, Tunisia)

Simulation Tools, Environments and Frameworks for UAV Systems Performance Analysis ...... 1495 Aicha Idriss Hentati (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Lobna Krichen (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Mohamed Fourati (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Lamia Chaari Fourati (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Towards Proactive Social Learning Approach for Traffic Event Detection based on Arabic Tweets ...... 1501 Ahmad Nsouli (Lebanese American University, Lebanon) Azzam Mourad (Lebanese American University, Lebanon) Danielle Azar (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)

FrM-4: Intelligent Technologies in Big Data Science (Big Data Symp.) Session Chair: Yong Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Online Internet Traffic Monitoring and DDoS Attack Detection using Big Data Frameworks ...... 1507 Baojun Zhou (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Jie Li (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Yusheng Ji (National Institute of Informatics, Japan) Mohsen Guizani (University of Idaho, USA)

A New Digital Power Supply System for Fog and Edge Computing ...... 1513 Song Ci (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA) Ni Lin (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA) Yanglin Zhou (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, P.R. China) Hongjia Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China) Yang Yang (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, P.R. China)

Density and Transmission Power in Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks ...... 1518 Michele Chincoli (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) Stavros Stavrou (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Antonio Liotta (University of Derby, United Kingdom )

The Effective Recycling of Crashed Drone based on Machine Intelligence ...... 1524 Jun Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Jiayi Lu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Yiming Miao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Lu Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Yiting Zhao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Yong Cao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)

Big Data Viewpoint on Channel Information Measures based on ACE Algorithm ...... 1530 Shanyun Liu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Rui She (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jiaxun Lu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Pingyi Fan (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

A Large-scale Measurement Study of Mobile Web Security through Traffic Monitoring ...... 1536 Shaoran Xiao (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Fang Wang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Jingtao Ding (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) Yong Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Creation of Materialized Views based on Neural Network Algorithm ...... 1542 Abbassi Kamel (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia) Tahar Ezzedine (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)