2014 21st International Conference on Telecommunications

(ICT 2014)

Lisbon, Portugal

4 – 7 May 2014

IEEE Catalog Number: CFP14530-POD ISBN: 978-1-4799-5142-0 Session 1: MIMO

Chair: João Silva (ISCTE / Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Metrics for Rate Maximization in Multiuser-MISO Systems with Zero-Forcing Beamforming Eduardo Daniel Castañeda-Trujillo ( & Intituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Adão Silva (Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)/University of Aveiro, Portugal); Ramiro Samano- Robles (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Atílio Gameiro (Instituto de Telecomunicações / Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) pp. 1-5

Low-Complexity Transmission Mode Selection in MU-MIMO Systems Haijing Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hui Gao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Anzhong Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiejun Lv (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 6-10

Robust Precoding Design for MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channels with Limited Feedback Hu Langtao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 11-15

Partial Channel Overlay in Moderate-Scale MIMO Systems Using WH Precoded OFDM Hua Fu (INSA de Rennes & IETR, France); Matthieu Crussière (Université Européenne de Bretagne, INSA, IETR, UMR 6164, France, France); Maryline Hélard (INSA Rennes & IETR Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, France) pp. 16-21

Network MIMO with Decision Tree Classification in Downlink OFDMA Networks Ling Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Shenghua He (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiangming Wen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Wei Zheng (BUPT, P.R. China); Jun Zhao (BUPT, P.R. China); Zhiqun Hu (BUPT, P.R. China) pp. 22-26

Session 2: Cognitive Systems

Chair: Fernando J. Velez (University of Beira Interior & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

IEEE1451.4 Multi-Sensing Platform for Wheelchair Users Assessment João Freire (Instituto Superior Técnico & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Octavian Adrian Postolache (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa/IT & Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, ISCTE- IUL, Portugal); Pedro Girão (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) pp. 27-31

Unified Radio Access Network Operation for Multi-Radio Access Technology Cellular Systems Ahmed Alsohaily (University of Toronto, Canada); Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada) pp. 32-36

Joint Relay Transmit-Receive Antenna Selection and Opportunistic Source Selection Strategy for Full-Duplex Relaying Rongsheng Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hui Gao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Wei Long (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiejun Lv (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 37-41

Implementation of Blind Cyclostationary Feature Detector for Cognitive Radios Using USRP Babar Aziz (IFSTTAR, LEOST, Villeneuve D’Ascq, France); Amor Nafkha (Supélec, France) pp. 42-46

Session 3: Channel and Network Coding

Chair: Asma Mejri (Telecom-ParisTech, France) The Average Equivocation of Random Linear Binary Codes in Syndrome Coding Ke Zhang (University of Porto & Institute of Telecommunication, Portugal); Martin Tomlinson (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom); Mohammed Ahmed (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom) pp. 47-51

LDPC Coded Transmissions Over the Gaussian Broadcast Channel with Confidential Messages Marco Baldi (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Nicola Maturo (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Giacomo Ricciutelli (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Franco Chiaraluce (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy) pp. 52-56

Modifying Network Coding with TCP for Media Streaming in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks Gokul Bhat (University of Florida, USA); Janise McNair (University of Florida, USA) pp. 57-61

Optimizing Packet Scheduling Decisions with Network Coding Jin Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Teck Yoong Chai (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore); Wai-Choong Wong (National University of Singapore, Singapore) pp. 62-66

MAP Decoder for Physical-Layer Network Coding Using Lattice Sphere Decoding Asma Mejri (Telecom-ParisTech, France); Ghaya Rekaya-Ben Othman (TELECOM ParisTech, France) pp. 67-71

Digital and Physical Layer Network Coding Performance in the Context of Enforced Fairness Vasileios Miliotis (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain); Luis Alonso (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH & Telecommunications and Aerospatial Engineering School of Castelldefels, Spain); Christos Verikoukis (Telecommunications Technological Centre of Catalonia, Spain) pp. 72-76

Session 4: Heterogeneous and Vehicular Networks

Chair: Witold A. Krzymień (University of Alberta / TRLabs, Canada)

A Tractable Approach to Coexistence Analysis Between COMPASS and TD-LTE System Xianghui Han (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Long Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, P.R. China); Xiao Yan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Kai Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jia Min (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chenxi Su (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhiyong Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 77-81

Downlink Interference Estimation Without Feedback for Heterogeneous Network Interference Avoidance Siyi Wang (University of South Australia, Australia); Weisi Guo (University of Warwick & New York University, United Kingdom); Mark D McDonnell (University of South Australia, Australia) pp. 82-87

Analyzing and Relieving the Impact of FCD Traffic in LTE-VANET Heterogeneous Network Shucong Jia (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Sizhe Hao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xinyu Gu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 88-92

Adaptive User Association in HetNets with Renewable Energy Powered Base Stations Dantong Liu (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom); Yue Chen (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom); Kok Keong (Michael) Chai (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom); Tiankui Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chengkang Pan (China Moible Research Institute, P.R. China) pp. 93-97 Interplay Between Cost,Capacity and Power Consumption in Heterogeneous Mobile Networks Ashraf Awadelkarim Widaa Ahmed (KTH Royal Institute of Technology & ICT School, Sweden); Jan Markendahl (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Cicek Cavdar (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden) pp. 98-102

Session 5: Optical Communications

Chair: Luís Gonçalo Cancela (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Investigation of Obstacle Effect on Wireless Optical On-Body Communication Performance Ludovic Chevalier (University of Limoges, France); Stephanie Sahuguede (University of Limoges, France); Anne Julien-Vergonjanne (University of Limoges, France) pp. 103-107

Composite Transmission Over Large-core Polymer Optical Fibers for In-home Networkings Pu Miao (Southeast University, P.R. China); Lenan Wu (Southeast University, P.R. China) pp. 108-112

Impact of VCSEL Nonlinearity on Discrete Multitone Modulation: Quasi-static Approach Fatima Barrami (STMicroelectronics & University Grenoble-Alpes, IMEP-LAHC, France); Yannis Le Guennec (IMEP, France); Emil Novakov (IMEP, France); Pierre Busson (STMicroelectronics, France) pp. 113-118

Estimating the Parameters of Optical Transport Networks From Their Circumferential Ellipses Sudhir Routray (Instituto de Telecomunicações & IT, Portugal); Jose Rocha (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Armando Pinto (Instituto de Telecomunicações - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) pp. 119-123

Comparison of LED and RSOA Performance in WDM-PONs Luiz Henning (UTFPR, Brazil); Paulo P Monteiro (Universidade de Aveiro & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Alexandre Pohl (Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR), Brazil) pp. 124-128

Session 6: Multicarrier Systems

Chair: Bodhaswar TJ Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Common Phase Error Cancellation Scheme with DPOLSK in OFDM System Yao Nie (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chunyan Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Caili Guo (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Fangfang Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 129-133

PAPR Reduction in FBMC Systems Using a Smart Gradient-Project Active Constellation Extension Method Nuan van der Neut (University of Pretoria, South Africa); Bodhaswar TJ Maharaj (University of Pretoria, South Africa); Frikkie de Lange (University of Pretoria, South Africa); Gustavo González (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Eléctrica & Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina); Fernando Gregorio (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina); Juan Cousseau (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina) pp. 134-139

4th Order Statistics Based Blind Channel Estimation for Multicarrier Transmission Rabah Maoudj (CNAM, France); Iness Ahriz (CNAM, France); Adrien Savarit (Cnam, France); Michel Terré (CNAM, France); Luc Fety (CNAM, France) pp. 140-144

Cooperative Downlink MC-CDMA System Aided by Transmitter Preprocessing:Performance Results Bhanusri Sridharan (SSN College of Engineering, India); Ananya Ravi (SSN Institutions, India); Alagu Sanjana Haribhaskaran (SSN Institutions, India); Prabagarane Nagaradjane (SSNRC, India) pp. 145-149 Energy-efficient Resource Allocation for Multi-user Two-way Relay-assisted OFDM System Yinjun Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Shi Yan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiangling Li (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yujing Shang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 150-154

Session 7: Resource Allocation

Chair: Luís M. Borges (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Performance Model for MRC Receivers with User Scheduling and Adaptive Modulation and Coding in Rayleigh Fading Correlated Channels Ramiro Samano-Robles (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Atílio Gameiro (Instituto de Telecomunicações / Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) pp. 155-159

A Low-Complexity Resource Allocation Scheme Using AMC for MIMO-OFDMA Systems Wafa Ben Hassen (Higher School of Communication of Tunis (SUPCOM) & Mediatron Lab, Tunisia); Afif Mériem (SupCom Tunisia, Tunisia); Sami Tabbane (Sup Telecom, Tunisia) pp. 160-165

Novel Resource Allocation Algorithm for Improving Reuse One Scheme Performance in LTE Networks Mohamed Abdelkarim AboulHassan (Pharos University & RedTelecom Co., ); Essam Sourour ( University, Egypt); Shawki Shaaban (Alexandria University, Egypt) pp. 166-170

A Signaling Load and Radio Resource Utilization Balancing Scheme for 3G Cellular Networks Huidi Li (China Mobile, P.R. China); Yan Duan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiao Yan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Long Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, P.R. China); Kai Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jia Min (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhiyong Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 171-175

Positional Proportional Fairness Scheduling Based on Spectrum Aggregation in Cognitive Radio Cong Yin (Harbin Institute of Technology & Communications Research Center, P.R. China); Xuezhi Tan (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China) pp. 176-180

Session 8: Broadcast and Multicast Systems

Chair: Américo Correia (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Time Frequency Slicing Coverage Gain Modeling for Future Broadcasting Networks Jordi Joan Giménez (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain); David Gomez-Barquero (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain); Concepcion Garcia-Pardo (Universitat Politècnica de València & Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM), Spain); Narcis Cardona (Universidad Politecnica Valencia, Spain) pp. 181-185

On Enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service for 4G Carlos Reis (ISCTE -IUL, Cape Verde); Américo Correia (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Nuno Souto (ISCTE/Instituto de Telecomunicações & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Mario Marques da Silva (Instituto de Telecomunicações & Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal) pp. 186-190

Round-robin Resource Sharing Algorithm for Device-to-Device Multicast Communications Underlying Single Frequency Networks Wenrong Gong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiaoxiang Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Mingming Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zijia Huang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 191-195

A Novel Gossip-based Multirate Overlay Multicast Strategy Yanheng Wei (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China); Junyi Wang (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China); Zhishuai Gong (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China) pp. 196-200

Multi-phase Device-to-Device Relay Algorithms for Data Dissemination in a Cluster Junyi Wang (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China); Zhishuai Gong (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China); Yanheng Wei (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, P.R. China) pp. 201-205

Session 9: Navigation and Reliability

Chair: António J. Rodrigues (IT / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)

An Improved Flip Ambiguity Detection Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks Node Localization Wei Liu (, P.R. China); Enqing Dong (Shandong University, Weihai, P.R. China); Yang Song (Shandong University, P.R. China); Dejing Zhang (Shandong University, P.R. China) pp. 206-210

Improved Residual Weighting for NLOS Mitigation in TDOA-based UWB Positioning Systems Khaled AlQahtani (Kinf Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Abdullah Said Al- Ahmari (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Ali H Muqaibel (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Adnan Landolsi (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia); Umar Johar (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia) pp. 211-215

De Bruijn Sequences as Zero Correlation Zone Codes for Satellite Navigation Systems Mahdiyar Sarayloo (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Ennio Gambi (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Susanna Spinsante (Università Politecnica delle Marche & ArieLAB Srl, Italy) pp. 216-220

Fault-Tolerant Flooding Through Formal Concept Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks Tarek Moulahi (CBE, Qassim University, KSA., Tunisia); Salem Nasri (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir, Tunisia); Herve Guyennet (University de Franche Comté, France) pp. 221-225

Disaster Recovery in Wireless Networks: A Homology-Based Algorithm Anaïs Vergne (TELECOM ParisTech, France); Ian Flint (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Laurent Decreusefond (Telecom ParisTech & CNRS LTCI, France); Philippe Martins (Telecom Paristech, France) pp. 226-230

Session 10: Base Station Cooperation

Chair: Sara Teodoro (University of Aveiro & Instituto de Telecommunicações, Portugal)

A Novel Scheme for Downlink Opportunistic Interference Alignment Haijing Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hui Gao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Wei Long (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiejun Lv (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 231-235

Downlink Cognitive Interference Alignment for Heterogeneous Networks Syed Saqlain Ali (Institute of Telecommunication/University of Aveiro, Portugal); Daniel Castanheira (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Adão Silva (Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)/University of Aveiro, Portugal); Atilio Gameiro (Telecommunications Institute/Aveiro University, Portugal) pp. 236-240

A Novel Coordinated Scheduling Algorithm for Uplink CoMP Systems Yinxiang Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Pengxiang Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 241-245

Adaptive Pilot Power Allocation for Distributed Antenna Systems with Large-scale CSI Yingjie Zhang (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Wei Feng (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Ning Ge (Tsinghua University, P.R. China) pp. 246-251

Dynamic Uplink Coordinated Multi-Point Scheme Based on Range Expansion in Heterogeneous Networks Weiyang Gong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hailun Xia (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chunyan Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 252-256

Session 11: Spectrum Management

Chair: Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada)

Cost/Revenue Performance in an IMT-Advanced Scenario with Spectrum Aggregation Over Non-Contiguous Frequency Bands Jessica Acevedo Flores (IT – Departamento de Engenharia Electromecânica- Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Fernando J. Velez (University of Beira Interior & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Orlando Cabral (IT-DEM, University of Beira Interior, Portugal); Daniel Robalo (IT-DEM/ University of Beira Interior, Portugal); Oliver D Holland (King's College London, United Kingdom); Hamid Aghvami (King's College London, United Kingdom); Filippo Meucci (University of Florence, Italy); Albena Mihovska (Aalborg Universitet, Denmark); Neeli Rashmi Prasad (Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTIF), Denmark); Ramjee Prasad (Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark) pp. 257-261

Polarization-enabled Spectrum Opportunities Made Practical: Polarization Mode Dispersion and Learning-throughput Tradeoff Dongming Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Caili Guo (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiaolin Lin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Rong Qiao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 262-266

Spectrum Survey for TV Band in Beijing Kai Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jia Min (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xianghui Han (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiao Yan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yan Duan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Long Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, P.R. China); Zhiyong Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 267-271

A Service Framework for Emerging Markets Manzoor Ahmed Khan (TU Berlin, Germany) pp. 272-276

From Asia to Europe: Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction Between Continents Sevgi Kaya (ETH Zurich, Switzerland); Necati Kilic (Bahcesehir University, Turkey); Taskin Kocak (Bahcesehir University, Turkey); Vehbi Cagri Gungor (Bahcesehir University, Turkey) pp. 277-282

Session 12: Mobility

Chair: Francisco A. Monteiro (Instituto de Telecomunicações / ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal) An IoT-based Middleware for Mobility Management in Post-Emergency Networks Nusrat Ahmed Surobhi (University of Sydney, Australia); Abbas Jamalipour (University of Sydney, Australia) pp. 283-287

Concurrent Mobility Load Balancing in LTE Self-Organized Networks Chungang Yang (Xidian University, P.R. China) pp. 288-292

A Compression Method for LTE-A Signals Transported in Radio Access Networks Yuwei Ren (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications & China Academic of Telecommunication & Technology, P.R. China); Yingmin Wang (CATT, P.R. China); Guixian Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Qing Huang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 293-297

Verification of DNSsec Delegation Signatures Florian Kammueller (Middlesex University London, United Kingdom) pp. 298-302

Improving the Capacity of Future IEEE 802.11 High Efficiency WLANs Imad Jamil (Orange, France); Laurent Cariou (Orange Labs, France); Jean-François Hélard (IETR, France) pp. 303-307

Session 13: Green Communications and Power Control

Chair: Luis Bernardo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

Design and Evaluation of Multi-Band RF Energy Harvesting Circuits and Antennas for WSNs Luís M. Borges (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Norberto Barroca (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Henrique M. Saraiva (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Jorge Tavares (Instituto de Telecomunicações & DEM – Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Paulo Gouveia (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Fernando J. Velez (University of Beira Interior & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Caroline Loss (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Luisa Salvado (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal); Pedro Pinho (IT - Instituto de Telecomunicações & ISEL - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal); Ricardo Gonçalves (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Nuno Borges Carvalho (University of Aveiro/ IT Aveiro, Portugal); Raúl Chávez-Santiago (Oslo University Hospital, Norway); Ilangko Balasingham (Norwegian University of Science & Technology & Oslo University Hospital, Norway) pp. 308-312

QoS-Aware Energy-Efficient Power Control in Two-Tier Femtocell Networks Based on Q- Learning Zhicai Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiangming Wen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zheng fu Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Shenghua He (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Wenpeng Jing (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jun Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 313-317

Price-Based Power Control with Statistical Delay QoS Guarantee in Two-tier Femtocell Networks Shenghua He (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Ling Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiangming Wen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhicai Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhaoming Lu (BUPT, P.R. China); Yong Sun (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 318-322

A Downlink Power Control Heuristic Algorithm for LTE Networks Mohamad Yassin (Universite Saint-Joseph & IRISA - Universite de Rennes 1, France); Samer Lahoud (IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France); Marc Ibrahim (Saint Joseph University & Saint Joseph University - ESIB, Lebanon); Kinda Khawam (Université de Versailles, France) pp. 323-327 SC-FDE Femtocell Energy Saving Using IB-DFE Interference Cancellation Techniques Bruno Branco (FCT-UNL, Portugal); Francisco Ganhão (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Luis Irio (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Luis Bernardo (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rui Dinis (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Rodolfo Oliveira (Nova , Portugal); Pedro Amaral (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Paulo F Pinto (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) pp. 328-332

Dynamic Sleeping Algorithm of Base Station Based on Spatial Features Hui Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Hongyan Cui (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Jian-ya Chen (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 333-337

Session 14: Antennas and Propagation

Chair: Marco Ribeiro (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

Reconfigurable Gap-Coupled Back-to-Back Truncated Rhombus-like Slotted Patch Antenna with Steerable Beams Suzilawati Muhamud-Kayat (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Mohd Tarmizi Ali (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (Universiti Teknologi MARA & Microwave Technology Centre, Malaysia); Mohd Hazri Mohd Rusli (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia) pp. 338-342

Effect of Inter-Cell Inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Interference on the Performance of Multi-RAT Cellular Systems Ahmed Alsohaily (University of Toronto, Canada); Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada) pp. 343-347

A Two-Dimensional Integrated Channel Model for Train-Ground Communications Min Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Muqing Wu (BUPT, P.R. China); Qian Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 348-352

Measurement-Based Tapped-Delay-Line (TDL) Models for Wireless Channels Under High Speed Railway Scenarios At 2.6 GHz Wang Qian (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chunxiu Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Min Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Zhang Siyu (Beijing University of Post and Teleommunication, P.R. China) pp. 353-357

A Monopole Fluorescent Tube Antenna with Wi-Fi Router Hanisah Mohd Zali (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Mohd Tarmizi Ali (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Idnin Pasya (University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Norsuzila Ya'acob (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia); Nur Aina Halili (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Hajar Ja'afar (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia); Ahmad Azlan Ab Aziz (Universiti Teknologi Mara & UiTM, Malaysia) pp. 358-362

Session 15: Performance Evaluation

Chair: Bosco Eduardo Fernandes (COMCON, Germany)

Performance of Macro-Scale Molecular Communications with Sensor Cleanse Time Siyi Wang (University of South Australia, Australia); Weisi Guo (University of Warwick & New York University, United Kingdom); Song Qiu (University of Warwick, United Kingdom); Mark D McDonnell (University of South Australia, Australia) pp. 363-368 Symbol Error Rate Comparisons of Star MQAM Schemes Based on Equal Cubic Metric Lu Yu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Tiankui Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Chunyan Feng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yao Lu (China Unicom, P.R. China); Xiao Han (China Unicom, P.R. China) pp. 369-373

Reduced-Complexity Iterative Decoder for Wavelet-Coded Systems in Flat Fading Channels Luiz Gonzaga de Q. Silveira Junior (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) pp. 374-378

Enhanced Inter-cell Carrier Aggregation with Spread Spectrum Technique for Next Generation Mobile Systems Genta Yoshizaki (Mie University, Japan); Kazuo Mori (Mie University, Japan); Katsuhiro Naito (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan); Hideo Kobayashi (Mie University, Japan) pp. 379-383

Performance of Generalized TCH Codes for Rayleigh Channels Alexandre P Almeida (Instituto de Telecomunicações & ISCTE-IUL, Portugal); Pedro Sebastião (ISCTE, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Eduardo Cercas (ISCTE-IUL / IT-IUL, Portugal) pp. 384-389

Equalization in Hard Disk Drive Read Channels Nuno M Garrido (ISCTE-IUL & IT-IUL, Portugal); Francisco Cercas (ISCTE-IUL & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal) pp. 390-394

Session 16: Multimedia Systems

Chair: Carlos Costa (Lisbon University Institute, Portugal)

Hybrid Digital-Analog Video Transmission Based on H.264/AVC and ParCast in MIMO-OFDM WLANs Nianfei Fan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yu Liu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 395-399

SVC-DASH-M: Scalable Video Coding Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP Using Multiple Connections Samar Ali (, Egypt); Ahmed H. Zahran (Cairo University, Egypt); Mahmoud H. Ismail (Cairo University, Egypt) pp. 400-404

On Adaptive Live Streaming in Mobile Cloud Computing Environments with D2D Cooperation Geng Xi (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Xiaoyi Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Kaiming Qu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 405-409

Mobile Cloud Networking: Virtualisation of Cellular Networks Georgios Karagiannis (University of Twente/DACS Group, The Netherlands); Almerima Jamakovic (UniBE, Switzerland); Andy Edmonds (Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Switzerland); Carlos Parada (Portugal Telecom Inovação, Portugal); Thijs Metsch (Intel, Ireland); Dominique Pichon (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, France); Marius Corici (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Simone Ruffino (Telecom Italia - TILAB, Italy); Andre Gomes (University of Bern, Switzerland); Paolo Secondo Crosta (Italtel, Italy); Thomas Michael Bohnert (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) pp. 410-415

Optimizing the Embedding of Cloud Network Virtual Infrastructures João Soares (Portugal Telecom Inovação e Sistemas, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) pp. 416-420 Session 17: Communications Protocols

Chair: Rui J. Lopes (ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute & Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT-IUL), Portugal)

Nothing Can Compare with a Population, Besides Agents Yann Busnel (University of Nantes & LINA, France) pp. 421-425

Lifetime-based Greedy Caching Approach for Content-centric Networking Qian Hu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Muqing Wu (BUPT, P.R. China); Wang Dongyang (BUPT, P.R. China); Song Guo (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 426-430

A Comparison of ISP and MNO Interconnection Models Görkem Çakmak (Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland); Henna Suomi (Aalto University, Finland) pp. 431-436

Channel Quality Based Routing Protocol (CQBR) and Realization on MANET Platform Fan Guo (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, P.R. China); Muqing Wu (BUPT, P.R. China) pp. 437-441

Empirical Investigation on the Dependence of TCP Upstream Throughput on SNR in an IEEE802.11b WLAN System Ikponmwosa Oghogho (Landmark University Omuaran & University of Benin, Nigeria); Frederick Edeko (University Of Benin, Nigeria); Joy Emagbetere (University of Benin, Nigeria); Victor Matthews (Covenant University, Nigeria) pp. 442-446

Session 18: Services and Applications

Chair: Paulo Lobato Correia (Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade Tecnica Lisboa & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal)

A Voluntary-Based Real-Time Incentive Scheme for Smart Grid Demand Management Ying Bi (University of Sydney, Australia); Abbas Jamalipour (University of Sydney, Australia) pp. 447-451

Exploring Mobile Data on Smartphones From Collection to Analysis Bin Xiang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Konglin Zhu (University of Goettingen, Germany); Xiaoyi Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Yanlong Yin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Lin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China) pp. 452-456

Smartphone-Based Palmprint Recognition System Nuno Moço (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Paulo Lobato Correia (Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade Tecnica Lisboa & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal); Luis Ducla Soares (I.S.C.T.E. / I.T. - Lisbon, Portugal) pp. 457-461

Mobile Forensics: A Smartphone-Based Activity Logger Nuno Moço (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Paulo Lobato Correia (Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade Tecnica Lisboa & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal) pp. 462-466

Spam Trapping System: Novel Security Framework to Fight Against Spam Botnets Abdelouahid Derhab (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Abdelghani Bouras (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Fahad Bin Muhaya (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Muhammad Khurram Khan (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia); Yang Xiang (Deakin University, Australia) pp. 467-471