.: Program 
Joint IST Workshop on Sensor Networks
&
Symposium on Trends in Communications

 
Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, 24 – 27 June 2006
 
 
Saturday June 24th
10:00 - 15:45 Registration
13:00 - 13:05 SympoTIC'06 Opening
13:05 - 13:40 Keynote
13:40 - 14:50 Algorithms for software platforms and DSP’s
14:50 - 15:40 Coding
16:00 - 17:00 Dinner
17:00 - 17:30 Transport to the Old City
17:30 - 18:30 Guided walk in the Old City
18:45 Opera

Sunday June 25th
  9:00 - 10:10 Protocols
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee / Registration
10:40 - 11:30 Sequences
11:30 - 12:00 Presentation of CRUISE Project
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch / Registration
13:30 Trip to the Devin
13:30 - 14:15 Transport to the Danube
14:30 - 16:00 Bratislava - Devin by ship
16:00 - 18:00 Visit of the Devin
18:00 Devin - Bratislava by ship

Monday June 26th
  9:00 - 10:10 Applications of neural networks and computational intelligence
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee
10:40 - 12:10 Channel estimation and modeling
12:10 - 13:10 Lunch
13:20 - 14:20 MC CDMA
14:20 - 15:20 Enhancement of mobile visual services and wireless solutions
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee
18:00 Social evening

Tuesday June 27th
  8:30 - 10:00 Tutorial part 1
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 Tutorial part 2
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Presentation of Selected IST Projects
14:00 - 14:30 SympoTIC'06 closing


Keynote
24. 6. (Saturday) Time: 13:05 - 13:40

The Sandbridge Sandblaster® SDR platform
J. Glossner, D. Iancu, M. Moudgill, M.J. Schulte, Sandbridge Technologies, Inc., USA

 
Algorithms for software platforms and DSP’s
24. 6. (Saturday) Time: 13:40 - 14:50

Chairperson: J. Takala

Improved Spectral Efficiency through Iterative Concatenated Convolutional Reed-Solomon Software Decoding
D. Iancu1, H. Ye1, J. Glossner1,2, M. J. Schulte3, S. Mamidi3, J. Takala4,
1 Sandbridge Technologies, Inc., USA
2 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
4 Tampere University of Technology, Finland


DSP Implementation of Cholesky Decomposition
P. Salmela1, A. Happonen2, T. Järvinen2, A. Burian2, J. Takala1
1 Tampere University of Technology, Finland
2 Nokia, Finland


Simplified Max-Log-MAP Decoder Structure
P. Salmela1, T. Järvinen2, J. Takala1
1 Tampere University of Technology, Finland
2 Nokia, Finland


High efficient two dimensional multi-level discrete wavelet transform algorithm for DM642 signal processor
A. Zlobin, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

 
Coding
24. 6. (Saturday) Time: 14:50 - 15:40

Chairperson: M. Rakus

Simple Iterative Decoding for Bit-Interleaved Coded Orthogonal Modulation
J. S. G. Panaro, INATEL, Brazil

Low Complexity BCM for Wireless Applications with Different Codeword Length
R. R. S. Junior, G. G. R. Gomes, INATEL, Brazil

Distributed Source Coding Using T-Direct Codes
R. S. R. Durai, IRISA/INRIA, France

 
Protocols
25. 6. (Sunday) Time: 9:00 - 10:10

Chairperson: A. H. Kemp

Frame Descriptor Tables for Minimized Signaling Overhead in Beyond 3G MAC Protocols
O. Klein, M. Einhaus, A. Federlin, E. Weiss, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

SIP for Wireless Positioning: System and Architecture
B.Peng, A.H.Kemp, G.Brodin, University of Leeds, UK

Bandwidth Optimization in SLA Negotiation Process
S. Krile1, D. Perakoviæ2,
1 University of Dubrovnik, Croatia,
2 University of Zagreb, Croatia


 
Sequences
25. 6. (Sunday) Time: 10:40 - 11:30

Chairperson: P. Farkas

Design of Modified UCHT Sequences
G. Cresp1,2, H. H. Dam3, H. J. Zepernick4,
1 Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute, Australia
2 The University of Western Australia, Australia
3 Curtin University of Technology, Australia
4 Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden


A High Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction in OFDM Systems by Ideal N/2-shift Aperiodic Auto-Correlation Property
P. Svac, O. Hrdlicka, Siemens Program and System Engineering, s.r.o., Slovakia

 
Presentation of CRUISE Project
25. 6. (Sunday) Time: 11:30 - 12:00

Chairperson: P. Farkas

Towards Creating Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Environments - the NoE CRUISE
Prof. Gabriele Kotsis (Technical Director in CRUISE), Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institut fur Telekooperation, Austria

 
Applications of Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence
26. 6. (Monday) Time: 9:00 - 10:10

Chairperson: I. Lokshina

Two-Dimensional Evaluation of the Queuing Network Equilibrium Based on Clustering and Self-Organizing Map
D. Radev1, I. Lokshina2, S. Radeva3,
1 University of Rousse, Bulgaria
2 Division of Economics and Business , SUNY Oneonta, USA
3 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria


An Integrated Security Framework for Assisting in the Defense of Computer Networks
C. Onwubiko, A. P. Lenaghan, L. Hebbes, Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston upon Thames, UK

Optimization of ANN applied to non-linear system identification based in UWB
P. Corral1, O. L. Júnior2, A. C. de C. Lima3,
1 Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche-Alicante, Spain
2 Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencia, Salvador, Brazil
3 Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil


 
Channel Estimation and Modeling
26. 6. (Monday) Time: 10:10 - 12:10

Chairperson: H. Bali

Joint Blind Channel Estimation and Interference Suppression for Single Carrier Systems
K. Amleh1, H. Li2,
1 Penn State University at Mont Alto, USA
2 Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA


Finite-alphabet and Decision-feedback based channel estimation for space-time coded OFDM systems
Z. Chen, T. Zhang, Z. Gong, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Modeling Dual Polarization Wireless Fading Channels using Quaternions
B. J. Wysocki, T. A. Wysocki, J. Seberry, University of Wollongong, Australia

Probability of Signal-to-Interference Ratio in Mobile Cellular Systems
E. Zentner1, S. Z. Pilinsky2,
1 University of Zagreb, Croatia
2 Polytechnics of Zagreb, Croatia


 
MC CDMA
26. 6. (Monday) Time: 13:20 - 14:20

Chairperson: H. J. Zepernick

MC-CDMA System with Double Spreading Codes for MAI Reduction in the Downlink Multi-Path Fading Channel
D. A. Nunes, D. A. Guimaraes, National Institute of Telecommunications - Inatel, Brazil

UWB Spatial Multiplexing by Multiple Antennas and RAKE Decorrelation
V. P. Tran, A. Sibille, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA), France

Performance Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Quasi Orthogonal Complete Complementary Codes in Fading Channels
M. Turcsany, P. Farkas, P. Duda, J. Kralovic, Slovak Technical University, Slovakia

Multicarrier Multiuser Modulation Performance in Severely Fading Channels
D. W. Matolak, I. Sen, W. Xiong, Ohio University, USA

 
Enhancement of Mobile Visual Services and Wireless Solutions
26. 6. (Monday) Time: 14:20 - 15:20

Chairperson: H. J. Zeperenick

Perceptual Evaluation of Motion JPEG2000 Quality over Wireless Channels
U. Engelke1, H. J. Zepernick1, T. M. Kusuma2,
1 Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
2 Gunadarma University, Indonesia


A Steganographic Method for the Secure Embedding of GIS Data Streams into Aerial Photography
L. Hebbes, F. Y. Janjua, D. Livingstone, J. Orwell, Kingston University, UK

Simple Telemetry System for Medical and Industry Data Transmission
M. Stork, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

 
Tutorial part 1 & 2
27. 6. (Tuesday) Time: 8:30 -12:00

Measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels for MIMO
E. Bonek, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

 
Presentation of Selected IST Projects
27. 6. (Tuesday) Time: 13:00 - 14:00

Chairperson: P. Farkas

Towards Creating Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Environments - the NoE CRUISE
G. Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

WINNER - Wireless World Initiative New Radio
M. Bublin1, I. Kambourov2,
1 Siemens AG, Austria