IP–BASED NETWORKS AND SERVICES

Tuesday, October 09 - Split, 15.15-16.15 (BRAC)

Chair: Julije Ožegović, University of Split, Croatia

A Generic MPLS VPN Mechanism for Public Internet Backbone Network
Haeryong Lee, Jeongyeon Hwang, Byungryong Kang, Kyungpyo Jun, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea

Directions in IP Router Architecture Design And its Validation
Seong-Soon Joo, Young-Sik Chung, Electronics Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea; Qutaiba Razouqi, Kuwait University, Kuwait; Sumit Ghosh, Arizona State University, USA

Minimum State Mechanism – A Solution For RSVP Killer Reservations
Damir Dlaka, Croatian Telecom, Croatia; Nikola Rožić, Dinko Begušić, University of Split, Split

Voice Switching Architecture
Julije Ožegović, University of Split, Croatia

  

SPECIAL SESSION ON DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE BEGINNING OF NEW MILLENNIUM

Tuesday, October 09 - Split, 16.30-18.30 (BRAC)

Session Organizer: Zoran Skočir, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Chair: Zoran Skočir

Integrating XML Sources Into a Data Warehouse Environment
Matteo Golfarelli, Stefano Rizzi, University of Bologna, Italy; Boris Vrdoljak, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Database Performance Evaluation for Service Triggered by Call Application
Branko Mileusnić, Sebastijan Mrkus, Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

E-Commerce Solutions with Oracle e-Database
Ivan Matasić, Ivan Magdalenić, Hrvoje Šimić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Database Server Performance Modeling
Ilonka Duka, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

Some Considerations in Design and Implementation of a Data Warehouse based on a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
Dražen Oreščanin, Agrokor d.d., Croatia

Content Management within Mobile Internet Portal Platform
Mihaela Žic, Vladimir Ivković, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

UML Model Development for Distribution Network of Croatian Electrical Power Company
Linda Viđak, Sven Gotovac, University of Split, Croatia

Implementation of the Program Solution
Mirsad Medic, DigiNET d.o.o., Bosnia and Hercegovina

Database Query Distribution over Intelligent Networks
Naphtali Rishe, Florida International University, USA; Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; Scott Graham, Wei Sun, Florida International University, USA

  

SPECIAL SESSION ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tuesday, October 09 - Split, 15.15-16.15 (HVAR)

Session Organizer: Stanislav Vučica, Pulsar, Croatia
Chair: Domagoj Vučica, Pulsar, Croatia

Towards A Telecom CORBA Component Container
Nawel Sabri, Institut National de Recherhe en Informatique et Automatique, France

Applying Message Sequence Charts in Telecommunication Software Development
Mario Ivček, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

Mobile Agents Managing Mobile Networks
Nives Sandri, Siemens d.d., Croatia; Marijan Kunštić, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Roberto Sandri, LURA d.d, Croatia

Exploring Various Aspects of Mobility: A Review of Research Activities in the Mobility Lab
Gordan Ježić, Maja Matijašević, Mario Kušek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 

MULTIMEDIA AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 09.00-10.30 (BRAC)

Chair: Maja Matijašević, University of Zagreb, Croatia

A Flexible Design Solution for Replication in Collaborative Virtual Environments
Miguel Antunes, António Rito Silva, Jorge Martins, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Mobile Multimedia Portal - Role in UMTS Services
Daniel Šimić, Ivan Skuliber, Mario Štefanec, Ivan Benc, Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

Integrating a Real-Time Admission Control into CORBA Audio/Video Stream Architecture
Laurent George, University of Paris, France; Serge Midonnet, ESIGETEL, France

Revised PCBR Transmission of Pre-Recorded MPEG–2 Transport Stream
Hong Fei, Wu Zhimei, China Academy of Sciences, China

A Wipe Transition Detection Method Using Spatio-Temporal Distribution of MPEG Macroblock Coding Types
Liu Yang, Wang Jun, Wu Zhimei, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

End-to-End Video Delivery: Bandwidth Reduction of a Backbone WAN
Aljoša Pavelin, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

 

  QUALITY OF SERVICES 

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 11.00-12.30 (BRAC)

Chair: Chair: Jüergen Haag, Deutche Telekom AG, Germany

A Prototype of Supporting QoS using DMIF
Weiming Cheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Modeling of Agent-Based QoS Management Layer
Krunoslav Tržec, Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

Architecture and Performance Evaluation for Redundant Multicast Transmission Supporting Adaptive QoS
A. Gkamas, Ch. Bouras, An. Karaliotas, K. Stamos, University of Patras, Greece

Performance Evaluation of an Open Control Testbed
Markosz Maliosz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; Torbjörn Lundberg, Norbert Végh, Telia Research AB, Sweden

SPJBQ : Start Potential-based Jitter Bounded Queueing
Zhiqiang Shi, Jin Liang, Zhimei Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

SPECIAL SESSION ON COMPONENT - BASED ACTIVE SIMULATION NETWORKS 

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 15.15-16.45 (BRAC)

Session organizer: Drissa Houatra, France Telecom R&D, France
Chair: Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

A Control Architecture for Active Networks
Dany Zebiane, Ecole Nationale Supérieur du Télécommunication, France; Rima Kilany, Ecole Supérieure des ingénieurs de Beyrouth, Lebanon; Michel Riguidel, Ahmed Serhrouchni, Ecole Nationale Supérieur du Télécommunication, France

A New Framework for Enhanced Application Service Providing
Andrea Böer, Jürgen Jost, Technische Universität München, Germany

Researches on Infrastructure Framework and Key Technologies of Problem Solving Environment for Virtual Organization in the Housing Industry
Jungang Xu, Xiaoqiang Yi, Hongan Wang, Guozhong Dai, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mobile Agent System Facilities
Martin Šimek, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

Package Routing in Multi-agent System Using MATISSE Simulator
Robert Kostelac, Vlado Pribolšan, Croatian Academic and Research Network, Croatia

 

 TELECOMMUNICATION LANGUAGES AND OBJECT COMPONENTS

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 17.00-18.15 (BRAC)

Chair: Gottfried W. R. Luderer, Arizona State University, USA

UML Supported Software Design
Darko Gvozdanović, Saša Dešić, Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

Application for Flexible Static Network Configuration
Mihaela Sokić, Zoran Skočir, Vedran Kesegić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Performance Monitoring of JAVA Component-oriented Distributed Applications
Adrian Mos, John Murphy, Dublin City University, Ireland

Quality Management for Mobile Communication Software
Vedran Gornik, Bernard Kaurić, Mario Musa, SIEMENS d.d., Croatia

Automatic Code Generation For The TMS320C30 DSP Using Simulink
Kiriaki Konstantinidou, Apostolos Traganitis, University of Crete, Greece

 

TEACHING AND VIRTUAL SYSTEMS

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 17.00-18.15 (HVAR)

Chair: Matjaž Debevc, University of Maribor, Slovenia

A Protocol Management for Real-Time Applications: A Tele-teaching case study
Abdelhafid Abouaissa, University of Haute-Alsace, France; Abderrahim Benslimane, Fabrice Sibille, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard, France

A Platform for Sharing Educational Virtual Environments
Ch. Bouras, University of Patras & Computer Technology Institute, Greece; D. Psaltoulis, Ch. Psaroudis, University of Patras, Greece; Th. Tsiatsos, University of Patras & Computer Technology Institute, Greece

A Bandwidth Adaptive Transcoding Engine In EAGIS With Quality of Service
Tae-Man Han, You-Hyeon Jeong, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Mobile Student Information System
Z.Torba, S.Gotovac, University of Split, Croatia

Hypermedia Lecture-Room: New Teaching Environment
Matjaž Debevc, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Samra Mujačić, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 15.15-16.45 (BRAC)

Chair: R. Ackermann, Darmstadt University of Technology; Germany

Prototyping a PDA Based Communication Appliance
R. Ackermann, M. Görtz, M. Karsten, Darmstadt University of Technology; Germany; R. Steinmetz, Darmstadt University of Technology & Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Publication and Information Systems, Germany

A Scalable Load-Sharing Architecture for Distributed Applications
Mohamed-Vall M. Salem, Université de Montréal, Canada; Johnny W. Wong, University of Waterloo, Canada; Gregor V. Bochmann, University of Ottawa, Canada

Edge-to-Edge Resource Provisioning and Admission Control in Diffserv Networks
Haci A. Mantar, Junseak Hwang, Ibrahim T. Okumus, Steve J. Chapin, Syracuse University, USA

Design and Performance Evaluation of a DiffServ-Capable Router
Bin Pang, Wen Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Questions and Possible Answers about Ontologies Concerning Intelligent Agents
Maja Štula, Darko Stipaničev, Mirjana Bonković, University of Split, Croatia

Admission Control in Video Distribution Systems Exploiting Correlation Among Streams
Pietro Camarda, Domenico Striccoli, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

 

 SIGNAL PROCESSING AND RECOGNITION

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona, 11.00-12.30 (VIS)

Chair: Hrvoje Dujmić, University of Split, Croatia

A New Methodology for the Automatic Recognition of Musical Compositions
C. Papaodysseus, G. Roussopoulos, D. Fragoulis, Th. Panagopoulos, C. Alexiou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Linguistic K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm
Slobodan Ribarić, Jasna Drozdek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Automatic Pronunciation Scoring Using HMM-based Speech Recognizer
Mladen Russo, Nikola Rožić, Hrvoje Dujmić, University of Split, Croatia

Medical Imaging Quality Assessment As Part Of The PACS And HIS
Igor Vujović, Ivica Kuzmanić, University of Split, Croatia; Mirjana Vujović, Occupational Health Private Practice, Croatia

Classification of Traffic Objects from Digital Image Obtained by Airborne Remote Sensing
Biljana Vidušić, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Milan Bajić, Scientific Council – Croatian Mine Action Centre, Croatia; Hrvoje Gold, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Location and Distribution Problem Data Acquisition
Jadranka Marasović, Maja Božanić, Nataša Karlović, University of Split, Croatia

  

SPECIAL SESSION ON EMC IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (I)

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 09.00-10.30 (BRAC)

Session Organizer: Vesna Roje, University of Split, Croatia
Chair: Vesna Roje

New Telecommunication Technologies, new EMC Problems (invited paper)
Michel Ianoz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Lightning Model Revisited (invited paper)
Francesco Lattarulo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

The Finite Element Method Transient Model of Grounding Electrodes Including Corona Effect
R. Lucić, M Kurtović, University of Split, Croatia; I. Jelćić, EPHZHB, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lightning Transient Response of GSM Base Station Earthing Grid
Slavko Vujević, Rino Lucić, University of Split, Croatia; Dražan Kolar, VIP-NET GSM d.o.o., Croatia

 

 SPECIAL SESSION ON EMC IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (II)

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 11.00-12.30 (BRAC)

Session Organizer: Vesna Roje, University of Split, Croatia
Chair: Vesna Roje

Time Domain Modeling of Nonlinearly Loaded Overhead Wires (invited paper)
Dragan Poljak, University of Split, Croatia;

Time Domain Modeling of the Lightning Channel and Related Effects to Telecommunication Lines
Dragan Poljak, Vesna Roje, University of Split, Croatia; Franco Lattarulo, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy; Joško Petric, Igor Gizdić, University of Split, Croatia

Modeling of Wire Antenna Arrays in the Frequency and Time Domain
D.Poljak, University of Split, Croatia; L.Nagy, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary; V.Dorić, University of Split, Croatia; C.Y.Tham, Cavendish Laboratory, UK; V.Roje, University of Split, Croatia;

A Nondestructive Method for Measuring the Dielectric Permittivity of Lossy Media
Siniša Škokic, Zvonimir Šipuš, Katarina Blagovic, Juraj Bartolic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Transmitting Antenna Array with Electronically Controlled Radiation Pattern
Gordan Šišul, Borivoj Modlic, Antonio Šarolić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Two-dimensional Switched-Beam Smart Antennas for Stratospheric Platform Cellular Communications
Mohiy Hadhood, Moawad Dessouky, Mostafa Nofal, Yasser Albagory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Menouf, Egypt

UGTD Simulation for 900MHz Single-Floor Path Loss Measurements
Ivan Marinović, Igor Zanchi, Zoran Blažević, University of Split, Croatia

 

 HIGH SPEED PROTOCOLS AND NETWORKS

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 17.00-18.00 (BRAC)

Chair: Hiroshi Masuyama, Tottori University, Japan

All-to-All Personalized Communication in Hypercubes with Link Faults
Takao Kawamura, Hiroshi Masuyama, Etsuko Masuyama, Tottori University, Japan

A Fault-Tolerant Banyan Network Algorithm for All-to-All Personalized Communication
Hiroshi Masuyama, Masashi Yaku, Tottori University, Japan

Bandwidth Space Allocation Algorithm in ATM Networks
V. Besliu, H. Abu Zaid, Moldova Tech University, Moldova; M. Al-Amaireh, Petra University, Jordan

Broadband Access: The Choice Between Existing Solutions
Martina Rotschild, Ida Srdić, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

 

 SPECIAL SESSION ON FUTURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (I)

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 09.00-10.30 (HVAR)

Session Organizer: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy
Chair: Mario De Blasi

Backup Source Routing in Wireless Ad hoc Networks
Song Guo, Oliver W. Yang, University of Ottawa, Canada

Network Mobility Support for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Qian Wang, Motorola GTSS Advanced Technology, USA

Using a VHF Wireless Network to Connect Regional Communities to the Internet
Gerard Borg, Kris Modrak, Megan Jolly, Jeffrey Harris, Hunter Harris, John McInerney, Australian National University, Australia

Dynamical System Approach Analysis of MPEG-4 Video Traffic
Vasilis Friderikos, A. H. Aghvami, University of London, UK

Campus Mobil: Mobile Services for Campus and Student needs
Gerrit Kalkbrenner, Francuski Nebojsa, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

 

 SPECIAL SESSION ON FUTURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (II)

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 11.00-12.30 (HVAR)

Session Organizer: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy
Chair: G. Tomasicchio, Alenia Spazio, Italy

On the Planning of Multiservices GEO Satellite-Terrestrial Hybrid Networks
Fethi Filali, Walid Dabbous, I.N.R.I.A., France; Farouk Kamoun, E.N.S.I. Campus Universitaire de Manouba, Tunisia

An Adaptive Resource Assignment Architecture for the EuroSkyWay system using a Neural Network Burstiness Predictor
G. Tomasicchio, A. Gentile, Alenia Spazio, Italy; P. Camarda, M. Castellano, G. Piscitelli, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Throughput of TCP using a Data Link ARQ Protocol over a Mobile Satellite Channel
L. Casone, G. Ciccarese, M. De Blasi, L. Patrono, University of Lecce, Innovative Materials and Technologies-ISUFI of Lecce and STMicroelectronics (Italy).

'Telematic University': An Experiment of Quality Distance-Learning
Antonio Campa, Antonio Mongelli, Francesco Tommasi, University of Lecce, Italy; Fabio De Riccardis, Clio Srl, Italy

An RTP/RSVP Transmission Scheme for QoS Guaranteed Distributed Speech Recognition Applications
Xiaogang Zhu, Hongwen Zhu, Mengtian Rong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Design of a Satellite Access Manager Router (SAM-R) for the SkyplexNet Architecture
Franco Tommasi, University of Lecce, Italy; Simone Molendini, ISUFI, Innovative Materials and Technologies Area, Italy

 

 NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 15.15-16.45 (HVAR)

Chair: Vjekoslav Sinković, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Network Management Using Active Networks
Antonio Canales Rivas, Amelia Platt, De Montfort University, UK

Integrated Architecture of GPRS Network Management System
LI Yewen, XU Qianfang, QI Feng, Meng Luoming, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

An Approach of Optimizing Computer Networks Using Soft Computing Techniques
S. Al-sharhan, F. Karray, W. Gueaieb, University of Waterloo, Canada

Distributed Operation and Management of the Home Automation Network
Chi-Chun Lo, Yu-Tso Chen, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, ROC

The Impact of Traffic Structure on Allowable Maximum Load and Optimal Loss Threshold Position
Milutin Kapov, Marija Vrdoljak, University of Split, Croatia

 

 INFORMATION SECURITY

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 17.00-18.00 (HVAR)

Chair: Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

Telecommunications and Medicine – Framework for Secure Electronic Health Records Management
Miroslav Končar, Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

A New Approach to Signature Verification: Digital Data Acquisition Pen
Ondřej Rohlík, Pavel Mautner, Václav Matoušek, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic; Jürgen Kempf, University of Technology Regensburg, Germany

EURO-CITI Security Manager: A Kernel for on-line Transaction Services in the e-government Domain
G.Priggouris, M.Spanoudakis, A.Ioannidis, C.Eliopoulou, S.Hadjiefthymiades, L.Merakos, University of Athens, Greece

Robustness Studies for a Novel Digital Image Watermarking Technique Based upon Adaptive Segmentation and Space-Frequency Representation
Neelu Sinha, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA

 

 SPECIAL SESSION ON MIND BRAIN NETWORKS

Thursday, October 11 - Bari, 15.15-16.45 (VIS)

Session Organizer: Branko Soucek, IRIS, Italy
Chair: Branko Soucek

Quantum Mind Networks (invited paper)
Branko Soucek, IRIS, Italy

Universal Brain
Branko Soucek, IRIS, Italy

Positive Operation Valued Measurement Based Multi-User Detection in DS-CDMA Systems
Sándor Imre, Ferenc Balázs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

SAMIR: An Agent to Personalize User Interactions
F. Zambetta, Università di Bari, Italy; A. Paradiso, GMD-IPSI, Germany; F. Abbattista, G. Semeraro, Università di Bari, Italy

 

 INTERNET ENVIRONMENT AND SERVICES

Friday, October 12 - Dubrovnik, 09.00-10.30 (BRAC)

Chair: Heinrich Gebehenne, T-System T-Nova, Germany

IPv6 Unicast Protocol for Small Group Communication
Mouhamadou Lamine Diagne, Thomas Noel, LSIIT - Pôle API, France

A Proxy Home Router for Routing Performance Improvement in Mobile IP Environment
Youngsik Ma, Kyuho Han, Donghyun Chae, Jiyoung Lee, YeonJoong Kim, Sunshin An, Korea University, Korea

Scaling the Network Connectivity: Deploying MPLS-based Traffic Engineering for Performance Enhancement in High Speed Backbones
Francesco Palmieri, Università Federico II - Napoli, Italy

Application Service Providing
Tamara Žuvela, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

Database Integration over Hybrid Networks
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; Naphtali Rishe, Scott Graham, Wei Sun, Florida International University, USA

Use of Multi Protocol Label Switching in Deutsche Telekom´s IP-Network
Heinrich Gebehenne, T-System Nova, Germany; Thomas Beckhaus, T-Networks, Gremany

 

 COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMEDICINE

Friday, October 12 - Dubrovnik, 11.00-12.30 (BRAC)

Chair: Branka Zovko-Cihlar, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Approximating the Solution of the Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography in the Axisymmetric Case
C. Alexiou, C. Papaodysseus, S. Nikolakeas, Ch. Michael, N. Uzunoglu, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Dislocated Measurements of Human Gait and Central Data Processing
Zoran Blažević, Mojmil Cecić, Tamara Grujić, Vladan Papić, Aljoša Pavelin, Igor Zanchi, Vlasta Zanchi, University of Split, Croatia

Our Tele-3D C-FESS Remote Surgical Procedures: Real Time Transfer of Live Video Image in Parallel with Volume Rendered Models of Surgical Field 
Ivica Klapan^1,2,4,5, Ljubimko Šimičić^3,4,5, Ranko Rišav^1,2,4,5, Saša Janjanin^1,4,5, Vlado Sruk^4,3, Ferdinand Pogačnik^4,6, Karlo Pasarić⁶, ¹Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia, ²Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center, Croatia, ³University of Zagreb, Croatia, ⁴Croatian Society for Telemedicine, Croatia, ⁵Croatian Ministry of Health, Croatia, ⁶Croatian Telecom, Croatia

DoctorDigest: A System for Classification of Medical Internet Resources and Reviews 
Tajana Lucic, Naphtali D. Rishe, Oksana Dyganova, Andriy Selivonenko, Florida International University, USA; Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

 

MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES

Friday, October 12 - Dubrovnik, 09.00-10.30 (HVAR)

Chair: Gorazd Kandus, Institute Jozef Stefan, Slovenia

Implementing a WAP Service Using Mobile Agents
Krešimir Mlinarić, Danko Vilendečić, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Application of PRMA Access Technique to Cordless Telephony DECT Systems
Jakub Lazowy, University of Technology and Agriculture, Poland; Piotr Tyczka, Poznan University of Technology, Poland; Witold Holubowicz, University of Technology and Agriculture, Poland

Performance Improvements of Handover Scheme in Mobile-IP Protocol for Mobile Computing
Seong-Soo Park, SK Telecom, Korea; DongHo Cho, KAIST, Korea

Improvement of Quality of Service by Optimal Satellite Link Expansion
Srećko Krile, Polytechnic of Dubrovnik, Croatia; Mladen Kos, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Security Goals for Service Discovery in Ad-Hoc Environments
Matthias Hollick, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Publication and Information Systems, Germany; Ralf Steinmetz, Darmstadt Technical University, Germany

Bluetooth Information Network
Damjan Oseli, Nikolaj Zimic, Miha Mraz, Iztok Lapanja, Iztok Lebar Bajec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Milenko Alcin, Hermes-SoftLab, Slovenia

 

 SPECIAL SESSION ON WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

Friday, October 12 - Dubrovnik, 11.00-12.30 (HVAR)

Session Organizer: Krzysztof Wesolowski, University of Poznan, Poland
Chair: Krzysztof Wesolowski

Overview of WLAN Standards (invited paper)
Krzysztof Wesolowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Impact of Multiple Transmit and Receive Antennas on System Capacity of WLAN in Rician Flat Fading Propagation Environment
Arnauld A.G. Taffin, Nortel Networks, France

Timing Acquisition Methods for WLAN OFDM Performance and Comparisons
Sandrine Boumard, Aarne Mämmelä, VTT Electronics, Finland

A WWW System for Wireless Networks: Design, Implementation and Performance Assessment
M. Spanoudakis, S. Hadjiefthymiades, L. Merakos, University of Athens, Greece

An Intelligent Network Architecture for a Wireless ATM Multimedia Network
Mostafa Nofal, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Egypt.

Handover Support in Ring Based IP Micro Mobility Networks
Máté Szalay, Sándor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

 

WORKSHOP ON CHANNEL CODING TECHNIQUES

Wednesday, October 10 - Ancona 09.00-16.45 (HVAR)

Workshop Organizer: Roberto Garello, Università di Ancona, Italy
Chair: Roberto Garello

Spectral Trimming of Turbo Codes via Trace-bit Injection and Selective Puncturing
Fred Daneshgaran, California State University, USA; Marina Mondin, Paolo Mulassano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

On Pilot-Symbol-Assisted Iterative Detection for Channels with Carrier-Phase Uncertainty
Gianluigi Ferrari, University of Parma, Italy; Achilleas Anastasopoulos, University of Michigan, USA; Giulio Colavolpe, Riccardo Raheli, University of Parma, Italy

Some Results on Delay Constrained Interleavers for Turbo Codes
Giovanni Garbo, Stefano Mangione, Università di Palermo, Italy

Design and Analysis of Concatenated Schemes for Applications Requiring Very Low Error Rates
Gian Paolo Calzolari, European Space Agency, Germany; Franco Chiaraluce, Roberto Garello, Università di Ancona, Italy

Efficient Channel Coding Schemes for Transmission of High Data Rate Digital Satellite TV Signal
F. Osnato, F. Scalise, M. Siti, S. Valle, Advanced System Technologies - STMicroelectronics Srl, Italy; M. Ferrari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Decoding of the Shortened (15,10) Hamming Code
Joško Radić, Nikola Rožić, Dinko Begušić, University of Split, Croatia

Some Implementation Issues and Error Floor Analysis for High-Rate Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Marco Chiani, University of Bologna, Italy; Alessandro Ventura, Siemens ICN, Italy

Feedback Concatenation of Convolutional Codes
Giovanni Cancellieri, University of Ancona, Italy; Francesca Vatta, University of Trieste, Italy

Error Correcting Codes for Fiber Optic Transmission
Silvio Cucchi, A. Lometti, C. Costantini, Alcatel, Italy

Multiprocessor Implementation of an Iterative Turbo Decoder and Concatenation with an Outer Block Code
Alberto Perotti, Guido Montorsi, Sergio Benedetto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

From the UMTS System to the Next Generation Broadband Wireless Systems: The Impacts of the Requested Quality of Service on the Future Channel Coding Methods
William Tomaselli, Telecom Italia Lab, Italy

Performance of rate-compatible punctured turbo (RCPT) codes in hybrid FEC/ARQ systems
Fulvio Babich, Università di Trieste, Italy; Guido Montorsi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Francesca Vatta, Università di Trieste, Italy

 

WORKSHOP ON SELECTED TOPICS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tuesday, October 09 - Split, 16.30-18.30 (HVAR)

 Chair: Marija Vrdoljak, University of Split, Croatia

Vulnerability and Remedial Modelling of Telecommunication System During Emergencies (invited paper)
Nenad Mladineo, Snježana Knezić, University of Split, Croatia; Juraj Buzolić, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

New Approach To Learning Basic AC Electric Circuits Based On The Internet And Multimedia
Igor Vujović, Ivica Kuzmanić, Maja Krčum, University of Split, Croatia

Database Reverse Engineering In Croatian Telecom
Kristina Musa, Nikolina Jandrić, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

Intelligent Contact Center and Databases as Support of Quality of Services Improvement
Toni Marić, Anto Ivić, Ana Zeljko, Ankica Sulić, HPT d.o.o. Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Customers, Privacy & Internet
Miho Pitarevic, Zagrebacka banka, Croatia

Usporedba DECT, WLAN, ...
Jerko Bačić, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

SyncML Data Synchronization Protocol in Mobile Computing Environment
Byung-Yun Lee, Tae-Wan Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea; Hoon Choi, Chungnam National University, Korea

 

WORKSHOP ON SELECTED TOPICS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (II)
Bluetooth Technologies and Services

Session Organizer: Darko Huljenić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia
Chair: Darko Huljenić

Bluetooth: A New Wireless Standard
Ante Restović, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia; Nikola Rožić, University of Split, Croatia

Bluetooth Profiles: A Way to Interoperability and Co-Existence of Bluetooth Devices
Danijela Oreb, Ante Restović, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

Bluetooth – Universal Radio Interface for Wireless Communication
Bojan Vondra, Goran Pleic, Siemens d.d., Croatia

Security: A Key to Bluetooth Success
Zoran Civadelić, Ivica Ćubić, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

Impact of Bluetooth Wireless Devices on Wireless LAN
Damir Vakante, Croatian Telecom, Croatia; Marija Vrdoljak, Dinko Begušić, University of Split, Croatia

Business Case Analysis of Implementing New Wireless Communication Services in a Marina
Ivo Stojan, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia Damir Dlaka, Juraj Buzolić, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

 

PRESENTATION OF THE BLUETOOTH COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
Ivo Stojan, Ante Restović, Zoran Civadelić, Danijela Oreb, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

·  Ericsson Professional Bluetooth Development kit (EBDK)
·  Bluetooth Educational Training Kit
·  Bluetooth Local Infotainment Point
·  Bluetooth Headset and phone Plug
·  Toshiba Bluetooth PC Card