SoftCOM 2003

Technical program

SYM A1: Intelligent Networks

Session organizer: Gabor Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology of Economics, Hungary

Chair: Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3091 Knowledge-Based Generic Intelligent Network Model and Its Applications (Invited paper)

Gabor Nemeth, Budapest University ofTechnology of Economics, Hungary

3151 On Reducing Program Indeterminacy via Partitioning

Shean T. McMahon, Raphael R. Some, Isaac Scherson, University of California, USA

3118 Applications of a Context Ontology Language

Thomas Strang, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Korbinian Frank, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Germany

3224 Objects in the Semantic Web

Jakub Guttner, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

3109 Software Configurable Network Structures In WDM-based Metropolitan Resilient Packet Rings

Peter Szegedi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3182 Enhancing NGN with Run-time Managing Service Interactions

Jiuyun Xu, Fangchun Yang, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommuncations, China

SYM A2: Intelligent Networks

Chair: Gabor Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology of Economics, Hungary

3243 Intelligent Mobility Management in All-mobile Networks (Invited paper)

Vjekoslav Sinkovic, Ignac Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3117 Using Mobile Agents in Reconfigurable Radio Networks

Gyula Rabai, Sandor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3147 Network Discovery in Mobile Agent Based Network Management

Gergely Kontra, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3223 An Agent-based Approach for Detection of Security Vulnerabilities in Networked Systems

Rui Costa Cardoso, Mario Marques Freire, University of Beira Interior, Portugal

3150 Resilience Schemes for Optical Networks with Dynamic Configuration Capabilities

Zsolt Lakatos, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3173 Proxy-Based Wireless Network Security Architecture For Role Based Workflows

Qurban Memon, Karachi Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

SYM B1: Future Wireless Systems

Session organizer: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy

Chair: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy

3166 Authentication Protocols in 3G Wireless Networks

Gennaro Boggia, Pietro Camarda, Nicola de Cesare, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

3079 Usage of BICC and SIP protocol in IP Core Network

Lovre Hribar, Damir Buric, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3146 Optimising SIP Performances with a Profile Based Approach

Ahmed Meddahi, Gilles Vanwormhoudt, ENIC Telecom Lille 1, France; Hossam Afifi, Institut National des Telecommunications, France

3099 An architecture for seamless IP mobility

Juan M. Oyoqui, Antonio Garcia-Macias, CICESE Research Center, Mexico

3174 Seamless Handover for Real-Time and Multicast Mobility

Thomas C. Schmidt, Matthias Wahlisch, Fachhochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft, Germany

SYM B2: Future Wireless Systems

Chair: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy

3084 Position-Aware Optimization of MAC Organization in Power-Efficient Ad-Hoc Networks

Fabrizio Granelli, Deepak Agrawal, University of Trento, Italy

3200 Delay Control in the OLSR protocol

Amina Naimi Meraihi, Philippe Jacquet, INRIA Rocquencourt, France

3229 Internet Connectivity for Mobile Ad hoc Networks Employing OLSR protocol

Amir Qayyum, Center for Advanced Research in Engineering, Pakistan; Umar Farooq, M. Faisal Amjad, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

3113 A Dynamic Polling - Based Addressing and Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

Sami Alwakeel, King Saud University, Afghanistan

3023 A Bi-directional Tunneling to Improve Mobility and Scalability in Mobile Multicast

Hamid Sharif, Marc Vergo, University of Nebraska, USA

3206 An Optimal Deterministic Algorithm for Gossiping in Known Radio Networks

Leszek Gasieniec, Igor Potapov, Qin Xin, The University of Liverpool, UK

SYM B3: Future Wireless Systems

Chair: Mario De Blasi, University of Lecce, Italy

3180 Further Evolution of UMTS Network towards 3.5G

Ivan Pismis, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3153 Performance Analysis of CRTP and ECRTP

Somasundaram Perianayagam, Siva Kollipara, Mikael Degermark, Stephen Pink, University of Arizona, USA

3063 A Survey on LDPC- and Turbo-Decoder Implementations

Michael J. Thul, Frank Kienle, Norbert Wehn, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

3081 Optimization of Relay Location and Connectivity in Wireless Broadband Distribution Networks

Vic Grout, University of Wales, United Kingdom

3198 Semi-Automatic MPEG-7 Metadata Generation of Mobile Images with Spatial and Temporal Information in Content-Based Image Retrieval

Pei-Jeng Kuo, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda, The University of Tokyo, Japan

SS1: Home Networks and Networked Appliances

Session organizer: Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK

Chair: Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK

3215 A Distributed and Replicated Resource Repository Architecture for Hierarchically Configurable Home Network

JunHo Park, JooYong Oh, JaeChul Moon, SoonJu Kang, Kyungpook National University, Korea

3067 A Performance Comparison of Ethernet Backoff Algorithms

Chunkai Yin, Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA

3115 The Path Restoration Algorithm Sharing the Resource in GMPLS Network

Taeman Han, Youhyun Jeong, ETRI, Korea; Junwha Lee, SNU, Afghanistan

3260 Bluetooth Based Smart Home System

I. Stojan, A. Restovic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; D. Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

SS2: UML in Communications Software Design and Implementation

Session organizer: Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK

Chair: Romas Mikusauskas

3225 Conceptual Framework for Design Reuse in Service Development

Petri Heinila, Jussi Vestman, Mikko Eronen, Jari Porras, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

3130 UML in Defining the Conceptual Model for Distance Learning System Based on Dialogue

Bozidar Kovacic, University of Rijeka, Croatia; Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3042 Design and Analysis of Embedded Real-Time Communication Systems Using UML and Petri Nets

Hrvoje Sertic, Hrvoje Lucic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3181 Visualizing formal specifications using diagrams

Frantisek Scuglik, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

3154 A Network Management Platform Adaptable to Model Evolution

Omar Cherkaoui, Nathalie Rico, University of Montreal, Canada

SS3: Recent Advances in Turbo Coding Techniques I

Session organizer: Franco Chiaraluce, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Chair: Franco Chiaraluce, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

3058 Uniform Puncturing Approach to the Performance Evaluation of Punctured Turbo Product Codes: Theory and Applications (Invited paper)

Franco Chiaraluce, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Roberto Garello, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

3179 Joint Source-Channel Decoding of Turbo Codes in Rayleigh Fading Channels

Ming Sun, Shandong University, China; Dong Feng Yuan, Shandong University, Southeast University, China

3104 Turbo code minimum distance computation by the all-zero iterative decoding algorithm

Roberto Garello, Andres Vila, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

3108 Ultra-Fast Convergence Iterative Decoding Based on Transient Dynamics Suppression

B. Scanavino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; G.M. Maggio, STMicroelectronics Inc., Italy; Z. Tasev, L. Kocarev, University of California, USA

3122 Parallel Concatenation of Flexible High Rate Convolutional Codes

Marco Ferrari, CNR-IEIIT, Italy; Stefano Bertorelli, Sandro Bellini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

SS3: Recent Advances in Turbo Coding Techniques II

Chair: Franco Chiaraluce, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

3124 Turbo codes performance over block fading channels

Fulvio Babich, Francesca Vatta, University of Trieste, Italy; Guido Montorsi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

3157 Construction of delay-constrained interleavers in the permutation index domain

Stefano Mangione, Giovanni Garbo, Universita di Palermo, Italy

3213 An Overview of Some Efficient Encoding and Decoding Algorithms for Low-Density Parity-Check Codes

Enrico Paolini, Gianluigi Liva, Marco Chiani, University of Bologna, Italy

3240 A Statistical Model of Convolutional Interleavers for Concatenated Codes

M. Siti, D. Gatti, F. Osnato, STMicroelectronics Srl, Italy

3191 MLC/PDL System Based on LDPC Codes with 64QAM Constellations over Rayleigh Fading Channels

Xiumei Yang, Piming Ma, Xinying Gao, Shandong University, China; Dongfeng Yuan, Shandong University, Southeast University, China

SS4: Communications with active simulation networks (CASN)

Session organizer: Drissa Houatra, France Telecom R&D, France

Chair: Drissa Houatra, France Telecom R&D, France

3216 Dynamic service management in active networks

Habib Bakour, Nadia Boukhatem, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, France

3218 Towards Diverse Protection of Data Streams in Programmable Application Layer Overlay Networks

Christian Bachmeir, Peter Tabery, Johannes Kaefer, Munich University of Technology, Germany

3233 Strong Authentication for Active Networks

Lawrence Cheng, Alex Galis, Walter Eaves, University College London, United Kingdom, Dusan Gabrijelcic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

3246 On Inter-protocol Fairness of Active Network-based Multicast Congestion Control Protocols

Riri Sari, University of Indonesia, Indonesia, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Karim Djemame, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

SS5: Network Simulators in Education

Session organizer: Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK

Chair: Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK

3132 JPDC: Java Package for Distributed Computing

Umberto Ferraro Petrillo, Delfina Malandrino, Alberto Negro, University of Salerno, Italy

3051 A Small World and Scale Free Model for Email Communication

Yihjia Tsai, Ping-Nan Hsiao, Ching-Chang Lin, Cheng-Chin Lin, University of Tamkang, Republic of China

S1: Communications Software

Chair: Monika Kapus-Kolar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

3073 Specifying Action Priorities in a Sublanguage of E-LOTOS

Monika Kapus-Kolar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

3143 Using UML for the Design of Communication Protocols: The TCP case study

Kleanthis Thramboulidis, Alexandros Mikroyannidis, University of Patras, Greece

3037 An Expandable Implementation Method for Robust Header Compression

Chang Yang, Panasonic Singapore Laboratories Pte Ltd, Singapore

3011 IP Address Lookup with Skipped Multibit Trie

Wu Weidong, Huazhong university of science and technology, Republic of China

3077 Convergence of Mobile Agent Technology and J2EE in Enterprise Information Systems

Juraj Puksec, Croatia Control Ltd., Croatia; Darije Ramljak, IBM Croatia Ltd., Croatia; Ozren Labor, Darko Huljenic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3227 Software Quality Prediction Based on Information Analysis - A Decision Tree Approach

Gordan Topic, Dragan Jevtic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3089 Completeness of the Internet Core Topology Collected by a Fast Mapping Software

Mickael Hoerdt, Damien Magoni, Universite Louis Pasteur, France

3231 Formal Specification of IEEE1451.1 fragments

Ondrej Rysavy, Frantisek Bures, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

S2: Telecommunications Services Design and QoS I

Chair: Marius Portmann, University of New South Wales, Australia

3012 Quality of Service evaluation in Multimedia services

Augustin Radu, Institut National des Telecommunications, University of Marne la Vallee, France; Genevieve Baudoin, ESII, France

3092 An Intelligent Policy-based Framework for QoS Provisioning via COPS-PR

Dan Chen, Jie Wu, Zhongsheng Luo, ZTE Corporation, China

3128 A Novel Buffer Management Scheme for Supporting QoS in HAN

Chi-Chun Lo, Yu-Tso Chen, Pei-Yu Yeh, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

3140 QoS Support for SIP Based Applications in a Diffserv Networks

Luca Veltri, University of Parma, Italy; Stefano Salsano, Donald Papalilo, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

3228 Providing QoS Guarantees in Input-Queued Switches: Advances and Issues

Qingxu Xiong, Beijing University of Aeronatics & Astronautics, China

3070 QoS Provisioning of FTP and HTTP flows in a Differentiated Services Network

Evi Tsolakou, Eugenia Nikolouzou, Iakovos Venieris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

3207 Lightest K-shortest Routing: A Delay-Constraint QoS Routing Approach

Tao Liu, Zhengxin Ma, Xuming Liu, Tsinghua University, China

3254 SLA Acceptance and Optimal Resource Distribution in End-to-End QoS Routing

Srecko Krile, Polytechnic of Dubrovnik, Croatia; Slavko Saric, University of Zagreb, Croatia

S3: Telecommunications Services Design and QoS II

Chair: Juha Kalliokulju, Nokia Ltd., Finland

3189 Presence Service Optimization for UMTS

Juha Kalliokulju, Nokia Ltd., Finland

3156 Extending MPLS Traffic Engineering to deal with QoS

Alessio Botta, CoRiTeL, Italy; Paola Iovanna, Roberto Mameli, Giovanna Piantanida, Ericsson Lab Italy, Italy; Stefano Salsano, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

3232 A Parallel Plane Fault-Tolerant MIN for Satellite ATM Networks

Jeong-Jun Suh, Young-Keun Park, Yonsei University, Korea

3226 Statistical Performance Verification of Application Layer Service Components based on User Feedback

Marius Portmann, Aruna Seneviratne, University of New South Wales, Australia

3138 A Study of End-to-End Quality of Service for Real Time Applications over MPLS Networks with Traffic Engineering and DiffServ

Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Junior, Paulo Roberto Guardieiro, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

3048 Architecture for the Delivery and Control of VPN Services

Cristian Lambiri, Dan Ionescu, Universtiy of Ottawa, Canada

3135 Routers Timeliness Analysis in Multihop Networks

Leila Boukhalfa, Serge Midonnet, ESIGETEL, France; Laurent George, Ecole Centrale d’Electronique, France; Pascale Minet, INRIA, France

3196 Service composition based on application constraints with a Virtual Market Spaces

Krit Wongrujira, Marius Portmann, Aruna Seneviratne, University of New South Wales, Australia

S4: Network Operations and Management I

Chair: Vjekoslav Sinkovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3047 Architecture of RomTMN: Heterogeneous Network Management System

Veaceslav Sidorenco, Technical University of Moldova, Moldova; Vladimir Ciclicci, Sergei Dolenco, Systemcomputer Ltd. Decebal, Moldova

3065 Applying WBEM to heterogeneous TLC Network Management: an evaluation

Aniello Castiglione, Luigi Catuogno, Umberto Ferraro Petrillo, Domenico Parente, Universita di Salerno, Italy; Antonio Fresa, Raffaele Casella, Luigi Auletta, Antonio De Gregorio, Ericsson Lab Italy, Italy

3072 SNMP protocol as base for alarm and data collecting system in telecommunication network management process

Marijan Kunstic, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia; Andraz Oblak, ICE informacijski sistemi d.o.o., Slovenia; Oliver Jukic, ICE systems d.o.o., Croatia

3187 A Novel Controllable Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Unicast and Multicast Sessions

Tianji Jiang, CISCO Systems, Inc., USA

3184 Intelligent Network FC-Disk based on Autonomic computing

Fu Changdong, Shu Jiwu, Zheng Weimin, Shen Meiming, Tisnghua university, China

3031 Sparse asymmetric connectors in communication networks

3032 Rudolf Ahlswede, Harout Aydinian, University of Bielefeld, Germany

S5: Network Operations and Management II

Chair: Darko Huljenic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3152 Multicast Management in Presence of Node/Link Failures

Nader F. Mir, San Jose State University, USA

3239 Towards Standardized Conformance Test Suite for the ISO/EIC Transport Layer Protocol

Hazem El-Gendy, Misr International University, Egypt; Nabil El Kadhi, EpiTech, France

3238 New Method for Testing FSM-Based Systems

Hazem El-Gendy, Misr International University, Egypt; Nabil El Kadhi, EpiTech, France

3252 The impact of cell loss class priority number on allowable maximum load

Milutin Kapov, Marija Vrdoljak, University of Split, Croatia

3111 The Basic Call Control Entities in Heterogeneous Network

Darko Huljenic, Zvonimir Naglic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3035 Comparative performance of various Demand Assignment Multiple Access protocol via satellite

Xi Zhou, Shilou Jia, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

S6: Internet and IP based Environments and Services I

Chair: Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3046 Using the Packet Tetrad to Measure the Bottleneck Bandwidth

Zhao Jin, Chen Ming, Institute of Communication Engineering, China

3106 A Platform for a Programmable Proxy Farm

Delfina Malandrino, Vittorio Scarano, University of Salerno, Italy

3123 A Tool for e-Business Process Definition

Ivan Matasic, Elektropromet, Croatia; Damir Pintar, Zoran Skocir, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3203 Fair Per-Flow Multi-Step Scheduler in a New Internet DiffServ Node Architecture

Paolo Dini, Guido Fraietta, Dario Pompili, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

3211 The Implementation of Service Level Specification Protocol Between VoDServer and Bandwidth Broker

Hyun Joo Kang, Hee Sung Chae, Tae Man Han, Yoo Hyeon Jeong, Electronics and Telecommunicatins Research Institute (ETRI), Korea

3242 Process identification based on linear regression of data measured through the Internet

Jadranka Marasovic, Maja Cic, Miljenko Zuvela, University of Split, Croatia

S7: Internet and IP based Environments and Services II

Chair: Sebastiano Schillaci, University of L'Aquila, Italy

3055 Adding IPv6 support to H323: Gnomemeeting/openH323 port

Christos Bouras, Apostolos Gkamas, Kostas Stamos, University of Patras and RACTI, Greece; Sebastian Josset, Alcatel Space, France

3060 BIO Revisited

Bahri Okuroglu, Sema Oktug, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

3083 A Queueing Model for Steady-State Behaviour of TCP in Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication Networks

Deepak Agrawal, Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy

3127 Timeout Avoidance Mechanism for TCP/IP based HF Communications

Sebastiano Schillaci, Fabio Graziosi, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Antonio Cerasa, Rossano Marchesani, Thales Communications SpA, Italy

3129 MPLS based routing protocol for HF radio networks

Serenella Ferri De Collibus, Ennio Gambi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Antonio Cerasa, Rossano Marchesani, Thales Communications SpA, Italy; Sebastiano Schillaci, University of L'Aquila, Italy

3134 Innovative Fragmentation Avoidance Techniques to Improve TCP Performance over Mobile IPv6

A. Dev Pramil, Stephane Antonie, A. H. Aghvami, University of London, United Kingdom

3074 Web indexing and search with local language support

Damir Krstinic, Ivan Slapnicar, University of Split, Croatia

S8: CDMA Systems

Chair: Sandor Imre, Budapest Universuty of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3021 Application of Space-time Block Codes to MC-CDMA Systems

Zhihua Hou, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3044 A new transmit diversity scheme for MC-CDMA system

Zhihua Hou, V. K. Dubey, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3159 Performance of User Measurement Compressed Mode in WCDMA

Sun-myeng Kim, Jung-ho Lee, Jae-sung Lim, Young-jong Cho, Ajou University, Korea

3168 Novel Channel Quality Indicator Prediction Algorithms for cdma2000 1x EV-DV

Chen Zeqiang, Yang Dacheng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

3186 A Robust Adaptive Blind Multiuser Detection for DS/CDMA Based on Combined Inverse QRD-RLS Algorithm and MOE

Ayman Elnashar, MobiNil, Egypt; Said Elnoubi, Alexandria Univerisity, Egypt; ; Hamdi Elmikati, Mansoura University, Egypt

3025 Efficiency Validation of 3G/4G WCDMA Air Interface Call Admission Control in OMNeT++ Environment

Sandor Imre, Budapest Universuty of Technology and Economics, Hungary; Peter Petras, BUTE Dept. of Telecom., Hungary; Robert Tancsics, BUTE, Hungary

3019 Quasi-Optimum Power Control Schemes for Downlink in W-CDMA Cellular System

Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo Ramon, Leandro de Haro Ariet, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

S9: Wireless Transmission Systems

Chair:

3066 Impact of the physical layer on the performance of indoor wireless networks

Jean-Michel Dricot, Philippe De Doncker, Esteban Zimanyi, Francis Grenez, Universita Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

3131 Radio Channel Characteristics for Mobile-to-Mobile and Base-to-Base Links

Toplica Pacic, Gerald Ostermayer, Siemens AG Austria, Austria

3169 Performance Improvement of an OFDM Using Unitary Matrix Modulation with Splitting over the Coherence Bandwidth in Single Antenna System

Chang-Jun Ahn, Communication Research Laboratory, Japan; Iwao Sasase, Keio University, Japan

3175 Characterization of Indoor Penetration Loss at ISM Band

Y. E. Mohammed, A. S. Abdallah, Y. A. Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

3176 Study of Multi-Band Property of Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna With Different Number of Wide Slots

Y. E. Mohammed, A. S. Abdallah, Y. A. Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

3095 Efficient OFDM systems based on time domain equalization in Rician channel

Wei Zhang, Yan Du, Pengcheng Zhu, Peng Liu, Shandong University, China

3172 Comparison of Coded OFDM with Different Orthogonal Base

Haixia Zhang, Mingyan Jiang, Dalei Wu, Shandong University, China; Dongfeng Yuan, Shandong University, Southeast University, China

3094 Study and proposal of the Underwater Acoustic Local Area Networks

Ahcene Bouzoualegh, Thierry Val, Fabrice Peyrard, Eric Campo, University Institute of Technology, France

S10: Mobile and Wireless Communications I

Chair: Paolo Dini, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

3098 Building a Virtual Device on Personal Area Network

Tore E. Jonvik, University of Oslo, Norway; Paal Engelstad, Do van Thanh, Telenor R&D, Norway

3101 A Clustering Algorithm with Mobile Backbone for Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Networks

Lingzhi Sheng, Weiming Cheng, Zhimei Wu, Multimedia Communication & Network Engineering Research Center, China

3110 Analysis of the transmission window for the delay performance of the High Speed Downlink Packet Access protocol

Gregory Manuel, Mika Rinne, Nokia Research Center, Finland

3136 Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Call Admission Control Strategies over a UMTS Traffic Emulator for an Urban Environment

Paolo Dini, Silvio Russo, Barbara Alessandrini, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

3145 Comparison of Interference Based Dynamic Channel Allocation Algorithms in Mobile Networks

Mugdim Bublin, Gerald Ostermayer, Siemens AG Austria, Austria

3208 Simulation-based Performance Evaluation of Stationary Nodes in AODV Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Haeryong Lee, Jaewook Shin, Jeehyeon Na, Yoohyun Jeong, ETRI, Korea; Sangha Kim, Chungnam National University, Korea

3217 Clipping Method of Multi-Level System

M. C. Ju, K. H. Park, K. J. Youn, H. S. Lee, Y. J. Won, S. D. Jeon, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), Korea

S11: Mobile and Wireless Communications II

Chair: Darko Huljenic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3017 Down-Link Analysis of (FDSS-GSM) and (FDSS-AMPS) Overlay System

Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo Ramon, Leandro de Haro Ariet, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

3214 Provisioning and content adaptation of mobile data services

Ivan Skender, Davor Saric, HT Mobile Communications LLC, Croatia

3013 Telecommunications Synergies - UMTS and Data Warehousing

Sinisa Papp, Siemens GmbH, Germany; Marko Ferisak, O2 GmbH & CO, Germany; Mladen Tkalic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3171 Scheduling Policies for Achieving General Fairness Criteria in Wireless Networks

Vagelis Tsibonis, Leonidas Georgiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

3096 Towards Agent-based QoS Management in 4G Mobile Networks

Krunoslav Trzec, Darko Huljenic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3141 Traffic Models for Terminal Reconfiguration in all-IP Cellular Networks

Oliver Holland, Robert Rummler, Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, United Kingdom

3263 Bluetooth Wireless Technology in Remote Control Applications

A. Restovic, I. Stojan, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; D. Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

3262 Use of GSM Technology in Positioning a Vehicle on a Motorway

Zoran Civadelic, Ivica Cubic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; Nikola Rozic, University of Split, Croatia

S12: Optical and Photonic Communications

Chair: Mario Baldi, Torino Polytechnic, Italy

3034 Dynamic Optical Switching: The Network is the Memory

Mario Baldi, Torino Polytechnic, Italy; Yoram Ofek, Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., USA

3041 Efficient Message Scheduling for WDM Optical Networks with Minimizing Flow Time

Maode Ma, Xiaohong Huang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3116 Wavelength Selection Analysis for Free-Space Optics Communications

Ernest Wendling, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3188 Analysis of Burst Acknowledgment Mechanism of IEEE 802.11e MAC Protocol over Infrared Wireless LANs

Evagelos Varthis, Pavlos Theodorou, University of The Aegean, Greece; Anthony C. Boucouvalas, Bournemouth University, UK

3125 Implication and Application of the APML Boundary Condition for MRTD Method in Simulation of Planar Waveguide

YiFeng Guo, Fanmin Kong, Kang Li, Shandong University, China

3029 Wavelength Assignment in GMPLS Networks With Self-similar Traffic

Yu Hua, Chanle Wu, Wuhan University, China

3090 Quality of Service support in all-optical wavelength routed networks

Francesco Palmieri, University "Federico II" - Napoli, Italy

S13: Multimedia and Virtual Reality Systems and Services

Chair: Branka Zovko Cihlar, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3059 Directorial Planning Engine for Automatic Cinematography

Seiya Miyazaki, Jinhong Shen, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda,University of Tokyo, Japan; Takafumi Yuki, Mitsuru Kaneko, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan

3155 MIRACLE: A study on Digital Mirror System and its Application of T-shirt Clothing

Akinori Taguchi, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda, The University of Tokyo, Japan

3201 Using a Virtual Human as Web Guide

Goranka Zoric, Igor S. Pandzic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

3040 An Adaptive Video Coding System Over Wireless Channel

J. Wei, Z. G. Li, B. H. Soong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3148 Providing Multiple Video Digest for On-Demand Video Delivery Systems

Chih-Chang Hsu, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda, The University of Tokyo, Japan

3076 A Java Based Adaptable Multimedia Application (M2A)

Wing Shun Wong, Paul Pangalos, Hamid Aghvami, Kings College London, United Kingdom

3050 A MPEG-7 Contour-based Analysis/Retrieval System for Fish Images

Jin-Hau Kuo, Ja-Ling Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China

3082 Multiple States Transcoding Proxy for Wireless Video Streaming

Jun Wei, B. H. Soong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

3097 Step Function Broadcasting Scheme for Videos

Satish Chand, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, India; Hari Om , Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

S14: Integration of Voice and Data Communication

Chair: Vaclav Matousek, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

3221 Novel Communication Concepts for Municipal Information Services

K. Ekstein, J. Kleckova, J. Krutisova, V. Matousek, R. Moucek, K. Tauser, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic; J. Kubista, Technical University of Dresden, Germany; L. Hitzenberger, University of Regensburg, Germany

3032 Enabling User Service Control on Unified Messaging Systems

Constantina Sakka, Mary Grammatikou, Dimitris Kalogeras, Vasilis Maglaris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

3056 Integration of TCP/IP Based 802 Networks into SCADA Systems

Jose I. Escudero, Juan A. Rodriguez, M. Carmen Romero, University of Seville, Spain

3144 Delay impacts on echo cancellation in circuit and packet switched networks

Mario Ivcek, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3107 VOIP over Ethernet - Theoretical Analysis and Simulation

Anton Kos, Saso Tomazic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

3265 Packet header compression formal notation requirements

Julije Ozegovic, OPAL COMPUTING d.o.o., Croatia

S15: Information Infrastructure and Security

Chair: Roberto Caldelli, University of Florence, Italy

3300 Proposal of the E-Government Systems Architecture (Invited paper)

Antun Caric, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3087 E-Payment Frameworks and Security

Vesna Hassler, A-SIT Secure Information Technology Centre - Austria, Austria

3100 Multilevel DSM in NIDS

Hongyu Yang, Lixia Xie, Civil Aviation University of China, China; Jizhou Sun, University of Tianjin, China

3102 Research On NIDS In E-Commerce Security

Hongyu Yang, Lixia Xie, Civil Aviation University of China, China; Jizhou Sun, University of Tianjin, China

3162 Improving Performance of Neural Network Models for Intrusion Detection Using Singular Value Decomposition

Ohm Sornil, The National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand

3199 An infrastructure for MPEG-4 video fruition based on digital watermarking and smart cards

Roberto Caldelli, Franco Bartolini, Vito Cappellini, University of Florence, Italy

3080 Model Driven Approach for Building the Enterprise Information System

Darije Ramljak, IBM Croatia Ltd., Croatia; Juraj Puksec, Croatia Control Ltd., Croatia; Darko Huljenic, Miroslav Koncar, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; Daniel Simic, Emory University, USA

3071 Applying Challenge-Response Authentication over Bluetooth for Web Services

Pekka Jappinen, Jari Porras, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

3103 A Game Based Analysis of the Client Puzzle Approach to Defend Against DoS Attacks

Boldizsar Bencsath, Istvan Vajda, Levente Buttyan, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3121 Secure Replication Limiting Passive and Active Attacks

Mahery Andriambololona, Michael Hervieux, Thomas Meurisse, ENSEIRB, France; Mathieu Blanc, LIFO/ENSI, CEA DAM, France; Christian Toinard, LIFO/ ENSI, France

S16: Signal Processing in Communication Systems

Chair: Vaclav Dvorak, University of Technology Brno, Czech Republic

3220 Channel equalization with Decision Feedback Support Vector Machines in the GSM Environment

Adina Burian, Arto Kantsila, Markku Renfors, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

3085 Communication Architectures for Application-Specific Multiprocessor Systems (on a Chip)

Vaclav Dvorak, University of Technology Brno, Czech Republic

3105 Implementation of a voice activity detection algoritm for G.728 coded signals

Fabio Biondi, Franco Chiaraluce, Ennio Gambi, Alessandra Filippi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Paolo Mariani, AETHRA s.r.l., Italy

3236 A Wavelet Based Speckle Noise Filtering in a Laser Scanner

Dariusz Madej, Symbol Technologies, USA

3126 The Parameter Design of Coded OFDM Systems in Mobile Fading Channels

Dalei Wu, Mingyan Jiang, Haixia Zhang, Shandong University, China; Dongfeng Yuan, Shandong University, Southeast University, China

3163 An Authentication Procedure of BICC based Softswitch in IP Telephony

Yongju Yi, Young-Il Choi, Byung-Sun Lee, ETRI, Korea

Saša Krešić-Jurić, University of Split, Croatia

S17: Electromagnetic Compatibility

Chair: Vesna Roje, University of Split, Croatia

3165 A Simplified Analysis of Human Exposure to Base Station Antennas radiation

Dragan Poljak, University of Split, Croatia

3183 Analysis of the Dynamic Characteristics of Grounding Electrodes Using the Finite Element Technique

Rino Lucic, Mate Kurtovic, Slavko Vujevic, University of Split, Croatia

3241 Time domain calculation of the scattering on a thin wire antenna array

S.Antonijevic, D.Poljak, V.Roje, University of Split, Croatia

3245 The Near Field Calculation of the Yagi-Uda Antenna

Vicko Doric, Dragan Poljak, Vesna Roje, University of Split, Croatia

S18: Source and Channel Coding I

Chair: Susanna Spinsante, University of Ancona, Italy

3026 Binary even-weight codes for error correction

Tor Hellseth, Torleiv Klove, University of Bergen, Norway; Vladimir Levenshtein, Keldysh Inst. for Applied Math, Russia

3052 A Generic Algorithm for Constructing Reversible Variable Length Codes with Limited Maximum Codeword Length

Chia-Wei Lin, Yuh-Jue Chuang, Ja-Ling Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China

3053 Direct Splitting and Merging of 2-D DCT in the DCT Domain

Yuh-Jue Chuang, Ja-Ling Wu , National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Republic of China

3112 Chaotic Encryption of H263+ Video Signals

Susanna Spinsante, Paola Pierleoni, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; Lorenzo Ciccarelli, Maurizio Reginelli, AETHRA s.r.l., Italy

3161 Performances improvement of DS-CDMA mobile telephone system-based Turbo-Code encoding system

Pattarapong Phasukkit, Sukuma Muisee, Somyos Junnapiya, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

3038 On generalized orthogonal spreading sequences for quasi synchronous CDMA system

Fanxin Zeng, Chongqing communication institute, China

S19: Source and Channel Coding II

Chair: Michele Angelaccio, University of Rome Torvergata, Italy

3114 Effect of CRC Code in HARQ Scheme with Turbo Code

Wootae Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Korea; Su Youl Na, Eon Kyeong Joo, Samsung Electronics Co., Korea

3010 Quantum Computing Based Feedback Channel Coding for Medium Access Control

Sandor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3045 Prototype of an Adaptive Voice Coder for IP Telephony

Anton Luca Robustelli, Salvatore Loreto, Antonio Fresa, Co.Ri.TeL, Italy; Maurizio Longo, Domenico Spinelli, University of Salerno, Italy

3075 Intranet Searching in a Wireless Indoor Environment

M. Angelaccio, B. Buttarazzi, R. Giuliano, G. Guidoni, University of Rome Torvergata, Italy

3139 Wavelet-based Compression of Angiography Sequences on a Shared-memory System

Encarnacion Moyano, Universidad of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Josko Radic, University of Split, Croatia

3299 The Brain and Mind Tissue, Network and Leap: Discoveries that Merge the Brain, Computers and World (Invited paper)

Branko Soucek, Iris, Italy; Marina Soucek, National University Library, Croatia

Workshop on Contemporary Communications

3088 IPv6 Domain Name Auto-configuration for Home Network Managements

T. G. Tsuei, Ta Hwa Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC; Chia-Chang Hsu, Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, ROC

3222 Implementation of a Voice-enabled Residential Gateway

Dimitris Economou, Antony Tavoularis, George Konstantoulakis, inAccess Networks, Greece; Michalis Manousos, John Karras, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

3093 IPv6 Showcase

Gerrit Kalkbrenner, University Potsdam, Germany

3177 Triple-Band and Bandwidth Enhancement Techniques for Different Shapes of Microstrip Single-Patch Single-Layer Antenna

Yessar Mohammed, Abdulkareem Abdallah, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China; Yuanan Liu, Wireless Research Center, China

3237 Parallel joint-decision decoding for turbo codes

Jianping Li, Qinglin Liang, Peking University, China; Emily.H.Qi, Intel Corporation, USA

3078 Split-Video Multicast Protocol using Packet Pair Mechanism

Simon C. Brennan, Naveen Chilamkurti, Ben Soh, La Trobe University, Australia

3204 Use of formal method in design of BICC stack prototype

Robert Radosevic, Mladen Vulovic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3149 Performance Analysis of Web Server

A. Jazbec, I. Lebar Bajec, N. Zimic, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

3030 Wireless LAN Management

Hrvoje Tkalcic, Croatia Airlines Ltd, Croatia

3158 SIP: Session Initiation Protocol

Robert Loncar, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3020 The Effect of Path Loss on The Performance of The Uplink of Highways W-CDMA Cigar-shaped Microcells

Bazil Taha Ahmed, Miguel Calvo Ramon, Leandro de Haro Ariet, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

3068 Interoperability of UMTS with existing GSM networks

Puneet Gupta, SETLabs, India

3170 Mechanism of Short Message Inter-Carrier Exchange in Mobile Number Portability Environment

Hongman Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

3209 Handoff Drop Probability of Mobile IP

Janet He, Intel China Research Center, China

3205 Signaling Concept of Mobile Network over IP

Drazen Glas, Domagoj Grilec, Vedran Pavlovic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia

3202 Inverse Multiplexing with ATM

Robert Radosevic, Mladen Vulovic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3033 Grooming and Degrooming with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Mario Baldi, Torino Polytechnic, Italy; Yoram Ofek, Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., USA

3057 County Spatial Database of Split-Dalmatia Institute of spatial planning

Marjan Sikora, ENTER d.o.o., Croatia; Mice Gamulin, Institute of Spatial Planning, Croatia

3061 Transmission of video signal over ADSL based on multicast service

Dario Katava, Mario Ravnjak, Tomislav Markovic, Croatian Telecom, Croatia

3064 Systematic Image and Human Arrangement for Gaze Communication in Multiparty Videoconference System

Thitiporn Lertrusdachakul, Akinori Taguchi, Terumasa Aoki, Hiroshi Yasuda, The University of Tokyo, Japan

3164 Storing of multimedia files in XML file using Base64 Encoding

Milivoj Fradelic, University of Split, Croatia

3062 Usage of MPLS VPN Infrastructure for Integration of Voice and Data Services for Business Customers

Ivica Gasparic, Mario Golubic, Boris Kleoncic, Croatian Telecom Inc., Croatia

3049 Internet Snooping: Beyond Security and Privacy

Joseph Bih, Jarvis Christian College, USA

3230 Enhancement of fingerprint image - A fuzzy approach

Vijayaprasad P., Ashraf Gasim Elsid, Multimedia University, Malaysia; M. Hanmandlu, Indian Institute of Technology, India

3195 The DSP Realization of Golay code in An Adaptive system

Bo Wei, Xi an Jiaotong University of China, China

3253 2G/3G Mobile VPN – technology and solution

Miroslav Jaković, Siemens d.d., Croatia; Denko Godec, HT mobilne komunikacije d.o.o., Croatia

3261 Application of VoiceXML Technology

Danijela Oreb, Ivo Stojan, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; Hrvoje Dujmic, University of Split, Croatia

3259 Market Development Process

Vinko Cipcic, Robert Loncar, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; Dinko Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

3258 WCDMA Radio Access Networks Based on AAL2 Switching

Robert Loncar, Vinko Cipcic, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia; Dinko Begusic, University of Split, Croatia

3255 Multimedia Messaging Service

Denis Duka, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3257 Layered Network Architecture

Denis Duka, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d., Croatia

3298 “Croatia in the 21st Century” - Experiences in Creation of Strategy of Development of the Republic of Croatia

Haris Boko, Ana Vojnic, Strategic planning office of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Croatia; Antun Caric, Kate – Research and development, Croatia

3297 Customers, Cyberspace and Privacy - Finance Industry Case

Miho Pitarevic, Ministry of Maritime Affaires, Transport and Communications, Croatia

3264 The MOSCA project: a new logistics approach for a sustainable urban

Paola Cossu, FIT Consulting srl, Italy