Technical Program

Analysing the Effect of Changing the Educational Methods by Using FCA: Sanda Dragos, Diana Haliță and Christian Săcărea (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Is FCA suitable to improve Electronic Health Record Systems?: Diana Haliță and Christian Săcărea (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Automated extraction and visualization of learning concept dependencies using Q-matrices and exam results: Mihaela Vranić, Damir Pintar and Luka Humski (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
University Social Network Benefits Analysis and Proposed Framework: Mihaela Vranić, Damir Pintar, Luka Humski, Zoran Skočir, Frano Škopljanac-Mačina, Ivana Brstilo, Nika Đuho, Kristina Klasnić, Snježana Mališa and Ana Marija Žuković (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

SYM1/I: Symposium on Smart Environment Technologies I

Indoor Monitoring: SensorNet Integration and Actuations for Energy Saving: Elisa Benetti, Stefania Nanni and Gianluca Mazzini (Lepida SpA, Italy)
An Accurate Ensemble-based Wireless Localization Strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks: Hanen Ahmadi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Federico Viani and Alessandro Polo (University of Trento, Italy); Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Re-OPSEC: Real time OPportunistic Scheduler framework for Energy aware mobile Crowdsensing: Salma Bradai, Sofien Khemakhem and Mohamed Jmaiel (University of Sfax, Tunisia)
Indoor Monitoring for Energy Consumptions in Public Buildings: Stefania Nanni, Elisa Benetti, Gianluca Mazzini (Lepida SpA, Italy)
Wearable Technologies for Smart Environments: A Review with Emphasis on BCI: Goran Udovičić, Ante Topić and Mladen Russo (University of Split, Croatia)

SYM2/I: Symposium on Green Networking and Computing I

PDMDC: A Power Distribution Manager for Cloud Environment Data Centers: Fawaz AL-Hazemi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
Datacenters Powered by Renewable Energy: A Case Study for 60 Degrees Latitude North: Enida Sheme and Neki Frashëri (University of Tirana, Albania); Simon Holmbacka and Sébastien Lafond (Åbo Akademi University, Finland); Dražen Lučanin (University of Vienna, Austria)
SAND-Assisted Encoding Control for Energy-Aware MPEG-DASH Live Streaming: Mikko Uitto and Antti Heikkinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
Energy-efficient Data Transfer: Bits vs. Atoms: Ivana Marincic and Ian Foster (University of Chicago, USA)

Thursday, September 22, 12:00 - 13:30

S2: Network Operations and Management

A highly adaptable probabilistic model for self-diagnosis of GPON-FTTH access networks: Serge Romaric Tembo and Jean-Luc Courant (Orange Labs, France); Sandrine Vaton (Telecom Bretagne, France); Stéphane Gosselin (Orange Labs, France)
Multi-Domain Virtual Network Embedding with Coordinated Link Mapping: Shuopeng Li, Mohand Yazid Saidi and Ken Chen (Université Paris 13, France)
Optimized Group Owner Selection in WiFi Direct Networks: Karim Jahed, Omar Farhat, Ghenwa Al-Jurdi and Sanaa Sharafeddine (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)
Analysis of Web Traffic Based on HTTP Protocol: Jiajia Chen (University of Nanjing, China); Weiqing Cheng (University of Nanjing, China; Southeast University, China)
In-Service Assessment of Mobile Services QoE from Network Parameters: Sibila Isak-Zatega (BH Telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Vlatko Lipovac (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia)

SYM1/II: Symposium on Smart Environment Technologies II

Geographic Information System of Historic Core of Split: Marinko Hrgović, Marko Smoljo and Marjan Sikora (University of Split, Croatia)
Economical and Environmental Operation of Smart Networked Microgrids under Uncertainties Using NSGA-II: Zahra Pooranian (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Nima Nikmehr and Sajad Najafi-Ravadanegh (Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Iran); Hairulnizam Mahdin (University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia); Jemal Abawajy (Deakin University, Australia)
A Variational Message Passing Algorithm For Cooperative Localization In Wireless Networks: Kaouther Hedhly, Mohamed Laaraiedh, Fatma Abdelkefi and Mohamed Siala (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Compressive sensing for reconstruction of 3D point clouds in smart systems: Ivo Stancic (University of Split, Croatia); Milos Brajovic and Irena Orlovic (University of Montenegro, Montenegro); Josip Music (University of Split, Croatia)
Fall Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms: Pranesh Vallabh and Reza Malekian (University of Pretoria, South Africa); Ning Ye (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Dijana Capeska Bogatinoska (University of Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of)

SYM2/II: Symposium on Green Networking and Computing II

Energy Efficient Wireless In-Band Backhaul in Heterogeneous Networking Environments: Georgios Kyriazis and Angelos Rouskas (University of Piraeus, Greece)
Impact of Power Control on Network-Layer Stability in Cognitive Radio Systems: Yunsung Choi and Dongwoo Kim (Hanyang University, Korea)
Green Operator Cooperation for Radio Frequency Transmission Minimization: Lamis Amamou (ENIT & Sup'Com, Tunisia); Maissa Boujelben (Sup'Com & ESPRIT, Tunisia); Hakim Ghazzai (Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar); Ammar Bouallegue (ENIT, Tunisia); Hichem Besbes (Sup'Com, Tunisia)
RLA-ENAR: A Realistic Near-Optimal Energy-Aware Routing: Ehsan Mohammadpour and Bahador Bakhshi (Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran)
Coupling Unit for Narrowband Power Line Communications Channel Measurement: Raja Alaya and Rabah Attia (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Thursday, September 22, 15:00 - 16:30

S3: Signal Processing and Coding I

Joint Turbo Decoding and Physical Layer Network Coding for Correlated Sources: Zid Youssef (NEST, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (Innov'COM @ Sup'Com., Tunisia); Sonia Ammar (NEST, Tunisia)
Design of Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes based on Symbolic Hyper-Graphs: Massimo Battaglioni, Marco Baldi and Giovanni Cancellieri (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
Blind Propagation Channel Estimation with Enhanced Auto-Deconvolution: Rabah Maoudj, Ali Dziri and Michel Terre (CNAM, France)
Different Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms for Performance Investigation of Smart Antenna System: Ashraf A. M. Khalaf, Abdel-Rahman B. M. El-Daly and Hesham F. A. Hamed (Minia University, Egypt)
OFDM Error Floor Based EVM Estimation: Adriana Lipovac (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia); Borivoj Modlic and Mislav Grgic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

S4: QoS and Resource Management

A Novel Test Creation Framework for Value-Added Services: Patrick Wacht and Ulrich Trick (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Development of FRR Mechanism by Adopting SDN Notion: Hasanein Hasan and John Cosmas (Brunel University, United Kingdom); Zaharias Zaharis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Pavlos Lazaridis (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom); Sinan Khwandah (Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom)
A Pre-Emptive Traffic Model with Cluster-based TDMA for Vehicular Networks: Nyoman Wira Prasetya and Tsang-Ling Sheu (National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan); Achmad Basuki and Muhammad Aziz Muslim (Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia)
Network Requirements for Latency-Critical Services in a Full Cloud Deployment: Stefan Höst, William Tärneberg, Per Ödling and Maria Kihl (Lund University, Sweden); Marco Savi and Massimo Tornatore (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
A Quality Measurement Tool for High-Speed Data Transfer in Long Fat Networks: Ken T. Murata, Praphan Pavarangkoon, Kazunori Yamamoto and Yoshiaki Nagaya (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Takamichi Mizuhara and Ayahiro Takaki (CLEALINKTECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd., Japan); Kazuya Muranaga (Systems Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd., Japan); Eizen Kimura (Ehime University, Japan); Takatoshi Ikeda, Kaichiro Ikeda and Jin Tanaka (KDDI Corporation, Japan)
Offloading Decision Algorithm for 5G/HetNets Cloud RAN: Olfa Chabbouh, Sonia Ben Rejeb and Zied Choukair (SupCom, Tunisia); Nazim Agoulmine (University of Evry-Val-d’Essonne, France)

Friday, September 23

Friday, September 23, 09:00 - 10:30

S5: Signal Processing and Coding II

Performance of Smart Antenna System Under Different SNR: Ashraf A. M. Khalaf, Abdel-Rahman B. M. El-Daly and Hesham F. A. Hamed (Minia University, Egypt)
Lowering the Error Floor of Short-to-Medium Length LDPC Codes using Optimal Low-Correlated-Edge Density (OED) PEG Tanner Graphs: Umar-Faruk Abdu-Aguye, Marcel Adrian Ambroze and Martin Tomlinson (Plymouth University, United Kingdom)
Genetic Algorithm Based Model for Capacitated Network Design Problem: Meriem Khelifi (Badji Mokhtar University, Algeria); Mohand Yazid Saidi and Saadi Boudjit (University of Paris 13, France)
A Testbed for Image Transmission over a Network Coded Cooperation System: Selahattin Gökceli, Semiha Tedik Başaran and Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
Image Compression with Optimal Traversal using Wavelet and Percolation Theories: Rahma Gharsallaoui and Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Tai-Hoon Kim (Sungshin W. University, South Korea)
Analysis of Saliency Object Detection Algorithms for Search and Rescue Operations: Sven Gotovac and Vladan Papić (University of Split, Croatia); Željko Marušić (University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

SS1: Special Session on RFID Technologies and Internet of Things

AMBER: an advanced gateway solution to support heterogeneous IoT technologies: Egidio Gioia (Arrow Electronics Inc., Italy); Pierluigi Passaro (Phoenixsoftware, Italy); Matteo Petracca (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
On MAC Layer protocols towards internet of things: From IEEE802.15.4 to IEEE802.15.4e: Sahar Ben Yaala and Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
A Resource Allocation Strategy for Cooperative Multi-Relay Cognitive Radio Networks: Xin Guo, Xiaoge Zhang, Shibing Zhang and Zhihua Bao (Nantong University, China)

Friday, September 23, 14:30 - 16:00

S6: Cognitive Radio Systems and Networks

Reliability-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Algorithm in Cognitive Radio Networks: Li Wang, Shibing Zhang and Lili Guo (Nantong University, P.R. China)
Blind Spectrum Sensing based Spatial Scanning and Maximum Energy Ratio: Kaïs Bouallegue, Iyad Dayoub and Mohamed Gharbi (IEMN-DOAE, France)
A Novel Cognitive MAC Layer Protocol Towards 5G Spectrum and Energy Efficiency: Afef Bohli and Ridha Bouallegue (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Spectrum Prediction in Cognitive Radio Systems using a Wavelet Neural Network: Ashraf A. Eltholth (National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt)

S7: Mobile and Wireless Communications

Novel Maritime Channel Models for Millimeter Radiowaves: Niloofar Mehrnia and Mehmet Kemal Ozdemir (Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey)
Low-Complexity Pre and Post-FFT Channel Estimation Approach for UW MB-OFDM Based UWB Systems: Moufida Hajjaj (University of El-Manar, Tunisia); Walid Chainbi (Sousse University, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue, (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
The K-mi-g Random Variable and the K-mi-g Random Process: Dragana Krstić, Mihajlo Stefanović and Vesad Doljak (University of Niš, Serbia); Zoran Popović (Technical College of Vocational Studies, Zvecan, Serbia); Erich Leitgeb (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
On Minimization of Energy Consumption of Two-Way AF Relaying Systems with Imperfect CSI: Emna Ben Yahia (University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Noureddine Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Real options analysis for HetNet and WLAN based FiWi Access Networks Deployment: Damir Brešković (Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia)

SS2: Special Session on Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks

A Packet Traversal Time per Hop based Adaptive Wormhole Detection Algorithm for MANETs: Jonny Karlsson and Göran Pulkkis (Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland); Laurence S. Dooley (The Open University, United Kingdom)
A Centralized TDMA based Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Communications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Mohamed Hadded (Telecom SudParis, France); Paul Muhlethaler (INRIA, France); Anis Laouiti (Telecom SudParis, France); Leila Azouz Saidane (University of Manouba, Tunisia)
Optimizing End-to-End Propagation Delays in Hybrid Satellite-Maritime Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Achraf Kessab (Telecom Paristech & Thales Communications & Security, France); Lina Mroueh (Institut Supérieur d'Electronique de Paris, France); Philippe Martins (Telecom ParisTech, France); Isabelle Bucaille (Thales Communications & Security, France)
Efficient Polling Point Determination and Physical Model based Throughput Maximisation in Wireless Sensor Network: Nimisha Ghosh, Riddhiman Sett and Indrajit Banerjee (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India)
Distributed Fuzzy Logic Based Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks: Asma Messaoudi (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Rabiaa Elkamel (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Abdelhamid Helali (Science Faculty of Monastir, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia)
One Class Outlier Detection Method in Wireless Sensors Network:Comparative Study: Oussama Ghorbel, Abdulfattah M. Obeid and Mohamed Abid (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Hichem Snoussi (University of Technology of Troyes, France)

Friday, September 23, 15:30 - 16:30

P1: Poster Session

Performance Characterization of a Novel DWDM All-Optical SDN-like Metro-Access Network: Tommaso Muciaccia and Vittorio M. N. Passaro (Politecnico of Bari, Italy)
Capturing Behavioral Changes of Elderly people through Unobtruisive Sensing Technologies: Luca Mainetti, Luigi Patrono and Piercosimo Rametta (University of Salento, Italy)

Friday, September 23, 16:30 - 18:00

SS3: Special Session on QoS in Wired and Wireless Networks

Spectrum Resource Block Reuse and Power Assignment for D2D Communications Underlay 5G Uplink Network: Zeineb Guizani (University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia); Noureddine Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
Evaluation of network solutions for improving WebRTC quality: Ewa Janczukowicz, Arnaud Braud and Stephane Tuffin (Orange Labs, France); Ahmed Bouabdallah and Jean-Marie Bonnin (Institut Mines-Telecom - Telecom Bretagne, France)

SYM3/I: Symposium on Environmental Electromagnetic Compatibility I

Safety issues in Ground-Penetrating Radar and near-surface geophysical prospecting: Raffaele Persico (IBAM-CNR, Italy); Lara Pajewski ("Roma Tre" University of Rome, Italy)
Time Domain and Frequency Domain Integral Equation Method for the Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Antenna: Anna Šušnjara, Dragan Poljak, Silvestar Šesnić and Vicko Dorić (University of Split, FESB, Croatia)
Improvement of GPR tracking by using inertial and GPS combined data: Simone Chicarella, Vincenzo Ferrara and Fabrizio Frezza (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Alessandro D'Alvano and Lara Pajewski ("Roma Tre" University, Italy)
Assessment of WiFi Radiation on Human Health: Marina Jurčević and Krešimir Malarić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Myelinated Nerve Fiber Antenna Model Activation: Ivana Zulim, Vicko Dorić and Dragan Poljak (University of Split, Croatia)
Estimation of Radio Signal Spatial Local Mean: Pamela Njemcevic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Vlatko Lipovac (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia)

Saturday, September 24

Saturday, September 24, 09:00 - 10:30

SS4: Special Session on Security and Digital Forensics

Automatic Source Code Decomposition for Privilege Separation: Markus Trapp, Michael Rossberg and Guenter Schaefer (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
NFV Security Considerations for Cloud-Based Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Mehrnoosh Monshizadeh and Vikramajeet Khatri (Nokia Networks, Finland); Andrei Gurtov (Linkoping University, Sweden)
SnoopyBot: An Android spyware to bridge the mixes in Tor: Evangelos Mitakidis, Dimitrios Taketzis, Alexandros Fakis and Georgios Kambourakis (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Analysis of the IP Telephony Security Issues Using Automatic Neural Network Classifier: Filip Rezac, Jan Rozhon, Jakub Safarik and Miroslav Voznak (CESNET, Czech Republic); Zuzana Bajakova (VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)

SYM3/II: Symposium on Environmental Electromagnetic Compatibility II

On Some Applications of Stochastic Collocation Method in Computational Electromagnetics: Dragan Poljak, Silvestar Šesnić and Mario Cvetković (University of Split, Croatia); Sebastien Lallechere and Khalil El Khamlichi Drissi (Blaise Pascal University, France)
Interpolative Computation of Two Slot Dimensions in a Rectangular Microstrip Antenna Given the Mode Number and the Resonant Frequency: Miroslav Joler and Dora Hodanić (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
Lightning current derivatives approximation: Vesna Javor (University of Nis, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Serbia)
Impulse Impedance of the Horizontal Grounding Electrode - Experimental Analysis versus Full-wave Computational Model: Tonko Garma, Silvestar Šesnić, Dragan Poljak and Mislav Blajić (University of Split, Croatia)
Comparison of Generalized Telegrapher Equations Approach and Circuit Model for Wireless Power Transfer: Zoran Blažević, Maja Škiljo and Dragan Poljak (University of Split, Croatia)

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

Friday, September 23

Friday, September 23, 09:00 - 10:30

WICT/I: Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies I

Implementation of an Efficient SMS Gateway Service: Chiara Taddia and Gianluca Mazzini (Lepida SpA, Italy)
A Full IP VoIP Architecture: the Lepida Case Study: Chiara Taddia and Gianluca Mazzini (Lepida SpA, Italy)
Big Data Over SmartGrid - A Fog Computing Perspective: Paola G. Vinueza Naranjo (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Mohammad Shojafar (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Leticia Vaca-Cardenas (University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy); Claudia Canali and Riccardo Lancellotti (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Enzo Baccarelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Usability Analysis of Gesture Based User Interfaces: Željka Car, Marin Vuković, Sven Njegač, Mislav Ivandić, Matej Lipovac and Luka Šonjić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Analysis of Using Visualization in Teaching Computer Networks: Marina Prvan (University of Split, Croatia)

Friday, September 23, 16:30 - 18:00

WICT/II: Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies II

Measurement and the estimate of exposure to electromagnetic fields frequencies between 2110 MHz and 2170 MHz: Marin Galić (Centar za mjerenja u okolišu, Croatia)
Virtualized WMN based mobile backhaul: Kari Seppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
Ground Penetrating Radar prototypes developed in COST Action TU1208: Lara Pajewski ("Roma Tre" University of Rome, Italy); Raffaele Persico (IBAM-CNR, Italy); Simone Chicarella, Vincenzo Ferrara, Fabrizio Frezza and Filippo Troiani (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Daily throughput and energy efficiency analysis of campus WLAN: Josip Lorincz (University of Split, Croatia); Eldis Mujaric (CARNET, Croatia); Dinko Begusic (University of Split, Croatia)
The influence of the fiber length and coding technique on the signal quality in Broadband Passive Optical Network: Katarina Radoš (University of Split, Croatia)

Saturday, September 24

Saturday, September 24, 09:00 - 10:30

WICT/III: Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies III

Software Development for Configuration of TSS Gateway Controller (TGC): Lovre Šušnjara (University of Split, Croatia); Marin Ercegović (Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia)
AXE node alarm monitoring and statistics: Matea Colak (University of Split, Croatia); Ante Mrkonjic (Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia)
Network node characteristics analytics and visualization: Jelena Čulić (Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia)
New approach in mobile telecom operators analysis - “Analysis of Eight Key Fields”: Igor Jurčić (J.P. Hrvatske telekomunikacije d.d., Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Sven Gotovac (University of Split, Croatia)