The 3rd workshop on Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks

April 16th, Limassol, Cyprus

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
RAWNET'07 Program

 

08:45 - 09:00 Welcome
09:00 - 10:00 Invited speaker: Mung Chiang, Princeton University
Title: Recent advances in cellular network power control.
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 Session I (2 talks)
1)On Downlink Capacity of Cellular Data Networks with WLAN/WPAN Relays, B. Radunovic and A. Proutiere
2)Improving Downlink UMTS Capacity by Exploiting Direct Mobile-to-Mobile Data Transfer, L. Popova, W. Koch and T. Herpel
11:30 - 12:30 Session II (2 talks)
1)Channel and Multiuser Diversities in Wireless Systems: Delay-Energy Tradeoff, P. Chaporkar, K. Kansanen and R. R. Mueller
2)Resource allocation in multicell wireless networks: Some capacity scaling laws, D. Gesbert and M. Kountouris
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Invited Speaker: Nihar Jindal, University of Minnesota
Title: Multiple Antenna Downlink Channels: From Theory to Practice
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30 Session III (2 talks)
1)Optimal Subcarrier Sharing for Weighted Sum of Rates Maximization in Multiuser-OFDM Systems, A. Alsawah and I. Fijalkow
2)Wardrop Equilibrium for CDMA Systems, N. Bonneau, M. Debbah, E. Altman and A. Hjorungnes
16:30 - 17:30 Session IV (2 talks)
1) An in-depth analysis of the SCTP behavior, M. Villari and A. Puliafito
2) A Downlink Scheduling Scheme With Link Layer Channel Estimation In Wireless Networks, T. Chen

Specific topics of interest include
(but are not limited to) :

  • Air-interface scheduling ;
  • Cross-layer design ;
  • Dimensioning, provisioning and traffic engineering ;
  • Load balancing and routing ;
  • Models and techniques for optimization of wireless networks ;
  • Performance evaluation methods for wireless networks ;
  • Power control and energy-efficient communication ;
  • Pricing and incentive schemes in ad-hoc networks.
 

 

Workshop chairs:

Mérouane Debbah (Institut Eurecom)
 Mikael Johansson (KTH)

 

Technical program commitee:

Randall Berry (Northwestern University)
Thomas Bonald (France Telecom)
Sem Borst (Eindhoven University)
Claudio Casseti (Politecnico di Torino)
Mung Chiang (Princeton)
David Gesbert (Institut Eurecom)
Michael Honig (Northwestern University)
Riku Jäntti (KTT)
Nihar Jindal (University of Minnesota)
Thierry Klein (Lucent Technologies)
Miguel Lagunas (CTTC)
Ritesh Madan (Qualcomm)
Muriel Medard (MIT)
Daniel Palomar (UST)
Elazouzi Rachid (Université d'Avignon)
Edmund Yeh (Yale University)
Wei Yu (University of Toronto)

  

Important dates :

Paper submission deadline : December 15, 2006
Notification of acceptance : January 31, 2007
Camera-ready papers due : March 1, 2007
Early registration deadline : March 1, 2007