N. Montavont, Alberto Blanc, Renzo E. Navas, Tanguy Kerdoncuff, G. Castignani
{"title":"Handover triggering in IEEE 802.11 networks","authors":"N. Montavont, Alberto Blanc, Renzo E. Navas, Tanguy Kerdoncuff, G. Castignani","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158126","url":null,"abstract":"The current and future IEEE 802.11 deployment could potentially offer wireless Internet connectivity to mobile users. The limited AP radio coverage forces mobile devices to perform frequent handovers while current operating systems lack efficient mechanisms to manage AP transition. Thus we propose an anticipation-based handover solution that uses a Kalman filter to predict the short term evolution of the received power. This mechanism allows a mobile device to proactively start scanning and executing a handover as soon as better APs are available. We implement our mechanism in Android and we show that our solution provides a better wireless connection.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122557905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptive broadcast suppression for Trickle-based protocols","authors":"Thomas M. M. Meyfroyt, Milosh Stolikj, J. Lukkien","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158134","url":null,"abstract":"Low-power wireless networks play an important role in the Internet of Things. Typically, these networks consist of a very large number of lossy and low-capacity devices, challenging the current state of the art in protocol design. In this context the Trickle algorithm plays an important role, serving as the basic mechanism for message dissemination in notable protocols such as RPL and MPL. While Trickle's broadcast suppression mechanism has been proven to be efficient, recent work has shown that it is intrinsically unfair in terms of load distribution and that its performance relies strongly on network topology. This can lead to increased end-to-end delays (MPL), or creation of sub-optimal routes (RPL). Furthermore, as highlighted in this work, there is no clear consensus within the research community about what the proper parameter settings of the suppression mechanism should be. We propose an extension to the Trickle algorithm, called adaptive-k, which allows nodes to individually adapt their suppression mechanism to local node density. Supported by analysis and a case study with RPL, we show that this extension allows for an easier configuration of Trickle, making it more robust to network topology.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124980471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unified approach for performance analysis of Cognitive Radio Spectrum Sensing over correlated multipath fading channels","authors":"Salam Al-Juboori, Xavier N Fernando","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158194","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we analyse the performance of Cognitive Radio Spectrum Sensing (CRSS) systems with multiple receiving antennas considering the effect of correlation among fading branches. Exact closed-form expressions for the average detection probabilities (P̅D) are derived employing Probability Density Functions (PDF) approach for n.i.i.d.-L number of diversity branches over Nakagami-m fading channels with Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) diversity. Performance analysis reveals the detrimental effect of the correlation on detection performance thus decreasing detection probability. However, results also show that this effect could be compensated through employing diversity combining technique and by increasing the diversity branches.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128674636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Apostolos Galanopoulos, G. Iosifidis, A. Argyriou, L. Tassiulas
{"title":"Green video delivery in LTE-based heterogeneous cellular networks","authors":"Apostolos Galanopoulos, G. Iosifidis, A. Argyriou, L. Tassiulas","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158121","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an optimization framework that formalizes the inherent trade-off between the user perceived quality of wireless video, and the energy consumption cost of the network. The former is formulated in the context of the emerging heterogeneous cellular networks (HCN) based on LTE. We also consider users that employ dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH). Our framework quantifies this trade-off carefully, by delving into the details of DASH, the LTE network, and the HCN architecture. The result is a complex problem that is solved in two levels. The master problem is responsible for decisions regarding the the user association and the average power they are allocated. The solution of this problem also entails a decision about the encoding rate of the DASH video segments. The previous decision is used in order to perform resource allocation at a finer level by considering the technical details of LTE that allocates resource blocks and power simultaneously. Numerical results are presented with realistic parameters for the LTE network and the video traffic.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127392695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prefix coding of hierarchical categories for publish-subscribe in mobile wireless environments","authors":"Bo Xu, Matei Stroila","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158144","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an algorithm called MACH for coding a hierarchical category structure to enable prefix matching between a publication and a subscription. Compared to fixed-length coding, the MACH algorithm generates shorter code lengths without losing the efficiency of matching. In addition, the MACH algorithm automatically identifies the bits that are not necessary for prefix matching. These bits are saved to allow growth of categories. The bit saving is prioritized according to a configurable criterion. Experiments with real world data and synthetic data are conducted to evaluate the benefit of the proposed algorithm.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130804387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On 3-dimensional spectrum sharing for TV white and Gray Space networks","authors":"L. Bedogni, A. Trotta, M. D. Felice","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158139","url":null,"abstract":"Spectrum scarcity demands for additional bandwidth where new services can be deployed on. However, today's spectrum allocation leaves almost no bands unallocated. Thus, Cognitive Radio has been studied to bring relief to the lack of spectrum, moving towards a more efficient and dynamic spectrum access. In this domain TV White Space have been proposed as a possible solution to bring new, valuable spectrum for opportunistic services. However, their availability is quite low in highly populated areas, and thus their viability is limited. This is mainly because the availability of TV White Space is typically considered at the rooftop, through two-dimensional propagation models which do not account for possible spectrum re-utilization policies within a building, or in a small-scale area. In this paper, we show that much more communication opportunities can be found when we consider also the third-dimension, i.e. the height from the terrain, and novel per-floor allocation policies. We propose three main contributions in this paper. First, we describe an analytical model through which we derive the number of available spectrum resources for indoor secondary networks, considering PU protection policies in the same building, and in surrounding buildings. Second, we estimate the number of TV Gray Space (TVGS) over realistic scenarios in candidate cities, considering realistic street topology and buildings locations, and we show that this value can be much higher than what reported in the spectrum database. Finally, we investigate co-existence of secondary networks on TVWS, when novel per-floor spectrum sharing models are used.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116644673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectrum sensing based on Maximum Eigenvalue approximation in cognitive radio networks","authors":"Adeel Ahmed, Yim-Fun Hu, J. Noras, P. Pillai","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158199","url":null,"abstract":"Eigenvalue based spectrum sensing schemes such as Maximum Minimum Eigenvalue (MME), Maximum Energy Detection (MED) and Energy with Minimum Eigenvalue (EME) have higher spectrum sensing performance without requiring any prior knowledge of Primary User (PU) signal but the decision hypothesis used in these eigenvalue based sensing schemes depends on the calculation of maximum eigenvalue from covariance matrix of measured signal. Calculation of the covariance matrix followed by eigenspace analysis of the covariance matrix is a resource intensive operation and takes overhead time during critical process of spectrum sensing. In this paper we propose a new blind spectrum sensing scheme based on the approximation of the maximum eigenvalue using state of the art results from Random Matrix Theory (RMT). The proposed sensing scheme has been evaluated through extensive simulations on wireless microphone signals and the proposed scheme shows higher probability of detection (Pd) performance. The proposed spectrum sensing also shows higher detection performance as compared to energy detection scheme and RMT based sensing schemes such as MME and EME.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128358517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coop-DMAC: A Cooperative Directional MAC protocol for wireless networks","authors":"Peng Wang, M. Petrova, P. Mähönen","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158167","url":null,"abstract":"Directional antennas in wireless networks can provide substantial performance gain and opportunities. In the case of high-frequency systems, such as emerging 60 GHz networks, they are inherent feature of the system design. In contrast to the traditional omni-directional antennas, directional antennas are capable of reducing the interference level, increasing the communication range, and improving spatial reuse. However, new challenges need to be solved, such as the deafness problem and the asymmetric-in-gain. In this paper, we propose Cooperative-Directional MAC (Coop-DMAC) protocol to address the new challenges. The Coop-DMAC is completely distributed and relies on limited cooperation between networked nodes. In Coop-DMAC, nodes are supposed to exchange local information including the angle of arrival of their neighboring nodes and the duration of data transmission to improve their spatial reuse. In this paper, we analyze and evaluate the performance of Coop-DMAC, and pay particular attention to the performance and network topology. Simulation results validate our theoretical analysis and show that the proposed Coop-DMAC protocol outperforms the standard IEEE 802.11ad MAC protocol in terms of higher goodput in most common network topologies considered in the paper.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"227 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131811915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Floating band D2D: Exploring and exploiting the potentials of adaptive D2D-enabled networks","authors":"A. Asadi, V. Mancuso, P. Jacko","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158141","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose Floating Band D2D, an adaptive framework to exploit the full potential of Device-to-Device (D2D) transmission modes. We show that inband and outband D2D modes exhibit different pros and cons in terms of complexity, interference, and spectral efficiency. Moreover, none of these modes is suitable as a one-size-fits-all solution for today's cellular networks, due to diverse network requirements and variable users' behavior. Therefore, we unveil the need for going beyond traditional single-band mode-selection schemes. Specifically, we model and formulate a general and adaptive multi-band mode selection problem, namely Floating Band D2D. The problem is NP-hard, so we propose simple yet effective heuristics. Our results show the superiority of the Floating Band D2D framework, which dramatically increases network utility and achieves near complete fairness.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132320211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterizing opportunistic communication with churn for crowd-counting","authors":"Ljubica Pajevic, G. Karlsson","doi":"10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WoWMoM.2015.7158187","url":null,"abstract":"In opportunistic networking, characterizing contact patterns between mobile users is essential for assessing feasibility and performance of opportunistic applications. There has been significant efforts in deriving this characterization, based on observations and trace analyses; however, most of the findings arise from studying contact opportunities at large spatial and temporal scales. Moreover, the user population is considered to be constant: no users can join or leave the system. Yet, there are many examples of scenarios which do not fully adhere to the previous assumption and cannot be accurately described at large scales. Urban environments, such as smaller city districts, are characterized by highly dynamic user populations. We believe that scenarios with varying population requires further investigation. In this paper, we present a novel modeling approach to study operation of opportunistic applications in scenarios where the population size is subjected to frequent changes, that is, it exhibits churn. We also propose an application for estimating the size of a mobile crowd, which we then use to validate our model in four scenarios: a city area, subway station, a conference and a scenario with a synthetic mobility model. We show that the model provides good representations of the investigated scenarios.","PeriodicalId":221796,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127962553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}