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IEEE ICC 2012 Tutorials Program

Monday, June 11, Morning

T01: Signal Waveform Design for Underwater Acoustic Communications Monday, June 11, Morning

Speakers:
Charalampos C. Tsimenidis, Newcastle University, UK
Bayan S. Sharif, Newcastle University, UK
Abstract:
In recent years, there has been immense interest in developing underwater acoustic communication systems, most of which are related to remote control and telemetry applications. In practice, the only feasible method to achieve sub-sea communications is by means of acoustic signals. Such acoustic links are exposed to adverse physical phenomena governing acoustic wave propagation in the sea such as ambient noise, frequency-dependent attenuation, extended multi-path and Doppler spread. This tutorial will cover the design of signalling waveforms that are suitable for utilization in underwater acoustic (UA) modems. These will include PN sequences with low auto and cross-correlation properties, chirp design, in conjunction with pulse shaping and layered modulation schemes such as orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM), direct sequence and multi-carrier code division multiple access (DS- and MC-CDMA). The tutorial will also address underwater channel modelling and simulation methodologies that are useful in evaluating "dry" performance of UA systems. Furthermore, the design of receiver algorithms will be considered that utilise adaptive receive arrays, carrier-phase and symbol timing recovery, Doppler compensation and multi-user detection methodologies. The tutorial is suitable for modem engineers with limited or no experience in this area to assist them in the design of UA based communication systems.
Speaker Bios:

Charalampos Tsimenidis is a Senior Lecturer in Signal Processing for Communications in the School of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering. He received his MSc (with distinction) and PhD in Communications and Signal Processing from the Newcastle University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. His main research interests are in the area adaptive array receivers for wireless communications including demodulation algorithms and protocol design for underwater acoustic channels. During the last 12 years has published over 120 conference and journal papers, supervised successfully over 17 Ph.D. Students and made contributions in the area of receiver design to several European funded research projects including Long Range Telemetry in Ultra-Shallow Channels (LOTUS), Shallow Water Acoustic Network (SWAN), and Acoustic Communication Network for the Monitoring of the Underwater Environment in Coastal Areas (ACME). He is a member of the IEEE and IET.

Bayan Sharif is Professor of Digital Communications and Head of the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. He received the bachelor and doctorate degrees from Queen's University of Belfast and Ulster University, N. Ireland, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He then held a Research Fellowship at Queen's University of Belfast before he was appointed as Lecturer at Newcastle University in 1990, and then as Senior Lecturer and Professor in Digital Communications in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Professor Sharif is head of the Communications, Sensors and Signal Processing (CSSP) research group and has personal research interests in digital communications with a focus on wireless receiver structures and optimisation of wireless networks. He has published over 300 journal and conference papers, presented several invited talks and tutorials and held UK and EU research grants in digital communications, underwater acoustics and signal processing worth over $6m. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET and Senior Member of the IEEE.

T02: Application Architectures for Machine to Machine Communications:
State of the Art and Research Directions
Monday, June 11, Morning

Speakers:
Roch H. Glitho, Concordia University, Canada
Abstract:
Machine to Machine communications (M2M for short), a key component of Internet of Things (IoT), aims at enabling interactions between devices (e.g. sensors/actuators, smart meters) with little or no human intervention. This tutorial in four parts proposes an overview of M2M with a focus on application architectures. In the first part, the standard system architectures proposed so far for M2M (e.g. ETSI M2M architecture, Wimax M2M architecture) are introduced along with the standard communications and networking technologies (IEEE 802.15.4, Zigbee, 6LoWPAN) on which they rely. The second part discusses concrete M2M application use cases, and gives insights in the application architecture related - challenges. The use cases are used to derive a comprehensive set of requirements for M2M application architectures. In the third part, the body of knowledge in application architectures is reviewed in light of the requirements. The review includes the middleware proposed so far (e.g. RESTful Web services based - middleware). It also includes the novel applications layer protocols being developed (e.g, IETF CoAP) for M2M. The strengths and weaknesses are assessed. In the fourth part we discuss novel research directions such as the use of cloud computing and 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) as M2M applications enablers.
Speaker Bios:

Roch H. Glitho [SM] (http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~glitho/) holds a Ph.D. (Tekn. Dr.) in tele-informatics (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) and M.Sc. degrees in business economics (University of Grenoble, France), pure mathematics (University Geneva, Switzerland), and computer science (University of Geneva). He is as an associate professor of networking and telecommunications at the Concordia Institute of Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), (Concordia University, Montreal) where he holds the Canada Research Chair in End-user Services Engineering. In the past he has worked in industry for almost a quarter of a century and has held several senior technical positions at LM Ericsson in Sweden and Canada (e.g. expert, principal engineer, senior specialist). His industrial experience includes research, international standards setting (e.g. contributions to ITU-T, ETSI, TMF, ANSI, TIA, and 3GPP), product management, project management, systems engineering and software/firmware design. He is a member of several editorial boards including IEEE Network and IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. In the past he has served as IEEE Communications Society distinguished lecturer, Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Communications Magazine and Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. His research areas include architectures for end-users applications, distributed systems, non conventional networking, cloud computing, and networking technologies for emerging economies.

T03: Recent Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks Monday, June 11, Morning

Speakers:
Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA
Abstract:
A large number of wireless sensor nodes (SNs) are used in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and information from all SNs are collected at a Base Station (BS) or a sink. After introducing a SN, various characteristics of a WSN are covered in monitoring an unattended area. There is a need to learn about how regular WSN topologies can be effectively used for physically accessible areas. Results are presented on numerous advantages of using a regression polynomial. Impact of using powerful SNs on the system coverage and connectivity are also examined. Another scheme of minimizing packet traffic by collecting data using a mobile Base Station is also considered. Energy consumption throughout the area can be equalized by controlling data packet generation rate based on how far away the SNs are with respect to the BS. An innovative technique of distributing keys for shared secret key based communication in a WSN is described and various characteristics including resiliency are outlined. Monitoring of a battle-field using a WSN is also illustrated using boundary detection of a wild forest fire. Analytical model is introduced and are compared with simulation results. The need for layered sensing in secured communication is also investigated.
Speaker Bios:

Dharma Agrawal is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor in the School of Computing Sciences and Informatics. He has been a faculty member at the ECE Dept., Carnegie Mellon University (on sabbatical leave). His current research interests include resource allocation in wireless mesh networks, query processing and secured communication in sensor networks, environmental monitoring using sensor networks, and effective traffic handling in integrated wireless networks. His is a co-author of an introductory text book on Wireless and Mobile Computing, third edition and Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, 2nd edition. He was awarded a Third Millennium Medal by the IEEE for his outstanding contributions. He has given 38 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia, and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks, including security issues. He has been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher, is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM, the AAAS and the World Innovation Foundation, and a recent recipient of 2008 IEEE CS Harry Goode Award. University of Cincinnati has been given him an award for 2011 year Excellence in Doctoral mentoring.

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