2008 IEEE 67th Vehicular Technology Conference-Spring

Marina Bay, Singapore 11-14 May 2008 IEEE Catalog Number: CFP08VTC-PRT ISBN: 978-1-4244-164 -4 8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS An Enhanced Relay-Enabled Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks..............................................1 Rizwan Ahmad, Fu-Chun Zheng, Micheal Drieberg and Sverrir Olafsson

EUROPCOM - An Ultra-WideBand (UWB)-Based Ad Hoc Network for Emergency Applications ........................................6 Anthony Lo, Liang Xia, Ignas Niemegeers, Timothy Bauge, Mark Russell and Dave Harmer

Performance of a Cooperative Relay-Based Auto-Rate MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks ................................11 Tao Guo, Rolando Carrasco and Wai Lok Woo

Fairness and QoS in Ad-Hoc Networks .........................................................................................................................................16 Amine Berqia, Blaise Angoma, Noufissa Mikou and Youssef Dehbi

On the Performance of Biologically-Inspired Slot Synchronization in Multicarrier Ad Hoc Networks .................................21 Luca Sanguinetti, Alexander Tyrrell, Michele Morelli and Gunther Auer

A Novel Approach of Link Availability Estimation for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ...................................................................26 Jun Huang and Yuebin Bai

Secure Data Forwarding against Denial of Service Attack Using Trust Based Evolutionary Game .......................................31 Komathy K. and Narayanasamy P.

Energy-Efficient Broadcasting in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antennas ....................................................36 Tamaghna Acharya, Rajarshi Roy and Samiran Chattopadhyay

Improving Ad Hoc Networks Capacity and Connectivity Using Dynamic Blind Beamforming..............................................41 Nadia Fawaz, Zafer Beyaztas, David Gesbert and Merouane Debbah

MACA-MN: A MACA-Based MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Packet Train for Multiple Neighbors.............................................................................................................................................46 Nitthita Chirdchoo, Wee-Seng Soh and Kee Chaing Chua

Network Coding for Information Exchange between Multiple Nodes in Wireless Networks ..................................................51 Han Liu, Xiaodong Tu, Xiaoyang Wang and Shaoqian Li

Application of the TDD Underlay Concept to Home NodeB Scenario .......................................................................................56 Zubin Bharucha and Harald Haas

A Multiplicative and Constant Modulus Signal Based Network Coding Method Applied to CB-Relaying............................61 Peter Larsson

Energy Efficient MAC Protocol with Power and Rate Control in Multi-Rate Ad Hoc Networks ...........................................66 Masaki Bandai, Satoshi Maeda and Takashi Watanabe

Self-Localization Schemes for Geographic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks ...................................................................71 Mohammed Ziaur Rahman and Lindsay Kleeman

Distributed Architecture with Control Scheme and Status-Aware Routing Protocol for QoS Support in MANETs ...............................................................................................................................................................76 Ting Li, Nana Li, Ruibo Tang and Hong Ji

Performance Analysis of Distributed CDD MC-CDMA Sensor Networks with Frequency-Correlated Subcarriers over Nakagami-m Fading Channels ..................................................................................81 L. Guerrero, F. Said, A. Lodhi and A. H. Aghvami

Analyzing Data Prediction in Wireless Sensor Networks ............................................................................................................86 Erik-Oliver Blaß, Jens Horneber and Martina Zitterbart

Modeling and Throughput Analysis for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks .........................................................................................88 Yang Su, Khalil Fakih, Jean-Francois Diouris and Yu Zhang

Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Cooperation Protocol in IEEE 802.16e..............................................................................93 Emilio Calvanese Strinati and Luc Maret

Relaying and Power Control Strategy for 2-Hop Distributed Cooperative Communication ...................................................98 E. Kurniawan, A. S. Madhukumar and Francois Chin

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Methods for Calculating Bandwidth, Delay, and Packet Loss Metrics in Multi-Hop IEEE802.11 Ad Hoc Networks ........................................................................................................................................................................................103 Liqi Shi, Abraham Fapojuwo, Neil Viberg, Wendy Hoople and Norbert Chan

Critical Transmitting Range for Biconnectivity of One-Dimensional Wireless Ad Hoc Networks........................................108 Ye Tian, Min Sheng, Jiandong Li, Yan Zhang and Junliang Yao

A Novel Load Balanced and Lifetime Maximization Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks..................................113 Chengjie Wu, Ruixi Yuan and Hongchao Zhou

A Hybrid Indoor Localization Using Beacon Enabled Meshing and TOA in IEEE 802.15.4 Networks ...............................118 Ralf Burda, Andreas Lewandowski and Christian Wietfeld

Heuristic Deployment to Achieve Both Differentiated Detection and Connectivity in WSN .................................................123 Nadjib Aitsaadi, Nadjib Achir, Khaled Boussetta and Guy Pujolle

Design of Multi-Hop Handovers for Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks in Multi-Channel Environments ........................................128 Wan-Seon Lim, Dong-Wook Kim, Woo-Jae Kim, Young-Joo Suh, Young-Min Cha and Byungdeok Chung

Connectivity-Related Properties of Mobile Nodes Obeying the Random Walk and Random Waypoint Mobility Models ..........................................................................................................133 L. Hanzo II, S. M. Mostafavi and R. Tafazolli

Priority-Based Energy Aware and Coverage Preserving Routing for Wireless Sensor Network ..........................................138 Yunquan Dong, Qingyi Quan and Jian Zhang

Design of a Low-Power and Low-Latency MAC Protocol with Nodes Grouping and Transmission Pipelining in Wireless Sensor Networks ..............................................................................................................143 Ching-Wen Chen, Chuan-Chi Weng and Po-Jung Chen

Compression and Storage Schemes in a Sensor Network with Spatial and Temporal Coding Techniques..........................148 You-Chiun Wang, Yao-Yu Hsieh and Yu-Chee Tseng

Efficient Hole Detour Scheme for Geographic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks ...........................................................153 Fucai Yu, Soochang Park, Ye Tian, Minsuk Jin and Sang-Ha Kim

A Utility-Optimal Backoff Algorithm for Clustered Sensor Networks ....................................................................................158 Shengbin Liao, Wenqing Cheng, Zongkai Yang, Wei Liu and Wei Yuan

Performance and Security Assessment of a PKC Based Key Management Scheme for Hierarchical Sensor Networks......................................................................................................................................................163 Ayesha Naureen, Attiya Akram, Tariq Maqsood, Rabia Riaz, Ki-Hyung Kim and H. Farooq Ahmed

An Adaptive Mobility-Supporting MAC Protocol for Mobile Sensor Networks.....................................................................168 Sung-Chan Choi, Jang-Won Lee and Yeonsoo Kim

Address Assignment and Routing Schemes for ZigBee-Based Long-Thin Wireless Sensor Networks .................................173 Meng-Shiuan Pan, Hua-Wei Fang, Yung-Chih Liu and Yu-Chee Tseng

Joint Decoding and Transmit Power Control Using Time-Dependent Correlation in Sensor Networks ..............................178 Suguru Doki, Hiraku Okada and Kenichi Mase

A QoS-Based Energy-Aware MAC Protocol for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks ......................................................183 Navrati Saxena, Abhishek Roy and Jitae Shin

Employing Mobile Sink in Event-Driven Wireless Sensor Networks .......................................................................................188 Bin Wang, Dongliang Xie, Canfeng Chen, Jian Ma and Shiduan Cheng

Mobile Sensor Relocation to Prolong the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks ...................................................................193 Younghwan Yoo and Dharma Agrawal

Uniform Energy Consumption through Adaptive Optimal Selection of Cooperative MIMO Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks......................................................................................................198 Irfan Ahmed, Mugen Peng and Wenbo Wang

Increasing Connectivity in Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks Using Dynamic Actuator Cooperation .............................203 M. Farukh Munir and F. Filali

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On Maximizing the Received Data Volume in a Wireless Sensor Network .............................................................................208 Shirin Karimifar and James K. Cavers

Hybrid Congestion Control Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks .........................................................................................213 Jang-Ping Sheu and Wei-Kai Hu

Design and Implementation of a Real Time Video Surveillance System with Wireless Sensor Networks ............................218 Wen-Tsuen Chen, Po-Yu Chen, Wei-Shun Lee and Chi-Fu Huang

A Bio-Inspired Scheduling Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks ..........................................................................................223 Chi-Tsun Cheng, Chi K. Tse and Francis C. M. Lau

On a Practical Distributed Source Coding Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks ................................................................228 Frank Oldewurtel, Marcin Foks and Petri Mähönen

Geographic Multicast with K-Means Clustering for Wireless Sensor Networks ....................................................................233 Gang Zhao, Xiangqian Liu and Anup Kumar

Source Stirring Technology for Automotive Antenna Measurement .......................................................................................238 Michael Albrecht, Johann-Friedrich Luy and Peter Russer

Exploitation of Quasi-Orthogonal Space Time Block Codes in Virtual Antenna Arrays: Part II Monte Carlo-Based throughput Evaluation ...................................................................................................................242 S. K. Kassim, M. Hayes, N. M. Eltayeb and J. A. Chambers

Nulling of Antenna Arrays Including the Mutual Coupling Effect ..........................................................................................247 Min Wang and Zhongxiang Shen

Joint Generalized Antenna Combination and Symbol Detection Based on Minimum Bit Error Rate: A Particle Swarm Optimization Approach .................................................................................................................................252 Kyar-Chan Huang, Wen-Hsien Fang, Hoang-Yang Lu and Yie-Tarng Chen

Analysis of Scanning and Multi-Beam Antennas Based on Spherical Lenses with Array Feeds ...........................................257 Nasiha Nikolic, John S. Kot and Sergey Vynogradov

Waveform Distortion and Performance of Impulse Radio with Realistic Antennas in Deterministic Multipath Channels..........................................................................................................260 Qiang Li and Y. P. Zhang

Joint Multiuser Precoding and Scheduling with Imperfect Channel State Information at the Transmitter ........................265 Keying Wu, Lei Wang and Liyu Cai

On the Use of a Lower Frequency in Finite-Difference Simulations for Urban Radio Coverage ..........................................270 Alvaro Valcarce Rial, Guillaume De La Roche and Jie Zhang

Long-Term Beamforming in Single Frequency Networks using Semidefinite Relaxation .....................................................275 Markus Jordan, Martin Senst, Gerd Ascheid and Heinrich Meyr

Transmission of 38GHz Millimeter Wave Signals through Radio-Over-Fiber Systems.........................................................280 Y. S. Chan, B. Luo and L. C. Ong

Irregular Precoder-Aided Differential Linear Dispersion Codes .............................................................................................285 Nan Wu and Lajos Hanzo

Modified UCA-ESPRIT for Estimating DOA of Coherent Signals using One Snapshot........................................................290 Kareem Al Jabr, Hyuck M. Kwon and Nizar Tayem

Complete Shadowing Modeling and its Effect on System Level Performance Evaluation .....................................................294 Jose F. Monserrat, Ruben Fraile, Daniel Calabuig and Narcís Cardona

Uncoupled Antenna Matching for Performance Optimization in Compact MIMO Systems using Unbalanced Load Impedance.................................................................................................299 Ruiyuan Tian and Buon Kiong Lau

Channel Modification Strategy for Capacity of MIMO Channels with Channel Estimation Error .....................................304 Xiaoguang Wu, Guixia Kang, Peng Cao and Ping Zhang

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Indoor Penetration of Outdoor Urban UMTS Coverage: An Experimental Model ...............................................................309 Livio Denegri, Fabio Lavagetto and Alessandro Iscra

Pilot Sequence Design Scheme for Inter-Cell Interference Mitigation in OFDM Systems under Time-Varying Channels .........................................................................................................................314 Wenjun Wang, Xiaoguang Wu and Guixia Kang

Design of Wideband Mobile Radio Channel Simulators Based on Real-World Measurement Data.....................................319 Dmitry Umansky and Matthias Pätzold

Outage Performance of L-Branch Maximal-Ratio Combiner for Generalized k-µ Fading ...................................................325 Mirza Milisic, Mirza Hamza and Mesud Hadzialic

A Generic Validation Framework for Wideband MIMO Channel Models .............................................................................330 Yu Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Guangyi Liu, Xinying Gao and Ping Zhang

Decorrelation and Orthogonalization of Correlated Diversity Branches for HS/MRC Diversity .........................................335 Pavel Loskot and Norman C. Beaulieu

How Typical is the "Typical Urban" channel model? ...............................................................................................................340 Henrik Asplund, Kjell Larsson and Peter Ökvist

Integrated LT Coding, Bit Interleaved Differential Space Time Coding and Sphere Packing Modulation for the Wireless Internet ..............................................................................................................344 N. Wu, T. D. Nguyen, C. Y. Wei, L. L. Yang and L. Hanzo

Exploitation of Quasi-Orthogonal Space Time Block Codes in Virtual Antenna Arrays: Part I - Theoretical Capacity and throughput Gains .................................................................................................................349 M. Hayes, S. K. Kassim, J. A. Chambers and M. D. Macleod

Broadband Slot Antenna with Circular-Polarization Operation..............................................................................................353 Lei Bian, Y. X. Guo and X. Q. Shi

Channel Estimation for OFDM In Time-Variant Multi-Path Environment ...........................................................................356 Zheng Li, Xia Lei, Wanbin Tang, Yue Xiao and Shaoqian Li

Capacity Gain Analysis with Antenna Selection for a Frequency Selective MIMO Measured Channel ..............................361 Robson Domingos Vieira

A Mobile-to-Mobile Fading Channel Simulator Based on an Orthogonal Expansion ............................................................366 Antonio Petrolino, João Gomes and Gonçalo Tavares

WLAN Design: A Distributed Approach ....................................................................................................................................371 Alan Mc Gibney, Martin Klepal and Dirk Pesch

A Decision-Feedback Channel Estimation Receiver for Independent Nonidentical Rayleigh Fading Channels ...............................................................................................................376 Yonglan Zhu, Pooi-Yuen Kam and Yan Xin

On the Effect of Time-Domain Per-Subcarrier Equalization for Band-Limited OQAM Based Multi-Carrier Modulation Systems............................................................................................380 Hiromitsu Kunishima, Hisao Koga, Osamu Muta and Yoshihiko Akaiwa

BEP Analysis of MRT/MRC Diversity in Rayleigh Fading Channels ......................................................................................385 Jian Li, Xian-Da Zhang, Qiubin Gao, Yajuan Luo and Daqing Gu

Exact BEP Analysis for Coherent M-ary PAM and QAM over AWGN and Rayleigh Fading Channels............................390 Jian Li, Xian-Da Zhang, Qiubin Gao, Yajuan Luo and Daqing Gu

An Analysis of K-Connectivity in Shadowing and Nakagami Fading Wireless Multi-Hop Networks ..................................395 Lili Zhang, Boon-Hee Soong, Yan Zhang, Maode Ma and Yongliang Guan

On the Stationarity of Sum-of-Cisoids-Based Mobile Fading Channel Simulators ................................................................400 Bjørn Olav Hogstad and Matthias Pätzold

Improved Decision-Feedback Detection Schemes for STTD over Time-Selective Fading Channels.....................................405 Cheolkyu Shin, Hyounkuk Kim and Hyuncheol Park

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An Accurate and Compact Rayleigh and Rician Fading Channel Simulator..........................................................................409 Amirhossein Alimohammad, Saeed Fouladi Fard, Bruce F. Cockburn and Christian Schlegel

Improving MIMO Capacity with Directive Antennas for Outdoor-Indoor Scenarios ...........................................................414 Cesar Hermosilla, Rodolfo Feick, Reinaldo A. Valenzuela and Luciano Ahumada

Modeling and Measurement of MIMO Relay Channels ............................................................................................................419 Lei Jiang, Lars Thiele and Volker Jungnickel

A Wideband One-Ring MIMO Channel Model Under Non-Isotropic Scattering Conditions ...............................................424 Yuanyuan Ma and Matthias Paetzold

Measurement Based Capacity of Distributed MIMO Antenna System in Urban Microcellular Environment at 5.25 GHz .........................................................................................................................430 Mikko Alatossava, Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn, Veli-Matti Holappa and Juha Ylitalo

Universal Unitary Space Vector Quantization Codebook Design for Precoding MIMO System under Spatial Correlated Channel ..................................................................................................435 Ping Wu, Lihua Li and Ping Zhang

Modeling and Capacity of Polarized MIMO Channels..............................................................................................................440 Mikael Coldrey

Scatterer Detection by Successive Cancellation for UWB - Method and Experimental Verification ....................................445 Telmo Santos, Johan Karedal, Peter Almers, Fredrik Tufvesson and Andreas F. Molisch

A Novel Path-Loss Model for UWB Off-Body Propagation ......................................................................................................450 Angelos A. Goulianos, Tim W. C. Brown and Stavros Stavrou

Transmission and Reflection Coefficients in Time-Domain for a Dielectric Slab for UWB Signals......................................455 Anastasios Karousos, George Koutitas and Costas Tzaras

Measurements and Analysis of an In-Car UWB Channel .........................................................................................................459 Moritz Schack, Jaouhar Jemai, Radoslaw Piesiewicz, Robert Geise, Ingo Schmidt and Thomas Kürner

A Novel Selective Transmitted Reference Transceiver for High Data Rate UWB ..................................................................464 Wilson Chandra Tjhi, Chiew Tong Lau and A. B. Premkumar

Non-Linear UWB Receivers with MLSE Post-Detection...........................................................................................................468 Florian Troesch, Thomas Zasowski and Armin Wittneben

The Composite Channel Method: Efficient Experimental Evaluation of a Realistic MIMO Terminal in the Presence of a Human Body................................................................................................473 Fredrik Harrysson, Jonas Medbo, Andreas F. Molisch, Anders J. Johansson and Fredrik Tufvesson

Algorithm for Detecting the Number of Transmit Antennas in MIMO-OFDM Systems.......................................................478 Eckhard Ohlmer, Ting-Jung Liang and Gerhard Fettweis

Switching Rate of Generalized Selection Combining with Non-Identical Branches in Rayleigh Fading Channels ..............................................................................................................483 Paul Ho, Raymond Kwan and Xianbin Wang

Level-Crossing Rate and Average Duration of Fades of the Envelope of a Sum-of-Cisoids...................................................488 Matthias Paetzold, Matthias Pätzold and Carlos A. Gutiérrez

Diversity in Double-Scattering MIMO Channels .......................................................................................................................495 Bappi Barua, Hyundong Shin and Moe Z. Win

On the Statistical Properties of the Capacity of Spatially Correlated Nakagami-M MIMO Channels.................................500 Gulzaib Rafiq, Valeri Kontorovich and Matthias Pätzold

Dynamic Channel Model for Static Mobile Terminals in Indoor LOS and NLOS Environments ........................................507 Yoshichika Ohta and Teruya Fujii

A Simple Channel Model for Investigation of Multiuser Scheduling in MIMO Broadcast Channels...................................513 Seung-Hwan Lee and John Thompson

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Diversity and Coding Gains of Space-Time-Frequency Coded MIMO-OFDM ......................................................................518 Duy H. N. Nguyen and Ha H. Nguyen

Smart Antennas for Multi-Rate MC-CDMA Communication Systems ...................................................................................524 Shang-Chun Tsai, Fang-Biau Ueng, Jun-Da Chen, Li-Der Jeng, Jian-Wei Chen and Kun-Da Ke

Transmit Diversity Based Interference Cancellation .................................................................................................................529 Abdulrauf Hafeez

Power Diversity Scheme for V-BLAST Systems under Rayleigh Fading.................................................................................534 Hsin-Yeh Chen, Chia-Hung Chuang and Ping-Cheng Yeh

Extrinsic Information Memory Reduced Architecture for Non-Binary Turbo Decoder Implementation............................539 Sook Min Park, Jaeyoung Kwak and Kwyro Lee

Degradation in Convolutionally Coded V-BLAST System and A Performance Improvement Method ...............................544 Xueyuan Zhao, Zhengang Pan, Peter W. C. Chan, Chih-Lin I, Roger S. K. Cheng and Vincent K. N. Lau

Near-Capacity Irregular Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation ...................................................................................................549 R. Y. S. Tee, R. G. Maunder, J. Wang and L. Hanzo

Noncoherent Space-Frequency Codes for Broadband MIMO Systems over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels.........................................................................................................................................554 Qian Li, Kwok H. Li and Kah C. Teh

Random Coding Exponent for MIMO Channels .......................................................................................................................559 Md. Zahurul I. Sarkar, Hyundong Shin and Moe Z. Win

Exact BER Analysis for Signal Code Modulation in Wireless Communication ......................................................................564 Shaoqun Fan, Xinglin Wang and Dan Yu

Adaptive Cooperative Coding in Wireless Networks .................................................................................................................569 Li Li, Lin Tang, Shengyao Jin, Honglin Hu and Haifeng Wang

Cooperative Coding using Cyclic Delay for Multiuser OFDM Systems...................................................................................574 Dongwoo Lee, Young Seok Jung, Jae Hong Lee, Byung Jang Jeong and Taegyun Noh

Low Complexity ML Based Interference Cancellation for Layered Space-Time Codes ........................................................579 Sungkyu Jung and Jungwoo Lee

Asymptotic Analysis of Space-Time Codes in Non-Gaussian Noise and Interference ............................................................584 Ali Nezampour, Robert Schober and Yao Ma

Near-Capacity Iteratively Decoded Space-Time Block Coding ................................................................................................590 Soon Xin Ng, Sushanta Das, Jin Wang and Lajos Hanzo

Group-Based Noncoherent Space-Frequency Codes and Efficient Decoding..........................................................................595 Qian Li, Kwok H. Li and Kah C. Teh

On the Design of Opportunistic Cooperative Transmission Strategies with Partial CSI Information..................................600 Zhiquo Ding, T. Ratnarajah, Yu Gong and C. F. N. Cowan

Cooperative Diversity for Relay-Assisted Inter-Vehicular Communication............................................................................605 Haci Ilhan, Ibrahim Altunbas and Murat Uysal

Minimum-SER-Based Adaptive Protocol with LS Channel Variance Estimation for Cooperative Communication Systems .........................................................................................................................................610 Chaiyod Pirak

Log-Likelihood-Ratio based Selective Decode and Forward Cooperative Communication...................................................615 R. Chembil Palat, A. Annamalai and Jeffrey H. Reed

Performance Analysis of Two-User Cooperation Diversity.......................................................................................................619 M.D. Selvaraj and Ranjan K. Mallik

On the Design of a Quality-Of-Service Driven Routing Protocol for Wireless Cooperative Networks .................................624 Zhengguo Sheng, Zhiguo Ding and Kin K. Leung

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Efficient Space Time Combination Technique for Unsynchronized Cooperative Miso Transmission..................................629 Tuan-Duc Nguyen, Olivier Berder and Olivier Sentieys

On the Diversity Order of AF Cooperative Systems with Inter-Relay Interference Cancellation.........................................634 Harya Wicaksana, See Ho Ting, Chin Keong Ho, Woon Hau Chin and Yong Liang Guan

Soft Decode and Forward of MQAM Modulations for Cooperative Relay Channels.............................................................639 Reza Hoshyar and Rahim Tafazolli

Doubly Differential Communication Assisted with Cooperative Relay....................................................................................644 Na Yi, Yi Ma and Rahim Tafazolli

Symbol Error Probability of Distributed-Alamouti Scheme in Wireless Relay Networks .....................................................648 Trung Q. Duong, Dac-Binh Ha, Hoai-An Tran and Nguyen-Son Vo

Achieving a Frequency Reuse Factor of 1 in OFDMA Cellular Networks with Cooperative Communications ..................653 Mylene Pischella and Jean-Claude Belfiore

Blind Equalization Method Based on Sparse Bayesian Learning .............................................................................................658 Kyuho Hwang and Sooyong Choi

New Global Blind Equalization Using Two Constant Modulus Asymmetrical Modulations Proposals................................663 Abdelouahib Zaouche, Charles Tatkeu, Iyad Dayoub and Jean Michel Rouvaen

Effect of Source Distributions on Multimodulus Blind Equalization Algorithm.....................................................................668 Jenq-Tay Yuan and Tzu-Chao Lin

CDMA Receiver Based on Improved Frequency Domain Equalization and PIC ...................................................................673 Guoping Xu, Qun Wei, Xin Zhang, Dacheng Yang and Ying Hu

Block Iterative/Adaptive Frequency-Domain Channel Estimation for SC-FDE Receivers....................................................678 Jong-Seob Baek, Jin-Yong Choi, Won-Suk Choi and Jong-Soo Seo

Low-Complexity Equalisation Methods for OFDM Systems in Doubly Selective Channels ..................................................683 Karthik Muralidhar, Li Kwok Hung and Ying Chang Liang

Rejection of Multitone Jamming for FFH/MFSK Spread-Spectrum Systems over Frequency-Selective Rayleigh-Fading Channels ........................................................................................................................688 Jiliang Zhang, Kah Chan Teh and Kwok Hung Li

Low Backhaul Distributed Detection Strategies for an Interference Limited Uplink Cellular System.................................693 Shahid Khattak and Gerhard Fettweis

Co-Channel Interference Cancellation in Wireless Cellular Networks ....................................................................................698 Ahmed Mohamed Abdelsalam Ahmed and Ian Marsland

Co-Channel Interference Cancellation for Downlink Block Transmission with Cyclic Prefix ..............................................703 Kazunori Hayashi and Hideaki Sakai

Iterative Multiuser Detection with Soft Interference Cancellation for Multirate MC-CDMA Systems ...............................708 Yung-Ping Tu, Wen-Hsien Fang, Hoang-Yang Lu and Yie-Tarng Chen

A Graph-Based Scheme for Distributed Interference Coordination in Cellular OFDMA Networks....................................713 Marc Necker and Marc C. Necker

Performance of Iterative MAP Receiver for MIMO-OFDM Channels with Anti-Gray Mapping ........................................719 Sajid Ahmed, S. Ahmed, T. Ratnarajah, M. Sellathurai and C. F. N. Cowan

Low Complexity Iterative Receiver for Downlink MC-CDMA System in Doppler Channels ...............................................724 L. B. Thiagarajan, Y. -C. Liang and S. Attallah

Irregular Generic Detection Aided Iterative Downlink SDMA Systems..................................................................................729 Chun-Yi Wei and Lajos Hanzo

EXIT Chart Aided Design of Near-Capacity Self-Concatenated Trellis Coded Modulation Using Iterative Decoding...............................................................................................................................................................734 Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, Soon Xin Ng and Lajos Hanzo

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Low-Complexity Iterative Synchronization for A Robust Receiver at Low Signal-to-Noise Ratios......................................739 Hongyi Fu, Kai Yen, Yuen Sam Kwok and Sumei Sun

A Simplified Iterative Water-Filling Algorithm for Per-User Power Allocation in Multiuser MMSE-Precoded MIMO Systems..............................................................................................................................744 Min Lee and Seong Keun Oh

Linear-Time Encodable Rate-Compatible Punctured LDPC Codes with Low Error Floors ................................................749 Seungmoon Song, Daesung Hwang, Sunglock Seo and Jeongseok Ha

The Application of the MI-Based Link Quality Model for Link Adaptation of Rate Compatible LDPC Codes.....................................................................................................................................................754 Xiang Chen, Zesong Fei, Jingming Kuang, Wei Sun and Lei Wan

Influence of Degree Distribution of Irregular LDPC Codes on HARQ Performance ............................................................759 Chengxin Xu, Yongyu Chang and Dacheng Yang

Macro Interleaver Design for Bit Interleaved Coded Modulation with Low-Density Parity-Check Codes ................................................................................................................................................763 Frank Kienle and Norbert Wehn

A 223Mbps FPGA Implementation of (10240, 5120) Irregular Structured Low Density Parity Check Decoder.........................................................................................................767 Wang Wenjun, Wu Xiaoguang, Zhu Xiaoxuan, Kang Guixia and Tao Xiaofeng

Graph-Based Turbo DeCodulation with LDPC Codes ..............................................................................................................772 Birgit Schotsch, Laurent Schmalen, Peter Vary and Thorsten Clevorn

Pilot Sequence Design Scheme for MIMO OFDM Systems under Time-Varying Channels .................................................777 Xiaoguang Wu and Guixia Kang

A Least Mean Square Based Algorithm to Determine Transmit and Receive Weights for Eigenbeam MIMO Systems .......................................................................................................................782 Takayuki Tominaga, Osamu Muta and Yoshihiko Akaiwa

Efficient Precoder Quantization for Time-Varying MIMO Wireless Channels ......................................................................787 Stefano Sorrentino and Lino Moretti

A Near Optimal Linear Precoding for Multiuser MIMO Throughput Maximization ...........................................................792 Seunghun Jang, JangHoon Yang, Seungyeon Eom and Dong Ku Kim

A Low-Complexity Precoder for Large Multiuser MISO Systems...........................................................................................797 Saif K. Mohammed, A. Chockalingam and B. Sundar Rajan

A Polynomial Matrix SVD Approach for Time Domain Broadband Beamforming in MIMO-OFDM Systems....................................................................................................................................802 H. Zamiri-Jafarian and M. Rajabzadeh

Soft-Output Two-Stage Parallel MMSE MIMO Detector under Imperfect Channel Estimation .........................................807 Jun Wang, Oliver Yu Wen and Shaoqian Li

Efficient Transmission Schemes for Multiuser MIMO-OFDM Downlink Systems in Time-Varying Channels ...............................................................................812 Hongmei Wang, Xibin Xu, Ming Zhao, Weiling Wu and Yan Yao

An Adaptive K-best Algorithm without SNR Estimation for MIMO Systems ........................................................................817 Bong-seok Kim, Hannah Kim and Kwonhue Choi

Selective Detection for Coded MIMO-OFDM Transmission ....................................................................................................822 Hajime Suzuki, Iain B. Collings, Robert Meyer and Mark Hedley

Design of Differential Quantization for Low Bitrate Channel State Information Feedback in MIMO-OFDM Systems ................................................................................................................................................................827 Woon Hau Chin and Chau Yuen

Coverage Performance Analysis of Multiuser MIMO Broadcast Systems ..............................................................................832 Li-Chun Wang, Chu-Jung Yeh and Chi-Fang Li

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Multimode Random Beamforming for Multiuser Downlink MIMO System with Limited Feedback ..................................837 Hyukjin Chae, Yohan Kim, JangHoon Yang, Bin-Chul Ihm and Dong Ku Kim

Multiuser MIMO Communications using Interleave-Division Multiple-Access and Golden Codes .....................................842 Lance Linton, Phillip Conder and Michael Faulkner

Downlink Linear Max-MSE Transceiver Design for Multiuser MIMO Systems Via Dual Decomposition .........................847 Yuanzhang Xiao and Shidong Zhou

Vector Quantized CSI Prediction in Linear Multi-User MIMO Systems ................................................................................852 Bartosz Mielczarek and Witold Krzymien

Two-Real-Symbol-Decoding for O-STBC with Offset QAM for Four Transmit Antennas ...................................................858 Kun Zhong, Boon Chong Ng and Yong Liang Guan

Joint Frequency Offset and Channel Estimation for MIMO Systems Based on Particle Swarm Optimization.......................................................................................................................................................862 Wei Dong, Jiandong Li and Zhuo Lu

Apriori-LLR-Threshold-Assisted K-Best Sphere Detection for MIMO Channels..................................................................867 Li Wang, Lei Xu, Sheng Chen and Lajos Hanzo

Carrier Frequency Offset in Coordinated Multibase MIMO Narrowband Systems ..............................................................872 Brad Zarikoff and James K. Cavers

Simple Iterative Near-ML Detection for D-STTD Systems .......................................................................................................878 Namjeong Lee, Sujin Kim, Jongsub Cha, Joonhyuk Kang and Youngok Kim

DHT-Based Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Systems ..................................................................................................883 Yibing Gai, Hongyan Li, Zhiqiang He, Kai Niu and Weiling Wu

Simple MAP Detector for Coded MIMO System .......................................................................................................................888 Soocheol Kyeong, Namshik Kim and Hyuncheol Park

Optimal Precoding and MMSE Receiver Designs for MIMO WCDMA .................................................................................893 Shakti Prasad Shenoy, Irfan Ghauri and Dirk T. M. Slock

Data-Carrier Aided Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation for OFDM Systems .....................................................................898 Yuh-Ren Tsai, Xiu-Sheng Li and Chih-Yu Wei

A New Channel Estimation Method Using Phase-Shifted Pilot Sequence for MIMO-OFDM Systems ................................903 Sang-Uk Park, Joontae Kim, Jung-Hyun Park and Dong-Jo Park

An Optimized Joint Time Synchronization and Channel Estimation Scheme for OFDM Systems.......................................908 Chin-Liang Wang and Hung-Chin Wang

A Novel Timing Synchronization Method for MIMO OFDM Systems....................................................................................913 Chong Feng, Jianhua Zhang, Yanyan Zhang and Minghua Xia

Adaptive Channel Estimation for MB-OFDM Systems in Multi-Access Interfering Environments.....................................918 Yuh-Ren Tsai, Chin-Chou Wang and Xiu-Sheng Li

Iterative Residual Frequency Offset Correction for OFDM Systems.......................................................................................923 Mohamed Marey, Mamoun Guenach and Heidi Steendam

A Novel Channel Estimation Scheme for MIMO-OFDM Systems with Virtual Subcarriers ................................................928 Feifei Sun, Jianhua Zhang, Yanyan Zhang and Chen Huang

Parameters Optimization of Multiuser OFDM on Doubly Selective Fading Channels ..........................................................933 Kwanghoon Kim, Hyuncheol Park and Heung-Ryeol You

Analytical Evaluation of Nonlinear Distortion Effects on OFDMA Uplink Signals................................................................938 Teresa Araújo and Rui Dinis

Downlink Steered Space-Time Spreading For Multi-Carrier Transmission Over Frequency Selective Channels ......................................................................................................................................................943 Nazar Sahal, Mohammed El-Hajjar and Lajos Hanzo

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Radiation Footprint Minimization Using Encoded OFDM Pilots for Cognitive Radio Communications ............................948 Xianbin Wang, Paul Ho and Jie Zhu

Iterative Correction of Clipped and Filtered Spatially Multiplexed OFDM Signals ..............................................................953 Steffen Bittner, Peter Zillmann and Gerhard Fettweis

An Improved Frequency Offset Estimator for SIMO-OFDM with Maximum Estimation Range ........................................958 Pakorn Ubolkosold, Gustave F. Tchere, Stefan Knedlik and Otmar Loffeld

A Novel Pilot Aided Joint Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation and Compensation for OFDMA Uplink Systems ...............................................................................................................................963 Pengfei Sun and Li Zhang

A Low Complexity Null Subcarrier Aided Frequency Offset Estimation Technique for OFDM..........................................968 Sameer S. M and R. V. Raja Kumar

An Efficient Frequency Offset Estimation Scheme for Multi-Band OFDM Ultra-Wideband Systems ................................973 Debarati Sen, Saswat Chakrabarti and R. V. Raja Kumar

Training Aided Frequency Offset Estimation for MIMO OFDM Systems via Polynomial Rooting .....................................978 Yanxiang Jiang, Xiaohu You, Xiqi Gao and Hlaing Minn

Transmit Beamforming with Reduced Feedback Information in OFDM Based Wireless Systems ......................................983 Seung-Hyeon Yang, Jae-Yun Ko and Yong-Hwan Lee

Analysis of A Simplified Channel Estimator for MIMO Frequency Selective Channels........................................................988 Pei Xiao and Mathini Sellathurai

Error Rate Based SNR Estimation in the Railway Satellite Communication Environment ..................................................994 P. Skoutaridis and B. G. Evans

A General Formula for Log-MGF Computation: Application to the Approximation of Log-Normal Power Sum via Pearson Type IV Distribution .......................................999 Marco Di Renzo, Fabio Graziosi and Fortunato Santucci

Symbol Error Probability of M-QAM in Multihop Communication Systems with Regenerative Relays...........................1004 Andreas Müller and Joachim Speidel

Field Results on MIMO Performance in UMB Systems ..........................................................................................................1009 H. Teague, C. Patel, D. Gore, H. Sampath, A. Naguib, T. Kadous, A. Gorokhov and A. Agrawal

BER Performance of Joint THP/pre-FDE ................................................................................................................................1016 Kazuki Takeda, Hiromichi Tomeba and Fumiyuki Adachi

Power Allocation for Layered MIMO Systems with Real-Time and Best-Effort Traffics ...................................................1021 Jinho Choi

Joint MIMO Beamforming and Power Adaptation at Base Station and Broadcasting Relay Transmitters with Quality-of-Service (QoS) Constraints ......................................................................1026 Chin Choy Chai and Ying Chang Liang

Performance Comparison of Max-Delay Constrained Schedulers in Rayleigh Fading Channels .......................................1032 Shyh-hao Kuo and James K. Cavers

On the Stability of Adaptive Transmission System with Queue for Packet Communications over Fading Channels .......................................................................................................................1037 Jinho Choi

A New Overloading Scheme for Cellular DS-CDMA using Orthogonal Gold Codes ...........................................................1042 Preetam Kumar and Saswat Chakrabarti

Decomposition-Based Joint Subcarrier and Power Allocation Algorithm for OFDM Downlink System ...........................1047 Cihang Jin, Lili Zhang and Guo Wei

DS Code Selection Criteria of M-ary Code Selected DS-BPAM UWB System .....................................................................1052 Zhiquan Bai, Kyungsup Kwak and Dongfeng Yuan

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Transmit Diversity for DS-CDMA/MMSE-FDE with Frequency-Domain ICI Cancellation ..............................................1057 Kazuaki Takeda, Yohei Kojima and Fumiyuki Adachi

Least Mean Square Aided Adaptive Detection in Hybrid Direct-Sequence Time-Hopping Ultrawide Bandwidth Systems ...............................................................................1062 Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed, Wei Liu and Lie-Liang Yang

A Stochastic Gradient LMS Algorithm for Digital Compensation of Tx Leakage in Zero-IF-Receivers ...........................1067 Andreas Frotzscher and Gerhard Fettweis

Phase Error Suppression for Multi-Band OFDM-Based UWB Systems ...............................................................................1072 Zhongjun Wang, Yan Xin and Masayuki Tomisawa

Ranging Implementation for IEEE 802.15.4a IR-UWB Systems ............................................................................................1077 Mi-Kyung Oh and Jae-Young Kim

On Parallelizing the CryptMT Stream Cipher .........................................................................................................................1082 Deian Stefan, David B. Nummey, Jared Harwayne-Gidansky and Ishaan L. Dalal

On the Capacity Optimization for MIMO Ad Hoc Networks .................................................................................................1087 Khalil Fakih, Jean-Francois Diouris and Guillaume Andrieux

On Reduced-Complexity Soft-Output Detection of Continuous Phase Modulations ............................................................1092 Aldo Cero, Dario Fertonani, Giulio Colavolpe and Marilynn P. Wylie-Green

Layered Random Beamforming OFDMA with Fair Scheduling Algorithms ........................................................................1097 Congzheng Han, Angela Doufexi, Simon Armour, Joe McGeehan and Yong Sun

Outage Probability of Cooperative Diversity Systems with Opportunistic Relaying Based on Decode-and-Forward Transmission .................................................................................1102 Kyu-Sung Hwang, Young-Chai Ko and Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Probabilistic Equalizer for Ultra-Wideband Energy Detection ..............................................................................................1108 Sami Mekki, Jean-Luc Danger, Benoit Miscopein, Jean Schwoerer and Joseph Jean Boutros

A Novel Blind Channel Estimation Algorithm for a MIMO System ......................................................................................1113 Xia Liu, Marek E. Bialkowski, Shiyang Lu and Hon Tat Hui

Blind Detection of CDMA System Using Iterative Variable Step-size Approach..................................................................1118 S. M. Seyedmoosavi and M. R. Zoghi

SAIC Based Iterative Receivers for MC-CDMA Cellular Systems ........................................................................................1122 Seong Rag Kim, Jinho Choi, Jungyoung Nam and Nguyen Ngoc Tien

Convergence Analysis of Iteratively Detected Time Hopping and DS-CDMA Ultrawide Bandwidth Systems by EXIT Charts ...................................................................................................1127 Raja Ali Riaz, Muhammad El-Hajjar, Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed, Soon Xin Ng, Sheng Chen and Lajos Hanzo

Robust Transmit Multiuser Beamforming Using Worst Case Performance Optimization..................................................1132 Vimal Sharma, Sangarapillai Lambotharan and Andreas Jakobsson

A Novel Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Frequency Block Code for Single-Carrier FDMA..........................................................1137 Cristina Ciochina, Damien Castelain, David Mottier and Hikmet Sari

Transmitter Precoding for Insufficient-Cyclic-Prefix Distortion in Multicarrier Systems ..................................................1142 Moshe Malkin, Chan-Soo Hwang and John M. Cioffi

Broadband MIMO Beamforming for Frequency Selective Channels using the Sequential Best Rotation Algorithm ....................................................................................................................................1147 Martin Davies, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Jonathon Chambers and John McWhirter

Effects of Virtual Carriers of Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems with Transmit Diversity .......................................1152 Yi Wang, Bo Tan, Xiaofeng Tao and Ping Zhang

LDPC Coded AMC Based on Decoding Iteration Times for OFDM Systems .......................................................................1157 Li Lihua, Zhou Mingyu, Xu Yongtai, Wang Haifeng and Zhang Ping

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Binary Demodulation in Rayleigh Fading with Noisy Channel Estimates - Detector Structures and Performance .........................................................................................1162 Amir Ali Basri and Teng Joon Lim

Space-Time Channel Shortening Based Spatial Multiplexing Techniques using Uplink-Downlink Duality ......................1167 Vimal Sharma and Sangarapillai Lambotharan

Performance of MIMO Aware RRM in Downlink OFDMA...................................................................................................1171 István Z. Kovács, Markku Kuusela, Elena Vîrtej and Klaus I. Pedersen

A New Approach for the Construction of Powerful LDPC Convolutional Codes .................................................................1176 Christian Cardinal, Yu-Cheng He and David Haccoun

Multi-Degree Adaptive Cyclic Delay Diversity with Multi-User Scheduling .........................................................................1181 Jingxiu Liu, Xiaoming She, Lan Chen, Hidekazu Taoka and Kenichi Higuchi

Time-Domain Joint Estimation of Fine Symbol Timing Offset and Integer Carrier Frequency Offset..............................1186 Tae-Hwan Kim and In-Cheol Park

Interference Mitigation in Turbo-Coded OFDM Systems using Robust Statistics ...............................................................1191 Sheetal Kalyani and K. Giridhar

Cooperative Diversity with Blind Relays in Nakagami-m Fading Channels: MRC Analysis ..............................................1196 Youngpil Song, Zahurul I. Sarkar and Hyundong Shin

Four-Node Relay Network with Bi-Directional Traffic Employing Wireless Network Coding with Pre-Cancellation .....................................................................................................................1201 Su Kiang Kuek, Chau Yuen and Woon Hau Chin

Performance Evaluation of Multicarrier CDMA Systems in the Presence of Carrier Frequency Offset with Beamforming Techniques ...........................................................................1206 Xiaoyu Hu and Yu-Dong Yao

Multi-Cell Channel Estimation using Virtual Pilots ................................................................................................................1211 Lars Thiele, Malte Schellmann, Stefan Schiffermüller, Volker Jungnickel and Wolfgang Zirwas

Implementation of Full-Diversity Distributed STBC in Cluster-Based Cooperative Communication................................1216 Sushanta Das and Monisha Ghosh

Linear Precoder and Decoder Design for Two-Way AF MIMO Relaying System................................................................1221 Namyoon Lee, Heesun Park and Joohwan Chun

Analysis of Alamouti Code Transmission over TDMA-Based Cooperative Protocol ...........................................................1226 Saman Atapattu and Nandana Rajatheva

A Time Slicing Technique for Mobile Multimedia Communications using MSE-OFDM System .......................................1231 Xianbin Wang, Yiyan Wu, Hsiao-Chun Wu and Jean-Yves Chouinard

Adaptive Cooperative Space-Time Block Coding with Amplify-And-Forward Strategy .....................................................1236 Jun He and Pooi Yuen Kam

Distributed Generalized Cyclic Delay Diversity for Cooperative OFDM Systems................................................................1241 Harry Z. B. Chen, Robert Schober and Lutz Lampe

A Very Low Complexity QRD-M Algorithm Based on Limited Tree Search for MIMO Systems......................................1246 Bong-seok Kim and Kwonhue Choi

SER and Optimal Power Allocation for DF Cooperative Communications over Nakagami-m Fading Channels ...................................................................................................................................................1251 Ming-Hung Tsai and Yinman Lee

Adaptive Predistortion Architecture for Nonideal Radio Transmitter ..................................................................................1256 Mika Lasanen, Adrian Kotelba, Atso Hekkala, Pertti Järvensivu and Aarne Mämmelä

Power Spectral Analysis of the Envelope Pulse-Width Modulation (EPWM) Transmitter for High Efficiency Amplification of OFDM Signals .....................................................................................................................1261 Edwin M. Umali, Yoshikazu Toyama and Yasushi Yamao

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A Generalised Wideband Space-Time MIMO Channel Simulator Based on the Geometrical Multi-Radii One-Ring Model .........................................................................................................................1266 Walid Hakimi, Mahmoud Ammar, Ammar Bouallegue and Samir Saoudi

A Novel OSSMIC Receiver for Downlink MIMO MC-CDMA Systems ................................................................................1271 Antonis Phasouliotis and Daniel K.C. So

Mobile WiMAX: Multi-Cell Network Evaluation and Capacity Optimization .....................................................................1276 Y. Q. Bian and A. R. Nix

Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Using Likelihood Particle Filter for Uplink MIMO-OFDMA Systems ..................1281 Zheng Jiang, Yang Zhang, Xin Zhang and Dacheng Yang

Performance Evaluation of Soft Decode-and-Forward in Fading Relay Channels ...............................................................1286 Yinan Qi, Reza Hoshyar and Rahim Tafazolli

An Adaptive Waveform Generation Technique for Cognitive Radio.....................................................................................1291 M. Manju, A. B. Premkumar and C. T. Lau

A Low Computational-Complexity RBF-Assisted TEQ Based on Modified Bayesian Conditional PDF............................1296 Kun-Huang Kuo and Jenn-Kaie Lain

Approximate ML Serial Detector Based on Tomlinson-Harashima Pre-Equalization .........................................................1301 Lingyang Song, Rodrigo C. de Lamare, Are Hjørungnes, Manav R. Bhatnagar and Alister G. Burr

Precise Error Rate Analysis of Bandlimited BPSK System with Timing Errors and Cochannel Interference Under Generalized Fast Fading Channels .......................................................................................1306 R. Chembil Palat, A. Annamalai and Jeffrey H. Reed

2x2 MIMO at Variable Antenna Distances ...............................................................................................................................1311 S. Caban, C. Mehlführer, L. W. Mayer and M. Rupp

Estimation of Doubly Selective MIMO Channels Using Superimposed Training and Turbo Equalization .......................1316 Muhammad Qaisrani and Sangarapillai Lambotharan

Modulation-Adaptive Cooperation Schemes for Wireless Networks .....................................................................................1320 Yuanyuan Zhang, Yi Ma and Rahim Tafazolli

Receiver Design for Linearly Modulated Signals with Unknown Carrier Frequency and Phase Offset ............................1325 Hua Fu, Pooi Yuen Kam and Chee-Cheon Chui

Channel Prediction Aided Multiuser Transmission in SDMA ................................................................................................1330 W. Liu, L. L. Yang and L. Hanzo

Speeding up Noise Subspace Estimation Algorithms using an Optimal Diagonal Matrix Step-Size Strategy for MC-CDMA Application ...........................................................................1335 Lu Yang and Samir Attallah

Rate-Adaptive Bit and Power Loading for OFDM Based DF Relaying .................................................................................1340 Na Yi, Yi Ma and Rahim Tafazolli

Low Complexity Scheduling Technique for Multi-User MIMO Systems ..............................................................................1345 Chaoyuan Lv, Shidong Zhou, Yunzhou Li and Tingchang Wang

A Turbo Coded MIMO Scheme for Noncoherent Fast-Fading Channels..............................................................................1350 Yeong-Luh Ueng and Yen-Ming Chen

Low Complexity Hardware Implementation of V-BLAST Receiver......................................................................................1355 Wang Qiang, Tao Xiaofeng, Zhang Ping and Shu Jing

Adaptive Minimum Variance Detection for Spatial Multiplexing over Time-Varying MIMO Channels...........................1360 Kai-Jian Lin and Yinman Lee

Transmit Beamforming in Cooperative Networks ...................................................................................................................1365 W. H. Chin and A. Sivagami

Pre-Equalization for TDD Systems with Imperfect Transceiver Calibration........................................................................1369 Rene Habendorf and Gerhard Fettweis

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On the Performance of MC-CDMA Systems with Partial Combining and Multiple Antennas in Fading Channels .....................................................................................................................................1374 Flavio Zabini, Barbara M. Masini and Andrea Conti

Efficient Block Square-Root Adaptive Equalization for STBC and Diversity Combining Systems ....................................1379 Jin-Yong Choi, Jong-Seob Baek and Jong-Soo Seo

Bi-Directional Multi-Antenna Relay Communications with Wireless Network Coding.......................................................1385 Chau Yuen, Woon Hau Chin, Yong Liang Guan, Wenhua Chen and Taoyi Tee

Adaptive MIMO Reduced-Rank Equalization Based on Joint Iterative Least Squares Optimization of Estimators ......................................................................................................1389 Rodrigo C. de Lamare, Are Hjørungnes and Raimundo Sampaio-Neto

Multinode Spectrum Sensing Based on Energy Detection for Dynamic Spectrum Access...................................................1394 Frank Visser, Gerard J. M. Janssen and Przemyslaw Pawelczak

Joint Decorrelating Channel and Data Estimation for Space-Time Spreading Systems ......................................................1399 Ayman Assra, Walaa Hamouda and Amr Youssef

A Comprehensive Performance Comparison of OFDM/TDM Using MMSE-FDE and Conventional OFDM ..................1404 Haris Gacanin and Fumiyuki Adachi

Time-Varying Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems with Null Subcarriers ......................................................................1409 Jihyung Kim, Sangho Nam, Dong Seung Kwon and Daesik Hong

OFDM CIR Estimation with Unknown Length via Bayesian Model Selection and Averaging ...........................................1413 Ido Nevat, Gareth W. Peters and Jinhong Yuan

Improved Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio ................................................................................................1418 Qian Chen, Feifei Gao, Arumugam Nallanathan and Yan Xin

Long Length LDPC Code Construction and the Corresponding Decoder Implementation with Adjustable Parallelism ...........................................................................1423 Chia-Yu Lin, Mong-Kai Ku and Yi-Hsing Chien

Efficient Computation of Information Outage Probability and Ergodic Capacity of OSTBC System ...............................1428 R. Chembil Palat, A. Annamalai and Jeffrey H. Reed

A CQI Adjustment Scheme for HSDPA System.......................................................................................................................1433 Zhonghao Zhang, Guanyu Tang, Yongyu Chang and Dacheng Yang

Intercarrier Interference Suppression for OFDMA Uplink in Time and Frequency Selective Rayleigh Fading Channels .......................................................................................................................1438 Shengwei Hou and C. C. Ko

A Novel Timing Synchronization Method for Distributed MIMO-OFDM Systems in Multi-path Rayleigh Fading Channels ......................................................................................................................................1443 Yanyan Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Feifei Sun, Chong Feng, Ping Zhang and Minghua Xia

High-Rate Full-Diversity STBC Design with Option to Provide Unequal Error Protection ................................................1448 Sushanta Das and Monisha Ghosh

Symbol Error Rate of Space-Time Coded Multi-Antenna Wireless Cooperative Networks................................................1453 Javad Vazifehdan and Jos H. Weber

Improved Multi-Cell Joint Channel Estimation for TD-SCDMA Downlink .........................................................................1458 Peng Xue, Dong Kwan Kang and Duk Kyung Kim

Multiuser Detection Method Robust against Timing Offset for OFDM Uplink Transmission ............................................1463 Koichi Ishihara, Yasushi Takatori, Kentaro Nishimori and Kazuyasu Okada

MMSE-OSIC² Signal Detection for Spatially Multiplexed MIMO Systems ..........................................................................1468 Tae-Ho Im, Jaekwon Kim, Joo-Hyun Yi, Sangboh Yun and Yong-Soo Cho

Diversity Multiplexing Gain Tradeoff of Co-Ordinate Interleaved Spatial Multiplexing ....................................................1473 K. V. Srinivas, R. D. Koilpillai and K. Giridhar

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A Preamble Structure and Synchronization Method based on Central-Symmetric Sequence for OFDM Systems ...................................................................................................................1478 En Zhou, Xiaolin Hou, Zhan Zhang and Hidetoshi Kayama

Optimized Frame Packing for OFDMA Systems .....................................................................................................................1483 Marc C. Necker, Martin Köhn, Andreas Reifert, Joachim Scharf and Jörg Sommer

BER Minimization in Relay-Assisted OFDM Systems by Subcarrier Permutation..............................................................1489 Chin Keong Ho and Ashish Pandharipande

Adaptive Bit, Power Allocation and Sub-Carrier Coupling for AF-OFDM Relaying Systems............................................1494 Li Lihua, Zhou Mingyu, Zhang Xiaoxia, Wang Haifeng and Zhang Ping

Doppler Compensation by Using Dual Antenna for Mobile OFDM Systems ........................................................................1499 Semih Serbetli and Stan Baggen

An Incremental Frequency Reuse Scheme for an OFDMA Cellular System and Its Performance.....................................1504 Ki Tae Kim and Seong Keun Oh

RSS-Based Localization in Environments with Different Path Loss Exponent for Each Link ............................................1509 Junichi Shirahama and Tomoaki Ohtsuki

Soft Multilevel Slepian-Wolf Decoding in Systems Using Turbo Joint Decoding and Decompressing ...............................1514 Yinan Qi, Reza Hoshyar and Rahim Tafazolli

A New Duplex without Loss of Data Rate and Utilizing Selection Diversity..........................................................................1519 Hyungsik Ju, Sungeun Lee, Kyungchul Kwak, Eunsung Oh and Daesik Hong

Least Squares Channel Estimation for IEEE 802.16e Systems Based on Adaptive Taps Selection.....................................1524 Stefano Sorrentino, Daniela Greco and Luca Reggiani

Time-Domain Spreading And Frequency-Domain Spreading for Delay-time/Code Division Multi-Access.......................1529 Kazuki Takeda, Tetsuya Yamamoto and Fumiyuki Adachi

Depolarization of Propagating Signals by Narrowband Ricean Fading Channels................................................................1534 Kyle N. Sivertsen, Anthony E-L Liou and David G. Michelson

IEEE 802.16 Capacity Enhancement Using an Adaptive TDD Split ......................................................................................1539 Rastin Pries, Dirk Staehle and Daniel Marsico

Optimal Power Allocation for Fading Channels in Cognitive Radio Networks: Delay-Limited Capacity and Outage Capacity .........................................................................................................................1544 Xin Kang, Ying-Chang Liang and Arumugam Nallanathan

Optimal Power Allocation for Multiple Access Channels in Cognitive Radio Networks......................................................1549 Lan Zhang, Yan Xin and Ying-Chang Liang

Optimal Power Control Game Algorithm for Cognitive Radio Networks with Multiple Interference Temperature Limits...............................................................................................................................1554 Hongyan Li, Yibing Gai, Zhiqiang He, Kai Niu and Weiling Wu

Opportunistic Spectrum Access for Energy-Constrained Cognitive Radios .........................................................................1559 Anh Tuan Hoang, Ying-Chang Liang, David Tung Chong Wong, Rui Zhang and Yonghong Zeng

Cognitive Radio Channel Allocation Using Auction Mechanisms ..........................................................................................1564 Bin Chen, Anh Tuan Hoang and Ying-Chang Liang

Optimal Bit and Power Allocation in Broadband Cognitive Radio System ...........................................................................1569 Haiyan Luo, Guan Ding Yu and Zhaoyang Zhang

Multiple Systems Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks over Rayleigh Fading Channel ...................................................1574 Chung-Kai Yu and Kwang-Cheng Chen

Saturated throughput of PCA with Hard DRPs in Cognitive WiMedia MAC ......................................................................1579 David Tung Chong Wong, Francois Po Shin Chin, Anh Tuan Hoang and Ying-Chang Liang

Dynamic Spectrum Access with Virtual Partitioning in Open Spectrum Wireless Networks .............................................1584 David Tung Chong Wong, Anh Tuan Hoang, Ying-Chang Liang and Francois Po Shin Chin

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A Two-Step Channel and Power Allocation Scheme in Centralized Cognitive Networks Based on Fairness ....................1589 Yueling Che, Jie Chen, Wanbin Tang and Shaoqian Li

A Cell Based Dynamic Spectrum Management Scheme with Interference Mitigation for Cognitive Networks ................1594 Vanbien Le, Yuewei Lin, Xiaomeng Wang, Zhiyong Feng and Ping Zhang

Fractional Bandwidth Mode Detection and Synchronization for OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Systems........................1599 Jae Yeon Won, Hyun Gu Kang, Yun Hee Kim, Lickho Song and Myung Sun Song

Combined Effect of Inter-Path Interference Cancellation and Random Transmit Power Control on DS-CDMA Packet Mobile Communications .............................................................1604 Eisuke Kudoh, Haruki Ito, ZhiSen Wang and Fumiyuki Adachi

An Anti-Collision Algorithm in RFID Systems Based on Interference Cancellation and Tag Set Partitioning .................1609 Der-Feng Tseng and Zhi-Chien Lin

Interference Evaluation in Multi-Cell Environment with Resource Allocation Algorithms ................................................1615 Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Luca Reggiani and Laura Dossi

Interference Management in Shared Spectrum for WiMAX Systems ...................................................................................1620 Alireza Attar, Oliver Holland, Mohammad Reza Nakhai and A. Hamid Aghvami

A Study on Frequency Offset Interference Canceller for Multi-Link Transmission in OFDM Systems ............................1625 Atsushi Nagate, Kenji Hoshino and Teruya Fujii

Interference Avoidance through Dynamic Downlink OFDMA Subchannel Allocation using Intercell Coordination ...............................................................................................1630 Mahmudur Rahman and Halim Yanikomeroglu

Directional MAC Protocol for Millimeter Wave based Wireless Personal Area Networks .................................................1636 Xueli An and Ramin Hekmat

Analysis of a Polling Protocol for Packet Voice Transport over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs ............................................1641 Ray Y. W. Lam, Victor C. M. Leung and Henry C. B. Chan

Cross-Layer Random Access and Channel Assignment for Uplink Broadband Wireless System.......................................1646 Le Thanh Son, Torbjørn Ekman and Pål Orten

Rate-Distance Adaptation of MAC Protocols ...........................................................................................................................1652 Chih-Cheng Tseng, Shao-Yu Lien and Ramjee Prasad

Performance Analysis of Channel-Aware Multichannel CSMA in Wireless Networks........................................................1657 Yumei Zhang, Xin Zhang and Dacheng Yang

A QoS MAC Protocol for Cognitive PMP Networks with Rapid Changes of Spectrum Opportunities .............................1661 Jie Chen, Minjian Zhao, Jin Tian and Shiju Li

Distributed Detection in OFDM Based Ad Hoc Overlay Systems ..........................................................................................1666 Ulrich Berthold and Friedrich K. Jondral

Channel Asymmetry and Random Time Slot Hopping in OFDMA-TDD Cellular Networks .............................................1671 Ellina Foutekova, Patrick Agyapong and Harald Haas

Theoretical Capacity and Outage Rate of OFDMA Cellular System with Fractional Frequency Reuse............................1676 Hiromasa Fujii and Hitoshi Yoshino

Peak-to-Mean Envelope Power Ratio Statistical Analysis of Continuous OFDM Signal .....................................................1681 Yves Louët and Sajjad Hussain

On Synchronization of Opportunistic Radio OFDM Systems.................................................................................................1686 Marco Krondorf, Ting-Jung Liang and Gerhard Fettweis

On the Performance of Cancellation Carrier-Based Schemes for Sidelobe Suppression in OFDM Networks ................................................................................................................................1691 Luca Sanguinetti, Antonio Alberto D'Amico and Ivan Cosovic

A Robust Companding Scheme against Nonlinear Distortion of High Power Amplifiers in OFDM Systems....................1697 Jaewoon Kim, Seungwoo Han and Yoan Shin

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Evolutionary Strategy-Based Approaches for Subcarrier, Bit, and Power Allocation for Multiuser OFDM Systems ......................................................................................................................1702 Wei-Cheng Pao and Yung-Fang Chen

Combined Partial Reuse and Soft Handover in OFDMA Downlink Transmission ..............................................................1707 Che-Sheng Chiu and Chia-Chi Huang

Carrier-Frequency Offset Estimation for MIMO-OFDMA Uplink Transmission ...............................................................1712 Zhongjun Wang and Yan Xin

Resource Allocation Techniques for OFDMA-Based Decode-and-Forward Relaying Networks ........................................1717 Yuwen Pan, Andrew Nix and Mark Beach

Rate Adaptation with CDM versus Adaptive Coding for Next Generation OFDM Systems ...............................................1722 Stefan Kaiser

Linear Estimation of the Frequency and Phase of a Noisy Sinusoid ......................................................................................1727 Hua Fu and Pooi Yuen Kam

Spokesmen Election Problem Revisited ....................................................................................................................................1732 Wei Wang and Boon-Hee Soong

Analysis of Coded FHSS Systems with Multiple Access Interference in Nakagami Fading.................................................1737 Salam A. Zummo

WiMAX Capacity Estimations and Simulation Results...........................................................................................................1741 Aymen Belghith and Loutfi Nuaymi

Increasing the Capacity of IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN through Cooperative Coded Retransmissions..............................1746 Luis Loyola, Hermann S. Lichte, Imad Aad, Joerg Widmer and Stefan Valentin

Performance Evaluation of Joint FEC and ARQ Optimization Heuristic Algorithms under Gilbert-Elliot Wireless Channel .................................................................................................................................................1751 Azfar Moid and Abraham O. Fapojuwo

Application of Financial Risk-Reward Theory to Adaptive Transmission ............................................................................1756 Adrian Kotelba and Aarne Mämmelä

An Auction Based Joint Radio Resource Management Scheme and Architecture in a Multi-Operator Scenario ..............................................................................................................................1761 Xian Zeng, Zhiyong Feng, Vanbien Le, Yuan Xue and Yuewei Lin

Simple Optimization Algorithm for MOS-Based Resource Assignment ................................................................................1766 Andreas Saul

Network Controlled Joint Radio Resource Management for Heterogeneous Networks.......................................................1771 Marceau Coupechoux, Jean-Marc Kelif and Philippe Godlewski

Shedding New Light on Merit Factor ........................................................................................................................................1776 Xiaoming Dai, Yong Bai and Lan Chen

Radio Resource Management via Spectrum Trading ..............................................................................................................1781 Choong Ming Chin, Sverrir Olafsson, Botond Virginas and Gilbert Owusu

Decentralized C/I Power Control for TDD ...............................................................................................................................1786 Gunther Auer, Alexander Tyrrell and Harald Haas

Optimum Spectral Efficiency of Horizontally Spectrum Sharing 2-Link System .................................................................1791 Sinan Sinanovic, Nikola Serafimovski, Harald Haas and Gunther Auer

Dynamic Spectrum Allocation by Hierarchical Resource Trading ........................................................................................1796 Dennis Burgkhardt, Ivan Cosovic and Friedrich K. Jondral

Observations on Using Simulated Annealing for Dynamic Channel Allocation in 802.11 WLANs.....................................1801 Jiayuan Chen, Sverrir Olafsson and Xuanye Gu

Efficient QoS Differentiation in Crowded Wireless LANs ......................................................................................................1806 Abhik Banerjee, Juki Wirawan Tantra, Chai Kiat Yeo and Bu-Sung Lee

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Dynamic Resource Assignment (DRA) with Minimum Outage in Cellular Mobile Radio Networks .................................1811 Philipp P. Hasselbach, Anja Klein and Ingo Gaspard

EXIT-Chart Aided Hybrid Multiuser Detector Design for Frequency-Domain-Spread Chip-Interleaved MC-CDMA .....................................................................................................1816 Lei Xu, Rong Zhang, Sheng Chen and Lajos Hanzo

High Data Rate WLAN ...............................................................................................................................................................1821 Candy Yiu and Suresh Singh

A Novel On-Channel Repeater for Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting System of Korea ...................................1826 Sung Ik Park, Heung Mook Kim, So Ra Park, Yong-Tae Lee and Jong Soo Lim

RNS Based Programmable Multi-Mode Decimation Filter for WCDMA and WiMAX ......................................................1831 Shahana T. K., Babita R. Jose, Rekha K. James and K. Poulose Jacob, Sreela Sasi

Down-Link CIR Spatial Correlation and CIR Prediction for CDMA Cellular Systems ......................................................1836 Yuh-Ren Tsai, Jyun-Wei Syu and Yen-Shun Huang

Fixed Point Decoding Performance of Short-Length Structured LDPC Codes for SC-FDE Based 60-GHz WPAN (IEEE 802.15.3c) ....................................................................................................................1841 Ming Lei, Ismail Lakkis, Tuncer Baykas, Chin-Sean Sum, Hiroshi Harada and Shuzo Kato

In-Band Interference Effects on UTRA LTE Uplink Resource Block Allocation .................................................................1846 Basuki E. Priyanto, Troels B. Sørensen and Ole K. Jensen

Interference Modeling of Cognitive Radio Networks...............................................................................................................1851 Xuemin Hong, Cheng-Xiang Wang and John Thompson

Opportunistic Uplink Retransmission Control with Active-User Estimation in Multi-User Packet CDMA Systems ...........................................................................................................................................1856 Yie-Tarng Chen, Kuo-Liang Yeh and Wen-Hsien Fang

Robust Receiver Design for MIMO Single-Carrier Block Transmission over Time-Varying Dispersive Channels Against Imperfect Channel Knowledge ........................................................................1861 Chih-Yuan Lin, Jwo-Yuh Wu and Ta-Sung Lee

An Exact Error Rate Analysis for Equal Gain Combining of DS-CDMA Signals in Frequency Selective Nakagami Fading......................................................................................................................................1866 Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Shigenobu Sasaki and Hisakazu Kikuchi

Opportunistic Scheduling over Wireless Fading Channels without Explicit Feedback........................................................1871 Mehrdad Dianati and Rahim Tafazolli

Radio Resource Allocation for Mobile MIMO-OFDMA .........................................................................................................1876 Feng Seng Chu and Kwang Cheng Chen

Analysis of Interference Effects between Co-Existent 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi Systems.................................................1881 S. Kawade and T. G. Hodgkinson

Simplified Interference Modeling in Multi-Cell Multi-Antenna Radio Network Simulations .............................................1886 Per Skillermark, Magnus Almgren, David Astély, Magnus Lundevall and Magnus Olsson

A New Spectrum Sensing Scheme using Cyclic Prefix for OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Systems ...................................1891 Gosan Noh, Jemin Lee, Hano Wang, Seungjin You and Daesik Hong

QoS-Based Resource Allocation with Cooperative Diversity in OFDMA ..............................................................................1896 Mylene Pischella and Jean-Claude Belfiore

A Subcarrier Allocation Algorithm for Utility Proportional Fairness in OFDM Systems ...................................................1901 Tiankui Zhang, Zhimin Zeng and Yu Qiu

Performance and Capacity of HSUPA in Lab Environment...................................................................................................1906 Jun Liu, Pablo Tapia, Peter Kwok and Yasmin Karimli

Performance Analysis of Multiuser MIMO Systems with Scheduling and Antenna Selection ............................................1910 Mohammad Torabi, Wessam Ajib and David Haccoun

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An Efficient Subcarrier Allocation Scheme for Capacity Enhancement in Multiuser OFDM Systems..............................1915 Youngok Kim and Jaekwon Kim

A Non-Cooperative Game Approach for Distributed Power Allocation in Multi-Cell OFDMA-Relay Networks.........................................................................................................................................1920 Xinmin Yu, Tong Wu, Jing Huang and Ying Wang

Adaptive Resource Allocation in OFDMA Relay-Aided Cooperative Cellular Networks ....................................................1925 Lei You, Mei Song, Junde Song, Qingyu Miao and Yong Zhang

Theoretical Analysis of Joint Synchronization Error Effects for OFDMA Systems .............................................................1930 Wen-Long Chin and Sau-Gee Chen

A Low-Complexity Iterative Power Allocation Scheme for Multiuser OFDM Systems .......................................................1935 Chin-Liang Wang and Chiuan-Hsu Chen

On the Impact of Channel Outage on the throughput of Fast Retrial Random Access for OFDMA Uplink ....................................................................................................................1940 Weixuan Huang, Jinho Choi and Kyeong Soo Kim

Spectrum Scanning and Reserve Channel Methods for Link Maintenance in Cognitive Radio Systems ...........................1944 Siva Subramani, Simon Armour, Dritan Kaleshi and Zhong Fan

Search-Tree Based Uplink Channel Aware Packet Scheduling for UTRAN LTE ................................................................1949 F. D. Calabrese, P. H. Michaelsen, C. Rosa, M. Anas, Carlos Úbeda Castellanos, C. Úbeda Castellanos, Dimas López Villa, Klaus I. Pedersen and P. E. Mogensen

Memory Behavioral Modeling of RF Power Amplifiers ..........................................................................................................1954 César Sánchez, Jesús de Mingo, Paloma García, Pedro Luis Carro and Antonio Valdovinos

Max-To-Mean Ratio Detection for Cognitive Radio ................................................................................................................1959 Chang Liu, Yonghong Zeng and Samir Attallah

New Frequency-Time Scheduling Algorithms for 3GPP/LTE-like OFDMA Air Interface in the Downlink .........................................................................................................1964 M. Assaad and A. Mourad

High Contribution Node Selection Method for STBC Distributed ARQ ...............................................................................1970 Takeo Fujii

Downlink B3G MIMO OFDMA Link and System Level Performance .................................................................................1975 D.T. Phan Huy, R. Legouable, D. Kténas, Loïc Brunel, L. Brunel and M. Assaad

Cellular MIMO Channel Capacities of MC-CDMA and OFDM............................................................................................1980 Koichi Adachi, Fumiyuki Adachi and Masao Nakagawa

Reliability Enhancement of 3G Radio Network Prediction by a Conditional Distribution Discrimination Tree.......................................................................................................................1985 Berna Sayrac, Zakaria Nouir, Benoît Fourestié and Alain Pétrowski

An FDD Multihop Cellular Network for 3GPP-LTE...............................................................................................................1990 Rainer Schoenen, Ruediger Halfmann and Bernhard H. Walke

Adaptive Token Bank Fair Queuing Scheduling in the Downlink of 4G Wireless Multicarrier Networks ..............................................................................................................1995 Feroz A. Bokhari, William K. Wong and Halim Yanikomeroglu

Performance Evaluation of a Relay-Based 4G Network Deployment with Combined SDMA/OFDMA and Resource Partitioning...........................................................................................................2001 Ralf Pabst, Daniel C. Schultz and Bernhard H. Walke

A New Preamble Design for Synchronization and Cell Searching Algorithms in OFDM Cellular Systems ......................2006 Yong-Ho Cho and Dong-Jo Park

A Downlink Transmission Method for OFDM Cellular Systems with Inter-Cell Interference Cancellation Using Simplified MLD based on MMSE QRD-M Algorithm....................................2011 Manabu Mikami and Teruya Fujii

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Load Matrix Optimization in Mobile Cellular Networks ........................................................................................................2016 Jihun Jung, Mohammad Abaii and Rahim Tafazolli

Performance Comparison Between DF relay and RF Repeaters in the Cellular System .....................................................2021 Miao Qingyu and Afif Osseiran

On Nonlinear Road-Constrained Target Tracking in GSM Networks ..................................................................................2026 Miao Zhang, Stefan Knedlik and Otmar Loffeld

Dynamic Partitioning for Hierarchical Cellular Networks .....................................................................................................2031 Konstantinos Samdanis and A. Hamid Aghvami

IEEE 802.11p: Towards an International Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments ...............................2036 Daniel Jiang and Luca Delgrossi

Performance of an Intra- and Inter-Cell Interference Mitigation Algorithm in HSDPA System........................................2041 Elena Virtej, Marko Lampinen and Veli-Pekka Kaasila

Performance of VoIP over HSDPA in Mobility Scenarios ......................................................................................................2046 Petteri Lunden, Jussi Äijänen, Kari Aho and Tapani Ristaniemi

An Improved Link Adaptation Scheme for High Speed Downlink Packet Access................................................................2051 Hassaan Touheed, Atta Ul Quddus and Rahim Tafazolli

HSDPA Performance in a Mixed Traffic Network ..................................................................................................................2056 Martin Wrulich, Werner Weiler and Markus Rupp

Enhancing HSDPA Performance Via Automated and Large-Scale Optimization of Radio Base Station Antenna Configuration ..............................................................................................................................2061 Iana Siomina and Di Yuan

Providing VoIP Service over TD-SCDMA HSDPA .................................................................................................................2066 Shuping Chen, Wenbo Wang, Jing Han, Guangyi Liu and Nan Li

Receive Antenna Diversity Architectures for HSDPA .............................................................................................................2071 Johannes W. Kunze, Christoph Schmits, Attila Bilgic and Josef Hausner

Highly Efficient Simulation Approach for the Network Planning of HSUPA in UMTS ......................................................2076 L. Zhao, M. Koonert, A. Timm-Giel and C. Görg

A Power Assignment Scheme for Improving Outage Probability in HSDPA........................................................................2081 Raymond Kwan, Cyril Leung and Jie Zhang

Hsdpa 14,4 Mbps Mobiles - Realistic Throughputs Evaluation ..............................................................................................2086 Jean-Baptiste Landre and Ahmed Saadani

Impact of Mobility to the VoIP over HSUPA System Level Performance .............................................................................2091 Kari Aho, Jussi Äijänen and Tapani Ristaniemi

System Analysis of Imperfect Adaptive Beam Forming Antenna for TDD HSDPA .............................................................2096 Da-jiang He, Bo Chen, Yong-yu Chang and Dacheng Yang

Average-SNR-Optimized user Selection Algorithm in MIMO BC Systems ..........................................................................2101 Jing Wang, Yan Wang, Xiqi Gao and Xiaohu You

Blind Channel Estimation for Improper OFDM Systems with Linear Precoding ................................................................2106 Bangwon Seo and Hyun Kyu Chung

Optimal Power Allocation for Hybrid Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative Networks .........................................................2111 Maya Badr, Emilio Calvanese Strinati and Jean-Claude Belfiore

Interference Management for Medium Access Control in CDMA Underater Acoustic Sensor Networks .........................2116 Hwee-Pink Tan, Colman O'Sullivan and Winston K. G. Seah

An Energy Saving Scheme with Error Recovery for Multi-Polling in Wireless LANs .........................................................2121 Jing-Rong Hsieh and Tsern-Huei Lee

Power Control for CDMA Cellular and Ad-Hoc WLAN's with MMSE Multiuser Detection .............................................2126 Jinho Choi and Pavel Loskot

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Joint Dynamic Resource Allocation for Coupled Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Based on Hopfield Neural Networks.....................................................................................................................................................2131 Daniel Calabuig, Jose F. Monserrat, David Martín-Sacristán and Narcís Cardona

Robust Header Compression Over Long Delay Links .............................................................................................................2136 Priyanka Rawat, Jean Marie Bonnin, Laurent Toutain and Yanghee Choi

Performance Evaluation of a Low-Complexity OFDM UMTS-LTE System ........................................................................2142 Ammar Osman and Abbas Mohammed

An Asynchronous Channel Assignment Scheme: Performance Evaluation ..........................................................................2147 Micheal Drieberg, Fu-Chun Zheng, Rizwan Ahmad and Sverrir Olafsson

A Seamless Vertical Handover Scheme for End-to-End Reconfigurability Systems ............................................................2152 Zhiyong Feng, Vanbien Le and Ping Zhang

Network-Initiated Handover Based on IEEE 802.21 Framework for QoS Service Continuity in UMTS/802.16e Networks ...............................................................................................................2157 Joo-Young Baek, Deok-Jin Kim, Young-Joo Suh, Eui-Seok Hwang and Young-Don Chung

Robust Power Controllers in Cellular Radio Systems .............................................................................................................2162 Huan Zhang, Pubudu N. Pathirana and Samitha W. Ekanayake

Efficient Uplink Resource Allocation for Power Saving in IEEE 802.16 OFDMA Systems.................................................2167 Jong-Pil Yoon, Woo-Jae Kim, Joo-Young Baek and Young-Joo Suh

A Multi-Hop Polling Service with Bandwidth Request Aggregation in IEEE 802.16j Networks ........................................2172 Chun Nie, Thanasis Korakis and Shivendra Panwar

Limitations of the Integration of DVB Technologies in a Heterogeneous Environment.......................................................2177 Miguel Almeida, Susana Sargento and Rui Luis Aguiar

Partially Overlapping Super Location Area (POSLA): An Efficient Scheme for Location Management in PCS Networks.........................................................................................2182 Koteswararao Kondepu, Chiranjeev Kumar and Rajeev Tripathi

An Effective Resource Management for Fair Call Admission Control using Vertical Handoff in 4G Wireless Networks...............................................................................................................................2188 Young-Ha Hwang, Sung-Kee Noh, Woo-Jin Seok and Sang-Ha Kim

A Cross-Layer Framework of QoS Routing and Distributed Scheduling for Mesh Networks ............................................2193 Chi Harold Liu, Athanasios Gkelias and Kin K. Leung

NAV (Network Allocation Vector)-Based Differentiation Mechanism for VoWLAN Enhancement ..................................2198 Yifan Yu, Yong Bai and Lan Chen

Mobility Prediction and Spatial-Temporal Traffic Estimation in Wireless Networks..........................................................2203 Haitham Abu-Ghazaleh and Attahiru Sule Alfa

PFGBR Scheduling for Streaming Services over Wideband Cellular Network ....................................................................2208 Pingping Wen, Mingli You and Shaoquan Wu

A New Distributed Power Control Formula In CDMA Mobile Networks .............................................................................2213 Huan Zhang and Pubudu N. Pathirana

VoIP Performance in "MeshBed" - a Wireless Mesh Networks Testbed ..............................................................................2218 N. Bayer, D. Hock, A. Roos, M. Siebert, B. Xu, V. Rakocevic and J. Habermann

Optimal Utility-Based Resource Allocation for OFDM Networks with Multiple Types of Traffic .....................................2223 Mohammad Katoozian, Keivan Navaie and Halim Yanikomeroglu

MIMO Schemes in UTRA LTE, A Comparison.......................................................................................................................2228 Christoph Spiegel, Jens Berkmann, Zijian Bai, Tobias Scholand, Christian Drewes, Guido H. Bruck, Bertram Gunzelmann and Peter Jung

A Cross-Layer Implementation of Differentiated Queueing Service (DQS) for Wireless Mesh Networks .........................2233 Xuefang Teng, Shengming Jiang, Gang Wei and Guikai Liu

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Interference Management in IEEE 802.11 Frequency Assignment ........................................................................................2238 A. Gondran, O. Baala, A. Caminada and H. Mabed

Adaptive Call Admission Control with Dynamic Resource Reallocation for Cell-Based Multirate Wireless Systems .....................................................................................................................................2243 Kai-Wei Ke, Chen-Nien Tsai, Ho-Ting Wu and Chia-Hao Hsu

Combined Uplink Resource Reservation and Power Control for Relay-Based OFDMA Systems ......................................2248 Ralf Pabst, Daniel C. Schultz and Bernhard H. Walke

Signalling Cost Evaluation of Mobility Management Schemes for Different Core Network Architectural Arrangements in 3GPP LTE/SAE............................................................................2253 Meng Wang, Michael Georgiades and Rahim Tafazolli

Techno-Economical Viability of Deployment Strategies for Cellular-Relaying Networks ...................................................2259 Bogdan Timus, Johan Hultell and Mats Nilson

Location Aided Location Update in IEEE 802.16e Wireless MANs .......................................................................................2264 Eunkyung Kim, Won-Ik Kim and Kyung Soo Kim

A Novel Bidirectional Resource Allocation to Decrease Signaling for Retransmission in LTE System ..............................2269 Haiming Wang and Dajie Jiang

Performance of WiMAX Networks Using Horizontal Handover with Channel Reservation Mechanism ..........................2272 Mohamad Salhani, Riadh Dhaou and André-Luc Beylot

Theoretical Analysis of Saturation Throughput in MU-DCF .................................................................................................2277 Jelena Mirkovic and Bernhard Walke

HiMIP-NEMO: Combining Cross-Layer Network Mobility Management and Resource Allocation for Fast QoS-Handovers ..........................................................................................................................2282 Cheng-Wei Lee, Yeali S. Sun and Meng Chang Chen

Dynamic Priority Queue Handover Scheme for Multi-Service ...............................................................................................2287 Weidong Wang, Yinghai Zhang, Jing Zhao and Shoufeng Wang

Physical Layer Network Coding for Uni-Cast Applications....................................................................................................2291 Hans-Martin Zimmermann and Ying-Chang Liang

Preventive and Reactive Based TNL Congestion Control Impact on the HSDPA Performance .........................................2296 Thushara Weerawardane, Andreas Timm-Giel, Gennaro C. Malafronte, Durastante Gianluca, Stephan Hauth and Carmelita Görg

On the Benefits of Relays in a Metropolitan Area Network ....................................................................................................2301 Klaus Doppler, Carl Wijting and Kimmo Valkealahti

An Enhanced Media Independent Handover Framework for Heterogeneous Networks .....................................................2306 Ying Wang, Yun Zhou, Jun Yuan and Ping Zhang

Selective Cooperative Relaying in OFDMA-TDD System for Broadband Mobile Wireless Services..................................2311 Hyun S. Ryu, Chung G. Kang, Hee S. Lee, Jae Y. Ahn and Hyun Kyu Chung

A Joint Power Control and Interference Avoidance Code Assignment Strategy for Downlink MC-DS-CDMA with 2D Spreading..........................................................................................................................2316 Chih-Wen Chang and Chian-Cheng Kuo

A Scheduling-Based Delay-Tolerant Power Saving Scheme for the IEEE 802.16e Wireless MAN .....................................2321 Huei-Wen Ferng, Cheng-Lun Liu, Jeng-Ji Huang and Chih-Cheng Tseng

Definitive Link Layer Triggers for Predictive Handover Optimization.................................................................................2326 Mijeong Yang, Kwangryul Jung, Aesoon Park and Sang-Ha Kim

The MAI Mitigation Scheme for OFDM-based Asynchronous Networks over Multi-Cell Environments .........................2331 Hyukmin Son, Sanghoon Lee and Gye-Tae Gil

Adaptive Connection Admission Control Algorithm for LTE Systems .................................................................................2336 Haipeng Lei, Mingliang Yu, Anjun Zhao, Yongyu Chang and Dacheng Yang

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Fast IP Handover Performance Improvements Using Performance Enhancing Proxys between Satellite Networks and Wireless LAN Networks for High-Speed Trains ...............................................................................2341 Myung-hee Han, Ki-Seop Han and Dong-Jun Lee

A New Approach on Analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF in Non-Saturated Wireless Networks..................................................2345 Kaveh Ghaboosi, Matti Latva-aho and Yang Xiao

Multiple-Antenna Multiple-Relay Cooperative Communication System with Beamforming..............................................2350 Arash Talebi and Witold A. Krzymien

SPLASH: A Simple Multi-Channel Migration Scheme for IEEE 802.11 Networks .............................................................2355 Seungnam Yang, Kyungsoo Lee, Hyundoc Seo and Hyogon Kim

Balancing Tradeoffs for Energy-Efficient Routing in MANETs Based on Reinforcement Learning..................................2361 W. Naruephiphat and W. Usaha

Theoretical FER Performance of Multi-Hop Wireless Cooperative Networks Using Transmit Diversity .........................2366 Yuji Oishi, Hidekazu Murata, Koji Yamamoto and Susumu Yoshida

Performance of Randomized Cyclic Delay Code Encoded by Convolutional Coding...........................................................2370 Seungwon Choi and Dong-Jo Park

Performance Analysis of Fast Handover for Hierarchical MIPv6 in Cellular Networks .....................................................2374 Li Jun Zhang and Samuel Pierre

MBMS Performance with Single Frequency Network Operation on WCDMA Network ....................................................2379 Janne Kurjenniemi and Ville Vartiainen

Capacity Analysis and Frequency Domain Equalization for Virtual Receive Antenna System...........................................2385 Yang Lan and Daniel K. C. So

Analysis on Decentralized Adaptive Route Selection in Cooperative Relaying Networks....................................................2390 Kunihiko Teshima, Koji Yamamoto, Hidekazu Murata and Susumu Yoshida

Relay Subset Selection in Wireless Networks Using Partial Decode-and-Forward Transmission.......................................2395 Caleb K. Lo, Sriram Vishwanath and Robert W. Heath Jr.

On the Performance of a Simple Adaptive Relaying Protocol for Wireless Relay Networks...............................................2400 Yonghui Li and Branka Vucetic

User Plane Protocol Optimization in Cellular Networks with Decode-and-Forward Type of Relay...................................2406 Yikang Xiang, Tao Jin, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz and Carmelita Görg

Analytical Estimation of Packet Delays in Relay-Based IMT-Advanced Networks..............................................................2411 Daniel C. Schultz, Ralf Pabst and Bernhard Walke

A General Detection Method for Linear Constructed Distributed Space-Time Codes in Amplify-and-Forward Mode of Wireless Cooperation Networks...........................................................................................2416 Fanggang Wang, Wenbo Wang and Shengwei Hou

Beamforming Applied to New Cooperative Decode-and-Forward Relay Schemes...............................................................2421 A. Zahoor, J. P. Cances and V. Meghdadi

High Rate Two-Way Amplify-and-Forward Half-Duplex Relaying with OSTBC ................................................................2426 Yang Han, See Ho Ting, Chin Keong Ho and Woon Hau Chin

Minimum Power Allocation in SER Constrained Relay Networks.........................................................................................2431 Behrouz Maham and Are Hjørungnes

Modelling and Analysis of ARQ Mechanisms for Wireless Multi-Hop Relay System ..........................................................2436 Soo-Yong Jeon and Dong-Ho Cho

Joint Design of Relay and Packet Combining Schemes for Wireless Industrial Networks ..................................................2441 Elisabeth Uhlemann and Andreas Willig

Cost-Aware Handover Decision Algorithm for Cooperative Cellular Relaying Networks...................................................2446 Tong Wu, Jing Huang, Xinmin Yu, Xinchun Qu and Ying Wang

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Anchor Node Based Sink Location Dissemination Scheme for Geographic Routing............................................................2451 Fucai Yu, Younghwan Choi, Euisin Lee and Sang-Ha Kim

Multicast vs Multiple Unicast Scheduling in High-Speed Cellular Networks........................................................................2456 Neila El Heni and Xavier Lagrange

Joint Space-Frequency-Power Scheduling Algorithm for Real Time Service in Cellular MIMO-OFDM System .............................................................................................................2461 Feng Jiang, Jianchi Zhu, Guona Hu, Ying Wang, Guangyi Liu and Ping Zhang

Scheduling for MIMO Broadcast Channels with Linear Receivers and Partial Channel State Information ............................................................................................................................................2467 Mohsen Eslami and Witold A. Krzymien

A Fault-Tolerance Cluster Head Based Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks..................................................................2472 Yang Qin and Kong Ling Pang

Multiuser Scheduling for High Speed Uplink Packet Access ..................................................................................................2477 Raymond Kwan, Cyril Leung and Jie Zhang

Uplink VoIP Performance in E-UTRAN TDD Mode...............................................................................................................2482 Dajie Jiang, Haiming Wang and Xiangguang Che

QoS-Aware Single Cell Admission Control for UTRAN LTE Uplink ....................................................................................2487 M. Anas, C. Rosa, F. D. Calabrese, P. H. Michaelsen, Klaus I. Pedersen and P. E. Mogensen

Performance of VoIP with Mobility in UTRA Long Term Evolution ....................................................................................2492 Tero Henttonen, Kennett Aschan, Jani Puttonen, Niko Kolehmainen, Petteri Kela, Martti Moisio and Jussi Ojala

Web Optimization in Real UMTS Networks with Channel Switching Mechanisms.............................................................2497 Marisa Catalan, Carles Gomez, Anna Calveras and Josep Paradells

Voice-Over-IP Performance in UTRA Long Term Evolution Downlink ...............................................................................2502 Jani Puttonen, Tero Henttonen, Niko Kolehmainen, Kennett Aschan, Martti Moisio and Petteri Kela

Impact of Signaling Load on the UMTS Call Blocking/Dropping ..........................................................................................2507 Saowaphak Sasanus, David Tipper and Yi Qian

Performance of Downlink UTRAN LTE under Control Channel Constraints .....................................................................2512 Dimas López Villa, C. Úbeda Castellanos, I. Z. Kovács, F. Frederiksen and Klaus I. Pedersen

Performance of Uplink Fractional Power Control in UTRAN LTE.......................................................................................2517 Carlos Úbeda Castellanos, Dimas López Villa, C. Rosa, Klaus I. Pedersen, F. D. Calabrese, Per-Henrik Michaelsen and Jürgen Michel

Channel Quality Indication Reporting Schemes for UTRAN Long Term Evolution Downlink ..........................................2522 Niko Kolehmainen, Jani Puttonen, Petteri Kela, Tapani Ristaniemi, Tero Henttonen and Martti Moisio

Link-Level Analysis of Downlink Handover Regions in UMTS..............................................................................................2527 Atta Ul Quddus, Xinjie Yang and Rahim Tafazolli

QoS Oriented Time and Frequency Domain Packet Schedulers for The UTRAN Long Term Evolution ..........................2532 G. Monghal, Klaus I. Pedersen, I. Z. Kovács and P. E. Mogensen

Carrier Ethernet for Transport in UMTS Radio Access Network: Ethernet Backhaul Evolution .....................................2537 Xi Li, Yongzi Zeng, Bjoern Kracker, Richard Schelb, Carmelita Goerg and Andreas Timm-Giel

A Framework for Evaluating Mobile-to-Mobile Inter-System Interference with Hotspot Considerations for WiMAX TDD Coexistence...........................................................................................................2542 Peilu Ding, Peijuan Liu, Xiaowei Jin and Prakash Moorut

Optimum Pilot Placement for Chunk-Based OFDMA Uplink: Time Direction Scenario ....................................................2547 Hongju Liu, Yi Ma and Rahim Tafazolli

Pilot Structures for the Uplink Single Carrier FDMA Transmission Systems ......................................................................2552 Byung Jang Jeong and Hyun Kyu Chung

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Improving SC-FDMA Performance by Turbo Equalization in UTRA LTE Uplink.............................................................2557 Gilberto Berardinelli, Basuki E. Priyanto, Troels B. Sørensen and Preben Mogensen

Extensive GPRS Latency Characterization in Uplink Packet Transmission from Moving Vehicles ..................................2562 Martino Fornasa, Nicola Zingirian and Massimo Maresca

On the Use of Uplink Received Signal Strength Measurements for Handover .....................................................................2567 Konstantinos D. Dimou and Anders Furuskär

EGPRS2 Uplink Performance for GERAN Evolution.............................................................................................................2572 Mikko Säily, Jari Hulkkonen, Olli Piirainen, Kari Niemelä and Eduardo Zacarías

A Quantitative Study of Mobility Impact for Real-Time Services on a Wi-Fi Multi-hop Network.....................................2577 Ting Zhou, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Puttipong Mahasukhon, Wei Wang and Song Ci

Comparison of Various Frequency Reuse Patterns for WiMAX Networks with Adaptive Beamforming .........................2582 Masood Maqbool, Marceau Coupechoux and Philippe Godlewski

Boosting Video Capacity of IEEE 802.11n through Multiple Receiver Frame Aggregation................................................2587 Kyungsoo Lee, Sangki Yun and Hyogon Kim

Simulation Study of Fractional Frequency Reuse for Mobile WiMAX..................................................................................2592 Yuefeng Zhou and Nader Zein

Throughput vs. Distance Tradeoffs and Deployment Considerations for a Multi-Hop IEEE 802.16e Railroad Test Bed..........2596 Wei Wang, Hamid Sharif, Michael Hempel, Ting Zhou and Puttipong Mahasukhon

Cost Assessment and Optimization Methods for Multi-Node Radio Access Networks.........................................................2601 Marc Werner, Peter Moberg, Per Skillermark, Mark Naden, Wsewolod Warzanskyj, Paulo Jesus and Carlos Silva

Energy Efficient, Fully-Connected Mesh Networks for High Speed Applications ................................................................2606 Samitha W. Ekanayake, Pubudu N. Pathirana, Bernard F. Rolfe and Marimuthu Palaniswami

Local Channel Information Assisted Channel Assignment for Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks ..........................2611 Sok-Hyong Kim and Young-Joo Suh

Component-Based Protocol Stack Management for Reconfigurable Systems.......................................................................2616 Cheng Chi, Zhiyong Feng, Yuan Xue, Huying Cai and Ping Zhang

Fast Blind Adaptive Channel Shortening Using Signal Subspace ..........................................................................................2621 Mahdi Karami and Ali Olfat

A Vertical Handoff Decision Scheme in Heterogeneous Wireless Systems ............................................................................2626 R. Tawil, Guy Pujolle and O. Salazar

Discrete Mobile User Tracking Algorithm via Velocity Estimation for Microcellular Urban Environment......................2631 N. Mirmotahhary, A. Kohansal, H. Zamiri-Jafarian and M. Mirsalehi

Performance Analysis of a Layer-2 Multi-Hop Authentication and Credential Delivery Scheme for Vehicular Networks ..............................................................................................................2636 Christian Tchepnda, Hassnaa Moustafa, Houda Labiod and Gilles Bourdon

Inter-System Handover Parameter Auto-Tuning in a Joint-RRM Scenario .........................................................................2641 S. Luna-Ramírez, F. Ruiz, M. Toril and M. Fernández-Navarro

Finding the Best QoS Path in a Gilbert Channel Network ......................................................................................................2646 Edwin Soedarmadji

Experimental Performance Comparison of RSSI- and TDOA-Based Location Estimation Methods.................................2651 Shinsuke Hara and Daisuke Anzai

Modified Taylor Series Expansion Based Positioning Algorithms .........................................................................................2656 Kegen Yu, Y. Jay Guo and Ian Oppermann

Impact of Traffic Modeling and Scheduling on Delay and Spectral Efficiency of the WINNER System ...........................2661 Jakub Oszmianski, Krystian Safjan, Martin Döettling and Adrian Bohdanowicz

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Tag Count Frame Slotted Aloha: A Novel Anti-Collision Protocol in RFID Systems...........................................................2666 Xiaodong Deng, Mengtian Rong, Tao Liu, Yong Yuan and Dan Yu

Dynamic Access Network Selection with QoS Parameters Estimation: A Step Closer to ABC ...........................................2671 Eng Hwee Ong and Jamil Y. Khan

A Novel Load Control Strategy For TD-SCDMA Enhanced Uplink......................................................................................2677 Jing Zhang, Siqing You, Yi Zheng, Yafeng Wang, Yongyu Chang and Dacheng Yang

Link Capacity Improvement by Utilizing Overlaid Bandwidth and Region Division...........................................................2681 Taegeun Oh, Sanghoon Lee and Gye-Tae Gil

Simultaneous Feedback Reduction and Sum Rate Maximization in Block-Diagonalized Space-Division Multiplexing.....................................................................................................................2685 Boon Chin Lim, Witold A. Krzymien and Christian Schlegel

Measuring Inhomogeneity in Spatial Distributions..................................................................................................................2690 Udo Schilcher, Michael Gyarmati, Christian Bettstetter, Yun Won Chung and Young Han Kim

Reliable Multicast Mechanism in WLAN with Extended Implicit MAC Acknowledgment ................................................2695 Xiaoli Wang, Lan Wang, Yingjie Wang and Daqing Gu

Motion-Based Object Detection for Automotive Applications using Multidimensional Wave Digital Filters......................................................................................................................................2700 Sam Schauland, Joerg Velten and Anton Kummert

Multi-User MIMO Systems Using Semi-Orthogonal Space Division Multiplexing with Alamouti Code ...........................2705 Xubin Chen, Zhuwei Wang, Xin Zhang and Dacheng Yang

A Novel Approach for Realistic Emulation of Vehicle-2-X Communication Applications...................................................2709 Björn Schünemann, Kay Massow and Ilja Radusch

Space-Time Pre-Filtering Based Soft-Input Soft-Output Detectors in Frequency-Selective MIMO Channels.......................................................................................................................................2714 Wenjin Wang, Bin Jiang, Xiqi Gao and Xiaohu You

Geometric Location Techniques With SSSD in Wireless Cellular Networks: A Comparative Performance Study...........................................................................................................................................2720 Bo-Chieh Liu and Ken-Huang Lin

Mathematical Analysis for Binary Tree Algorithm in RFID ..................................................................................................2725 Yinghua Cui and Yuping Zhao

A Uniform Host Protocol Framework Planning to Change ....................................................................................................2730 Tian Chen, Liu Wenyu, Wang Yi and Huaien Luo

Outage Probability and Bit Error Rate of the Amplify-and-Forward Relay Network .........................................................2735 Chenwei Wang, Guiwei Zhu, Yafeng Wang, Yongyu Chang and Dacheng Yang

A Geometry-Assisted SSSD Positioning Method for Use in Urban Areas..............................................................................2740 Bo-Chieh Liu and Ken-Huang Lin

Quality Based Handoff in DVB-H Systems Assisted by Cellular Network ............................................................................2745 G. Araniti, A. Iera, A. Molinaro and A. Modafferi

Accuracy Enhancement of an Indoor ANN-based Fingerprinting Location System Using Particle Filtering and a Low-Cost Sensor .................................................................................................................................2750 Salim Outemzabet and Chahé Nerguizian

More Results on the Validation of Gravity Model and the Effect of User Mobility in Cell Planning..................................2755 Yong Huat Chew, Peng Keong Tham, Shinobu Nanba, Boon Sain Yeo and Hajime Nakamura

On the Availability of GNSS and Terrestrial Location Techniques: A Field Study..............................................................2760 Israel Martin-Escalona, Francisco Barcelo-Arroyo and Andrés de la Fuente

Low Power Consumption Solutions for Instant Messaging on Mobile Devices .....................................................................2764 Da-shan Shiu, Ping-Cheng Yeh, Ling-San Meng, Kuan-Chi Chen and Hung-Yi Lo

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Mobile IP as an Enabling Technology for VoIP in Metropolitan Wireless Mesh Networks ................................................2769 Andres Arjona and Antti Ylä-Jääski

Analysis of Proxy Assisted P2P Services ...................................................................................................................................2774 Sampath N. Ranasinghe, A. Dev Pragad, Lamia Benmesbah, Vasilis Friderikos and Hamid Aghvami

Dynamic Session Control for Scalable Video Coding over IMS..............................................................................................2779 Suyoung Park and Sanghoon Lee

An Architecture for the Provision of Context-Aware Emergency Services in the IP Multimedia Subsystem ....................................................................................................................................................2784 May El Barachi, Arif Kadiwal, Roch Glitho, Ferhat Khendek and Rachida Dssouli

Reliable Transmission of H.264 Video over Wireless Network ...............................................................................................2789 Xiao-Fang Qin, Zheng Jiang, Dong Sui, Xin Zhang and Dacheng Yang

Design of Secure and Application-Oriented VANETs .............................................................................................................2794 Yi Qian and Nader Moayeri

Trust Issues for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ...........................................................................................................................2800 Philipp Wex, Jochen Breuer, Albert Held, Tim Leinmüller and Luca Delgrossi

Statistical Multiplexing for LTE MBMS in Dynamic Service Deployment ...........................................................................2805 Yu Chen

Wireless Access on Next Generation Broadband Internet Services........................................................................................2810 Seung-Que Lee and Nam-Hoon Park

A Novel Dynamic Fuzzy Analysis Hierarchy Model Enabling Context-Aware Service Selection in IMS for Future Next-Generation Networks..............................................................................................................................2814 Xuelian Long and Geng-Sheng Kuo

Robust Localization in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks ..................................................................................................2819 Kegen Yu and Y. Jay Guo

Quality of Service and Coverage Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks.......................................................................2824 Guoping Zhang, Krishnand Sivanand, Francois Chin and Chi Chung Ko

Extending Enterprise Architecture with Mobility....................................................................................................................2829 Ming-Chien Wu and Bhuvan Unhelkar

A Context-Aware Application Infrastructure with Reasoning Mechanism Based on Dempster-Shafer Evidence Theory............................................................................................................................................2834 Peizhi Liu and Jian Zhang

Convergence Performance of the Cascaded RLS-LMS Prediction ........................................................................................2839 Dong-Yan Huang and Susanto Rahardja

A Simple Analytical Model for Ad Hoc Networks with Cooperative Nodes ..........................................................................2844 S. Ali. A. Fakoorian, M. Tolou Honary and Majid Mazinani

Event-Based Addressing for Information Distribution in Dynamic Networks......................................................................2849 Cornelia Kappler, Kostas Pentikousis and Carlos Pinho

Optimal Deployment Scheme for IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks with Combined Single-Radio and Two-Radio Nodes........................................................................................................................2854 Xiaoxuan Che, Xi Fang, Xiaofeng Tao, Yong Wang and Ping Zhang

Thermal Calibration of Low Cost MEMS Sensors for Land Vehicle Navigation System ....................................................2859 P. Aggarwal, Z. Syed and N. El-Sheimy

Analytic Evaluation of a Hybrid Broadcast-Unicast TV Offering ..........................................................................................2864 Daniel Catrein, Jörg Huschke and Uwe Horn

The Architecture of Cross-Campus WLAN Roaming Environment in Taiwan....................................................................2869 Wei-Hung Huang, Ko-Chung Tang and Zsehong Tsai

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Cross-Layer and Path Priority Scheduling Based Real-Time Video Communications over Wireless Sensor Networks ..........................................................................................................................................................2873 Min Chen, Victor C. M. Leung, Shiwen Mao and Ming Li

Cross Layer ROHC Compression for Multicast Video Streaming .........................................................................................2878 Elizabeth Martínez, Ana Minaburo and Laurent Toutain

Analysis of a MUD-based Situation Awareness Messaging System without a Feedback Channel ......................................2883 Tim Giles, Ismail Shakeel, Voon Wong and Mark Rice

Design of High Performance HEMT Switch for S-band MSM of Satellite Transponder .....................................................2888 D. P. Chang, Y. S. Noh and I. B. Yom

LDPC Code Construction and Iterative Receiver Techniques for Channels with Phase Noise ...........................................2892 Sridhar Karuppasami, William G. Cowley and Steven S. Pietrobon

Impact of Tropospheric Depolarization on the Performance of Dual-Polarized High-Altitude Platform Systems......................................................................................................................2897 Claude Oestges

Link between Sum-Product and Gradient Projection Decoding of LDPC Codes: An Intermediate Algorithm ........................................................................................................................................................2902 Maxime Beaudonnet, C. Kasparis and Barry G. Evans

Transport Layer Coding for Satellite-Based Audio and Multimedia Services to Vehicular Terminals in Ku-Band.........2907 Matteo Berioli, H. Ernst, Sandro Scalise, R. Midthassel and C. Loeillet

A New Closed-Form Frequency Estimator in the Presence of Fading-Induced Multiplicative Noise .................................2912 Pakorn Ubolkosold, Gustave F. Tchere, Stefan Knedlik and Otmar Loffeld

Robust Transmission of Compressed Streams over Land Mobile Satellite Channel at Ku-Band .......................................2917 Maurizio Murroni

Link Layer Coding for DVB-S2 Interactive Satellite Services to Trains................................................................................2922 Matuz Balázs, Gianluigi Liva, Cristina Párraga Niebla, Núria Riera Díaz, Sandro Scalise, P. S. Kim, Dae-Ig Chang and Ho-Jin Lee

Design of Rate Constrained Multi-User Receivers for Satellite Communications ...............................................................2927 Sami Mekki and Mérouane Debbah

Propagation Measurements inside a B737 Aircraft for In-Cabin Wireless Networks ..........................................................2932 Alexandros Kaouris, Matthaios Zaras, Maria Revithi, Nektarios Moraitis and Philip Constantinou

A Game Theory Approach for DVB-RCS Resource Allocation..............................................................................................2937 Enrico Del Re, Gherardo Gorni, Luca Simone Ronga and María Ángeles Vázquez Castro

Evaluation of Depolarization Effects on the Performance of High Altitude Platforms (HAPs)...........................................2942 Abbas Mohammed and Tommy Hult

DVB-S2 Adaptive Coding and Modulation for HAP Communication System ......................................................................2947 Miha Smolnikar, Tomaz Javornik, Mihael Mohorcic and Matteo Berioli

Performance of WiMAX Networks Integrated in a Segment of Satellite using Channel Reservation Mechanism............2952 Mohamad Salhani, Riadh Dhaou and André-Luc Beylot

VoIP over DVB-RCS Satellite Systems: A Novel Capacity Request Mechanism for Improved Voice Activity Detection ............................................................................................................................................2957 Maria Kalama, Guray Acar, Barry G. Evans and Stephane Mourgues

Integrated GSM/WiFi Backhauling over Satellite: Flexible Solution for Emergency Communications.............................2962 Eriza Hafid Fazli, Martkus Werner, Nicolas Courville, Matteo Berioli and Vincent Boussemart

A Study on the Separation Distance for Frequency Sharing between GSO Network and Terrestrial Network in Ka Band ...............................................................................................................2967 Dae-Sub Oh, Seung-Min Lee, Do-Seob Ahn and Sooyoung Kim

Link Layer FEC in DVB-RCS: Performance Evaluation in nLoS Conditions......................................................................2972 M. Papaleo, R. Firrincieli, S. Cioni, A. Vanelli-Coralli, G. E. Corazza, Ho-Jin Lee and P. S. Kim

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A Gradient Based Algorithm for PAPR Reduction of OFDM using Tone Reservation Technique ....................................2977 S. Janaaththanan, C. Kasparis and Barry G. Evans

Proportional Channel-Aware Packet Scheduling in Satellite Multimedia Broadcasting .....................................................2981 Hongfei Du

Quantitative Evaluation of the Cost of Routing Protocol OLSR in a Vehicle Ad Hoc NETwork (VANET) ......................2986 Anis Laouiti, Paul Muhlethaler, Farid Sayah and Yasser Toor

An Illumination Adaptive Video Coding Scheme for In-Vehicle Video Applications...........................................................2991 Hsueh-Han Lai, Yun-Da Wu and Chih-Wei Tang

Gap Filler Architectures for Seamless DVB-S2/RCS Provision in the Railway Environment.............................................2996 Gianluigi Liva, Núria Riera Díaz, Sandro Scalise, Matuz Balázs, Cristina Párraga Niebla, Joon-Gyu Ryu, Min-Su Shin and Ho-Jin Lee

NOTICE: An Architecture for the Notification of Traffic Incidents......................................................................................3001 Mahmoud Abuelela, Stephan Olariu and Michele C. Weigle

Update of File-System-Based Navigation Databases ................................................................................................................3006 Dirk Lüdtke and Alexander Starke

SWiFT: A Novel Architecture for Seamless Wireless Internet for Fast Trains.....................................................................3011 Ritesh Kumar Kalle, Pravin Angolkar, Debabrata Das and Ramakrishnan Ramalingam

Secure Vehicular Communication for Safety Applications - A Measurement Study............................................................3016 Juhong Min, Jihun Ha, Sangki Yun, Inhye Kang and Hyogon Kim

Classification of Cellular Phone Mobility using Naive Bayes Model ......................................................................................3021 K. Puntumapon and W. Pattara-atikom

UMTS on the Road: Broadcasting Intelligent Road Safety Information via MBMS............................................................3026 Danilo Valerio, Fabio Ricciato, Pavle Belanovic and Thomas Zemen

Efficient VANET-Based Traffic Information Sharing using Buses on Regular Routes .......................................................3031 Tomoya Kitani, Takashi Shinkawa, Naoki Shibata, Keiichi Yasumoto, Minoru Ito and Teruo Higashino

Real-Time Guarantees for CAN Traffic....................................................................................................................................3037 Ulrich Klehmet, Thomas Herpel, Kai-Steffen Hielscher and Reinhard German

Simulation-Based Performance Evaluation of Enhanced Broadcast Schemes for IEEE 802.11-Based Vehicular Networks .....3042 Yvonne Mertens, Matthias Wellens and Petri Mähönen

A Wireless Mesh Network-Based Platform for ITS .................................................................................................................3047 Hazem Ahmed, Mohamed El-Darieby, Yasser Morgan and Baher Abdulhai

Sensor Network for Traffic Safety .............................................................................................................................................3052 Jungsook Kim, Jae-han Lim, Christopher Pelczar and Byungtae Jang

Experimental Study of the Effect of Paint on Embedded Automotive Antennas ..................................................................3057 Brendan Pell, Wayne Rowe, Edin Sulic, Kamran Ghorbani, Sabu John, Rahul Gupta, Kefei Zhang and Brian Hughes

Multi-Hop Data Dissemination with Replicas in Vehicular Sensor Networks.......................................................................3062 Keun Woo Lim, Woo Sung Jung and Young-Bae Ko

Analytical Model for Message Propagation in Delay Tolerant Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ..............................................3067 Ashish Agarwal, David Starobinski and Thomas D. C. Little

Reducing the Channel Scanning Latency for Intermittently Connected IEEE 802.11 Networks in Vehicular Environments .................................................................................................................3072 Daehan Kwak, Junho Suh, Seungwoon Kim and Jeonghoon Mo

Improved Vehicle Navigation Using Aiding with Tightly Coupled Integration ....................................................................3077 Z. Syed, P. Aggarwal, Y. Yang and N. El-Sheimy

Channel Model for Train to Train Communication Using the 400 MHz Band .....................................................................3082 Cristina Rico García, Andreas Lehner, Thomas Strang and Korbinian Frank