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Final Technical Program (Updated on Oct 28, 2009)


2nd November

08:30AM - 09:30AM
Keynote Talk I: From Quad Play to Connected Living
    Geoffrey Yuen, PCCW, Hong Kong

09:30AM - 10:30AM
Technical Session I: PON (Session chair: Nirwan Ansari)

    1. Hybrid Dynamic Bandwidth and Wavelength Allocation algorithm to Support Multi-Service Level Profiles in a WDM-EPON
      Noemi Merayo, Ruben Gonzalez, Ignacio de Miguel, Ramon J. Duran, Patricia Fernandez, Ruben M. Lorenzo, Juan C. Aguado and Evaristo J.Abril,
      University of Valladolid, Spain,
      Tamara Jimenez, Parque Tecnologico de Boecillo, Spain
    2. Utility Max-min Fair Resource Allocation for Diversified Applications in EPON
      Jingjing Zhang and Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

10:30PM - 10:50PM
Coffee Break

10:50AM - 12:20PM
Technical Session II: WIFI and WiMAX (Session chair: Chin-Tau Lea)


    1. Fairness Enhancement for 802.11 MAC
      Caishi Huang, Chin-Tau Lea, and Albert Kai-Sun Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    2. SWIM: A Scheduler for Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS) in IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX Networks
      Chakchai So-In, Raj Jain, and Abdel-Karim Al Tamimi, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
    3. Influence of Technical Improvements on the Business Case for a Mobile WiMAX Network
      Bart Lannoo, Jeffrey De Bruyne, Wout Joseph, Jan Van Ooteghem, Emmeric Tanghe, Didier Colle, Luc Martens, Mario Pickavet, and Piet Demeester,
      Ghent University - IBBT

12:20PM - 14:20PM
Lunch Break

14:20PM - 15:50PM
Technical Session III: 4G Wireless Networks (Session chair: Pin-Han Ho)

    1. Invited Talk: TD-LTE R&D Activities in Hong Kong
      Henry Ye, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI), Hong Kong
    2. Optimizing Energy and Modulation Selection In Multi-Resolution Modulation For Wireless Video Broadcast/Multicast
      James She, Pin-Han Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada
      Basem Shihada, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia
    3. System Evaluation of PMI Feedback Schemes for MU-MIMO Pairing
      Yinggang Du, Jianfei Tong, Jing Zhang, Sheng Liu, Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. China

15:50PM - 16:10PM
Coffee Break

16:10PM - 16:55PM
Technical Session IV: FIWI (Session chair: Jianping Wang)

    1. On Mitigating Packet Reordering in FiWi Networks
      Shiliang Li, Jianping Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
      Chunming Qiao, SUNY at Buffalo, USA,
      Bei Hua, University of Science and Technology of China, China
    2. Adaptive BU Association and Resource Allocation in Integrated PON-WiMAX Networks
      Ming Gong, University of Waterloo, Canada
      Bin Lin, University of Waterloo, Canada, and Dalian Maritime University, China
      Pin-Han Ho, University of Waterloo, Canada
      Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada


Dinner at 19:00 in the hotel

3rd November

08:30AM - 09:30AM
Keynote Talk II: Beyond Access for Virtualization and Cloud Computing

    Joseph Y. Hui , Arizona State University, USA

9:30PM - 10:30PM
Technical Session V: Broadband Access Networks (Session chair: Danny Tsang)

    1. Novel Bandwidth Scheduling Method for Multiple Upstream Channels of DOCSIS 3.0 Networks
      Joon-Young Jung, Jaemin Ahn, Chungnam National University, Korea
    2. A Future Access Network Architecture for Providing Personalized Context-Aware Services with Sensors
      Masugi Inoue, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
      Masaaki Ohnishi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
      Hiroaki Morino, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan; National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
      Tohru Sanefuji, Nassua Solutions Corp., Japan

10:30PM - 10:50PM
Coffee Break

10:50AM - 12:20PM
Technical Session VI: Cognitive Radios (Session chair: Miao Ma)


    1. How to Optimally Schedule Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks
      Ke Lang, Yuan Wu, and Danny H.K. Tsang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    2. Efficient Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks with Implicit Power Control
      Miao Ma and Danny H. K. Tsang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    3. Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Femtocell Networks
      Jie Xiang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
      Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
      Tor Skeie, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway; University of Oslo, Norway


12:20PM - 14:20PM
Lunch Break

14:20PM - 15:20PM
Technical Session VII: Cross-layer Design & DSL Technologies (Session chair: Raphael Cendrillon)

    1. Cross-Layer Routing Method for the SCTP with Multihoming MIPv6
      Hongbo Shi and Tomoki Hamagami, Yokohama National University, Japan
    2. Challenges and Solutions in Vectored DSL
      Raphael Cendrillon, Fang Liming, James Chou, Guozhu Long, Dong Wei, Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. China

15:20PM
Break and conference end

16:30PM
HKUST Tour and Dinner