Technical Program

Wednesday, June 09

07:45 - 08:45
Registration

08:45 - 09:00
Conference opening

09:00 - 10:30
Keynote Speaker: Cognitive Radio Activities at Orange: Challenges and Opportunities
Berna Sayrac, Orange Labs

Keynote Speaker: Cooperative Sensing and Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks
Ian F. Akyldiz, Broadband Wireless Networking Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 - 12:45
SS6: Special Session - SENDORA: Design of Wireless Sensor Network based Cognitive Radio system
Chair: Bertrand Mercier, THALES Communications, France

Performance of deterministic local sensing aggregation under interference
Amin Nahvi, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Viktoria Fodor, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Ioannis Glaropouulos, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Business case proposal for a Cognitive Radio Network based on Wireless Sensor Network
Ole Gr ndalen, Telenor ASA, Norway
Markku Lahteenoja, Telenor ASA, Norway
Pal Gronsund, Telenor ASA, Fornebu, Norway

A Local Cognitive Pilot Channel (LCPC) for Neighbourhood Discovery, Relaying and Cluster Based Local Cognitive Information Management
Markus Mueck, Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany
Aawatif Hayar, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France

Adaptive Relaying Strategies for Collaborative Spectrum Sensing
Pascale Fouillot, Thales Communications, Colombes, France
Christophe J. Le Martret, Thales Communications, Colombes, France
Ragnar Thobaben, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

S1: Systems Learning and Classifications
Chair: Torleiv Maseng, University of Oslo, Norway

Blind standard identification with bandwidth shape and GI recognition using USRP platforms and SDR4all tools
Hongzhi Wang, Supelec, France
Wassim Jouini, Supelec, France
A. Nafkha, Supelec, France
Jacques PALICOT, Supelec, France
L. S. Cardoso, Alcatel-Lucent Chair, Supelec, France
Merouane Debbah, Alcatel-Lucent Chair, Supelec, France

Fuzzy Logic Based Signal Classification with Cognitive Radios for Standard Wireless Technologies
Kaleem Ahmad, Institute Industrial IT, Germany
Uwe Meier, Institute Industrial IT, Germany
Halina Kwasnicka, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Learning from Experts in Cognitive Radio Networks: The Docitive Paradigm
Ana Galindo-Serrano, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
Lorenza Giupponi, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
Pol Blasco, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
Mischa Dohler, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain

Standard Recognising Self Organizing Map based Cognitive Radio Transceiver
M.I.Taj, LEI /ENSTA-Paristech and Université Paris-Est, France
M. Akil, Université Paris-Est, France
O. Hammami, L EI /ENSTA-Paristech, France

SS5: Special Session - Architectures for Cognitive Radio Testbeds and Demonstrators
Chair: Oscar Gustafsson, Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden

Architectures for Cognitive Radio Testbeds and Demonstrators ? An Overview
GNU Radio and USRP
Hugo M. Tullberg, Patrik Eliardsson, Dennis Andersson
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Linköping, Sweden

WARP
Kiarash Amiri, Yang Sun, Michael Wu, Patrick Murphy, Chris Hunter, Ashutosh Sabharwal, Joseph R. Cavallaro
Rice University, Center for Multimedia Communication, Houston, USA

OpenAirInterface
R. Knopp, F. Kaltenberger, D. Nussbaum, N. Nikaein, R. Pacalet, C. Bonnet, M. Wetterwald, A. Hayar,
Mobile Communications Department, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
R. Pacalet
System on Chip Laboratory, Telecom ParisTech, Sophia Antipolis, France

WiNC2R
Madhura Joshi, Khanh Le, Zoran Miljanic, Onkar Sarode, Predrag Spasojevic
WINLAB (Wireless Information Network Laboratory), Rutgers University, North Brunswick, USA

COBRA
Praveen Raghavan, Frederik Naessens, Lieven Hollevoet, Tom Vander Aa, Jeroen Declerck, Miguel Glassée, Antoine Dejonghe, Liesbet Van der Perre
IMEC, Belgium

12:45 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:45
T1-1: Performance vs. Algorithmic Complexity in MIMO and Cooperative Communications
Petros Elia, EURECOM, France
Joakim Jaldén, KTH, Sweden

S2: MAC and Routing Strategies
Chair: Loreto Pescosolido, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Distributed Multichannel Random Access Networks with Selfish Users
Ali Ozyagci, KTH, Sweden
Omer Ileri, KTH, Sweden
Jens Zander, KTH, Sweden 

Collision Reduction in Cognitive Radio using Multichannel 1-persistent CSMA combined with Reinforcement Learning
Haibin Li, University of York, UK
Davide Grace, University of York, UK
Paul D. Mitchell, University of York, UK

Priority Channel Selection Based on Detection History Database
Johanna Vartiainen, University of Oulu, Finland 
Marko hoyhtya, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Janne Lehtomaki, University of Oulu, Finland 
Timo Bräysy, University of Oulu, Finland

Toward Optimal Cross-layer Solutions for Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks
Francesco Lo Presti, University of Rome “Tor Vergata", Italy
Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome “La Sapienza", Italy
 
Multiple Description Source Coding for Cognitive Radio Systems
Husheng Li,  University of Tennessee, USA

SS4-1: Special Session - Game Theory for Cognitive Wireless Networks
Chair: Samson Lasaulce, Supélec, France

Binary is Good: A Binary Inference Framework for Primary User Separation in Cognitive Radio Networks
Huy Nguyen, University of Houston, TX, USA
Rong Zheng, University of Houston, TX, USA
Zhu Han, University of Houston, TX, USA

Degrees of Coordination in Cognitive Networks
Holger Boche, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Rafael Felix Wyrembelski, Technische Universitdt Berlin, Germany

Beamforming in Underlay Cognitive Radio: Null-Shaping Constraints and Greedy User Selection
Eduard A Jorswieck, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Rami Mochaourab, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Decentralized interference management in femtocells: A game-theoretic approach
Sergio Barbarossa, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Stefania Sardellitti, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
A. Carfagna, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
P. Vecchiarelli, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break

16:15 - 18:00
T1-2: Performance vs. Algorithmic Complexity in MIMO and Cooperative Communications
Petros Elia, EURECOM, France
Joakim Jaldén, KTH, Sweden

SS4-2: Special Session - Game Theory for Cognitive Wireless Networks
Chair: Samson Lasaulce (Supélec, France)

Atomic Hierarchical Routing Games in Communication Networks
Vijay Kamble, IIT Kharagpur, India
Eitan Altman, INRIA, France
El-Azouzi Rachid, Universite d'Avignon, France
Vinod Sharma, Indian Institute of Science, India

A Multi-level Hierarchical Game-Theoretical Approach for Cognitive Networks
He Gaoning, Supelec, France
Samson Lasaulce, Supelec, France
Yezekael Hayel, Universite d'Avignon, France
Merouane Debbah, Supelec, France

Joint power control-allocation for green cognitive wireless networks using mean field theory
Tembine Hamidou, CNRS LSS-SUPELEC, France
Samson Lasaulce, CNRS LSS-SUPELEC, France
Marc Jungers, CNRS CRAN ENSEM, France

Pricing in Noncooperative Interference Channels for Improved Energy-Efficiency
Rami Mochaourab, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Zhijiat Chong, Dresden University of Technology, Germany 
Eduard A Jorswieck, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

SS8: Special Session - Research advances in Cognitive Radio Oriented Networks within the European Project CROWN
Chair: Dirk Slock, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France

Spatial Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios via Miniaturized Parasitic Antenna Systems
Elpiniki P. Tsakalaki, Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark
Osama N. Alrabadi, Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark
Constantinos B. Papadias, BWiSE, Athens, Greece
Ramjee Prasad, Center for TeleInFrastructure (CTiF), Aalborg University, Denmark

Beamforming for Underlay Cognitive MISO Interference Channel via UL-DL Duality
Francesco Negro, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France
Irfan Ghauri,  Infineon Technologies France, Sophia Antipolis, France
Dirk T.M. Slock, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France

Multiuser diversity analysis in spectrum sharing cognitive radio networks
Faheem Ahmad Khan,  Queen's University Belfast, UK
Tharmalingam Ratnarajah, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Mathini Sellathurai, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Iterative Dual Downlink Beamforming for Cognitive Radio Networks
Marius Pesavento,  Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
Dana Ciochina, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
Alex B. Gershman, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany

Thursday, June 10

08:45 - 10:15
Keynote Speaker: Adaptive Transmission for Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks
Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Electrical Engineering, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break

10:45 - 12:30
Panel Discussion: Physical Resource Sharing in Networks
Chair: Eduard Jorswieck, Communications Laboratory, Technische Universität Dresden

Panelists:
Jens Zander, KTH Stockholm, Sweden
David Gesbert, EURECOM, France
Krystian Sroka, DataX, Poland
Peter Trommelen, TNO, Netherlands
Marcin Ney, Orange, Poland 

SS2: Special Session - Optimized FFT and Bases Function Waveform Processing on Emerging Multi-Core Processors
Chair: Jorge Suris, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

Real-Time Spatio-Temporal Twice Whitening for MIMO Energy Detector
Travis Humble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Pramita Mitra, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Jacob Barhen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
B. Schleck, Coherent Logix, Inc., Texas, USA

A Versatile Multichannel Filter Bank with Multiple Channel Bandwidths
Fred Harris, San Diego State University & CCR-Princeton, USA
Robert McGwier, CCR-Princeton, USA
Benjamin Egg, San Diego State University, USA

A Coupled Multichannel Filter Bank and Sniffer Spectrum Analyzer
Fred Harris, San Diego State University & CCR-Princeton, USA
Robert McGwier, CCR-Princeton, USA
Benjamin Egg, San Diego State University, USA

High Performance FFT on Multicore Processors
Jacob Barhen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Charlotte Walker Kotas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Travis Humble, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Pramita Mitra, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Neena Imam, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Mark Buckner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Michael Moore, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

SS3: Special Session - Cognitive Coding Cooperation and Competition in Wireless Networks
Chair: Petros Elia, EURECOM, France
Lucile Sassatelli, UNSA CNRS, France

Flip-and-forward achieves the optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff for the two-hop MIMO relay channel, with two antennas at the relay
Ramtin Pedarsani, EPFL, Switzerland
Olivier Leveque, EPFL, Switzerland
Sheng Yang, Supelec, France

On the Capacity of Slotted Aloha Based Multi-Hop Virtual MIMO Systems
Chiara Buratti, University of Bologna, Italy
Alberto Zanella, National Research Council, Italy
Roberto Verdone, University of Bologna, Italy

Cooperative Relaying in Sensor Networks
Deniz Gunduz, CTTC, Spain
Elza Erkip, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, USA 
Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University, CA, USA 
H. Vincent Poor, Princeton Univercity, NJ, USA

Cooperative Amplify-and-Forward Relaying in Cognitive Radio Networks
Raed Manna, University of Sydney, Australia
Raymond Louie, University of Sydney, Australia
Yonghui Li, University of Sydney, Australia
Branka Vucetic, University of Sydney, Australia
 
SINR Balancing in the Downlink of Cognitive Radio Networks with Imperfect Channel Knowledge
Muhammad Fainan Hanif, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Peter J. Smith, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST, Saudia Arabia 

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:45
T2-1: Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks: A Stochastic/Adaptive Control Approach
Tara Javidi, UC San Diego, USA

S3: Architectures, measurements, modeling and performance evaluation tools
Chair: Alain Sibille, ENSTA-Paristech, France and Oscar Gustafsson, Linköping University, Sweden

Survey on Spectrum Utilization in Europe: Measurements, Analyses and Observations
Vaclav Valenta, Université Paris-Est, France 
Roman Marsalek, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Genevieve BAUDOIN, Universite Paris-Est, France 
Martine VILLEGAS, Universite Paris-Est, France
Martha Suarez, Universite Paris-Est, France
Fabien Robert, Universite Paris-Est, France

Experimental Verification of Indoor TV White Space Opportunity Prediction Model
Evanny Obregon,  KTH, Sweden
Lei Shi, KTH, Sweden
Javier Ferrer Coll HiG, KTH, Sweden
Jens Zander, KTH, Sweden

Interference Characteristics in Power-Controlled Cognitive Radio Networks
Amir Ghasemi, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada

Multi-Platform Demonstrations using the Iris Architecture for Cognitive Radio Network Testbeds
Paul D Sutton, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Jorg Lotze, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Hicham Lahlou, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Baris Ozgul, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Suhaib A Fahmy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Keith E. Nolan, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Juanjo Noguera, Xilinx Research Labs, Ireland
Linda Doyle, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland

Analysis and Implementation of Reinforcement Learning on a GNU Radio Cognitive Radio Platform
Yu Ren, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Pawel A. Dmochowski, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Peter Philip Komisarczuk, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Panel Discussion: Challenges in Commercialization of Cognitive Radio Technologies from EC Radio Access and Spectrum (RAS) Cluster
Modarators:
Abdur Rahim Biswas, Create-Net, Italy (Chair)
Panagiotis Demestichas, University of Piraeus, Greece
Fabrizio Tomatis, ST Ericsson, France

Panelists:
Peter Olanders, Ericsson, Sweden
Joe Mitola,Stevens Institute of Technolog, USA
Jens Zander, KTH, Sweden
Berna Sayrac,Orange, France
Yukitoshi Sanada, Keio University, Japan

15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break

16:15 - 18:00
T2-2: Opportunistic Routing in Wireless Networks: A Stochastic/Adaptive Control Approach
Tara Javidi, UC San Diego, USA

SS1: Special Session - Filter Bank Multi Carrier PHY versus OFDM for Unsynchronized Cognitive Radio Networks
Chair: Faouzi Bader, CTTC, Spain and Alexandr Kuzminskiy Alcatel-Lucent, UK

An Uplink Resource Allocation Algorithm for OFDM and FBMC Based Cognitive Radio Systems
Musbah Shaat, Centre Tecnolrgic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain
Faouzi Bader, Centre Tecnolrgic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain

Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) for Filter Bank Multicarrier Communication Systems
Chung Him (George) Yuen, University of Utah, USA
Pooyan Amini, University of Utah, USA
Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah, USA

Reappearing Primary User Detection in FBMC/OQAM Cognitive Radios
Tero Ihalainen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Ari Viholainen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Tobias Hidalgo Stitz, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Markku Kalevi Renfors, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Decentralized "good neighbor" DSA based on adaptive antenna array interference mitigation diversity: Finite amount of data effects
Alexandr Kuzminskiy, Alcatel-Lucent, UK
Yuri Abramovich, Defence Science and Technology Organization, Australia

Capacity Analysis of OFDM / FBMC based Cognitive Radio Networks with Estimated CSI
Haijian ZHANG, CNAM, France
Didier LE RUYET, CNAM, France
Daniel ROVIRAS, CNAM, France
Hong SUN, Wuhan University, China

S4: Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio
Chair: Jacques Palicot, Supélec, France

Local MTM-SVD based Spectrum Sensing in SIMO OFDM Cognitive Radio under Bandwidth Constraint
Owayed Abdullah Alghamdi, University of Plymouth, UK 
Mosa Ali Abu-Rgheff, University of Plymouth, UK

Teager-Kaiser energy detector for narrowband wireless microphone spectrum sensing
Matthieu Gautier, CEA, LETI, Minatec, France
Marc Laugeois, CEA, LETI, Minatec, France
Dominique Noguet, CEA, LETI, Minatec, France

Efficient Quantification Using Local Information for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio
Qun Pan, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Xin Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Yuehong Gao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Dacheng Yang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Cooperative Sensing with Adaptive Sensing Ranges in Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc
Jongwon Shim, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma
Qi Cheng, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma
Venkatesh Sarangan, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma

Distribution discontinuities detection using algebraic technique for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks
Wael Guibene, EURECOM, France
Aawatif Hayar, EURECOM, France
Monia Turki, ENIT, Tunisia

Limits of Detection for the Consecutive Mean Excision Algorithms
Johanna Vartiainen, University of Oulu, Finland
Janne Lehtomaki, University of Oulu, Finland
Harri Saarnisaari, University of Oulu, Finland
Markku Juntti, University of Oulu, Finland

Friday, June 11

08:45 - 10:15
Keynote Speaker: Cognitive Radio technology: First decade and the way ahead
Joseph Mitola, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break

10:45 - 12:30
Panel Discussion: Opportunities in CR/SDR related standardization
Markus Mueck, Standardization Manager Infineon Technologies, Chairman ETSI RRS, Adj. Associate Professor at Macquarie University

Panelists:
Thomas Haustein, Heinrich Hertz Institute, Fraunhofer, Berlin, Germany
Andrea Lorelli, Technical Officer, ETSI Standardization Projects, Sophia Antipolis, France
Wolfgang Koenig of Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart, Germany 

SS7: Special Session - COST: Cognitive Radio and Networking for Cooperative Coexistence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Chair: Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, INFOCOM Department, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

Automatic network recognition by feature extraction: a case study in the ISM band
Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Stefano Boldrini, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Camen Juana Martin Martin, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Jesus Roldan Diaz, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Mobility-aware design of cognitive radio networks: challenges and opportunities
Luca De Nardis, INFOCOM Dept., University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Maria-Dolores Perez Guirao, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Requirements on the information flow for intersystem coexistence and cooperation in the emerging cognitive wireless world
Andreas Georgakopoulos, University of Piraeus, Department of Digital Systems, Greece
Konstantinos Tsagkaris, University of Piraeus, Department of Digital Systems, Greece
Vera Stavroulaki, University of Piraeus, Department of Digital Systems, Greece
Panagiotis Demestichas, University of Piraeus, Department of Digital Systems, Greece

Polarization Orthogonality for the Co-Existence of Wideband Fading Cognitive Networks
Jean-Michel Dricot, Université Libre de Bruxelles, OPERA Dpt. Brussels, Belgium
Gianluigi Ferrari, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Parma, Italy
Francois Horlin, Université Libre de Bruxelles, OPERA Dpt. Brussels, Belgium 
Ph. De Doncker, Université Libre de Bruxelles, OPERA Dpt. Brussels, Belgium 

S5:  Resource allocation and Interference Management Strategies
Chair: Peter Olanders, Ericsson, Sweden

 
Location-Based Resource Allocation for OFDMA Cognitive Radio Systems
Haewoon Nam,  Motorola Inc., TX, USA
Mahdi BenGhorbel, KAUST, Saudia Arabia
Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST, Saudia Arabia
 
Interference-free Overlay Cognitive Radio Network based on Cooperative Space Time Coding
Vivek Ashok Bohara, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
See Ho TING,  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Yang Han, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ashish Pandharipande, Philips Research, The Netherlands
 
On the Spectral Efficiency of MIMO Two-way Multihop Networks with Co-existing Flows
Rindranirina Ramamonjison, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Jonghyun Lee, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Kei Sakaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Kiyomichi Araki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 
Reconstructing Geographical-Spectral Pattern in Cognitive Radio Networks
Husheng Li, University of Tennessee, USA