The Third IEEE Workshop on Wireless LANs: Web Based Proceedings

PANELS

Enabling Technologies for Next Generation WLAN,WPAN, WHAN: What Will Win?
Chair: Geoff Dawe, President/CEO Global Communication Devices
Panelists: James Moniz, Conexant -- Dr. Ken O, University of Florida -- Drayt Avera, RF Solutions

Summary: The main question posed to the panel of experts on semiconductor technologies was: “What is the 5 year Technology Roadmap for the WLAN/WPAN/WHAN Industry?”  Each panelist introduced themselves and made a short (5 min) position statement.  The moderated tried to summarize, embellish and strengthen each position in order to generate controversy amongst the panel.  Viewpoints of CMOS, SiGe, BiCMOS and GaAs were presented.  Audience participation was welcomed and fairly abundant.   The WLAN market was compared to the cellular market in many cases.  Several good points were made but the only clear winner was the audience themselves.  It was an entertaining and colorful session.

Limited-Range Wireless Communications: The Challenges Evolve
Chair: Craig J. Mathias, Principal Farpoint Group
Panelists: Wayne Caswell, HomeRF Communications Chairman, SIEMENS Cordless Products -- Rick Maule, Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Connectivity Division, 3Com Business Connectivity Company --  Jim Zyren, Director of Marketing, Wireless Networking Business Unit, Intersil --  Rick Bahr, Vice President, Engineering, Atheros
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"Show and Tell" of Emerging Home Network Boxes
Chair: Marie-José Montpetit, Ph.D., Network Architect Nokia Home Communications
Panelists: David Starobinski, Professor Boston University -- Kevin P. Jones, Vice President Nokia Home Communications Boston -- Carlton Sparrel, Network Architect, Ucentric

Summary:  The "show and tell" panel of emerging boxes using wireless technologies brought together 2 local companies, Nokia Home Communication and Ucentric, as well as the Wireless Lab at Boston University. Nokia was represented by Kevin Jones, sales director for North America.  Ucentric was represented by Carlton Sparrel, Network Architect, and Dr David Starobinski represented BU. All panelists were in agreement that wireless technologies would be a enabler for home networks. Approaches were slightly different with Ucentric (in essence a software platform) proposing an integrated gateway/entertainment solution and Nokia favoring a more distributed approach with multiple boxes geared to specific solution. BU presented their approach to data synchronization amongst multiple hosts. The actual demonstration included data sync on handheld devices (BU), video streaming from a wireless home gateway (802.11b from Nokia) and home entertainment and control platform (Ucentric). Attendance was high. Questions centered on use and availability of the technologies. Overall a great success for the conference.
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

S1. Emergence of UWB for WLANs (half session)

1. Recent Trends in Ultra Wideband Communications Systems, R.J. Fontana
2. Ultra Wide Band Signal Simulations using FDTD Method, K. Siwiak, T.M. Babij
3. Compact Antenna Configurations for Portable Ultra-Wideband Applications, M. Sanad (NA)
4. Analysis and Design Tools for Ultrawideband Antennas, S. Makarov, J. Beneat, K. Pahlavan

1. Pilot Symbol Based Detection and Synchronization for OFDM WLANs, A.J. Coulson (invited)
2. DSP Implementation of High Speed WLAN Using OFDM, M. Fahim Tariq, T. Horseman, A. Nix
3. Broadband OFDM-FDMA System for the Uplink of a Wireless LAN, D. Galda, H. Rohling
4. A Smart Switched Sector Array for Wideband Interference Mitigation in an OFDM-Based WLAN, H. Matsuoka, Y. Sun, S. Parker, C. Simmonds

1. Self Organizing and Self-Healing Ad-hoc Networks, C. Elliott, presented by Dr. J. Burchfiel (invited)
2. Demand-Based Bluetooth Scheduling, R. Rao, O. Baux, G. Kesidis
3. Analysis of TCP and UDP Traffic in MANETs, T.D. Dyer, R.V. Boppana
4. Dynamic Allocation of Clustering Technique in Ad Hoc Wireless Network, I-S Hwang and C-Y Wang
5. Link Stability-Based Routing and Clustering in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Fuzzy Set Theory, I-S Hwang, C-C Liu and C-Y Wang
6. Resource Management in Multihop Mobile Wireless Networks, C-H Yeh, D. Zhang
7. Fixed-Zone-Based Routing Protocols for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, H. Du, H. S. Hassanein, C-H Yeh

1. Architecture and Predicted Performance of an IEEE 802.11b-like WMAN Transceiver at 5.8GHz, A. Lackpour, M. Kavehrad, S. Thompson
2. A Comparison of Detection Algorithm Performance over Measured Channels for Blast Enhanced IEEE 802.11a WLANs, R. Piechocki, P. Fletcher, A. Nix, N. Canagarajah, J. McGeehan
3. H/2 DLC Protocol in Hard Real Time Systems, H. Wijaya, N. Esseling, O. Klein, W. Zirwas, Hui Li, J. M. Eichinger, A. Vidal
4. Range and Throughput Enhancement of HIPERLAN/2 Using Sectorised Antennas, A. Doufexi, S. Armour, A. Nix, P. Karlsson, D. Bull
5. Co-Existence and Interworking of IEEE 802.11a and ETSI BRAN HiperLAN/2 in MultiHop Scenarios, S. Mangold, J. Habetha, S. Choi, C. Ngo
6. Enhancing the Performance of IEEE 802.11a Devices using Delay Diversity, M.K. Abdul Aziz, A. Doufexi, A.R. Nix, P.N. Fletcher
7. Performance Results for SPW Implementations of IEEE 802.11a and HIPERLAN/2 WLAN Standards, V. Ghazi-Moghadam

1. Potential and Limits of Photonic Systems in Relation to Local Area Networks, O. Nilsson (invited)
2. Modeling Infrared LANs in Glomosim, S. Carroll, J. Carruthers
3. Robust Mobile Multimedia Conferencing, I. Agoren, M. Kavehrad
4. Quality of Service Aware Routing in Wireless Multihop LANs, Q. Xue, A. Ganz
5. IEEE 802.11 DCF with Capture over Rician-Fading Channel, Z. Hadzi-Velkov, B. Spasenovski
6. An Intelligent Frequency Modulation Controller with Fuzzy Function for IEEE 802.11 Multi-Rate/Range Transmission, S-T Sheu, J. Chen, and Y-D Wang
7. Space-Time Transmit Diversity-Aided Acquisition in CDMA Networks, J. Thomas

1. TBA, Victor Bahl (invited) (NA)
2. Recent Advances in Ultra Wideband Indoor Geolocation Systems, R.J. Fontana
3. A Precision Location Network Using Ultra Wideband WLAN Radios, G. Shreve, D. Kell
4. A Probabilistic Approach to WLAN User Location Estimation, P. Myllymaki, T. Roos, H. Tirri, P. Misikangas, J. Sievanen
5. A Portable Wideband System for Monitoring and Locating Firefighters and Other Emergency Personnel, T. Kochanski
6. Mobile Terminal Location in Indoor Cellular Multi-path Environment, I. Abnizova, P. Cullen, S. Taherian
7. A Framework for Indoor Geolocation Using an Intelligent System, C. Nerguizian, C. Despins, S. Affes
8. Indoor Super Resolution TOA Measurement in Frequency-Domain, X. Li, K. Pahlavan

1. An Algebraic Algorithm for the Construction of Finite-State Channel Codes, P. Franaszek, M. Hassner, B. Trager (invited) (NA)
2. A Framework for Quality of Service Provisioning for Broadband Internet Access with Wireless Networks, M.R. Sridhar, S.R. Cook
3. Encryption and Power Consumption in Wireless LANs, N. Ruangchaijatupon, P. Krishnamurthy
4. Fast Handoff Scheme in Wireless LANs For Real-Time Systems, V. Kumar Choyi, B. Sarikaya, S. Gurivireddy
5. Seamless Connectivity in Public Wireless LANs using Agent Based Technology, A. Haneef, A. Ganz

1. Maximizing Performance of a Wireless LAN in the Presence of Bluetooth, M. Fainberg, D. Goodman
2. Interference Suppression Techniques for Bluetooth and Proposed Bluetooth Evolution Technologies, A.K. Arumugam, P.N. Fletcher, S.M.D. Armour, A.R. Nix
3. Performance Evaluation of Traffic in a Interfering Wireless LANs Environment for Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11, W. Yue, K. Hatogai, K. Miyazaki, S. Ooka
4. Interference Between IEEE 802.11b and Bluetooth, P. Choi, A. Vasquez, M.V.S. Chandrashekhar, K. Pahlavan

1. Generation 11: Wireless Data Moves Outside the Enterprise, J.F. Mollenauer (invited)
2. A Multichannel Broadband Infrared Wireless LAN, W. Bynoe, J. Carruthers
3. Personal Area Networks - A High Data Rate Extension to Bluetooth, A. Lillie, A. Nix, J. McGeehan
4. Integrating Wireless and Wireline Networks: Architectures of Seamless User-centric Networks, A. Al-Awadhi, J. Carruthers

1. UMTS-WLAN Roaming in Hot-Spot Areas: A Techno-Economic Study, A. Cerboni, J. Harno, D. Varoutas, D. Katsianis, I. Welling, K-O Kalhagen
2. Wireless LAN Adoption: A Quantitative Analysis, P. Bruno, L. Hughes
3. Wireless LAN for the Classroom, M.A. Sosinski
4. Differentiated Services for Wireless LANs, I. Kim, A. Ganz
5. Security and Privacy Issues in Wireless Applications, M. Jakobsson, B. Kaliski, J-O Larsson, S. Wetzel
6. Privacy Law and the Wireless Revolution, I. Mahony
7. What Is Your Patent Worth?, D. Drinkwater, M. Widmer