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Algorithms, Protocols and Solutions for Next Generation Wireless Networks

In recent years, there has been rapid development in high-speed computing, mobile communications, and deployment of wireless communication infrastructure. Advances in wireless technologies have engendered a new paradigm of computing. Users now have the opportunity in accessing information anywhere and at any time. Ubiquitous computing is an emerging field of research for computing models in the 21st century. This emergence is the natural result of research and technological advances mainly in wireless communications, mobile computing, embedded computing, autonomic computing, sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, vehicular networks, cellular networks and agent technologies. Recent developments in technologies such as wireless communication and microelectronics have enabled Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications to be deployed for many applications such as battlefield surveillance and environment monitoring. Recently, there are a lot of research efforts towards the optimization of standard communication paradigms for such networks. I will present as simulation system for WSN. We consider the behavior of a wireless sensor network for different radio models and analyze the performance of different protocols considering two radio models TwoRayGround and Shadowing. In difference with other works, we generalize the type of radio model by allowing the path-loss randomness to be present in the service environment of the network. We study the perceived Goodput and Depletion (Consumed Energy) for different scenarios. By using these simulation results, we implemented a test-bed for sensor and ad-hoc networks, and carried out many experiments in outdoor and indoor scenarios. In our test-bed, we consider a general methodology to assess the performance of MANETs. We identify the parameters which strongly affect the overall performance. To this aim, and contrary to the common use of computing means and variances only, we use a hypothesis test-based toolkit, because of the large number of factors which interact with our test-bed. I will introduce also, our research work for Cellular Networks and Vehicular Networks. I will present some intelligent algorithms for cellular networks and a simulation system for Vehicular Networks. Finally, I will give some future research directions and real applications of next generation wireless networks.

Biography of Prof. Leonard Barolli:

Leonard Barolli received BE and PhD degrees from Tirana University and Yamagata University in 1989 and 1997, respectively. From April 1997 to March 1999, he was a JSPS Post Doctor Fellow Researcher at Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Yamagata University. From April 1999 to March 2002, he worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Public Policy and Social Studies, Yamagata University. From April 2002 to March 2003, he was an Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science, Saitama Institute of Technology (SIT). From April 2003 to March 2005, he was an Associate Professor and presently is a Full Professor, at Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT). Prof. Barolli has published about 300 papers in referred Journals, Books and International Conference proceedings. He was an Editor of the IPSJ Journal and has served as a Guest Editor for many International Journals. Prof. Barolli has been a PC Member of many International Conferences and was the PC Chair of IEEE AINA-2004 and IEEE ICPADS-2005. He was General Co-Chair of IEEE AINA-2006 and AINA-2008, Workshops Chair of iiWAS-2006/MoMM-2006 and iiWAS-2007/MoMM-2007, Workshop Co-Chair of ARES-2007, ARES-2008, IEEE AINA-2007 and ICPP-2009. Presently, he is General Co-Chair of CISIS-2010 and IEEE AINA-2010. Prof. Barolli is the Steering Committee Chair of CISIS International Conference and is serving as Steering Committee Member in many International Conferences. He is organizer of many International Workshops. Prof. Barolli has won many Awards for his scientific work and has received many research funds. He got the "Doctor Honoris Causa" Award from Polytechnic University of Tirana in 2009. His research interests include network traffic control, fuzzy control, genetic algorithms, agent-based systems, ad-hoc networks and sensor networks. He is a member of SOFT, IPSJ, and IEEE.

Ubiquitous Heritage (U-Heritage): a Wireless/Mobile Application and Service System based on the Multi-Disciplinary Cross-Domain Research and Development Approach

With the matured development of theories and techniques in computer science and engineering (CSE), CSE's R&Ds are becoming problem solving or scenario-based. Thus, R&Ders in the CSE field need not only the professional knowledge of CSE but also the domain knowledge, more or less, of the problems or scenarios that they are dealing with. In other words, the multi-disciplinary cross-domain R&D paradigm is becoming required. Through the multi-disciplinary cross-domain R&D paradigm, one can chain theory, technology, application/service and content to layout his research to real development and then to the practical deployment and use. With the advance of broadband wireless mobile networks technology (3.5/4G and Wi Max) and powerful handheld devices (iPhone, Google Phone, HTC), ubiquitous applications and services that meet the requirement of anywhere, any time and any device become feasible. In this talk, a case study of multi-disciplinary cross-domain research, development, and deployment called Demodulating and Encoding Heritage (DEH) for U(biquitous)-Heritage over CSE and Human Literature Science is given. To encode heritages such that users can have virtual exploring heritages using their desktops in the pre-tour phase and real exploring heritages using their smart phones in the touring phase, a set of metadata elements need to be defined through discussion, compromise and mutual understanding of researchers from both sides of CSE and Human Literature Science. Thereafter, CSE researchers can deal with the follow-up technical issues and Human Literature Science researchers can create contents, including Point Of Interest (POI), Line Of Interest (LOI) and Story Of Interest (SOI), following the defined metadata elements. Many technical issues, which were either considered in other scenarios or brand new for U-Heritage, should be resolved based on the consideration of U-Heritage. Illustrated issues are geo-spatial database design and access methods, POIs' content organization and retrieval in the server side, adaptive content transmission based on spatial/theme dimensions' LBS navigation and touring, POIs' caching and arrangement in the handheld device side, intelligent inference/processing for LOI design, POIs' pushing and on-site real time detouring, and user-defined e-map design/access, in which some of their solutions should be devised through discussion, compromise and mutual understanding of researchers from both sides of CSE and Human Literature Science. A potential one more aspect - advertising, including design and promotion concerns, will also be pinpointed. For this aspect, researchers in the design field and CSE field should collaboratively resolve the issue of human-centric user interface design for pre-tour, touring and after-tour phases such that the promotion of exploring some heritages can be achieved through SOIs using mobile advertisement and social networks.

Biography of Prof. Chung-Ming Huang:

Chung-Ming Huang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University on 1984/6, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer and information science from The Ohio State University on 1988/12 and 1991/6 respectively. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor in Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C. He is also Director of the Promotion Center for the Telematics Consortium (PCTC), Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, R.O.C. He was (i) Chair of Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering and Director of Institute of Medical Informatics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C., (ii) Director of the Promotion Center for Network Applications and Services Education (PCNASE), Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, R.O.C., and (iii) Principal Project Reviewer of Industrial Development Bureau and Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan, R.O.C. He was the Guest-Editor of some special issues published by IET (IEE) Proceedings on Communications, Computer Communications, Journal of Information Science and Engineering, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), and Journal of Internet Technology (JIT). He was the General Chair of 2009 International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Network (I-SPAN 2009); he also served as Program Chair or Vice Program Chair of some international conferences. He edited the world's 1st Telematics book - "Telematics Communication Technologies and Vehicular Networks" that was published by Information Science Reference (IGI Global). He has published more than 200 referred journal and conference papers in wireless and mobile communication protocols, interactive multimedia systems, audio and video streaming and formal modeling of communication protocols. His research interests include wireless and mobile network protocol design and analysis, media processing and streaming, web technologies, and network applications and services.