Final Program

The program-at-a-glance shows the structure of all conference related activities, including technical and social events. (There is also some additional information about social events.) The accepted papers to be presented are  listed below.

Note: There is no need to print this program. All registered participants will receive the program booklet as a part of their registration package.

The Conference Registration Desk will open on Monday, July 13 at 8:30 AM. On Tuesday July 14 and and Wednesday July 15, it will open at 9:00 AM.

Program at-a-glance

Day /
time
Monday, July 13 Tuesday, July 14 Wednesday, July 15
8:30-9:00 Conference registration _________________________
9:00-9:30 MA-0:
Conference opening
Keynote talk by Peter J. Winzer
“Overcoming the Optical Networks Capacity Crunch”
Conference registration
9:30-10:30 TA-0:
Keynote talk by Michael Gebhart
“Discovering the NFC Air Interface”
WA-0:
Keynote talk by Magdy A. Bayoumi
“Cyber – Physical Systems: Reality, Dreams, and Fantasy”
10:30-11:00 Coffee and Tea Break
11:00-12:30 MA1-A:
Optical Networking
MA1-B:
Adaptive Systems
TA1-A:
RFID & NFC
TA1-B:
Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market
WA1-A:
Special Session:
Smart Cities: Crowdsourcing and M2M Communication for a Connected Society
WA1-B:
Mobile Network Traffic
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break Light lunch and closing ceremony
13:30-14:30 MP1-A:
Free Space Optics
MP1-B:
Special Session:
Design and Evaluation of Interactive Multimedia Services and Applications

including
invited talk by Symeon Papavassiliou “Network Utility Maximization in Wireless Multimedia Networks”
TP-1:
Keynote talk by Fátima Barros
“Regulatory Challenges in a new Digital Ecosystem”

&
Opening of the Workshop on on Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market
Excursion
(please sign-up at the registration desk)
14:30-15:00 TP-1B:
Round table 1: Digital Single Market
 15:00-15:30 Coffee and Tea Break
15:30-17:00 ____ MP2-B:
Special Session: Evaluation of Interactive Multimedia Services and Applications (cont’d)
TP2-A:
Digital Communications
TP2-B:
Round table 2: Broadband Networks, Services and Users
Social program Guided city tour
Welcome reception
Conference gala dinner

Session coding:
– general conference [day][time]-[track], where day is {Wednesday, Thursday, Friday}, time is {A-AM, P-PM}, track is {A, B}
– Workshop on Regulatory challenges, single track on Tuesday.

Day-by-day program overview

Below you can find a day-by-day overview and a detailed list of technical presentations (the easiest way to search for a specific title or author is by using your browser search function (Ctrl+F)).

Monday, July 13

09:00 – 10:30

MA-0: Opening plenary session with keynote talk by Peter J. Winzer “Overcoming the Optical Networks Capacity Crunch”

Conference Opening
Welcome address by Harald Kainz, Rector of the Graz University of Technology
Welcome address by Peter Rössler, IEEE Austria Past Section Chair
Session Chair: Erich Leitgeb (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Peter J. Winzer (Bell Labs, United States)

11:00 – 12:30

MA1-A: Optical Networking

Session Chair: Slaviša Aleksić, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Coupling Efficiency Estimation of the Fully Photonic Receiver
Peter Barcik, Otakar Wilfert and Zdenek Kolka (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)
Modeling the Nonlinearity of Polarizing Beam Splitters in Nano-displacement Measurement of Laser Encoder Using Jones Matrix Analysis
Saeed Olyaee (Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University & Nano-Photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory, Iran); Abdollah Gorgani Firoozjah (SRTTU, Iran)
An Adaptive Large Neighbourhood Search for Designing Transparent Optical Core Network
Deepak Mehta (Insight Centre for Data Analytics & University College Cork, Ireland); Barry O’Sullivan (University College Cork, Ireland); Cemalettin Ozturk (University College Cork & Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland); Luis Quesada (Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland)
Synthesis, Resiliency and Power Efficiency of Function Programmable Optical Nodes
Matija Džanko (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Marija Furdek (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Branko Mikac (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Georgios Zervas, Emilio Hugues-Salas and Dimitra Simeonidou (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Channel Estimation and Iterative Equalization for Long-Haul Coherent Optical OFDM Communication Systems
Morteza Hasani Shoreh, Reza Ghanaatian and Jawad Salehi (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)

MA1-B: Adaptive Systems

Session Chair: Franz Teschl (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Experimental Results for a Proposal of Adaptive Mechanism Based on SNRs Variation in Infrastructured Wireless Networks
Kerlla Luz (University of Brasília, Brazil); Priscila Solis Barreto, Mylene Farias and Henrique Garcia (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Real Channel Conditions
Edward Kasem, Demian Lekomtcev and Roman Marsalek (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)
Multi‒Criteria Decision for Small Cell Switch Off in Ultra‒Dense LTE Networks
Anna Dudnikova (University of Catania, Italy); Paolo Dini and Lorenza Giupponi (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Daniela Panno (University of Catania, Italy)
Applicability of IEEE802.11s for automotive wireless software updates
Marco Steger, Michael Karner, Joachim Hillebrand and Werner Rom (Virtual Vehicle, Austria); Eric Armengaud (AVL List GmbH, Austria); Martin Hansson (Volvo Group Trucks Technology, Austria); Carlo Alberto Boano and Kay Römer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
An Efficient Searching Algorithm for High DoF Non-Uniform Linear Antenna Array with Constrained Spacing
Po-Chung Hsiao (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan); Ying-Tsung Lin and Sau-Gee Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

13:30 – 15:00

MP1-A: Free Space Optics

Session Chair: Sajid Sheikh Muhammad (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore, Pakistan)
Investigation of Moderate-to-Strong Turbulence Effects on Free Space Optics – A Laboratory Demonstration
Norhanis Aida Mohd Nor (Northumbria University, United Kingdom); Elizabeth Fabiyi (Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom); Mojtaba Mansour Abadi (Northumbria University, United Kingdom); Xuan Tang (Quanzhou Institute of Equipment Manufacturing of Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China); Zabih Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, United Kingdom); Andrew Burton (Northumbria University & Northumbria University, United Kingdom)
Terabit-Throughput GEO Satellite Optical Feeder Link Testbed
Juraj Poliak (German Aerospace Center (DLR) & Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation, Germany); Dirk Giggenbach (German Aerospace Center, Germany); Florian Moll, Fabian Rein and Christian Fuchs (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Ramon Mata Calvo (German Aerospace Center, Germany)
Link Budget Optimization of Free Space Optical Systems in Relation to the Beam Diverging Angle
Hristo Ivanov (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Erich Leitgeb (TUG, Austria); Thomas Plank and Pasha Bekhrad (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Tsvetan Mitsev (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
Delay Profiles for Indoor Diffused Visible Light Communication
Sajid Sheikh Muhammad (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan)
Channel Gain and Frame Error Rate for Optical Street Lighting Communication
Florian Knobloch (Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

MP1-B: Special Session “Design and Evaluation of Interactive Multimedia Services and Applications”, Part I

Session Chairs: Lea Skorin-Kapov (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Jože Guna (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Symeon Papavassiliou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Study on Mechanism and Reduction Approaches of Delay Spikes Occurrence on Mobile Networks
Koichi Nihei and Kozo Satoda (NEC Corporation, Japan)
Trends in evolution of the network traffic of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
Mirko Suznjevic and Maja Matijasevic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

15:30 – 17:00

MP2-B: Special Session “Design and Evaluation of Interactive Multimedia Services and Applications”, Part II

Session Chairs: Lea Skorin-Kapov (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Jože Guna (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Subjective Quality Assessment of H.265 versus H.264 Video Coding for High-Definition Video Systems
Emil Dumic (FER, Croatia); Sonja Grgic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Kresimir Sakic (HAKOM, Croatia); Domagoj Frank (University North, Croatia)
The impact of mobile device factors on QoE for multi-party video conferencing via WebRTC
Dunja Vucic (Belmet 97, Croatia); Lea Skorin-Kapov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Personalized Multimedia Content Retrieval through Relevance Feedback techniques for Enhanced User Experience
Vasiliki Pouli (Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems / National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Stella Kafetzoglou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (National Technical University of Athens/Institute of Comm. and Comp. Systems, Greece); Aggeliki Dimitriou (National Technical Universitty of Athens, Greece); Symeon Papavassiliou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Prototype-driven Software Development Process for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Applications
Jurica Babic (University of Zagreb & Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia); Ivan Slivar (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Zeljka Car (University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia); Vedran Podobnik (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Front-end Solution for Enhancing Web Sites Accessibility
Andrea Pirša, Boris Stanić, Lovro Štracak, Zoran Todorović, Hrvoje Vdović and Matea Žilak (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia); Marin Vukovic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Zeljka Car (University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia)

Tuesday, July 14

09:30 – 10:30

TA-0: Plenary session with keynote talk by Michael Gebhart “Discovering the NFC Air Interface”

Session Chair: Wilfried Gappmair (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Michael Gebhart (NXP Semiconductors, Austria)

11:00 – 12:30

TA1-A: RFID & NFC

Session Chair: Bernd Eichberger (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
A Framework for Automatic Testing of Medical Device Compatibility
Max Dingler, Christian Dietz and Jonas Pfeiffer (TU München, Germany); Tobias Lueddemann (Technical University of Munich, Germany); Tim Lüth (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Medical WSN: Power, Routing and Selective Forwarding Defense
Avijit Mathur and Thomas Newe (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Analytic-Numeric Considerations for Contactless Reader Modulation
Michael Gebhart (NXP Semiconductors, Austria)
Impedance Considerations for Inductive Coupling in the EMVCo Test Environment
Michael Gebhart (NXP Semiconductors, Austria)
Investigations on Ground Compensation Coils and their Influence on the Field Distribution of Electrically Short Loop Antennas
Thomas Bauernfeind and Werner Renhart (Graz University of Technology, Austria); Oszkar Biro (Technische Universitaet Graz, Austria)

TA1-B: Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market
(joint session with the WS on Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market – Research papers)

Session Chair: Gordan Ježić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Dynamic Spectrum Access and the Current Spectrum Management Paradigm: On the Challenges of Dynamic Licensing
Stephan Wirsing and Peter Reichl (University of Vienna, Austria)
Estimating Real World Privacy Risk Scenarios
Marin Vukovic, Pavle Skocir, Damjan Katusic and Dragan Jevtic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Daniela Trutin and Luka Delonga (Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries, Croatia)
Convergence in Communications and E-Privacy Regulatory Challenges, With a Local Perspective
Nina Gumzej and Dražen Dragičević (University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia)
e-Consultation: Automatic System for Public Online Consultations
Antun Caric (Croatian Agency for Post and Electronic Communications, Croatia); Marin Vukovic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Dragan Jevtic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Standardisation and Regulatory Context of Machine-to-Machine Communication
Dražen Lučić (Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – HAKOM, Croatia); Antun Caric (Croatian Agency for Post and Electronic Communications, Croatia); Ignac Lovrek (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

13:30 – 14:30

TP-1: WS on Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market – Workshop opening and keynote talk by Fátima Barros “Regulatory Challenges in a new Digital Ecosystem”

Session Chairs: Johannes Gungl (Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Austria) and Dražen Lučić (Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries, Croatia)
Fátima Barros (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), ANACOM, Portugal and Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal)

14:30 – 15:00 (immediately following the keynote talk)

TP1-B: WS on Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market – Round table 1: Digital Single Market

Session Chair: Mario Weber (Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries, Croatia)
Panelists:
Domagoj Jurjević, HAKOM, Croatia
Robert Ordanoski, AEC, Republic of Macedonia
Velimir Švedek, HAKOM, Croatia
Piro Xhixho, AKEP, Albania
Presentations:
Digital Single Market – EU tool for responding challenges of growth, investments and jobs creating
Domagoj Jurjević (Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, Croatia)
Regulatory Challenges of the Internet of Things
Mario Weber (Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, Croatia); Robert Vulas (Croatian Post and Electronic Communication Agency, Croatia); Velimir Svedek (HAKOM – Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, Croatia)

15:30 – 17:00

TP2-A: Digital Communications

Session Chair: Wolfgang Kogler (EADS Astrium, Germany)
Vectored VDSL2: Theoretical possibilities on quad cables
Vedran Mikac (Ericsson Nikola Tesla d. d. Zagreb, Croatia); Zeljko Ilic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Goran Jurin (Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, Croatia); Velimir Svedek (HAKOM – Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency, Croatia)
IB-DFE Based Equalizer for Constant Envelop OFDM Systems
Roberto Magueta and Adão Silva (Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)/University of Aveiro, Portugal); Rui Dinis (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal); Atílio Gameiro (Instituto de Telecomunicações / Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Full-duplex Bidirectional Communication under Self-interference
Kudret Akcapinar and Ozgur Gurbuz (Sabanci University, Turkey)
Performance Analysis of CDMA-based Networks with Interference Cancellation, for Batched Poisson Traffic Under the Bandwidth Reservation Policy
Ioannis Moscholios (University of Peloponnese, Greece); Vassilios G. Vassilakis (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom); Georgios A Kallos (BT Technology, Service and Operations, United Kingdom); Michael D. Logothetis (University of Patras, Greece)
FPGA Implementation of a 1,090 MHz SSR Receiving and precision TOA Estimation Station
Stephan Bernhart (TU Graz & AviBit GmbH, Austria); Gerhard A. Hofbauer and Ulrich Feichter (AviBit GmbH, Austria); Erich Leitgeb (TUG, Austria)

TP2-B: WS on Regulatory Challenges in the Electronic Communications Market – Round table 2: Broadband Networks, Services and Users

Session Chair: Ignac Lovrek (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Panelists:
Johannes Gungl, RTR, Austria
Veselin Bozhkov, CRC, Bulgaria
Milan Janković, RATEL, Serbia
Nikola Popović, HAKOM, Croatia
Presentations:
BEREC Reports on Vectoring and Layer 2 Wholesale Access Products
Wilhelm Schramm (RTR GmbH, Austria)
Security, privacy, user rights and data protection in communication through information and communication technologies in Digital Agenda for Europe- case of Croatia
Marija Boban (University of Split Faculty of Law, Croatia)
User Privacy Risk Calculator for Internet Services
Marin Vukovic, Damjan Katusic and Pavle Skocir (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Luka Delonga and Daniela Trutin (Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries, Croatia)
e-Inclusion Initiatives in Telecom Domain
Zeljka Car (University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia)
Broadband Services in Ecosystem of Islands
Dinko Begusic, Nikola Rožić and Joško Radić (University of Split, Croatia); Petar Šolić (University of Split & FESB, Croatia)
Machine-to-Machine Communication in Public Mobile Networks
Damjan Katusic, Gordan Jezic and Mario Kusek (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Influence of OTT services on Croatian telecommunication market
Ivana Dražić Lutilsky (University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics and Business, Croatia), Marina Ivic (University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia)

Wednesday, July 15

09:30 – 10:30

WA-0: Plenary session with keynote talk by Magdy A. Bayoumi

Session Chair: Maja Matijasevic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Magdy A. Bayoumi (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States)

11:00 – 12:30

WA1-A: Smart Cities: Crowdsourcing and M2M Communication for a Connected Society

Session Chairs: Mario Kusek (University of Zagreb, Croatia) and Vilmos Simon (Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary)
Hardware-Software Partitioning of Soft Multi-Core Cyber-Physical Systems
Benjámin Babják, Péter Völgyesi and Ákos Lédeczi (Vanderbilt University, USA)
OOCWC: The Robocar World Championship Initiative
Norbert Bátfai, Renátó Besenczi, András Mamenyák and Márton Ispány (University of Debrecen, Hungary)
Life Cycle based Analysis of ICT Equipment for Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Slavisa Aleksic and Vedad Mujan (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Comparison of the CUPUS middleware and MQTT protocol for smart city services
Aleksandar Antonic (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Martina Marjanovic (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia); Pavle Skocir and Ivana Podnar Zarko (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Energy Consumption Model for Devices in Machine-to-Machine System
Pavle Skocir, Stjepko Zrncic, Damjan Katusic, Mario Kusek and Gordan Jezic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

WA1-B: Mobile Network Traffic

Session Chairs: Drago Žagar (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)
Transport Layer Fairness Revisited
Hakim Adhari (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Erwin P. Rathgeb (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Amanpreet Singh, Andreas J. Könsgen and Carmelita Goerg (University of Bremen, Germany)
Session Level Network Usage Patterns of Mobile Handsets
Tapio Soikkeli and Antti Riikonen (Aalto University, Finland)
CYCLOPS: A Micro Service based approach for dynamic Rating, Charging & Billing for cloud
Srikanta Patanjali (Zurich University of Applied Sciences & Hochschule Hof, Switzerland); Benjamin Truninger (Zurich University of Applied Sciences & Institute for Applied Information Technology, Switzerland); Piyush Harsh (Zurich University of Applied Sciences & ICCLab, Switzerland); Thomas Michael Bohnert (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
Latency analysis of LTE network for M2M applications
Niwas Maskey (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Seppo Horsmanheimo (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland); Lotta Tuomimäki (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)
Optimised Broadband Internet Access Solutions for Digital Inclusion of Small Rural Communities
Visnja Krizanovic Cik (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia); Drago Zagar (J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia); Kresimir Grgic (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)
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