NGI2007: Programme

NGI2007: Programme

Monday, May 21

08.15-09.00

Registration

09.00-09.30	Opening
	Welcome address
	Astrid Lægreid, Vice Rector Research and Innovation (NTNU)
	Introduction of the Euro-NGI Network of Excellence
	Daniel Kofman
	Conferene opening
	Peder J. Emstad

Key Note
09.30-10.15	IETF: The Next Generation - what is a generation, anyway? [slides]
	Harald Tveit Alvestrand (Google, Norway)

10.15-10.30

Coffee

Experimentation Session chair: Udo Krieger, University of Bamberg, Germany
10.30-11.00	Accuracy evaluation of application-level performance measurements
	Katarzyna Wac (University of Geneva, CH) Patrik Arlos (Blekinge Institute of Techology, SE) Markus Fiedler (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Stefan Chevul (Blekinge Institue of Technology, SE) Lennart Isaksson (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Richard Bults (University of Twente, NL)
11.00-11.30	Relying on randomness - PlanetLab experiments with distributed file-sharing protocols
	Ilkka Norros (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI) Vesa Pehkonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI) Hannu Reittu (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI) Andreas Binzenhoefer (University of Würzburg, DE) Kurt Tutschku (University of Würzburg, DE)
11.30-12.00	Design and development of a DS-TE experimental testbed with P2MP LSP support
	Davide Adami (CNIT Pisa Research Unit, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, IT) Stefano Giordano (University of Pisa, IT) Fabio Mustacchio (University of Pisa, IT) Michele Pagano (University of Pisa, IT)
12.00-12.30	Improving Web Prefetching by Making Predictions at Prefetch
	Bernardo de la Ossa (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES) José Gil (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES) Julio Sahuquillo (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES) Ana Pont (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES)

12.30-13.30

Lunch

Applied analysis Session chair: Demetres Kouvatsos, The University of Bradford, United Kingdom
13.30-14.00	A generic approximate transient analysis applied to a priority queue
	Joris Walraevens (Ghent University - UGent, BE) Dieter Fiems (Ghent University, BE) Marc Moeneclaey (Ghent University, BE) Herwig Bruneel (Ghent University, BE)
14.00-14.30	Why VCG auctions can hardly be applied to the pricing of inter-domain and ad hoc networks
	Patrick Maillé (ENST Bretagne, FR) Bruno Tuffin (IRISA, FR)
14.30-15.00	Real-Time ARQ Protocol for Improved Impulsive Noise Robustness of ADSL Systems
	Ralf Boden (Sphairon Access Systems GmbH, DE)

15.00-15.30

Coffee

Wireless systems Session chair: Vicente Casares Giner, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
15.30-16.00	Protocol stack and capacity modeling for WLAN
	Andriy Luntovskyy (Dresden University of Technology, DE) Stefan Uhlig (Dresden University of Technology, DE) Dietbert Gütter (Dresden University of Technology, DE) Alexander Schil (Dresden University of Technology, DE)
16.00-16.30	Seamless Connectivity in WLAN and Cellular Networks with Multi Criteria Decision Making
	Lennart Isaksson (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Markus Fiedler (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE)
16.30-17.00	Cooperative Resource Management by Access Points and Stations for Fair and Efficient Sharing of Wireless LANs
	Yutaka Fukuda (Kyushu Institute of Technology, JP) Madhava Jayawickrema (Kyushu Institute of Technology, JP) Yuji Oie (Kyushu Institute of Technology, JP)

18.30-	Social Event
	Concert, Nidaros Cathedral Reception, Archbishops residence

Tuesday, May 22

Key Note Session chair: Bjarne Helvik, NTNU, Norway
09.15-10.00	Trends towards Next Generation Internet [slides]
	Phuoc Tran-Gia (University of Würzburg, Institute of Computer Science, Germany)

10.00-10.30

Coffee

Robustness Session chair: Andrzej Jajszczyk, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
10.30-11.00	Survivable Routing of Unicast and Anycast Flows in MPLS Networks
	Krzysztof Walkowiak (Wroclaw University of Technology, PL)
11.00-11.30	Applying OD Cycles to Multi-domain, Multi-service Survivable Networks
	Meir Herzberg (ECI Telecom, IL) Felix Shleifer (ECI Telecom, IL) Regina Ring (ECI Telecom, IL) Ori Zolberg (ECI Telecom, IL)
11.30-12.00	Analyzing the file availability and download time in a P2P file sharing system
	Riikka Susitaival (Helsinki University of Technology, FI) Samuli Aalto (TKK Helsinki University of Technology, FI)
12.00-12.30	On the relationship between the algebraic connectivity and graph's robustness to node and link failures
	Almerima Jamakovic (Delft University of Technology, NL) Steve Uhlig (Delft University of Technology, NL)

12.30-13.30

Lunch

Multicast Session chair: Villy Bæk Iversen, Technical University of Denmark
13.30-14.00	IMS signalling for multiparty services based on network level multicast
	Ivan Vidal (University Carlos III of Madrid, ES) Ignacio Soto (University Carlos III of Madrid, ES) Francisco Valera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES) Jaime Garcia (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES) Arturo Azcorra (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
14.00-14.30	A Survey of Reliable Multicast Communication
	Adrian Popescu (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Doru Constantinescu (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) David Erman (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Dragos Ilie (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE)
14.30-15.00	A QoS-aware Multicast Routing Protocol for Wireless Access Networks
	Rene Böringer (Technical University of Ilmenau, DE) Steffen Schmidt (IDEO Laboratories GmbH, DE) Andreas Mitschele-Thiel (Technical University of Ilmenau, DE)

15.00-15.30

Coffee

Protocols and signalling Session chair: Roberto Sabella, Ericsson/CoRiTeL, Italy
15.30-16.00	Inter-protocol fairness between TCP New Reno and TCP Westwood+
	Moller Niels (KTH, SE) Chadi Barakat (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR) Konstantin Avrachenkov (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR) Eitan Altman (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR)
16.00-16.30	Multi-path Load Balancing in Transport Layer
	Yu Dong (Florida International University, US) Dingding Wang (Florida International University, US) Niki Pissinou (Florida International University, US) Jian Wang (Florida International University, US)
16.30-17.00	Mobility Management Schemes for Heterogeneity Support in Next Generation Wireless Networks
	Tsunehiko Chiba (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan) Hidetoshi Yokota (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan) Akira Idoue (KDDI R&D Laboratories, Inc., Japan) Ashutosh Dutta (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA) Subir Das (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA) Fuchun J. Lin (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA) Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University, USA)
17.00-17.30	Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Routing on Complex networks
	Guoqiang Zhang (Institute of Computing Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN) Bin Yuan (Institute of Computing Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN) Guoqing Zhang (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN)

20.00-	Social Event
	Social dinner at Palmehaven, Britannia Hotel

Wednesday, May 23

Key Note Session chair: Øivind Kure, NTNU, Norway
08.30-09.15	Network Architecture Evolution: towards "All-IP" [slides]
	Roberto Sabella, (Ericsson/CoRiTeL, Italy)

09.15-09.30

Coffee

Security Session chair: Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
09.30-10.00	High-level Architecture of an IPSec-dedicated System on Chip
	Alberto Ferrante (University of Lugano, CH) Vincenzo Piuri (University of Milan, IT)
10.00-10.30	Methods of Distinguishing Flash Crowds from Spoofed DoS Attacks
	The Quyen LE (Waseda University, JP) Marat Zhanikeev (Waseda University, JP) Yoshiaki Tanaka (Waseda University, JP)
10.30-11.00	Authentication and Authorization Method in Multi-domain, Multi-provider Networks
	Silvana Greco Polito (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy) Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University, USA)

11.00-11.30

Coffee

QoS management Session chair: Klaus Hackbarth, University of Cantabria, Spain
11.30-12.00	Optimal Admission Control in Multimedia Mobile Networks with Movement Prediction: A Sensitivity Analysis
	Jose Manuel Gimenez-Guzman (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES) Jorge Martinez-Bauset (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES) Vicent Pla (Polytechnic University of Valencia, ES)
12.00-12.30	Perceptual-based Quality Metrics for Image and Video Services: A Survey
	Ulrich Engelke (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE) Hans-Juergen Zepernick (Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE)
12.30-13.00	A Mechanism for Charging System Self-Configuration in Next Generation Mobile Networks
	Ralph Kühne (Siemens Networks / University of Tübingen, DE) Gerald Görmer (Siemens Networks, DE) Morten Schlaeger (Siemens AG, DE) Georg Carle (Universitaet Tuebingen, DE)

13.00-14.00

Lunch

Theoretical results Session chair: Ilkka Norros, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
14.00-14.30	Determining the Moments of Queue-Length Distribution of Discriminatory Processor-Sharing Systems with Phase-Type Service Requirements
	Juha Leino (TKK Helsinki University of Technology, FI) Jorma Virtamo (Helsinki University of Technology, FI)
14.30-15.00	Marginal Productivity Index Policies for Scheduling Multiclass Delay-/Loss-Sensitive Traffic with Delayed State Observation
	José Niño-Mora (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
15.00-15.30	Teletraffic Performance Analysis of Multi-band Overlaid WCDMA Systems
	Hua Wang (Technical University of Denmark, DK) Villy Bæk Iversen (Technical University of Denmark, DK)
15.30-16.00	On the Analysis of Queues with Long Range Dependent Traffic: An Extended Maximum Entropy Approach
	Demetres Kouvatsos (University of Bradford, UK) Salam Assi (University of Bradford, UK)

16.00-16.30	Closing