Mobimedia 2007 Technical Program
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August 26th 2007, Sunday
18:00-20:30 Registration at Nafs Hotel
August 27th 2007, Monday
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Welcome from the Organizing Committee
09:30-10:00 Keynote Speech
Video Coding Standards: Evolution for Mobile Multimedia
Mohammad Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK
10:00-11:00 Session 1: Video Coding for Wireless Communications
Chair: Mohammad Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK
S.1.1 Joint Error Concealment and Error
Recovery for Consecutive Frame Losses under the
Unbalanced Multiple Description Coding Architecture
F. Huang, L. Sun, B. Li, Y. Zhong, (Tsinghua University, China)
S.1.2 Improved the Initial QP Prediction method in H.264/AVC
S. Y. Kwon, S. H. Lee and D. H. Lee (DGIST, Korea)
S.1.3 Low-complexity video content
adaptation for legacy user equipment
S. R. Moiron (I.T., Portugal), P. A. Assuncao (Polytechnic
Institute of Leiria, Portugal),
S. M. Faria (I.T., Portugal), V. Silva (I.T., Portugal), A. Navarro (I.T., Portugal)
S.1.4 Multiple Description Coding algorithms for H.264 coder
L. Favalli and M. Folli (University of Pavia, Italy)
S.1.5 Unequal Error Protection based on Objective Video Evaluation Model
W. Ji, Y. Chen (Chinese Academy of Science, China), M. Chen (University of British
Columbia, Canada) and Y. Kang (Spreadtrum Communication, Canada)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Session 2: Image and Video Semantics for Mobile
Multimedia
Chair: Ebroul Izquierdo, Queens Mary, University of London,UK
S.2.1 Patch-based Image Classification through Conditional Random Field Model
G. Passino and E. Izquierdo (Queens Mary, University of London, UK)
S.2.2 Delivering Multimedia Content in Enabled Cultural Spaces
C. Sintoris, D. Raptis, A. Stoica, N. Avouris (University of Patras, Greece)
S.2.3 Local Adaptive Contrast Adjustment in Digital Images
G. Apostolopoulos and E. Dermatas (University of Patras, Greece)
S.2.4 Bayesian Memory-Based Reputation System
D. Guan, S. Lee and Y. K. Lee (Kyung Hee University, Korea) and H. Lee (Korea
University, Korea)
S.2.5 An Epidemiological Model for Semantics Dissemination
C. Anagnostopoulos (University of Athens, Greece), S. Hadjiefthymiades (University of
Athens, Greece) and E. Zervas (TEI of Athens, Greece)
12:30-13:30 Session 3: Multimedia Content Management
Chair: Maja Matijasevic, FER, University of Zagreb, Croatia
S.3.1 MPEG-7 based Service Guide for Mobile TV
E. Gencpinar, T. Berber, G. Seckin and A. Alpkocak (Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey)
S.3.2 A template based Production Chain
R. Cazoulat and T. Le Bris (France Telecom, France)
S.3.3 Design and Implementation of a Multimedia Content Delivery System for Portable Devices
J. Gonzalez Arvelo and J. Paradells Aspas (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain)
S.3.4 Multimedia Content Management Support in Next Generation Service Platforms
A. Spedalieri (Telefonica, Spain), G. Sisto (Telecom Italia, Italy), P. Cesar (CWI, Netherlands), D. Melpignano (Neos, Italy), A. Sinfreu (Telefonica, Spain), I. Vaishnavi (CWI, Netherlands)
S.3.5 IMS based IPTV Services- Architecture and Implementation
B. Xu and D. Sivchenko (T-Systems, Germany), E. Mikoczy (T-Systems, Slovakia), V. Rakocevic (City University, London)
13:30-15:00 Lunch Break
15:00-16:15 Session 4: Performance Evaluation of Multimedia Services over Wireless Networks
Chair: Aggelos Rouskas, Aegean University, Greece
S.4.1 Experimental evaluation of community-based WLAN voice and data services
P. Frangoudis, G. Polyzos, V. Kemerlis, D. Paraskevaidis and E. Efstathiou (AUEB, Greece)
S.4.2 Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11e based on ON-OFF Traffic Model
I. Papapanagiotou, J. Vardakas,
M. Logothetis and S. Kotsopoulos (University of Patras,
Greece) and G. Paschos (VTT, Finland)
S.4.3 An Improved Medium Access Control
Scheme for Multimedia Wireless Local Area
Networks
G. Min abd M. Abu-Τair (University of Bradford, UK)
S.4.4 Performance Evaluation of Video
Streaming over Ad-hoc Networks using Flat and
Hierarchical Routing Protocols
J. C. Guerri, P. A. Vlla, P.
Arce (University Politechnique of Valencia, Spain) and
O. Lazaro (Innovalias Association, Spain)
S.4.5 Optimizing Location Positioning Using Hybrid
TOA-AOA Techniques in Mobile Cellular
Networks
N.
Deligiannis and S. Kotsopoulos (University of Patras, Greece) and S. Louvros (TEI of
Mesolonghi, Greece)
S.4.6 Formulation of Optimization Problems for
Access Selection in Next Generation Wireless
Networks
A. Kikilis and A. Rouskas (University of Aegean, Greece)
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-17:45 Session 5: Transport protocols for multimedia
Chair: Luigi Atzori, University of Calgiari, Italy
S.5.1 Balancing Video on Demand Flows over Links with Heterogeneous Delays
G. Palazzi and M. Roccetti (University
of Bologna, Italy), M. Gerla, G. Pau, G. Marfia
and M. Sanadidi (UCLA, USA)
S.5.2 Improving the Delivery of
Multimedia Embedded in HTML over HTTP on Wireless
Networks
A. Serbinski and A. Abhari (Ryerson University, Canada)
S.5.3 Satellite Multibeam Signaling for Multimedia Services
S. K. Chronopoulos, C. Koliopanos and C. Angelis, (TEI of Epirus, Greece)
S.5.4 Providing Reliability and QoS in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks: The ADHOCSYS Approach
P. Bucciol and L. Leschiutta, (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), N. Fragoulis (University of Patras, Greece), F. Y. Li (University Graduate Center, Norway) and G. Zicca and L. Vandoni (Emisfera Societ? Cooperativa, Italy)
S.5.5 Applying formal methods for the design of wireless telecommunication systems
K. Antonis (TEI of Lamia, Greece) and N. Voros (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece)
20:30 Buffet at Miguel Cervantes Cultural Center at Nafpaktos Port (Sponsored by the Municipality of Nafpaktos)
August 28th 2007, Tuesday
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Keynote Speech
Multimedia Delivery over Emerging
Wireless Networks: Real-Time
Measurements and Research Directions
George Agapiou, OTE, Greece
09:30-10:00 Keynote Speech
Networking Media for Wireless
Technologies: FP7 projects and research
directions
Bartolom? ARROYO FERNANDEZ, European Commission, Belgium
10:00-11:00 Session 6: Multimedia QoS in Wireless Networks
Chair: Georgios Kormentzas, Aegean University of Aegean,Greece
S.6.1 A Data Specification Model for Multimedia QoS Negotiation
L. Skorin-Kapov (Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Croatia) and M. Matijasevic (FER, Croatia)
S.6.2 QoS Mapping and Adaptation Control
for Multi-User Sessions over Heterogeneous
Wireless Networks
E. Cerqueira, L. Veloso, T.
Sousa, M. Curado and E. Monteiro (University of Coimbra,
Portugal), and P. Mendes (DoCoMo EuroLabs, Germany)
S.6.3 IP Telephony over Satellite Networks: Control
of the Playout Delay to Maximize the
Perceived Quality
F. Boi and L. Atzori and M. L. Lobina (University of Calgary, Italy)
S.6.4 UMTS Turbo Decoder Dynamic Reconfiguration for Rural Outdoor Operating Environment
C. Chaikalis and C. Liolios (TEI of Lamia, Greece)
S.6.5 Joint Scalable Video Coding and Packet
Prioritization for Video Streaming over
DiffServ/WLAN
T. Pliakas and G. Kormentzas (University of Aegean, Greece) and S. Tsekeridou (AIT,
Greece)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Session 7: Cross-Layer for Multimedia Communications
Chair: Stavros Kotsopoulos, University of Patras, Greece
S.7.1 Dynamic Resource Allocation for IEEE802.16e (Invited Paper)
A. Nascimento (University of Madeira, Portugal), J. Rodriguez
and A. Gameiro (I.T.,
Portugal) and C. Politis (OFCOM, UK)
S.7.2 Stochastic Packet Reconstruction for Subjectively Improved Audio Delivery over WLANs
A. Floros, M. Avlonitis and P. Vlamos, (Ionian University, Greece)
S.7.3 A Link Adaptive Transport Protocol for Multimedia Streaming
Applications in Multi-Hop
Wireless Networks
P. Navaratnam, R. Tafazolli and H. Cruickshank (CCSR, University of Surrey, UK)
S.7.4 Adaptive Link Layer Protocol for Shared Wireless Links
G. Xylomenos and M. Makidis (AUEB, Greece)
S.7.5 Synchronized Audio Redundancy Coding for
Improved Error Resilience in Streaming over
DVB-H
V. K. Malamal Vadakital (Tampere
University of Technology, Finland), M. Hannuksela
(Nokia Research Center, Finland), S. Jumisko-Pyykko (Tampere University of Technology,
Finland)
12:30-13:30 Session 8: Multimedia Transmission in Wireless/Mobile Networks
Chair: Magda El-Zarki, University of California-Irvine, USA
S.8.1 Enhancing Fairness in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks
D. D. Vergados, D. Vouyioukas,
A. Sgora and I. Anagnostopoulos (University of Aegean,
Greece) and D. J. Vergados (NTUA, Greece)
S.8.2 Intelligent Packet Scheduling for optimized video transmission over wireless networks
I. Politis (University of
Patras, Greece), T. Dagiuklas (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece), T.
Pliakas (University of Aegean, Greece), S. Kotsopoulos
(University of Patras, Greece) and
M. Tsagkaropoulos (University of Patras, Greece)
S.8.3 Dynamic channel coding for
efficient Motion JPEG2000 video streaming over Mobile Ad-
hoc networks
Max Agueh and J. F-Diouris (IREENA,
France), M. Diop (ESP, Senegale), F-O. Devaux,
(UCL, Belgium)
S.8.4 Low Buffering and Waiting-Time Video-On Demand Broadcasting Scheme for WiMax
J. Chen and J-H. Sun, (Chang Gang University, Taiwan )
S.8.5 A Bandwidth Dependent Smoothing
Algorithm for Interactive Video Streaming in UMTS
Systems
D. Striccoli, P. Camarda and M. Ragno, (Politecnico di Bari, Italy)
13:30-15:00 Lunch Break
15:00-16:00 Session 9: Security Platforms for Mobile Multimedia
Chair: Nicolas Sklavos, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece
S.9.1 Phising Attacks and Solutions (Invited Paper)
M. Barda and S. El-Sawda (CNRS, France) and I. Hajjeh (ESR Group, France)
S.9.2 Attribute Delegation in Ubiquitous Environments
I. Agudo, J. Lopez and J. A. Montenegro, (University of Malaga, Spain)
S.9.3 Recovery model for free-roaming mobile agent against multiple attacks
S. Venkatesan and C.Chellappan (Anna University, India)
S.9.4 AAA in Mobile Networks: Security Aspects and Architectural Efficiency
N. Sklavos, (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece), S. Denazis and O. Koufopavolou (University of
Patras, Greece)
S.9.5 NASS-IMS bundled Authentication Study through Core Network Concepts
G. Kostopoulos and O. Koufopavlou, (University of Patras, Greece)
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:00 Session 10: Mobile Multimedia Security
Chair: Nicolas Sklavos, TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece
S.10.1 Protecting Free Roaming Mobile agent against Multiple Colluded Truncation Attacks
S. Venkatesan and C.Chellappan (Anna University, India)
S.10.2 An Optimal Low-Power/High Performance DDP-based Corba-H64 Cipher
A. Rjoub and M. Musameh (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan) and O.
Koufopavlou (University of Patras, Greece)
S.10.3 An FPGA-based Implementation if the Pomarach Stream Cipher
P. Kitsos (Hellenic Open University, Greece) and O. Koufopavlou, (University of Patras,
Greece)
S.10.4 Implementation Aspects of a Delegation System
I. Agudo, J. A. Montenegro and J. Lopez, (University of Malaga, Spain)
17:00-18:00 Session 11: Mobile Content Delivery Platforms
Chair: Vassilis Triantafyllou, TEI of Meslonghi, Greece
S.11.1 Reliability Considerations in Mobile Devices
I. Vogiatzis and S. Sinitos (TEI
of Athens, Greece), D. Kavvadias (University of Patras,
Greece), H. Antonopoulou, (CTI, Greece)
S.11.2 High Definition multimedia display architecture for tiny mobile Smartphones
B. Steinke, Nokia, Finland
S.11.3 Mobile Learning Combined with RFID for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
G-J. Horng, C-F. Horng and C-S. Sun (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan)
S.11.4 Prototyping a WLAN system using C++ based Architecture Exploration
N. Voros (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece) and K. Masselos (University of Peloponnese,
Greece)
20:30 Gala Dinner
August 29th 2007, Wednesday
09:00-09:30 Keynote Speech
MIMO-LTE: A relevant step towards 4G
Prof. Thomas Kaiser, mimoOn GmbH, Germany
09:30-10:45 Session 12: Convergence among Mobile Multimedia Services and Fourth-Generation Wireless Networking Standards
Chair: Claudio Saachi, University of Trento, Italy
S.12.1Implementing a VIPSec Based Application for Handhelds: Design and Optimization Issues
S. Kopsidas, D. Zisiadis, L. Tassiulas, (University of Thessaly, Greece)
S.12.2SDR application for implementing an integrated UMTS/WiMAX PHY-layer architecture
O. Zlydareva and C. Sacchi, (University of Trento, Italy)
S.12.3 A Proposed Model for MC-CDMA In-Place Wavelet Transform
S. Salih (University of
Al-Anbar, Iraq), N. Uzunoglu (NTUA, Greece), L. A. Kadhim,
(University of Technology, Iraq), L. A. El_Anzy (Al-Mousaib Technical College, Iraq)
S.12.4 Handover Provisioning in WCDMA Systems
D. Skoutas, A. Rouskas and S. A, El-atty, (University of Aegean, Greece)
S.12.5 Data queuing in GPRS/4G Networks
J. Pylarinos and S. Kotsopoulos
(University of Patras, Greece), S. Louvros and G.
Asimakopoulos (TEI of Mesolonghi, Greece)
S.12.6 Analysis and design of a WLAN OFDM transmitter with digital filters
E. Fotopoulou, P. Kolobos and T. Stouraitis (University of Patras, Greece)
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:15 Session 13: Multimedia over sensor networks
S.13.1 Cooperative Caching in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
D. Katsaros, Y. Manolopoulos, N. Dimokas (Aristotle University, Greece)
S.13.2 Stream Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks within Expected Lifetime
L. Shu, Z. Zhou, A. Aguilar and M. Hauswirth (DERI, Ireland)
S.13.3 Enhanced Route Selection for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks
D. J. Vergados (NTUA, Greece), N. Pantazis, (University of Aegean, Greece) and D. D. Vergados (University of Aegean, Greece)
S.13.4 A Real Time RFID Enhanced haulage monitoring system
G. Asimakopoulos and V. Triantafyllou (TEI
of Mesolonghi, Greece) and I. Mourtos
(University of Patras, Greece)
S.13.5 A wireless infrared sensor network for the
estimation if the position and orientation of a
moving target
N. Petrelis and G. Alexiou, (University of Patras, Greece)
12:15-13:30 Session 14: Context Awareness in Ubiquitous Environment
Chair: Thanos Demiris, European Dynamics, Greece
S.14.1 Context Revisited: Current research in context aware multimedia systems
T. Demiris (European Dynamics, Greece)
S.14.2 Supporting Smart Space Infrastructures: A
Dynamic Context-Model Composition
Framework
S. Sathish and C. di Flora (Nokia Research Center, Finland)
S.14.3 Efficient Context Management in Context-Aware Environments
S. De Zutter, J. Slowack, W. De Neve and R. Van de Walle (Ghent University, Belgium)
S.14.4 Multimedia Ontologies
L. Seimeni and A. Kameas (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
S.14.5 A Smart Calendar Application for Mobile Environments
G. Gkekas, A. Kyrikou, K. Lambropoulou and N. Ioannidis (Intracom Telecom, Greece)
S.14.6 Multi-camera indoor video processing for context awareness
L. Marcenaro, I. Magliano, M. Valla and C.S. Regazzoni (University of Genoa, Italy)
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-15:30 Concluding Remarks