Technical Sessions

TECHNICAL SESSIONS I - Wednesday, November 29

4:00 - 5:30 ( PT, San Francisco) / 7:00 - 8:30 (ET, New York) / 13:00 – 14:30 ( CET, Paris-Berlin) / 20:00 – 21:30 (CST, Beijing)

Session 1: RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACES
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Outage Probability Minimization in a Multi-User RIS-Assisted RSMA System
Yousef N. Shnaiwer and Megumi Kaneko (National Institute of Informatics, Japan)
Secure Energy-Efficient Multi-RIS-aided SWIPT Networks
Chukwuemeka T. Nwufo (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB. & United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Yichuang Sun and Oluyomi Simpson (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Distributed RIS-aided MU-MISO for Rank Improved Channel Conditions
Youssef Hussein (CentraleSupelec, France & Orange Labs, France); Mohamad Assaad (CentraleSupelec, France); Thierry Clessienne (Orange Labs, France)
Optimizing Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems
Mohamed Ismail (Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology, Cairo, Egypt); Mostafa M. Fouda (Idaho State University, USA); Ahmed Elsayed Al Wakeel (Suez Universiyt, Egypt); Abdullah M. Shaheen (Suez University, Egypt)
EMI Performance Analysis in IRS-aided Multi-user Wireless Communication Systems
Rhana Mahmoud Elshishtawy (Rhana M. Elshishtawy, Egypt); Shimaa S. Ali (Shimaa S. Ali, Egypt); Adly Tag Eldien (108 Shoubra
Street & Engineering Collage, Egypt); Mostafa M. Fouda (Idaho State University, USA); Mohamed Ismail (Suez Canal University,
Egypt); Esraa Mosleh Eid (Benha University, Egypt)

Session 2: SECURITY, PRIVACY, TRUST AND BLOCKCHAIN
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Cybersecurity Defense via Agile Virtual Infrastructure Deception
Andre Slonopas (American Public University System, USA)
Detecting fake base stations using knowledge graphs and ML-based techniques
Siwar Kriaa (Nokia Bell Labs, France); Afef Feki (Nokia, France); Serge Papillon (Nokia Bell Labs, France); Thomas Chene and Ismael Ouattara (Telecom Paris, France)
QUICShield: A Rapid Detection Mechanism Against QUIC-Flooding Attacks
Benjamin Teyssier, Y A Joarder and Carol J Fung (Concordia University, Canada)
Detecting and Punishing Selfish Behavior during Gossiping in Algorand Blockchain
Maryam Abbasihafshejani (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA); Mohammad Hossein Manshaei (University of Arizona, USA); Murtuza Jadliwala (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
How Secure is AI-based Coding?: A Security Analysis Using STRIDE and Data Flow Diagrams
Md Ismail Hossain, N. M. Istiak Chowdhury and Ragib Hasan (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)

Session 3: TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT, NETWORK ARCHITECTURE & SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING
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High-Precision 5G-NR Downlink Signal Detection Sensor Developed Using Software-Defined Radio
Yuto Sasaki, Shota Mori, Riichi Yokoyama, Keiichi Mizutani and Hiroshi Harada (Kyoto University, Japan)
MNTG: A New Flexible Multilayer Network Topology Generator
Noureddine Mouhoub (Université de Bordeaux, France); Maria Moloney (University College Dublin, Ireland); Damien Magoni (University of Bordeaux, France)
Constrained-Optimization of Filterless Horseshoe Networks Supporting P2MP Coherent Transceivers
Mohammad M. Hosseini (Aston University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Joao Pedro (Infinera Unipessoal Lda & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Antonio Napoli (Infinera, Germany); Nelson Costa (Infinera, Portugal); Jaroslaw Prilepsky (Aston University & Aston Institute of Photonic Tehcnologies, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sergei K. Turitsyn (Aston University & Photonics Research Group, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Feature Engineering for Highly Irregular Network Traffic Prediction
Alexis Amezaga-Hechavarria and Nader Joojili (Carleton University, Canada); Ahmed Abdelmoaty and Omair Shafiq (Carleton, Canada); Akram Bin Sediq and Mats Zachrison (Ericsson, Canada); Hatem Abou-Zeid (University of Calgary, Canada)
Reconfiguration Penalty-Aware Topology Control in Optical Communication Satellite Networks
Katsuaki Higashimori (NTT, Japan)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS II - Wednesday, November 29

9:00 - 10:30 ( PT, San Francisco) / 12:00 - 13:30 (ET, New York) / 18:00 – 19:30 ( CET, Paris-Berlin) / 01:00 (+1) – 02:30 (+1) (CST, Beijing)

Session 4: FEDERATED LEARNING FOR NETWORKING & SECURITY
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A Cryptographic Federated Learning-Based Channel Estimation for Next-Generation Networks
Ferhat Ozgur Catak (University of Stavanger, Norway); Murat Kuzlu (Old Dominion University, USA)
Byzantine-Resilient Federated Learning via Reverse Aggregation
Youngjoon Lee (Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Korea (South)); Sangwoo Park (King's College London, United Kingdom (Great
Britain)); Joonhyuk Kang (KAIST, Korea (South))
HierSFL: Local Differential Privacy-aided Split Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Computing
Minh K. Quan (Deakin University, Australia); Dinh C. Nguyen (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA); Van-Dinh Nguyen
(VinUniversity, Vietnam); Mayuri Wijayasundara (Deakin University, Australia); Sujeeva Setunge (RMIT University, Australia); Pubudu
Pathirana (Deakin University, Australia)
An Analysis of Federated Learning Performance in Mobile Networks
Kaylani Bochie (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Matteo Sammarco (Stellantis, France); Miguel Elias M. Campista
(Federal University of Rio de Janeiro & GTA, Brazil)
Efficient Cluster Selection for Personalized Federated Learning: A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach
Zhou Ni and Morteza Hashemi (University of Kansas, USA)

Session 5: EDGE & CLOUD COMPUTING
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Optimization of Non-Identical Queued Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing
Xian Liu (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA)
Building Mobile Edge Infrastructure in an Uncertain Environment
Xiao Chen (Texas State University, USA)
Quantum-inspired Edge Processing for Wireless Network Optimization
Dilip Krishnaswamy (QWalks, USA)
A multi-agent deep-reinforcement learning approach for application-agnostic microservice scaling
Balázs Fodor, Ákos Jakub, Gábor Szűcs and Balázs Sonkoly (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Interference-Aware Optimization of Energy-Efficient Relay-Assisted Collaborative CNN Execution
Emre Kilcioglu (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Ivan Stupia (UCLouvain, Belgium); Luc Vandendorpe (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Session 6: ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SMART GRIDS AND ENERGY NETWORKS
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Generative Adversarial Networks to Secure Vehicle-to-Microgrid Services
Ahmed Omara and Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Efficient and Secure Energy Trading with Electric Vehicles and Distributed Ledger Technology
Conor Mullaney (University of Bristol & Toshiba Europe LTD, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Adnan Aijaz (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Rasheed Hussain (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Enhancing EV Charging Capabilities using Haversine and Convex Optimization for ITS
Samuel A Ige, Mohammad S Khan and Biju Bajracharya (East Tennessee State University, USA)
Harnessing the Power of Transformer Learning with Long-Term Memory for Renewable Energy ForecastingArman Ghasemi and Morteza Hashemi (University of Kansas, USA)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS III - Thursday, November 30

4:00 - 5:30 ( PT, San Francisco) / 7:00 - 8:30 (ET, New York) / 13:00 – 14:30 ( CET, Paris-Berlin) / 20:00 – 21:30 (CST, Beijing)

Session 7: MMWAVE & MASSIVE MIMO COMMUNICATIONS
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A deep learning mobility management approach for RIS-empowered millimeter wave wireless systems
Evangelos Koutsonas (University of Western Macedonia, Greece); Stylianos E. Trevlakis (InnoCube, Greece); Alexandros-Apostolos A Boulogeorgos (University of Western Macedonia, Greece)
Millimeter Wave Backhaul for Stratospheric HAPs: Performance of the Bent-Pipe Architecture
Adnan Aijaz and Kevin Bean (Stratospheric Platforms, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Opportunistic Mobile Crowdsensing for Interference Overhead Reduction and Throughput Maximization
Mozhang Guo and Xianbin Wang (Western University, Canada)
Energy-Efficient Uplink Cell-Free Massive MIMO through Distributed Cancellation Technique of HWIs
Asma Mabrouk (CEA- LETI, France); Rafik Zayani (CEA-LETI, France)

Session 8: Antennas, Propagation, Channel Modeling and Estimation
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Channel Estimation using In-Band Pilots for Cell-Free Massive MIMO
Chan-Tong Lam, Ke Wang and Benjamin Ng (Macao Polytechnic University, Macao)
BSS with Data Injection for Multi-user Detection in BPSK/QPSK Communications in Dynamic Channels
Chengtao Xu (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA); Thomas Yang (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)
Energy Efficient Transmit Antenna Selection for URLLC Base Station
Nandita Lavanis (Taqanal Energy Pvt. Ltd., India)
Multichannel One-Time Length Encoding: Exploiting Channel Redundancy
Hoover H. F. Yin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Xishi Wang (China); Qi Cao (Xidian University, China); Shiqiu Liu
(China)
Bit Error Rate Performance and Diversity Analysis For Mediumband Wireless Communication
Dushyantha A Basnayaka (Dublin City University, Ireland); Jiabin Jia (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Session 9: 5G SYSTEMS & SPECTRUM SENSING
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Open-Source Software-Based Full-Stack Evaluation Platform of Simplified UTW-OFDM for Beyond 5G
Kazuki Takeda, Keiichi Mizutani and Hiroshi Harada (Kyoto University, Japan)
Codebook-based Uplink Transmission Enhancement in 5G Advanced: Sub-band Precoding
Liu Cao (University of Washington, USA); Yahia Shabara (MediaTek, USA); Parisa Cheraghi (Mediatek, USA)
Ergodic Capacity Analysis of Downlink NOMA Systems over κ-μ Shadowed Fading Channels
Said Mohammead Awad (UAEU, United Arab Emirates); Mohammed Abdel Hafez (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates)
Enhanced Spectrum Sensing by combining Feature Selection and Optimal Margin Distribution Machine
Xiaoping Pan, Xi Yang, Kejun Lei, Geng Zhang, Zhang Yinhang, Tingting Liu and Song Zhang (Jishou University, China)
Intelligent Shared Spectrum Coordination in Heterogeneous Networks
Ehinomen Elizabeth Atimati, David Crawford and Robert Stewart (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

TECHNICAL SESSIONS IV - Thursday, November 30

9:00 - 10:30 ( PT, San Francisco) / 12:00 - 13:30 (ET, New York) / 18:00 – 19:30 ( CET, Paris-Berlin) / 01:00 (+1) – 02:30 (+1) (CST, Beijing)

Session 10: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, TESTBEDS AND PROTOTYPES
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A Canonical Queuing System with Heterogeneous Servers and Finite Storage: Optimality and Application
Xian Liu (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA)
Analysis of Top Internet Websites Load Times
Samuel Mauro Garcia Murça (Instituto Angolano das Comunicações, Angola); Daniel Perdices and Jorge E. López de Vergara (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Path Loss Prediction for Vehicular-to-Infrastructure Communication using Machine Learning Techniques
Yoiz E. Nuñez (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Lisandro Lovisolo (State University of Rio de Janeiro & PROSAICO, Brazil); Luiz da Silva Mello (CETUC-PUC-Rio & Inmetro, Brazil); Glaucio L. Ramos (Federal University of São João DelRei, Brazil); Rafael F. S. Caldeirinha (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Nuno R. Leonor (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL) & Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Leiria, Portugal); Stefânia Faria (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
Experimental Investigation of MISO Vehicular Visible Light Communication under Mobility Conditions
Daniel K. Tettey (Ozyegin University, Turkey); Bismillah Nasir Ashfaq (Özyeğin University & Ford Otosan, Turkey); Mohammed Elamassie (Özyeğin Üniversitesi, Turkey); Murat Uysal (Ozyegin University, Turkey)
FPGA-Based Implementation and Experimental Demonstration of a Vehicular VLC System
Bismillah Nasir Ashfaq (Özyeğin University & Ford Otosan, Turkey); Daniel K. Tettey and Murat Uysal (Ozyegin University, Turkey)

Session 11: PROTOCOLS, ARCHITECTURES AND APPLICATIONS FOR IOT
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Detection of Mobile LoRa Jammers
Bartlomiej Jozef Bleszynski, Charalampos Orfanidis and Xenofon Fafoutis (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
A Distributed Deep Learning-Driven Edge Caching Strategy for Industrial IoT Networks
Ernest Tan Zheng Hui (Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore); Li Qin Shen and A S Madhukumar (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
AquaIntellect: A Semantic Self-learning Framework for Underwater Internet of Things Connectivity
Ananya Hazarika and Mehdi Rahmati (Cleveland State University, USA)
Federated Learning Applied to Arrhythmia Detection on Electrocardiograms
Lucas Costa Favaro and Rodrigo S. Couto (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Federated Learning with Provable Security Against Malicious Clients in IoT Networks
Pubudu L. Indrasiri (Deakin University, Australia); Dinh C. Nguyen (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA); Bipasha Kashyap and Pubudu Pathirana (Deakin University, Australia)

Session 12: IMAGE, VOICE, AND DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS
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Gossip Distillation: Decentralized Deep Learning Transmitting neither Training Data nor Models
Taisuke Moriwaki (Japan); Kazuyuki Shudo (Kyoto University, Japan)
Recursively Adaptive Randomized Multitree Coding for First Responder Voice Communications
Jerry D Gibson (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Bridging Distribution Learning and Image Clustering in High-dimensional Space
Guanfang Dong, Chenqiu Zhao and Anup Basu (University of Alberta, Canada)
Hierarchical Coded Caching Model for Multi-Path Topological Networks
Juan E. Espozo Espinoza, Sr. (Universidad Católica Boliviana, Bolivia); Manuel Fernández Veiga (Universidade de Vigo, Spain);
Francisco Troncoso Pastoriza (Centro Universitario de La Defensa En La Escuela Naval Militar, Spain)
No-Regret Caching with Noisy Request Estimates
Younes Ben Mazziane (Universite Cote d'Azur & INRIA, France); Francescomaria Faticanti (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France); Giovanni Neglia and Sara Alouf (Inria, France)