Conference Opening

• Alessandro Finazzi Agrò

Rector of University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• Michele Bagella

Dean of Faculty of Economics -University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• Ibrahim Habib

Conference co-chair

• Francesco Vatalaro

Keynote Addresses

        Session Chair:

• Ibrahim Habib

City College University of New York, USA

• Nicolas Chuberre

Thales Alenia Space, France

• Lorenzo Costagli

Selex Communications, Italy

• Roberto Saracco

Session 1 - Invited Session  

Wireless mesh networks
Session Organizer: Ingrid Moerman

Ghent University, Belgium

Session Chair: Ingrid Moerman

Ghent University, Belgium 

• Can Mesh Networks Bridge the Digital Divide?
  • Johnathan Ishmael, Nicholas Race

Lancaster University, United Kingdom

• A Wireless Network for Emergency Services: a Multi-Channel Ad-Hoc Approach
  • Johan Bergs, Chris Blondia, Nik Van den Wijngaert

University of Antwerp, Belgium

• Dries Naudts, Ingrid Moerman, Piet Demeester

Ghent University, Belgium

• Planning Flow and Methods for IEEE 802.11s Wireless Mesh Network Deployment
  • Timo Vanhatupa, Marko Hännikäinen, Timo Hämäläinen

Tampere University of Technology, Finland

• Connection Management over an Ethernet based Wireless Mesh Network
  • Wim Vandenberghe, Kristof Lamont, Ingrid Moerman, Piet Demeester

Ghent University, Belgium

• Jeroen Avonts, Chris Blondia

University of Antwerp, Belgium

• Advances in Emergency Networking 
  • Maurits Graaf, de, Arjan te Marvelde, Erik Tromp

Thales Division Land & Joint Systems, The Netherlands

• Richard Boucherie, Roland Haan, Jan Kees van Ommeren

University of Twente, The Netherlands

• Sonia Heemstra de Groot

Delft Technical University, The Netherlands

• Herman Elfrink , Jan Stemerdink

Twente Institute for Wireless and Mobile Communications, The Netherlands

• J.l. van den Berg, Frank Roijers

Session 2 - Regular Session

Fixed and mobile WIMAX, Hiperlan, WiFI and TETRA technologies

Session Chair: Michel Bousquet

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO), France

• Analysis of Fractional Frequency Reuse Planning Strategy for WiMAX Systems
  • Romeo Giuliano

RadioLabs, Italy

• Pierpaolo Loreti, Franco Mazzenga

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• Cristiano Monti

Telespazio, Italy

• Alternative Protection Criteria for TV Systems from IEEE 802.22 System
  • Kimtho Po, Jun-ichi Takada

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

• Distance Limits in IEEE 802.11 for Rural Networks in Developing Countries
  • Joaquín Seoane

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

• Francisco Javier Simó Reigadas, Andrés Martínez, Carlos Figuera

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

• PSDR Mobile Integration Solution
  • Annalisa Durantini, Marco Petracca

RadioLabs, Italy

• Alberto Civardi, Enrico Donnini

Session 3 - Regular Session
Satellite technologies and applications to emergency communications

Session Chair: Antonio Saitto

Telespazio, Italy

• Location Based Services (LBS) for Satellite Based Emergency Communications
  • Eriza Hafid Fazli, Dimitri Tassetto, Markus Werner

TriaGnoSys GmbH, Germany

• Hillar Tork, Jaak Laineste

Reach-U Ltd., Estonia

• QoS Parameters in Telemedicine: Comparative Analyses of Terrestrial and Satellite Videoconference Systems
  • Roberto Conte

CICESE-Ensenada B.C., Mexico

• Low-Cost Hybrid GNSS-INS Receiver for Terrestrial Applications in Airport Environment
  • Romano Fantacci, Simone Menci

University of Florence, Italy

• TV-Centric Technologies To Provide Remote Areas With Two-Way Satellite Broadband Access
  • Gabriele Boccolini, Marco Luise

Session 4 - Invited Session

Wideband communication networks for emergency and public safety
Session Organizer : Claudio Becchetti

Selex Communications, Italy

Session Chair:         Claudio Becchetti

Selex Communications, Italy

• Broadband Capability for Emergency Mobile Communication Networks
  • Medhi Nouri

Selex Communications, United Kingdom

• Issues of the Physical Layer of TETRA 2 HSD
  • Michele Carta, Vincenzo Lottici, Ruggero Reggiannini

University of Pisa, Italy

• Medhi Nouri

Selex Communications, United Kingdom

• Integration of Multi-technology Networks for Emergency Communications
  • Valerio Zingarelli, Domenico Di Grande, Alberto Civardi, Marco Morini, Luca
    Spinacci, Gianluca Mando'

Selex Communications, Italy

• Radio Frequency Aspects for TETRA Based Networks in Electromagnetic Hostile Environments
  • Marco Morini

Selex Communications, Italy

• T4M: TETRA for Manet
  • Lorenzo Mozzone, Luciano Garofalo, Sergio Dellacasa

Session 5 - Regular Session

Routing protocols, network performance modeling

Session Chair:  Michele Luglio

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• Performance Modeling of the Wireless Internet
  • Paolo Pileggi, Pieter Kritzinger

University of Cape Town, South Africa

• Extended UPnP Network Infrastructure Supporting Collaborative Applications
  • Tiziano Inzerilli

University of Rome Sapienza, Italy

• Marco Leo

Radiolabs, Italy

• Anna Maria Vegni

University of Roma Tre, Italy

• Pier Giorgio Bosco

Telecom Italia, Italy

• Performance Trade-Offs in Energy-Aware Geographic Routing for Low-Data Rate Location/Tracking Applications
  • Dajana Cassioli

RadioLabs, Italy

• Samuela Persia, Francesco Vatalaro

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• On Reliability of Dynamic Addressing Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Marcello Caleffi, Luigi Paura, Giancarlo Ferraiuolo

Session 6 - Regular Session

Relay networks, ad hoc networks, mesh networks

Session Chair: Umberto Spagnolini

                             Politecnico di Milano, Italy  

• Extended Service Discovery Operations for SLP in Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Martin Krebs, Sadeq Makram

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

• A Load Balancing Strategy using Dynamic Channel Assignment for Wireless Mesh Networks
  • Sadeq Makram, Mesut Günes, Martin Wenig, Alexander Zimmermann, Ulrich Meis

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

• A Cross Layer Version of OBAMP Based on a Proactive Routing: Description and MANET Test-bed

•  Andrea Detti, Roberto Zanetti

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

• Remo Pomposini

• A Resilient Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks Based on

• Osvaldo Simeone, Yeheskel Bar-Ness

New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

• Umberto Spagnolini

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• Enabling the Evaluation of Applications over the Wireless Multihop-Based OneLab Testbed
  • Bertrand Mathieu, Francois Jan, Djamal-Eddine Meddour, Yvon Gourhant

France Telecom R&D, France

• Marcin Pilarski

• Marco Baroni - Ministero Interno, Italy
• Vittorio Biscarini - Selex Communications, Italy
• Igor Bogataji - Slovenian Police, SI
• Michele Graiff - Ericsson, Italy
• Paquale Lavacca - Comando Carabinieri, Italy
• Andrej Moldovanov - Tetrasviaz, Russia
• Luigi Paganetto - ENEA, Italy