PE-WASUN 2020

Conference Program

Sessions Time is based on Central European TimeZone (CET)

All speakers are kindly invited to contact their respective session chair before the session start, with a short written speaker-bio information.

Please note that presentations are scheduled for 25 min. plus 5 min. for questions, per each paper.

The speaker's name is in bold.

Technical Program Schedule


November 19th, 2020
  • 8:30 - Live virtual setup

  • 8:45-9:00 - Opening ceremony - Welcome addressed by TPC and GC Chairs

  • 9:00-10:15 - Session 1: Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things (I). Session Chair: Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis

    • Improving link reliability of IEEE 802.15.4g SUN with re-transmission shaping
      Domenico Solimini (Università di Padova), Pere Tuset-Peiró (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Guillem Boquet (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Xavier Vilajosana (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Francisco Vázquez-Gallego (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya). pdf

    • Inferring Energy Consumption Patterns in Public Buildings
      Rebeca P. Díaz-Redondo (University of Vigo), Ana Fernández Vilas (University of Vigo), Antonio Abadía Rodríguez (University of Vigo). pdf

  • 10:15-10:30 - Coffee Break

  • 10:30-12:00 - Session 2: IoT & Energy Efficiency. Session Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua

    • A secure barrier coverage scheduling framework for WSN-based IoT applications
      Diya Thomas (Macquarie University), Rajan Shankaran (Macquarie University). pdf

    • Interaction and Behaviour Evaluation for Smart Homes: Data Collection and Analytics in the ScaledHome Project
      Matteo Mendula (University of Bologna), Siavash Khodadadeh (University of Central Florida), Salih Safa Bacanli (University of Central Florida), Sharare Zehtabian (University of Central Florida), Hassam Sheikh (University of Central Florida), Ladislau Bölöni (University of Central Florida), Damla Turgut (University of Central Florida), Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna). pdf

    • Processing ANN Traffic Predictions for RAN Energy Efficiency
      Greta Vallero (Politecnico di Torino), Daniela Renga (Politecnico di Torino), Michela Meo (Politecnico di Torino), Marco G. Ajmone Marsan (Politecnico di Torino & IMDEA Network). pdf

  • 12:00-13:30 - Lunch break

  • 13:30-14:30 - Session 3: Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things (II). Session Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua

    • Performance Evaluation of the CoAP Protocol with Security Support for IoT environments
      Victor Seoane (University Carlos III of Madrid), Florina Almenares (University Carlos III of Madrid), Celeste Campo (University Carlos III of Madrid), Carlos Garcia-Rubio (University Carlos III of Madrid). pdf

    • A Low-cost Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network for the Classification of Urban Sounds
      David Salvo(Universitat Politècnica de València), Gema Piñero (Universitat Politècnica de València), Pau Arce (Universitat Politècnica de València), Alberto González (Universitat Politècnica de València). pdf

  • 14:30-14:45 - Coffee Break

  • 14:45-16:15 - Session 4: Vehicular Networks and Security in Wireless Networks. Session Chair: Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis

    • A Cluster-based Framework for Predicting Large Scale Road-Network Constrained Trajectories
      Roniel Soares de Sousa (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa), Antonio A. F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais).

    • Detection of position falsification attacks in VANETs applying trust model and machine learning
      Jordan Montenegro (Yachay Tech University), Cristhian Iza (Yachay Tech University), Mónica Aguilar (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). pdf

    • A Distributed Topology Discovery Protocol for Software-Defined Vehicular Networks
      Noura Aljeri (University of Ottawa), Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa).

  • November 20th, 2020
    • 8:30 - Live virtual setup

    • 9:00-10:30 - Session 5: Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Networks. Session Chair: Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis

      • CeTUP: Controller-equipped Topology Update Process for Tactical Ad-Hoc Networks
        Klement Streit (Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen); Gabi Dreo Rodosek (Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen). pdf

      • ROPS: Recursively Optimized Prepartitioning Strategy to allocate Key Devices Positions in Large-Scale RF Mesh Networks
        Ahmad Mohamad Mezher (University of New Brunswick), Julián Cárdenas-Barrera (University of New Brunswick), Carlos Lester Dueñas Santos (University of New Brunswick), Julian Meng (University of New Brunswick), Eduardo Castillo Guerra (University of New Brunswick). pdf

      • Artificial Neural Network Performance Evaluation for a Hybrid Power Domain Orthogonal/Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (OMA/NOMA) System
        Juan Diego Belesaca (University of Cuenca), Pablo Ávila-Campos (University of Cuenca), Andrés Vazquez-Rodas (University of Cuenca). pdf

    • 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break

    • 10:45-12:15 - Session 6: Wireless networks and 5G. Session Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua

      • Epidemic Interference in a Cellular System
        Marcelo Alencar (SENAI CIMATEC). pdf

      • Open Trends On TCP Performance Over Urban 5G mmWave Networks
        Reza Poorzare (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Anna Calveras (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). pdf

      • Towards a fast and efficient strategy to assign channels in WLANs with channel bonding
        Amel Chadda (University of Lyon), Marija Stojanova (University of Lyon), Thomas Begin (University of Lyon), Anthony Busson (University of Lyon), Isabelle Guérin Lassous (University of Lyon). pdf

    • 12:15-12:30 - Closing and Final Remarks



Important dates

Full paper due July 5th, 2020 July 25th, 2020
Acceptance notification August 15th, 2020
Camera ready due September 25th, 2020
Speaker Author Registration TBA
Symposium November 16th - 20th, 2020 - Jointly with MSWiM'20