PE-WASUN 2021

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.

Technical Program Schedule


November 25th, 2021
  • 8:30 - Live virtual setup


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


  • 09:00-10:30 - Session 1: Vehicular Networks (I). Session Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua

    • Green Road Intersections by Efficient Traffic Light Scheduling Algorithm
      Maram Bani Younes (University of Ottawa), Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa)

    • Improving the realism of the physical layer of NS-3 by considering the PAPR problem of the IEEE 802.11p transmitter
      Diego Javier Reinoso-Chisaguano (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), Juan Pablo Astudillo León (University of New Brunswick), Martha Cecilia Paredes Paredes (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), Pablo Anibal Lupera Morillo (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), Luis F. Urquiza-Aguiar (Escuela Politécnica Nacional)

    • STGT: SUMO-Based Traffic Mobility Generation Tool for Evaluation of Vehicular Networks
      Pablo Barbecho (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Luis F. Urquiza-Aguiar (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), Mónica Aguilar Igartua (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

  • 10:30-10:45 - Coffee Break

  • 10:45-11:45 - Session 1: Vehicular Networks (II). Session Chair: Mónica Aguilar Igartua

    • Performance Evaluation of Cooperative LTE-DSRC Vehicular Network
      Xavier Calle Heredia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Pablo Barbecho (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Mónica Aguilar Igartua (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

    • Experimental Assessment of IEEE 802.11-based V2I Communications
      Francesco Raviglione (CARS, Politecnico di Torino), Marco Malinverno (Politecnico di Torino - CNIT), Stefano Feraco (CARS, Politecnico di Torino), Giuseppe Avino (CARS, Politecnico di Torino), Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino - CNIT), Carla Fabiana Chiasserini (CARS, Politecnico di Torino), Nicola Amati (CARS, Politecnico di Torino), Joerg Widmer (IMDEA Networks)

  • 11:45-13:30 - Lunch break

  • 13:30-15:00 - Session 2: Machine Learning and biological-based models in Ad Hoc Networks. Session Chair: Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis

    • A Support Vector Machine implementation for Traffic Assignment Problem
      Juan González (SDAS Research Group), Nicolás Serrano (Yachay Tech University), Cristhian Iza (Yachay Tech University)

    • POI-RGNN: Using Recurrent and Graph Neural Networks to Predict the Category of the Next Point of Interest
      Cláudio G. S. Capanema (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Fabrício A. Silva (Federal University of Vicosa), Thais R. M. B. Silva (Federal University of Vicosa), Antonio A. F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

    • DTMR: A Decision Tree-based multimetric routing protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
      Leticia Lemus Cárdenas (University of Guadalajara), Ahmad Mohamad Mezher (University of New Brunswick), Juan Pablo Astudillo León (University of New Brunswick), Mónica Aguilar Igartua (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

  • November 26th, 2021
      • 8:30 - Live virtual setup


      • 09:00-11:00 - Session 3: Security, Privacy and Energy in Wireless Ad hoc Networks. Session Chair: Thomas Begin

        • A PUF-based Authentication Mechanism for OSCORE
          Jaime Pérez Díaz (University Carlos III of Madrid), Florina Almenares (University Carlos III of Madrid)

        • Performance Evaluation in Misbehaviour Detection Techniques for DoS Attacks in VANETs
          Mauro Clavijo-Herrera (Yachay Tech University), Jorge Banda-Almeida (Yachay Tech University), Cristhian Iza (Yachay Tech University)

        • Social Mix-zones: Anonymizing Personal Information on Contact Tracing Data
          Augusto C. S. A. Domingues (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Ekler Paulino de Mattos (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Fabricio Aguiar Silva (Universidade Federal de Vicosa), Heitor S. Ramos (Federal University of Minas Gerais), Antonio A. F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

        • Study on the Impact of DASH Streaming Services on Energy Efficient Ethernet
          Tito Raúl Vargas (Universitat Politècnica de València), Juan Carlos Guerri (Universitat Politècnica de València), Pau Arce (Universitat Politècnica de Val ència)

      • 11:00-11:15 - Coffee Break

      • 11:15-13:15 - Session 4: Enhancement of Wireless Ad hoc Networks. Session Chair: Isabelle Guérin-Lassous

        • A collision avoidance strategy for multirrotor UAVs based on artificial potential fields
          Stefan van der Veeken (University of Antwerp), Jamie Wubben (Universitat Politècnica de València), Carlos T. Calafate (Universitat Politècnica de València), Juan-Carlos Cano (Universitat Politècnica de València), Pietro Manzoni (Universitat Politècnica de València), Johann Marquez-Barja (University of Antwerp)

        • Exploiting frame aggregation to enhance Access Point Selection
          Nour El Houda Bouzouita (University of Lyon), Anthony Busson (University of Lyon), Herve Rivano (University of Lyon)

        • Providing Internet Access for Post-Disaster Communications using Balloon Networks
          Perumalraja Rengaraju (Velammal College of Engineering and Technology), Kamalesh Sethuraman (Velammal College of Engineering and Technology), Chung-Horng Lung (Carleton University)

        • Towards a Throughput and Energy Efficient Association Strategy for Wi-Fi/LiFi Heterogeneous Networks
          Esther Guérin (University of Lyon), Thomas Begin (University of Lyon), Anthony Busson (University of Lyon), Isabelle Guérin-Lassous (University of Lyon)

      • 13:15-13:30 - Closing and Final Remarks



Important dates

Full paper due June 30th, 2021 July 15th, 2021
Acceptance notification July 31th, 2021 August 31th, 2021
Camera ready due September 31st, 2021
Speaker Author Registration September 31st, 2021
Symposium November 25th - 26th, 2021 - Jointly with MSWiM'21