Format

The workshop featured a series of invited speakers from Australian research groups working on cross-layer design problems for wireless communications. The invited talks were tutorial in nature, providing a discussion forum for researchers from all protocol layers with an interest in cross-layer design. The workshop was open to ACoRN members to local industry.

The workshop format was informal, mainly aiming to provide a forum for discussion and potential collaboration. The target was also to keep the registration fee very low, where lunch/dinner were at delegates own expense.

Workshop Program

THURSDAY JUNE 23
8.30am	Registration
9.00am	Workshop Welcome Prof. Lars K. Rasmussen, ACoRN Network Convenor
9.10am	Control Protocols in Wireless Networks Dr. Stephen Hanly, University of Melbourne
10.10am	Network Coding Prof. Alex J. Grant, ITR, University of South Australia
11.10am	Coffee Break
11.30am	Error Control and Recovery from Outages in Mobile Environments Dr. Lavy Libman, National ICT Australia
12.30pm	Lunch – Mawson Lakes Hotel
2.00pm	Improving Network Performance Using Cross-layer Design in Rayleigh Fading Channels Dr. Peter Pham, University of New South Wales
3.00pm	Coffee Break
3.30pm	Concatenated Systems Approach for Cross-Layer Protocols Design Prof. Lars K. Rasmussen, ITR, University of South Australia
4.30pm	End of day one
7.30pm	Workshop Dinner

FRIDAY JUNE 24
10.00am	Satellite Network Access Point: Concept and Architecture A/Prof. Adrian Barbulescu, Dr. Sylvie Perreau, Dr. Aruna Jayasuriya, ITR, UniSA
11.00am	Coffee Break
11.30am	UMTS Evolution: High Speed Downlink Packet Access and Beyond Dr. Graeme Woodward, Agere Systems Australia
12.30pm	Lunch – Mawson Lakes Hotel
2.00pm	Joint Power and Congestion Control in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks Mr. John Papandriopoulos, University of Melbourne
3.00pm	Wine tasting
4.00pm	Workshop Closing

Delegates

The workshop was well attended, attracting more than fifty delegates. The interest vastly exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. Of a total of 52 delegates, 5 were from Victoria , 9 from New South Wales , 1 from Western Australia , 2 from ACT, 2 from Queensland and 32 from South Australia . Similarly, 39 were ACoRN members while 13 were potential new ACoRN members, while 27 were students and 25 researchers.

Workshop Delegates
Mohammed Alamgir, VUT	Stephen Hanly, Uni of Melbourne	Nghia Ngo, ITR
Thomas Baker, DSTO, Uni of Adelaide	Wibowo Hardjawana, Uni of Sydney	Duc Binh Ngo, ITR
Adrian Barbulescu, ITR	Mark Ho, ITR	The Anh Ngo, ITR
Raymee Chau, DSTO	Ian Holland, WATRI	John Papandriopoulos, Uni of Melbourne
Sandra Chen, ANU - Canberra	Yi Hong, ITR	Michael Peake, Dspace
Belinda Chiera, Uni of Adelaide	Meredith Hue, DSTO	Peter Pham, Uni of NSW
Allen Chuang, Uni of Sydney	Aruna Jayasuriya, ITR	Lei Qiu, ANU - Canberra
Iain Collings, Uni of Sydney	Shamim Joarder, ITR	Ismail Shareel, ITR
Arek Dadej, ITR	Peter Kerr, DSTO	Peter Shoubridge, DSTO
John Dalton, Uni of Newcastle	Adriel Kind, Agere	Srinivasan Sudharshan, ITR
Rowland Dickinson, DSTO	Kun-Chan Lan, National ICT	Mike Tran, ITR
Ha Duong, ITR	Wai Yie Leong, Uni of Qld	Somsak Vanit-Anunchai, UniSA
Mike Faulkner, VUT	Yong Liaw, ITR	VenkatKumar VenkataSubramanian, VUT
Guy Gallasch, UniSA	Lavy Libman, National ICT	Graeme Woodward, Agere
Tim Giles, Dspace	Zhi Hui Lim, ITR	Wei Xiang, Uni of Qld
Steven Gordon, ITR	Jeff McCarthy, DSTO	Weimin Zhang, DSTO
Alex Grant, ITR	Doug Mein, Dspace
Ian Grtivell, DSTO	Rob Milner, ITR

Summary of Workshop

The first fully ACoRN organised workshop event was a great success with more than fifty researchers and students meeting up at the Institute for Telecommunications Research (UniSA) in Adelaide. Eight one-hour, tutorial-style presentations were featured within the area of cross-layer design. The presentations covered a wide range of topic areas and problems, spanning over virtually all layers in a wireless network. Topics included network coding, control protocols in wireless networks, UMTS packet data evolution, and top-down/bottom-up design approaches. The tutorial level of the presentations ensured a high level of interaction with the audience, providing a good foundation for future cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The eight speakers represent research groups from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, working on cross-layer issues. The attending delegates were from all ACoRN member states with a majority from South Australia.

The event was low budget, only requiring $20 registration fee to cover morning/afternoon teas. Lunches and workshop dinner were organised for the delegates but not included in the registration. A closing wine tasting event (externally sponsored) concluded a successful workshop, where many new links and contacts were made.

The feedback from delegates regarding the workshop has been very positive. The delegates found the workshop very useful for getting up to speed with the cross-layer research activities in Australia, and for identifying opportunities for future collaboration across ACoRN organisations. The success is very encouraging and will hopefully inspire many more such workshop across Australia.

Financial Summary

A registration fee of $20 per research staff attending the workshop was collected (students attended for free). This registration fee covered morning/afternoon tea/coffee throughout the workshop. Lunches and workshop dinner were at the delegates own expense.

Below the proposed budget and the final accounts are shown as a financial summary.

Financial Summary

	Budget	Actual
Income
Registration fee
students	0	0
non-students	240	500
Total	240	500
Expenses
Catering
Refreshments	240	500
Total	240	500

Workshop Material

Some presentation material has been made available by the presenters.

Presentation Material Download

Presenter	File Download
Control Protocols in Wireless Networks Dr. Stephen Hanly, University of Melbourne.	PPT (1,986Kb) OR PDF (1,180Kb)
Error Control and Recovery from Outages in Mobile Environments Dr. Lavy Libman, National ICT Australia.	PDF (516Kb)
Improving Network Performance Using Cross-layer Design in Rayleigh Fading Channels Dr. Peter Pham, University of New South Wales.	PDF (898Kb)
Concatenated Systems Approach for Cross-Layer Protocols Design, by Prof. Lars K. Rasmussen, ITR, University of South Australia.	PDF (462Kb)