Workshop Registration

Workshop Welcome

Plenary Session 1

• Prof. Michael Rumsewicz , Director Teletraffic Research Centre, Director Centre of Defence Communications and Information Networking, University of Adelaide
  “QoS Provision in Wireless Data Networks - what do we mean and why do we care?”

Break

Technical Presentation Session 1

• Quang My Tran, University of South Australia / ITR
  “ A Theoretical Analysis on Proactive Routing Overhead in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks ”
• HuiYao Zhang, University of Queensland; Garry Einicke, CSIRO; Marek Bialkowski and John Homer, University of Queensland
  “Positioning within Ad Hoc Networks with the Use of Double Time Difference of Arrival Data Fusion Method”

Lunch

Special session: Acoustic and Underwater Networks

• Bjorn Landfeldt, NICTA & University of Sydney
  “Who is Working in Underwater Networking!”
• Alec Duncan, Curtin University
  “The Centre for Marine Science and Technology and its role in improving understanding of the underwater acoustic communication environment”
• Thierry Rakotoarivelo, NICTA
  “Overview of Research Challenges in Underwater Acoustic Networks”

End of day 1

Technical Presentation Session 2

• Lixiang Xiong, University of Sydney; Lavy Libman, NICTA; Guoqiang Mao, University of Sydney & NICTA
  “Optimal Strategies for Cooperative MAC-Layer Retransmission in Wireless Networks”
• Manzur Ashraf, University of South Australia / ITR
  “ Throughput Improvement Using the Channel MAC in Ad hoc Networks ”

Break

Technical Presentation Session 3

• C.P. Lokuge and A.J. Coulson, Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand
  “Performance of a Novel Access Protocol for Wireless Mesh and Ad-Hoc Networks”
• Rhys Bowden and Andrew Coyle, University of Adelaide
  “Idle Times Analysis in a CSMA/CA Network”

Lunch

Technical Presentation Session 3

• Bing Ngo, University of South Australia / ITR
  “Congestion Control and Fairness in Wireless Mesh Networks”
• Ashok Samalam, Motorola Software Centre
  “Partial Flooding in Ad-Hoc Networks”

Open discussion

End of workshop