8.00-8.30

Participants Registration

8.30-9.15

Workshop Opening, Welcome Address

Fabrizio Granelli (CAMAD'06 General Chair, University of Trento)
Welcome Address from Representatives of Local Institutions

9.15-10.00

Keynote Speech

"Nature and society as models for next generation Internet design and control"

Imrich Chlamtac (CREATE-NET, Italy)

10.00-10.20

Coffee Break

10.20-12.50

Technical Session #1
Chair: Nelson L.S. da Fonseca (Unicamp, Brazil)

"Designing Cross-Layering Solutions for Wireless Networks: a General Framework and Its Application to a Voice-over-WiFi Scenario"

Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, IT); Michael Devetsikiotis (North Carolina State University, US)

"On the Exploitation of User Aggregation Strategies in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks"

Leonardo Badia (University of Ferrara, IT); Nicola Bui (University of Ferrara, IT); Marco Miozzo (University of Ferrara, IT); Michele Rossi (University of Ferrara, IT); Michele Zorzi (Universita degli Studi di Padova, IT)

"An Improved Scheme for the Integration of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks into the Internet without Dedicated Gateways"

Alicia Trivino-Cabrera (University of Malaga, ES); Eduardo Casilari-Perez (Universidad de Malaga, ES); Francisco Javier González-Canete (University of Malaga, ES)

"Enhancing Reliable Multicast Transport to Mitigate the Impact of Blockage"

Stephen Bush (General Electric Global Research Center, US); Praveen Kumar Gopala (The Ohio State University, US); Orhan Imer (General Electric Global Research Center, US)

"On the Modelling and Performance Evaluation of Optical Burst-Switched Networks"

Joao Pedro (Siemens S. A., PT), Jorge Castro (Siemens S. A., PT), Paulo Monteiro (Siemens S. A., PT), and Joao Pires (Universidade de Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicaçoes, PT)

12.50-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00 

Invited Speaker: Francesco Masetti-Placci (Director Marketing Strategy & Technology, Alcatel Italia)

15.00-17.00

Technical Session #2
Chair: Michael Devetsikiotis (NCSU, USA)

"A Packet-level Characterization of Network Traffic"

Antonio Pescape' (University of Naples, IT); Alberto Dainotti (University of Napoli, IT); Giorgio Ventre (University of Napoli, IT)

"Improving Quality of Service for Switched Processing Systems"

Ying-Chao Hung (National Central University, TW); George Michailidis (University of Michigan, US)

"A Polyharmonic Periodic Broadcasting Protocol for Clients with Bandwidth Limitation"

Nelson L. S. da Fonseca (State University of Campinas, BR); Rogerio Zafalao (Eldorado Research Institute, BR)

"Ensuring IP Services Consistency through Lightweight Monitoring-based Admission Control"

Solange Lima (University of Minho, PT); Paulo Carvalho (University of Minho, PT); Vasco Freitas (University of Minho, PT)

17.00-17.30

Coffee Break

17.30-20.00

Social Event

Guided tour of historic downtown Trento and visit to the Roman ruins below the city

20.00-22.30

Social Dinner

Ristorante Chiesa, Parco San Marco, Trento

8.30-10.00

Special Session on WiMAX

"Enhanced Radio Performance of Alcatel WiMAX 802.16e"

Flavio Boano (Mobile Technical Sales Director, Alcatel Italia, Italy)

"WiMAX at Work"

Sandro Pera (CSP, Italy), Nicola Scalabrino (CREATE-NET, Italy)

10.00-10.20

Coffee Break

10.20-12.50

Technical Session #3
Chair: Stephen Bush (GE, USA)

"Nessi: A Python Network Simulator for Fast Protocol Development"

Juergen Ehrensberger (HEIG-VD, CH); Jerome Vernez (HEIG-VD, CH); Stephan Robert (University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, CH)

"Design, Development and Validation of an NS2 Module for Dynamic LSP Rerouting"

Davide Adami (CNIT Pisa Research Unit, Dept. of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, IT); Christian Callegari (University of Pisa, IT); Daniele Ceccarelli (University of Pisa, IT); Stefano Giordano (University of Pisa, IT); Michele Pagano (University of Pisa, IT)

"Simulations of Fractional Degradation in Performance of Terrestrial Networks due to Interference by High-Altitude Platforms"

Vasilis Milas (National Technical University of Athens, GR); Philip Constantinou (National Technical University of Athens, GR)

"Modeling technique and a simulation tool for analysis of clock synchronization in communication networks"

M. A. Bueva (State Univ. of Telecommunications, RU); L. N. Schelovanov (State Univ. of Telecommunications, RU); Galina Antonova (General Electric Inc., CA), Augusto Ciuffoletti (University of Pisa, Italy)

"P2PRealm - Peer-to-Peer Network Simulator"

Niko Kotilainen (University of Jyväskylä, FI); Mikko Vapa (University of Jyväskylä, FI); Annemari Auvinen (University of Jyväskylä, FI); Jarkko Vuori (University of Jyväskylä, FI); Teemu Keltanen (University of Jyväskylä, Department of Mathematical Information Technology, FI)

12.50-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00

CSIM TC Meeting

Chairman: Prof. Nelson L.S. da Fonseca (Unicamp, Brazil)

15.00-17.30

Technical Session #4
Chair: Renato Lo Cigno (Univ.Trento, Italy)

"Long-term Capacity Planning of WDM Transport Networks Under Demand Uncertainties and Economy of Scale"

Karen Guan (ECE, UIUC, US); Chi(Kyle) Guan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US)

"Performance Evaluation of VSQ: A Fair MAC Scheme For Packet Ring Networks"

Hamid Mehrvar (Nortel, CA); Ioannis Lambadaris (Carleton University, CA); Helen Tang (DRDC Ottawa, CA)

"The Application of Bandwidth Optimization Technique in SLA Negotiation Process"

Srecko Krile (University of Dubrovnik, HR); Djuro Kuzumilovic (University of Dubrovnik, HR)

"Security Issues and Performance Study of Key Management Techniques over Satellite Links"

Gokcen Arslan (Bogazici University, TR); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, TR)

"Three-Tier Satellite Multicast Security Protocol Based on ECMQV and IMC Methods"

Attila Yavuz (Bogazici University, TR); Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, TR); Emin Anarim (Bogazici University, TR)

17.30-18.00

Workshop Closing + Farewell Coffee

We sincerely hope you'll enjoy the workshop and your stay in Trento!

The CAMAD'06 Organizing Committee