The 20th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference
27–31 May 2024 | Ayia Napa | Adams Beach Hotel, Cyprus

IWCMC 2024 Overview Program

IWCMC 2024 Technical Program

Nicosia time Monday, May 27 Tuesday, May 28 Wednesday, May 29 Thursday, May 30
9:00 ‑ 11:00 Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2: 10:00 AM - 13:00 PM
Tutorial 1: Baby LLMs and Edge Computing: Motivations, Potentials, and Challenges
Tutorial 2: 5G/6G Permutation-Based TL Design Toward Next-Generation URLLC
On-site Session 1
On-site Session 2
Online Session 1
Online Session 2
Online Session 3
Online Session 4
On-site Session 5
On-site Session 6
Online Session 9
Online Session 10
Online Session 11
Online Session 12
On-site Session 9
On-site Session 10
Online Session 17
Online Session 18
Online Session 19
Online Session 20
11:00 ‑ 11:30      
11:30 ‑ 11:45   Keynote 2: Federated Learning for eHealth Applications Keynote 3: Telecom GPT: Next Generation AI powered Network
11:45 ‑ 13:00 Keynote 1: Extreme Edge Intelligence: Moving Artificial Intelligence closer to Sensors
13:00 ‑ 14:00        
14:00 ‑ 16:00 Tutorial 3 and Tutorial 4: 14:00 PM - 17:00 PM
Tutorial 3: From 1 to 100: Standardization in the Communications Industry
Tutorial 4: Revolutionizing 6G Networks: A Deep Dive into Key Enabling Technologies for UAV-based THz in High-Performance Fronthaul
On-site Session 3
On-site Session 4
Online Session 5
Online Session 6
Online Session 7
Online Session 8
On-site Session 7
On-site Session 8
Online Session 13
Online Session 14
Online Session 15
Online Session 16
On-site Session 11
On-site Session 12
Online Session 21
Online Session 22
Online Session 23
Online Session 24
16:00 ‑ 17:00      

Monday, May 27

Monday, May 27 10:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Tutorial1: Baby LLMs and Edge Computing: Motivations, Potentials, and Challenges

Ala Al-Fuqaha, Mohamed Abdallah, Mohamed Rahouti, Ruhul Amin, Latif Khan, Shawqi Al-Maliki.
Room: Victory 1&2 | Meeting Link
Chair: Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar) (aerbad@hbku.edu.qa)

Monday, May 27 10:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Tutorial 2: 5G/6G Permutation-Based TL Design Toward Next-Generation URLLC

Yuli Yang and Mohsen Guizani
Room: Victory 3 | Meeting Link (Passcode: 843342)
Chair: Chrysostomos Chrysostomou (Frederick University, Cyprus) (ch.chrysostomou@frederick.ac.cy)

Monday, May 27 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Tutorial 3: From 1 to 100: Standardization in the Communications Industry

Ruiqi (Richie) Liu and Tianqi Mao
Room: Victory 1&2 | Meeting Link
Chair: Yuli Yang (University of Essex, UK) (yuli.yang@essex.ac.uk)

Monday, May 27 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Tutorial 4: Revolutionizing 6G Networks: A Deep Dive into Key Enabling Technologies for UAV-based THz in High-Performance Fronthaul

Muhammad Shehab, Mazen Hasna, Tamer Khattab, and Nizar Zorba
Room: Victory 3 | Meeting Link
Chair: Tamer Khattab, QU, Qatar (tkhattab@qu.edu.qa)

Tuesday, May 28

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 1

B5G and 6G
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Muhammad Absaruddin, ATU Donegal, Ireland, (L00177821@atu.ie)
9:00 Communication-efficient Decentralised Federated Learning via Low Huffman-coded Delta Quantization Scheme
Mahdi Mahmoud Barhoush (RWTH University, Aachen, Germany); Ahmad Ayad (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Mohammad Kohankhaki (INDA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
9:20 Optimizing Shapley Value for Client Valuation in Federated Learning through Enhanced GTG-Shapley
Meriem Arbaoui (CESI LINEACT UR 7527 & LabRI-SBA Laboratory, Ecole Superieure En Informatique, Sidi Bel Abbes, France); Mohamed-el-Amine Brahmia (CESI LINEACT UR 7527, France); Abdellatif Rahmoun (LabRI-SBA Lab., Ecole Superieure en Informatique Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria); Mourad Zghal (CESI LINEACT, France)
9:40 Hyperparameter Impact on Computational Efficiency in Federated Edge Learning
Ahmed-Rafik-El Mehdi Baahmed and Jean-Francois Dollinger (CESI LINEACT, France); Mohamed-el-Amine Brahmia (CESI LINEACT UR 7527, France); Mourad Zghal (CESI LINEACT, France)
10:00 Handling Imbalanced 5G and Beyond Network Tabular Data Using Conditional Generative Models
Jimena Andrade-Hoz (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Jose Maria Alcaraz Calero (University of the West of Scotland & School of Engineering and Computing, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Qi Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
10:20 5G RAN service classification using Long Short Term Memory Neural Network
Mohamed Khadmaoui-Bichouna (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Jose Maria Alcaraz Calero (University of the West of Scotland & School of Engineering and Computing, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Qi Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 2

Security I
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Ala Gouissem, UDST, Qatar, (ala.gouissem@udst.edu.qa)
9:00 Network-based Intrusion Detection Through Image-based CNN and Transfer Learning
Pedro Horchulhack (PUCPR, Brazil); Eduardo Viegas and Altair Santin (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), Brazil); João André Simioni (PUCPR, Brazil)
9:20 Analysis of Physical Layer Security Based on WFRFT with Multiple Eavesdroppers
Tao Xu, Xuanli Wu and Ziyi Xie (Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
9:40 Node Compromising Detection to Mitigate Poisoning Attacks in IoT Networks
Floribert Katembo-Vuseghesa (University Lumière Lyon 2, France); Mohamed-Lamine Messai (University of Lyon, France); Fadila Bentayeb (University of Lyon 2, France)
10:00 Rule Based Maliciousness Detection in Computer Network using Machine Learning in Fog Node
Farooque Hassan Kumbhar (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia); Raza Nathani (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan); Kamran Ali Memon and Wessam Mesbah (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)
10:20 Detection and positioning of vulnerable road users in vehicular networks
Maria João M. R. da C. Nicolau and Antonio D. Costa (Universidade do Minho & Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal); Rui Freitas (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
10:40 Multi-Domain Scaling Algorithm with Inter-Orchestrator Communication for Beyond 5G/6G Networks
Abdelmounaim Bouroudi (Université de Rennes1 & Nokia, France); Abdelkader Outtagarts (Nokia Bell Labs, France); Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (University of Rennes, France)

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 1

5G, Wireless, Physical
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 488190)
Chair: Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Frederick University, Cyprus, (ch.chrysostomou@frederick.ac.cy)
9:00 Non-Line of Sight Detection Based on 5G Signal Strength- and Quality Measurements and its impact on mobile positioning accuracy
Ivo Müürsepp, Muhammad Mahtab Alam and Aleksei Fjodorov (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
9:12 Massive MIMO technology a key advancement in shaping communication networks for the 5G/5G+ era
Zhirong Zhang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
9:24 Spectrum Sharing Technologies in the 5G Era Innovative Applications and Challenges in the FDD Band
Zhirong Zhang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
9:36 Research and Application of Multi-Access Collaboration Technology in 6G Networks
Zhirong Zhang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
9:48 Impact Assessment of IAB and Small 5G Stations on Railway Network Communications
Xiaoyin Zhao (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Xueqi Yuan (Chinatelecom, China)
10:00 Mobility management in 5G and 6G satellite access networks
Jing Jia (China Telecom, China); Heng Wang, Xu Xia and Dong Wang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
10:12 Interference compatibility study and interference management for 5G and Broadband TDD Private Networks
Lei Liu (Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom, China); Xi Meng (China Telecom Corporation Limited, China)
10:24 Network Slicing and its Impact on 5G Data Traffic and Performance
Muhammad Asif (University of Houston, USA)
10:36 Handover Management in a Sliced 5G Network Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Arwa Amaira (University of Sousse, Tunisia); Hend Koubaa ((National School of Electronics and Telecommunications ENETCOM, Tunisia); Faouzi Zerai (National School of Electronics and Telecommunications ENETCOM, Tunisia)
10:48 Deep Reinforcement Learning for Sleep Control in 5G and Beyond Radio Access Networks: An Overview
Nessrine Trabelsi (CRNS, Tunisia); Rihab Maaloul (Laboratory of Technology and Smart Systems (LT2S), Digital Research Center of SFAX (CRNS), Tunisia); Lamia Chaari Fourati (Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et de Multimédia de Sfax, Tunisia); Wael Jaafar (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 2

5G and 6G
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Antonino Masaracchia, Queen's University Belfast, (antonino.masaracchia@gmail.com)
9:00 Research on Key Technologies of 6G Network Architecture
Yanxia Xing (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Jianfeng Zhou (ZTE Corporation, China); Pengyu Li (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Menghan Yu (China Telecom, China)
9:12 Cross-Domain AI Towards 6G: Requirements, Solution, and Validation
Zexu Li, Zhen Li and Xiong Xiong (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Dongjie Liu (Purple Mountain Laboratories, China)
9:24 Energy Consumption Evaluation of OMA vs NOMA for Sustainable Scheduling in 6G O-RAN
Aamir Latif, Osama Elgarhy and Muhammad Mahtab Alam (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia); Yannick Le Moullec (Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia)
9:36 Orthogonal Chirp Division Multiplexing Waveform Design for 6G mmWave UAV Integrated Sensing and Communication
Ziwei Wan (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zhen Gao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Fabien Héliot (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Yu Su (China Mobile Chengdu Industry Research Institute, China); Zhonghuai Wu and Lei Chen (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Qu Luo and Pei Xiao (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:48 Design of Base Station Sleeping Scheme in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks Based on User Traffic and SINR
Chenguang He, Bohan Zhang and Shouming Wei (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
10:00 Scaled Conjugate Gradient Algorithm Study for 6G Full Duplex Wireless Communication System
Di Wu (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China)
10:12 Enhancing Traffic Load Forecasting in 5G Networks: A Statistical and Temporal Feature Engineering Approach
Ahmed Bali (École de Technologie Supérieure & Montreal, Canada); Mohamed Cheriet (Ecole de technologie superieure (University of Quebec), Canada); Abdelouahed Gherbi (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada)
10:24 PHD Filter-Based Spatial-Temporal Calibration of 5G Base Stations for Urban Canyon Localization
Jiajia Chen and Ao Peng (Xiamen University, China)
10:36 6G-enabled Situation-Aware ML-assisted UTM (6G-SAMU)
Bayrem Zarai (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia); Leila Nasraoui (University of Manouba, Tunisia); Rihab Boussada (Sesame University, Tunisia); Saadi Boudjit (University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France)
10:48 Improving Response Prediction: Transformer Integration and Optimizer Evaluation
Boutheina Ben Ismail (SERCOM Laboratory, France); Mohamed Hamroun (XLIM Lab University of Limoges & 3IL Limoges, France); Bassem Bensalah (SERCOM Laboratory, EPT, University of Carthage & INSAT, University of Carthage, Tunisia); Hedi Sakli (EITA Consulting, France)

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 3

UAV Communications
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Chenyu Wu, HIT, China, (wuchenyu@hit.edu.cn)
9:00 Edge-Accelerated UAV Operations: A Case Study of Open Source Solutions
Julio Diez-Tomillo, Jose Alcaraz-Calero and Qi Wang (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:12 Enhancing Post-Disaster Survivor Detection Using UAV Imagery and Transfer Learning Strategies
Nema Ahmed and Somaya Ali Al-maadeed (Qatar University, Qatar)
9:24 Intelligent DWC Reservation and Trip Planning of CAEV and UAV for 6G ITS
Palwasha Waheed Shaikh and Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
9:36 UAV Path Planning for Aviation Optimazition Based on Doubly Decoupled Reinforced Network
Bin Jiang (China University of Petroleum (East China), China); Yining Wang (China University of Petroleum East China, China); Fanhui Kong (Qingdao University of Technology, China); Jian Wang (The University of Tennessee at Martin & Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA); Xuerong Cui (China University of Petroleum, China); Shibao Li (China University of Petroleum (East China))
9:48 Secure Status Updates for Internet of Drones: A Deep Q-Learning-Based Antenna Selection Approach
Yuquan Xiao and Qinghe Du (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China); Chen Lu (Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, China); Yizhuo Wang (Xi'an JiaoTong University, China)
10:00 Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency UAV Communications in High-Mobility Environments
Yuquan Xiao and Zixiao Zhao (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
10:12 Collaborative Multi-Agent Jamming Deceiving for UAV-assisted Wireless Communications
Chen Zhang, Zhenyu Xiao, Lingfeng Zhang and Guangyao Liu (Beihang University, China); Wei Zhang (The University of New South Wales, Australia); Xiang-Gen Xia (University of Delaware, USA)
10:24 Communication-Efficient Topology Orchestration for Distributed Learning in UAV Networks
Zixuan Liang and Xinchen Lyu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Chenshan Ren (Minzu University of China, China); Na Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Kai Li (University of Cambridge & CISTER Portugal, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
10:36 Joint Optimization of User Association, UAV Placement, and Power Allocation in UAV-Satellite-Assisted Cell-Free mMIMO Systems
Hai-tao Zhao, Ying Liu and Qin Wang (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Haotong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong); Wenchao Xia and Hongbo Zhu (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
10:48 A Cooperative C-V2X System with UAV-aided Enhanced Connectivity
Romeo Giuliano (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy); Anna Maria Vegni (Roma TRE University, Italy); Valeria Loscrí (Inria Lille-Nord Europe, France); Eros Innocenti (Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Italy); Alessandro Vizzarri (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy); Franco Mazzenga (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)

Tuesday, May 28 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 4

Vehicular Applications and Edge Computing
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 802878)
Chair: Latif Khan, MBZUAI, UAE, (Latif.khan@mbzuai.ac.ae)
9:00 End-to-End Spatio-temporal Latency Prediction for Vehicular Applications
Maroua Drissi (Orange Labs, France); Sylvain Allio (Orange, France)
9:13 Usecase-based generic framework for data fusion and decision making in Autonomous Driving
Henry Alexander and Hesham El-Sayed (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates)
9:26 Evaluation of LSTM GAN for Trajectory Prediction in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Vasu Mistry, Binod Vaidya and Hussein T. Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
9:39 Actor-Critic Deep RL for Vehicular Edge Computing Optimization
Bingxin Wang (Beijing Research Institute, Telecom Corporation Limited, China)
9:53 Cost-Efficient Computation Offloading in VEC Using Deep Reinforcement Learning Techniques
Bingxin Wang (Beijing Research Institute, Telecom Corporation Limited, China)
10:06 Balancing Energy Consumption and Latency in Vehicle Edge Computing for 6G Networks
Bingxin Wang (Beijing Research Institute, Telecom Corporation Limited, China)
10:19 A Green IoT-Integrated AI-Based EV Scheduling Scheme for Efficient Charging Station Selection
Fenil Ramoliya (Nirma University, India); Rajesh Gupta (Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India); Krisha Darji and Chinmay Trivedi (Nirma University, India); Riya Kakkar (Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India); Sudeep Tanwar (Institute of Technology Nirma University Ahmedabad Gujarat, India); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
10:33 Efficient IoV-Based Geofencing Model for V2X Communication Using Energy Saving Approach
Rima Boughariou (ENETCOM, Tunisia); Hend Marouane (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Mohamed Mosbah (CNRS-LaBRI UMR 5800, University Bordeaux, Bordeaux-INP, France); Hassen Mnif (University Sfax, Tunisia); Amel Meddeb-Makhlouf (NTS'COM Research Unit, Enet'Com, University of sfax, Tunisia)
10:46 Real-Time Binary Cell Phone Usage Detection and Classification on Vehicular Edge Devices
Murat Arda Onsu (University of Ottawa, Canada); Pankti Shaileshkumar Shah (Unviersity of Ottawa, Canada); Murat Simsek (University of Ottawa, Canada); Mark Fobert (Raven Connected, Canada); Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada)
14:59 Decentralized Spectrum Sharing Networks Based on Blockchains
Shuyue Ai, Yuna Jiang and Qiang Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China); Xiaohu Ge (Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China); Aduwati Sali (UPM, Malaysia)

Tuesday, May 28 11:45 - 13:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Keynote 1: Extreme Edge Intelligence: Moving Artificial Intelligence closer to Sensors

Amine Bermak, IEEE Fellow
Room: Victory 1&2 | Meeting Link (Passcode: 252209)
Chair: Lambros Lambrinos, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, (lambros.lambrinos@cut.ac.cy)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 3

Security II
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Kai Li, University of Cambridge, UK & CISTER, Portugal, (kai@isep.ipp.pt)
14:00 Physical Layer Security Meets Privacy Requirements for Downlink NOMA
Amani Benamor (University of Limoges, France & University of Sfax, Tunisia); Oussama Habachi, Jean Pierre Cances and Vahid Meghdadi (University of Limoges, France)
14:20 Exploring LSTM-assisted A2C For Physical Layer Security in Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems
Harrison Kurunathan (CISTER, Portugal); Kai Li (University of Cambridge & CISTER Portugal, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Wei Ni (CSIRO, Australia); Na Li (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Eduardo Tovar (ISEP-IPP, Portugal); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
14:40 A Life-long Learning Intrusion Detection System for 6G-Enabled IoV
Abdelaziz Amara Korba (L3I, University of La Rochelle, France); Souad Sebaa and Malik Mabrouki (ESI, Algeria); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of la Rochelle, France); Karima Benatchba (Ecole nationale Supérieure d'Informatiqu, Algeria)
15:00 Optimizing QoS of the LTE network using a machine-learning-based spatio-temporal distribution and Tabu search metaheuristic
Kodjo Francis Tossou (UTBM, CNRS, FEMTO-ST Institute, France); Sid Ahmed Lamrous (FEMTO-ST Institute, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, CNRS & UTBM, France); Tchamye Tcha-esso Boroze (LaRSI, EPL, Université de Lomé); Oumaya Baala (UTBM, CNRS, Institut FEMTO-ST, France)
15:20 A Research Environment for Evaluating File-based Cryptojacking Detection Techniques
Łukasz Pietraszek (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Wojciech Mazurczyk (Warsaw University of Technology & Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)
15:40 CTIoT: A Cyber Threat Intelligence Tool for IoT
Saad El Jaouhari (ISEP, France); Shaikh Ahmed (Rhine-Waal University, Germany)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 4

CyberSecurity
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Muhammad Absaruddin, ATU Donegal, Ireland, (L00177821@atu.ie)
14:00 An seL4-based Trusted Execution Environment on RISC-V
Everton de Matos and Willian Tessaro Lunardi (Technology Innovation Institute, United Arab Emirates); Jouni Ukkonen and Tero Salminen (Unikie Oy, Finland)
14:20 Lightweight Image Crypto-Compression Using Haar Transform and Selective Encryption for Grayscale IoT Images
Joseph Azar (Université de Franche-Comté - UFC & FEMTO-ST/DISC, France); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Raphaël Couturier (University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France)
14:40 Unsupervised Learning Approach for Network Traffic Classification
Mario Bou Abboud (Université de Technologie de Belfort Montbéliard & Orange France, France); Oumaya Baala (UTBM, CNRS, Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Maroua Drissi (Orange Labs, France); Sylvain Allio (Orange, France)
15:00 AI-Driven Fast and Early Detection of IoT Botnet Threats: A Comprehensive Network Traffic Analysis Approach
Abdelaziz Amara Korba (L3I, University of La Rochelle, France); Alaeddine Diaf (Badji Mokhtar Annaba University & Laboratoire Réseaux et Systèmes, Algeria); Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of la Rochelle, France)
15:20 Thwarting Cybersecurity Attacks with Explainable Concept Drift
Ibrahim Shaer (University of Western Ontario, Canada); Abdallah Shami (Western University, Canada)
15:40 Reinforcement Learning-Based Genetic Algorithm for Differentiated Traffic Scheduling in Industrial TSN-5G Networks
Jiawen Guo and Haipeng Yao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Wenji He (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, China); Tianle Mai and Tianhao Ouyang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Fu Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology & Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 5

Satellite Systems
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Zain ul Abideen Tariq, HBKU, Qatar, (zata28228@hbku.edu.qa)
14:00 Adaptive Grouping Access Based on Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Multibeam Satellite System
Shuai Han and Zhiqiang Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China); Cheng Li (Simon Fraser University, China)
14:12 Sub-Block Level Interference Exploitation Precoding in Satellite Communications
Zhongxiang Wei (Tongji University & School of Electronics and Information Engineering, China); Jingjing Wang (Beihang University, China); Christos Masouros (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tongyang Xu (Newcastle University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Jianrui Chen (Beihang University, China); Ang Li (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
14:24 6G Satellite Communication: Key Technologies, Challenges and Trends
Xu Xia (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
14:36 Advanced Deep Learning Framework for Improved Wildfire Detection and Aerosol Identification Using Active Satellite Imagery
Srija Venkata Sai Ravali Kothapalli and Cristina H Muntean (National College of Ireland, Ireland); Abid Yaqoob (Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University, Ireland)
14:48 Technical Analysis of Non-terrestrial Networks
Pingping Lin (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
15:00 Downlink Coverage Probability In Aerial BASE STATION
Ines Damak ID (University el manar & ENIT, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (Innov'COM @ Sup'Com., Tunisia)
15:12 Performance Study in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks Using Dual Connectivity and Deep Reinforcement Learning
Arwa Amaira (University of Sousse, Tunisia); Hend Koubaa ((National School of Electronics and Telecommunications ENETCOM, Tunisia); Faouzi Zerai (National School of Electronics and Telecommunications ENETCOM, Tunisia)
15:24 Leveraging Transfer Learning with Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for AV Platoon Control
Ameur Mohamed el- Amine (University of Laghouat UATL Algeria, Algeria); Habiba Drias (LRIA-USTHB, Algeria); Bouziane Brik (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & University of Bourgogne, France); Mazene Ameur (LIM Laboratory University of Laghouat, Algeria)
15:36 Wireless Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) via BLE Communication
Bryce Jacob Afonso and Hong Liu (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)
15:48 A 3-D Geometrical-Based Stochastic Model for Satellite-to-Ground MIMO Channels
Xinhua Liu and Ruonan Zhang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China); Daosen Zhai (Northwestren Polytechnical University, China); Yi Jiang, Xiao Tang and Bin Li (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China); Haotong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 6

Resource Management
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Aamir Latif, Tallinn University of Technology, (aamir.latif@taltech.ee)
14:00 Mobility Management Approach for Co-Orbital Regenerated LEO Satellite
Xuan Huang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
14:12 Resource Allocation in LEO Satellites assisted Terrestrial Network for Latency-Sensitive Task
Qingtian Wang (China Telecom Research Institution & China Telecom, China); Siyu Chen (Monash University, Australia); Jiaying Zong (Beijing Jiaotong University, China); Beining Feng (College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, China); Yunfei Shen and Xu Xia (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
14:24 Block-Sparse Learning Enabled Approach Towards Efficient Channel Estimation for Underwater Visible Light Communications
Sicong Liu (Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University & Xiamen University, China); Younan Mou and Hong Zhang (Xiamen University, China)
14:36 Sparsity-Aware Channel Estimation for Underwater Acoustic Wireless Networks: A Generative Adversarial Network Enabled Approach
Sicong Liu (Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University & Xiamen University, China); Younan Mou and Hong Zhang (Xiamen University, China)
14:48 Data Source Authentication Protocol for Aviation Broadband Communication System
Yongqiang Huang, Ruiqi Li, Zhi-jun Wu and Meng Yue (Civil Aviation University of China, China)
15:00 Optimization Approaches for the Optimal Placement of Electrical Charging Stations
Sghaier Guizani, Sobhi Mejjaouli and Sanabel AlNourani (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia); Malek Almobarek (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:12 Deep Learning-Driven Resource Allocation for MEC-Enabled UAV Collision Avoidance System
Zairi Khadidja (Amar Telidji Université Laboratoire d'Informatique et de Mathématiques, Algeria); Bouziane Brik (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & University of Bourgogne, France); Younes Guellouma (Amar Telidji University, Algeria); Hadda Cherroun (Amar Telidji Laghouat & UATL, Algeria)
15:24 Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for UAV Search Path Planning In Discrete Time and Space
Najoua Benalaya (Telecom SudParis, France); Ichrak Amdouni (ENSI Manouba, Tunisia); Cedric Adjih (INRIA, France); Anis Laouiti (TELECOM SudParis, France); Leila Azouz Saidane (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia)
15:36 Resource Allocation for Satellite Communication Network of Emergency Communications in Distribution Network
Haoran Xie and Yafeng Zhan (Tsinghua University, China); Fang Xin (Research Institute, China)
15:48 Deep Learning Based Fault Diagnosis Methods for Satellite Power System
Ying Dong, Yafeng Zhan and Haoran Xie (Tsinghua University, China)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 7

Security I
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 873765)
Chair: Yagmur Yigit, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, (yagmur.yigit@napier.ac.uk)
14:00 Error-correcting Codes in Communication Systems
Khawla Alnajjar and Khawla Almazrouei (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
14:12 ECCIA: An Identity Authentication Scheme against IFAs in NDNs
Yingjuan Shi (Jinhua Advanced Research Institute, China); Maode Ma (Qatar University, Qatar)
14:24 Network Security Situation Assessment Method Based Eigenvector Centrality
Zhi-jun Wu, Pei Xu and Haoyu Fan (Civil Aviation University of China, China)
14:36 ADS-B Replay Attack Detection using Transformers
Thabet Kacem and Sourou Tossou (University of the District of Columbia, USA)
14:48 Stability Analysis of Deep Neural Networks under Adversarial Attacks and Noise Perturbations
Parisa Eslami (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA); Houbing H Song (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
15:00 An Efficient Approach for Tampering Attack Detection in WSN Using Blockchain
Muhammad Rehan Yasin (National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Malaysia); Hassan Jamil Syed (Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia); Junaid Shuja (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:12 Enhancing IoT Traffic Detection via Attention Mechanisms Derived from Matrix Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors within Transformer Architectures
Yiyang Xiong (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Cheng Li (China Telecommunications Corporation, China); Shilei Dong, Fangning Shi and Haoming Zhang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
15:24 Opportunistic Routing and Energy Harvesting in Multi-tier Networks against Jamming Attacks
Chan Dai Truyen Thai (Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam)
15:36 EM-PAD: An Effective Mechanism for Phishing Attack Detection
Aakash Aakash (Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India); Saksham Mittal (Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun Uttarakhand, India); Mohammad Wazid (Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India); Amit Kumar Mishra (Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun Uttarakhand INDIA, India & Graphic Era Deemed to Be University Dehradun Uttarakhand, INDIA, India); Ashok Kumar Das (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India); Sachin Shetty (Old Dominion University, USA); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
15:48 On Poisoning Attacks and Defenses for LSTM Time Series Prediction Models: Speed Prediction as an Example
Yi-Yu Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Hui-Nien Hung (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan); Shun-Ren Yang (NTHU, Taiwan); Chia-Cheng Yen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Phone Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Tuesday, May 28 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 8

Blockchain
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Ali Riahi, QU, Qatar, (riahiali67@gmail.com)
14:00 Blockchain and DL-based Brain Tumour Prediction Scheme for Telesurgery Systems in Healthcare 4.0
Yogi Patel (Nirma University, India); Rajesh Gupta and Riya Kakkar (Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India); Sudeep Tanwar (Institute of Technology Nirma University Ahmedabad Gujarat, India); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
14:12 A Blockchain-assisted Group Handover Authentication Protocol for 5G Wireless Networks
Ronghao Ma (University of Xihua, China); Jianhong Zhou (Xihua University, China); Maode Ma (Qatar University, Qatar)
14:24 Bridging Economic Model and Blockchain: ZKP Empowered Privacy Preserving Payment Channel with Intermediary Pricing
Xijian Xu and Jun Wu (Waseda University, Japan)
14:36 Semantic Knowledge Consensus for Multi-agent Collaboration: A Naming Game Approach
Hongyu Gu and Xinyue Qi (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Liang Sun (Beihang University, China); Yang Zhang (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)
14:48 A cross domain authentication scheme based on blockchain
Cui Pengyu (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications (BUPT), China); Qian Xusheng (Marketing Service Center of State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co. Ltd., China); Zhang Xiuyong (Customer Service Center of State Grid, China); Wang Wei (Marketing Service Center of State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co. Ltd., China); Yang Chao (State Grid Liaoning Electric Power Supply Co. Ltd., China); Zhang Nan (Customer Service Center of State Grid, China); Liu Yuxiao (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications (BUPT), China); Ao Xiong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China)
15:00 Optimizing Information Propagation for Blockchain-empowered Mobile AIGC: A Graph Attention Network Approach
Jiana Liao (Guangdong University of Technology, China); Jinbo Wen (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Jiawen Kang (Guangdong University of Technology, China); Yang Zhang (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Jianbo Du (Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications, China); Qihao Li (Jilin University, China); Weiting Zhang and Dong Yang (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)
15:12 Grubbs Test Based Algorithms to Improve the Efficiency of Blockchain Oracles
Nour El Houda Yellas (Orange, France); Eric Renault (LIGM, Université Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, France); Selma Boumerdassi (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France)
15:24 Task Integrity Checker: A Block Chain - Enabled Trust Management System for Fog Nodes
Rasagna V (Birla Institute of Science & Technology, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India); Geethakumari G (BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India); Jinil Bhavin Shah and Nisarg Chaudhari (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India)
15:36 Lightweight WEB3 interface for secure IoMT-Blockchain integration
fatma ELLOUZE, Mrs (University of Sfax & National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia); Ghofrane Fersi (National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia); Mohamed Jmaiel (ENIS, Tunisia)
15:48 xG Security: Zero-Trust and Moving Target Defense in Decentralized Learning Environment
Ahmed Refaey (University of Guelph, Canada & Western University, Canada); Zeyad Abdelhay (University of Guelph, Canada)

Wednesday, May 29

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 5

Edge Computing
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Andreas Andreou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, (andreou.andreas@unic.ac.cy)
9:00 Generative Inference of Large Language Models in Edge Computing: An Energy Efficient Approach
Xingyu Yuan, He Li, Kaoru Ota and Mianxiong Dong (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
9:17 Fog computing-empowered smart systems for latency-sensitive control applications
Mohammed Laroui (Capgemini, France); Hatem Ibn-khedher and Nathalie Banoun (Capgemini Engineering, France)
9:34 Routing Edge-Cloud Requests via Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning
Simon Pichot (IRIT France & Thales SIX GTS FRANCE, France); Vania Conan (Thales Communications & Security, France); Hicham Khalife (Ericsson, France); André-Luc Beylot and Gentian Jakllari (University of Toulouse, France)
9:51 AGORA: A Multi-Provider Edge Computing Resource Management and Pricing Framework
Panagiotis Charatsaris (National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Matthew Salcido (University of New Mexico, USA); Maria Diamanti (Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) - National Technical University of Athens, Greece); Abid Mohammad Ali and Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA); Symeon Papavassiliou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
10:08 Dataset Collection of Multi-Communication Technologies Monitored in Different Mobility Contexts
Jana Koteich and Nathalie Mitton (Inria, France)
10:25 Refine and Identify: An Accelerated Iterative Algorithm for Securing Federated Learning
Ala Gouissem (University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar); Zina Chkirbene (Qatar University & Electrical Engineering, Qatar); Tamer Khattab and Mohamed Mabrok (Qatar University, Qatar); Mohamed M. Abdallah (Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar); Ridha Hamila (Qatar University, Qatar)
10:42 Leveraging V2P communications to improve the VRU's safety
Joel Puga and Armando André Fontainhas (Centro de Computação Gráfica - Universidade Do Minho, Portugal); Antonio D. Costa (Universidade do Minho & Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal); Alexandre Santos (University of Minho & Centro Algoritmi, Portugal); Maria João M. R. da C. Nicolau (Universidade do Minho & Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal); Filipe Meneses (University of Minho & Centro de Computação Gráfica, Portugal)

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 6

Physical Communications
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Ala Gouissem, UDST, Qatar, (ala.gouissem@udst.edu.qa)
9:00 Pre-Chirp-Domain Index Modulation for Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing
Guangyao Liu (Beihang University, China); Tianqi Mao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Ruiqi Liu (ZTE Corporation, China); Zhenyu Xiao (Beihang University, China)
9:17 Multicarrier Waveform Design for mmWave/THz Integrated Sensing and Communication
Fan Zhang (Tinghua University, China); Tianqi Mao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Ruiqi Liu (ZTE Corporation, China); Leyi Zhang (ZTE, China); Dezhi Zheng (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Tengfei Wang and Zhaocheng Wang (Tsinghua University, China)
9:34 Photon-Counting-Based Ultraviolet Communication System with Self Bit Synchronization Module
Jiacheng Lu, Chao Zhang, Mingyang Wang and Shihan Chen (Tsinghua University, China); Hongming Zhang (EE Department, Tsinghua University, China)
9:51 Simultaneous Transmission and Null Space Tracking using Interference Feedback for Spatial Division Multiple Access
Shuki Zanyovka and Asaf Shabtai (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
10:08 Radio Frequency Fingerprinting via Deep Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
Saeif Al-Hazbi (HBKU - CSE, Qatar); Ahmed Mohamed Hussain (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Savio Sciancalepore (Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands); Gabriele Oligeri (HBKU - CSE - ICT Division, Qatar); Panagiotis Papadimitratos (KTH, Sweden)
10:25 Temperature-based evaluation and optimization of multi-processor mobile computing
Xiaoxuan Peng, Litao Yan, Yi Zhong, Tao Han, Qiang Li and Xiaohu Ge (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
10:42 Dynamic Switching Access in Massive Machine Type Communication
Nasim Ravi, Marilia Curado and Edmundo Monteiro (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 9

Security II
Room: Meeting Link (Copy this invitation and open in Tencent Meeting app (V2.13 or later) to join the meeting)
Chair: Yan Wei, Zhejiang University, China, (redwine447@zju.edu.cn)
9:00 AKM-FCCI: Secure Authentication and Key Management Mechanism for Fog Computing-Based IoT-Driven Critical Infrastructure
Vijay Karnatak (Graphic Era Deemed to Be University Dehradun, India); Neha Garg Tripathi (Graphic Era University, India); Amit Kumar Mishra (Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun Uttarakhand INDIA, India & Graphic Era Deemed to Be University Dehradun Uttarakhand, INDIA, India); Mohammad Wazid (Graphic Era Deemed to be University, India); Ashok Kumar Das (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates); Sachin Shetty (Old Dominion University, USA)
9:15 Synergistic Solution: IDS and Scheduler Harmony for Secure 5G Radio Resources
Saloua Hendaoui (University of Aljouf, Saudi Arabia); Fatma Hendaoui (University of Ha'il, Tunisia & Applied College, Saudi Arabia)
9:30 An Enhanced Authentication Protocol for IoT-AmI Environment
Shree Chand Khichar (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India); Awaneesh Kumar Yadav (Indian Institute of Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India); Manoj Misra (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India); Brij B. Gupta (Asia University, Taiwan)
9:45 Fall Detection Wristband with Optimized Security and Health Monitoring
Bashaer Mohammed Alrowaili (QU, Qatar); Noor Abdulla Alobaidli, Eng. (University of Testing, Qatar); Dana Al Marri (University of Qatar, Qatar); Khalid Abualsaud and Elias Yaacoub (Qatar University, Qatar)
10:00 DoS Attack Detection in VANET using Transfer Learning Approach for BSM Data
Muhammad Anwar Shahid, Arunita Jaekel and Ning Zhang (University of Windsor, Canada); Tim Allsopp (Telus Communications Inc., Canada)
10:15 MavSec: A safer version of MavLink
Chongju Mai (Western University, Canada); Anwar Haque (Western Ontario, Canada)
10:30 Domain adaptive deep semi-supervised transfer learning for anomaly detection in OpenWiFi
Samhita Kuili and Burak Kantarci (University of Ottawa, Canada); Marcel Chenier (NetExperience Inc., Canada); Melike Erol-Kantarci (University of Ottawa & Ericsson, Canada); Bernard Herscovici (NetExperience Inc., Canada)
10:45 A Hybrid Machine Learning Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Sensor Networks
Srinivas Sampalli (Dalhousie University, Canada)
11:00 Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in MIMO 5G Networks
Nikolaos Prodromos, Damianos Diasakos and Vasileios Kokkinos (University of Patras, Greece); Apostolos Gkamas (University of Ioannina, Greece); Christos J Bouras (University of Patras, Greece); Philippos Pouyioutas (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
11:15 Towards Efficient Urban Network Mobility: A Cloud-Based Ride-Sharing System
Omar Ait oualhaj (INPT, Morocco); Ali Azougaghe (ICES Team, National School of Computer Science and Systems Analysis University Mohammed V, Morocco); Assia Naja (Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco); Abdelfettah Mabrouk (ESTSB, Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco)

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 10

Security III
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Huiyun Xia, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, (20240028@njupt.edu.cn , summerxiahy@163.com)
9:00 Enhancing Security in Multi-Controller SDMN Environments: A Novel 5G Access Authentication Protocol
Maroua Moatemri (University of Sousse & PRINCE Research Lab. ISITC Hammam Sousse, Tunisia); Hamdi Eltaief (Research Lab PRINCE, Tunisia); Habib Youssef (Institut Superieur d'Informatique et des Technologies de Communication, Tunisia)
9:12 RFID IoT Architecture for Smart Inventory Management: Security Integration
Amira Henaien (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia); Hadda Ben Elhadj (Laboratory of Technology and Smart Systems (LT2S) Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia); Lamia Chaari Fourati (Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et de Multimédia de Sfax, Tunisia)
9:24 SERS: Secure & Efficient Random and Symbol Linear Network Coding Schemes
Ola Salman (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Ali Chehab (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
9:36 Security for Underground Utility Data Transmission in IoT Sensor Networks
Srijeet S Qazi and Kedir Besher (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA); Mohammed Z. Ali (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
9:48 DDoS Attack Prevention in Autonomous Vehicle's OTA Updates: Combining PBFT Consensus and Distributed Firewall in Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain
Sadia Yeasmin (Western University, Canada); Anwar Haque (Western Ontario, Canada)
10:00 Deep Learning Dataset Generation for Physical Layer Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
Christopher K Dentremont and Hong Liu (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)
10:12 Towards a Responsive Security Operations Center for UAVs
Fadhila Tlili (University of Technology Troyes & University of Sfax, France); Samiha Ayed (Université Technologique de Troyes, France); Lamia Chaari (University of Computer Science and Multimedia of Sfax & Laboratory of Technologies for Smart Systems at Digital Research Center of Sfax (CRNS), Tunisia)
10:24 An Improved Risk Assessment Scheme Balancing Safety and Security
Kunpeng Cao and Guobing Jiang (ZTE Corporation, China); Leyi Zhang (ZTE, China)
10:36 Stealthy Adversarial Attacks on Intrusion Detection Systems: A Functionality-Preserving Approach
Xiping Li and Wei Dong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Yi Sun (Beijing University of Posts and Communications, China); Shaolong Chen, Detong Kong and Shujie Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 11

Security IV
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Ali Riahi, QU, Qatar, (riahiali67@gmail.com)
9:00 DNS flooding attack detection scheme through Machine Learning
Fadlallah Chbib (Telecom-Paris, France); Rida Khatoun (Telecom Paris, France); Ahmad Fadlallah (University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon (USAL), Lebanon); Ahmed Serhrouchni (Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Telecom Paris - LTCI, France); Ali El Attar (Arab Open University (AOU), Lebanon)
9:12 Load-Balanced Multipath Routing Through Software-Defined Networking
Tanmay Badageri and Bechir Hamdaoui (Oregon State University, USA); Rami Langar (Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal, Canada & University Gustave Eiffel, France)
9:24 Deep Reinforcement Learning for IRS-assisted Secure NOMA Transmissions Against Eavesdroppers
Defeng Zhou, Shimin Gong and Lanhua Li (Sun Yat-Sen University, China); Bo Gu (Sun Yat-sen University, China); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
9:36 Vault-PMS: A Vault-Based Password Management System for Secure Offline Data Storage
Mohamad Abdulkadir and Saeed Alketbi (UAE University, United Arab Emirates); Hanane Lamaazi (CIT, UAE University, United Arab Emirates); Rashid Altamimi, Saeed Alblooshi and Abderrahmane Lakas (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)
9:48 Cybersecurity in Smart Renewable Energy Systems
Jean-Paul A. Yaacoub (University of Franche-Comté and Femto-ST Institute, France); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Joseph Azar (Université de Franche-Comté - UFC & FEMTO-ST/DISC, France); Ola Salman (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Khaled Chahine (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait)
10:00 Lightweight CNN-BiLSTM based Intrusion Detection Systems for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices
Mohammed Jouhari (EMSI, Morocco); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
10:12 Defense against Black Hole Attacks in Wireless Sensor Network with Anomaly Report Cycling
Marcel A Vieira and Hong Liu (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)
10:24 An Enhanced Online K-means Algorithm for Flooding Attacks Detection in Vehicular Networks
Harir Razzazi (UMKC & Kansas City, USA); Qingli Zeng (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA); Farid Nait-Abdesselam (University of Missouri Kansas City, USA)
10:36 Securing Next-Generation Networks against Eavesdroppers: FL-Enabled DRL Approach
Deemah Tashman (Polytechnique Montreal University, Canada); Soumaya Cherkaoui (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)
10:48 A Link Adaptive Approach for Federated Learning aided UAV Networks
Hongming Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Xi Meng (China Telecom Corporation Limited, China); Yiran Xian (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Pengpeng Li (State Radio Regulation of China, China)

Wednesday, May 29 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 12

Traffic Management
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 0529)
Chair: Zhiqiang Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, (lizhiqiang0108@foxmail.com)
9:00 Advancing IoT Anomalous Traffic Detection through Arithmetic Coding in Transformer-Based Architectures
Yiyang Xiong, Shilei Dong, Fangning Shi and Haoming Zhang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
9:12 Collaborative Task Offloading Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning in Heterogeneous Edge Networks
Yupeng Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Zhenglei Huang (Research Institute of China Mobile, China); Shujie Yang and Han Xiao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
9:24 Traffic Counts-based Origin-Destination Matrix Estimation using a Traffic Simulator and Machine Learning
Hajar Rezzouqi, Assia Naja and Nada Sbihi (Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco); Mounir Ghogho (International University of Rabat, Morocco & University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:36 A Comparison of Temporal and Spatio-Temporal Methods for Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction
Hajar Rezzouqi, Assia Naja and Nada Sbihi (Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco); Benbrahim Houda (Ensias, Morocco); Mounir Ghogho (International University of Rabat, Morocco & University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:48 A Hidden Parameter study for Traffic-oriented LoRaWAN Deployment
Kerima Saleh Abakar, Ismail Bennis, Abdelhafid Abouaissa and Pascal Lorenz (University of Haute Alsace, France)
10:00 Optimizing Internet Traffic Predictions with a Novel Deep Learning EMD-KNN Framework
Sajal Saha (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada); Sudipto Baral (Western University, Canada); Anwar Haque (Western Ontario, Canada)
10:12 Dynamic FlexEthernet Defragmentation Under Time-Varying Traffic in Multi-layer Multi-domain Networks
Dahina Koulougli (École de Technologie Supérieure ÉTS, Canada); Kim Khoa Nguyen (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Mohamed Cheriet (Ecole de technologie superieure (University of Quebec), Canada)
10:24 Temporal Hierarchical Graph Attention Network for Traffic Prediction with Prompt Learning
Cheng Li (Sun Yat-Sen University, China); Pei-Yuan Lai (South China Technology Commercialization Center, China); Yu-Xuan Zhou (Beijing Normal University & Hong Kong Baptist University, China); Chang-Dong Wang (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
10:36 Dependency-Aware Task Offloading in Cooperative UAV-HAPS-Assisted Vehicular Networks
Insaf Rzig (Sup'Com Tunis, Tunisia); Wael Jaafar (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Maha Jebalia (SUP'COM, Tunisia); Sami Tabbane (SupCom, Tunisia)
10:48 An Efficient Elastic Scaling, Service Deployment, and Task Allocation Algorithm for Mobile Edge Computing
Wentao Cai, Baoxian Zhang and Yan Yan (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Cheng Li (Simon Fraser University, Canada & Memorial University, Canada)

Wednesday, May 29 11:30 - 13:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Keynote 2: Federated Learning for eHealth Applications

Honggang Wang, IEEE Fellow
Room: Victory 1&2 | Meeting Link (Passcode: 945237)
Chair: Mohsen Guizani, MBZUAI, UAE, (mguizani@gmail.com)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 7

Wireless Communications
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Muhammad Jamal Shehab, Italy - Politecnico di Torino, Italy, (MuhammadShehab@ieee.org)
14:00 Design and Implementation of Recursive Filters using Processing In Memory
Mojtaba Mahdavi (Ericsson, Sweden)
14:17 Low-Complexity Mean Calculation Schemes Using In Memory Computing
Mojtaba Mahdavi (Ericsson, Sweden)
14:34 Outage Probability in Network Coding Based Cooperative Wireless Networks over Nakagami-m Fading Channels
Elias Benamira (LISIC Lab, USTHB University, Algeria); Fatiha Merazka (LISIC Laboratory. USTHB University, Algeria); Gunes Karabulut Kurt (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
14:51 Beamwidth Trade-offs Analysis of THz MAC Protocols for Wireless Data Center
Muhammad Absaruddin (Atlantic Technological University, Ireland); Saim Ghafoor (Atlantic Technological University, Donegal, Ireland); Mubashir Husain Rehmani (Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland)
15:08 Outdoor Environment Reconstruction with Deep Learning on Radio Propagation Paths
Hrant Khachatrian and Rafayel Mkrtchyan (Yerevan State University, Armenia); Theofanis P. Raptis (IIT-CNR, Italy)
15:25 Scheduled Trigger Frames: Enabling Worst-case Latency Bounds for Wi-Fi Industrial Use
Ben Schneider, Björn Richerzhagen and Michael Bahr (Siemens AG, Germany); Georg Carle (Technische Universität München, Germany)
15:42 Proximity Marketing: A Diverse Classification Approach
Fatima Chahal (University of Technology of Troyes, France); Hacene Fouchal (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France); Dominique Gaïti (University of Technology of Troyes, France)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 8

Mobility
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Saad EL JAOUHARI, ISEP, France, (saad.el-jaouhari@isep.fr)
14:00 Strategic Cooperation in the Metaverse: A Game Theory Analysis with Age of Information
Manuele Favero, Chiara Schiavo, Lavinia Verzotto, Alessandro Buratto and Thomas Marchioro (Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy); Leonardo Badia (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)
14:20 An Air-Sea-Ground Integrated Observation System Based on Ad Hoc Network for the Archipelagic Environment
Yufan Yuan and Jianzhang Liu (Zhejiang University, China); Chenhao Hong (Zhoushan Meitong Information Technology Company, China); Guangjie Han (Hohai University, China); Fengzhong Qu, Yan Wei and Shaojian Yang (Zhejiang University, China)
14:40 STEBS: Spatio-Temporal Entropy-Based Scoring Handover Model for LEO Satellite
Mohammad Massad (Queen's University, Canada); Abdallah Alma'aitah (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan); Hossam S. Hassanein (Queen's University, Canada)
15:20 Experimental Analysis of Chirp Waveforms for Wireless Power Transfer
Petros Stylianou, Elio Faddoul and Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
15:40 Effects of Misalignment on Output Voltage Stability in SS Controlled Wireless Power Transfer Systems with Different Control Strategies
Vittorio Bertolini (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy); Fabio Corti (University of Florence, Italy); Ermanno Cardelli (University of Perugia, Italy)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 13

Resource Management
Room: Meeting Link (Copy this invitation and open in Tencent Meeting app (V2.13 or later) to join the meeting)
Chair: Yan Wei, Zhejiang University, China, (redwine447@zju.edu.cn)
14:00 Resource Management Based on Resource Parameters in Computing Networks
Yidi Xie (China Mobile Group Design Institude); Chen Zhang (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd, China); Gang Du (China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd., China)
14:12 Dynamic Resource Scheduling for Air-Ground Collaborative Communication: A Multi-Agent Method for Metaverse
Hanyi Li, Yang Huang, Runhe Wang and Miaomiao Dong (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)
14:24 Conflict Management based on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Edge Computing in Intent-Driven Networks
Zhen Li (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Jialong Gong (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Dong Wang (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
14:36 Online Resource Allocation in Internet of Vehicles Using Topology Attribute-Aware Genetic Algorithm
Khoa Nguyen, Wei Shi and Marc St-Hilaire (Carleton University, Canada)
14:48 An Innovative Task Offloading Algorithm Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning in Computation Resource Network
Yufei Long (South China University of Technology, China); Qimiao Zeng, Yirong Zhuang and Qing Pan (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Han Xiao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
15:00 Graph Neural Network Based Resource Allocation for Full-duplex Device-to-Device Communication
Xinxin Zhang and Xin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
15:12 Age-Aware Edge Caching and Multicast Scheduling Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Seyedeh Bahereh Hassanpour and Ahmad Khonsari (University of Tehran, Iran); Masoumeh Moradian (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Iran); Aresh Dadlani (University of Alberta, Canada & Nazarbayev University, Canada); Galymzhan Nauryzbayev (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
15:24 Nash Bargaining Game for Cooperative Resource Allocation in Underwater Acoustic Communication
Gharsalli Khouloud (ISEN Yncrea Ouest Brest, France & SUP'COM, Tunisia); Pierre-Jean Bouvet (ISEN Yncréa Ouest, France); Hichem Besbes (Supcom Carthage University Tunisia, Tunisia); Thierry Le Pors (ISEN Yncréa Ouest, France); Sameh Najeh (Supcom, Tunisia)
15:36 A Low-Latency Edge-Cloud Serverless Computing Framework with a Multi-Armed Bandit Scheduler
Justin Chigu (Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology & Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic, Egypt); Ahmed El-Mahdy (Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology, Egypt); Bassem Mahmoud Mokhtar (Alexandria University, Egypt & United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates); Maha Elsabrouty (Egypt Japan University for Science and Technology, Egypt)
15:48 A Comparative Analysis of Data Models for Heterogeneous Sensor Data Management
Hossameldin Ouda, Abdelrahman Elewah and Khalid Elgazzar (Ontario Tech University, Canada)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 14

Federated Learning
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 278127)
Chair: Waseem Ullah, MBZUAI, UAE (waseemullah@ieee.org)
14:00 Towards the Metaverse: Distributed Radio Map Reconstruction Based on Federated Learning Generative Adversarial Networks
Yang Huang, Yuqi Hou, Qiuming Zhu and Xiao-min Chen (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Lei Chen (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
14:12 An Efficient and Secure Federated Learning Communication Framework
Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Khalil Hariss (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
14:24 ERD-FL: Entropy-Driven Robust Defense for Federated Learning
Okba Ben Atia (University of Haute Alsace, France); Mustafa Al Samara (University of Haute-Alsace, France & University of Strasbourg, France); Ismail Bennis (University of Haute Alsace, France); Jaafar Gaber (UTBM, France); Abdelhafid Abouaissa and Pascal Lorenz (University of Haute Alsace, France)
14:36 Impact of Neural Network Depth on Split Federated Learning Performance in Low-Resource UAV Networks
Houda Hafi (Abdelhamid MEHRI University, Algeria); Bouziane Brik (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates & University of Bourgogne, France); Miloud Bagaa (UQTR University, Canada); Adlen Ksentini (Eurecom, France)
14:48 Machine-Learning-Based Smart Energy Management Systems: A Review
Fatema El Husseini (LISTIC, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Flavien Vernier (LISTIC Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France)
15:00 Federated Active Learning with Transfer Learning: Empowering Edge Intelligence for Enhanced Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Farah Faird Babar (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Faisal Jamil (University of Huddersfield United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tariq Alsboui (University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Faiza Fareed Babar (Hebei University of Technology Tianjin, China); Shabir Ahmad (Gachon University, Korea (South)); Reem Alkanhel (Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), Saudi Arabia & Plymouth University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:12 A Trust and Data Quality-Based Dynamic Node Selection and Aggregation Optimization in Federated Learning
Asadullah Tariq and Farag Sallabi (United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates); Mohamed Adel Serhani (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates); Ezedin Barka (UAE University, United Arab Emirates)
15:24 Energy performance of Internet of Things (IoT) networks for pipeline monitoring
Godlove Suila Kuaban (Institute of Theoretical & Applied Informatics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Tadek Czachorski (IITIS-PAN, Gliwice, Poland); Erol Gelenbe (IITIS-PAN, Poland); Valery Nkemeni (University of Buea, Cameroon); Piotr Pecka (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland); Piotr Czekalski (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)
15:36 Peer-to-Peer Energy Optimization in V2X Using Reinforcement Learning
Ghabi Ala, Zakariya Alatoom and Mohsen Guizani (Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates); Habib Hamam (University of Moncton, Canada)
15:48 RL-Based Incentive Cooperative Data Learning Framework Over Blockchain in Healthcare Applications (RL-ICDL-BC)
Ali Riahi and Amr Mohamed (Qatar University, Qatar); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 15

Energy Management
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Hassan Noura, University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France, (hassan.noura@univ-fcomte.fr)
14:00 Power Allocation and User Pairing Based Beam Reuse in a NOMA System
Xuenan Ni, Jianing Zhao, Xinping Xia, Xiaoying Zhang, Jianyi Zhou and Weikang Yang (Southeast University, China)
14:12 A Hierarchical PoW-Powered Access Mechanism for Shuffling-Based Moving Target Defense System
ZeYuan Guo, Changjun Ren, Zan Zhou, Lin Yan and Shujie Yang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Yi Sun (Beijing University of Posts and Communications, China)
14:24 Advancing Fairness in Microgrid Energy Transaction: An Alternative Approach
Chemsedine Bchir and Moayad Aloqaily (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates); Fakhri Karray (Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
14:36 Empowering Energy Consumption Forecasting in Smart Buildings: Towards a Hybrid Loss Function
Aline Abboud (EDST & UHA, Lebanon); Mohamed-el-Amine Brahmia (CESI LINEACT UR 7527, France); Abdelhafid Abouaissa (University of Haute Alsace, France); Ahmad M. Shahin and Rocks Mazeraany (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
14:48 Power Transmission Assessment for Body Channel Communication
Intissar Krimi (SUP'Com, INNOV'Com, Tunisia); Sofiane Ben Mbarek and Fethi Choubani (Innov'Com Laboratory, SUPCOM, University of Carthage, Tunisia)
15:00 Survey on Demand Response in the Landscape of Adaptive and Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems
Muhammad Ibrar, Nahom Abishu Hayla and Mohammed Abegaz (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Sergio Marquez Sanchez (University of Salamanca, Spain); Javier Hernandez Fernandez (Iberdrola, Spain); Juan M. Corchado (BISITE Research Group University of Salamanca & Air Institute, Spain); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
15:12 Deep Learning Model for Energy Consumption Prediction and Carbon Emission Estimation
Bayan Mahfood, Manar Abu Talib, Ayad Turky and Chaouki Ghenai (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
15:24 Predicting Power Consumption Using Machine Learning Techniques
Zaid El Allal (Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Ola Salman (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Flavien Vernier (LISTIC Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France)
15:36 Fault Classification on Power Transmission Lines Using DC Component Extraction
Khaled Chahine, Asmaa AlSafran, Ghadeer Alattar, Mariam Alozairi and Shaikhah AlRefaei (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait)
15:48 Dynamic Clustering-based Task Orchestrator in Mobile Edge Computing
Mona Mohammed Alghamdi (Queen Mary University of London, Saudi Arabia & King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia); Atm Shafiul Alam (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); A Nallanathan (QMUL, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Asma Cherif (King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia)

Wednesday, May 29 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 16

Emerging Communications Systems
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Mohammed Abegaz, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, (mabegaz@hbku.edu.qa)
14:00 A Res-GRU Based Decoder for Polar Codes
Zuting Chen and Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, China); Peng Yu (China Academy of Space Technology, China); Chenyu Wu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
14:12 Passive network monitoring and troubleshooting from within the browser: a data-driven approach
Naomi Kirimi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, France); Chadi Barakat (Inria, Université Côte d'Azur, France); Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul (University of Rennes, France)
14:24 Cross-Layer Alarm Association Rules Discovery of Cloud-Network based on Knowledge Graph
Huiying Zhao and Hongwu Li (China Unicom, China); Bin Wu (Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, China); Ruiqi Liu (ZTE Corporation, China); Lexi Xu (China Unicom Research Institute & Queen Mary University of London, China); Bingming Huang (Chinaunicom, China); Zhipu Xie (China Unicom Research Institute, China); Xinzhou Cheng (China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute, China)
14:36 Mixture of Experts for Intelligent Networks: A Large Language Model-enabled Approach
Hongyang Du and Guangyuan Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Yijing Lin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Dusit Niyato (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Jiawen Kang (Guangdong University of Technology, China); Zehui Xiong (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore); Dong In Kim (Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea (South))
14:48 A Scalable Semantic Communication System Based on Meta-Learning
Hao Chen, Shuyi Chen, Chenguang He and Hongrui Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
15:00 A Bayesian Optimization Algorithm to Improve the Spatial Reuse in the Next-Generation WLANs
Jianzhao Liu, Yang Liu and Junxiong Zhang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China); Xiaohu Ge (Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China); Ai-bo Xu (Wuhan Fiberhome Technical Services Co., Ltd., China); Mingming Zhao (Wuhan Fiberhome Technical Services Co., China)
15:12 Exploring the Frontiers of Firmware Fuzzing: μAFL's Application on Cortex M4 and Unix Programs
Safayat Bin Hakim (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA); Muhammad Adil (University at Buffalo, USA); Jordi Mongay Batalla (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis (University of Nicosia & University of Nicosia Research Foundation, Cyprus); Houbing H Song (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
15:24 Deep Learning Image Classification Models for Solar Panels Dust Detection
Jad Bassil (University of Franche-Comté Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Hassan Noura (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Ola Salman (American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Khaled Chahine (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait); Mohsen Guizani (MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates)
15:36 Performance Analysis of Multi-Source Two-Way NOMA-AF Relaying Networks
Rania Jadlaoui (University of Carthage & SUP'COM, Tunisia); Wided Hadjalouane (COSIM Research Lab, Tunisia); Hatem Boujemaa (SupCom, Tunisia)
15:48 What-if Analysis Framework for Digital Twins in 6G Wireless Network Management
Elif Ak (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey); Berk Canberk (Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Vishal Sharma (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Octavia A. Dobre (Memorial University, Canada); Trung Q. Duong (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Thursday, May 30

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 9

UAVs
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Saad EL JAOUHARI, ISEP, France, (saad.el-jaouhari@isep.fr)
9:00 Signal quality detection in mobile network based on synthetic vehicle location data generation using generative adversial neural networks
Sara Kassan (Orange Labs, France & Orange, France); Bechir Mnakri (Orange, France); Thierry Nagellen and Frédéric Guyard (Orange Labs, France); Tamara Tosic (Orange Innovation, France)
9:20 Enhancing Secure Communication in 6G-Enabled IoV through UAV and Control Center Integration
Andreas Andreou (Department of Computer Science University of Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus); Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis (University of Nicosia & University of Nicosia Research Foundation, Cyprus); Jordi Mongay Batalla (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Evangelos K. Markakis (Hellenic Mediteranean University, Greece); Athina Bourdena and George Mastorakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece); Houbing H Song (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
9:40 Enhancing UAV Network Efficiency through 6G+Enabled Federated Learning Algorithms and Energy Optimization Techniques
Andreas Andreou (Department of Computer Science University of Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus); Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis (University of Nicosia & University of Nicosia Research Foundation, Cyprus); Jordi Mongay Batalla (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Evangelos K. Markakis (Hellenic Mediteranean University, Greece); Athina Bourdena and George Mastorakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece); Houbing H Song (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
10:00 Reinforcement Learning-based anti-Jamming Solution for Aerial-IRS-Aided Dense Dynamic Multi-User Environments
Zain Tariq, Emna Baccour, Aiman Erbad and Mounir Hamdi (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
10:20 Deep Neural Quality of Service Prediction for Unmanned Aircraft System Communications
Patrick Purucker, Christian Reil and Alfred Höß (University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden, Germany); Björn W Schuller (Imperial College London & University of Augsburg, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
10:40 A Comparative Study on the Security of Kubernetes Deployments
Kacper Kamieniarz (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland); Wojciech Mazurczyk (Warsaw University of Technology & Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 10

SDN
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Ibrahim Shaer, University of Western Ontario, Canada, (ishaer@uwo.ca)
9:00 LRS2: Improved Link Recovery in Software-Defined Networks with Stacked Generalization Ensemble
Muhammad Ibrar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Aamir Akbar (Aston University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Nadir Shah (COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Pakistan); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Kamran Ali (Comsats University, Pakistan)
9:24 A Massive MIMO Sampling Detection Strategy Based on Denoising Diffusion Model
Lanxin He (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China); Zheng Wang (Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Yongming Huang (Southeast University, China)
9:48 SDN-Enabled Cluster-based Evolving Graph Routing Scheme (SE-CEGRS)
Zahid Khan and Nauman Khan (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia); Anis Koubaa (Prince Sultan University, Portugal); Adel Ben Mnaouer and Wadii Boulila (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)
10:12 Real-time Emergency Message Dissemination in IoV: A Cluster-based Approach with SDN and Fog Computing
Afshan Ahmed (University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir and UET Taxila, Pakistan); Muhammad Ibrar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Muhammad Munwar Iqbal (University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Punajab, Pakistan); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Sohail Jabbar (National Textile University, Faisalabad & Pakisan, Pakistan)
10:36 Holochain-Based Secure and Energy Efficient IoT Network
Ambono Modeste Kple and Deepak Gc (Kingston University London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Bhaskar P. Rimal (University of Idaho, USA)

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 17

Radio Communications
Room: Meeting Link (Copy this invitation and open in Tencent Meeting app (V2.13 or later) to join the meeting)
Chair: Yan Wei, Zhejiang University, China, (redwine447@zju.edu.cn)
9:00 A New Radio Frequency Fingerprint Identification Method Based on CEEMDAN
Weikang Yang, Jianing Zhao, Shaoxuan Xue, Xin Wang and Xuenan Ni (Southeast University, China)
9:12 Advanced Techniques in Adaptive Beamforming for Enhanced DOA Estimation
Yuqing Chai (China)
9:24 Interference Analysis between 1800MHz NR System and Meteorological Satellites System Using ITU-R Model
Lei Liu (Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom, China); Xiaoyin Zhao (China Telecom Research Institute, China)
9:36 Dynamic Interference Source Tracking Based on Motion State Decomposition
Shijiao Zhang (Xi'an JiaoTong University, China); Guomei Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China); Yezhao Shi (Xi'an JiaoTong University, China); Lei Lu (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China); Jiaoxian Yin (Xianjiaotong University, China)
9:48 Combining AF-based Relay and Multiantenna for Over-the-Air Computation
Suhua Tang and Sadao Obana (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
10:00 A Novel Block Diagonalization Based Beam Nulling Method in Dynamic TDD Systems
Jian Li (ZTE Corporation, China); Xingguang Wei (Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation, China); Min Ren (ZTE Corporation, China); Chunli Liang (ZTE Coporation, China); Xing Liu (Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation, China); Xianghui Han, Ruiqi Liu and Xinhui Wang (ZTE Corporation, China)
10:12 Sparse Channel Estimation utilizing Optimal Wiener-Hopf Filtering in MIMO-OTFS Paradigm
Sen Meng and Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, China); ShiJi Wang (HIT of China, China); Weixiao Meng (Harbin Institute of Technology, China); Cheng Li (Simon Fraser University, Canada & Memorial University, Canada)
10:24 Automatic Recognition of FM Signals Based on FFT Spectrum Analysis
Dan Tu (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Bingxin Wang (Beijing Research Institute, Telecom Corporation Limited, China); Lei Liu (Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom, China)
10:36 Research on Adaptive Self-Interference Cancellation and Sensing Methods in ISAC System
Chenguang He, Yuchuan Ma, Shouming Wei and Jian Zhang (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)
10:48 A Novel Approach to Model the Scattering Environment in Channel Modeling for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Chuangxin Jiang and Junchen Liu (ZTE Corporation, China); Junpeng Lou (ZTE, China); Ruiqi Liu, Qi Yang and Xinhui Wang (ZTE Corporation, China)

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 18

Radio and Massive MIMO
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Chenyu Wu, HIT, China, (wuchenyu@hit.edu.cn)
9:00 Class-Incremental Learning for Baseband Modulation Classification: A Comparison
Charles Montes and Todd M Morehouse, Jr. (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA); Ruolin Zhou (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)
9:13 5G MIMO Antenna Design for Aerial Base Stations
Chamseddine Oueslati (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Nabil Dakhli (University of Carthage, Tunisia & SUPCOM, Tunisia); Mondher Labidi (University of Carthage, Tunisia)
9:26 Efficient Joint Hybrid Precoding and Analog Combining Scheme for Massive MIMO Systems
Yuanli Ma, Qiqiang Chen and Bin Yan (Southeast University, China); Zheng Wang (Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:39 Pilot Contamination in Massive MIMO Systems: Challenges and Future Prospects
Muhammad Kamran Saeed, Ashfaq Khokhar and Shakil Ahmed (Iowa State University, USA)
9:53 Deep Learning based Modeling of Wireless Communication Channel with Fading
Youngmin Lee, Xiaomin Ma, Andy Lang, Enrique F Valderrama Araya and Andrew L Chapuis (Oral Roberts University, USA)
10:06 A ML-based Spectrum Sharing Technique for Time-Sensitive Applications in Industrial Scenarios
Tobi Baiyekusi (Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Haitham Mahmoud (Birmingham City University (BCU), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); De Mi (Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Junaid Arshad (United Kingdom, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Anthony O.T Adeyemi-Ejeye (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Haeyoung Lee (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
10:19 A Study of Angle of Arrival Estimation of a RF Signal with FPGA Acceleration
Jin Feng Lin (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA); Todd M Morehouse, Jr. and Charles Montes (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA); Erika Caushi, Artem Dudko, Eric Noah Savage and Ruolin Zhou (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)
10:33 Radio Frequency Fingerprinting in WBANs Using Complex-Valued Convolutional Neural Networks
SeyedMohammad Kashani, Syed Sherazi, Ashfaq Khokhar and Sang Wu Kim (Iowa State University, USA); Farid Nait-Abdesselam (University of Missouri Kansas City, USA)
10:46 Edge-Based Human Activity Recognition: A Novel Approach Using Spectral Analysis and Deep Learning
Yassmine Ben Dhiab (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Mohamed Ould-Elhassen Aoueileyine (University of Carthage, SUPCOM, Innov'COM, Tunisia); Manel Abdelkader (University of Tunis & Tunis Business School, Tunisia); Ridha Bouallegue (Innov'COM @ Sup'Com., Tunisia)

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 19

Applications
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 337701)
Chair: Yu Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, (ywangee@163.com)
9:00 A Survey of Deep Learning Technology in Visual SLAM
Haijun Meng (School of Automation, Southeast University, China); Huimin Lu (Southeast University, China)
9:13 A Review of Multimodal Sentiment Analysis: Modal Fusion and Representation
Hanxue Fu and Huimin Lu (Southeast University, China)
9:26 Efficient 3D Object Recognition for Unadjusted Bin Picking Automation
Yuchao Zheng and Yujie Li (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan); Xiu Chen (Yangzhou University, China)
9:39 Context-Aware Hard and Slow Fall Detection
Sinda Besrour (University of Moncton, Canada); Gael S. Mubibya (Université de Moncton, Canada); Zikuan Liu and Jalal N Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)
9:53 Robust Robot Formation Control Based on Streaming Communication and Leader-Follower Approach
Yuhan Wang (Fudan University & Turku University, China); Zhuo Zou (Fudan University & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Xiaoming Hu (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden); Zhongxue Gan (Fudan University, China); Lizheng Liu (Fudan University,China, China & Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden)
10:06 EASR: Enabling Neural-Enhanced Video Streaming on Mobile Devices with Edge Assistance
Jiahong Xu and Miao Hu (Sun Yat-Sen University, China); Qinglin Zhao (Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao); Di Wu (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
10:19 CoarseUCB: A Context-Aware Bitrate Adaptation Algorithm for VBR-encoded Video Streaming
ChengRun Yang, Gangqiang Zhou and Miao Hu (Sun Yat-Sen University, China); Qinglin Zhao (Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao); Di Wu (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
10:33 An Action Recognition Algorithm Based on Two-Stream Deep Learning for Metaverse Applications
Jiayue Liu and Tianqi Mao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Yicheng Huang (Tsinghua University, China); Dongxuan He (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
10:46 Pose Estimation of Physiotherapy Exercises using ML Techniques
Reem Tluli and Somaya Ali Al-maadeed (Qatar University, Qatar)

Thursday, May 30 9:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 20

Internet Application
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 0Ymwyc)
Chair: Mohammed Jouhari, EMSI, Morocco, (jouhari4med@gmail.com)
9:00 Few-Shot Object Detection Algorithm Based on Geometric Prior and Attention RPN
Xiu Chen (Yangzhou University, China); Yujie Li (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan); Huimin Lu (Southeast University, China)
9:13 Intelligent CSMA/CA for Wi-Fi networks
Ibrahim Sammour (Université Saint Joseph, Lebanon); Gerard Chalhoub (University Clermont Auvergne, France); Oussama Habachi (University of Limoges, France)
9:26 A Dynamic Redeployment System for Mobile Ambulances in Qatar, Empowered by Deep Reinforcement Learning
Reem Tluli and Ahmed Badawy (Qatar University, Qatar); Saeed Salem (North Dakota State University, USA); Mohamed Hardan (Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar); Sailesh Chauhan (Hamada Medical Corportation, Qatar); Guillaume Alinier (Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar & School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
9:39 The Influence of Temporal Dependency on Training Algorithms for Spiking Neural Networks
Yongtao Wei (Université Paris Cité, France); Siqi Wang (Sorbonne University, France); Farid Nait-Abdesselam (University of Missouri Kansas City, USA); Aziz Benlarbi-Delaï (Sorbonne University, Paris, France)
9:53 Gesture-based notification system for Paralytics
Sean Ernest Clyde Nodado (Analog Devices General Trias, Inc. & University of St. La Salle, Philippines)
10:06 A Transformer-Based Approach for Better Hand Gesture Recognition
Sinda Besrour (University of Moncton, Canada); Yogesh Surapaneni (University of Hyderabad & Universite de Moncton, Canada); Gael S. Mubibya (Université de Moncton, Canada); Fahim Ashkar (University de Moncton, Canada); Jalal N Almhana (Universite de Moncton, Canada)
10:19 Enhancing Precision in Tactile Internet-Enabled Remote Robotic Surgery: Kalman Filter Approach
Muhammad Hanif Lashari and Ashfaq Khokhar (Iowa State University, USA); Wafa Batayneh (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan)
10:33 AfriDial: African Dialect Model based on Deep Learning for Sentiment Analysis
Ameni Sassi (Digital Research Centre of Sfax & University of Sfax, Tunisia); Wael Ouarda (Digital Research Centre of Sfax, Tunisia)
10:46 Enhancing Movie Recommendations: A Deep Neural Network Approach with MovieLens Case Study
Mohamed Mouhiha (Chouaïb Doukkali University, Morocco); Omar Ait oualhaj (INPT, Morocco); Abdelfettah Mabrouk (ESTSB, Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco)

Thursday, May 30 11:30 - 13:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Keynote 3: Telecom GPT: Next Generation AI powered Network

Merouane Debbah, IEEE Fellow
Room: Victory 1&2| Meeting Link (Passcode: 450359)
Chair: Mohsen Guizani, MBZUAI, UAE, (mguizani@gmail.com)

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 11

Federated Communications
Room: Victory 1&2
Chair: Muhammad Jamal Shehab, Italy - Politecnico di Torino, Italy, (MuhammadShehab@ieee.org)
14:00 Network Slice Placement in Wireless Mesh Networks
Alexander Seng, Ulrich Trick and Armin Lehmann (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Bogdan Ghita (University of Plymouth & Centre for Security, Communications, and Network Research, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
14:20 FedLbs: Federated Learning Loss-Based Swapping Approach for Energy Building's Load Forecasting
Bouchra Fakher (University of Haute Alsace & Irimas, France); Mohamed-el-Amine Brahmia (CESI LINEACT UR 7527, France); Mustafa Al Samara (University of Haute-Alsace, France & University of Strasbourg, France); Ismail Bennis and Abdelhafid Abouaissa (University of Haute Alsace, France)
14:40 Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning Based on Dynamic Gradient Filtering
Francesco Colosimo and Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy)
15:00 SiamFLTP: Siamese Networks Empowered Federated Learning for Trajectory Prediction
Mehdi Salim Benhelal (Telecom SudParis, France); Badii Jouaber (SAMOVAR & Telecom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France); Hossam Afifi (Télécom SudParis, Institut Telecom & Paris Saclay, France); Hassine Moungla (Université Paris Cité, France & Instiut Polytechnique de Paris, France)
15:20 Utility-Based Multipath Delivery of Prioritized XR Content in a Machine Learning and Network Slicing-enhanced Environment
Anderson Augusto Simiscuka (Dublin City University, Ireland); Abid Yaqoob (Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University, Ireland); Gabriel-Miro Muntean (Dublin City University, Ireland)

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

On-site Session 12

IoT Applications
Room: Victory 3
Chair: Ibrahim Shaer, UWO, Canada, (ishaer@uwo.ca)
14:00 Analyzing the Integration of 3D Building Digital Twins in Optimal IoT Networks Deployment
Aurélien Chambon (Université Gustave Eiffel & uGetWin, France); Abderrahim Sahli (Univ Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, France); Abderrezak Rachedi (University Gustave Eiffel, France); Ahmed Mebarki (University Gustave Eiffel, France & Nanjing Tech University (China) Permanent Guest Professor Within High-Level Foreign Talents Program, China)
14:20 Model-based approach for efficient data exploitation process in IoT systems
Audrey Terracher (ESIEE Paris, Université Gustave Eiffel, France); Remy Kocik (ESIEE Paris, France); Redha Hamouche (ESIEE Paris, Université Gustave Eiffel, France); Abderrezak Rachedi (University Gustave Eiffel, France); Tarik Bourouina (ESIEE Paris, France)
14:40 Cross-layer Adaptable Contention Window for High-definition Map QoS Enhancement
Jeffrey Redondo (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zhenhui Yuan (University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Nauman Aslam and Juan Zhang (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:00 A Hybrid HSV and YCrCb OpenCV-based Skin Tone Recognition Mechanism for Makeup Recommender Systems
Sanica Kamble and Cristina H Muntean (National College of Ireland, Ireland); Anderson Augusto Simiscuka (Dublin City University, Ireland)
15:20 Leveraging AI for Enhanced SemanticInteroperability in IoT: Insights from NER Models
Mohammad Ali Nemer (University of Franche-Comte - UFC, France); Joseph Azar (Université de Franche-Comté - UFC & FEMTO-ST/DISC, France); Abdallah Makhoul (University of Franche-Comté & FEMTO-ST, France); Julien Bourgeois (FEMTO-ST, France)
15:40 Real time Twitter data sentiment analysis to predict the recession in the UK using Graph Neural Networks
Avleen Malhi (Aalto University, Finland); Mohammad Naiseh and Kunal Jangra (Bournemouth University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 21

Next-Generation Applications
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 51118)
Chair: Leyi Zhang, ZTE, China, (leyi.zhang@zte.com.cn)
14:00 Comprehensive Review of End-to-End Video Compression
Liangfan Shi and Huimin Lu (Southeast University, China)
14:13 Implementation of a Symmetric Double Arbiter-PUF and Evaluation the Impact of Temperature Influences using PYNQ-Z1 Board
Sinan Yavuz (University of Siegen, Germany); Edwin Naroska (University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, Germany); Kai Daniel (University of Siegen & TU Dortmund University, Germany)
14:26 NeRF-based Multi-View Synthesis Techniques: A Survey
Jintong Cai and Huimin Lu (Southeast University, China)
14:39 A Deployment Method to Improve the Generalizability of Recurrent Neural Network
Yi Hu and Shuai Han (Harbin Institute of Technology, China); ShiJi Wang (HIT of China, China); Cheng Li (Simon Fraser University, Canada & Memorial University, Canada)
14:53 Adaptive cloud-based mobile video streaming service using real-time QoE estimation
Nouha Samet (SUP'COM, Tunisia & ESPRIT, Tunisia); Asma Ben Letaïfa (MEDIATRON, Tunisia); Mohamed Hamdi (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Sami Tabbane (Sup Telecom, Tunisia)
15:06 Beyond Holographic Hybrid Precoding: New Role of Downlink Multiuser Interference
Dongbo Geng (Tongji University, China); Zhongxiang Wei (Tongji University & School of Electronics and Information Engineering, China); Haiyong Zeng (Guangxi Normal University & Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China)
15:19 Establishing the Future of Work and Collaboration Through Institutional Metaverse
Zafer Karadayı (Nara Educational Technologies Inc., Turkey); Mehmet Ozdem (Turk Telekom, Turkey); Ismail Burak Karaceylan and Zeynep Yagmur Duman (Nara Educational Technologies Inc., Turkey)
15:33 TinyML enabled smart parking dynamic slots computing and license plate recognition
Amira Henaien (Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia); Hadda Ben Elhadj (Laboratory of Technology and Smart Systems (LT2S) Digital Research Center of Sfax, Tunisia); Lamia Chaari Fourati (Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et de Multimédia de Sfax, Tunisia)
15:46 Ontology Alignment: First Step towards Voice Control for Smart-Home Assistive Scenarios
Abdelhafid DAHHANI (Savoie Mont Blanc University - Polytech Annecy-CHambéry & Laboratoire d'Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l'Information et de La Connaissance (LISTIC), France); Hubert Kenfack Ngankam (Université de Sherbrooke, DOMUS, France); Sylvain Giroux (Sherbrooke University, Canada); Ilham Alloui (LISTIC - Polytech'Savoie, France); Sébastien Monnet (LISTIC/Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France); Flavien Vernier (LISTIC Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France)

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 22

IoT Applications I
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 2X7dSh)
Chair: Nahom Abishu Hayla, HBKU, Qatar, (nhayla@hbku.edu.qa)
14:00 An enhanced quality of service mechanism based on the two-way negotiation procedure
Qiuyue Gao (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Jinyan Li (China Telecom Technology Innovation Center, China); Junli Xue (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Yanxia Xing (China Telecom, China)
14:15 Evaluating Interference Impact on On-board Small Station Systems in Railway Networks
Xiaoyin Zhao (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Lei Liu (Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom, China)
14:30 Advancing Railway Systems with Next-Generation 5G Connectivity
Xiaoyin Zhao (China Telecom Research Institute, China); Xi Meng (China Telecom Corporation Limited, China); Bingxin Wang (Beijing Research Institute, Telecom Corporation Limited, China)
14:45 On Demand Reliability in the Internet of Things Enabled Sensors Networks
Rahul Mishra (IIT Patna India, India); Pritam Anand (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India)
15:00 Link Quality Analysis for Buried Pipeline Monitoring using LoRa
Hina Nasir (University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Syed Ali Raza Zaidi and Ian Robertson (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:15 The Optimization of Networked TT&C System for Mega LEO Constellation
Man Ru and Yafeng Zhan (Tsinghua University, China); Fang Xin (Research Institute, China)
15:30 Comparative Analysis of Fault-Localization Techniques in Adder
Muhammad Ali Akbar (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Jeong-A Lee (Chosun University, Korea (South)); Amin Bermak (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)
15:45 Enhancing Reliability in Smart Agriculture: Detecting Failures and Anomalies in Irrigation System
Ahmed Damak (University of Tunis & Departement of Applied Mathematics, Tunisia); Yaser Al Mtawa (The University of Winnipeg, Canada)

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 23

Mobile Communications
Room: Meeting Link
Chair: Zain ul Abideen Tariq, HBKU, Qatar, (zata28228@hbku.edu.qa)
14:00 A Kubernetes-Powered Personalized Federated Learning Platform for Resource-Constrained Internet of Medical Things
Meng-Hsuan Lin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Shun-Ren Yang (NTHU, Taiwan); Hsin-Yin Chiang (Cephalgo SAS, France); Chu-Chun Chang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Phone Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
14:13 AI and IoT Uses, Challenges and Opportunities for e-Health: a review
Faten Ziadi (Esprit, Tunisia); Hend Fourati (ESPRIT, ENSI, Tunisia); Leila Azouz Saidane (ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia)
14:26 Investigations on Wireless communication Transmission for Wireless Health Monitoring
Intissar Krimi (SUP'Com, INNOV'Com, Tunisia); Sofiane Ben Mbarek and Fethi Choubani (Innov'Com Laboratory, SUPCOM, University of Carthage, Tunisia)
14:39 Breast Cancer Segmentation in Mammograms using Antlion Optimization and CNN/GRU Architectures
Radhia Khdhir (LETI, Tunisia); Salwa Othmen (Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia); Aymen Belghith (University of Sfax, Tunisia); Jamilah Alamri (University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia)
14:53 Locating the Root Cause of Poor Coverage in Mobile Communication Networks Based on Spatio-temporal Graph Message Propagation
Zhipu Xie, Bin Yang and Jinchao Huang (China Unicom Research Institute, China); Huiying Zhao (China Unicom, China); Lexi Xu (China Unicom Research Institute & Queen Mary University of London, China); Yue Wang and Xin Wang (China Unicom, China); Ruiqi Liu (ZTE Corporation, China)
15:06 Improving NDN Resilience: A Novel Mitigation Mechanism Against Cache Pollution Attack
Abdelhak Hidouri (Hatem Bettahar IResCoMath Research Unit, Tunisia); Haifa Touati (Hatem Bettahar IReSCoMath Research Lab & Hatem Bettahar IResCoMath Research Unit, Tunisia); Mohamed Hadded (Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates); Hajlaoui Nasreddine (University of Gabes, Tunisia); Paul Muhlethaler (INRIA, France); Samia Bouzefrane (CNAM, France)
15:19 SemFusion: Multi-Source Semantic Information Fusion and Communication
Jie Chen and Shuai Yang (Shenzhen University, China); Tse-Tin Chan (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Haoyuan Pan (Shenzhen University, China)
15:33 Temporal-correlation Modeling for Improved CFO Estimation: The BiModule CFO Estimation (BMCE) Framework
Mostafa Korashy (ETS, Canada & Samsung AI Center, Canada); Ahmed Abdelmoaty (Carleton University, Canada); Mahmoud Elsaadany and Ghyslain Gagnon (ETS, Canada); Mohamed Cheriet (Ecole de technologie superieure (University of Quebec), Canada); Mohammed F. Ahmed (Assiut University, Egypt)
15:46 Enhancing Privacy in Healthcare: A Multilevel Approach to (Pseudo)Anonymization
Pedro Emerick (Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil); Silvio Sampaio (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil); Bruno L. Dalmazo (Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil); André Riker (Federal University of Para, Brazil); Augusto J. Venancio Neto (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil & Instituto de Telecomunicações Aveiro, Portugal); Roger Immich (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)

Thursday, May 30 14:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Nicosia)

Online Session 24

IoT Applications II
Room: Meeting Link (Passcode: 662940)
Chair: Elif Ak, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, (akeli@itu.edu.tr)
14:00 An Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer for Task Scheduling in D2D-Assisted MEC Systems
Hongba Bao, Hui Wang, Yiying Sun and Sheng Pan (Zhejiang Normal University, China)
14:15 Flat, Gateway-free, Infinite MANET Architecture with Variable Cell Size Cellular Barrage Relay Networks, and Geographic-Based Hazy Link State Routing
Konstantinos N Amouris (MOBITEK, USA)
14:30 Analysis and Optimization: interference study of 900MHz NR system to NB-IoT system
Lei Liu (Beijing Research Institute of China Telecom, China)
14:45 A Task Bundling based Multi-Platform Cooperation Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsensing
Zixing Zhao and Baoxian Zhang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Chen Liu (University of British Columbia, Canada); Zheng Yao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Cheng Li (Simon Fraser University, Canada & Memorial University, Canada)
15:00 Introducing the Concept of a Hybrid Navigation System Adapted to Blind Users for Optimal Stress-free Indoor and Outdoor Mobility
Youssef Keryakos (University of Franche-Comte & Antonine University, Lebanon); Youssef Bou Issa (Universite Antonine, Lebanon); Michel Salomon (University of Franche-Comté & Institut FEMTO-ST, France); Abdallah Makhoul (University of Franche-Comté & FEMTO-ST, France)
15:15 Enhancing IoT Intelligence: A Transformer-based Reinforcement Learning Methodology
Gaith Rjoub (Aqaba University of Technology, Jordan); Saidul Islam (Concordia University, Canada); Jamal Bentahar (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates & Concordia University, Canada); Mohammed Amin Almaiah (The University of Jordan, Jordan); Rana Alrawashdeh (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)
15:30 Optimizing Efficiency Using a Low-Cost RFID-Based Inventory Management System
Imasha Bandara, Oluyomi Simpson and Yichuang Sun (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
15:45 An Adaptive Data Rate scheme for multi-hop forwarding in LoRaWAN networks
Rafik Louati (University of Carthage, Tunisia); Mariem Thaalbi (ISIT'COM, Tunisia); Nabil Tabbane (SupCom, Tunisia)
16:00 Multi-Agent DRL-Based Multi-Objective Demand Response Optimization for Real-Time Energy Management in Smart Homes
Nahom Abishu Hayla and Mohammed Abegaz (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar); Sergio Marquez Sanchez (University of Salamanca, Spain); Javier Hernandez Fernandez (Iberdrola, Spain); Juan M. Corchado (BISITE Research Group University of Salamanca & Air Institute, Spain); Aiman Erbad (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)

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