W1: *5G and Beyond* Technologies for Ultra-Dense Environments

Organized by Kim Haesik (VTT, Finland) and Kenta Umebayashi (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 17:45
Room: Salon B (3rd floor)

Abstract: Due to an increase in the number of mobile devices and mobile traffic, 5G and beyond architecture should include new requirements: scalability and flexibility. New 5G techniques like software-defined networks and network function virtualization will enable this 5G architecture, allowing us to deploy the network more flexibly. 5G and beyond networks will be more flexible than all predecessors, and these systems will lead a shift to ultra-dense small cell deployments; flexible network deployment and operation; multi-connectivity; dynamic traffic steering and resource management; intelligent use of network data; user participation in storage, relaying, content delivery and computation within the network; coexistence of heterogeneous networks and local standalone 5G systems; and the use of smart antennas for higher capacity, interference mitigation, and operations in higher frequencies. To address the increasing need for high target requirements in ultra-dense environments that adapt to 5G network needs, this workshop covers topics in crowded environments, is the outcome of close collaborations between EU and Japan, and is organized by the EU-Japan Joint funded project 5G-Enhance under the 5GPPP initiative.

Topics

• Interference management/Spectrum management/Resource management
• Spectrum sensing/learning/ Spectrum data-base
• Cell virtualization/RAN virtualization
• Beamforming/MIMO/Multiple antenna signal processing
• Dynamic/Flexible TDD
• Multi-connectives/Carrier aggregation
• D2D/M2M
• Millimeter wave/Terahertz
• Network function optimization/SDN

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W2: Swarm Intelligence: Autonomous and Connected Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Organized by Kamesh Namuduri (University of North Texas, USA)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 16:30
Room: Salon A (3rd floor)

Abstract: As small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAs) are integrated into the National Airspace (NAS) around the world, there is a need for enhanced situational awareness, traffic management, autonomy, human-autonomy teaming, safety and security of people and infrastructure. The UAS Science and Research Panel (SARP) has emphasized the importance of vehicle-to-vehicle communications and human-machine teaming in the operational context of multiple UAS deployment.

Standardization efforts and regulations are in progress to support UAS Traffic Management (UTM), over-the-air communications between UAs, Beyond Radio Line-of-Sight (BRLOS) communications, and UAS navigation and command and control using satellite, cellular, and ad hoc networks. NASA leads the standardization efforts for UTM, and IEEE leads the standardization efforts for Self-organized Aerial Communications and Networking of UAs. IEEE VTS recently created an ad hoc committee on drones to promote research in this important discipline, which is working towards a roadmap for promoting research in related topics including UAS connectivity, navigation, command and control, autonomy, reliability, safety, security, and regulatory aspects.

Topics

• Autonomy and Cooperation in Swarms
• Human-autonomy teaming
• Cooperative and collaborative strategies for critical tasks such as sense and avoid
• Geo-fencing, and trajectory design and optimization
• Ad hoc and mesh-networking of UAs
• Traffic management
• Command, control, and navigation
• Beyond radio line of sight communications
• Navigation in GPS-denied areas
• Vehicle-to-Vehicle communications
• Millimeter wave communications
• Massive MIMO and beamforming
• UAS integration in National Airspace
• Onboard sensors and their integration
• Flight-tests, test-beds, and simulations
• Safety, security and privacy
• Regulatory aspects

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W3: Machine Learning for Wireless Communications

Organized by Fayçal Ait Aoudia (Nokia Bell Labs France), Elisabeth de Carvalho (Aalborg University, Denmark), Jakob Hoydis (Nokia Bell Labs France) and Marios Kountouris (Huawei Technologies, France)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 12:30
Room: Kealohilani Tower Kaimuki 2 (2nd floor)

Abstract: During the last decade, tremendous research efforts have been put into machine learning (ML) which led to breakthroughs in many fields such as computer vision, natural language processing, pattern recognition, and game play. Recently, there has been a growing interest in ML also for communication systems. Motivated by encouraging preliminary results and the game changing progress observed in other domains, it is believed that ML could lead to significant advances in communication systems with a long-lasting impact. Moreover, ML enables novel data-driven approaches to system design which render accurate models – when available – less relevant.

Despite the recent vivid interest for ML in communications, the full potential and limitations of ML in this domain have not been yet fully understood. Therefore, we solicit novel contributions on the topics listed below.

Topics

• Deep learning for channel coding and transceiver design
• Neural networks for wireless communication (end-to-end learning, autoencoders, generative adversarial networks, etc.)
• Information bottleneck methods for communications
• Deep learning for radio resource management
• Deep Learning for user behavior and demand prediction
• Deep Learning for user localization and trajectory prediction
• Novel use-case leveraging machine learning
• Deep learning for MIMO systems
• Deep learning for access control
• Deep learning for channel estimation
• Deep learning for URLLC
• On-device machine learning
• Co-design of hardware and machine learning algorithms
• Implementation and acceleration of machine learning algorithms
• Experimental results on applications of AI in wireless systems
• Security in ML-based communication systems
• New data sets and ML challenges in wireless systems
• ML-augmented algorithms and models

Workshop home: https://vtc19wkshpmlwic.wixsite.com/wkshpmlwic

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W4: Network-Assisted Collaborative Automated Driving

Organized by Rui Guo and Hongsheng Lu (Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 13:30 – 17:30
Room: Kealohilani Tower Kaimuki 2 (2nd floor)

Abstract: As driving becomes increasingly automated, how to design a robust ADAS that operates reliably across the entire spectrum of driving environments attracts tremendous attention from both industry and academia. One promising way of approaching this goal is to take advantage of vehicular wireless communications. By connecting with other vehicles and/or to the roadside, a vehicle collects information regarding its surrounding environment from multiple angles and with diverse granularities. Such information is expected to augment ADAS?s perception, location, and mapping competence, resulting in a more smooth and confident navigation. However, many challenges exist in this promising area.

This dedicated workshop concerns the most recent advancements in wireless communications, sensory technologies and information processing. It aims to compile a refreshed view on the solutions combing the power of wireless communications and traditional ADAS for a safer, more efficient automated/autonomous vehicle. Challenges, opportunities and benefits of performing research in this interdisciplinary domain will be analyzed and highlighted.

Topics

• Wireless communication protocol design aimed to enable or augment cooperation among automated/autonomous ground vehicles This topic includes optimization of existing communication technologies (e.g., DSRC, LTE-V2X) for automated/autonomous driving applications and design of new communication solutions (e.g., 5G, mmWave) for large capacity V2X data communications
• Collaborative automated/autonomous vehicle applications that leverage over-the-air information to facilitate the vehicles? operation This topic solicits innovative V2X application designs. The applications will be capable of processing V2X information to improve automated/autonomous vehicles? perception, localization, mapping and control.
• V2X communication protocol design, testing and evaluation
• V2X assisted/enhanced applications
• Vehicular cooperative sensory fusion
• Cooperative automated driving
• Network-augmented ADAS

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W5: Reliable Ubiquitous Navigation in Smart Cities

Organized by Ronald Raulefs (German Aerospace Center), Zak M. Kassas (UCI, USA), Fabio Dovis (Politecnico di Torino, Italy), Gonzalo Seco-Granados (UAB, Spain), Henk Wymeersch (Chalmers U Tech, Sweden), Norbert Franke (Fraunhofer Inst for Integrated Circuits, Germany), and Christian Gentner (German Aerospace Center-DLR, Germany)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 17:30
Room: Kealohilani Tower Kaimuki 1 (2nd floor)

Abstract: Reliable and ubiquitous positioning and navigation is a key enabler for a variety of applications in smart cities. Outdoors, global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) offer reliable and accurate positioning information in open sky conditions. In urban environments, the accuracy of GNSS positioning reduces drastically; and in indoor environments, GNSS positioning is typically unavailable altogether. To circumvent the limitations of GNSS in smart cities, and with the proliferation of the massively connected world of ”Internet of Things,” alternative reliable and accurate positioning and navigation systems are sought to enable future applications, such as self-driving cars, semi-autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and location-based services. In this regard, cellular communication systems could prove to be attractive. In 3GPP, this was considered at an early stage, and it is expected that beyond 5G solutions will deliver a significant improvement over current solutions.

The goal of the workshop is to solicit the development of new positioning and navigation techniques. This workshop will bring together academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss technical challenges and recent results related to these issues.

Topics

• Positioning in 5G and beyond
• Cellular based positioning and hybrid approaches
• Distributed and collaborative localization
• Navigation in smart cities
• Autonomous robotics and UAV navigation
• Satellite and terrestrial navigation and positioning techniques
• UWB positioning
• Narrowband IoT positioning
• Passive localization
• Simultaneous localization and mapping algorithms
• Receiver design and multipath mitigation
• Multisensor integrated systems and sensor fusion technologies
• Joint localization and communication
• Non-radio based navigation
• Machine learning for localization

Workshop home: https://www.run-smartcities.org

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W6: Small Data Networks

Organized by Andrea Munari and Federico Clazzer (German Aerospace Center), and Enrico Paolini (University of Bologna, Italy)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 17:30
Room: Milo 3 (2nd floor)

Abstract: "Small data" refers to information exchanged by a massive number of smart devices and sensors in the broad context of machine-type communications. Small data sets—metering data, status reports, remote commands, and information generated and transmitted within the IoT—are produced by myriad devices accessing the infrastructure sporadically, generating a massive amount of short packets that must be received with high reliability, exploiting the available spectrum resources efficiently even in absence of coordination.

Recent developments—physical layer network coding and various techniques based on successive interference cancellation (SIC), where interference is embraced and creatively utilized—have been proposed, opening a new perspective for uncoordinated multiple access protocols and dramatic performance improvements, and increased throughput of interference-limited channels. This calls for new studies on fundamental limits, optimal waveform design, signal-processing algorithms, error-correcting schemes and access protocols, and theoretical tools for system design. Research in the field is further buttressed by clearly defined and market-driven goals from the industry.

This workshop hopes to stimulate new contributions to the topic, emphasizing cross-layer interactions between the MAC and PHY layers of the protocol stack, and connections to coding and information theory.

The workshop will feature keynote speeches by Prof. Jean-Francois Chamberland, Texas A&M University; and Dr. Alex Grant, CEO of Myriota.

Topics

• Fundamental limits on communications for small data packets
• Wireless access protocols for vehicular networks
• Wireless access protocols for the IoT, M2M communications and large-scale wireless sensor networks
• Efficient access schemes for very short-packet communications
• Access protocols for low-latency, ultra-reliable communications
• Signal processing for M2M and vehicular networks
• Innovative techniques for 5G and IoT radio access networks
• Channel coding and modulation for sporadic transmission over wireless channels
• Error control coding for ultra-reliable communications
• Network coding and physical-layer network coding in multiple access schemes
• Energy efficient cross-layer MAC-PHY design
• Channel estimation and user detection in massive access protocols

Workshop home: http://www.smalldatanet.com/

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W7: Technology Trials and Proof-of-Concept Activities for 5G Evolution & Beyond 5G 2019 (TPoC5GE 2019)

Organized by Tomoaki Ohtsuki (Keio University) and Erik Dahlman (Ericsson Research)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Room: Kealohilani Tower Kaimuki 3 (2nd floor)

Abstract: The 5th generation (5G) cellular communication systems are going to be launched in 2019. New technology concepts for the next generation mobile communications including 5G Evolution and Beyond 5G (B5G) are about to be investigated in many research entities. On top of that, research and development activities are about to be initiated. In these regards, this workshop is aiming to provide opportunities to present the latest trials and the proof-of-concept activities for next generation mobile communications. Distinguished speakers from industry as well as from academia will present their latest research and development results and will prove their perspective regarding the new directions of mobile communications. Through the discussion at the workshop, it is also expected to promote the exchange of new ideas among researchers.

Topics

• Technology trials for 5G Evolution and B5G
• Simulation-based validations for 5G Evolution and B5G
• Hardware implementation issues of the B5G systems in SFH band or millimeter wave band
• Validation of technology concepts for next generation mobile communications (e.g. Full duplex)
• Experimental investigation of new radio waveforms (e.g. Filtered OFDM, GFDM, UFMC)

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W8: Vehicular Information Services for the Internet of Things (VISIT 2019)

Organized by Sherin Abdelhamid (Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Canada) and Khalid Elgazzar (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)

22 Sep 2019
Time: 09:00 – 12:30
Room: Kealohilani Tower Kaimuki 3 (2nd floor)

Abstract: Among the key enablers of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart vehicles promise solutions for providing on-road communication and ubiquitous information services. In-vehicle sensors, diversified communication modules, and an on-board unit with high computing and storage capabilities enable the smart vehicle to become a mobile resource provider. Expanding the smart vehicle-based services/applications beyond the intelligent transportation services requires new service scopes, innovative system architectures, and design enabling technologies. Enabling pervasive and diversified vehicular service provisioning in the IoT era requires the synergy of distributed cloud and fog computing, networking infrastructures, crowdsourcing, public sensing, information-centric networking, privacy and security techniques. Our main objective is to highlight ongoing efforts in this area, and to address issues that arise from smart vehicles such as resource and service discovery, data communication and delivery, quality of information assessment, resource recruitment, and incentive modelling. We encourage high quality submissions of technical research papers, industrial papers, position papers, and tool demonstration papers.

Topics

• Emerging vehicular applications and services
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Pervasive sensing and computing in vehicular environments
• Vehicular platform, prototype, and middleware design and evaluation
• Context management in ubiquitous scenarios and mobile services
• Vehicular cloud applications and architectures
• Vehicular public/crowd sensing
• Data aggregation, storage, and management architectures
• Sensor fusion in vehicle and IoT levels
• Service and resource discovery
• Participant selection and recruitment
• Data delivery and routing
• Inter and intra-vehicle communication
• Incentive and pricing models
• Mobility prediction and management
• Machine learning for vehicular services
• IoT heterogeneity/interoperability issues
• Vehicular information-centric networks
• Vehicular localization mechanisms and algorithms
• Privacy and security mechanisms
• Quality of information and reputation assessment
• Software architecture and design for vehicle-enabled IoT
• Reliability, availability, and scalability in ubiquitous vehicular services

Workshop home: https://visit19.weebly.com/#

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W9: Enhancing Diversity in the Engineering World: Experiences, Views, and Suggestions

Organized by Carmela Cozzo, Huawei Technologies, USA

22 Sep 2019
Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Room: Milo 4 and 5 (2nd floor)

Abstract: The aim of this workshop is to enhance diversity in IEEE Vehicular Technology Society—and in the Engineering Community as a whole—by fostering the connection of women and other groups that represent minorities.

The workshop intends to create an opportunity for sharing experiences about the challenges faced by women and minorities in the engineering world, and views on how to enhance diversity and increase the presence of minorities at all stages of the engineering career.

This pioneering workshop will be an onsite interactive discussion. We encourage everyone to attend and contribute their experiences and ideas. Please contact the organizer for further details, and to discuss contributions.

Workshop home: https://www.cn.ece.uvic.ca/wkshop_9/

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