VTC2019-Spring Workshops provide invaluable opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their state-of-the-art research and development results on specific areas or challenging topics. VTC attendees will be able to attend a workshop for a nominal additional fee. Registration packages for individual workshops without VTC will also be available.
All workshops will be held on 28 April 2019. NOTE: Some rooms and times have changed as of 15 April 2019. Please doublecheck your workshop's room and time.
Early registration ends: 31 March 2019
Hotel registration ends: 19 April 2019
Time: 9:00 – 12:30, Room: Starhill 1
W1: 5th International Workshop of CorNer: Communication for Networked Smart Cities
Organized by Dushantha Nalin K Jayakody, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia; Syed Ali Hassan, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan; Rui Dinis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Portugal
Time: 9:00 – 12:30
Room: Starhill 1
Abstract: The traffic volume will be increased due to the number of connected devices, ?50 billion devices in 2020?. Also, further growth of mobile broadband is needed due to additional traffic in communicating machines ?1000x in ten years?. This will present another new challenge of spectrum efficiently and energy awareness of the wireless networks. These all core main challenges collectively address by the Fifth Generation (5G) Communications tools.
Time: 9:00 – 13:00, Room: Starhill 2
W2: 2nd International workshop on Dependable Wireless Communications (DEWCOM)
Organized by Joaquim Ferreira, University of Aveiro, Portugal; Muhammad Alam, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou, China
Time: 9:00 – 13:00
Room: Starhill 2
Final Program
Abstract: Dependability is a generic concept that describes the level of trust one can have in the operation of a system. The attributes of dependability denote different properties that can be expected from a dependable system, whose importance can vary between distinct applications such as availability, reliability, safety, integrity and maintainability. During the design of these systems, several means or techniques can be used to attain the various attributes of dependability. In a number of wireless communication-based systems, for instance, vehicular environment or industrial environment, dependability attributes are of uttermost importance, since a failure in system’s operation can cause severe consequences. These systems present timeliness requirements that are dictated by the environment in which they operate. Since the environment has inherent temporal dynamics, in order to properly interact with it, these systems not only have to produce logically correct solutions but also need to apply them within a specified time interval. The temporal behavior of the whole system depends on several elements such as the node’s software, e.g. running tasks, behavior and the capacity of the underlying communication system to provide timely delivery of messages. Therefore, communication systems must be capable of delivering messages within specific temporal constraints. For instance, in case of vehicular communications, when an accident occurs the vehicles approaching the location of the hazard should receive a warning message with sufficient time in advance, in order for them to take appropriate measures, avoiding a possible chain collision. If these hard deadlines cannot be met, catastrophic consequences may occur, possibly causing human, economic and environmental losses. Beyond that, this type of safety-critical systems must exhibit a high probability to provide continuous correct service, in order to guarantee that real-time activities are performed within stringent bounds.
Wireless communication technologies have become immensely adopted in various fields, appearing in a plethora of applications ranging from tracking victims, responders and equipment in disaster scenarios to machine health monitoring in networked manufacturing systems etc. Most of these applications demand strictly bounded timing response and are highly dependent on the performance of the underlying wireless communication technology. In most cases, these systems are required to have dependable timeliness requirements since data communication must be conducted within predefined temporal bounds along with fulfilling other requirements such as reliability, security etc. This is mainly because the unfulfillment of these requirements may compromise the expected behavior of the system and cause economic losses or endanger human lives. In addition, the broadcast nature of wireless communications in an open environment makes it more vulnerable to un-wanted external entities compared to the wired communications. This makes the support of dependable wireless communications in open environments, where multiple devices are contending for the resources, a challenging task. Thus, future wireless communications must tackle these challenging issues such as low communication reliability, real-time support, security, reachability and fault-tolerance. .
Therefore, new design aspects in this class of systems considering new architectures, applications, and communication mechanisms based on dependability attributes need to be proposed.
Time: 14:00 – 17:30, Room: Starhill 4
W3: First International Workshop on Heterogenous Mobile/Multi-Access Edge Computing (HMEC 2019)
Organized by Xun Shao, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan; Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan; Seng W. Loke, Deakin University, Australia; Ziji Ma, Hunan University, China; Qitao Gan, Telenor, Norway
Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Room: Starhill 4
Abstract: The scope includes the theory, platform, protocol, application, and tools for mobile/multi-access edge computing in heterogenous environment. The workshop provides an international and interdisciplinary platform to communicate results of new developments and the feasibility studies of the ideas in hardware and software.
Workshop home: https://ieeevtc2019s-wks-hmec.weebly.com/
(combined with W6)
Time: 8:30 – 13:00, Room: Starhill 4
W4: 1st International Workshop on Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (INAVEC)
(combined with W6)
Organized by Mohammad Hossein Anisi, University of Essex, UK; Faiyaz Doctor, University of Essex, UK; Syed Hassan Ahmed, Georgia Southern University, USA
Time: 8:30 – 13:00
Room: Starhill 4
Abstract: Today, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) have emerged to enhance the efficiency of existing transportation schemes by providing greater services and efficiencies while enhancing safety and security in the mobility of people and merchandise. One of the evolving research topics in ITS is Internet of Vehicles (IoV) which aims to form a large network of vehicles and other wireless elements and infrastructures. Autonomous vehicles are also an important aspect of ITS providing real-time sensing and detection of safety threats, optimizing route / task planning, power consumption, coordination and collaboration with other vehicles while performing smart self-diagnostics and maintenance under different operating environment. A natural evolution of IoVs is the Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IAV) which extends the operational benefits of connected vehicles through incorporating intelligent real-time information processing, adaptation, self-learning and self-healing capabilities. In such system, Unmanned Areial Vehicles (UAV) autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) could support surveillance and monitoring, search and rescue and anomaly and threat detection as well as accurate inspection, characterization tasks that are communicated to people or other terrestrial devices and robots. .
However, there are several open research issues concerning the effective employment of multiple connected heterogeneous autonomous vehicles and devices for IoV applications such as: efficient and smart management of the autonomous vehicles and devices, reliable and secure communication between heterogeneous autonomous vehicles and devices and connectivity between autonomous vehicles. Due to the dynamic nature of the environment, operating conditions and mission objectives, balancing these issues becomes a challenging task. Hence, there is a need to develop novel techniques to manage and optimise real-time operation of these complex communication platforms in the face of dynamic and uncertain real-world deployment scenarios. This special session aims at bringing together scholars from academia and industry to discuss and present the latest research and findings on all the aspects of IAVs.
Topics
- Communication Architectures for IAV
- Dynamic spectrum management for IAV
- Energy harvesting and power management in IAV
- Connectivity and coverage
- Security and privacy
- Scheduling techniques
- Novel applications of IAV
- Sensing and actuation in IAV
- Software-defined network (SDN) for IAV
- Network modeling and Performance evaluations of IAV
- Computational Intelligence techniques for IAV
- Cloud/edge/fog computing in IAV
Workshop home: https://inavec2019.wixsite.com/inavec
Time: 13:00 – 18:00, Room: Starhill 1
W5: Technology Trials and Proof-of-Concept Activities for 5G and Beyond Industry and Academic Panel 2019 (TPoC5G Panel 2019)
Organized by Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Keio University; Gerhard Bauch, Hamburg University of Technology
Time: 13:00 – 18:00
Room: Starhill 1
Final Program
Abstract: The 5th generation (5G) cellular communication systems are going to be launched in 2019. In the 5G standard, key enabling technologies such as massive MIMO, beamforming, or a new radio access technology are specified, and the research and development of those key technologies have been carried out in many research entities. On top of that, new technology concepts for beyond 5G (B5G) have been currently investigated. In these regards, this panel session is aiming to provide opportunities to present the latest trials for 5G and the proof-of-concept activities for B5G. Distinguished speakers from industry as well as from academy will present their latest research and development results and will prove their perspective regarding the new directions of B5G. Through the discussion at the workshop, it is also expected to promote the exchange of new ideas among researchers.
Workshop home: http://www.ieice.org/cs/rcs/tpoc5g/
(combined with W4)
Time: 8:30 – 13:00, Room: Starhill 4
W6: First IEEE VTS Workshop on Drones—Swarm Intelligence: Autonomous and Connected Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(combined with W4)
Organized by Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA
Time: 8:30 – 13:00
Room: Starhill 4
Abstract: IEEE VTS recently created an ad hoc committee on drones to promote research among the members of IEEE VTS community in this important discipline. The committee will be in charge for creating a roadmap for promoting research in topics including drone connectivity, navigation, command and control, autonomy, reliability, safety, security, and regulatory aspects among others. .
The UAS Science and Research Panel (SARP) is a panel of experts from organizations that are performing UAS research to ensure sound technical approaches are being evaluated to facilitate the integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). In the most recent meeting that was held at the Mississippi State University on September 18th and 19th, 2018, the panel emphasized the importance of V2V communications and human-autonomy teaming in the operational context of multiple unmanned aircraft systems deployment.
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
Time: 14:00 – 17:30, Room: Starhill 2
W7: Decentralized Technologies and Applications for IoT (D'IoT) Spring 2019
Organized by Saba Al-Rubaye, Cranfield University, UK; Qammer H. Abbasi, University of Glasgow, UK; Sandeep Pirbhulal, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Room: Starhill 2
Final Program
Abstract: The D'IoT 2019 aims to bring together practitioners and researchers with a specific focus on the emerging trends and industry needs associated with Decentralized technologies and applications for IoT. Both theoretical and experimental submissions are encouraged.
Papers should elaborate Decentralized techniques and applications for IoT, issues associated to data preparation, pattern interpretation, visualization, analytics, privacy issues, and new applications.
The D?IoT 2019 aims to bring together practitioners and researchers with a specific focus on the emerging trends and industry needs associated with Decentralized technologies and applications for IoT. Both theoretical and experimental submissions are encouraged.
Papers should elaborate Decentralized techniques and applications for IoT, issues associated to data preparation, pattern interpretation, visualization, analytics, privacy issues, and new applications.
Topics
- Theories and applications of Decentralized technologies for IoT
- Decentralized Social Internet of Things
- Privacy preserving Trustless Analytics for Mobility IoT Data
- Decentralized applications for Industrial IoT operations and management
- Decentralized Technology for Internet of Vehicles
- Decentralized applications for Healthcare informatics under IoT
- Decentralized technologies for wearable Healthcare
- Decentralized Emergency services for Patient-oriented Applications
- Privacy preserving visualization techniques for IoT data
- Security and privacy in IoT using Trustless systems
- Decentralized technologies for IoT applications in Smart cities
Time: 9:00 – 17:30, Room: Starhill 3
W8: The 8th International Workshop on High Mobility Wireless Communications (HMWC) 2019
Organized by Pingzhi Fan, Southwest Jiaotong University; Shanzhi Chen, China Information Communication Technologies Group Corporation (CICT); Hikmet Sari, Sequans Communications; Yan Shi, Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecom
Time: 9:00 – 17:30
Room: Starhill 3
Final Program
Abstract: The vision of future mobile communication systems is to provide seamless high data rate wireless connections for anyone at anytime and anywhere, including the high mobility scenarios such as high-speed trains and highway vehicles. High mobility results in rapidly time-varying channels, which pose significant challenges in the design of practical systems, including channel modeling, fast handover, location management, synchronization, estimation and equalization, anti-Doppler spread techniques, coding and network capacity, capacity-approaching techniques, dedicated network architectures, distributed antenna techniques and etc. With the development of connected vehicles, more rigorous performance requirements (e.g., ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability) are also required for advanced driving applications, such as platooning, full automated driving, collective perception of environment and so on, which makes the research and development of wireless systems more challenging. Accordingly, the 8th international workshop on High Mobility Wireless Communications (HMWC) aims at fostering fruitful interactions among interested communication engineers, information theorists and system designers from all over the world, building successful collaborations and bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Topics
- Theoretical performance (e.g., data rate, delay, reliability, etc.) limits for HMWC systems
- Rapidly time-varying channel modeling, estimation and equalization
- Doppler diversity and anti-Doppler techniques
- Efficient modulation techniques for high speed vehicles
- Fast handover/group handover, location management and fast synchronization
- Fast power control and highly dynamic radio resource optimization
- Multiple access schemes and ultra-low latency protocols
- Relay, distributive multi-antenna and cooperative techniques for HMWC systems
- Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)/vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) radio systems
- Communication, Caching and Computation convergence for HMWC systems
- Ultra-reliable and low-latency network architectures for high speed environment
- 5G-based solutions for HMWC systems
- Big data-based analysis and optimization for HMWC systems
Workshop home: http://www.datanggroup.cn/HMWC2019