Demonstrations |
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Title: Intelligent Multi-hop Routing for Extended Network Lifetime |
Abstract:
This demonstration will provide the realtime simulation
of intelligent multi-hop techniques to maximize network
lifetime. Moreover, telos-based motes will be used to
demonstrate the implementation of intelligent multi-hop
techniques in a realtime embedded operating system such as
TinyOS. |
Author:
Sajid Hussain, Acadia University |
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Title: Demonstration of the prototype of the Network Camera with
Sender Initiated Congestion Control |
Abstract:
We demonstrate the prototype of the network camera with
a multicast transport-layer protocol called Sender Initiated
Congestion Control (SICC) which provides adaptive flow control
for multicast methods such as Application Layer Multicast (ALM)
or eXplicit multi-unicast6 (XCAST6). SICC is capable of
achieving fast congestion avoidance and significantly
increases throughput at receivers while still remaining TCP
friendly. We verified the applicability to small appliance by
implementing SICC/XCAST6 on a prototype network camera We
demonstrate the prototype of network camera and receiver
terminals with viewer. It shows the capability of adaptive
flow control to multiple receivers with or without competing
traffics. |
Author:
Kazunobu Konishi, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
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Title: Demonstration of HDTV transmission using 324Mbps WLAN
equipment |
Abstract:
We developed a high speed wireless LAN prototype in the
5GHz band. Maximum transmission rate of the developed WLAN
equipment was 324Mbit/sec using 6 multi-channels of 802.11a.
We implemented a frame aggregation scheme to improve MAC
efficiency. The evaluated system throughput was achieved more
than 170Mbit/sec using the implemented frame aggregation. The
HDTV transmission using 324Mbps WLAN equipment was
demonstrated. We compared the developed prototype and the
conventional 802.11g. |
Author:
Yukimasa Nagai, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. |
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Title: Media-Push Technology in Multimedia Mobile Environment |
Abstract:
The usage of mobile phones has rapidly increased in the
recent years. As the result of this, many companies have
appeared at the markets that propose various services for
vehicular communication. Therefore, the customer¡¯s choice of
the telephone provider depends both on the cost policy and the
proposed services of the companies. In our work, innovative
services for providers are introduced. They implement both
centralized and decentralized control of mobile phones by
having access to the kernel of the operating system running on
the mobile phone. The delivery of multimedia contents to the
mobile device can be done using one of the following options:
direct communication between two mobile phones or indirect
communication between two mobile phones via a server providing
the multimedia content. This leads to an IP-based distributed
multimedia mobile system in local and global areas. Our
research in this field shows that mobile devices are
comparable to any computer in the network that gives
opportunity to download multimedia information. Our
demonstration with client and server software will show the
functional features of the developed system. |
Author:
Pavlo Pavlovich Krasovsky, Technische Universität Ilmenau |
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Title: Automated Trust Management for Data Base Software Components |
Abstract:
Component-based software architectures are used more and more
often in industry, creating new kind of dynamic business
relations between integrators and their partners developing
the components. In this kind of business it is especially
important to ensure that both the components and co-operation
partners are trustworthy. One method of component trust
management is to include in the software architecture
functionalities taking care of loading and updating the
components, and monitoring their trustworthy operation. We
introduce a novel trust management framework for middleware
layer and demonstrate its functionality using embedded
software components. In the poster, we explain the
functionality of our trust management system and demonstrate
its application to manage software data base components. |
Author:
Jorma Palo, Solid Information Technology |
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Title: UPnP Architecture for Distributed Video Voice over IP
Applications - Demo |
Abstract:
In this demo we show a framework for a distributed
videophone application. The framework leverages the Universal
Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol and allows interaction between
the videophone and other UPnP compliant devices, like a TV set
or a media server. This interaction makes it feasible to
display the caller's image on the television screen, thus
allowing the user to relax on the sofa and naturally converse.
Another scenario is the one where the user sends to the
conversation partner a set of still pictures or short video
clips acquired from a UPnP media server already available in
the home premises. |
Author:
Antonio Vilei, STMicroelectronics |
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Title: Performance of two Linux Methods for Encrypting Data at the
File System Level in CE Devices |
Abstract:
Consumer electronics (CE) products are showing strong
growth in usage and purchase intent. Cryptographic file
systems allow a consumer to encrypt and password protect
removable drives, including USB drives, memory sticks, and
flash cards. In this demonstration, we present the most useful
kind of benchmarks and implementation instructions with the
use of Linux open source APIs, that users can customize to
their own typical tasks to create cryptographic file systems
most commonly used in CE. Moreover, we present a timer module
for timing investigations of cryptographic activities for the
Linux cryptoloop and dm-crypt methods. |
Author: Gennady Lomako, New York Institute of Technology |
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Title: A Multi-Protocol Service-Oriented Platform for Home Control
Applications |
Abstract:
The convergence of smart home appliances and business
services stands to profoundly change the way we interact with
our environment. However, implementing and maintaining
home-control applications is still far from easy. This
demonstration presents our service-oriented platform to
facilitate the development of home-control applications. The
demonstration presents how the service-oriented platform
facilitates the development of home control applications. This
prototype is used in the ANSO industrial European project. |
Author:
Johann Bourcier, Laboratoire LSR IMAG |
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Title: Social search for efficient information location in mobile
domains |
Abstract:
Current mobile search is essentially a port of on-line
search to the handset. Typical handset characteristics such as
limited CPU/battery resources, link costs, small display and
clumsy input are not considered, whereas the strength of
mobile devices such as presence and location services and
communication capabilities are not or insufficiently used.
Good search gives results with low redundancy yet wide topical
variation. The answers must be of sufficient quality to
comfortably act upon the result, and should preferably come
from trustworthy sources. The traditional way is first to
search, then to cluster and analyse. People have a very
personal way of structuring (clustering) and storing the
information by keywords. Social contacts with similar
interests will have similar keywords, but different structure
and content associated to it. Extending the search to their
information domain will return relevant results with little
data transfer. This mitigates most of the limitations of
mobile devices domain. The concept will be demonstrated with a
Nokia 6630. |
Author:
Andreas Heiner, Nokia Research Center |
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Title: Proposed Techniques to Dimension a Push-To-Talk over Cellular
Server |
Abstract:
We propose relations to provide access priority to
special PoC (Push-to-talk over Cellular) sessions based on
available Transmit/Receive Units (TRU) and threshold level. A
simple relation to control the PoC session timer is proposed.
Finally, the derivation of maximum number of allowable
simultaneous session is depicted using two state Markov
models. A PoC controller can benefit from these optimal
methods of our work during busy hour. Work is at hand to
fine-tune the models to test by simulating an IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) environment with the proposed optimization
techniques in order to provide efficient PoC services to the
IMS terminals. (POSTER PRESENTATION) |
Author:
Muhammad Tanvir Alam, Bond University |
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Title: A Mobile Phone Based Authentication Service for Home
Appliances |
Abstract:
We demonstrate a prototype of a mobile phone based
authentication service that can easily be used by home
appliance users. The system employs the mobile phone¡¯s strong
user identification capabilities such as UIMs, device
identifiers or digital certificates to authenticate users over
the mobile phone network while services are delivered to their
appliances via the Internet. The authentication method is
targeted to be used on home appliances such as digital
televisions with web browsers which do not have rich
interfaces. Therefore it is designed not to require users to
enter any user information or to install any hardware and/or
software into the appliance. This is achieved by binding a
service session on the Internet and mobile network session
using a barcode scanner on a mobile phone terminal. The
prototype also provides an alternative method for mobile phone
terminals which does not have a barcode scanner function to
complement user availability. |
Author:
Shintaro Mizuno, NTT Corporation |
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Title: Fault Diagnosis within the Connected Home |
Abstract:
This demonstration will feature a prototype Fault
Diagnosis System which embodies a network of FIPA (Federation
of Intelligent Physical Agents) compliant agents deployed on
OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) service platforms to
cooperatively exchange diagnostic information and identify
faults within a home network. The resulting diagnosis is
intended to enable the user to restore the system to normal
operations. The system adopts an open architecture enabling
the diagnostic capability to be readily extended to handle new
types of problem. |
Author:
Peter C Utton, Queen Mary, University of London
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Title: BlueSS: Extending VoIP chat applications via Symbian cordless
terminals |
Abstract:
Internet telephony has become extremely popular in the
last years, specially after the Skype [1] launch in 2003. At
the time this paper was written, Skype had over six million
users on-line. In the meanwhile, traditional text-oriented
Internet chat and VoIP are converging both at technological
and usability level. Currently, the top messaging applications
offer VoIP services [2]. In this context, social relations and
entertainment are a powerful driving force, especially among
young people. There is a clear link with the explosion of the
SMS messaging culture, boosted by the enormous extension of
cellular telephony: in 2003 Europe had 0.8 cell phones per
inhabitant. Countries like Sweden or Luxembourg have reached a
100% penetration [3]. For all these reasons, cell phones and
VoIP technologies are converging. This is our main motivation.
We present BlueSS, an open source Symbian [4] application that
turns a Nokia phone into a wireless extension of a Skype
client running on a PC. |
Author: Francisco Castano, Universidad de Vigo |
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Title: An Guidance System based on Q-Learning for Supporting Dementia
Patient¡¯s Activities of Daily Living |
Abstract:
In this paper, we present a guidance system for older people
with dementia to support their activities of daily living (ADL)
such as tea making, shaving, hand washing, and toileting. We
apply Q-Learning to learn different user¡¯s routines of ADLs,
so the completion of ADLs can be guided in their own ways.We
also develop PAVENET module [1] to detect current activities
and prompt next activities for users. |
Author:
Hua Si, University of Tokyo |
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Title: Converged networks with interoperable SPI-4.2 and CSIX
interfaces |
Abstract:
We are following up on the suggestion to propose a poster
session presentation based on our originally submitted paper
"Converged networks with interoperable SPI-4.2 and CSIX
interfaces". The poster would contain the essential figures
(Fig 1, 2, 4, 6) from the attached paper that describes a
bridging technique to extend a network platform based on NPF
CSIX 2.5G interface technology into new physical layer
technology based on the OIF SPI-4.2 for 10G applications.
Since the time of submission we have implemented a prototype
system and have made bandwidth and latency measurements. We
would add this information to the poster in the form of a
measurement system diagram and a plot of latency vs. fabric BW
utilization. This is the essential information that we have
been asked to provide to outside parties interested in
broadband triple play voice, video, and data applications.
This is where we would tie the original topic to the overall
consumer space, as suggested in a review of the original paper
(See below). We would expect that this would promote some
interesting discussion with conference attendees considering
the next generation of broadband network applications. |
Author:
Richard C. Borgioli, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp
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Title: Fast Secure Mobility Management System for Ubiquitous Home
Networks |
Abstract: The idea is to provide secure seemless wireless
network connection for ubiquitous home networks for real-time
multimedia service such as VoIP and IPTV. Currently, the
deployment of home networks is rapidly increasing throughout
the world. However, most technology does not provide real-time
secure mobility function which is required for provisioning
for VoIP and/or IPTV over wireless home networks.. For
example, the IEEE 802.11-based WiFi home network has
increasingly been deployed throughout the world for the
construction of converged wireless home network, and many kind
of WiFi phones are commercially available. And residents
living at either the large residential area such as town house
complex in the United States or big apartments in Asia require
strong need for fast secure mobility service. However, most
commercial home networks and mobile terminals are very limited
in provisioning of secure mobility function, so that, as a
user moves out of the cell coverage area, the quality of VOIP
or IPTV is not acceptable. In the demo, we will show a new
technology of providing secure fast mobility function for
various ubiquitous wireless home networks. The idea of
providing secure fast mobility management function in wireless
home networks is basically based on making use of the
surrounding contextual information such as time, room
structure, building structure, and so on. Therefore, the
system is called ubiquitous mobility management system. The
system is built on Linux, and scalable to accommodate many
residential VoIP/IPTV customers. We are going to use a mockup
using computers for demo. |
Author:
Jong Tae Park, Kyungpook National University |
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Title: mContext: A Mobile Context-aware Search System for Enterprise |
Abstract:
This demonstration aims to illustrate a new prototype for
presenting remote data from heterogeneous data sources, which
includes searching, collecting, transforming, summarizing and
collating query results from these remote datasources. This
prototype will then automatically transform the query
resultsfrom the remote data sources into asuitable form that
can be presented in theremote device. The transformation will
address all the requirements, preferences and constraints
associated with a user, device or enterprise. |
Author:
Raywond Wong, National ICT Australia |
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Title: DTV IP core for use in multipath environments |
Abstract:
The broadcasting of Digital Terrestrial Transmissions (DTT)
has lead to many countries planning to phase out existing
analog broadcasts. North America (which no doubt may soon
include portions of Canada & Mexico) starts the official
launch of DTT with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
mandate that by March 2007, all TVs (and other devices that
are designed to receive broadcast television signals) are
required to have digital TV (DTV) tuners built in (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html).
Even though most TV stations serving the United States are
already airing digital television programming today, most will
continue to provide analog programming through February 17,
2009. At that point, DTV transition will be complete and
full-power TV stations will cease broadcasting on their
current analog channels, and the spectrum they use for analog
broadcasting will be reclaimed and put to other uses. To meet
the technical challenges of this DTV transition, Ikanos
Communications¡¯ offers an IP Core, suitable for consumer SoC /
ASIC applications, that effectively solve DTV coverage
reliability issues that appear due to commonly encountered
multipath environments. While meeting industry standard A/74 &
Brazil ensembles tests, the DoraVisionTM ATSC 8-VSB/QAM
hardware platform demonstrates (see attached pictures) the
capability and performance of its equalizer under severe
multipath dominated channel conditions. |
Author:
Bill Black-Hogins, Ikanos Communications, Inc.
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Title: Construct: The open source pervasive systems platform |
Abstract:
Construct differs from other pervasive systems platforms in a
number of key respects. It is completely standards-based,
using RDF as its data exchange model and ZeroConf for resource
discovery. It supports a knowledge-centric model of
interaction where clients' actions are driven by queries and
triggers about the context of the system. It uses gossiping to
maintain a consistent state across a distributed data
structure, which maximises robustness and scalability and
avoids many problems with hot-spots and hot-paths in
communications. Finally, it treats all information sources
uniformly as sensors acting as inputs to uncertain reasoning
algorithms. This demonstration will showcase the first release
of Construct. It will provide live examples of distributed
sensors interactions, both physical and virtual, affecting
information presentation. The overall purpose of the
demonstration will be to raise awareness of the infrastructure
and build a user community for this open-source project. |
Author:
Paddy Nixon, University College, Dublin |
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Title: Intelligent bandwidth micro-management for the "connected home" |
Abstract:
With the development of the ¡°connected home¡± and ¡°liquid
bandwidth¡± paradigms, there is a distinct need for simple
methods to manage quality of service (QoS) across multiple
applications at the end user level (i.e. within the confines
of the individual subscriber¡¯s environment). In this
demonstration, we present a QoS management framework capable
of ¡°smoothing¡± QoS distribution across multiple competing
applications through differential allocation of the contended
resource (i.e. bandwidth). It draws upon a technique for
evaluating, comparing and reconciling application-specific
requirements, which is used to increase perceived QoS through
intelligent management in normal load conditions, as well as
to achieve graceful degradation in the face of more intense
competition (effectively ¡°squeezing¡± more value out of a given
amount of bandwidth). The method involved is fairly
lightweight and straightforward, and could easily run on a
simple piece of hardware like a domestic router, provided it
has basic prioritisation capabilities. |
Author:
Frbrice Saffre, British Telecom |
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Title: Video Content Personalization for IPTV Services |
Abstract:
IPTV customers will have access to thousands of video
content sources and will require powerful yet intuitive tools
to locate desired content. We propose a solution based on
stores user interest profiles and multimodal processing for
content segmentation to produce manageable content subsets for
users. Segmentation involves part-of-speech tagging on
extracted closed-caption text comined with video shot boundary
detection as well as audio processing. Query relevance
ranking with temporal and other metadata constrains is used to
form timely, focused content sets for users. We will
demonstrate a prototype for browsing automatically
personalized video content in a set-top usage context, which
meets the challenging requirements of the low resolution TV
display and the limited input capabilities of a simple
infrared remote control. The client runs on Windows Media
Center Edition (MCE) and the video content is derived from
MPEG-2 DVR content that has been indexed and transcoded to
WM9 to faclitate streaming from a Windwos Media Server. The
MCE client application interfaces to the AT&T Labs - Research
MIRACLE platform which creates the personalized content from a
36,000 program archive that is updated on a daily basis from a
wide range of content sources. |
Author:
David Gibbon
and Zhu
Liu, AT & T Laboratories |
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Title: Toward a vertical self-organization and
policy auto-validation |
Abstract:
This paper proposes a semi natural language to facilitate
vertical self-organization of Autonomic Computing systems. The
paper also discusses the using of Policy based management for
the self-configuration. The administration process can be
simplified and largely automated. However, the conflict
detection in specifying rules for policy-based networks
remains an important problem to solve. We propose a
probabilistic heuristic method to guide the detection conflict
algorithm. We present the performance results and an
interactive java-based policy management tool editor which was
designed for specifying the rules and detecting the conflicts
among rules. |
Author:
Hassine Moungla |
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Title: System for Controlling Mobile
Device Behavior in Multi-Network Areas |
Abstract: This demo will present
both real and mocked-up use-cases of a software application
that involves several dual-mode cell phones, several Wi-Fi
hotspots, and a Policy server. The goal of the demo is to show
how we can use intelligent network-centric policies to reduce
overall call-blocking by sending directives to user- agents
running on the dual mode phones of customers. When parsed
these directives give the phones probabilistic preference
lists which skew them to use one of the many networks that may
be available. On the whole, the directives help minimize
system call blocking. |
Authors: Ben Falchuk, Shoshi Loeb,
Ming Lai, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., and Gilad Cohen,
Unipier Ltd., |
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Title: 2-Gbps Uncompressed HDTV
Demonstration Using a SiGe 60-GHz SiGe Radio Link |
Abstract: A prototype wireless
system for the short range transmission of uncompressed HDTV
images is demonstrated. The data carrying capacity of 2-Gbps
using integrated SiGe 60- GHz band radios is demonstrated
along with robust system design. |
Author: Chuck Haymes, IBM |