Technical Program

Monday, March 9
09:00 – 09:36
Keynote Talk 1: Geoffrey Li
Chair: Ismail Güvenç (Florida International University, USA)
Talk TitleD2D Communications: Resource Allocation and Mode Selection (Slides)

09:36 – 10:30
Resource Allocation and Management
Chair: Ismail Güvenç (Florida International University, USA)

Centralized and Decentralized Multi-cell D2D Resource Allocation using Flexible UL/DL TDD
Venkatasubramanian Venkatkumar (Nokia Networks – Research, Poland); Krystian Pawlak (Nokia Networks, Poland); Fernando Sanchez Moya (Nokia Networks Research, Poland)

Delay-Aware Resource Allocation and Power Control for Device-to-Device Communications
Xiang Mi, Ming Zhao, Limin Xiao and Shidong Zhou (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Jing Wang (EE. Tsinghua University, P.R. China)

Algorithm Design and Analysis for Network Coding in D2D Underlay Communications
Abhijeet Bhorkar (INTEL Corporation, USA); Christian Ibars and Pingping Zong (Intel Corporation, USA)

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:36
Keynote Talk 2: Leonardo Goratti
Chair: Abolfazl Mehbodniya (Tohoku University, Japan)
Talk TitleThe Role of D2D Communications in Public Safety: A Networking perspective (Slides)

11:36 – 12:30
Emerging Architectures
Chair: Abolfazl Mehbodniya (Tohoku University, Japan)

Drone-Assisted Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network
Xu Li (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Dongning Guo (Northwestern University, USA); Huarui Yin (University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Guo Wei (University of Sci. & Tech. of China, P.R. China)

UAV Assisted Heterogeneous Networks for Public Safety Communications
Arvind Merwaday and Ismail Güvenç (Florida International University, USA)

Dynamics of Multipath Network Coding and Multicasting in Wireless P2P Networks
Dapeng Li (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China); Guanglin Zhang (Donghua University, P.R. China); Feng Tian (Virginia Tech, USA); Hai-tao Zhao (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China)

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:36
Keynote Talk 3: Robert Heath
Chair: Luca Rose (Huawei FRC, France)
Talk TitleWearable networks: A new frontier for device-to-device communication (Slides)

14:36 – 15:30
Panel Discussion
Chair: Luca Rose (Huawei FRC, France)

Panel Chair: Luca Rose (Huawei FRC, France)
Panelists:

  • Leonardo Goratti (JRC of the EU, Italy) – Slides
  • Robert Heath (University of Texas, Austin) – Slides
  • David Griffith (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland)
  • Cássio B. Ribeiro (Nokia Research Center, Finland) – Slides

15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:36
Keynote Talk 4: Cássio B. Ribeiro
Chair: Luca Rose (Huawei FRC, France)
Talk TitleDevice-to-device communications in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (Slides)

16:36 – 17:12
Channel Modeling and Interference Management
Chair: Luca Rose (Huawei FRC, France)

The Evaluation of Geometry-Based Stochastic Models for Device-to-Device Channels
Yan Li and Bo Ai (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China); David G. Michelson (University of British Columbia, Canada); Siyu Lin, Qi Wang and Zhangdui Zhong (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China)

CQI-Based Interference Management Scheme for D2D Communication Underlaying Cellular Networks
Rui Zhang, Yongzhao Li, Yuhan Ruan and Hailin Zhang (Xidian University, P.R. China); Wenhuan Wang and Wenyan Wang (ZTE Corporation, P.R. China)