Conference Program

The presentation facilities available are: overhead projector and portable PC projector. A portable PC equipped with Acrobat Reader, and USB for USB key will be provided by the symposium organization for the presentation, upon request.

All speakers are kindly invited to contact their respective session chair before the session start, with a short written speaker-bio information.

Please note that presentations are scheduled for 25 minutes (questions included) for regular papers.

The speaker's name is in bold.

Technical Program Schedule

November 28th, 2019

• 8:00 - Registration opens
  
  
• 8:30-9:00 - Opening ceremony - Welcome addressed by TPC and GC Chairs
  
  
• 9:00-10:00 - Invited Lecture: "Connected Vehicles: The Road Ahead", Prof. Stephan Olariu. Old Dominion University, USA
  
  
• 10:00-10:30- Coffee Break
  
  
• 10:30-12:30 - Session 1: Vehicular Networks and Security in Wireless Networks. Session Chair: Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis
  
  
  • UAV Mobility Model for Dynamic UAV-to-Car Communications
    Seilendria Ardityarama Hadiwardoyo (Universitat Politècnica de València), Jean-Michel Dricot (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Carlos Calafate (Universitat Politècnica de València), Juan-Carlos Cano (Universitat Politècnica de València), Enrique Hernández-Orallo (Universitat Politècnica de València), Pietro Manzoni (Universitat Politècnica de València)
  
  
  • An Optimized Link Duration-Based Mobility Management Scheme for Connected Vehicular Networks
    Noura Aljeri (University of Ottawa), Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa)
  
  
  • Comparison of traffic demand generation tools in SUMO
    Luis Urquiza-Aguiar (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), William Coloma Gómez (Escuela Politécnica Nacional), Pablo Barbecho Bautista (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Xavier Calderon (Escuela Politécnica Nacional)
  
  
  • On the Robustness of Root Locus based Routing attack-detection in Reconfigurable Wireless Networks
    Jaime Zuniga-Mejia (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Rafaela Villalpando-Hernandez (Tecnologico de Monterrey), Cesar Vargas-Rosales(Tecnologico de Monterrey)
    
    
• 12:30-13:30 - Lunch break
  
  
• 13:30-15:00 - Tutorial: "Future Generations of Vehicular Autonomous Networks: What Modeling and Simulation can do for the new generation of cars?", Prof. Floriano De Rango. University of Calabria, Italy
  
  
• 15:00-15:30- Coffee Break
  
  
• 15:30-16:30 - Posters/Demos Sessions & Panel/Discussion
  
  
  

November 29th, 2019

• 8:00 - Registration opens
  
  
• 8:30-10:00 - Session 2: Smart Grid and IoT Networks. Session Chair: Waslon Lopes
  
  
  • Towards a Distributed Congestion Control mechanism for Smart Grid Neighborhood Area Networks
    Juan Pablo Astudillo León (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Thomas Begin (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Anthony Busson (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), Luis J. de la Cruz Llopis (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
  
  
  • Performance Evaluation of RSSI-based Positioning System with Low-cost LoRa Devices
    Christian Sanchez (Universidad de Cuenca), Braulio Arpi (Universidad de Cuenca), Andrés Vazquez-Rodas (Universidad de Cuenca), Fabian Astudillo-Salinas (Universidad de Cuenca), Luis I. Minchala (Universidad de Cuenca)
  
  
  • Rainfall intensity datalogger system. LoPy4-based design and implementation
    Fabian Astudillo-Salinas (Universidad de Cuenca), Sebastian Placencia (Universidad de Cuenca), Andrés Vazquez-Rodas (Universidad de Cuenca), Luis I. Minchala (Universidad de Cuenca), Jhonny Guaman (Universidad de Cuenca)
  
  
• 10:00-10:30 - Coffee Break
  
  
• 10:30-12:00 - Session 3: Data Coding and Mesh Networks. Session Chair: Andrés Vázquez-Rodas
  
  
  • Performance of Modulation Diversity with Polar Encoding in Rayleigh Fading Channel
    Waslon Lopes (Federal University of Paraíba), Yu Xue (University of Toronto), Elvino Sousa (University of Toronto)
    
    
  • Optimization of Key Devices Positions in Large-Scale RF Mesh Networks
    Ahmad Mohamad Mezher (University of New Brunswick), Nisha Rajendran (University of New Brunswick), Pedro Enrique Iturria Rivera (University of New Brunswick), Carlos Lester Dueñas Santos(University of New Brunswick), Julian Meng (University of New Brunswick), Eduardo Castillo Guerra (University of New Brunswick)
    
    
  • Minkowski Distance Order Effect on the Optimization of Key Devices Positions in Large-Scale RF Mesh Networks
    Ahmad Mohamad Mezher (University of New Brunswick), Nisha Rajendran (University of New Brunswick), Pedro Enrique Iturria Rivera (University of New Brunswick), Carlos Lester Dueñas Santos(University of New Brunswick), Julian Meng (University of New Brunswick), Eduardo Castillo Guerra (University of New Brunswick)
    
    
• 12:00-14:00 - Lunch break
  
  
• 14:00-15:30 - Session 4: Traffic signal control, Networks Aeronautical Communications and QoE evaluation. Session Chair: Luis Urquiza-Aguiar
  
  
  • Traffic Signal Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Multiple Resources of Rewards
    Dunhao Zhong (University of Ottawa), Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa)
  
  
  • FACTS2: Framework for Aeronautical Communications and Traffic Simulations 2
    Thomas Gräupl(German Aerospace Center DLR), Nils Mäurer (German Aerospace Center DLR), Corinna Schmitt (Bundeswehr University Munich Neubiberg)
    
    
  • Automatic QoE evaluation of DASH streaming using ITU-T Standard P.1203 and Google Puppeteerk
    Paola Guzmán (Universitat Politècnica de València), Pau Arce (Universitat Politècnica de València), Juan C. Guerri (Universitat Politècnica de València)
• 15:30-15:45 - Closing and Final Remarks