Technical Program
June 13, Monday
9.00 – 9.30 a.m. OPENING
9:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Session 1: MULTIMEDIA DATA PROCESSING
AND DISTRIBUTION
AM1.1 Invited paper
Cross-Layer Rate-Adaptation and Joint Source-Channel Coding For
Delay-Constrained Video Streaming Over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
Q. Qu, Y. Pei, J. Modestino, X. Tian,
B. Wang, and X. Yu
AM1.2 Assessment of H.264 Coded Panorama Sequences
M. Ries, O. Nemethova, B. Badic, and
M. Rupp
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Coffee Break
AM1.3 Invited Paper
Resource-Distortion Optimal Video Coding and Communications
H. Wang and A. Katsaggelos
AM1.4 Invited Paper
Big Videos on Small Networks: A Hierarchical and Distributed
Architecture for a Video on Demand Distribution Service
C.E.C.F. Batista, T.L. Salmito,
L.E.C. Leite, G. Lemos de Souza Filho, and G.E. da Silveira
AM1.5 A Versatile Multiplexing Algorithm Exclusively Based on the
MPEG-2 Systems Layer
S. Rivas, V. M. Gulias and C. Abalde
AM1.6 Transport Mechanisms for Metadata-driven Distributed Multimedia
Adaptation
M. Ransburg, C. Timmerer, and H.
Hellwagner
12:50 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 – 6:20 p.m.
Session 2: QUALITY OF SERVICE
PM1.1 Invited Paper
Optimizing QoS Aware Ethernet Spanning Trees
T. Cinkler, I. Moldovan, A. Kern, C.
Lukovszki, and G. Sallai
PM1.2 Quality of Service Considerations in Collaborative Learning
Environments
A. Quintero, S. Pierre, and D. Tassy
PM1.3 A VoIP QoS Guarantee Method Applying the Adaptive Committed
Information Rate to Downstream Service-Flows in HFC Network
J.W. Park, J.G. Shin, Y.H. Kim, and
M.J. Lee
PM1.4 Discerning User-perceived Media Stream Quality Through
Application-Layer Measurements
A.C. Dalal and K. Purrington
4:30 – 4:50 p.m. Coffee Break
PM1.5 Invited Paper
Playout Buffering in IP Telephony: a Quality Maximization Approach
L. Atzori, M.L. Lobina, and M. Isola
PM1.6 Multiple Description Wavelet Image Coding for Reliable Delivery
and QoS Maintenance
Y. Sriraja, S. Krishnamurthy, and T.
Karp
PM1.7 Differentiation of Traffic on Access Networks
M. Luoma and J. Huttunen
7:30 – 9:30 Conference Banquet
June 14, Tuesday
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Speech
Digital Storytelling: The Next Killer Application
Charles N. Judice
10:00 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Session 3: MULTIMEDIA SERVICES
AM2.1 Invited Paper
Playback Delay and Buffering Optimization in Scalable Video Broadcasting
J-P. Wagner and P. Frossard
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. Coffee Break
AM2.2 Invited Paper
Enhanced-Reality Multimedia Communications for 4G Mobile Networks
T. Ohya and T. Miki
AM2.3 Invited Paper
Efficient P2P data dissemination in a Homogeneous Capacity Network
using Structured Mesh
T. Nguyen, D. Tran, and S. Cheung
AM2.4 A Packet Scheduling Algorithm Supporting
Multimedia Traffic over the HSDPA Link based on Early Delay Notification
A. Golaup, O. Holland, and A.H.
Aghvami
AM2.5 USHA: A Practical Vertical Handoff Solution
L.-J. Chen, T. Sun, and M. Gerla
12:50 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:30 – 5:20 p.m.
Session 4: ACCESS NETWORK DESIGN AND
EVALUATION
PM2.1 Invited Paper
CSMA/CCA: A Modified CSMA/CA Protocol Mitigating the Fairness Problem
for IEEE 802.11 DCF
X. Wang and G.B. Giannakis
PM2.2 An Adaptive MAC-PHY Approach for Medium Access
Control in VBR MC-CDMA Systems
G.B. Scorza, C. Sacchi, and F.
Granelli
PM2.3 A Novel Architecture for Roaming between 3G and
Wireless LANs
F. Siddiqui, S. Zeadally, and S.
Fowler
4:00 – 4:20 p.m. Coffee Break
PM2.4 Empirical Evaluation of Upstream Throughput in
a DOCSIS Access Network
S. Bhatia, R. Bartos and C. Godsay
PM2.5 Voice Delay Considerations for DSL Multimedia
Access Network Design and Operation
S. Wright, A. J. Vernon, and A. Whited