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Program At-a-Glance
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013
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TUTORIALS
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9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
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Internet Architecture, Software Defined Networking and Network Virtualization, by Prof. Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
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Wi-Fi Technology Evolution and the use of campus Wi-Fi for teaching and research, by Dr. S. Srikanth, AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT, Chennai, India
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1:15 PM - 2.00 PM
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LUNCH
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2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
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Next Generation Optical Access PON Evolution, by Prof. Anand Srivastava, IIT Mandi, India
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2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
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Software Defined Networking (SDN) - Architecture for programmable Networks, Mr. Prasad Gorja, Architect/Principal Engineer, Freescale, India and Ms. Jothirlatha Jaganathan, Technical Lead, Freescale, India
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2:00 PM - 6:15 PM
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Introduction to LTE Networks, Dr. Nadeem Akhtar, CEWiT, Chennai and Prof. T. Rama Rao, SRM University, Chennai, India
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Monday, Dec. 16, 2013
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Registration
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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
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Inauguration Ceremony
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9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
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Inaugural
Address by Prof. M. Ponnavaiko, Vice-Chancellor, SRM University
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9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
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Keynote Talk Dr. Krishan Sabnani,
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, USA and Dr. Vikram Srinivasan, Zettata Inc.
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10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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10:35 AM - 1:00 PM
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10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
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11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Invited Talk Prof. Abhay Karandikar, IIT Bombay
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Invited Talk Dr. Derek Long, Ericsson
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Session
1A: Software Defined Networks
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Session 1B: Cognitive Radio Networks
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Lunch
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2:00 PM - 4:20 PM
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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
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2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
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3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
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Invited Talk Dr. Adrish Banerjee, IIT Kanpur
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Invited Talk Dr. R. M. Karthik, Samsung R&D, Bangalore
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Invited Talk Prof. Malathi Veeraraghavan, University of Virginia
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Panel 1: Role
of Wireless Networks & Telecom in Rural
Development/Healthcare/Elderly Care: Global Scenario and Indian
Perspective
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4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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4:40 PM - 6:10 PM
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Session 2A: Optical Core Networks
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Session 2B: Wireless Sensor Networks I
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6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Conference Reception
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Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Registration
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9:00 AM - 11:10 AM
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9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
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10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
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Session 3A: Data Center Networks
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Session 3B: Wireless Sensor Networks II
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Keynote Talk Prof. Vijay Bhargava, Univ. Of British Columbia
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11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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11:30 AM - Noon
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Keynote Talk by Mr. Manoj R Dawane, Ericsson
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Panel
2: Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined
Networks
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Lunch
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2:00 PM - 4:10 PM
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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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3:00 PM - 4:10 PM
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Keynote Talk Shri. B.M. Baveja, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India,
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Keynote Talk Mr. Narayan Menon, Vice President, Innovation Labs, InterDigital Communications, Inc.,
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Ph.D. Student Forum Presentations
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4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
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5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Invited Talk Dr. R. Venkatesh, IIT Madras
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Session 4A: Network Control and Management
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Session
4B: LTE Networks
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Conference Banquet Dinner
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Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013
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8:30 AM - Noon
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Registration
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8:45 AM - 10:05 AM
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8:45 AM - 9:10 AM
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9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
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9:40 AM - 10:05 AM
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Invited Talk Dr. Krishna Jagannathan, IIT Madras
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Keynote
Talk Mr. Prabhuraman S, Vice President and Line of
Business Head, Engineering and R&D Services (ERS), HCL Technologies
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Invited Talk Dr. Ramachandran Ramjee, Microsoft Research India
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10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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10:25 AM - 11:55 AM
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Session
5A: Optical Access Networks
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Session 5B: Wireless Mesh Networks
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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Panel 3:
A Roadmap for Cloud Computing Adoption, Penetration and
Innovation in India
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Lunch
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Session 6A: Cloud/Grid Networks
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Session 6B: Vehicular/Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
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3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
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Tea/Coffee Break || Demo/Exhibits
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3:50 PM - 5:15PM
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Session 7A: Internet Design and Optimization
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Session
7B: Cellular and Mobile Networks
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5:15PM - 5:30 PM
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Concluding Ceremony: Best Paper Award Announcements
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Conference Program Details are
listed below:
Tutorials
Morning Session - Sunday, 15 December, 9:00am to 1:15pm
- T1: Internet Architecture, Software
Defined Networking and Network Virtualization,
by Prof. Rudra Dutta, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
- T2:
Wi-Fi Technology Evolution and the use of campus Wi-Fi for teaching
and research, by
Dr. S. Srikanth,
AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT, Chennai, India
Afternoon Session - Sunday, 15 December, 2:00pm to 6:15pm
- T3: Next Generation Optical Access
PON Evolution,
by Prof. Anand
Srivastava, IIT Mandi, India
- T4: Software Defined Networking
(SDN) – Architecture for programmable Networks, Mr. Prasad
Gorja, Architect/Principal Engineer, Freescale, India and
Ms. Jothirlatha Jaganathan, Technical Lead in Freescale,
India
- T5: Introduction to LTE
Networks, Dr. Nadeem
Akhtar, CEWiT, Chennai and
Prof. T. Rama Rao,
SRM University, Chennai, India
Keynote Addresses
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Prof. M. Ponnavaikko, Vice-Chancellor, SRM University, India
Inaugural Address
Title: TBA
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 9:15 AM – 9.45 AM
Biography
Dr. Murugesan Ponnavaikko was born in 1946 at Sengamedu village, South
Arcot district, Tamil Nadu. He graduated in Electrical Engineering
from Guindy Engineering College in 1969 and obtained his M.Sc.(Engg.)
in Power Systems from the same institution in 1972. He received his
Ph.D. degree in Optimal Distribution System Planning from
I.I.T.(Delhi) in 1983. He specialized in Operation Research and has
contributed original methods for Distribution System Optimization.
He was a pioneer in the country to promote energy conservation
techniques using his models for improving the Distribution systems of
the State Electricity Boards through Rural Electrification
Corporation, New Delhi and his models are known as “Ko Models”. He is
also a pioneer in promoting Virtual Education in the country. His
contributions to the Tamil Virtual University of the Tamil Nadu
Government, as its founder Director, and to the Committee on ‘National
Initiatives on Engineering Experimentation’, constituted by the AICTE,
as an Expert Member, are commendable. He made commendable
contributions to the community as Vice-Chancellor at Bharathidasan
University by introducing Skill based academic curriculum, making the
graduates employable and a number of empowerment programs for the
community, including differently abled persons, for the economic
development of the people living in the area under the jurisdiction of
the University. He functioned as a unique Vice-Chancellor, making
Bharathidasan University as a model University.
He started his career from Tamil Nadu State Electricity Board in 1972,
immediately after completing his P.G. degree programme. From there he
moved to different organisations including Indian Institute of Science
(Bangalore), Southern Regional Electricity Board (Bangalore), Bharath
Heavy Electricals Limited (New Delhi) and Rural Electrification
Corporation (New Delhi) from 1972 till 1984. In 1984, he was deputed
to ECCO (Electrical Construction Company), Libya as an Advisor and
Secretary to the Board. After serving for 2 years at that capacity at
ECCO, he moved to the Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering, Hoon, Libya as a Visiting Professor in 1986 and served
there till 1989.
From 1989 till Jan.1995, he was serving as Professor and Head of the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, initially at
Mookambigai College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, and then at
Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli. While at Mookambigai
College of Engineering he devised Syllabus for M.Phil. (Comp.Sc.) for
the Summer Sequential Programme, instituted at Bharathidasan
University and conducted thecourse for the first time in the
University as its Course Director and continued offering the same
course while at Regional Engineering College. He later served as
Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the
Crescent Engineering College, Chennai from 1995 till 2000. From July
2000. He served as the Director, at the level of Vice-Chancellor at
the Tamil Virtual University from July 2000 till August 2003. From
september 2003 he was serving as the Director, Research and Virtual
Education Directorate at the SRM University till June 2007. From July
2007 he was serving as the Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu till July 2010. He is at present the
Vice-Chancellor, SRM University.
He has also served as Member of the Sub-Committees constituted by UGC
& AICTE for improving the standard of Higher Education in the
Country. He was Vice- Chairman, IEEE Madras Section, for two terms,
2004, and 2005; and Chairman, IEEE Madras Section, for two terms,
2006, and 2007.
He has been a Consultant, Researcher, Teacher, Academician and
Administrator in the Industries and Public Sectors and academic
Institutions contributing in the areas of Power Systems and Computer
Engineering for over 4 decades. He has made original contributions,
and his models are known as “Ko Models”. He has published over 101
technical papers and worked on more than 40 research projects. His
areas of interest are Power System Studies, Computer Science &
Engineering, Curriculum Planning and Tamil Computing.
- Dr. Krishan
Sabnani, Chief Scientist, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
and Dr. Vikram Srinivasan, Co-Founder, Zettata Inc.
Title: Cloud Computing and
Network Function Virtualization
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Abstract
Cloud computing and virtualization are two disruptive
technologies that will have a profound impact on
society. These technologies will transform the
delivery of essential information services in a manner
analogous to what was done for the delivery of
essential services such as electricity and
water-supply. For many high-bandwidth and low-delay
applications, current industry solutions are not
sufficient. To handle them, the networking and
computing resources should be distributed in several
small-data centers at central offices (COs) of ISPs
connected using lightweight networks. This solution
called networked cloud results in lower latency and
bandwidth costs. Our innovations to enable this vision
include several resource allocation schemes which auto
scale with user load, an operating system and a
resource discovery procedure.
These technologies will also transform communication networks. Many
network functions such as firewalls and gateways will
be implemented in software on a common networked
computing infrastructure. This transformation is
called network function virtualization (NFV). There
are many challenges in achieving this goal; they
include achieving high reliability and bounded delay.
Biography
Krishan Sabnani is currently Chief Scientist of Bell
Labs. He was Vice President of Networking Research at
Bell Labs from Jan. 2000 to Sept. 2013. In that role,
he managed all networking research in Bell Labs,
comprising nine departments in seven countries: USA,
France, Germany, Ireland, India, Belgium, and South
Korea. Krishan has conceived and launched numerous
systems projects in the areas of internetworking and
wireless networking. His successful transfers of
research ideas to products in Alcatel-Lucent and
(previously) AT&T business units have had a major
positive impact on the business. Krishan has also
conducted extensive personal research in data and
wireless networking. His contributions have played a
major role in modern mobile networks, and his recent
breakthrough re-engineering of routers has launched a
revolution in network designs.
Krishan received the 2005 IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award and the 2005 IEEE
W. Wallace McDowell Award. He is a Bell Labs Fellow and a Fellow of
the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He received the Leonard
G. Abraham Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Communications Society in
1991 and the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute
of Technology, New Delhi, India. He also won the Thomas Alva Patent
Award from the R&D Council of New Jersey in 2005, 2009, and 2010. He
holds 60 patents and has published more than 70 papers.
Krishan received his B. Tech. in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi
in 1975, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia
University, New York, in 1981. He joined Bell Labs in 1981.
Vikram Srinivasan is currently the co-founder of Zettata Inc, a big
data start up. Prior to Zettata, he headed the
Networking Systems and Algorithms department at
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs India from 2007-2013. He was
an Assistant Professor at the National University of
Singapore from 2003-2007. He received his PhD from
U.C. San Diego in 2003.
- Prof. Vijay
Bhargava, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada and President, IEEE
Communications Society
Title: On “Greening” Cellular Wireless
Networks
Time: Dec. 17, 2013, 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM
Abstract
India’s telecommunications network is the second largest in the world with well over 900 million telephone subscribers. Its Internet user-base is the third largest in the world and increasingly the preferred mode of accessing Internet is over mobile devices. This has led to a sharp rise in the energy consumption by wireless networks and an associated increase in the carbon footprint. Thus network operators and regulatory bodies, such as 3GPP and ITU, are obliged to address energy efficiency leading to Green Communication. "Greening" wireless networks is a vast research discipline that needs to cover all layers of the protocol stack and system architectures, and it is important to identify the fundamental trade-offs between energy efficiency and overall performance. In this paper, we direct our focus to four important aspects of green networking: defining green metrics, bringing architectural changes to base stations, network planning, and efficient system design. We conclude the presentation with a discussion of some broader perspectives such as statistical power profiles, smart grid technology and embodied energy to achieve green cellular network technology.
Biography
Vijay Bhargava was born in Beawar, Rajasthan in 1948 and came to
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada in 1966. He received his BASc,
MASc and Ph.D. degrees from Queen’s in 1970, 1972 and 1974
respectively. He joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1974 but
returned to Canada in 1975. Currently he is a Professor in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he served as Department Head
from 2003-2008. He appears on ISIHighlyCited.com as an Institute of
Scientific Information Highly Cited Researcher. He is a Fellow of the
IEEE, the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of
Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada.
Vijay is a co-author (with D. Haccoun, R. Matyas and P. Nuspl) of
"Digital Communications by Satellite" (New York: Wiley: 1981), which
has been translated to Chinese and Japanese. He is a co-editor (with
S. Wicker) of "Reed Solomon Codes and their Applications" (IEEE
Press: 1994), a co-editor (with V. Poor, V. Tarokh and S. Yoon) of
"Communications, Information and Network Security" (Kluwer: 2003), a
co-editor (with E. Hossain) of "Cognitive Wireless Communication
Networks" (Springer: 2007), a co-editor (with E. Hossain and
D.I. Kim) of "Cooperative Wireless Communications Networks"
(Cambridge University Press: 2011), and a co-editor (with E. Hossain
and G. Fettweis) of "Green Radio Communications Networks" (Cambridge
University Press: 2012).
Vijay is very active in the IEEE and was nominated for the office of
IEEE President-Elect in 1996 and 2002. He is a past President of IEEE
Information Theory Society, and is currently serving as the President
of the IEEE Communications Society.
- Mr. Manoj R
Dawane, VP and Engagement practice Head, Ericsson
Title: Networked Society – Vision and Challenges
Time: Dec. 17, 2013, 11:30 AM – Noon
Abstract
Networked Society is Ericsson’s vision of what will happen when
everything that can benefit from being connected is connected,
empowering people, business and society.
In the Networked Society, connectivity will be the starting point for
new ways of innovating, collaborating and socializing. It’s about
creating freedom, empowerment and opportunity, transforming
industries and society while helping find solutions to some of the
greatest challenges facing our planet.
We are on the brink of an extraordinary revolution. A world connected
in real time will place many new requirements on all of us while
opening up opportunities beyond our imagination. Our new Networked
Society Essentials kit explores the emerging possibilities of a
connected world. This session will focus on elaborating that vision
and the typical challenges faced in realizing that vision.
Biography
Manoj Dawane took charge as Head of the unit Technology, GIR
(Government & Industrial Relations) and Sustainability & Corporate
Responsibility for Region India with effect from Novermber 11,
2013. In his current role, Manoj will be expected to establish a
stronger industry position for Ericsson and to sharpen technology
leadership area. He is part of the region's core leadership team.
Manoj joined Ericsson in May 2010 as Head of Strategy, Marketing and
Innovation. Before joining Ericsson, Manoj was CEO and Board Member of
Mauj Mobile - wireless division of People Group. As CEO, Manoj led the
Mauj Mobile Team on their strategic growth path, both in domestic and
international markets, addressing telecom operators, media companies,
agencies and brands as primary customers.
In his career, Manoj was instrumental in pioneering the prepaid
cellular revolution in India, having been involved in the first
retail prepaid business called ACE from Hutchison Max Telecom (now
Vodafone) in 1997. He also introduced 'Info Services' on the mobile
with
marketing and entertainment based services during this timeframe,
paving the way for 'VAS' as in important facet of operator offering to
the customer.
Manoj is a recognized expert on the subjects of Technology, MVAS and
marketing in Telecom and has been a member of various industry bodies
in India.
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Shri B. M. Baveja, Sr. Director & Group Coordinator, R&D in CC&E,
Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY),
Government of India
Title: Emerging Convergent technologies -
Perspective from DeitY
Time: Dec. 17, 2013, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Biography
Brij Mohan Baveja, Group Head/Coordinator & Senior Director
Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY), Govt. of India received
his B.Tech degree from IIT, Delhi in 1979, post graduate degree
from the University of London, in 1979 in Electrical Engineering
and post graduate degree in Public Management from Birmingham
University, UK in 1995.
His current responsibilities include promotion of R&D and growth
of indigenous broadband and communications technologies through
policy measures and financial grants.
He has previously held progressively responsible positions in
the DeitY since 1986 including Director Professional Electronics
and Standardization. Prior to joining the government he worked for
3 years as a Senior Engineer at the government defence public
sector BEL and prior to that for 2 years in a software company in
the UK.
He has initiated several International cooperation programmes
and participated in the bilateral WG meetings and at World Summit
on Information Society and also pioneered position papers on
Internet Governance and Wireless technologies. He has represented
at several international meetings of standards 3GPP in USA and in
SAARC region in Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia. He has been key
speaker at sessions of WSIS in bridging the digital divide at
Korea and Japan and chaired technical Sessions in Portugal,
Germany and France. He has been the project coordinator for the
Indo-German, UNDP, Indo-Swiss and ITEC program and has led the
Indo-US Joint R&D projects with NSF, USA and with NWO
Netherlands. He has written several papers in the field of
Electronics and IT.
His current research interests include Convergence Communications and
Broadband and Strategic Technoloies. He is an IEEE Member since 1974.
- Mr. Narayan Menon, Vice
President, Innovation Labs, InterDigital Communications, Inc.
Title: Next-Generation Internet of Things Solutions: Enabling a
Rich Ecosystem Via Horizontal, Standards-Based Platforms
Time: Dec. 17, 2013, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Abstract
This keynote addresses strategies and system architectures that
are likely to power the next- generation Internet of Things - in
particular, the role of standards and horizontal platforms in
fostering the development of a rich ecosystem of cross-vertical
applications.
Today’s machine-machine (M2M) systems are characterized by
fragmentation, i.e. by bespoke solutions that are
vertical-specific, with little reuse of functionality across
applications and verticals. There is also a lack of
standardization, which means that seamless interoperability
between devices and applications is not possible. Horizontal,
standards-based service platforms, that provide cross-vertical
capabilities usable by diverse applications, are essential to
build interoperability and enable the scale promised by the
IoT. This keynote describes the role of these platforms in
promoting an application ecosystem, key functionalities these
platforms are likely to support, and the capabilities and use
cases they enable.
InterDigital has been developing and helping standardize IoT solutions
providing cross-vertical service delivery capabilities and
value-added services, allowing a wide range of applications and
device types/”things” to interact over any type of
network. InterDigital has been actively driving standardization
efforts in areas such as ETSI/oneM2M, IEEE, IETF and 3GPP.
Biography
Narayan Menon is Vice President – Innovation Labs at InterDigital,
responsible for leading the research and development of advanced
wireless networks. In this role, Narayan drives the innovation and
implementation of next-generation wireless solutions covering
machine-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things,
next-generation cellular and Wi-Fi technology, bandwidth management
and network virtualization, cognitive radio, and content distribution
solutions. Prior to this, he has led and participated in numerous
technology initiatives at InterDigital, including the development of
the company’s HSPA chipset. Narayan has over 20 years of experience
in the wireless field, holding leadership roles at Siemens Mobile
Networks, Omnipoint Technologies and Hughes Network Systems in the
development of TDMA, GSM/GPRS and early 3G systems.
Narayan holds Engineering degrees from the Indian Institute of
Technology, New Delhi and an Executive MBA from Hofstra University in
New York, and is an inventor on over 30 U.S. patents.
- Mr. Prabhuraman S, Vice-President and Line of Business
Head, Engineering and R&D
Services (ERS), HCL Technologies
Title: TBA
Time: Dec. 18, 2013, 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
Biography
Prabhuraman (Prabhu), an HCL veteran, started his career with HCL as
an R&D engineer. He has over 25 years of leadership and management
experience in Product Engineering across Telecom and Hi-Tech
verticals. He has handled multiple initiatives in New product
introduction, Hardware and VLSI development, Embedded Software
development and Verification & validation.
Prabhu has been a pioneer in institutionalizing Supplier sourced
Innovation at HCL, with his team contributing significantly to
customer programs with multiple patents and IPs. He has been
instrumental in bringing about a significant shift in customer
engagements from effort based to risk reward business models, by
focusing on automation and industrialized delivery of services.
Invited Talks
- Prof. Abhay
Karandikar, IIT Bombay
Title: Affordable Backhaul for
Broadband Wireless Networks: Opportunities in TV White Space in
India
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Abstract
The Indian telecom growth story for the past decade is now well
known. Earlier this year the number of cellular service subscribers
was in excess of 860 million. However, similar feats have not been
achieved by broadband subscriptions, which were around 15 million at
the beginning of this year. In this talk, we explore the challenges
in broadband deployment in India, specifically, broadband through
wireless technologies. While last-mile connectivity can be provided
by cellular 3G/4G or unlicensed Wi-Fi networks, so far it has been
unclear what should be the technology for associated affordable
broadband backhaul. It must be noted that providing backhaul
connectivity to the base stations has been a major stumbling block in
the development of data services in rural India. In this talk, we
first discuss unlicensed band radio for point-to-point backhaul. We
then consider TV white space. In this talk, the estimation of actual
TV white space in India and its potential uses will be discussed. In
India, there is a single TV broadcasting entity called
Doordarshan. Using TV transmitter parameters, the TV white space
present in India in estimated using the commonly known pollution and
protection viewpoints. It is found that at least 70% channels can be
freed up from TV band broadcast! We present an architecture that can
address broadband challenges using TV white space and bridge the
Digital Divide in India.
Biography
Abhay Karandikar earned his MTech and PhD degrees in Electrical
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1988
and 1994, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical
Engineering, IIT Bombay in April 1997, where he is currently
Professor and Head of the Department. He has also served as Head of
Computer Center during 2008-11.
He is presently heading Tata Teleservices IIT Bombay Center for
Excellence in Telecom where he has initiated many projects in the
area of broadband wireless networks. Dr Karandikar has several
patents issued/pending, contributions to IEEE standards, contributed
chapters in books and large number of papers in international
journals and conferences to his credit. He has supervised 8 PhD, 100
Masters and large number of BTech research projects. His group has
made significant contributions to Carrier Ethernet and 4G standard.
Dr Karandikar has lectured extensively in various international
forums and given tutorials in IEEE GLOBECOM, MILCOM. He has served on
the technical program committees of leading international conferences
He has also served as technology advisor and consultant to many
companies.
- Dr. Derek
Long, VP and Head of Mobile Broadband and Communication
Services practice, Ericsson
Title: Telco-Cloud: The next
frontier
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Abstract
Operators need to ensure that their networks remain a relevant and
vital part of users’ everyday experience, and deliver added value in
new and unique ways. Emerging network-enabled cloud and
software-defined networking technologies will help operators do just
this, by enabling common management and orchestration across network
resources and cloud applications.
This talk will focus on how the Telco cloud requirements are different
from traditional IT clouds and the challenges of building Telco
Cloud to meet those requirements.
Biography
Derek Long is Head of Communication Services & Mobile Broadband in
Ericsson India. Derek’s stint with Ericsson began in 1996 in Germany,
where he worked on introducing mobile data services. He then shifted
to Ericsson’s headquarters in Sweden.
Derek has over 20 years of experience of working across various
telecom markets. Whilst at Ericsson, Derek has worked on projects with
several major global operators, spanning across geographies and
technologies. Prior to joining Ericsson, he has worked in Mannesmann
D2 in Germany (now known as Vodafone D2) in the Operations
department. Before that, he was a researcher at ENST de Bretagne in
France and the University of Bristol in the UK.
Derek holds a Ph. D. in Power Efficient Personal Communications which
concentrates on modulation schemes for Mobile Telephony. During the
span of his career, he has worked on several technologies, including
LTE, multi-standard radio, IP multimedia systems (IMS) and the
transport technologies microwave and fibre. Today, as head of
Ericsson’s communication services and mobile broadband portfolios, his
responsibilities include promoting the company’s 2G, 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi
products. He is also responsible for the sale of IMS and user database
consolidation products, along with site equipment and transport
products.
Derek is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. Outside
work hours, he enjoys hiking, and playing cricket and football. He
also enjoys watching movies, listening to jazz and rock.
- Dr. Adrish
Banerjee, IIT Kanpur
Title: Spectrum Sensing
Falsification Attacks in Cognitive Radio: Detection and
Mitigation
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Abstract
In this talk we will discuss about spectrum sensing data
falsification (SSDF) attacks by malicious users in cooperative
spectrum sensing: their effects and ways to suppress them. We first
consider attacks where malicious users attack independently. Then we
present an attack which involves cooperation among malicious
users. We will present techniques based on outlier detection such as
Tietjen-Moore and Shapiro Wilk tests to suppress them.
Biography
Adrish received his Bachelors degree from Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur and Masters and Ph.D. degree from University of
Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor in
the Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur. His research interests are in the physical layer
aspects of wireless communications, particularly error control
coding, cognitive radio and OFDM systems.
- Dr. R. M. Karthik,
Samsung, Bangalore
Title: Practical algorithm for selection
of DRX configuration with applications having delay constraints
and unknown packet arrival processes
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
Biography
R.M. Karthik received the B.E. degree in electronics and communication
engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
in 1998, M.E. in Applied Electronics from Anna University, Tamil Nadu,
India in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India in 2008. He worked for three and half years in Centre
of Excellence in Wireless Technology, Chennai India from 2008. He is
now presently with Samsung India Software Operations, Bangalore as a
Chief Engineer. His current research interests include scheduling
algorithms, quality of service (QoS) in wireless systems, energy
saving in wireless networks, DRX in LTE systems, and extreme value theory.
- Prof. Malathi
Veeraraghavan, University of Virginia
Title: Methods and
results from four scientific networking projects
Time: Dec. 16, 2013, 2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
Abstract
This talk describes the methods used in sponsored research
projects in the area of high-speed networking to support scientific
research. Specifically, an approach of obtaining data through
collaborations for initial "scientific discovery" is used for
problem definition. Engineering solutions are then designed,
prototyped and evaluated to solve the identified problems. The goal is to have
an immediate impact on the scientific computing community.
We have employed this model in four projects:
(i) traffic engineering for a core network provider,
(ii) enabling high-speed
file transfers with low throughput variance,
(iii) distributing climate
data to hundreds of receivers, and (iv) improving execution
times of parallel programs by reducing variance in MPI communications latency.
Biography
Malathi Veeraraghavan is a Professor in the Charles L. Brown
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of
Virginia (UVa). Dr. Veeraraghavan received her BTech degree from
Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) in 1984, and MS and PhD
degrees from Duke University in 1985 and 1988, respectively. After a
ten-year career at Bell Laboratories, she served on the faculty at
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York from 1999-2002, where she
won the Jacobs award for excellence in education in 2002. She served
as Director of the Computer Engineering Program at UVa from
2003-2006. Her current research work on optical, IP, and datacenter
networks is supported by NSF and DOE. Her past work included mobility
management in wireless networks, and vehicular networks. She holds
twenty-nine patents, has over 90 publications, and has received six
Best-paper awards. She has served on multiple IEEE conference
committees and editorial boards.
- Dr. R. Venkatesh,
IIT Madras
Title: An Information Theoretic Point-of-View to
Contention Resolution
Time: Dec. 17, 2013, 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
Abstract
We consider a slotted wireless network in an infrastructure setup
with a base station (or an access point) and N users. The wireless
channel gain between the base station and the users is assumed to be
i.i.d. over users and slots, and the base station seeks to schedule
the user with the highest channel gain in every slot (opportunistic
scheduling). Contention for opportunistic scheduling is resolved using
a series of mini-slots and with feedback from the base station. In
this setup, we formulate the contention resolution problem for
opportunistic scheduling as identifying a random threshold (channel
gain) that separates the best channel from the other samples. The
average delay minimization for contention resolution is then related
to entropy (of the random threshold) minimization, which is a concave
minimization problem. We illustrate our formulation by studying a
popular contention resolution strategy called the opportunistic
splitting algorithm (OSA). We study the delay and entropy optimality
of OSA for i.i.d. wireless channel. Finally, we discuss the
applicability of the entropy minimization framework to identify
optimal contention resolution strategies for general network
scenarios.
Biography
Venkatesh Ramaiyan received the B.E. degree in Electronics and
Communication from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India
in 2000, and the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from the department of
Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India in 2002 and 2009 respectively. Since July 2009, he is
with the department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, Chennai, India, where he is currently an assistant
professor. His research interests include analysis and design of
distributed random access protocols, provisioning QoS in cellular
wireless networks and protocol designs for fast channel access in
wireless networks.
- Dr. Krishna
Jagannathan, IIT Madras
Title: Queue-Aware Optimal
Resource Allocation for the LTE Downlink
Time:Dec. 18, 2013, 8:45 AM - 9:10 AM
Biography
Krishna Jagannathan obtained his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering
from IIT Madras in 2004, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in 2006 and 2010 respectively. During 2010-2011, he
was a visiting post-doctoral scholar in Computing and Mathematical
Sciences at Caltech, and an off-campus post-doctoral fellow at
MIT. Since November 2011, he has been an assistant professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras. He worked as a
consultant at the Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Bell
Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ in 2005, an engineering intern at
Qualcomm, Campbell, CA in 2007, and a summer research fellow at the
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in 2003. His
research interests lie in the stochastic modeling and analysis of
communication networks, network control, and queuing theory.
- Dr. Ramachandran Ramjee, Microsoft Research, Bangalore
Title: MiG:
Efficient Migration of Desktop VMs Using Semantic Compression
Time: Dec. 18, 2013, 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Abstract
We consider the problem of efficiently migrating desktop virtual
machines. The key challenge is to migrate the desktop VM quickly and
in a bandwidth-efficient manner. The idea of replaying computation to
reconstruct state seems appealing. However, our detailed analysis
shows that the match between the source memory and the memory
reconstructed via replay at the destination is poor, even at the
sub-page level; the ability to reconstruct memory state is stymied
because modern OSes use address space layout randomization (ASLR) to
improve security, and page prefetching to improve performance.
Despite these challenges, we show that desktop VM memory state can be
efficiently compressed for transfer without relying on replay, using a
suite of semantic techniques—collectively dubbed as MiG—that are
tailored to the type of each memory page. Our evaluation on Windows
and Linux desktop VMs shows that MiG is able to compress the VM state
effectively, requiring on average 51-65% fewer bytes to be transferred
during migration compared to standard compression, and halving the
migration time in a typical setting.
Biography
Ram Ramjee received his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras,
and his M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a Principal Researcher at
Microsoft Research, India. Previously, he spent ten years at Bell
Labs, NJ as a technical manager and a distinguished member of
technical staff. His research interests include network protocols and
architecture, wireless networking and mobile computing. He has
published over 50 papers including several award winning papers and is
a co-inventor on over 30 patents of which one won the 2010 Thomas Alva
Edison patent award. He has taught two graduate-level courses in
wireless networks as an adjunct faculty at Columbia University. He is
an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a Fellow of the IEEE.
Panels
- Dec. 16, 2013, 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM, Panel 1: Role of Wireless
Networks & Telecom in Rural Development/Healthcare/Elderly Care:
Global Scenario and Indian Perspective
- Moderator: Prof. D. Narayana Rao, (SRM University, retd. from ISRO)
- Prof. Adrish Banerjee, IIT Kanpur
- Prof. Raja Datta, IIT Kharagpur
- Mr. Chandrasekaran Vasudevan, Ericsson
- Mr. V.P. Sanjay, CEO, Inknowtek
- Prof. Prithiviraj Venkatapathy, Principal, RIT, Chennai
- Dec. 17, 2013, Noon - 1 PM, Panel 2: Software Defined Networks
and Network Function Virtualization -- the 360 degrees of SDN
and NFV)
The panel assembles renowned experts representing Academia, Research &
Industry to provide a 360-degree view of the two latest disruptions in
networking. The panel will address burning questions such as: How are
these technologies enabling Network Transformations? What challenges
(technical & business) are there for their adoption? What are the
differences & intersections of SDN & NFV? What are the opportunities
for Students & Innovators in this field? Expect a lively discussion
and come ready with your questions.
- Moderator: Ms. Sonali Sambhus, Senior Director, Saggezza
- Mr. Rajesh Kumar, CTO, Kloudspun
- Prof. Rudra Dutta, NC State University
- Dr. Satya Sai Prakash, Senior Solutions Architect, HCL
Technologies
- Mr. Narayan Menon, Vice President, Innovation Labs, InterDigital
Communications, Inc.
- Prof. Ram Rustagi, PESIT, Bangalore
- Dec. 18, 2013, Noon - 1 PM, Panel 3: A Roadmap for Cloud
Computing Adoption, Penetration and Innovation in India
- Moderator: Ms. Pamela Kumar, Cloud Computing Innovation Initiative
- Mr. Rajdeep Dua from Director R&D, VMware
- Mr. M.R. Rajagopalan, Director CDAC
- Prof. D. Janakiram, IIT Madras
- Mr. Sreenivasa Vithal, CMO of K7 Computing
- Mr. N. Krishnan, CIO of Muthoot Fincorp Ltd and CEO of Muthoot
Pappachan Technologies
- Mahesh Menon, TCS
Ph.D. Student
Forum
The Ph.D. Student Form will be held on Dec. 17, 2013 from 3:00 PM till
4:10PM.
List of papers accepted for presentation at the IEEE ANTS 2013
Ph.D. Student Forum:
- Title: intelliSENSE: Location-Based WiFi Sensing and Delayed
Processing in Smart Mobile Devices
Authors: Saigopal Thota (University of California, Davis, USA), Raghu
Anantharangachar (HP Labs, Bangalore, India), Sudhir Dixit (HP Labs,
Bangalore, India) and Biswanath Mukherjee (University of California,
Davis, USA)
- Title: Low Complexity Optimal Resource allocation for Secondary
users in CR networks
Authors: Kalpana Naidu (IIT Hyderabad, India) and M. Zafar Ali Khan
(IIT Hyderabad, India)
- Title: Studies on 40/60 GHz (Q/V) Band for Satellite Network
Applications
Authors: Kishore Pasi (SRM University, Chennai, India) and T. Rama Rao
(SRM University, Chennai, India)
- Title: Proxy-Server based User Traffic Control using TCR
Authors: Saad Y. Sait (IIT Madras, Chennai, India)
- Title: Network equipment architecture for load proportional power
consumption
Authors: Ganesh C. Sankaran (IIT Madras, Chennai, India)
- Title: A Software Defined Networking Framework for Cognitive
Wireless Networks
Authors: Anil Kumar Rangisetti (IIT Hyderabad, India)
- Title: A new cognitive Multipath approach for the Virtual Topology
Design (VTD) process in optical networks
Authors: P. Selvaraj (SRM University, Chennai, India) and V. Nagarajan
(SRM University, Chennai, India)
Demos/Exhibits
List of demos/exhibits accepted for presentation at IEEE ANTS 2013:
- Wipro Lightweight LTE Core & Wipro LTE Test Core: Reference
solutions for enabling rapid development of next generation LTE
Evolved Packet Core (EPC), by Saptarshi Chaudhuri, Wipro Technologies,
Bangalore and Swaminathan S., Wipro Technologies, Chennai.
- Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Concept Using
Visible Light Sources, by Sri Ram Ramanan, Sai Vignesh.T, Nitin
K.Ajay, Nandu T.S, Shailesh Srivastava, S. Siva Sankara Sai,
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning,
Prasanthi Nilayam.
- Optical Access Network Architecture: An Educative Demonstration,
by Vivekananda Samantra, R. Sattibabu, Sagar Limbu, K. Aditya,
Shailesh Srivastava, S. Siva Sankara Sai, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of
Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam.
- Broadband Wireless Simulator (BWSIM), by Babu Narayanan and Sarun
Selvanesan, Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT),
Chennai.
- E-Agriculture, by Jaya Umadikar and Suma Prashant, Rural Technologies
Business Incubator (RTBI), IIT-Madras, Chennai.
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