BalkanCom 2019 || Sessions

Technical Program

Opening Ceremony
Time: Monday, June 10, 2019 - 08:30 - 09:10

Welcome by the conference General Chairs, followed by addressing notes from the Ministry for Information Society and Administration (Mr. Damjan Manchevski) and the CEO of Makendonski Telecom (Mr. Nikola Ljushev), and the welcome and introduction from the conference TPC Chairs.

	Post-Moore’s Law Perspectives on Beyond-5G Systems Onur Sahin (Interdigital, UK)
	Learning to learn in mMTC networks Ivana Nikolovska (Monash University, Australia)
	Automatic Modulation Classification Using Parallel Fusion of Convolutional Neural Networks Erma Perenda (KU Leuven, Belgium); Sreeraj Rajendran (KU Leuven, Belgium); Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgium)
	Modern Random Access for Beyond-5G Systems: a Multiple-Relay ALOHA Perspective Andrea Munari (German Aerospace Center, Germany); Federico Clazzer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
	Machine-type Wireless Communications Enablers for post-5G Systems Hirley Alves (University of Oulu, Finland); Parisa Nouri (University of Oulu, Finland); Onel Luis López (University of Oulu, Finland); Matti Latvaaho (University of Oulu, Finland))

	Collaborative Hierarchical Caching in ICN-Based 5G Networks Furkan Küçük (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey); Mustafa Kağan Çetin (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey); Melda Yüksel (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey); Tolga Girici (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
	Injection Locking in Optical Access Networks for Broadband 5G Mobile Networks Jakup Ratkoceri (Ipko Telecommunication, Kosovo); Bujar Krasniqi (University of Prishtina, Kosovo); Bostjan Batagelj (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
	Assessment of Data Privacy and Security in Smart Grid Applications Petar Krstevski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Stefan Borozan (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)

	The research challenges for the next decade in wireless communications Merouane Debbah (CentraleSupelec and Huawei, France)
	Team Deep Learning for Decentralized Optimization in Wireless Communications Minhoe Kim (Eurecom, France), Paul De Kerret (Eurecom, France); David Gesbert (Eurecom, France)
	Deep Learning-Aided Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing Merve Turhan (Istanbul technical university); Ersin Ozturk (Netas Telekomunikasyon A. S., Turkey); Hakan A. Çırpan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
	Deep CSI Learning for Gait Recognition At-Scale Kalvik Jakkala (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA); Arupjyoti Bhuyan (INL, USA); Zhi Sun (State University of New York at Buffalo); Pu Wang (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

	Stochastic Antenna Misalignment Impact on the Antenna Gains in the THz Band Joonas Kokkoniemi (University of Oulu, Finland); Alexandros-Apostolos A Boulogeorgos (University of Piraeus, Greece); Mubarak Aminu (University of Oulu, Finland), Janne Lehtomäki (University of Oulu, Finland), Angeliki Alexiou (University of Piraeus, Greece), Markku Juntti (University of Oulu, Finland)
	Analysis of Intelligent Reflecting Surface in Indoor Terahertz Communication Systems Xinying Ma (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Ningyuan Kuang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Zhuoxun Li (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Wenjie Chen (University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China, P.R. China; Yaojia Chi (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Qiye Wen (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China); Zhi Chen (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China)
	Approximate Message Passing for Indoor THz Channel Estimation Viktoria Schram (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Ali Bereyhi (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany); Jan-Nico Zaech (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Ralf R. Müller (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Wolfgang Gerstacker (University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany)
	Terahertz-Band Communications for Aerial Vehicles at Different Altitudes Akhtar Saeed (Sabanci University, Turkey); Ozgur Gurbuz (Sabanci University, Turkey); ustafa Alper Akkaş (Abant İzzet Baysal University, Turkey)

	Performance Evaluation in Cloud-Edge Hybrid Gaming Systems Athanasios Tsipis (Ionian University, Greece); Konstantinos Oikonomou (Ionian University, Greece); Vasileios Komianos (Ionian University, Greece); Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, IMDEA Networks & UC3M, Greece)
	End-to-end Network Slicing for 5G in Multi-Region, Multi-Tenant Cloud Platform Simona Marinova (University of Toronto, Canada); Thomas Lin (University of Toronto, Canada); Hadi Bannazadeh (University of Toronto, Canada); Alberto Leon-Garcia (University of Toronto, Canada)
	Performance Evaluation of SDN-based 5G Core Networks Strahil Panev (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and Ericsson Telecommunications, North Macedonia); Pero Latkoski (Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Increasing path control within the Internet Core with Segment Routing across IXPs Kristina Dzeparoska (University of Toronto, Canada); Ali Tizghadam (TELUS and University of Toronto, Canada); Hadi Bannazadeh (University of Toronto, Canada); Alberto Leon-Garcia (University of Toronto, Canada)
	Software platform for network testing with DPDK traffic generators Hasan Redžović (University of Belgrade, Serbia); Aleksandra Smiljanić (University of Belgrade, Serbia ); Mihailo Vesović (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

	Is network softwarization an enabler for AI-as-a-Service? Alberto Leon-Garcia (University of Toronto, Canada)
	Experimental deployment of Virtualized RAN Daniel Denkovski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Valentin Rakovic (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Liljana Gavrilovska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Rethinking SDN Security: Controller Paralysis Pelin Angin (Middle East Technical University, Turkey); Alper Kaan Sirica (Middle East Technical University, Turkey); Ertan Onur (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
	Virtual Radios, Real Services Luiz DaSilva (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
	Semantic Approach to Adaptivity of 5G Services Nenad Petrovic (University of Nis, Serbia); Milorad Tosic (University of Nis, Serbia)
	Next Generation of Wireless Network Softwarization Testbeds Ivan Seskar (Rutgers University, USA)

	Demo: Semantic-driven Automated Code Generation for Autonomous Devices Coordination Nenad Petrovic (University of Nis, Serbia); Milorad Tosic (University of Nis, Serbia)
	Design of SDN Manageable Switch Petar D. Bojovic (Union University in Belgrade, Serbia); Jelena Šuh (Telekom Srbija, Serbia); Nikola Gavrić (Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia); Živko Bojović (Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia)
	An Advanced Real-Time Rainfall Monitoring System Based on Commercial Satellite Broadcasting Service Gian Luigi Gragnani (University of Genoa, Italy); Matteo Colli (Artys srl, Italy); Andrea Caridi (Artys srl, Italy); Alessandro Delucchi (Artys srl, Italy); Daniele Caviglia (University of Genoa, Italy)
	Matching Competitive and Cooperative Game Theory in single ICT Model for Energy Efficiency Igor Bimbiloski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Aleksandar Risteski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Secure Fleet Management of IoT-based Intelligent Transportation Services Zacharenia Garofalaki (University of Piraeus, Greece); Dimitrios Kallergis (University of Piraeus, Greece); Christos Douligeris (University of Piraeus, Greece)

	On the Limits of Molecular Communication with Coexisting Biological Systems Malcolm Egan (INRIA, France); Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz (INRIA, Turkey)
	Overcoming Blockage with Artificial Potential Field Assisted Mirror Reflectors for Internet of Things in the Terahertz Band Manus Pengnoo (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand); Michael Taynnan Barros (Waterford Institute of Technology &Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Ireland); Lunchakorn Wuttisittikulkij (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand); Widhyakorn Asdornwised (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand); Alan Davy (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland); Sasitharan Balasubramaniam (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
	Dynamic Energy Management in Web of Things based Smart Homes Bhagya Nathali Silva (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Murad Khan (Sarhad University of Sciences and Information Technology, Pakistan); Kyuchang Lee (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Yongtak Yoon (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Muhammad Diyan (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Jihun Han (Kyungpook National University, Korea); Ki Jun Han (Kyungpook National University, Korea)
	Distributed Scheduling in 6TiSCH Networks based on "On-The-Fly" (OTF) Bandwidth Adaptation Gordana Gardasevic (University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

	High Traffic - Low Cost Video Streaming in Content Delivery Networks Hakan Kıssaboylu (Medianova CDN, Turkey); Ahmet Arış (Medianova CDN, Turkey); Seçkin Alan (Medianova Internet Services, Turkey); Berk Canberk (İstanbul Technical University, Turkey)
	Joint Multipath Flow and Layer Allocation for Scalable Video Streaming Yamaç Ergiz (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey); Murat Demirtaş (University of California at Irvine, USA); Tolga Girici (TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey)
	IoTStream: Android application service and backend implementation for IoT data streaming Kristijan Veljanovski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Daniel Denkovski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Automated Initial Configuration of Wireless Embedded Devices in the Internet of Things Ivan Boskov (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Matevz Vucnik (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Carolina Fortuna (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia); Mihael Mohorcic (Jozef Stefan Institute & Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Slovenia)

	Analysis of Capacity Bounds for Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications Evgeny Khorov (IITP RAS, Russia); Artem Krasilov (NRU HSE, IITP RAS, Russia); Ilya Selnitskiy (MIPT & IITP RAS, Russia); Mikhail Tsaritsyn (IITP RAS & MIPT, Russia)
	Reducing Cyclic Prefix Noise in OFDM Based Full-Duplex Systems Hayrettin Ayar (Sabanci University, Turkey); Ozgur Gurbuz (Sabanci University, Turkey)
	On the Extension of LTE and LTE-A PRACH Receiver Design to 5G New Radio Francesco Linsalata (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Maurizio Magarini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Riccardo Ferrari (Azcom Technology, Italy)
	A City-Wide Experimental Testbed for Next Generation Wireless Networks Zhongyuan Zhao (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Zahra Aref (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); David Young (City of Lincoln, USA); Warren Humphrey (Olsson, USA); Steve Goddard (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Garhan Attebury (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Blake France (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Baofeng Zhou (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Mohammad M. R. Lunar (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
	Using open source software for antenna design: a short review Gian Luigi Gragnani (University of Genoa, Italy); Claudio Montecucco (University of Genoa, Italy)
	Strong Secrecy for general multiple-access wiretap channels Manos Marios Athanasakos (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Nicholas Kalouptsidis (National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
	Solving a resource allocation problem in RFB-based 5G wireless networks Chenghao Wang (University of Technology of Compiègne, France); Fabio D’Andreagiovanni (CNRS, Sorbonne University - UTC, France); Dritan Nace (Compiegne University of Technology, France)

	Calculation of Probability Characteristics for the Queuing System with Batched Arrivals and Walking Times Anastasiia Sochenkova (RUDN University, Russia); Natalia Podzharaya (RUDN University, Russia)
	Effect of Different Channel Models on NOMA Superiority Condition Enis Körpe (Ege University, Turkey); Bilge Kartal (Ege University, Turkey)
	Open Source MANO (OSM) and its benefits Borche Jovanovski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Liljana Gavrilovska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Energy Efficient Transmission Mode Selection for Cellular Vehicle to Everything Communications Merve Saimler (Koc University, Turkey); Sinem Çöleri Ergen (Koç University, Turkey)

	RF Energy Harvesting ALOHA Networks with Local Channel State Information Slavche Pejoski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Zoran Hadzi-Velkov (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Coded Random Access for Wireless Powered Communication Networks Jelena Bjelica (University of Novi Sad, Serbia); Milica Petkovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia); Dragana Bajovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia); Dejan Vukobratović (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
	UAV-assisted Wireless Powered Sensor Network over Hoyt Fading Channels Tharindu Ponnimbaduge Perera (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia); Stefan Panić (Tomsk Polytechnic University & University of Priština, Serbia); Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia); Caslav Stefanovic (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia); Neeraj Kumar (Thapar University Patiala, India); Sahil Garg (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)
	On the Maximum Energy Transmission Rate in Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency SIET Nizar Khalfet (INRIA, France); Samir M. Perlaza (INRIA, France)

	Low-cost Device Implementation of a Topology Independent MAC (TiMAC) Policy Asterios Papamichail (Ionian University, Greece); Vasileios Dragonas (Ionian University, Greece); George Koufoudakis (Ionian University, Greece); Konstantinos Oikonomou (Ionian University, Greece); Georgios Tsoumanis (University of Ioannina, Greece); Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, IMDEA Networks & UC3M, Greece)
	IoT Platform for Smart Home Energy Efficiency and Optimal Lighting Control Igor Janchev (Managed Services, SEAVUS Group, North Macedonia); Tomislav Shuminoski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Toni Janevski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	A Distributed Method to Organize Terrestrial Nodes to Facilitate Short Drone Routes in WSNs Konstantinos Skiadopoulos (Ionian University, Greece); Konstantinos Giannakis (Ionian University, Greece); Konstantinos Oikonomou (Ionian University, Greece); Ioannis Stavrakakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, IMDEA Networks & UC3M, Greece); Sofia Fanarioti (Ionian University, Greece)
	Electromagnetic-Based Wireless Sensor Networks for Natural Gas Pipeline and Reservoir Monitoring Mustafa Alper Akkaş (Abant İzzet Baysal University, Turkey)

	Design of DGT-based Linear Receivers for GFDM Transmission in Broadband Channels Francesco Linsalata (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Maurizio Magarini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Atul Kumar (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
	Analysis of Cooperative Hybrid ARQ with Adaptive Modulation and Coding on a Correlated Fading Channel İbrahim Ozkan (Hacettepe University, Turkey)
	Performance of Load Balancing Algorithms for SDN Controlled Data Center Networks with Leaf-Spine Topology A. Furkan Okuyucu (Sabanci University, Turkey); Cem Karataş (Sabanci University, Turkey); Albert Levi (Sabanci University, Turkey) ; Özgür Gürbüz (Sabanci University, Turkey)
	Toward scalable architecture for the next generation Blockchain-based Healthcare systems Jovan Karamachoski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Liljana Gavrilovska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)
	Towards end-to-end Speech Recognition in Macedonian Language Marija Trajanoska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia); Hristijan Gjoreski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia)