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CommunicationsQueen's University, Kingston

June 2-5, 2002

Programme

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRHussein Mouftah

Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringQueen's University

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRSSteven Blostein

Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringQueen's University

John CartledgeDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Queen's University

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe following organizations have contributed and supported this symposium:

• Communications and Information Technology Ontario• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University

• IEEE Kingston SectionUB/TIB Hannover123 321 743

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Monday, June 3,2002

Plenary Session - 09:00 -10:00Speaker: Dr. Guy Pujolle

"Policy-Based Control Schemes for the Next-Generation Internet"Chair: Mouftah, H.T., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Session 1ACoding I - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Khandani, A., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

A New Decoding Algorithm for Low-Density Parity-Check CodesNouh, A.; Banihashemi, A.H., Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Spectrally Efficient Non-binary Turbo Codes: Beyond DVB-RCS standardGao, Y.; Soleymani, M.R., Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Distance Bounds and the Design of High-Distance Interleavesfor Turbo-CodesCrozier, S.; Guinand, P.S., Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON

Convolutional Factor Graphs and ApplicationsMao, Y.; Kschischang, F.R., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Application of Shaping Technique to Multi-level Turbo-coded ModulationKhandani, A., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON; Tong, W., Nortel Networks,Nepean, ON

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Session IBWireless Networks I - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Gazor, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

A Hybrid Architecture for Managing Users' Mobility in Third-generationMobile SystemsAbondo, C.; Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC

A Dynamic Multi-Channel MAC for Ad Hoc LANHung, W-C; Law, K.L.E.; Leon-Garcia, A., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Some Performance and QoS Issues in Third-generation Wireless NetworksHoueto, F.; Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC

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A Simulation Testbed for Radio Resource Management in Broadband 41Wireless AccessAhmed, M.H.; Yanikomeroglu, K; Mahmoud, S.; Falconer, D., Carleton University,Ottawa, ON

Complexity Analysis of the Hierarchical Tree Algorithm 46Zhang, Y.; Shah-Heydari, S.; Yang, O.W.W., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Session 1COptical Networks - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Cartledge, J., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Simulation Study of An Optical Network TopologyJin, M.; Yang, O.W.W., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Load Balancing for Agile WDM NetworksZhou, B.; Mouftah, H.T., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Performance Evaluation of Optimal Wavelength Allocation and FlowAssignment for Optical Networks using Profit MaximizationKabranov, O.; Makrakis, D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

A Lagrangean and Subgradient Method for the Optimization of WavelengthRouting Network DesignZhang, Y.; Yang, O.W.W., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Survivable Routing and Wavelength Assignment for the Optical Internet withMulti-Granularity TrafficHo, P-K; Mouftah, H.T., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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Session 2ACoding II - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Kschischang, F.R., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

New Schedules for Decoding LDPC CodesXiao, H; Banihashemi, AM., Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Iterative Decoding of Truncated Simplex CodesGuinand, P.S.; Lodge, J., Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON

Gear-Shift DecodingArdakani, M.; Kschischang, F.R., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

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Iterative Techniques for Coded GMSKKerr, R. W., Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON

Near Shannon-Limit Coding for the Slepian-Wolf ProblemMitran, P.; Bajcsy, J., McGill University, Montreal, QC

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Session 2BSignal Processing for Communications - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Fortier, P.; Universite Laval, Quebec, QC

Relationships among Scaling and Wavelet Coefficients, Filter Banks andNyquist Sampling for Multiuser CommunicationsSablatash, M., Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON

Adaptive Neural Network MLSE Receiver for Satellite CommunicationsYuan, J.; Ibnkahla, M., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Adaptive Zero-Padding OFDM for Wireless CommunicationsWang, N.; Blostein, S.D., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

New Fast Arma-Based Dual-Tone Multiple-Frequency (DTMF) DetectorFor VoIPEl-Hennawey, M.S., Nortel Networks, Belleville, ON

Discrete Wavelet Modulation for Wireless ChannelsMathieu, S.; Fortier, P.; Roy, S.; Huynh, H.T., Universite Laval, Quebec, QC

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Session 2CWireless Networks II - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Yang, O., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

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2 A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm for Assigning Cells to 129Switches in Wireless NetworksAndre, M.; Pesant, G.; Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC

3 Third-Generation Mobile Access Network Design Models 134Wu, Y; Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC

4 Performance Comparison of Three Clustering Protocols in Mobile Wireless 139Ad Hoc NetworksSheltami, T.; Mouftah, H.T., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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5 Improving Reliability in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks with Backup Source Routing 144Guo, S.S.; Yang, O.W.W., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Session 3AMultiple Access I - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: McLane, P., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Designing Trellis Coded Multiple Access Systems on AWGN ChannelsZhang, W.; D'Amours, C; Yongagoglu, A., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

A Coordinated Singular Value Decomposition Approach to Multiuser DetectionSen, S.; Pasupathy, S.; Kschischang, F.R., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

CDMA Multiuser Delay-Tracking and DetectionZha, W.; Blostein, S.D., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Capacity Gain due to Error Control Coding for Space-Time MMSE MultiuserDetection in DS-CDMA SystemsHamouda, W.A.; McLane, P.J., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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Session SBTarget Identification and Tracking - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Ibnkahla, M., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Tracking a Single Target in ClutterEnvironmentGad, A.; Majdi, F.; Farooq, M., Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

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175Radar System Identification using Hidden Markov Models — Part I. ModelConsiderationsHo, T-J.; Chan, Y.T.; Remington, M.; Chan, F.; Lee, B.H., Royal Military College, Kingston,ON; Lavoie, P., Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON

Radar System Identification using Hidden Markov Models - Part II. Recognition 180PerformanceRemington, M.; Chan, F.; Ho, T-J.; Chan, Y.T.; Lee, B.H., Royal Military College,Kingston, ON; Lavoie, P., Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON

Maneuvering Target Tracking Using Maximum-Likelihood and AdaptiveKalman Filtering MethodsHo, T-J., Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

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Session 3CCommunication Networks - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Manjikian, N., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.A Requirement for Debugging Data Integrity Problems in Communication 191NetworksKnap, S., TDES Inc., Odessa, ON; Shepard, T, Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

Delay Performance of a Multichannel Local-Area Network Carrying Long-Range 195Dependent TrafficStok, A.; Sargent, E.H., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Cartesian Core Routing 199Hughes, L.; Adegoke, A.; Subramaniam, G.; Song, H., Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

A New Service Model for Differentiated Services ArchitectureYang, T.; Jia, Y; Kabranov, O.; Makrakis, D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

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Plenary Session -14:00 - 15:00Speaker: Dr. Al Javed

"Technologies for Future Wireless Systems'Chair: Blostein, S.D., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Session 4AMultiple Access II - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Alajaji, F., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.MIMO Channel Capacity for Transmit Beamforming Space-Time Modulation 210Kassouf, M.; Leib, H, McGill University, Montreal, QC

A Simple and Efficient Timing and Frequency Synchronization Technique 215For OFDM SystemsLiu, J.; Soleymani, M.R., Concordia University, Montreal, QC

MIMO Channel Capacity in Co-Channel Interference 220Song, Y; Blostein, S.D., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

PAPR Reduction of OFDM-CPM System Using Multiamplitude CPM Signals 225Tassadduq, LA.; Rao, R.K., University of Western Ontario, London, ON

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Session 4BWireless Communications I - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Simmons, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.A Joint H2 - H°°Algorithm for Fading Channel Estimation and Symbol Detection 231Siriteanu, C; Blostein, S.D., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Isometric Data Sequences during Joint Channel Estimation and Symbol 236Detection in Fading ChannelsLam, S.; Plataniotis, KM; Pasupathy, S., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Coherent and Noncoherent Wireless Channel Estimation via ML/Map and EM 241AlgorithmCharalambous, C.C.; Nejad, A.; Makrakis, D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Model-based Filtering for Mobile Terminal Location Tracking 245McGuire, M.; Plataniotis, K.N., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Robustness of Enhanced STAR to Multipath Power Profile Variations in 250Wideband CDMA ChannelsCheikhrouhou, K, Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia;Affes, S.; Mermelstein, P., INRS-Telecommunications, Montreal, QC

Session 4CRF and Microwave Circuits - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Freundorfer, A., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Design of High Frequency Field Effect Transistor on lnxGai.zNAlexandrov, D., Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

New Analog VLSI Circuits for Iterative DecodingHemati, S.; Banihashemi, A.H., Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Millimeter-Wave Monolithic GaAs HBT QPSK Modulator using OverlayStructure CouplerSun, Y; Freundorfer, A.P., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Uniplanar Structures for GaAs MMIC TechnologyHettak, K; Stubbs, M.G., Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON

CMOS Amplifiers for Microwave CommunicationsFrank, B.M.; Freundorfer, A.P., Queen's University, Kingston, ON;Antar, Y.M.M.,Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

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Session 5ACommunication Systems - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Alajaji, F., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

On Implementation of Min-Sum Algorithm for Decoding Low-DensityParity-Check (LDPC) CodesZarkeshvari, F.; Banihashemi, A.H., Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

A Low Complexity Receiver for Fading-Resistant Modulation in Frequency-Selective Fading ChannelsChoy, G.; Schober, R.; Pasupathy, S., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Performance Study of a TSMLE Based MT-CDMA SystemRahman, Q.M.; Sesay, A.B., University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Accurate Bayesian Equalizer BER Estimation using Orthogonal HyperplanesElkhazin, A.; Plataniotis, K.; Pasupathy, S., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

An Iterative Demodulator for Uncoded CDMABeainy, C; Bajcsy, J., McGill University, Montreal, QC

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Session 5BWireless Communications II - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Blostein, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.Performance of Polarization Multiplexing Schemes in Satellite Communications 302Sellathurai, M.; Guinand, P.S.; Lodge, J., Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON

On the Doppler Effects of Scatterer Motion in High-Frequency Wireless Links 307Roy, S.; Huynh, H.T.; Fortier, P., Universite Laval, Quebec, QC

A Comparison of Radiolocation Methods for Mobile Terminals by Distance 312MeasurementsMcGuire, M.; Plataniotis, K.N., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Comparison of the Effects of Spatial Correlation in the Performance of Block 316Coded Space Diversity SystemsBaykas, T; Yongagoglu, A., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Turbo Equalization of Non-Linear Communication Channels 321Szczecinski, L.; Elharti, R.; Affes, S., INRS-Telecommunications, Montreal, QC

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Session 5CRF Technology - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Frank, B., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

A New Technique for Determining the Permittivity of Dielectric Materials atmm-wave FrequenciesHammad, H.F.; Zelonka, K; Freundorfer, A.P.; Sayer, M., Queen's University,Kingston, ON; Antar, Y.M.M., Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

Dielectric Resonator Antenna Technology for Wireless CommunicationsPetosa, A.; Ittipiboon, A., Communications Research Centre Centre, Ottawa, ON

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Waveguide to Grounded Slab Transitions for Leaky Wave Antennas Applications 336Hammad, H.F.; Freundorfer, A.P., Queen's University, Kingston, ON; Petosa, A.,Communications Research Centre Centre, Ottawa, ON; Antar, Y.M.M., Royal MilitaryCollege, Kingston, ON

Design of Microstrip Duplexers for 3G Mobile Communication SystemsGhanem, F., Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal, QC; Denidni, T.A.,INRS-Telecommunications, Montreal, QC

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On the Design of Digital Quadrature Demodulation Filters using Signed Digit 345ArithmeticInkol, R.J., Defence Research Establishment Canada, Ottawa, ON; Horn, T, Vantage PointInternational Inc.

Session 6ACoding III - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Soleymani, M.R., Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Page No.Space-Time Block Coded OFDM with Turbo Codes for High Data-Rate Wireless 351Communication NetworksTorabi, M.; Soleymani, M.R., Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Simulation Results for Algebraic Soft-Decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes 356Gross, W.J.; Kschischang, F.R.; Gulak, P.G., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON;Koetter, R., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

An Analytical Method for Performance Evaluation of Binary Linear Block Codes 361Abedi, A.; Khandani, A.K., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Effects of Optimal Constellation Labeling in Block Coded ModulationKarabulut, G.; Yongacoglu, A., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

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Generalized Tangential Sphere Bound on the ML Decoding Error 371Probability of Linear Block Codes in AWGN InterferenceYousefi, S.; Khandani, A.K., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Session 6BInformation Technology I - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC

Page No.Problems and Solutions for the TCP Slow-Start Process 377Law, K.L.E.; Hung, W-C, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Mirror Site Organization on Packet Switched Networks Using a Social Insect 382MetaphorShi, P.; Zincir-Heywood, A.N.; Heywood, M.I., Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Collaborative Augmented Reality: A Prototype for Industrial Training 387Zhong, X.W.; Georganas, N.D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; Boulanger, P.,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Setting up Virtual Teams Collaborative Services using SIP 392Harroud, H; Karmouch, A., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

CBSDP-Context Based Service Discovery Protocol 397Khedr, M.; Karmouch, A., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Session 6CMultimedia Information Systems - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Tavares, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.A Spread Spectrum Image Watermarking Scheme in Fractal Domain 403Guo, H; Georganas, N.D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Digital Image Watermarking for Arbitrarily Shaped Objects 408Guo, H; Georganas, N.D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

A New Stream Cipher for Wireless Application 412Lee, I.; Simmons, S.; Tavares, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

A Video Indexing Scheme for Watermarking 416Zhao, J, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

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Session 7ACommunication Theory - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Song, I., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Image Coding for Binary Bursty Noise ChannelsBehnamfar, F; Alajaji, F.; Linder, T, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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Analysis of LDPC Codes in Channels with Memory 427Eckford, A. W.; Kschischang, F.R.; Pasupathy, S., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Upper and Lower Bounds on the Capacity of Wireless Optical IntensityChannels Corrupted by Gaussian NoiseHranilovic, S.; Kschischang, F.R., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

A Comparative Study of Burst-Noise Communication Channel ModelsZhong, L.; Alajaji, F.; Takahara, G., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

The Duality of Maximum Delay and Maximum BacklogValaee, S., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

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Session 7BDSP Algorithms and Applications - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Chan, F; Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

Page No.A 32-Point Multiplier-Free Approximate FFT 448Esmailian, T.; Kschischang, F.R.; Gulak, P.G., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Analyzing the Impact of Signature Estimation on the Performance ofan Adaptive ArrayRoy, S.; Fortier, P., Universite Laval, Quebec, QC

Performance Evaluation of ESM Deinterleaving using TOA AnalysisHassan, HE.; Chan, F; Chan, Y.T., Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

A Quadrature Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Architecture usingPiecewise-Continous Linear SegmentsLanglois, J.M.P.; Al-Khalili, D., Royal Military College, Kingston, ON

Fast Adaptive Filtering with Pre-FilteringGazor, S.; Liu, T, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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Session 7COptical Technology - Walter Light, Room 302Chair: Cartledge, J, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.Electro-optical Implementation of Iterative Decoding Algorithms 474Banihashemi, A.H.; Hemati, S., Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Characterization of the Chirp for an Intergrated Electroabsorption 476Modulator- DFB LaserChen, R.; Cartledge, J.C., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Bipolar Codes over a Unipolar Fiber Optic Channel 481Maria, A.; Sargent, E.H., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

On the Capacity Limit of Asynchronous OCDMA with Single User Detection 485Yim, R.M.H.; Bajcsy, J; Chen, L.R.; Beainy, C, McGill University, Montreal, QC

Multipath Interference and Crosstalk in Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers 490Based on Fiber Bragg GratingsChen, H; Cartledge, J.C., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Session 8AVisual Information Processing - Walter Light, Room 205Chair: Chan, G., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.Motion Compensation with Motion Filters 496Blasiak, D., Ingenient Technologies, Rolling Meadows, IL; Zhou, Y.; Chan, W-Y.,Queen's University, Kingston, ON

A Frame Layer Bit-Allocation for H.263+ Based Video Transcoding 501Lei, Z ; Georganas, N.D., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Image-Based Stereo Rendering using the Anaglyph Technique 506Sun, X.; Dubois, E., University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Session 8BSpeech Processing - Walter Light, Room 212Chair: Gazor, S., Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Page No.1 Subspace Approach for the Suppression of the Nonlinear Acoustic Echo 512

Introduced by LoudspeakersLu, X; Champagne, B., McGill University, Montreal, QC

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Noise Suppression using a Perceptual Model for Wideband Speech SignalsThiemann, J.; Kabal, P., McGill University, Montreal, QC

A Multi-Microphone Beamformer with an Eigendomain Post-filterJabloun, F; Champagne, B., McGill University, Montr6al, QC

Pseudo-wideband Speech Reconstruction from Telephony SpeechQian, Y; Kabal, P., McGill University, Montreal, QC

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Page No.A Novel Mobile-Agent-Based Framework for Coordmating Distributed 529Scheduling of Multiparty EventsOlougouna, E.A.; Pierre, S., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC;Glitho, R.H., Ericsson Research, Montreal, QC

Messy Broadcasting in Common Communication Networks 534Hart, T.E., Brandon University, Brandon, MB; Harutyunyan, H.A., Concordia University,Montreal, QC

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