Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems: 9th International EAI Conference, Broadnets 2018, Faro, Portugal, September 19–20, 2018, Proceedings

Front Matter ....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Evaluation of a Robust Fault-Tolerant Mechanism for Resilient IoT Infrastructures  (José Manuel Lozano Domínguez, Tomás de J. Mateo Sanguino, Manuel J. Redondo González)....Pages 3-12
 Indoor Positioning Using Adaptive KNN Algorithm Based Fingerprint Technique  (Mahmood F. Mosleh, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, Osama A. Qasim)....Pages 13-21
 Modeling of Sensor Clouds Under the Sensing as a Service Paradigm  (J. Guerreiro, L. Rodrigues, N. Correia)....Pages 22-30
 Resource Redesign in RELOAD/CoAP Overlays for the Federation of Sensor Networks  (L. Rodrigues, J. Guerreiro, N. Correia)....Pages 31-40
Front Matter ....Pages 41-41
 A Practical Approach for Small Cell Sharing Using a Time-Multiplexing Scheme  (David Candal-Ventureira, Felipe Gil-Castiñeira, Jorge Muñoz-Castañer, Francisco J. González-Castaño)....Pages 43-51
 On Controllers’ Utilization in Software-defined Networking by Switch Migration  (Faroq AL-Tam, Mohammad Ashrafi, Noélia Correia)....Pages 52-61
 ONAP Architectures for Network Function Virtualization  (Abel Fernández-Nandín, Felipe Gil-Castiñeira, Francisco J. González-Castaño)....Pages 62-71
 A Scalable and Reliable Model for the Placement of Controllers in SDN Networks  (Mohammad Ashrafi, Noélia Correia, Faroq AL-Tam)....Pages 72-82
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
 Handling ECG Vital Signs in Personalized Ubiquitous Telemedicine Services  (Maria Papaioannou, George Mandellos, Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, Dimitrios Lymperopoulos)....Pages 85-94
 Software-Defined Networking for Ubiquitous Healthcare Service Delivery  (Foteini Andriopoulou, Konstantinos Birkos, Georgios Mantas, Dimitrios Lymberopoulos)....Pages 95-104
 Profile Management System in Ubiquitous Healthcare Cloud Computing Environment  (Evy Karavatselou, Maria-Anna Fengou, Georgios Mantas, Dimitrios Lymberopoulos)....Pages 105-114
 A Telemedicine Application for Remote Diagnosis and Assessment of Mood Disorders  (Georgia Konstantopoulou, Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, George J. Mandellos, Konstantinos Asimakopoulos, Dimitrios K. Lymberopoulos)....Pages 115-124
 e-SCP-ECG+v2 Protocol: Expanding the e-SCP-ECG+ Protocol  (George J. Mandellos, Maria Papaioannou, Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, Dimitrios K. Lymberopoulos)....Pages 125-135
Front Matter ....Pages 137-137
 Towards an Autonomous Host-Based Intrusion Detection System for Android Mobile Devices  (José Ribeiro, Georgios Mantas, Firooz B. Saghezchi, Jonathan Rodriguez, Simon J. Shepherd, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed)....Pages 139-148
 Machine Learning to Automate Network Segregation for Enhanced Security in Industry 4.0  (Firooz B. Saghezchi, Georgios Mantas, José Ribeiro, Alireza Esfahani, Hassan Alizadeh, Joaquim Bastos et al.)....Pages 149-158
 Security Framework for the Semiconductor Supply Chain Environment  (Alireza Esfahani, Georgios Mantas, Mariana Barcelos, Firooz B. Saghezchi, Victor Sucasas, Joaquim Bastos et al.)....Pages 159-168
 A Study on Data Dissemination Techniques in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks  (Roberto Torre, Frank H. P. Fitzek)....Pages 169-179
 Towards Reliable Computation Offloading in Mobile Ad-Hoc Clouds Using Blockchain  (Saqib Rasool, Muddesar Iqbal, Tasos Dagiuklas, Zia ul Qayyum, Adnan Noor Mian)....Pages 180-188
Front Matter ....Pages 189-189
 CFDAMA-IS: MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks  (Wael Gorma, Paul Mitchell, Yuriy Zakharov)....Pages 191-200
 Location-Aware MAC Scheduling in Industrial-Like Environment  (Maurizio Rea, Domenico Garlisi, Héctor Cordobés, Domenico Giustiniano)....Pages 201-211
 Distributed Fault-Tolerant Backup-Placement in Overloaded Wireless Sensor Networks  (Gal Oren, Leonid Barenboim, Harel Levin)....Pages 212-224
Front Matter ....Pages 225-225
 Hybrid Spatial Modulation Scheme with Arbitrary Number of Transmit Antennas  (Saud Althunibat, Mohanad Al-Hasanat, Abdullah Al-Hasanat)....Pages 227-236
 Spatial Modulation or Spatial Multiplexing for mmWave Communications?  (Salma Elkawafi, Abdelhamid Younis, Raed Mesleh, Abdulla Abouda, Ahmed Elbarsha, Mohammed Elmusrati)....Pages 237-246
 Hardware Implementation of Generalized Space Modulation Techniques Using Simulink RF Blockset  (Raed Mesleh, Abdullah Al-Khatib, Omar Hiari)....Pages 247-256
 A Half-Full Transmit-Diversity Spatial Modulation Scheme  (Sakher AbuTayeh, Mohammad Alsalahat, Ibrahim Kaddumi, Yahya Alqannas, Saud Althunibat, Raed Mesleh)....Pages 257-266
 Hardware Implementation of Space Shift Keying on a Xilinx Zynq Platform  (Omar Hiari, Faris Shahin, Samer Alshaer, Raed Mesleh)....Pages 267-275
Front Matter ....Pages 277-277
 MoM-GEC Analysis of Fraunhofer-Region Characteristics over Rectangular Aperture  (Imen Khadhraoui, Taha Ben Salah, Taoufik Aguili)....Pages 279-288
 Fast Statistical Modelling of Temperature Variation on 28 nm FDSOI Technology  (Abdelgader M. Abdalla, Isiaka A. Alimi, Manuel González, Issa Elfergani, Jonathan Rodriguez)....Pages 289-298
 Design of Compact Printed Monopole Antenna with Enhanced Bandwidth and Controllable Filtering Notch for UWB Applications  (Issa Elfergani, Mina Alrawi, Abdelgader M. Abdalla, Jonathan Rodriguez, Atta Ullah, Raed Abd-Alhameed)....Pages 299-306
 On the Performance of Acousto Optical Modulators–Free Space Optical Wireless Communication Systems over Negative Exponential Turbulent Channel  (Raed Mesleh, Ayat Olaimat, Ala Khalifeh)....Pages 307-316
 Implementation of Turbo Code Based Xilinx System Generator  (Mahmood F. Mosleh, Mais F. Abid, Mohammed Al-Sadoon)....Pages 317-324
Front Matter ....Pages 325-325
 Key Management for Secure Network Coding-Enabled Mobile Small Cells  (Marcus de Ree, Georgios Mantas, Ayman Radwan, Jonathan Rodriguez, Ifiok Otung)....Pages 327-336
 Security Threats in Network Coding-Enabled Mobile Small Cells  (Reza Parsamehr, Georgios Mantas, Ayman Radwan, Jonathan Rodriguez, José-Fernán Martínez)....Pages 337-346
 Secure Network Coding for SDN-Based Mobile Small Cells  (Vipindev Adat, Ilias Politis, Christos Tselios, Stavros Kotsopoulos)....Pages 347-356
 Network-Coded Multigeneration Protocols in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks  (Roberto Torre, Sreekrishna Pandi, Frank H. P. Fitzek)....Pages 357-366
 Multi-tenant Isolation in Software Defined Networks  (Sarah Irum, Patrick Luedke, Klaus Warnke, Gerrit Schulte)....Pages 367-376
 Perspectives for 5G Network Sharing for Mobile Small Cells  (Fatma Marzouk, Rui Alheiro, Jonathan Rodriguez, Ayman Radwan)....Pages 377-386
 Wireless Channel Characterisation over Simulations for an Indoors Environment at 2.4 GHz  (Tafseer Akhtar, Ilias Politis, Stavros Kotsopoulos)....Pages 387-397
 A Simulation Study on LTE Handover and the Impact of Cell Size  (Muhammad Tayyab, George P. Koudouridis, Xavier Gelabert)....Pages 398-408
 The Performance of SLNR Beamformers in Multi-user MIMO Systems  (Khalid W. Hameed, Ahmed M. Abdulkhaleq, Yasir Al-Yasir, Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Ashwain Rayit, Majid Al Khambashi et al.)....Pages 409-418
 A More Efficient AOA Method for 2D and 3D Direction Estimation with Arbitrary Antenna Array Geometry  (M. A. G. Al-Sadoon, N. A. Abduljabbar, N. T. Ali, R. Asif, A. Zweid, H. Alhassan et al.)....Pages 419-430
 A New Polarization-Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G Wireless Communications  (Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir, Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Issa Elfergani, Raed A. Abd-Alhameed, James M. Noras, Jonathan Rodriguez et al.)....Pages 431-437
 Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna Array for MM-Wave 5G Mobile Handsets  (Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Yasir Al-Yasir, Ahmed M. Abdulkhaleq, Issa Elfergani, Ashwain Rayit, James M. Noras et al.)....Pages 438-445
 A 70-W Asymmetrical Doherty Power Amplifier for 5G Base Stations  (Ahmed M. Abdulkhaleq, Yasir Al-Yasir, Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Jack Brunning, Neil McEwan, Ashwain Rayit et al.)....Pages 446-454
 Design of Asymmetrical Doherty GaN HEMT Power Amplifiers for 4G Applications  (Maryam Sajedin, Issa Elfergani, Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini, Jonathan Rodriguez, Ayman Radwan, Raed Abd-Alhameed)....Pages 455-465
 Improvement of Indoor Receive Signal Code Power (RSCP) and Signal-to-Interference Ratio (Ec/Io) and QoS Evaluation in Operational Wireless Network Using Distributed Antenna System (DAS)  (Haru Alhassan, Raed Abdulhamid, Umar G. Danbatta, Chidi Digwu, Ali Abdullah, Mohammed A. G. Al-Sadoon et al.)....Pages 466-472
Back Matter ....Pages 473-474