08:30 – 09:00 : Registration and Refreshments |
0900-0930 : Plenary Session 1 – Opening of WWRF 49 Chair: Adrian Kliks, PUT |
09:00 – 09:10 : Opening Speech Speaker: Adrian Kliks, PUT 09:10 – 09:20 : Welcoming Speech Speaker: Paweł Śniatała, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation 09:20 – 09:30 : Welcoming Speech Speaker: Nigel Jefferies, Chairman of WWRF 09:30 – 10:15 : Opening Keynote: A tale from the North: Where Arctic connectivity meets autonomy and sustainability Speaker : Jaap van de Beek, LTU, Sweden |
10:15 – 10:45 : Coffee Break |
10:45 – 12:45 : Plenary Session 2 – Title: Sustainability and automated networks Chair: Paweł Kryszkiewicz, PUT |
10:45 – 11:15 : Title: The green wireless network: building energy- and EMF-aware networks in the future Speaker: Margot Deruyck. UGENT, Belgium 11:15 – 11:45 : Title: Acceleration and hardware dependencies in O-RAN L1 solutions. Speaker: Michał Ingielewicz, Tietoevry 11:45 – 12:15 : Title: Resilience and mixed criticality in next generation wireless networks Speaker: Aydin Sezgin, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany 12:15 – 12:45 : Title: Autonomous Networks: Taking A Step Back Speaker: Paul Harvey, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
12:45 – 13:45 : Lunch |
13:45 – 15:15 : Plenary Session 3 – Panel on AI/ML-assisted connected and autonomous vehicles for 6G and beyond Chair: Seshadri Mohan |
Panelist Pawel Sroka,Poznan University of Technology, Poland Ebtesam Almazrouei,TII, RAMA RAO,University of Luxembourg Pradipta Biswas,IISc, Bengaluru, India Sachin Sharma,Graphic Era University, India Klaus David,University of Kassel, Germany |
15:15 – 15:45 : Coffee Break |
15:45 – 17:45 : Technical Session I: WG 6G (part 1) + VIP security Chair: Sudhir Dixit |
15:45 – 16:05 : Title: Challenges for conflict mitigation in O-RAN’s RAN Intelligent Controllers Speaker: Cezary Adamczyk, PUT, Poland Speaker: Piotr Remlein, PUT, Poland 16:25 – 16:45 : Title: Scenarios for implementing a 4G/5G base station using srsRAN and USRP software radio module Speaker: Wojciech Flakowski, PUT, Poland 16:45 – 17:05 : Title: Physical Layer Security with Alternate Jamming in FSO-based UAV Backhauling Network Speaker: Ki-Hong Park, Slim Alouinin 17:05 – 17:25 : White paper discussion |
9:00 – 10:30 : Plenary Session 4 – 6G as an Internet of Senses Chair: Sudhir Dixit, Basic Internet Foundation |
9:00 – 9:30 : Title: 6G-quantum networks for future Internet of Senses Speaker: Riccardo Bassoli, TU Dresden 9:30 – 10:00 : Title: The HOLOTWIN project: Immersive telepresence combining 3D imaging, haptics and AI Speaker: Agata Manolova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria 10:00 – 10:30 : Title: Physical Layer Design for Integrated Sensing and Communication Speaker: Marwa Chafii, New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi,and NYU WIRELESS, NYU Tandon School of Engineering 10:30 – 11:00 : Title: 6G-enabled multisensory communications for living organisms as a cyber-physical system Speaker: Pedro Nardelli, LUT, Finland |
11:00 – 11:30 : Coffee Break |
11:30 – 13:30 : Plenary Session 5 – Title: 6G sustainability Chair: Hendrik Berndt |
11:30 – 12:00 : Title: From Data Networks to Knowledge Networks Speaker: Merouande Debbah, TII, UAE 12:00 – 12:30 : Title: Distributed large MIMO Systems and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G with highlights from the Hexa-X and RISE-6G projects Speaker: Tommy Svensson, Chalmers, Sweden Speaker: Marcos Katz, University of Oulu 13:00 – 13:30 : Title: Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS). Updates of spectrum aspects regarding technology migration and border coordination Speaker: Steffen Ring, Ring Advocacy ApS, Denmark |
13:00 – 14:30 : Lunch |
14:30 – 16:45 Plenary Session 6 – Openness and programmability in wireless networks (PANEL) Chair: Marcin Dryjański, Rimedolabs |
Panelist Michele Polese, Northeastern University, Boston, USAremote Melike Erol-Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canadaremote Hamed Ahmadi, University of York, UKremote Navid Nikeain, EURECOM, Franceremote Lars Lindeberg, TietoEvry, Swedenon site Alex Jinsung Choi, O-RAN Alliance, T-Labson site |
16:45 – 17:00 : Coffee Break |
17:00 – 18:30 Technical Session 2: WG 6G (part 2) Chair: Sudhir Dixit |
Speaker: Abdullah Albadi, NEC, Oman |
Coffee Break |
17:00 – 17:20 : Title: Cellular Networks From The Stratosphere Speaker: Baha Eddine Belmekki, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 17:20 – 17:40 : Title: Terrain-Based UAV Positioning: Tractable Models, Generalized Algorithms, and Analytical Results Speaker: Zhengying Lou, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 17:40 – 18:00 : Title: Evaluating the Accuracy of Stochastic Geometry Models for Wireless Communication Networks Speaker: Ruibo Wang, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 18:00 – 18:30 : Title: Review and discussion on the white paper on multisensory communication in B5G and 6G Speaker: Sudhir Dixit |
17:00 – 18:20 Technical Session 3: WG AB + VIP CV Chair: Knud Erik Skouby, AAU |
17:00 – 17:20 : Title: V2X communication coverage analysis for Connected Vehicles in intelligent transportation networks: A case study for the city of Xanthi, Greece. Speaker: Evangelos Bazinas, Michael Georgiades 17:20 – 17:40 : Title: The Use Case of Beyond-5G and Edge Computing for XR-driven Collaborative Design Speaker: Gökhan Kalem et al.. 17:40 – 18:00 : Title: An Overview of Mobility Management mechanisms and its challenges in 5G and Beyond networks. Speaker: Mustafa Alkalsh, Nokia, Poland 18:00 – 18:20 : Title: Data & Data Exchange in Connected Vehicles Speaker: Lene Sørensen et al. 18:20 – 18:40 : Title: On the Downlink SINR Meta Distribution of UAV-assisted Wireless Networks Speakers:Yujie Qin, Mustafa A. Kishk, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini |
19:30 – 21:30 : Social Event |
Thursday, 30th March 2023
9:00 – 10:30 Plenary Session 7 – 6G convergence of technologies Chair: Vinod Kumar |
9:00 – 9:30 : Title: Spectrum Explainability Speaker: Cynthia Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA 9:30 – 10:00 : Title: Advances in Quantum Computing and Communications Speaker: Piotr Rydlichowski, PSCC, Poland 10:00 – 10:30 : Title: AI/ML Scales in Future Networks Speaker: Heiko Lehmann, DT, Germany |
10:30 – 11:00 : Coffee Break |
11:00 – 13:00 Plenary Session 8 – THz Communications (WWRF/One6G Session) Chair: Angeliki Alexiou |
11:00 – 11:30 : Title: Coverage improvements for sub-Terahertz systems under shadowing conditions Speaker: Werner Mohr,Consultant, Germany 11:30 – 12:00 : Title: Amplification of THz Radiation by Graphene Grating-Gate Structures for potential wireless communication at THz frequencies Speaker: Wojciech Knap, CENTERA Laboratories, IHPP, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland 12:00 – 12:30 : Title: TIMES – THz Industrial Mesh Networks in Smart Sensing and Propagation Environments Speaker: Luca Sanguinetti, University of Pisa, Italy 12:30 – 12:45 : Title: Overview of the ETSI Industry Specification Group on THz communications Speaker: Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus, Greece 12:45 – 13:00 : Title: One6G activities on THz communications Speaker: Tommaso Zugno, Huawei Technologies, Germany |
12:30 – 14:00 : Lunch |
14:00 – 15:20 WG D – 4 papers Chair: Angeliki Alexiou |
14:00 – 14:20 : Title: RIS-aided multi-hop backhauling for 5G/6G UAV-assisted access points Speaker: Salim Janji, Pawel Sroka, PUT, Poland 14:20 – 14:40 : Title: Energy consumption in wireless systems powered by RESs and equipped with UAVs and IRSs Speaker: Adam Samorzewski, Adrian Kliks, PUT, Poland 14:40 – 15:00 : Title: Why white noise is not enough?: On using radio front-end models while designing 6G PHY Speaker: Pawel Sroka, Marcin Hoffmann, Marcin Wachowiak, PUT, Poland 15:00 – 15:20 : Title: Spectrum Occupancy Detection Supported by Federated Learning Speaker: Łukasz Kułacz, Adrian Kliks, PUT, Poznan 15:20 – 15:40 : Title: Utilization of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces with Context Information: Use Cases Speaker: Łukasz Kułacz, Adrian Kliks, PUT, Poznan 15:40 – 16:00 : Title: Location-Based Power Control Mechanism for D2D Communication Underlying a Cellular System Speaker: Marcin Rodziewicz, PUT, Poznan |
15:20 – 15:50 Closing Session: Closing Speach and Best paper award ceremonySpeakers: Nigel Jefferies, Chairman of WWRF Adrian Kliks, PUT, Poznan |
Speaker: Sayon Karmakar, Intel, India |
Speaker: Yaser Awadh Bakhuraisa, Multimedia University, Malacca, Malaysia |
Speaker: Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA |
Coffee Break |
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