Wired/Wireless Internet Communications

Session 1: Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- Simulating Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks in City Scenarios.- Context Discovery Using Attenuated Bloom Filters in Ad-Hoc Networks.- A Cluster-Label-Based Mechanism for Backbones on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Session 2: TCP.- Comprehensive Analytical Models to Evaluate the TCP Performance in 802.11 WLANs.- A Blind Method Towards Performance Improvement of High Performance TCP with Random Losses.- Evaluating TCP Mechanisms for Real-Time Streaming over Satellite Links.- New TCP Congestion Control Algorithm Based on Bandwidth Measurement for Seamless Vertical Handoffs in Heterogeneous Mobile Networks.- Session 3: Mobility.- On the Potential of Heterogeneous Networks.- Optimal Placement of Anchor Points Within Large Telecommunication Networks.- Robust Application-Level Multicast Tree Construction for Wireless/Mobile Hosts.- Enhanced Fast Handover Mechanism Using MIH Services in MIPv6.- Session 4: Signalling, Charging, and Security.- NSIS-Based Quality of Service and Resource Allocation in Ethernet Networks.- State of the Art Prepaid Charging for IP Services.- Efficient Protection of Mobile Devices by Cross Layer Interaction of Firewall Approaches.- Scalability of Name Resolution for Ambient Networks.- Session 5: UMTS and OFDM.- Urban Cellular Planning Optimisation of Multi-service Enhanced UMTS Based in Economic Issues.- Traffic Modeling and Characterization for UTRAN.- On the Optimal Allocation of Downlink Resources in OFDM-Based Wireless Networks.- Scheme for Joint Optimization of MAP Overhead and System Throughput in Message Based MIMO-OFDM Systems.- Session 6: Voice and Video over Wireless Networks.- A Novel IEEE 802.11e-Based QoS Protocol for Voice Communications over WLANs.- A Live Harmonic Broadcasting Scheme for VBR-Encoded Hot Videos.- A Novel Design and Analysis of Cross-Layer Error-Control for H.264 Video over Wireless LAN.- Session 7: Wireless Networks.- WLAN Service Coverage Based on PixelFlow Predictions.- State Description of

Dr. med. Thomas Braun, geb. 1981 in Augsburg, Medizinstudium an der Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München als Stipendiat des Freistaats Bayern, Promotion am Anatomischen Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München als Mitglied des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs "Biologie menschlicher Erkrankungen", Sebastian-Kneipp-Forschungspreis 2007, seit 2008 Arzt an der Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.