8th International Symposium on Computer Networks, ISCN’08
Tutorials
June 20, 2008 Friday
School of Engineering Building, Top Floor
South (Güney) Campus, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/iscn/
Registration for each tutorial is 100 EUR seperately. Registrations can be made using the symposium registration form.
Tutorial 1: Systems Architecture Overview of 3GPP's Next Generation Mobile Network
Dr. Irfan Ali, Motorola Turkey
June 20, 2008 Friday, 09:30-12:30 (15 min Coffee Break at 11:00am)
The third generation partnership project (3GPP), the organization that defined mobile networks GSM and UMTS, are defining the evolution to 3G UMTS. This 4G mobile technology goes by several acronyms: Long Term Evolution (LTE), Systems Architecture Evolution (SAE) and Evolved Packet System (SAE). This tutorial will provide a overview of systems aspects of SAE/LTE, architecture of the radio access network and the core network, the different network elements and their interactions, the protocols, security aspects and procedures used during both idle and active mode mobility. How the architecture differs from that of 3G UMTS and how SAE/LTE is expected to interwork with existing 2G/3G networks will also be covered. The tutorial will also provide an overview of how the evolved packet core (EPC) is expected to integrate non-3GPP access technologies such as WiMax and the evolution of CDMA accesses, such as high speed packet data (HSPD), using IETF based mobility schemes such as proxy mobile IP (PMIPv6). The tutorial will be focused more on system level aspects and will not cover radio aspects in detail.
Short Bio: Dr. Ali (irfan.ali@motorola.com) works for Motorola, Turkey and is a member of Motorola's Network Advanced Technology Group focusing on 4G Standards. For the last three years, he has been participating in 3GPP standards body for the standardization of core-network aspects of 3GPP's 4G mobile network: Long Term Evolution (LTE), aka Systems Architecture Evolution (SAE). He is also the Rapporteur of the architecture specification document, TS 23.402, for integration of non-3GPP accesses (Wimax etc) with 3GPP accesses (LTE/UTRAN/GERAN). Dr. Ali received a PhD from RPI in 1993 under Professor Ken Vastola.
Tutorial 2: Wireless Sensor Networks
Dr. Cem Ersoy and and Dr. Tuna Tuğcu
Department of Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
June 20, 2008 Friday, 14:00-17:00 (15 min Coffee Break at 15:30pm)
This half day tutorial aims introducing concepts and research topics in wireless sensor networks with a top down approach. We will cover topics ranging from MAC, routing, and transport layer protocols to topology, sensor/actuator networks, and new research topics in the field.
Short Bio: Dr. Ersoy (ersoy@boun.edu.tr) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He worked as an R&D engineer in NETAS, A.S,. between 1984 and 1986. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, in 1992. Currently, he is a full professor in the Computer Engineering Department of Bogaziçi University. His research interests include performance evaluation and topological design of communication networks, wireless networks and mobile applications.
Short Bio: Dr. Tugcu (tugcu@boun.edu.tr) received his BS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University in 1993 and 2001, respectively, MS degree in Computer and Information Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1994. He pursued post-doctorate study in Broadband and Wireless Networking Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology until July 2002. He also worked as a visiting assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology (Savannah Campus) for two years. He is currently an assistant professor in Computer Engineering at Bogazici University. His research interests include real-time systems, communication networks, and wireless communications.