GI/Dagstuhl Research Seminar

Performance of Mobile Systems

November 9-12, 2003 at Schloss Dagstuhl

sponsored by

Fachausschuss Messung, Modellierung und Bewertung von Rechensystemen

of the

Gesellschaft für Informatik und Informationstechnische Gesellschaft

Organisers:

Boudewijn Haverkort, University of Twente

Bruno Müller-Clostermann, University Duisburg/Essen

Andreas Mitschele-Thiel, Technical University Ilmenau


Here is a short press release of the event, including some pictures.

Sunday, November 9, 2003, evening

Welcome and informal get-together over soup, cheese, coffee, beer and wine.

Monday, November 10, 2003

Session 0 Opening
8:45-9:00 Boudewijn Haverkort, Andreas Mitschele-Thiel: Opening and welcome
Session 1 Performance of ad hoc networks I (Chair: Geert Heijenk, Uni Twente)
9:00-9:40 Tom Coenen, Uni Twente: Performance analysis of ad hoc networks (pdf)
9:40-10:20 Dimitri Marandin, TU Dresden: Routing in ad hoc etworks (ps)
10:20-10:50 Coffee break
Session 2 Performance of ad hoc networks II (Chair: Geert Heijenk, Uni Twente)
10:50-11:30 Tarek Ahmed, Uni Essen/Duisburg: Routing optimization for ad hoc networks using ant algorithms (ps)
11:30-12:10 Martin Drozda, Uni Hannover: Statistical evaluation of ad hoc network performance (pdf)
12:15-13:30 Lunch
Session 3 Mobility of GPRS users and mobile agents (Chair: Andreas Mitschel-Thiel)
13:30-14:10 Roger Kalden, Ericsson Eurolab Herzogenrath, GPRS traffic measurement and modelling (ps)
14:10-14:50 Daniel Spelmezan, RWTH Aachen: The mobility of GPRS users (ps)
14:50-15:30 Corinna Flues: Uni Essen/Duisbrug: Performance modelling of mobile agents systems (pdf)
15:30-16.00 Coffee break
Session 4 Performance of UMTS systems (Chair: Andreas Mitschele-Thiel)
16:00-16:40 Andreas Pillekeit, TU Ilmenau: Load sharing in combined UMTS/GSM cellular systems (ps)
16:40-17:20 Assed Jehangir, Uni Twente: TCP Hybla: Adaptations of TCP for use in UMTS (ps)
18:00 Dinner

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Session 5 Performance evaluation methodology (Chair: Boudewijn Haverkort)
8:30-9:10 Markus Arns, University of Dortmund: Approximate solution methods for extended queueing networks (pdf)
9:10-9:50 Markus Fischer: Parallel numerical methods for the quantitative evaluation of discrete-event systems (pdf)
9:50-10:15 Coffee break
Session 6 Various topics in mobile communications (Chair: Boudewijn Haverkort)
10:15-10:55 Robert Brendel, Uni BW München: Simulation of inner-city traffic (ps)
10:55-11:35 Rene Böringer, TU Ilmenau: Simulation-based examination of MPLS/RSVP-TE-based radio access networks (pdf)
11:35-12.15 Samer Sulaiman, TU Dresden: Multicast routing protocols (pdf)
12:15-13:30 Lunch
Session 7 Modelling network traffic (Chair: Boudewijn Haverkort)
13:30-14.10 Andriy Panchenko, TU Dresden: Statistical properties of network traffic processes and their modeling (pdf)
Session 8 MMB dissertation prize winner (Chair: Bruno Müller-Clostermann)
14:15-15:00 Martin Zaddach, Uni Hamburg: Analytical and simulative load transformations in traffic engineering (ps)
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
Session 9 MMB diploma thesis prize winners (Chair: Bruno Müller-Clostermann)
15:30-16:15 Cornelia Sauer, Uni Hamburg: Reliability and performance analysis in separable networks (pdf)
16:15-17:00 Thomas Koschel, RWTH Aachen: Modellierung und Bewertung von Verteilten Web-Servern (pdf)
Session 10 Closing
17:00-17:15 Wrap-up and closing
18:00 Dinner

Boudewijn Haverkort/October 15, 2003