This document summarizes the program for the IEEE WCNC 2012 International Workshop on Broadband Femtocell Technologies. The workshop consists of 4 sessions over one day that will discuss technical topics related to femtocell and heterogeneous cellular networks. Session 1 is the opening session and includes an introduction and presentations on mobility enhancements, interference mitigation, and dynamic spectrum sharing. Session 2 includes presentations on medium access control, scheduling, and self-organization approaches. Session 3 features two keynote speeches from industry leaders. Session 4 closes the workshop.

1. IEEE WCNC 2012 – International Workshop
Broadband Femtocell Technologies
‘Paving the Way to Heterogeneous Cellular Networks”
1st April 2012
Dr. Thierry Lestable
Technology & Innovation Manager (CTO group)
SAGEMCOM SAS
Copyright © 2011 BeFEMTO– Broadband Evolved FEMTO Network. All Rights reserved.
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2. Acknowledgements (1/2)
Co-Chairs Steering Committee
 Frank Zdarsky  Atta Quddus
 Xiaoli Chu
 David Lopez-Perez
 Josep Vidal
 Guillaume de la Roche  Mischa Dohler
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3. Acknowledgements (2/2)
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4. BeFEMTO Consortium
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5. BeFEMTO Consortium
 Duration: Jan. 2010 – Jun. 2012 (30 Months)
 Consortium: 12
Countries: 6
FI Industrial (Operator): DOCOMO, PTC, TID
UOULU
Industrial (Manufacturer): NEC, SC, QC
SME: TTI, mimoOn
Research Centres: CTTC, CEA
GB DE PL
 Higher Education: UOULU, UNIS
NEC,UNIS DOCOMO, PTC
QC, mimoOn
FR
SC,CEA
 Advisory Board: 8
Femto Forum,Ofcom,
ES
CTTC,
ETSI,UKE,ECO,ANFR, IDATE, InterDigital
TID,TTI
 Total Budget: 10.2 M€
 EC funding: 6.9 M€
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6. BeFEMTO’s Vision
 Truly Broadband Radio Access Technologies
 Major focus is on autonomously self-optimizing and self-managing femto
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8. Workshop Program details
- 4 sessions
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9. Session#1 - Opening Session
Session 1: Broadband Femtocell Technologies I: Opening session
Chair: Dr. Thierry Lestable, Sagemcom SAS
Time: 09.00-10.30
Welcome by chairs and Introduction of Agenda Dr. Thierry Lestable
Mobility Enhancements for Heterogeneous Networks through Interference Coordination
David López-Pérez (King's College London, United Kingdom); Ismail Guvenc
(DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., USA); Xiaoli Chu (King's College London, United
Kingdom)
Macro-Femto Inter-Cell Interference Mitigation for 3GPP LTE-A Downlink
Ming Huang (Technical University Munich & Intel Mobile Communication, P.R.
China); Wen Xu (Intel & Intel Mobile Communications, Germany).
Enabling Macrocell-Femtocell Coexistence through Interference Draining
Francesco Pantisano (University of Bologna & Centre for Wireless Communications,
Finland); Mehdi Bennis (Centre of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu,
Finland); Walid Saad (University of Miami, USA); Matti Latva-aho (UoOulu, Finland);
Roberto Verdone (University of Bologna, Italy).
A Fully Distributed Method for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Femtocells
Gustavo W. O. Costa (Aalborg University, Denmark); Andrea F. Cattoni (Aalborg
University, Denmark); Istvan Z. Kovacs (Nokia Siemens Networks, Denmark); Preben
Mogensen (Nokia Siemens Networks, Aalborg, Denmark).
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
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10. Session#2
Session 2: Broadband Femtocell Technologies II
Chair: Dr. David López-Pérez (King's College London, United Kingdom)
Time: 11.00-12.30
Distributed Opportunistic Medium Access Control in Two-Tier Femtocell Networks
Ben Niu (Tsinghua University, P.R. China); Chia-Lin Wu (SUPELEC, Taiwan); Marios
Kountouris (Supélec, France); Yunzhou Li (Tsinghua University, P.R. China).
Dynamic Graph-based Multi-cell Scheduling for Femtocell Networks
Emmanouil Pateromichelakis (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Mehrdad Shariat
(University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Atta Ul Quddus (University of Surrey, United
Kingdom); Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey, United Kingdom).
Use of Learning, Game Theory and Optimization as Biomimetic Approaches for Self-
Organization in Macro-Femtocell Coexistence
Ali Imran (Qatar University Wireless Innovation Center (QUWIC), Qatar); Mehdi
Bennis (Centre of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland); Lorenza
Giupponi (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain).
Virtual-Soft-Handoff-Enabled Dominant Interference Cancellation for Enhanced Uplink
Performance in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Krishna Balachandran (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA); Joseph H. Kang (Bell Labs,
Alcatel-Lucent, USA); Mehmet Kemal Karakayali (Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA);
Kiran M Rege (Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, USA).
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
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11. Session#3 – Keynotes
Session 3: Broadband Femtocell Technologies III: Keynotes
Chair: Dr. Thierry Lestable, Sagemcom SAS
Time: 14.00-15.30
Keynote Talk#1
Dr. Dino Flore, Qualcomm, Director of Standardization, 3GPP RAN3 Chairman
Keynote Talk#2
Dr. Holger Claussen, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, UK
Primary Component Carrier Selection for a Heterogeneous Network: a Comparison of
Selfish, Altruistic and Symmetric Strategies
Parth Amin (Aalto University, Finland); Olav Tirkkonen (Aalto University, Finland);
Tero Henttonen (Renesas Mobile Europe, Finland); Esa Pernila (Renesas Mobile
Europe, Finland)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
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12. Session#4 – Final Session
Session 4: Broadband Femtocell Technologies IV: Closing Session
Chair: Dr. Frank A.Zdarsky, NEC Europe Ltd, Germany
Time: 16.00-17.30
Femtocell Networks: Breaking the Complexity of Centralized Processing with Novel
Dual-Stage Receivers
Rizwan Ghaffar (University of Waterloo, Canada); Pin-Han Ho (University of Waterloo,
Canada); Umer Salim (Intel Mobile Communications, France); Bin Wu (University of
Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China).
CoMP in Heterogeneous Networks: Linear Transceiver Design Using the Minimum
Weighted Geometric-MSE Criterion
Tarik Akbudak (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany); Andreas Czylwik
(Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany).
Bit-Wise Combining for Decode-and-Forward Relays
Namshik Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); John Barry (Georgia Institute of
Technology, USA)
Wireless Over Cable In Femtocell Systems: A Case Study From Indoor Channel
Measurements
Jonathan Gambini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Stefano Savazzi (Politecnico di
Milano, Italy); Paolo Castiglione (FTW, Austria); Umberto Spagnolini (Politecnico di
Milano, Italy); Gerald Matz (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Wrap-up & concluding remarks by chairs Thierry Lestable, David Lopez-
Perez, Frank A.Zdarsky
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13. Thank you for your attention.
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