ISPLC’18 Program - isplc2018.ieee-isplc.org

1 ISPLC'18 Program Sunday, 8th April Registration and Welcome Reception 18:00 - 21:00 Place: Zouk Tea Bar & Grill Address: Unit 5, The Quadrangle, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5QS. Monday, 9th April 9:00 9:15 Opening Keynote Speech #1. Recent Progress in the Emerging Visible Light Communications 9:15 9:50. Technology (Fary Ghassemlooy, Northumbria University). Chair: Andrea M. Tonello (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Session #1: PLC Channel Estimation and Characterization 9:50 11:30. (Chair: Andrea M. Tonello, University of Klagenfurt, Austria).

2 A Bottom-Up PLC Channel Model That Includes Radiation Effects Federico Passerini (University of Klagenfurt, Austria); Davide Righini (AAU Klagenfurt, 9:50 10:10. Austria); Andrea M Tonello (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Channel Estimation Based on Frame Control Symbol Re-encoding and Re-Mapping Liset Mart nez Marrero and Liz Mart nez Marrero (Technological University of Havana, 10:10 10:30 Cuba); Stephen Dominiak (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland); Jorge Torres G mez (Technological University of Havana, Cuba).

3 Thomas Hunziker (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland). Electromagnetic Compatibility of Power Line Communications in Energy Storage Units 10:30 10:50 Gautham Prasad, Yinjia Huo, Lutz Lampe and Victor Leung (University of British Columbia, Canada). Channel Frequency Response for a Low Voltage Indoor Cable Up to 1 GHz 10:50 11:10 Arnold De Beer, Ashraf Sheri and Hendrik C Ferreira (University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Han Vinck (University of Duisburg-Essen & University of Johannesburg, Germany).

4 Influence of Cable Selection on Channel Frequency Response for Low Voltage Indoor Cables 11:10 11:30 Arnold De Beer, Ashraf Sheri and Hendrik C Ferreira (University of Johannesburg, South Africa). 11:30 11:50 Break Session #2: Impedance analysis for PLC Systems 11:50 12:50. (Chair: Han Vinck, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany). TX-Signal Optimization in Current Control State of PLC Transmitter by Low Access Impedance 11:50 12:10 George Hallak (University of Applied Sciences Ruhrwest, Germany); Gerd Bumiller (Hochschule Ruhr West & University of Applied Sciences, Germany).

5 A New Method for Input Installation Impedance Measurement Imene Elfeki (Tours University, France); Ismail Aouichak (Universit de Tours, 12:10 12:30 France); Jean-Charles Le Bunetel (University of Fran ois-Rabelais, Tours, France);. Thierry Doligez (LAN, France); Yves Raingeaud (University of Tours, France). Time Variant Voltage and Current Modeling Corresponding to Access Impedance Measurements 12:30 12:50 George Hallak (University of Applied Sciences Ruhrwest, Germany); Gerd Bumiller (Hochschule Ruhr West & University of Applied Sciences, Germany).

6 12:50 14:00 Lunch Keynote Speech #2. PRIME Alliance: Evolution of the PLC. 14:00 14:50 Technology (Alfredo Sanz, PRIME ALLIANCE). Chair: Ralf J. Lehnert, Technische Universit t Dresden, Germany). Session #3: Layer 2 and 3 Aspects in PLCs 14:50 15:50. (Chair: Ralf J. Lehnert, Technische Universit t Dresden, Germany). Artificial Intelligence Based Routing in PLC Networks 14:50 15:10 Francesco Marcuzzi (Alpen-Adria-Universitaet, Austria); Andrea M Tonello (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Reliable Feedback Mechanisms for Routing Protocols with Network 15:10 15:30.

7 Coding 2. Ievgenii Anatolijovuch Tsokalo and Frank Gabriel (Technische Universit t Dresden, Germany); Sreekrishna Pandi (TU Dresden, Germany); Frank Fitzek (Technische Universit t Dresden & ComNets - Communication Networks Group, Germany);. Ralf J. Lehnert (Technische Universit t Dresden, Germany). Wideband Digital Power Line Carrier with Packet Switching for High Voltage Digital Substations 15:30 15:50. Anton G. Merkulov (Siemens AG); Ralf Adelseck and Jens Buerger (Siemens AG, Germany). 15:50 16:00 Break Panel of Experts 16:00 17:00 Is it all for PLC or what next?

8 Panelists: TBA. Gala Dinner 19:30 22:00 (Museum of Science & Industrial). Address: Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4FP. 3. Tuesday 10th April Keynote Speech #3. When and How AI/ML Works in Wireless Network Design 9:00 9:50. Haris Gacanin (Noika Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium). Chair: Gerd Bumiller (Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany). Session #4: Full Duplex and Coding 9:50 10:50. (Chair: Gerd Bumiller (Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany). Feasibility of Full-Duplex Dynamic Spectrum Management for PLC- DSL Coexistence 9:50 10:10. Gautham Prasad and Lutz Lampe (University of British Adaptive Hybrid Circuit for Enhanced Echo Cancellation in Full Duplex PLC.))

9 10:10 10:30. Federico Passerini and Andrea M Tonello (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). Non-Binary Trellis Codes on the Synthetic Statistical MIMO Power Line Channel 10:30 10:50 Wael Abd Alaziz, Martin Johnston and Stephane Le Goff (Newcastle University, United Kingdom, Great Britain). 10:50 11:10 Break Session #5: PLC Noise Modelling and Mitigation 11:10 12:30. (Chair: Masaaki Katayama, Nagoya University, Japan)). Waveform Clipping in FSK Modulated Signal to Combat Impulse Noise 11:10 11:30 Thokozani Calvin Shongwe (University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Han Vinck (University of Duisburg-Essen & University of Johannesburg, Germany).

10 Noise Determinism in Multi-conductor PLC Channels 11:30 11:50 Davide Righini (AAU Klagenfurt, Austria); Andrea M Tonello (University of Klagenfurt, Austria). An Enhanced Selected Mapping Technique for Joint PAPR Reduction 11:50 12:10 and Impulsive Noise Suppression in Multicarrier Powerline Communications Systems 4. Tomoya Kageyama and Osamu Muta (Kyushu University, Japan); Haris Gacanin (Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium). The Effect of Coupling Circuits on Impulsive Noise in Power Line Communication 12:10 12:30 Tendai Samakande, Thokozani Calvin Shongwe, Arnold De Beer and Hendrik C.