| Sunday 8 October 2017 | |||||||
| Room | 09:00-10:30 | 10:30-10:45 | 10:45-12:15 | 12:15-14:00 | 14:00-15:30 | 15:30-15:45 | 15:45-17:15 |
| Westmount | Tutorial 1 | Coffee Break | Tutorial 1 | Lunch Break | Tutorial 9 | Coffee Break | Tutorial 9 |
| Outremont | Tutorial 2 | Tutorial 2 | Tutorial 10 | Tutorial 10 | |||
| Fontaine C | Tutorial 3 | Tutorial 3 | Tutorial 11 | Tutorial 11 | |||
| Fontaine D | Tutorial 4 | Tutorial 4 | Tutorial 12 | Tutorial 12 | |||
| Fontaine E | Tutorial 5 | Tutorial 5 | Tutorial 13 | Tutorial 13 | |||
| Fontaine F | Tutorial 6 | Tutorial 6 | Tutorial 14 | Tutorial 14 | |||
| Fontaine G | Tutorial 7 | Tutorial 7 | Tutorial 15 | Tutorial 15 | |||
| Fontaine H | Tutorial 8 | Tutorial 8 | Tutorial 16 | Tutorial 16 | |||
| Room: Verdun | |||
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Talk Title |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00-10:30 | Session I: 5G Initiative and Distinguished Keynote | ||
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome | Welcome Address | |
| 09:10-09:30 | 5G Initiative Talk | ||
| 09:30-10:30 | Yasser Nafei | Senior Vice President , LG Electronics, USA | KS-01 Accelerating the Adoption of 5G by Balancing the Technical Jargon with Customer-Centric Vocabulary |
| 10:30-11:00 | AM Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Session II: Theme – 5G Challenges | ||
| 11:00-11:15 | Muquid Ali | VP of Operations, AWTG Limited, UK | KS-02 Challenges of Deploying 5G |
| 11:15-11:30 | Bosco Eduardo Fernandes | Senior Strategic Advisor, COMCON, Germany | KS-03 5G the “One Size Fits it All” Technology for the Near Future? |
| 11:30-11:45 | Li Li | Senior Research Scientist, Communications Research Centre, Canada | KS-04 Challenges and Innovations in Sustainable Spectrum Management for 5G |
| 11:45-12:00 | Stefano Buzzi | Associate Professor, University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, Italy | KS-05 Putting the Citizens at the Centre of the Network: Cell-Free architectures |
| 12:00-12:30 | Panel for Session II | ||
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Session III: Theme – 5G Architecture | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Toktam Mahmoodi | Associate Professor, King’s College London, UK | KS-06 Shaving the Milliseconds of Communication and Networking Protocols |
| 14:15-14:30 | Michael Starsinic | Principle Engineer , InterDigital, USA | KS-07 Leveraging the Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) in NB-IoT Device Deployments |
| 14:30-14:45 | Faqir Zarrar Yousaf | Senior Researcher , NEC Labs, Germany | KS-08 NFV/SDN: Technology Enablers for 5G – The Twain Shall Meet! |
| 14:45-15:00 | Yang Yang | Professor, SIMIT, and Director, WiCO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | KS-09 Open 5G Platform |
| 15:00-15:30 | Panel for Session III | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | PM Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00–17:30 | Session IV: Theme – 5G Applications | ||
| 16:00-16:15 | Stan Wong | Professor, 5G Testbed Manager, Digital Catapult, UK | KS-10 5G Security in Risks and Vulnerabilities |
| 16:15-16:30 | Belkacem Mouhouche | Principal Standards Engineer, Samsung Research, UK | KS-11 The Challenge of Broadcast Support in 5G Systems |
| 16:30-16:45 | Doru Calin | Director & Fellow, Nokia Bell Labs, USA | KS-12 The Future X Network, A Bell Labs Perspective |
| 16:45-17:00 | Klaus David | Full University Professor, Kassel University, Germany | KS-13 Is There any Room or Need for Beyond 5G: 6G Requirements |
| 17:00-17:30 | Panel for Session IV | ||
DAY 2, MONDAY OCTOBER 9, 2017: 5G SUMMIT AND IEEE PIMRC 2017
| 19:00-21:00 | Montréal Ballroom | Welcome Reception (PIMRC & 5G Summit Delegates) |
| Time | Room | Tuesday 10 October |
| 09:00‑10:30 | Montréal Ballroom | PA-01: IoT Developments in Connectivity for Industrial, Infrastructure, and Individual Applications |
| Fontaine C | TR1/S01: 5G Physical Layer I | |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S02: NOMA | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S03: Interference I | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S04: Signal Processing for Wireless I | |
| Fundy | TR1/S05: Source/Channel Coding I | |
| Longueuil | TR1/S06: Channel Measurement and Modeling I | |
| St-Michel | TR2/S01: D2D Communications | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S01: 5G Architecture | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S02: UAV-Based Communications | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S03: Association/Selection in HetNets | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR4/S01: Security and Privacy for IoT | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S02: Content Caching and Delivery | |
| St-Léonard | SP4/S01: Resource-Efficient, Reliable, and Secure IoT in the 5G Era I | |
| Mont-Royal | DE/S01: Demo Exhibits I | |
| 10:30‑11:00 | Mont-Royal | AM Coffee Break |
| 11:00‑12:00 | Montréal Ballroom | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| KP-01: Plenary Keynote Speech on “An MSO Vision of the Network of the Future” by Luc Noiseux, SVP and CTSO, Cogeco, Canada | ||
| KP-02: Plenary Keynote Speech on “Surviving in an Uncertain World with Slow Communication Pathways” by Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Head of the Robotics and Manufacturing Theme, Imperial College London, UK | ||
| 12:00‑13:30 | Fontaine A-B | Lunch |
| 13:30‑15:00 | Fontaine C | TR1/S07: Beamforming I |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S08: Channel Estimation I | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S09: Cognitive Radio | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S10: D2D Communications I | |
| Fundy | TR1/S11: Modulation I | |
| Longueil | TR2/S02: LTE and WiFi Coexistence Techniques | |
| St-Michel | TR2/S03: User Association and Discovery | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S04: 5G Communication Protocols | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S05: VANETS | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR3/S06: Energy Efficient/Aware Communications | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S07: Body Area Networks | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S03: Secure Network and Service Access | |
| St-Léonard | SP4/S02: Resource-Efficient, Reliable, and Secure IoT in the 5G Era II | |
| 15:00‑16:00 | Montréal Ballroom | KP-03: Plenary Keynote Speech on “Wireless Dependable IoT/M2M for Reliable Machine Centric Sensing and Controlling of Medical Devices, Cars and Others” by Ryuji Kohno, Director, Centre of Medical ICT; and Professor, Yokohama National University, Japan |
| 16:00‑16:30 | Mont-Royal | PM Coffee Break |
| 16:30‑18:00 | Mont-Royal | DE/S02: Demo Exhibits II |
| Fontaine C | TR1/S12: Coopertive Communications I | |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S13: Massive MIMO I | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S14: Security I | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S15: Signal Processing for Wireless II | |
| Longueil | TR2/S04: Power and Energy | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S08: LTE Networks | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S09: Vehicular Networks | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S10: Energy Efficient WSNs | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR4/S04: Cloud and Fog Computing | |
| Fundy | SP1: Big Data-Enabled 5G Systems |
| Time | Room | Tuesday 10 October | |
| WS-07 The Internet Of Things (IoT), the Road Ahead: Applications, Challenges, and Solutions | |||
| 08:30‑10:30 | Lachine | WS07/S01: | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| KW-01 Keynote Speech on “IoT: Multiple Facets of its Impact on the Economy and our Society” by Amit Mukhopadhyay, Group Leader – Future Wireless Networks Modeling, Bell Labs Consulting, Murray Hill, USA | |||
| IoT – Road Ahead: Apps, Challenges and Solutions I | |||
| 10:30-13:00 | |||
| 13:00-15:00 | WS07/S02: | KW-02 Keynote Speech on “5G for Smart City and Connected Industry” by Ali Khayrallah, Engineering Director, Ericsson Research, Santa Clara, USA | |
| IoT – Road Ahead: Apps, Challenges and Solutions II | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:30 | WS07/S03: | IoT – Road Ahead: Apps, Challenges and Solutions III | |
| Closing Remarks | |||
| WS-06 Full-Duplex Technologies (FDX 2017) | |||
| 09:00-10:30 | Verdun | WS06/S01: | Full-Duplex Technologies: Interference |
| 10:30-13:30 | |||
| 13:00-15:00 | WS06/S02: | KW-03 Keynote Speech on “Full-Duplex MIMO – Algorithms and PoC Performance” by Yang-Seok Choi, Director of RSE, Wireless Architect, Intel, USA | |
| KW-04 Keynote Speech on “Secure Wireless Communication with Full-Duplex Radio” by Yingbo Hua, Professor, University of California, Riverside, USA | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | WS06/S03: | Full-Duplex Communications: Systems and Networks | |
| WS-09 New Radio Technologies (NR) | |||
| 08:55‑10:30 | Lasalle | WS09/S01: | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| New Radio Technologies I | |||
| 10:30-13:30 | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | WS09/S02: | New Radio Technologies II | |
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | WS09/S03: | New Radio Technologies III | |
| Time | Room | Wednesday 11 October |
| 09:00‑10:30 | Montréal Ballroom | PA-02: 5G Research and System Design |
| Fontaine C | TR1/S16: Beamforming II | |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S17: Coopertive Communications II | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S18: Positioning, Localization, and Tracking I | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S19: Security II | |
| Fundy | TR1/S20: Signal Processing for Wireless III | |
| Longueil | TR2/S05: Delay and Latency | |
| St-Michel | TR3/S11: Spectrum Management/Coexistence | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S12: Vehicle-Assisted Communications and Services | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S13: Routing | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S14: Resource Allocation in HetNets | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR4/S05: Smart Homes, Factories, and Cities | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S06: 5G Network Management | |
| St-Léonard | SP3/S01: Advanced Antennas for 5G I | |
| Mont-Royal | DE/S03: Demo Exhibits III | |
| 10:30‑11:00 | Mont-Royal | AM Coffee Break |
| 11:00‑12:00 | Montréal Ballroom | KP-04: Plenary Keynote Speech on “Decentralization: The Next Revolution in Computing and Communications” by Siavash Alamouti, President & CEO, mimik, Canada |
| 12:00‑13:30 | Fontaine A-B | Lunch |
| 13:30‑15:00 | Ville-Marie | PA-03: Women in Science and Technology: Towards a Real Transformation |
| Montréal Ballroom | PA-04: Role of Unlicensed Spectrum in Next Generation Wireless Systems | |
| Fontaine C | TR1/S21: 5G Physical Layer II | |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S22: Energy Harvesting and Power Transfer | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S23: Equalization, Detection, and Signal Processing | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S24: Interference II | |
| Fundy | TR1/S25: Massive MIMO II | |
| St-Michel | TR1/S26: Source/Channel Coding II | |
| Longueil | TR2/S06: Cross-Layer and WLANs | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S15: Next Generation Wireless Networks | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S16: Self-Organized Networks | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR3/S17: Scheduling/Admission Control | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S07: Location-based Services and Applications | |
| St-Léonard | SP3/S02: Advanced Antennas for 5G II | |
| Jacques-Cartier | SP5/S01: 5G Wireless Technologies for V2X I | |
| 15:00‑16:00 | Montréal Ballroom | KP-05: Plenary Keynote Speech on “The Wireless Seat Belt: An Innovative Approach for Car2P/VRU Safety Based on 5G and Machine Learning” by Klaus David, Professor, Kassel University, Germany |
| 16:00‑16:30 | Mont-Royal | PM Coffee Break |
| 16:30‑18:00 | Mont-Royal | DE/S04: Demo Exhibits IV |
| Montréal Ballroom | PA-5: Urban Connectivity: Challenges and Opportunity | |
| Fontaine C | TR1/S27: Channel Estimation II | |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S28: D2D Communications II | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S29: mm-Wave Communications | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S30: Modulation II | |
| Fundy | TR1/S31: PHY-Layer Designs Under Practical Constraint | |
| Longueil | TR2/S07: IoT and Ultra Dense Networks | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S18: Content/Caching Aware Cellular Networks | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S19: Software Defined Networking | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S20: Relay Networks | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR4/S08: Localization and Positioning | |
| St-Pierre | SP5/S02: 5G Wireless Technologies for V2X II | |
| 20:00‑22:30 | Montréal Ballroom | Banquet |
| Time | Room | Wednesday 11 October | |
| WS-10 Radio Transmission Technologies with Evolution and Self-Learning Algorithms (RTT-ESLA) | |||
| 08:30‑10:30 | Lasalle | WS10/S01: | KW-05 Keynote Speech on “Learning to Decode” by Kai Niu, Professor, BUPT, China |
| Full Radio with Evolution and Self Learning | |||
| WS-08 Massive MIMO/FD-MIMO in 5G Mobile Communications | |||
| 08:30‑10:30 | Lachine | WS08/S01: | Massive MIMO/FD-MIMO I |
| 10:30-13:00 | |||
| 13:00‑15:00 | WS08/S02: | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| KW-06 Keynote Speech on “Massive MIMO for the New Radio” by Frederick W. Vook, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Nokia Bell Labs, USA | |||
| Massive MIMO/FD-MIMO II | |||
| Closing Remarks | |||
| WS-05 Personalized Mobile Applications for Smart Cities and Smart Citizens (PMA 2017) | |||
| 08:30-10:30 | Verdun | WS05/S01: | Personalized Mobile Apps for Smart Cities and Citizens I |
| 10:30-13:30 | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | WS05/S02: | Tutorial by Grahame Smith on “Co-Creation Technique – The User-Centric Living Labs Approach” | |
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:30 | WS05/S03: | Networking Session and Elevator Pitch | |
| Personalized Mobile Apps for Smart Cities and Citizens II | |||
| WS-11 V2X Channel Measurements and Modeling (WVCM 2017) | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | Lasalle | WS11/S01: | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| KW-07 Keynote Speech on “Channel Characteristics for Cooperative ITS and Positioning” by Fredrik Tufvesson, Professor, Lund University, Sweden | |||
| V2X Channel Measurements and Modeling I | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | WS11/S02: | KW-08 Keynote Speech on “Observations on V2X Channel Modeling Requirements and Standards” by David Steer, Staff Engineer, Huawei Canada Research Centre, Canada | |
| V2X Channel Measurements and Modeling II | |||
| Closing Remarks | |||
| Time | Room | Tuesday 10 October |
| 9:00‑10:30 | Fontaine C | TR1/S32: 5G Physical Layer III |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S33: Channel Estimation III | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S34: Massive MIMO III | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S35: Modulation III | |
| Fundy | TR1/S36: Signal Processing for Wireless V | |
| Longueil | TR1/S37: Optical Wireless I | |
| St-Michel | TR2/S08: Advanced Techniques | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S21: Evaluation of Communications Protocols | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S22: Learning Algorithms in Networks | |
| Jacques-Cartier | TR3/S23: Power Management/Awareness | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR3/S24: Security, Privacy, and Secrecy | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S09: Wireless Emerging and Multimedia Services | |
| St-Laurent | TR4/S10: Machine Learning and Data Analytics | |
| Lasalle | WS04 – TR4/S11: Economics of Wireless Virtualization (Joint Session) | |
| St-Léonard | SP6/S01: Mission-Critical Communications I | |
| Mont-Royal | DE/S05: Demo Exhibits V | |
| 10:30‑11:00 | Mont-Royal | AM Coffee Break |
| 11:00‑12:00 | Montréal Ballroom | KP-06: Plenary Keynote Speech on “Building the Road to 5G” by Javan Erfanian, Chief Editor, NGMN 5G Initiative; and Distinguished Member of Technology, Wireless Technology Strategy, Bell Canada |
| 12:00 ‑ 13:30 | Fontaine A-B | Lunch |
| 13:30 ‑ 15:00 | Fontaine C | TR1/S38: Coopertive Communications III |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S39: Massive MIMO IV | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S40: Positioning, Localization, and Tracking II | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S41: Security III | |
| Fundy | TR1/S42: Synchronization | |
| St-Michel | WS03 – TR1/S43: Coexisting Radio and Optical Wireless (Joint Session) | |
| Longueil | TR2/S09: Resource Allocation I | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S25: M2M, D2D, and MANETs | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S26: Data Sensing, Aggregation, and Diffusion | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR3/S27: Interference/Collision Aware Communications | |
| St-Pierre | TR4/S12: Network Virtualization and Management I | |
| St-Léonard | SP6/S02: Mission-Critical Communications II | |
| 15:00‑16:00 | Montréal Ballroom | KP-07: Plenary Keynote Speech on “Multiple Access for 5G – Challenges Ahead” by Hikmet Sari, Chief Scientist, Sequans Communications; and Professor, NUPT, China |
| 16:00 ‑ 16:30 | Mont-Royal | PM Coffee Break |
| 16:30 ‑ 18:00 | Fontaine C | TR1/S44: 5G Physical Layer IV |
| Fontaine D | TR1/S45: Channel Measurement and Modeling II | |
| Fontaine E | TR1/S46: Performance Analysis | |
| Fontaine F | TR1/S47: Signal Processing for Wireless VI | |
| Fundy | TR1/S48: Optical Wireless II | |
| Longueil | TR2/S10: Resource Allocation II | |
| Fontaine G | TR3/S28: Satellite, mm-Wave, and LiFi Communications | |
| Fontaine H | TR3/S29: Networks and Computing | |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | TR4/S13: Network Virtualization and Management II | |
| Jacques-Cartier | SP2: Software-Defined Edge Computing in Smart Cities |
| Time | Room | Thursday 12 October | |
| WS-04 Cognitive Radio and Innovative Spectrum Sharing Paradigms for Future Networks (CRAFT 2017) | |||
| 08:30‑10:30 | Lasalle | WS04 – TR4/S11: | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| KW-09 Keynote Speech on “Wireless Network Virtualization, Business Opportunities and Economic Aspects” by Toktam Mahmoodi, Associate Professor, King’s College London, United Kingdom | |||
| Economics of Wireless Virtualization (Joint Session) | |||
| WS-03 Coexisting Radio and Optical Wireless Deployments (CROWD 2017) | |||
| 13:30‑15:00 | St-Michel | WS03 – TR1/S43: | Coexisting Radio and Optical Wireless (Joint Session) |
| WS-01 Communication for Networked Smart Cities (CORNER) | |||
| 08:30‑10:30 | Verdun | WS01/S01: | Communications for Networked Smart Cities I |
| 10:30-13:00 | |||
| 13:00‑15:00 | WS01/S02: | KW-10 Keynote Speech on “Efficient Coding for Cloud Storage” by Masoud Ardakani, Professor, University of Alberta, Canada | |
| Communications for Networked Smart Cities II | |||
| 15:00‑16:30 | |||
| 16:30‑18:00 | WS01/S03: | Communications for Networked Smart Cities III | |
| WS-02 Cognitive Radio and Innovative Spectrum Sharing Paradigms for Future Networks (CRAFT 2017) | |||
| 9:00-10:30 | Lachine | WS02/S01: | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| Talk by Oliver Holland on “Thoughts on Database-Driven Spectrum Sharing for 5G” | |||
| Fifth-Generation Networks | |||
| 10:30-13:30 | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | WS02/S02: | Resource Allocation and Access | |
| 15:00-16:30 | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | WS02/S03: | Context and Constraints | |
| Discussion on Conclusions and Observations/Take-Aways from the Workshop | |||