Network Architecture & Techniques

 

Mobile networking -- smooth handovers

 

 

-        Wireless Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks

 

·        Mobile mesh networking using network-enabled hybrid RF and Free Space Optics links. 

     See also: Laser Transformation and DARPA ORCLE .

·        Mobility and data traffic modeling

·        Dynamic connection routing and hand-off techniques

·        Dynamic network configuration algorithms

·         Packet scheduling in shared bandwidth media

·        Implications of integrating services with different QoS requirements

·        Routing security in dynamic networks

·        Security policy in Ad-hoc networks

-    Analysis and Design of Differentiated Service Internet Routers

·        Bandwidth scheduling in differentiated-services line-cards, implications of MPLS

·        Buffer memory allocation and parameter control.

·         Differentiated delay scheduling through the switch fabric (core)

-    Network Flow and Connection-Level Management

·        Traffic modeling and measurements

·        Network resource partitioning under MPLS paradigm

·         Hierarchical routing strategies

·        Dynamic choice of differentiated-services traffic classes

 

Related Papers & Presentations:

 

·        B. Hamzeh, M. Kavehrad, “Free Space Optics Supporting Multi-user Communications for Wireless Mesh Networks,” Proceedings of Optics East, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, October 2004.

·        Simon Byers, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Dave Kormann, and Patrick McDaniel, Searching for Privacy: Design and Implementation of a P3P-Enabled Search Engine. Proceedings of 2004 Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETS), May 2004. Toronto, Canada. [Full Paper: pdf Abstract]

·        H.B. Wang, S. Jha, P. McDaniel, and M. Livny, Security Policy Reconciliation in Distributed Computing Environments. Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (Policy 2004), IEEE, June 2004. Yorktown Heights, NY, to appear. [Full Paper: pdf Abstract]

·        W. Aiello, J. Ioannidis, and P. McDaniel, Origin Authentication in Interdomain Routing. Proceedings of 10th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, ACM, pages 165-178, October 2003. Washington, DC. [Full Paper: pdf Abstract]

·        S. Taha, M. Kavehrad, “Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Multi-Class Connection-Oriented Networks,” Computer Communications Journal, Published by Elsevier Science B.V., Vol.- 27/1, pp. 13-26, May 2003.

·        S. Taha, M. Kavehrad, “Two-Class Packet Reservation Multiple Access, Motivations and Design,” Proceedings of the MILCOM’02, Anaheim, CA., October 2002.

·        S. Taha, H. Che and S. -Q. Li,  “MPOA flow classification design and analysis based on neural network technique,” Computer Communications Journal, Volume 24, Issue 11, pp. 1007-1018, 15 June 2001.

·        M. Habbab, M. Kavehrad and C-E. Sundberg, " ALOHA with Capture Over Slow and Fast Fading Radio Channels with Coding and Diversity," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 79-88, January 1989.

·        M. Kavehrad, "An Accessing Technique for Information Packet Networks," Proceedings of EASCON, Washington, D.C., November 1981.


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