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Wireless Ad-hoc Networks


Book / Book Chapter

  • Jennifer C. Hou, Kyung-Joon Park, Tae-Suk Kim, and Lu-Chuan Kung, Medium access control and routing protocols for wireless mesh networks, Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Applications, Ekram Hossain and Kin K. Leung (Eds), Springer, 2007.


    Journal / Magazine

  • Rong Zheng, Ye Ge, Jennifer C. Hou, and Sandy R. Thuel, A case for mobility support with temporary home agents, ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review, vol. 6, num. 1, pp. 32-47, January 2002. (note: A preliminary version appeared in IEEE IC3N 2001, October 2001) pdf

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Yung-Ching Hsiao, Jennifer C. Hou, Ye Ge, and Mike Fitz, Syndrome: A light-weight approach to improving TCP performance in mobile wireless networks, The Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2, pp. 37-57, February 2002. pdf

  • Hwangnam Kim and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving protocol capacity with model-based frame scheduling in IEEE 802.11-operated WLANs, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special issue on design, implementation and analysis of communication protocols, vol. 22, num. 10, pp. 1987-2003, December 2004.

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Optimal block design for asynchronous wakeup and its applications in multi-hop wireless networks, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, vol. 5, num. 9, pp. 1228-1241, September 2006.

  • Chunyu Hu, Rong Zheng, and Jennifer C. Hou, A microscopic study of power management in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, special issue on Medium Access Control for WLANs, WPANs, Ad Hoc Networks, and Sensor Networks, June 2005 (to appear).

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Performance analysis of power management policies in wireless networks, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, num. 6, pp. 1351-1362, June 2006.

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Localized fault-tolerant topology control in wireless ad hoc networks, IEEE Trans. on Parallel and Distributed Systems, special issue on Localized communication and topology protocols for ad hoc networks, vol. 17, num. 4, April 2006.

  • Hwangnam Kim, Jennifer C. Hou, Chunyu Hu, and Ye Ge, QoS provisioning for IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless networks: past, present, and future, Computer Networks Journal, vol. 51, num. 8, pp. 1922-1941, June 2007.

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim, and Jennifer C. Hou, Short-Term Non-Uniform Access in IEEE 802.11-compliant WLANs: A Microscopic View and its Impact, Computer Networks Journal, special issue of Emerging Wireless Networks: Performance Modeling and Analysis of Computer Networks, to appear, scheduled for publication in September/October 2007.

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On the asymptotic minimum energy and its implication on deriving the capacity of wireless networks, ACM/IEEE Trans. on Networking, to appear (accepted in Feburary 2007).

  • Ning Li and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving connectivity of wireless ad-hoc networks, Wireless Networks, to appear (conditionally accepted with minor revision in September 2006).

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Asymptotic critical total power for k-connectivity fo wireless networks, IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, to appear (conditionally accepted in September 2006).


    Conference Paper

  • Yi Ye and Jennifer C. Hou, QGMA: A new MAC protocol for supporting QoS in wireless local area networks, in Proc. of IEEE 6th Int'l Conf. on Network Protocols, Austin, TX, October 1998. pdf

  • Chunlei Liu, Ye Ge, Mike Fitz, Jennifer C. Hou, Wei-Peng Chen, and Raj Jain, OSU-MAC: a new, real-time medium access control protocol for wireless LANs with asymmetric wireless links, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems, April 2001. pdf

  • Rong Zheng, Ye Ge, Jennifer C. Hou, and Sandy R. Thuel, A case for mobility support with temporary home agents, in Proc. of 10th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Computer Communication and Networks (IC3N), October 2001.

  • Wei-Peng Chen and Jennifer C. Hou, Provisioning of temporal QoS in Bluetooth networks, in Proc. of 4th IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (MWCN'02), September 2002. pdf

  • Wei-Peng Chen and Jennifer C. Hou, Dynamic, ad-hoc source routing with connection-aware link-state exchange and differentiation, in Proc. of IEEE Globecom, November 2002. pdf

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou Hou, A scheduling algorithm for variable rate coded voice in Bluetooth networks, in Proc. of The Fifth ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Multimedia, September 2002.

  • Lynn Y. Zhang, Ye Ge, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Energy-efficient real-time scheduling in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~18%)

  • Zhenmin Li, Pin Zhou, and Jennifer C. Hou, A fragmentation-based D-MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~18%)

  • Honghai Zhang, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Design and analysis of a Bluetooth loop scatternet formation algorithm, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Communications, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~37.5%)

  • Chunyu Hu, Yifei Hong, and Jennifer C. Hou, On mitigating the broadcast storm problem in MANET with directional antennas, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Communications, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~37.5%) pdf

  • Ye Ge and Jennifer C. Hou, An analytical model for service differentiation in IEEE 802.11, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Communications, June 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~37.5%)

  • Hwangnam Kim and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving protocol capacity with model-based frame scheduling in IEEE 802.11-operated WLANs, in Proc. of ACM MobiCom, September 2003. (note: acceptance ratio = ~9.6%)

  • Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lui Sha, Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11 power saving mode, in Proc. of roc. SCS Western Multiconference on Computer Simulation -- communication networks and distributed systems modeling and simulation conference, January 2004.

  • Chunyu Hu and Jennifer C. Hou, LISP: a link-indexed statistical traffic prediction approach to improving IEEE 802.11 PSM, in Proc. of IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'04), March 2004. (note: acceptance ratio = 18%)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Capacity of wireless ad-hoc networks under ultra wide band with power constraints, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, Florida, March 2005. (note: acceptance ratio = ~17%)

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim, Jennifer C. Hou, and Sai Shankar, Provisioning quality-controlled medium access in ultra wide band WPANs, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2006, March 2006 (acceptance rate = 18%).

  • Hyuk Lim, Luke Kung, Haiyun Luo, and Jennifer C. Hou, Use of singular value decomposition for zero-configuration, robust indoor localization: theory and experimentation, in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2006, March 2006 (acceptance rate = 18%).

  • Hyuk Lim, C. Lim, and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving throughput through spatial diversity in wireless mesh networks: a coordinate-based approach, in Proc. of Proc. of ACM Mobicom, September 2006 (acceptance rate = 12%).

  • Tae-Seok Kim, Hyuk Lim, and Jennifer C. Hou, Improving Spatial Reuse Through Tuning Transmit Power, Carrier Sense Threshold, and Data Rate in Multihop Wireless Networks, in Proc. of Proc. of ACM Mobicom, September 2006 (acceptance rate = 12%).

  • Ye Ge and Jennifer C. Hou, Making proportional bandwidth guarantees in IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed channel access, in Proc. of Proc. of IEEE Milcom, October 2006 (invited).

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim, and Jennifer C. Hou, Short-term non-uniform access in IEEE 802.11-compliant WLANs: A microscopic view and its impact, in Proc. of Proc. of ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiN'06), October 2006 (invited the special issue .

  • Yong Yang, Jennifer C. Hou, and Lu-Chuan Kung, Modeling of physical carrier sense in multi-hop wireless networks and its use in joint power control and carrier sense adjustment, in Proc. of Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Miniconference, May 2007 (acceptance ratio = 25%).

  • Chunyu Hu and Jennifer C. Hou, A novel approach to contention control in IEEE 802.11e-operated WLANs, in Proc. of Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, May 2007 (acceptance ratio = 18%).

  • Ting-Yu Lin and Jennifer C. Hou, Interplay of spatial reuse and SINR-determined data rates in CSMA/CA-based multi-hop multi-rate wireless networks, in Proc. of Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, May 2007 (acceptance ratio = 18%).

  • Yan Gao, Jennifer C. Hou, and Hoang Nguyen, Topology control for maintaining network connectivity and maximizing network capacity under the physical model, in Proc. of Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2008, March 2008. (note: acceptance rate = 20%)

  • Zheng Zhen, Yong Yang, and Jennifer C. Hou, How Physical Carrier Sense Affects Protocol Capacity in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Modeling and Analysis, in Proc. of Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2008, March 2008. (note: acceptance rate = 20%)

  • D. Jung, J. Hwang, H. Lim, K.-J. Park, and J. C. Hou, Improving end-to-end throughput performance of multihop wireless networks, in Proc. of Proc. of Third Annual International Wireless Internet Conference (WICON'07), October 2007 (invited).

  • Qixin Wang, Xue Liu, Jennifer Hou and Lui Sha, GD-Aggregate: A WAN Virtual Topology Building Tool for Hard Real-Time and Embedded Applications, in Proc. of Proc. of IEEE 28th Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS'07), December 2007.


    Technical Report

  • Chunyu Hu and Jennifer C. Hou, LISP: a link-indexed statistical traffic prediction approach to improving IEEE 802.11 PSM, UIUCDCS-R-2003-2669, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003. (note: published in IEEE Int'l Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'04))

  • Chunyu Hu, Rong Zheng, Jennifer C. Hou and Lui Sha, A Microscopic Study of Power Management in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2452, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2004. (note: accepted for publication in International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), special issue on Medium Access Control for WLANs, WPANs, Ad Hoc Networks, and Sensor Networks)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, Capacity of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks under Ultra Wide Band with Power Constraint, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2004-2453, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2004. (note: published in IEEE Infocom 2005)

  • Honghai Zhang and Jennifer C. Hou, On the critical total power for asymptotic k-connectivity in wireless networks, UIUCDCS-R-2004-2454, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. (note: An enhanced version will appear in IEEE/ACM Trans. on Neworking)

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim and Jennifer C. Hou, An Analysis of the Binary Exponential Backoff Algorithm in Distributed MAC Protocols, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2599, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2005. (note: An enhanced version has been accepted for publication in the special issue of ``Emerging Wireless Networks: Performance Modeling and Analysis,'' Elsevier Computer Networks,)

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim, Jennifer C. Hou, Dennis Chi and Sai Shankar, Provisioning Quality Controlled Medium Access in UltraWideBand (UWB) WPANs, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2600, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2005. (note: An enhanced version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2007)

  • Hyuk Lim, Lu-Chuan Kung, Jennifer C. Hou, and Haiyun Luo, Zero-Configuration, Robust Indoor Localization: Theory and Experimentation, Technical Report UIUCDCS-R-2005-2629, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2005. (note: publsihed in IEEE INFOCOM 2006)

  • Chunyu Hu and Jennifer C. Hou, A novel approach to contention control in IEEE 802.11e-operated WLANs, UIUCDCS-R-2006-2764, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2007)

  • Ting-Yu Lin and Jennifer C. Hou, Interplay of spatial reuse and SINR-determined data rates in CSMA/CA-based multi-hop multi-rate wireless networks, UIUCDCS-R-2006-2765, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2007)

  • Yong Yang, Jennifer C. Hou and Lu-Chuan Kung, Modeling of physical carrier sense in multi-hop wireless networks and its use in joint power control and carrier sense adjustment, UIUCDCS-R-2006-2769, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2007 miniconference)

  • Tae-Suk Kim, Yong Yang, and Jennifer C. Hou, Modeling of IEEE 802.11 based Multi-rate Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Its Application towards Optimal Network Operation, UIUCDCS-R-2007-2841, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2007.

  • Zheng Zhen, Yong Yang, and Jennifer C. Hou, How Physical Carrier Sense Affects Protocol Capacity in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Modeling and Analysis, UIUCDCS-R-2007-2858, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2007. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2008)

  • Yan Gao, Jennifer C. Hou, and Hoang Nguyen, Topology Control for Maintaining Network Connectivity and Maximizing Network Capacity Under the Physical Model, UIUCDCS-R-2007-2859, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2007. (note: A shortened version appeared in IEEE INFOCOM 2008)

  • Kyung-Joon Park, Jihyuk Choi, and Jennifer C. Hou, Optimal Physical Carrier Sense for Maximizing Network Capacity in Multi-hop Wireless Networks, UIUCDCS-R-2007-2860, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2007.


    Demo and Exhibition

  • Hyuk Lim, Luke Kung, Jennifer C. Hou, and Haiyun Luo, Use of singular value decomposition for zero-configuration, robust indoor localization, ACM Mobihoc, Urbana, IL, May 2005.

  • Ahmed Sobeih, Wei-Peng Chen, Jennifer C. Hou, Lu-Chuan Kung, Ning Li, Hyuk Lim, Hung-Ying Tyan, and Honghai Zhang, J-Sim: a simulation and emulation environment for wireless sensor networks, IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.


    Ph.D. Thesis

  • Ye Ge, QoS extension to IEEE 802.11, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, September 2004.

  • Chunyu Hu, MAC-centric resource management in wireless networks, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, October 2006.


    Master's Thesis

  • Wei-Peng Chen, Syndrome: A light-weight approach to improve the TCP performance in mobile wireless networks, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2001.

  • Aaron John Klish, Mobility constrained scatternet formation, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003.

  • Dennis Y. Chi, A software infrastructure for instrumenting wireless devices for assisted living, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.


    Manuscripts Submitted for Review

  • Chunyu Hu, Hwangnam Kim, Jennifer C. Hou, and Sai Shankar, Provisioning quality-controlled medium access in ultra wide band WPANs, IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, 2006 (under second review).

  • Lu-Chuan Kung, Jihyuk Choi, Jennifer C. Hou, Yan Cao, I-Hong Hou, Ray Lam, Yong Yang, CUWiN: Towards building a open wireless mesh network for corss layer design and optimization, IEEE Network Magazine, Special Issue of Wireless Mesh Networks: Applications, Architectures and Protocols, 2007.

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