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Mobility aware and energy-efficient federated deep reinforcement learning assisted resource allocation for 5G-RAN slicing
- Yaser Azimi
Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
, - Saleh Yousefi
Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
, - Hashem Kalbkhani
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran
, - Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Computer Communications, Volume 217, Issue C•Mar 2024, pp 166-182 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2024.01.028AbstractNetwork slicing is one of the foundations for the realization of 5G and beyond. However, due to the mobility of the users and the network dynamics, flexible and efficient radio access network (RAN) resource slicing is still a challenge. In this ...
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- Yaser Azimi
- Article
Unified Emulation-Simulation Training Environment for Autonomous Cyber Agents
- Li Li
Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Jean-Pierre S. El Rami
Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Adrian Taylor
Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - James Hailing Rao
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Machine Learning for Networking•November 2022, pp 130-144• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36183-8_9AbstractAutonomous cyber agents may be developed by applying reinforcement and deep reinforcement learning (RL/DRL), where agents are trained in a representative environment. The training environment must simulate with high-fidelity the network Cyber ...
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- research-article
Network slicing in virtualized 5G Core with VNF sharing
- Azad Jalalian
Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
, - Saleh Yousefi
Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Volume 215, Issue C•Jun 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2023.103631AbstractThrough multiplexing separate virtual networks on the same network infrastructure, network slicing will lead to customization, scalability, flexibility, and isolation of services in different domains of the ...
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- Azad Jalalian
- research-article
A novel routing protocol for reducing packet delay with multi-beam antennas
- Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
, - Marc St-Hilaire
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking, Volume 220, Issue C•Jan 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2022.109479AbstractAd hoc networks are infrastructureless networks consisting of static and/or mobile nodes. These networks are deployed for a wide range of applications. Having an efficient routing protocol for communication between the nodes can be ...
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- Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo
- research-article
Controller Placement in Software-Defined Multihop Wireless Networks: Optimal Solution and GA-based Approximation
- Afsane Zahmatkesh
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
, - Chung-Horng Lung
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 27, Issue 3•Jun 2022, pp 1311-1326 • https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-021-01894-3AbstractIn a multi-controller software-defined networking (SDN) architecture, solving the controller placement problem (CPP) has a direct effect on the generated control overhead in the network. We aim to minimize the control overhead exchanged in the ...
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- Afsane Zahmatkesh
- research-article
Downlink Scheduling in LTE with Deep Reinforcement Learning, LSTMs and Pointers
- Aisha Robinson
Carleton University,Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering,Ottawa,ON,Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Carleton University,Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering,Ottawa,ON,Canada
MILCOM 2021 - 2021 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM)•November 2021, pp 763-770• https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM52596.2021.9652950Downlink scheduling in the LTE system is an open problem for which several heuristic solutions exist. Recently, there has been an increase in interest in applying machine learning to networking problems, including downlink scheduling. We propose a LSTM/...
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- Aisha Robinson
- posterPublished By ACMPublished By ACM
Revealing insights for improvements in LoRaWAN in multiple applications scenarios: poster abstract
- Muhammad Omer Farooq
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
SenSys '19: Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems•November 2019, pp 434-435• https://doi.org/10.1145/3356250.3361956We study LoRaWAN's performance when multiple applications are concurrently running over the same LoRaWAN network. We consider applications that generate data packets using a Poisson process, a random distribution, and at periodic intervals. The LoRa PHY ...
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- article
Exploiting Multi-Beam Antennas for End-to-End Delay Reduction in Ad Hoc Networks
- Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Marc St-Hilaire
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 23, Issue 5•October 2018, pp 1293-1305 • https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-018-1037-8A Multi-Beam Antenna (MBA) can be defined as a set of directional radio transceivers. These transceivers are facing different directions to prevent signal interference with each other. MBA nodes have two main characteristics: the Multi-Packet ...
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- Jean-Daniel Medjo Me Biomo
- article
Editorial: MONET Special Issue on Recent Advances in Ad Hoc Networking
- Yifeng Zhou
Communications Research Centre (CRC), Ottawa, Canada K2H 8S2
, - Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6
Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 23, Issue 5•October 2018, pp 1280-1281 • https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-018-1035-x- 0Citation
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- Yifeng Zhou
- article
Editorial: Ad Hoc Networking and Emerging Applications
- Yifeng Zhou
Communications Research Centre (CRC), Ottawa, Canada K2H 8S2
, - Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6
, - Stefan Fischer
Institute of Telematics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany 23562
, - Zhangdui Zhong
School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China 100044
Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 23, Issue 5•October 2018, pp 1206-1207 • https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-017-0837-6- 0Citation
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- Yifeng Zhou
Ad Hoc Networks: 9th International Conference, AdHocNets 2017, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, September 2829, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the ... and Telecommunications Engineering)
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, AdHocNets 2017, held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, USA, in September 2017. The 19 full papers were selected from 30 submissions and cover a variety of ...
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- research-article
IoT-RF: A routing framework for the Internet of Things
- Muhammad Omer Farooq
Nimbus Centre for Embedded Systems Research, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada
2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)•October 2017, pp 1-7• https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2017.8292730Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standardized RPL as a routing framework for the Internet of Things (IoT). RPL supports many-to-one, many-to-many, and one-to-many communications. Recent studies demonstrate that RPL performs poorly in many-to-many ...
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- Muhammad Omer Farooq
- research-article
Cross-layer design for multihop MANETs utility optimization with AQM
- Ammar Alhosainy
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)•October 2017, pp 1-6• https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2017.8292269We study the problem of jointly solving the contention and congestion distributed control problem in a bounded queue multihop mobile ad-hoc networks. Unlike the majority of the published work in this area, we focus on the feasibility of the proposed ...
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- Ammar Alhosainy
- research-article
Design and analysis of RPL objective functions for multi-gateway ad-hoc low-power and lossy networks
- Muhammad Omer Farooq
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
, - Cormac J. Sreenan
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
, - Kenneth N. Brown
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 65, Issue C•October 2017, pp 78-90 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2017.08.002RPL is a standard routing framework for low-power and lossy networks (LLNs). LLNs usually operate in challenged conditions, therefore RPL can be adapted to satisfy requirements of a particular LLN. RPL facilitates this through objective functions (OFs). ...
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- Muhammad Omer Farooq
Ad Hoc Networks: 8th International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2016, Ottawa, Canada, September 26-27, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2016, held in Ottawa, Canada, September 26-17, 2016. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. ...
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- research-article
Automated IP connectivity in narrowband radio networks
- L. Li
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - S. Haavik
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Oslo, Norway
, - B. Libæk
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Oslo, Norway
, - R. Wik
Kongsberg Defence Systems, Communications Division, Asker, Norway
, - A. M. Hegland
Kongsberg Defence Systems, Communications Division, Asker, Norway
, - D. McLachlan
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - P. Hugg
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - C. Brown
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - T. Kunz
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
MILCOM 2016 - 2016 IEEE Military Communications Conference, pp 806-811• https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2016.7795428A scheme for narrowband radio networks is presented that automates IP connectivity in the tactical edge, and between the edge and the backbone. The solution separates wired IP routing from routing in the radio network and applies cross-layer address ...
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- L. Li
- research-article
A Recursive Method for Clock Synchronization in Asymmetric Packet-Based Networks
- Mohammad Javad Hajikhani
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Howard Schwartz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
, - Mohammad Javad Hajikhani
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
, - Howard Schwartz
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Volume 24, Issue 4•August 2016, pp 2332-2342 • https://doi.org/10.1109/TNET.2015.2462772In the context of the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol PTP, estimating the delay's bias is a problem that appears in both one-way using transparent devices or two-way message exchange mechanisms. For estimating the offset via the two-way message ...
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- Mohammad Javad Hajikhani
- surveyPublished By ACMPublished By ACM
Computational Methods for Residential Energy Cost Optimization in Smart Grids: A Survey
- Muhammad Raisul Alam
Carleton University, Ontario, Canada
, - Marc St-Hilaire
Carleton University, Ontario, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Carleton University, Ontario, Canada
ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 49, Issue 1•March 2017, Article No.: 2, pp 1-34 • https://doi.org/10.1145/2897165A smart power grid transforms the traditional electric grid into a user-centric, intelligent power network. The cost-saving potential of smart homes is an excellent motivating factor to involve users in smart grid operations. To that end, this survey ...
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- Muhammad Raisul Alam
- research-article
Evaluation of available bandwidth as a routing metric for delay-sensitive IEEE 802.15.4-based ad-hoc networks
- Muhammad Omer Farooq
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
, - Thomas Kunz
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada
, - Cormac J. Sreenan
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
, - Kenneth N. Brown
CTVR, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland
Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 37, Issue P2•February 2016, pp 526-542 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2015.10.005In this paper, we evaluate available bandwidth as a routing metric for IEEE 802.15.4-based ad-hoc networks. The available bandwidth on a data forwarding path is an approximation of the forwarding path's residual data relaying capacity. High available ...
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- Muhammad Omer Farooq
- research-article
Networking for next generation NBWF radios
- Li Li
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Humphrey Rutagemwa
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - J. Hu
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Phil Hugg
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Phil Vigneron
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Colin Brown
Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, Canada
, - Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
MILCOM 2015 - 2015 IEEE Military Communications Conference•October 2015, pp 121-126• https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2015.7357429This work studies the networking scheme of NATO's next generation narrow band waveform (NBWF) radios. The key techniques that effectively enable the multihop capabilities for the NBWF radios are described first. Then a network emulator is developed to ...
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- Li Li
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- Q. What articles are eligible for ACM Author-Izer?
- A. ACM Author-Izer can be applied to all the articles authors have ever published with ACM. It is also available to authors who will have articles published in ACM publications in the future.
- Q. Are there any restrictions on authors to use this service?
- A. No. An author does not need to subscribe to the ACM Digital Library nor even be a member of ACM.
- Q. What are the requirements to use this service?
- A. To access ACM Author-Izer, authors need to have a free ACM web account, must have an ACM Author Profile page in the Digital Library, and must take ownership of their Author Profile page.
- Q. What is an ACM Author Profile Page?
- A. The Author Profile Page initially collects all the professional information known about authors from the publications record as known by the ACM Digital Library. The Author Profile Page supplies a quick snapshot of an author's contribution to the field and some rudimentary measures of influence upon it. Over time, the contents of the Author Profile page may expand at the direction of the community. Please visit the ACM Author Profile documentation page for more background information on these pages.
- Q. How do I find my Author Profile page and take ownership?
- A. You will need to take the following steps:
- Create a free ACM Web Account
- Sign-In to the ACM Digital Library
- Find your Author Profile Page by searching the ACM Digital Library for your name
- Find the result you authored (where your author name is a clickable link)
- Click on your name to go to the Author Profile Page
- Click the "Add Personal Information" link on the Author Profile Page
- Wait for ACM review and approval; generally less than 24 hours
- Q. Why does my photo not appear?
- A. Make sure that the image you submit is in .jpg or .gif format and that the file name does not contain special characters
- Q. What if I cannot find the Add Personal Information function on my author page?
- A. The ACM account linked to your profile page is different than the one you are logged into. Please logout and login to the account associated with your Author Profile Page.
- Q. What happens if an author changes the location of his bibliography or moves to a new institution?
- A. Should authors change institutions or sites, they can utilize ACM Author-Izer to disable old links and re-authorize new links for free downloads from a new location.
- Q. What happens if an author provides a URL that redirects to the author’s personal bibliography page?
- A. The service will not provide a free download from the ACM Digital Library. Instead the person who uses that link will simply go to the Citation Page for that article in the ACM Digital Library where the article may be accessed under the usual subscription rules.
However, if the author provides the target page URL, any link that redirects to that target page will enable a free download from the Service.
- Q. What happens if the author’s bibliography lives on a page with several aliases?
- A. Only one alias will work, whichever one is registered as the page containing the author’s bibliography. ACM has no technical solution to this problem at this time.
- Q. Why should authors use ACM Author-Izer?
- A. ACM Author-Izer lets visitors to authors’ personal home pages download articles for no charge from the ACM Digital Library. It allows authors to dynamically display real-time download and citation statistics for each “authorized” article on their personal site.
- Q. Does ACM Author-Izer provide benefits for authors?
- A. Downloads of definitive articles via Author-Izer links on the authors’ personal web page are captured in official ACM statistics to more accurately reflect usage and impact measurements.
Authors who do not use ACM Author-Izer links will not have downloads from their local, personal bibliographies counted. They do, however, retain the existing right to post author-prepared preprint versions on their home pages or institutional repositories with DOI pointers to the definitive version permanently maintained in the ACM Digital Library.
- Q. How does ACM Author-Izer benefit the computing community?
- A. ACM Author-Izer expands the visibility and dissemination of the definitive version of ACM articles. It is based on ACM’s strong belief that the computing community should have the widest possible access to the definitive versions of scholarly literature. By linking authors’ personal bibliography with the ACM Digital Library, user confusion over article versioning should be reduced over time.
In making ACM Author-Izer a free service to both authors and visitors to their websites, ACM is emphasizing its continuing commitment to the interests of its authors and to the computing community in ways that are consistent with its existing subscription-based access model.
- Q. Why can’t I find my most recent publication in my ACM Author Profile Page?
- A. There is a time delay between publication and the process which associates that publication with an Author Profile Page. Right now, that process usually takes 4-8 weeks.
- Q. How does ACM Author-Izer expand ACM’s “Green Path” Access Policies?
- A. ACM Author-Izer extends the rights and permissions that authors retain even after copyright transfer to ACM, which has been among the “greenest” publishers. ACM enables its author community to retain a wide range of rights related to copyright and reuse of materials. They include:
- Posting rights that ensure free access to their work outside the ACM Digital Library and print publications
- Rights to reuse any portion of their work in new works that they may create
- Copyright to artistic images in ACM’s graphics-oriented publications that authors may want to exploit in commercial contexts
- All patent rights, which remain with the original owner