Our research investigates the concept of interference prediction as an unprecedented approach for interference management and medium access in wireless networks. This paper is a first step in this direction: it proposes and evaluates a simple ...

Vehicular CrowdSensing (VCS) is an emerging solution designed to remotely collect data from smart vehicles. It enables a dynamic and large-scale phenomena monitoring just by exploring the variety of technologies which have been embedded in modern cars. ...

Distributed reputation systems can be used to foster cooperation between nodes in decentralized and self-managed systems due to the nonexistence of a central entity. In this paper, a Robust and Distributed Reputation System for Delay-Tolerant Networks (...

The SImple Synchronization Protocol (SISP) has been designed for tiny sensors to offer a wireless synchronization service to the network. SISP is completely distributed with a flat architecture. Nodes broadcast a SYNC message periodically that contains ...

With the advance of fifth generation (5G) networks, network density needs to grow significantly in order to meet the required capacity demands. A massive deployment of small cells may lead to a high cost for providing fiber connectivity to each node. ...

In this paper, we present INDIGO, an interest-driven data dissemination framework that enables to predict the performance of data dissemination. INDIGO computes a tight upper bound of data dissemination time under (i) heterogeneous mobility patterns of ...

Ensuring cellular coverage is an important and costly concern for carriers due to the expense of in-field experimentation (i.e., drive testing). With the ubiquity of smartphones, apps, and social media, there has been an explosion of crowdsourcing to ...

The recent growth of markets for smart homes and the Internet of Things (IoT) create a significant demand in wireless access capacity. Consequently, much of current research has focused on efficient utilization of RF (Radio Frequency) spectrum. In this ...

Efficient resource allocation in enterprise wireless local area networks(WLAN) has become more paramount with the shift of traffic toward WLANs and increasing share of the video traffic. Unfortunately, current practise of client-driven association to ...

Densification through small cells and caching in base stations have been proposed to deal with the increasing demand for Internet content and the related overload on the cellular infrastructure. However, these solutions are expensive to install and ...

In this paper, we analyze flow level performance of mobile users in 4G/pre-5G cellular networks such as LTE and LTE-A. To this end, we develop a two-levels model that provides users' performance in a cell and end-to-end performance in the network. At a ...

Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance and Detection (CSMA/CAD) is introduced and analyzed. The new protocol operates in a single channel and consists of taking advantage of self-interference cancellation to enable collision detection (...

Network simulators are often used for their simplicity and cost regarding wireless networks. However, their realism is often criticized and their results challenged. The main concern comes from the modeling of the PHY and MAC layers. To assess the ...

There is a strong demand in the aviation industry to replace cables in airplanes by wireless connectivity to gain flexibility and reduce weight. Such in-plane wireless communications must be reliable and robust against interference. As part of our ...

In its evolution to provide ever higher data rates, the Wi-Fi standard has incorporated sophisticated PHY-layer techniques, which has in turn increased the complexity of network-wide interference relationships. Proper modelling of the resulting inter-...

Using mobile sinks to collect sensed data in WSNs (Wireless Sensor Network) is an effective technique for significantly improving the network lifetime. We investigate the problem of collecting sensed data using a mobile sink in a WSN with unreachable ...

Accurate, up-to-date maps of transient traffic and hazards are invaluable to drivers, city managers, and the emerging class of self-driving vehicles. We present LiveMap, a scalable, automated system for acquiring, curating, and disseminating detailed, ...

Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) have been around for more than a decade and have especially been proposed to be used in scenarios where communication infrastructure is unavailable. In such scenarios, DTNs can offer a best-effort communication ...

Industrial applications require more and more low-power operations, low-delay, deterministic communications as well as end-to-end reliability close to 100%. However, traditional radio technologies are sensitive to external interference, which degrades ...