1. S. Kalyanaraman,
B. Szymanski, K. Vastola, Y. Tao, D. Harrison, B. Mo, B. Sikdar
and J. Jiang,
``Network Management and control using Collaborative On-line
Simulation,'' U.S.
Patent No. 7,363,285, April, 2008.
Software :
1. Traffic
generator for the network simulator ns, developed by M.
Yuksel,
B.
Sikdar, K. S. Vastola and B. Szymanski. Gives capability to generate
self-
similar traffic (two methods: superposition of MMPPs and fractal point
processes) and application specific traffic. Please cite our CNDS paper
(number 5 in the list of conference papers below) if you use this tool.
Publications :
Book Chapters :
1.
S. Kalyanaraman and B. Sikdar, ``Protocol Design Concepts, TCP/IP, and
the
Network Layer,'' IP over WDM: Building the Next-Generation Optical
Internet,
Sudhir Dixit (Editor), Wiley, April 2003. ISBN: 0-471-21248-2.
2. R. Iyengar,
K. Kar, B. Sikdar and X. Luo, ``Scheduling Algorithms for OFDMA
based WiMAX Systems with QoS
Constraints,'' WiMAX: Technologies,
Performance Analysis and QoS, Part
I: Technologies, CRC Press, 2007.
3. X. Long
and B. Sikdar, ``MAC and Routing Protocols for Vehicle to Vehicle
Networks,'' Automotive Informatics and Communicative
Systems: Principals,
in Vehicular Networks and Data Exchange, IGI Global, 2009.
Journal :
24.
X. Long and B. Sikdar, ``A Mechanism for Detecting Session Hijacks in
Wireless Networks,''
Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Wireless Communications.
23. K.
Ramachandran and B. Sikdar, ``A Queueing Model for Evaluating the
Transfer Latency of Peer to Peer Systems,'' Accepted
for publication in IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
22.
S. Deshpande, M. Thottan, T. Ho and B. Sikdar, ``An
Online Mechanism
for
BGP Instability Detection and Analysis,"
Accepted for publication in IEEE
Transactions on
Computers, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 1470-1484, November 2009.
21.
F. Ye, H. Yang, H. Yang and B. Sikdar, ``A
Distributed Coordination
Scheme
to Improve the Performance of IEEE 802.11
in Multi-hop Networks,"
Accepted
for publication in IEEE Transactions on
Communications.
20. B. Stephenson and
B. Sikdar, ``A
Quasi-species Model for the Propagation
and
Containment of Polymorphic
Worms,'' IEEE Transactions on Computers,
vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 1289-1296, September 2009.
19.
J. Peng, B. Sikdar and L. Cheng, ``Multicasting
With Localized Control
In
Wireless
Ad-Hoc Networks,''
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,
vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 52-64, January 2009.
18. G.
Nagy and B. Sikdar, ``Classification and Evaluation of Examples
for
Teaching Probability to Electrical
Engineering Students,'' IEEE
Transactions on
Education, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 476-483, November
2008.
17.
H. Yang, F. Ye and B. Sikdar, ``A
Swarm Intelligence Based Protocol for
Data
Acquisition in Networks with Mobile Sinks,''
IEEE Transactions on Mobile
Computing, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 932-945, August 2008.
16. O. Tickoo
and B. Sikdar, ``Modeling
Queueing and Channel Access Delay in
Unsaturated IEEE 802.11 Random Access MAC
based
Wireless Networks,''
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 16, no.
4, pp. 878-891, August 2008.
13. J. Peng, L.
Cheng and B. Sikdar, ``A Wireless MAC Protocol With Collision
Detection,'' IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 1357-1369,
December
2007.
12. F. Ye, S.
Yi and B. Sikdar, ``Scaling of Spatial Reuse and Saturation
Throughput
in a Class of MAC Protocols,''
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,
vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 3529-3533, October 2007.
11. B. Sikdar,
``An Analytic Model for the Delay in IEEE
802.11 PCF MAC based
Wireless Networks,''
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no.
4, pp. 1542-1550,
April 2007.
10. K. Chandrayana, S.
Ramakrishnan, B. Sikdar and S. Kalyanaraman, ``On
Randomizing
the Sending Times in TCP and other Window Based Algorithms,''
Computer Networks, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 422-447, February 2006.
9.
K. Ramachandran and B. Sikdar, ``A Population Based Approach to Model
Network Lifetime in Wireless
Sensor Networks,'' ACM Performance Evaluation
Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp.
21-23, September 2005.
8.
J. Peng and B. Sikdar, ``An
Efficient and Scalable Loss Recovery Scheme for Video
Multicast,''
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 356-365, April
2005.
7.
J. Peng and B. Sikdar, ``Multi-layer
Multicast Congestion Control in Satellite
Environments,''
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 22, no.
3., pp. 449-461, April 2004.
6.
B. Sikdar, S. Kalyanaraman and K. S. Vastola, ``Analytic
Models for the Latency
and
Steady-State Throughput of TCP Tahoe, Reno and SACK,'' IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 959-971, December 2003.
5.
O. Tickoo and B. Sikdar, ``On
the Impact of IEEE 802.11 MAC on Traffic
Characteristics,''
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 21,
no. 2, pp. 189-203, February 2003.
4.
D. Manjunath and B. Sikdar, ``Input
Queued Switches for Variable Length
Packets:
Analysis for Poisson and Self Similar Traffic,'' Computer
Communications,
vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 590-610, April, 2002.
3.
B. Sikdar, S. Kalyanaraman and K. S. Vastola, ``An
Integrated Model for the
Latency
and Steady-State Throughput of TCP
Connections,
'' Performance
Evaluation, vol. 46, no. 2-3, pp. 139-154, September 2001.
2. D.
Manjunath
and B. Sikdar, ``Integral
Expressions for the Numerical Evaluation
of
Product Form Expressions Over Irregular
Multidimensional
Integer State
Spaces,''
Telecommunication Systems, vol. 16, no. 1,
2,
pp. 195-215, January
2001.
1.
B. Sikdar and D. Manjunath, ``Queueing
Analysis of Scheduling Policies in Copy
Networks
of Space Based Multicast Packet Switches,''
IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking, vol. 8, no. 3, pp 396-406, June 2000.
Conference :
70. H. Yang,
H.-Y. Shen, B. Sikdar and S. Kalyanaraman, ``A Threshold Based
MAC Protocol for Cooperative MIMO
Transmissions,'' to appear in Proceedings
of IEEE INFOCOM, minisymposium,
Rio de Janerio, Brazil, April 2009.
69. B. Sikdar,
``A Broadcasting Scheme for Infrastructure to Vehicle
Communications,'' Proceedings of
IEEE GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA,
December 2008.
68. H. Yang and
B. Sikdar, ``A Mobility Based Architecture for Underwater
Acoustic Sensor Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, New
Orleans, LA, December 2008.
67. X. Long, and
B. Sikdar, ``Wavelet Based Detection of Session
Hijacking Attacks in Wireless
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM,
New Orleans, LA, December 2008.
(Best Paper Award)
66. H.-Y. Shen,
H. Yang, B. Sikdar and S. Kalyanaraman, ``A Distributed System
for Cooperative MIMO
Transmissions,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM,
New Orleans, LA, December 2008.
65. A. Seyedi
and B. Sikdar, ``Modeling and Analysis of Energy Harvesting Nodes
in Wireless Sensor Networks,''
Proceedings of the Allerton Conference,
Urbana-Champaign, IL, September
2008.
64. A. Seyedi
and B. Sikdar, ``Modeling and Analysis of Energy Harvesting Nodes
in Body Sensor Networks,''
Proceedings of the International Workshop on
Wearable and Implantable Body
Sensor
Networks, Hong Kong, China, June
2008.
63. B. Sikdar,
``Medium Access Control in Vehicle to Roadside Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Beijing,
China, May 2008.
62. X. Long and
B. Sikdar, ``A Wavelet Based Long Range Signal Strength Prediction
in Wireless Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Beijing, China, May 2008.
61. X. Long and
B. Sikdar, ``A Real-time Algorithm for Long Range Signal Strength
Prediction in Wireless Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE WCNC, Las Vegas, NV,
March 2008.
60. B. Sikdar,
``Design and Analysis of a MAC Protocol for Vehicle to Roadside
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE
WCNC, Las Vegas, NV, March 2008.
59. A. Seyedi
and B. Sikdar, ``Energy Efficient Transmission Strategies for Body
Sensor Networks with Energy
Harvesting,'' Proceedings of CISS, Princeton, NJ,
March 2008.
58. H. Yang,
H.-Y. Shen and B. Sikdar, ``A MAC Protocol for Cooperative MIMO
Transmissions in Sensor
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM,
Washington, DC, November 2007.
57. X. Long
and B. Sikdar, ``Wavelet Based Detection of Shadow Fading in
Wireless Networks,'' Proceedings
of IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington, DC,
November 2007.
56. J. Peng, L.
Cheng and B. Sikdar, ``Distributed Multiple Access with an Out-of-band
Control Channel,'' Proceedings of
IEEE VTC, Baltimore, MD, October 2007.
55. K.
Ramachandran and B. Sikdar, ``On the Stability of the Malware Free
Equilibrium
in Cell Phones Networks with
Spatial Dynamics,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC,
Glasgow, Scotland, July 2007.
54. H.
Yang and B. Sikdar, ``Performance Analysis of Polling based TDMA MAC
Protocols with Sleep and Wakeup
Cycles,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Glasgow,
Scotland, July 2007.
53. X. Long and
B. Sikdar, ``Real Time Detection of Link Failures in Inter Domain
Routing,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Glasgow, Scotland,
July 2007.
52. P. Michiardi, K.
Ramachandran and B. Sikdar, ``Modeling and Analysis of Seed
Scheduling Strategies in a BitTorrent Network,'' Proceedings of IFIP
Networking,
Atlanta, GA, May 2007.
51. K. Ramachandran and
B. Sikdar, ``Malware Propagation in Networks of Smart Cell
Phones with Spatial Dynamics,'' Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM
minisymposium, Alaska, AK, May 2007.
50. H. Yang and B. Sikdar,
``Optimal
Cluster Heads Selection in LEACH Architecture,''
Proceedings of IEEE IPCCC, New Orleans, LA, April 2007.
49. J. Peng, L.
Cheng
and B. Sikdar, ``A New MAC Protocol for Wireless Packet
Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
48. F. Ye, H. Yang
and B. Sikdar, ``Distributed Mobility Transparent Broadcast
in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco,
CA, November 2006.
47. S. Deshpande,
M. Thottan, T. Ho and B. Sikdar, ```A Statistical Approach to
Anomaly Detection in Interdomain Routing,''
Proceedings of
IEEE BROADNETS,
San Hose, CA, October 2006.
46. R. Iyengar, V.
Sharma, K. Kar
and B. Sikdar, ``Analysis of Contention Based
Multichannel MAC for Point to Multipoint
Networks,'' Proceedings of
IEEE
WOWMOM, Niagara Falls, NY, June 2006.
45. F. Ye, H. Yang
and B. Sikdar, ``Enhancing MAC Coordination to Boost Spatial
Reuse in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE ICC,
Istanbul,
Turkey, June 2006.
44. K. Ramachandran
and B. Sikdar, ``Modeling Malware Propagation in Gnutella
Type Peer-to-Peer Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE IPDPS, Rhodes Island,
Greece, April 2006.
43. B. Stephenson
and B. Sikdar, ``A Quasi-species Approach for Modeling the
Dynamics of Polymorphic Worms,''
Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM,
Barcelona,
Spain, April 2006.
42. H. Yang, F. Ye
and B. Sikdar, ``SIMPLE: Using Swarm Intelligence
Methodology
to Design Data Acquisition Protocol in
Sensor Networks with Mobile
Sinks,'' To
appear in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.
41. R. Iyengar, K.
Kar and B. Sikdar, ``Scheduling
Algorithms for PMP operation in
IEEE
802.16 Networks,''
Proceedings of the Workshop on
Resource Allocation in
Wireless Networks,
Boston, MA, April 2006.
40. B. Sikdar,
``Delay Analysis of IEEE 802.11 PCF MAC
Based Wireless Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, St. Louis, MO, November 2005.
39. R. Iyengar, P.
Iyer and B. Sikdar, ``Delay Analysis of 802.16 Based Last Mile
Wireless
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE
GLOBECOM, St. Louis, MO, November 2005.
38. B. Sikdar,
``Queueing Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Point
Coordination Function,''
To
appear in Proceedings of ITC, Beijing, China, August 2005.
37. H. Yang, F. Ye
and B. Sikdar, ``Swarm Intelligence Based Surveillance
Protocol
in Ad-hoc Sensor Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE VTC,
Stockholm, Sweden,
May 2005.
36. A.
Muthukrishnan
and B. Sikdar, ``Power-Efficiencies of Multi-hop Paths for
Routing in Wireless Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE VTC, Stockholm, Sweden,
May 2005.
35. H. Yang and B.
Sikdar, ``Lightweight Target Tracking Protocol Using
Ad-hoc
Sensor Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE
VTC, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005.
34. K. Ramachandran
and B. sikdar, ``An
Analytic Framework for Modeling Peer to
Peer
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.
33. S. Deshpande
and
B. Sikdar, ``On
the Impact of Route Processing and MRAI Timers
on
BGP Convergence Times,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp.
1147-1151,
Dallas, TX, November 2004.
32. S. Deshpande,
M.
Thottan and B. Sikdar, ``Early
Detection of BGP Instabilities
Resulting
from Internet Worm Attacks,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp.
2266-2270, Dallas, TX, November 2004.
31. F. Ye and B.
Sikdar,
``Distance-Aware
Virtual Carrier Sensing for Improved Spatial
Reuse
in Wireless Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp.
3793-3797,
Dallas, TX, November 2004.
30. F. Ye and B.
sikdar,
``Evaluation
of Spatial Reuse in Cooperative Multiple Access
Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE VTC, Los Angeles, CA, September 2004.
29. O. Tickoo abd
B.
Sikdar, ``A
Queueing Model for Finite Load IEEE 802.11 Random
Access
MAC,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC, pp. 175-179, Paris, France,
June
2004.
28. H. Yang, F. Ye
and B. Sikdar, ``A
Dynamic Query-tree Energy Balancing Protocol
for
Sensor Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE WCNC, pp. 1715 - 1720,
Atlanta,
GA,
March 2004.
27. O. Tickoo and
B.
Sikdar, ``Queueing
Analysis and Delay Mitigation in IEEE 802.11
Random
Access MAC based Wireless Networks,'' To appear in the
proceedings
of
IEEE INFOCOM, Hong Kong, China, March 2004.
26. J. Peng
and
B. Sikdar, ``A
Multicast Congestion Control Scheme for Mobile Ad
Hoc
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp. 2860-2864, San
Francisco,
CA, December 2003.
25. F. Ye, S.
Yi and B. Sikdar, ``Improving
Spatial Reuse of IEEE 802.11 Based Ad Hoc
Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp. 1013-1017, San Francisco,
CA, December 2003.
24. J. Peng
and
B. Sikdar, ``Multicast
Loss Recovery with Active Injection,''
Proceedings of IEEE ICCCN, pp. 81-86, Dallas, TX, October 2003.
23. H. Yang
and
B. Sikdar, ``A
Protocol for Tracking Mobile Targets using Sensor
Networks,''
Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Sensor Network Protocols and
Applications (In conjunction with IEEE ICC), Anchogare, AK, May 2003.
22. R.
Iyengar
and B. Sikdar, ``Scalable
and Distributed GPS Free Positioning for
Sensor
Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC, pp. 338-342, Anchorage,
AK,
May, 2003.
21. J. Peng
and
B. Sikdar, ``Rate
Control over Repair Traffic in Multicast,'' Proceedings
of the 37th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore,
MD, March
2003.
20. O. Tickoo and
B.
Sikdar, ``Modeling
and Analysis of Traffic Characteristics in
IEEE
802.11 MAC Based Networks,'' Proceedings of IEEE
GLOBECOM,
pp.
67-71, Taipei, Taiwan, November, 2002.
19. B.
Sikdar,
K. Chandrayana, K. S. Vastola and S. Kalyanaraman, ``On
Reducing
the
Degree of Second-Order Scaling in Network Traffic,''
Proceedings
of IEEE
GLOBECOM, pp. 2594-2598, Taipei, Taiwan, November, 2002.
18. J. Peng
and
B. Sikdar, ``Routing-based
Video Multicast Congestion Control,''
Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE MMNS, pp. 328-340, Santa
Barbara,
CA, October
2002.
17. B.
Sikdar, K. Chandrayana, K. S. Vastola and S.
Kalyanaraman,
``Queue
management
algorithms and network traffic self-similarity,''
Proceedings
of
IEEE HPSR, pp. 319-323, Kobe, Japan, May 2002.
16. K.
Chandrayana,
B. Sikdar and S. Kalyanaraman, ``Comparative
Study
of TCP
Compatible
Binomial Congestion Control Schemes,'' Proceedings of IEEE
HPSR,
pp. 224-228, Kobe, Japan, May 2002.
15. D.
Manjunath
and B. Sikdar, ``Variable
Length Packet Switches: Input Queued
Fabrics
with Finite Buffers: Speedup and Parallelism,''
Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on
High
Performance Computing, pp. 372-384,
Hyderabad, India, December 2001.
14. B.
Sikdar,
S. Kalyanaraman and K. S. Vastola, ``Analytic
models and comparative
study
of the latency and steady-state throughput of TCP Tahoe, Reno and SACK,''
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM, pp. 1781-1787, San Antonio, TX, November
2001.
13. J.
Levy-Vehel and B. Sikdar, ``A
Multiplicative Multifractal Model for TCP
Traffic,''
Proceedings of IEEE ISCC, pp. 714-719,
Hammamet,
Tunisia, July
2001.
12. T. Ye, D.
Harrison, B. Mo, B. Sikdar, H. T. Kaur, S. Kalyanaraman, B. Szymanski
and K. S. Vastola , ``Network
Management and Control Using Collaborative
On-line
Simulation,'' Proceedings of IEEE ICC, pp. 204-209,
Helsinki,
Finland,
June 2001.
11. K.
Chandrayana,
B. Sikdar and S. Kalyanaraman, ``Scalable
configuration of
RED
queue parameters,'' Proceedings of IEEE HPSR, pp.
185-189,
Dallas, TX,
May 2001.
10. B. Sikdar, S.
Kalyanaraman
and K. S. Vastola, ``TCP
Reno with Random losses:
Latency,
Throughput and Sensitivity Analysis,''
Proceedings
of IEEE IPCCC, pp.
188-195, Phoenix, AZ, April 2001.
9. B.
Sikdar
and K. S. Vastola, ``The
Effect of TCP on the Self-Similarity of Network
Traffic,''
Proceedings of 35th Conference on Information
Sciences
and Systems,
Baltimore, MD, March 2001.
8.
B.
Sikdar, S. Kalyanaraman and K. S. Vastola, ``An
Integrated Model for the
Latency
and Steady State Throughput of TCP Connections,''To
appear in the
Proceedings of IFIP Symposium on Advanced Performance
Modeling, Orlando,
FL, USA, November 2000.
7. D.
Manjunath
and B. Sikdar, ``Variable
Length Packet Switches: Delay Analysis
of
Crossbar Switches Under Poisson and Self
Similar Traffic,'' Proceedings of
IEEE INFOCOM, pp 1055-1064, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2000.
6. B. Sikdar
and K. S. Vastola, ``On
the Convergence of Markovian and Fractional
ARIMA
Processes with Long-Range
Dependence
to Fractional Brownian
Motion,''
Proceedings of 34th Conference on Information
Sciences
and Systems,
pp TP2(7-12), Princeton, NJ, USA, 2000.
5. M. Yuksel,
B. Sikdar, K. S. Vastola and B. Szymanski, ``Workload
Generation for
ns
simulations of wide area networks and the Internet,''
Proc. of Communication
Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference, pp
93-98,
San Diego, CA, USA, 2000.
4. D.
Manjunath
and B. Sikdar, ``Integral
Expressions for the Numerical Evaluation
of
Product Form Expressions Over Irregular Multidimensional Integer State
Spaces,''
Proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on
Performance
Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems, pp 326-332, Chicago, IL, USA, 1999.
3. B. Sikdar
and D. Manjunath, ``Queueing
Analysis of Scheduling Policies in Copy
Networks
of Space Based Multicast ATM Switches,''
Proceedings
of the 3rd IEEE
International Workshop on Broadband Switching Systems, pp 3-7,
Kingston,
ON,
Canada, 1999.
2. D.
Manjunath
and B. Sikdar, ``Input
Queued Packets for Variable Length Packets:
A
Continuous Time Analysis,'' Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE
International
Workshop
on Broadband Switching Systems, pp 65-69, Kingston, ON, Canada, 1999.
1. B. Sikdar
and D. Manjunath, ``Evaluation
of the Exact Overflow Probabilities in a
Space
Based Multicast Switch Copy Network,'' Proceedings of the 33rd
Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1999.
Invited Papers :
1.
B. Sikdar and K. S. Vastola, ``On
the Contribution of TCP to the Self-Similarity of
Network
Traffic,''
Lecture Notes in computer Science (Proceedings of IWDC), vol.
2170, pp. 596-613, 2001.