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Modelling infection spread using location tracking. (2010)
Journal Article
Mason, A. M., Dingle, N. J., Knottenbelt, W. J., Bell, D., Buchanan, W. J., & Thuemmler, C. (2010). Modelling infection spread using location tracking. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 11, 442-461. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2010.036925

The precision of location tracking technology has improved greatly over the last few decades. We aim to show that by tracking the locations of individuals in a closed environment, it is now possible to record the nature and frequency of interactions... Read More about Modelling infection spread using location tracking..

Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Romdhani, I. (2010, June). Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks. Presented at 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology

Wireless Mesh Networking (WMN) emerges as a new technology to reshape the broadband industry towards a more efficient and cost effective connectivity. The WMN has been the ideal technology for the next generation wireless community networks that offe... Read More about Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks.

Cross layer neighbourhood load routing for wireless mesh networks. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., & Min, G. (2010, April). Cross layer neighbourhood load routing for wireless mesh networks. Presented at 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing, Workshops and Phd Forum (IPDPSW),

Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) has been considered as a key emerging technology to construct next generation wireless communication networks. It combines the advantages of both mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) and traditional fixed network, attracting sign... Read More about Cross layer neighbourhood load routing for wireless mesh networks..

A new probabilistic Linear Exponential Backoff scheme for MANETs (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yassein, M. B., Manaseer, S., Al-hassan, A. A., Taye', Z. A., & Al-Dubai, A. Y. (2010, April). A new probabilistic Linear Exponential Backoff scheme for MANETs. Presented at 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing, Workshops and Phd Forum (IPDPSW), Atlanta, USA

Broadcasting is an essential operation in Mobile ad hoc Networks (MANETs) environments. It is used in the initial phase of route discovery process in many reactive protocols. Although broadcasting is simple, it causes the well known broadcast storm p... Read More about A new probabilistic Linear Exponential Backoff scheme for MANETs.

Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms (2010)
Journal Article
Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Mackenzie, L. (2010). Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 59, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.2009.104

The increasing number of collective communication-based services with a mass interest and the parallel increasing demand for service quality are paving the way toward end-to-end QoS guarantees. Although many multicast algorithms in interconnection ne... Read More about Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms.

Investigating communicating sequential processes for Java to support ubiquitous computing (2009)
Thesis
Chalmers, K. Investigating communicating sequential processes for Java to support ubiquitous computing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3507

Ubiquitous Computing promises to enrich our everyday lives by enabling the environment to be enhanced via computational elements. These elements are designed to augment and support our lives, thus allowing us to perform our tasks and goals. The main... Read More about Investigating communicating sequential processes for Java to support ubiquitous computing.

Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Al-Dubai, A., & Kellil, M. (2009, September). Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses. Presented at 2009 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops

IP multicast is an efficient and scalable network layer delivering method for multimedia content to a large number of receivers across the Internet. It saves the network bandwidth and optimizes the processing overhead of the source. However, current... Read More about Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses.

A performance model for integrated wireless mesh networks and WLANs with heterogeneous stations. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wu, Y., Min, G., Li, K., & Al-Dubai, A. (2009, November). A performance model for integrated wireless mesh networks and WLANs with heterogeneous stations. Presented at IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii

The increasing demand for the coverage of high-speed wireless local area networks (WLANs) is driving the installation of a very large number of access points. Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have emerged as a promising technology in next generation net... Read More about A performance model for integrated wireless mesh networks and WLANs with heterogeneous stations..

Integrated many-to-many multicast addressing and access control method (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., & Yassin Al-Dubai, A. (2009, July). Integrated many-to-many multicast addressing and access control method. Presented at 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Sousse, Tunisia

IP multicast is an efficient method for distributing multimedia content to a large number of receivers while saving the network bandwidth and reducing processing overhead on the source side. However, current IP multicast deployment figure is still fa... Read More about Integrated many-to-many multicast addressing and access control method.

MAMBO: Membership-Aware Multicast with Bushiness Optimisation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fan, L., Taylor, H., & Trinder, P. (2008, July). MAMBO: Membership-Aware Multicast with Bushiness Optimisation. Presented at International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS)

Efficient application-level multicast (ALM) is an important research area supporting applications such as P2P file sharing, multi-player online games, and multimedia streaming. Although some applications only require a best-effort service, others hav... Read More about MAMBO: Membership-Aware Multicast with Bushiness Optimisation..

A new multicast algorithm for wireless mesh networks. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A., & Liu, X. (2008, December). A new multicast algorithm for wireless mesh networks. Presented at 9th Annual Postgraduate Symposium, The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting

Wireless mesh networks, also known as “community wireless networks”, have been attracting much attention due to its promising technology. It is becoming a major
avenue for the fourth generation of wireless mobility. This is due to the revaluation of... Read More about A new multicast algorithm for wireless mesh networks..

Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future (2008)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Timmis, J. (2008). Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future. Applied Soft Computing, 8(1), 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2006.12.004

After a decade of research into the area of artificial immune systems, it is worthwhile to take a step back and reflect on the contributions that the
paradigm has brought to the application areas to which it has been applied. Undeniably, there have... Read More about Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future.

Immunological inspiration for building a new generation of autonomic systems. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Davoudani, D., & McEwan, C. (2007, October). Immunological inspiration for building a new generation of autonomic systems

Autonomic computing systems of the future will be required to exhibit a number of properties which cannot be engineered using current technologies and algorithms. The most direct inspiration for building such systems is nature, where for example the... Read More about Immunological inspiration for building a new generation of autonomic systems..

On The Design of High Throughput Adaptive Multicast Communication (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Romdhani, I. (2007, July). On The Design of High Throughput Adaptive Multicast Communication. Presented at Sixth International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC'07)

The efficient and high throughput multicast communication in interconnection networks is known as a fundamental but hard problem. In the literature, most of the related works handle multicast communication within limited operating conditions and low... Read More about On The Design of High Throughput Adaptive Multicast Communication.

Mobile IP conditional binding update. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., & Al-Dubai, A. (2007, May). Mobile IP conditional binding update. Presented at 1st IEEE Workshop on Autonomic Communication and Network Management ACNM-2007, 10th IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Management

Mobile IP protocols use a correspondent registration procedure between a Mobile Node (MN) and its Correspondent Nodes (CNs) to maintain a valid and up-to-date binding association between MN’s home address and its current care-ofaddress whenever a han... Read More about Mobile IP conditional binding update..

Correlation between academic and skills-based tests in computer networks (2005)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. (2006). Correlation between academic and skills-based tests in computer networks. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00476.x

Computing-related programmes and modules have many problems, especially related to large class sizes, large-scale plagiarism, module franchising, and an increased requirement from students for increased amounts of hands-on, practical work. This paper... Read More about Correlation between academic and skills-based tests in computer networks.

Enhanced Methods of Coursework Provision in Computer Networks. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & Saliou, L. (2004, June). Enhanced Methods of Coursework Provision in Computer Networks. Presented at ITRE 2004. 2nd International Conference Information Technology: Research and Education, London, England, UK

Many computing-related programmes and modules have many problems caused with large class sizes, large-scale plagiarism, module franchising, and an increasing requirement from students for increased amounts of hands-on, practical work. This paper pres... Read More about Enhanced Methods of Coursework Provision in Computer Networks..

Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM. (2005)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Raja, A., & Munoz, J. (2005). Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM. International Journal of Mobile Communications, 3, 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMC.2005.005905

GPS is a well-established technique for location-finding, but mobile phone-based methods are generally less expensive to implement, and can give reasonable accuracies. These techniques can thus be useful to network operators in providing services bas... Read More about Critical analysis and error determination of locating-finding techniques in GSM..

Analysis and migration of location-finding methods for GSM and 3G networks. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Munoz, J., Manson, R., & Raja, K. A. (2004, October). Analysis and migration of location-finding methods for GSM and 3G networks. Presented at 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2004. 3G 2004. Fifth IEE International Conference on, London

This paper initially reviews the current range of location techniques on GSM networks, such as Cell-ID, GPS, AGPS, time difference of arrival (TDOA) and E-OTD (enhanced observed time difference). It shows how these techniques can be applied to the fu... Read More about Analysis and migration of location-finding methods for GSM and 3G networks..