@conference {
	title = {QoS Aware Component-Based Routing in Resource-Constrained Wireless Multi-Hop Networks},
	author = {Paraskevas, Evripidis., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2015},
	month = {11/2015},
	abstract = {With an increasing number of wireless devices available, there is a tremendous need for designing new efficient protocols, which take into account resource constraints and at the same time provide adequate Quality of Service (QoS) performance guarantees (e.g. throughput, latency etc.). Most wireless protocols currently used perform well under specific environmental conditions or in particular applications. In this work, we propose a novel methodology for designing routing protocols for resource-constrained wireless multi-hop networks by separating the protocol into distinct components, which specify particular functionalities. Different QoS requirements can be guaranteed by configuring the different components without the need to modify or develop the protocol from scratch. An initial study for energy-constrained environments indicated that our approach is effective. In our ongoing work we consider adversarial environments and we develop techniques to mitigate network-layer attacks. Finally, we are investigating the design of a decision-theoretic module for dynamic protocol configuration. Keywords- QoS performance, Routing, multi-hop networks},
	address = {San Fransisco, CA},
	booktitle = {23rd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP - PhD Forum )},
	pages = {pp. 476-478}
}
@conference {
	title = {Component Based Modeling of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks},
	author = {Paraskevas, Evripidis., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2015},
	month = {03/2015},
	abstract = {Routing protocols perform several functionalities and can be considered as complex software systems. The design and performance analysis of these protocols is difficult and complex and most of them are not adaptable to changes of the environment. In this paper, we present a component based methodology for modeling mobile ad hoc routing protocols. Componentization is used for modeling and analysis of complex systems, because it introduces modularity in protocol design and reusability of designed components across protocols of the same class. We define the fundamental components of the routing protocols based on their functionalities and investigate their interactions. More specifically, we present an initial investigation of the influence of the separate components on the performance metrics of the protocol, such as delay, packet delivery ratio and routing overhead. Proactive routing protocols are being examined and we consider OLSR and DSDV as use cases for our methodology. In addition, we propose an adaptive reusable modification in the Routing Metrics component of OLSR that lead to better overall performance in energy constrained environments.},
	address = {Baltimore, MD},
	booktitle = {49th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems}
}
