@conference {
	title = {Distributed Topology Control for Stable Path Routing in Multi-hop Wireless Networks},
	author = {Somasundaram, Kiran K., Baras, John S., Jain, Kaustubh., Tabatabaee, Vahid.},
	year = {2010},
	month = {12/2010},
	abstract = {In this paper, we introduce the stable path topology control problem for routing in mobile multi-hop networks. We formulate the topology control problem of selective linkstate broadcast as a graph pruning problem with restricted local neighborhood information. We develop a multi-agent optimization framework where the decision policies of each agent are restricted to local policies on incident edges and independent of the policies of the other agents. We show that under a condition called the positivity condition, these independent local policies preserve the stable routing paths globally. We then provide an efficient algorithm to compute an optimal local policy that yields a minimal pruned graph, which we call the Stable Path Topology Control (SPTC) algorithm. Using simulations, we demonstrate that this algorithm, when used with the popular ETX metric, outperforms topology control mechanisms commonly used for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.},
	address = {Atlanta, Georgia},
	booktitle = {49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2010)},
	pages = {pp.  2342-2347}
}
@conference {
	title = {Modeling TDMA-Based USAP in JTRS MDL for Multicast and Unicast Traffic},
	author = {Perumal, Senni., Tabatabaee, Vahid., Baras, John S., Graff, Charles J., Yee, David G.},
	year = {2010},
	month = {10/2010},
	abstract = {In this paper, we develop loss network models for the hard scheduling mode (virtual circuit mode) of the reservation based USAP scheduling protocol as used in the Mobile Data Link (MDL) of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). These models are used to find performance metric estimates for both multicast and unicast traffic. USAP (Unifying Slot Assignment Protocol) is a dynamic distributed resource allocation protocol for mobile multihop wireless networks where the channel is partitioned in time and frequency. MDL creates a backbone sub-network and routes all traffic through this sub-network. For the backbone sub-network, we consider algorithms that form Connected Dominating Sets. We use loss network models that couple the physical, MAC, and routing layers effects. The effect of the MAC layer is modeled by approximating available capacity at a node. The available capacity to transmit is computed based on the USAP reservation rules and the node{\textquoteright}s 2-hop neighborhood traffic. For a given time varying scenario, we compute the performance metrics of blocking probability and throughput for both multicast and unicast traffic as a function of time. We compare the results of our model against simulation.},
	address = {San Jose, CA},
	booktitle = {2010 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2010)},
	pages = {pp. 1464-1469}
}
@conference {
	title = {Systems Engineering Challenges for Design and Realtime Management of Component-Enabled Wireless Ad-hoc Networks},
	author = {Austin, Mark A., Tabatabaee, Vahid., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2010},
	month = {03/2010},
	abstract = {This paper describes systems engineering challenges for the systematic design and realtime management of component-enabled wireless ad-hoc networks. At the front end of development, emphasis is placed on the use of goals and scenarios, and visual modelling abstractions for elicitation of models for required functionality. We assume that network nodes will be implemented as hierarchies of interconnected sub-components. To maximise system reliability and simplify technology upgrades we advocate the use of formal approaches to component interface definition, and to validation of component and system-level functionalities.},
	address = {Hoboken, NJ},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2010)},
	pages = {pp. 1-10}
}
