Volume 3

November 2011, Volume 3, Number 6

Decentralized Self-Management of Trust for Mobile Ad-Hoc Social Networks
Juan Li and Qingrui Li, North Dakota State University, USA

Maximum Production of Transmission Messages Rate for Service Discovery Protocols
Intisar Al-Mejibli and Martin Colley, University of Essex, UK

Channel Estimation Study for Block - Pilot Insertion in OFDM Systems Under Slowly Time Varying Conditions
Aida Zaier1 and Ridha Bouallegue2, 1Tunis University, Tunisia and 2Tunis Ariana, Tunisia

Performance Evaluation of the LAR-1P Route Discovery Algorithm
Hussein Al-Bahadili and Ali Maqousi, Petra University, Jordan

A P2P Platform for Real-Time Multicast Video Streaming Leveraging on Scalable Multiple Descriptions to Cope with
Bandwidth Fluctuations

Lorenzo Favalli1, Marco Folli1, Alfio Lombardo2, Diego Reforgiato2 and Giovanni Schembra2, 1University of Pavia, Italy
and 2University of Catania, Italy

Load-Aware Radio Access Selection in Heterogeneous Terrestrial Wireless Networks
M. Ali, P Pillai, Y. F. Hu and K. Xu, University of Bradford, UK

Range Free Localization Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks
Ashok Kumar, Narottam Chand, Vinod Kumar and Vinay Kumar, National Institute of Technology - Hamirpur, India

Performance Evaluation of Secure Video Transmission Over WIMAX
Farrukh Ehtisham, Emmanouil A. Panaousis and Christos Politis, Kingston University - London, UK

RWP Mobility Model Based Performance Evaluation of OLSR and LAR1 Routing Protocols in MANET
Ashish K. Maurya, Ashish Kumar and Dinesh Singh, Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, India

SOCP Approach for Reducing PAPR System SCFDMA in Uplink via Tone Reservation
Zid Souad1 and Bouallegue Ridha2, 1National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia and 2SUP'COM, 6'Tel Laboratory, Tunisia

Improving TCP Performance Over Wireless Network with Frequent Disconnections
Purvang Dalal1 , Nikhil Kothari1 and K. S. Dasgupta2, 1D. D. University, India and 2IIST - Trivendrum, India

Temporal Consistency Among Five-Sensory Events: Application to Multimedia Technology
V. K. Murthy and E. V. Krishnamurthy, Australian National University, Australia

Performance Improvement in OVSF Based CDMA Networks Using Flexible Assignment of Data Calls
Davinder S Saini and Neeru Sharma, Jaypee University of Information Technology, India

September 2011, Volume 3, Number 5

Effect of Temperature on the Performance of a Cylindrical Microstrip Printed Antenna for TM01 Mode Using Different
Substrates

A. Elrashidi, K. Elleithy and Hassan Bajwa, University of Bridgeport, USA

A TDMA-Based MAC Protocol Supporting Cooperative Communications in Wireless Mesh Networks
Hongzhi Jiao and Frank Y. Li, University of Agder (UiA), Norway

Performance Comparison Between the Click Modular Router and the Net FPGA Router
Leonardo Linguaglossa, Alfio Lombardo, Diego Reforgiato and Giovanni Schembra, University of Catania, Italy

Network on Chip: A New Approach of QoS Metric Modeling Based on Calculus Theory
Salem NASRI, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

A Modeling Method for Router-Level Topologies Based on Network-Cost Optimization
Shin'ichi Arakawa, Naoto Hidaka and Masayuki Murata, Osaka University, Japan

Parallel Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Khaled Day, Abderezak Touzene, Bassel Arafeh and Nasser Alzeidi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Efficient Traffic Control of VoD System
Soumen kanrar, Vehere Interactive Pvt Ltd, India

Multiple Ant-Bee Colony Optimization for Load Balancing in Packet-Switched Networks
Mehdi Kashefi Kia1, Nasser Nemat bakhsh2 and Reza Askari Moghadam1, 1Payame Noor University, Iran and 2Islamic Azad
University, Iran

Reliable Multicast MAC Protocol for Spatial Reuse Efficiency Assisted by Multicarrier DS-CDMA in WLAN Systems
Jeonghun Kim, Junwoo Jung and Jaesung Lim, Ajou University, Korea

Hybrid RFID - OWC with an Adaptive Priority Transmission Scheme
Wasinee Noonpakdee, Jiang Liu and Shigeru Shimamoto, Waseda University, Japan

Optimization of Input Covariance Matrix for Multi-Antenna Correlated Channels
Feng Li, Cornell University, USA

Proposed Congestion Control Method for Cloud Computing Environments
Shin-ichi Kuribayashi, Seikei University, Japan

Enhancing Congestion Control to Address Link Failure Loss Over Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
Mohammad Amin Kheirandish Fard1, Sasan Karamizadeh1 and Mohammad Aflaki2, 1Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
and 2Multi Media University, Malaysia

Performance of Iterated EKF Technique to Estimate Time Varying Channel Using Pilot Assisted Method in MIMO-OFDM
System

Rajendra Prasad. K1, Srinivasan. M2, Sravya. P3, Gnaneswari. P1, Naga Harshavardhan. K1 and Pranob K Charles1,
1KL University, India, 2Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, India and 3SBIT, India

Models of Link Capacity Distribution in ISP's Router-Level Topology
Takahiro Hirayama, Shin'ichi Arakawa, Shigehiro Hosoki and Masayuki Murata, Osaka University, Japan

Special Issue on "WiMoA 2011"

Applying SIP B2BUA for Mobile WiMax Network Architecture
Yen-Wen Chen, Meng-Hsien Lin, and Hong-Jang Gu, National Central University, Taiwan

Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee Standard Under Real Time Constraints
Lamia CHAARI and Lotfi KAMOUN, SFAX University, Tunisia

Cluster-Based Load Balancing Algorithms for Grids
Resat Umit Payli1, Kayhan Erciyes2 and Orhan Dagdeviren2, 1Indiana University - Purdue University, USA and 2Izmir University,
Turkey

Highly Secure Key Predistribution Using Affine Planes and Reed Muller Codes In Wireless Sensor Networks
Pinaki Sarkar1, Amrita Saha2 and Samiran Bag3, 1Jadavpur University, India, 2IIT Bombay, India and 3Indian Statistical
Institute, India

Cross Layer Adaptation for QoS in WSN
Sukumar Nandi and Aditya Yadav, IIT - Guwahati, India

July 2011, Volume 3, Number 4

Variability of Location Management Costs with Different Mobilities and Timer Periods to Update Locations
E. Martin and R. Bajcsy, University of California, USA

Fast K-Means Algorithm Clustering
Raied Salman, Vojislav Kecman, Qi Li, Robert Strack and Erik Test, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

ING: Indoor Routing Protocol for Green Home Networks
Kaouthar Sethom 1, Nozha Al- Ibrahimi 2 and Guy Pujolle 2, 1University of Carthage, Tunisia and 2University of Paris 6, France

A Driven Backup Routing Table to Find Alternative Disjoint Path in Ad-Hoc Wireless
Radwan S. Abujassar and Mohammed Ghanbari, University of Essex, UK

A Key Establishment Scheme for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Using Post-Deployment Knowledge
Ashok Kumar Das, International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, India

Investigating the Effect of Noise-Level on Probabilistic Broadcast in Noisy MANETs
Shakir M. Hussain, Hussein Al-Bahadili and Ghassan Issa, Petra University, Jordan

A Probabilistic Approach to Analysis of Reliability in n-D Meshes with Interconnect Router Failures
Farshad Safaei and Majed ValadBeigi, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

Two-Stage Coordination Multi-Radio Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks
Bingxuan Zhao and Shigeru Shimamoto, Waseda University, Japan

Intelligent Vertical Handover for Heterogonous Networks Using FL And ELECTRE
Mohammed M. Alkhawlani, University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen

Implementation and Evaluation of Measurement-Based Admission Control Schemes Within a Converged Networks QoS
Management Framework

Suleiman Y. Yerima, University of Ulster, N. Ireland, United Kingdom

Soft-Core Processor Design for Sensor Networks Nodes
Ali Elkateeb, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA

An Efficient Architecture for Information Retrieval In P2p Context Using Hypergraph
Anis Ismail1,2, Mohamed Quafafou1, Nicolas Durand1 and Mohammad Hajjar2, 1Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jerome,
Marseille, France and 2Lebanese University, Lebanon

SLA Establishment with Guaranteed QoS in the Interdomain Network: A Stock Model
Dominique Barth, Boubkeur Boudaoud and Thierry Mautor, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin, France

Secure and Robust IPV6 Autoconfiguration Protocol For Mobile Adhoc Networks Under Strong Adversarial Model
Zohra Slimane1, Abdelhafid Abdelmalek1, Mohamed Feham1 and Abdelmalik Taleb-Ahmed2, 1STIC Laboratory University of
Tlemcen Algeria, 2LAMIH Laboratory University of Valenciennes and Hainaut Cambresis France

May 2011, Volume 3, Number 3

Special Issue on "Networks and Communications" Guest Editors: Natarajan Meghanathan and Chih-Lin Hu

Hybrid Trust Model For Internet Routing
Pekka Rantala, Seppo Virtanen and Jouni Isoaho, University of Turku, Finland

Large-Scale Terrestrial Relaying of Satellite Broadcasted Real-Time Multimedia Streams
Franco Tommasi and Catiuscia Melle, University of Salento, Italy

Adaptive Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Using Group Intelligence
Rajagopal Sreenivasan, Sasirekha GVK and Jyotsna Bapat, International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore,
India

Context Aware Mobile Initiated Handoff For Performance Improvement In IEEE 802.11 Networks
Abhijit Sarma, Shantanu Joshi and Sukumar Nandi, Indian Institute of Technology - Guwahati, India

Towards High-Performance Network Application Identification With Aggregate-Flow Cache

Fei He1, Fan Xiang1, Yibo Xue1,2 and Jun Li1,2, 1Tsinghua University, China and 1Tsinghua National Lab for Information Science
and Technology, China

Quality of Service Provisioning in MANET Using a Cross-Layer Approach for Routing
Ruchita Goyal, Divyanshu and Manoj Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee, India

Design and Analysis of SD_DWCA - A Mobility Based Clustering of Homogeneous MANETs
T.N. Janakiraman and A. Senthil Thilak, National Institute of Technology - Tiruchirapalli, India

Regular Papers

A Dynamic Architecture for Reconfiguration of Web Servers Clusters
Carla Marques1, Isabel Oliveira2, Giovanni Barroso2 and Antonio Serra3, 1Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
(UERN), Brasil, 2Universidade Federal do Ceara(UFC), Brasil and 3Instituto Federal de Educ. Ciencia e Tecnologia, Brasil

Extending Resource Access in Multi-Provider Networks Using Trust Management
Maurizio Colombo1, Fabio Martinelli1, Paolo Mori1, Barbara Martini2, Molka Gharbaoui3 and Piero Castoldi3, 1Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, 2Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Italy and 3Scuola
Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Smoothing and Modeling of Video Transmission Rates Over a QoS Network With Limited Bandwidth Connections
Khaled Shuaib, Farag Sallabi and Liren Zhang, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Towards Service Sontinuity in IMS Heterogeneous Access Networks
Mohammed BOUTABIA and Hossam AFIFI, TELECOM SudParis, France

BER Analysis of Multi-Code Multi-Carrier CDMA Systems in Multipath Fading Channel
Md. Sadek Ali, Md. Shariful Islam, Md. Alamgir Hossain and Md. Khalid Hossain Jewel, Islamic University, Bangladesh

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Congestion Control Mechanism for Video Streaming
Hiroki Oda, Hiroyuki Hisamatsu and Hiroshi Noborio, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan

Airborne TDMA for High Throughput and Fast Weather Conditions Notification
Hyungjun Jang, Hongjun Noh and Jaesung Lim, Ajou University, South Korea

An Opportunistic Scheduler for Dense WLANs [
Kwan-Wu Chin, University of Wollongong, Australia

March 2011, Volume 3, Number 2

Measurement Based Link Level Investigation of IEEE 802.11g Channels
Shaoen Wu1 and Saad Biaz2, 1University of Southern Mississippi, USA and 2Auburn University, USA

A WiMAX Solution For Real-Time Video Surveillance in Public Transport
Iftekhar Ahmad and Daryoush Habibi, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Pre-Paid Charging System for Sip-P2P Commercial Applications
Damian Nowak and Krzysztof Walkowiak, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

A Generic Handover Decision Management Framework for Next Generation Networks
Shanthy Menezes and S. Venkatesan, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Head-Tail Video Streaming Over Peer To Peer Systems
Ali Sianati, Maghsoud Abbaspour and Maryam Norouzi, Shahid Beheshti University G.C., Iran

Optimal Channel Allocation with Dynamic Power Control in Cellular Networks
Xin Wu, Arunita Jaekel and Ataul Bari, University of Windsor, Canada

Detection and Isolation of Reluctant Nodes Using Reputation Based Scheme in An Ad-Hoc Network
Rekha kaushik and Jyoti Singhai, MANIT - Bhopal, India

A Multiple Access Protocol for Multimedia Transmission over Wireless Networks
Hong Yu1 and Mohammed Arozullah2, 1Capitol College, USA and 2The Catholic University of America, USA

Applying Web Services with Mobile Agents for Computer Network Management
Mydhili K.Nair1 and V.Gopalakrishna2, 1M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India and 2Integra Microsystems, India

A New Localized Network Based Routing Model in Computer and Communication Networks
Abdulbaset H. Mohammad, University of Bradford, United Kingdom

Disjoint Path Routing for Multi-Channel Multi-Interface Wireless Mesh Network
Takeshi Ikenaga, Koji Tsubouchi, Daiki Nobayashi and Yutaka Fukuda, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Congestion Control of TCP-Westwood Using AQM-PI Controller
Amirhossein Abolmasoumi, Saleh Sayyad Delshad and Mohammadtaghi Hamidi Beheshti, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Performance Investigation on Two-Classes of Manet Routing Protocols Across Various Mobility Models With QoS Constraints
Foez Ahmed1 and Muhammad Sajjadur Rahim2, 1King Khalid University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and 2Rajshahi University,
Bangladesh

A Dynamic Multimedia User-Weight Classification Scheme for IEEE_802.11 WLANs
Ahmed Riadh Rebai1 and Said Hanafi2, 1Texas A&M University, Qatar and 2University of Valenciennes & Hainaut-Cambresis,
France

Spatial Correlation Based Sensor Selection Schemes for Probabilistic Area Coverage
Ramesh Rajagopalan, University of St. Thomas, USA

January 2011, Volume 3, Number 1

Special Issue on "Emerging Network Technologies": Guest Editor: Dr. Remus BRAD

U-Learning Within A Context-Aware Multiagent Environment
Monica Vladoiu1 and Zoran Constantinescu2, 1PG University of Ploiesti, Romania and 2 ZealSoft Ltd., - Bucharest,
Romania

System of Systems - A Holistic Approach for Telemedicine
Viorel Petcu1 and Adrian Petrescu2, 1UTI Systems, Romania and 2Politehnica University, Romania

Thermal Analysis of Climate Regions Using Remote Sensing and Grid Computing
Cristina Serban and Carmen Maftei, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania

Bittorrent Swarm Analysis Through Automation and Enhanced Logging
Razvan Deaconescu, Marius Sandu-Popa, Adriana Dr˘aghici and Nicolae T˘apus, University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Romania

Using Planetlab To Implement Multicast at the Application Level
Genge Bela and Haller Piroska, Petru Maior University of Tirgu Mureș, Romania

Integrated Monitoring of Multi-Domain Backbone Connections
Patricia Marcu, David Schmitz, Wolfgang Fritz, Mark Yampolskiy and Wolfgang Hommel, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre,
Germany

Inter-Organizational Fault Management: Functional and Organizational Core Aspects of Management Architectures
Patricia Marcu and Wolfgang Hommel, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Germany

Network Coding-Based Congestion Control at Network Layer: Protocol Design and Evaluation
Zsuzsanna Ilona Kiss, Zsolt Alfred Polgar, Catalin Vinti, Mihaly Varga, Andrei Bogdan Rus and Virgil Dobrota,
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Knowledge Management System Design Using Extended Gaia
Pooja Jain and Deepak Dahiya, Jaypee University of Information Technology - Solan, India

Regular Papers

An Efficient Cluster Based Approach for Multi-Source Multicast Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
R. Pandi Selvam and V.Palanisamy, Alagappa University, India

OSPF Weight Setting Optimization for Single Link Failures
Mohammed H. Sqalli, Sadiq M. Sait, and Syed Asadullah, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

DS-CDMA Cellular Systems Performance with Base Station Assignment, Power Control Error and Beamforming over Multipath
Fading

Mohamad Dosaranian Moghadam1, Hamidreza Bakhshi2 and Gholamreza Dadashzadeh2, 1Islamic Azad University, Iran and
2Shahed University, Iran

Effective Sensor Relocation Technique in Mobile Sensor Networks
Ahmed M. Khedr1 and Hager Ramadan2, 1Sharjah University - Sharjah, UAE and 2Zagazig university, Egypt

A QoS Routing Protocol Based on Available Bandwidth Estimation for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Heni KAANICHE1, Fatma LOUATI2 , Mounir FRIKHA3 and Farouk KAMOUN1, 1National School of Computer Sciences, Tunisia,
2National School of engineers of Sfax, Tunisia and 3Higher School of Communication of Tunis, Tunisia

Proposed Optimal LSP Selection Method in MPLS Networks
Shin-ichi Kuribayashi, Seikei University, Japan