Volume 4

December 2012, Volume 4, Number 6

On Using Multi Agent Systems in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Survey
Emna Trigui, Moez Esseghir and Leila Merghem_Boulahia, University of Technology of Troyes, France

Topology Management in Wireless Sensor Networks: Multi-State Algorithms
Abrar Alajlan, Benjamin Dasari, Zyad Nossire, Khaled Elleithy and Varun Pande, University of Bridgeport, USA

Coordinating Disaster Relief Operations Using Smart Phone / PDA Based Peer-To-Peer Communication
Debanjan Das Deb1, Sagar Bose2 and Somprakash Bandyopadhyay3, 1B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology,
India, 2PervCom Consulting Pvt. Ltd., India and 3Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India

DCT & DWT Images Compression Algorithms in Wireless Sensors Networks: Comparative Study and Performance
Analysis

Oussama Ghorbel, Walid Ayedi, Mohamed Wasim Jmal and Mohamed Abid, Sfax University, Tunisia

Analytical Model for Mobile User Connectivity in Coexisting Femtocell/Macrocell Networks
Saied M. Abd El-atty and Z.M. Gharsseldien, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Weighted Dynamic Distributed Clustering Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network
Said Benkirane1, Abderrahim Beni hssane1, Moulay Lahcen Hasnaoui2, Mostafa Saadi1 and Mohamed Laghdir1, 1Chouaib
Doukkali University, Morocco and 2Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco

Combining Harmony Search and Learning Automata for Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
Mohamad Nikravan and Seyed Mahdi Jameii, Islamic Azad niversity, Iran

A Novel Handoff Decision Algorithm in Call Admission Control Strategy to Utilize the Scarce Spectrum in Wireless Mobile
Network

Alagu S and Meyyappan T, Alagappa University, India

Trust Framework for Data Forwarding in Opportunistic Networks Using Mobile Traces
B.Poonguzharselvi and V.Vetriselvi, Anna University Chennai, India

Comparative Evaluation of Fading Channel Model Selection for Mobile Wireless Transmission System
Z.K. Adeyemo, D.O. Akande, F.K. Ojo and H.O. Raji, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

Multiuser BER Analysis Of CS-QCSK Modulation Scheme in a Cellular System
K.Thilagam and K.Jayanthi, Pondicherry Engg. College, India

Web Based Embedded Robot for Safety and Security Applications Using Zigbee
V. Ramya and B. Palaniappan, Annamalai University, India

Effect of Antenna Spacing on the Performance of Multiple Input Multiple Output LTE Downlink in an Urban Microcell
Sunil Joshi1, Deepak Gupta2, S. Z. Haque3, Neha Kothari1 and P.C. Bapna1, 1CTE MPUAT, India, 2V. B. Polytechnic College,
India and 3MCIT Govt. of India, India

October 2012, Volume 4, Number 5

ASROP : AD HOC Secure Routing Protocol
Rida Khatoun, Lyes Khoukhi, Ahmed Nabet and Dominique Gaiti, ICD - ERA - University of Technologies of Troyes (UTT),
France

Grid Based Wireless Mobile Sensor Network Deployment with Obstacle Adaptability
Mayur C. Akewar and Nileshsingh V. Thakur, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, India

On the Performance Potential of Connection Fault-Tolerant Commit Processing in Mobile Environment
Tome Dimovski and Pece Mitrevski, St. Clement Ohridski University, Macedonia

Performance Improvement of MIMO OFDM Systems through Channel Estimation
B Shoba and K Jayanthi, Pondicherry Engineering College, India

Efficient Spectrum Sharing in the Presence of Multiple Narrowband Interference
Demosthenes Vouyioukas, University of the Aegean, Greece

Parametric Performance Analysis of Patch Antenna Using EBG Substrate
Mst. Nargis Aktar1, Muhammad Shahin Uddin1, Monir Morshed1, Md. Ruhul Amin2 and Md. Mortuza Ali3, 1Mawlana
Bhashani Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, 2Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh and
3Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Efficient Routing Protocol to Support QoS in Wireless Mesh Network
Chems-eddine BEMMOUSSAT, Fedoua DIDI and Mohamed FEHAM, Tlemcen University, Algeria

Performance Analysis of Amplify-and-Forward Relay Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Fading Channels
Shumon Alam, O. Olabiyi, O. Odejide and A. Annamalai, Prairie View A & M University, USA

Study and Simulation of Quasi and Rotated Quasi Space Time Block Codes in MIMO systems using Dent Channel model
Priyanka Mishra1, Rahul Vij2, Gurpreet Singh3 and Gaurav Chandil1, 1United Group of Institution, India, 2L R of Institute
of Engineering, India and 3Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, India

August 2012, Volume 4, Number 4

Two hop Connectivity for Uniformed Randomly Distributed Points in the Unit Square
Johannes Karlsson, Embedded Systems Lab Umea University, Sweden

Evaluation And Enhancement Of Performance Metrics For Ir And Bwr In Mac 802.16
R. Bhakthavathsalam1 and Khurram J.Mohammed2, 1Indian Institute of Science, India and 2Ghousia College of Engineering,
India

Simplified Performance Analysis of Energy Detectors Over Myriad Fading Channels:Area Under The Roc Curve Approach
Shumon Alam, O. Olabiyi, O. Odejide, and A. Annamalai, Prairie View A & M University, USA

Mobility Based Checkpointing And Trust Based Recovery In Manet
Suparna Biswas, Sarmistha Neogy and Priyanka Dey, West Bengal University of Technology, India

Analysis Of A Deterministic Jong Nang Gate With Transmitter Cooperation
Moon Ho Lee1, Md. Hashem Ali Khan1 and Daechul Park2,1Chonbuk National University, Korea and 2Hannam University,
Korea

LDPC Decoder Modelling And Evaluation Using RT-PEPA
Tony Tsang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Multi User Detection For Cdma-Ofdm/Oqam System Combined With Space Time Coding
Radhia GHARSALLAH and Ridha BOUALLEGUE, Higher School of Communications, Tunisia

A Swarm Inspired Multipath Data Transmission With Congestion Control In Manets Using Probabilistic Approach
Subhankar joardar1, Vandana Bhattacherjee2 and Debasis Giri1,1Haldia Institute of Technology ,India and 2Birla Institute of
Technology, India

Simulation Studies On An Energy Efficient Multipath Routing Protocol Using Directional Antennas For Manets
Sandhya Chilukuri, Rinki Sharma , Deepali. R. Borade and Govind R. Kadambi, M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies,
India

The Landscape of Wireless Sensing in Greenhouse Monitoring and Control
Krzysztof S. Berezowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

Load Balancing Based Approach To Improve Lifetime Of Wireless Sensor Network
Dipak Wajgi and Nileshsingh V. Thakur, Shri. Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, India

Multi-Hop Clustering Protocol using Gateway Nodes in Wireless Sensor Network
S. Taruna, Rekha Kumawat and G.N.Purohit, Banasthali University, India

State-Space Approaches For Modelling Reduction Of Pilot Symbol Assisted Modulation And Their Impact on the Channel
Estimation

Hayder J. Albattat, Haider M. AlSabbagh and S. A. Alseyab , Basarah University, Iraq

Implementing A Greedy Chain Routing Technique With Spread Spectrum On GRID-BASED WSNS
Hossein Sharifi Noghabi 1, Arash Ghazi askar 1, Arash Boustani2 , Arash Moghani1 and Motahareh Bahrami Zanjani2, 1Sadjad
Institute of Higher Education, Iran and 2Wichita State University, USA

Vertical Handoff In Wlan-Wimax-Lte Heterogeneous Networks Through Gateway Relocation
L. Nithyanandan and I. Parthiban, Pondicherry Engineering College, India

Acquisition Probability Of Multi-User Uwb Systems In The Presence Of A Novel Synchronization Approach
Moez Hizem and Ridha Bouallegue, University of Carthage, Tunisia

Clone-Based Mobile Agent Itinerary Planning Using Separate Trees For Data Fusion In WSNS
Soheil Javadi1, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili2, Behzad Moshiri1 and Ahmad Khonsari2, 1University of Tehran, Iran and
2IPM Tehran, Iran

Distance Based Energy Efficient Selection Of Nodes To Cluster Head In Homogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
S. Taruna, Sheena Kohli and G.N.Purohit, Banasthali University, India

Carrier Sense Multiple Access Tuning Parameters Using Game Theory
Mahdieh Ghazvini, Naser Movahedinia and Kamal Jamshidi, University of Isfahan, Iran

Performance Analysis Of Dsdv And Dsr Under Variable Node Speed In Hybrid Scenario
Koushik Majumder1, Sudhabindu Ray2 and Subir Kumar Sarkar 2, 1 West Bengal University of Technology, India and
2Jadavpur University, India

June 2012, Volume 4, Number 3

Effective Capacity of a Rayleigh Fading Channel in the Presence of Interference
Mehdi Vasef, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Impact of Channel Partitioning and Relay Placement on Resource Allocation in OFDMA Cellular Networks
Sultan F. Meko, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Robust Network FEC-Embedded Video Transmission Over Error-Prone Wireless Channels
Ghaida Al Suhail and Sarah A. Subber, University of Basrah, Iraq

Cross-Layer Design Approach with Power Consciousness for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Jhunu Debbarma, Sudipta Roy and Rajat K. Pal, Assam University, India

DQSB: A Reliable Broadcast Protocol Based on Distributed Quasi-Synchronized Mechanism for Low Duty-Cycled Wireless
Sensor Networks

Yun Wang1, Peizhong Shi1, Kai Li1, Jie Wu2, 1Southeast University, P.R. China and 2Temple University Philadelphia, USA

Optimization of Performance Metrics of LAR In Ad-Hoc Network
Neelesh Gupta and Roopam Gupta, UIT -RGPV Bhopal, India

Load Balancing with Reduced Unnecessary Handoff in Energy Efficient Macro/Femto-Cell Based BWA Networks
Prasun Chowdhury, Anindita Kund, Iti Saha Misra and Salil K Sanyal, Jadavpur University, India

Seamless Infrastructure Independent Multi Homed NEMO Handoff Using Effective and Timely IEEE 802.21 MIH Triggers
Zohra Slimane, Mohamed Feham and Abdelhafid Abdelmalek, STIC Laboratory University of Tlemcen, Algeria

Frame Aggregation Mechanism for High-Throughput 802.11n Wlans
Jyoti Kolap1, Shoba Krishnan1 and Ninad Shaha2, 1Mumbai University, India and 2IIT Bombay, India

Throughput Analysis of Power Control B-MAC Protocol In WSN
Ramchand V and D.K. Lobiyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Ontology for Mobile Phone Operating Systems
Hasni Neji and Ridha Bouallegue, Sup'Com University of Carthage, Tunisia

Multiple Criteria Clustering of Mobile Agents in WSN
Yashpal Singh1 ,Kamal Deep2 and S Niranjan3, 1Mewar University, India, 2 JIET Jind - Haryana, India and 3PDM College of
Engineering Bahadurgarh, India

Review on the Security Related Issues in Context Aware System
Saad Almutairi1,Hamza Aldabbas1 and Ala Abu-Samaha2, 1De Montfort University, United Kingdom and 2Middle East
University, Jordon

Node Failures, Data Aggregation Delay and Its Impact on Power Optimization in Balanced Sensor Networks
Kamalanathan Kandasamy, Sreedevi A G, P Venkat Rangan and Maneesha V Ramesh, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks
and Applications, India

April 2012, Volume 4, Number 2

Adaptive MultireSolution Modulation for Multimedia Traffic over Nakagami Fading Channels
Justin James, Annamalai A, Olusegun Odejide and Dhadesugoor Vaman, Prairie View A&M University, USA

A Pixel Domain Video Coding based on Turbo code and Arithmetic code
Cyrine Lahsini1, Sonia Zaibi2, Ramesh pyndiah1 and Ammar Bouallegue2, 1Telecom Bretagne, France and 2National
Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia

Context Aware Resource Allocation in Distributed Sensor Networks
Lokesh. B. Bhajantri1, Nalini. N2 and Gangadharaiah. S3, 1Basaveshwar Engineering College, India, 2Nitte Meenakashi
Institute of Technological, India and 3Acharya Institute of Technology, India

Power Control in Reactive Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Maher HENI1,2 and Ridha BOUALLEGUE2, 1Innovation of COMmunicant and COoperative Mobiles Laboratory, Tunisia and
2Sup'COM - Higher School of Communication, Tunisia

Qualitative Analysis of the QoS Parameters at the Layer 1 and 2 of Mobile WiMAX 802.16E
Arathi.R.Shankar1, Adarsh Pattar1 and V.Sambasiva Rao2, 1BMS College of Engineering, India and 2PESIT Bangalore, India

Effects of Novel Long Life Routing Algorithms on IEEE 802.16 Throughput Improvement Methods for Various Vehicular
Velocities

Barbaros Preveze, Cankaya University Ankara, Turkey

Analysis of WiMAX Physical Layer Using Spatial Multiplexing
Pavani Sanghoi and Lavish Kansal, Lovely Professional University, India

On the Use of Smart Ants for Efficient Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks
Fawaz Bokhari and Gergely Zaruba, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Realization of 3D Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks and Influence of Ocean Parameters on Node Location Estimation
Samedha S. Naik and Manisha J. Nene, Defence Institute of Advance Technology Pune, India

A Handoff-based And Limited Flooding (HALF) Routing Protocol in Delay Tolerant Network (DTN)
Anika Aziz1 and Shigeki Yamada2, 1University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and 2National Institute of Informatics Tokyo, Japan

ACO Based Routing for MANETs
Mohammad Arif1 and Tara Rani2, 1Singhania University, India and 2NICE College of Technology, India

A New UWB System Based on a Frequency Domain Transformation of the Received Signal
Karima Ben Hamida El Abri and Ammar Bouallegue, Syscoms Laboratory - National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia

Improving Network Performance with Affinity based Mobility Model in Opportunistic Network
Suvadip Batabyal and Parama Bhaumik, Jadavpur University, India

Performance Evaluation of Different Wireless Ad Hoc Routing Protocols
Niranjan Kumar Ray and Ashok Kumar Turuk, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Smart Handover Based on Fuzzy Logic Trend in IEEE802.11 Mobile IPV6 Networks
Joanne Mun-Yee Lim1 and Chee-Onn Chow2, 1UCTI (APIIT), Malaysia and 2University Malaya, Malaysia

Extended Ad Hoc on Demand Distance Vector Local Repair Trial for MANET
P. Priya Naidu1 and Meenu Chawla2, 1IBM Pvt. Limited, India and 2MANIT Bhopal, India

Precise Positioning Systems for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Samir A. Elsagheer Mohamed1,3, A. Nasr2,3 and Gufran Ahmad Ansari3, 1South Valley University, Egypt, 2Radiation
Engineering Dept., NCRRT, Egypt and 3Qassim University, KSA

MIMO Interference Management Using Precoding Design
Martin Crew1, Osama Gama1 Hassan2 and Mohammed Juned Ahmed3, 1University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2Cairo
University, Egypt and 3King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Interference Avoidance Techniques for Closed Access Small Cells Networks
Cristian Androne and Tudor Palade, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mobile Agent Based Congestion Control Using AODV Routing Protocol Technique for Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
Vishnu Kumar Sharma1 and Sarita Singh Bhadauria2, 1JUET Guna, India and 2MITS Gwalior, India

February 2012, Volume 4, Number 1

Efficient Symbol Error Rate Analysis of Cooperative Non-Regenerative Relay Systems over Generalized Fading Channels
Oluwatobi Olabiyi and Annamalai Annamalai, Prairie View A&M University, USA

Multiuser Detection in Asynchronous Multibeam Communications
Helmi Chaouech1 and Ridha Bouallegue2, 1National Engineering School of Tunis - University of El-Manar, Tunisia and
2Sup'COM, University of Carthage, Tunisia

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

Blind Carrier Phase Recovery for General 2 Π/M-Rotationally Symmetric Constellations
Emna Ben Slimane, Slaheddine Jarboui and Ammar Bouallegue, National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunisia

Design of Dynamic MAC protocol for Wireless Multimedia Networks
S.P.V.Subba Rao1, S. Venkata Chalam2 and D.Sreenivasa Rao3, 1Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, India, 2CVR
Engineering College, India and 3JNTU-Hyderabad, India

An Intelligent Network Selection Strategy Based on MADM Methods in Heterogeneous Networks
Lahby Mohamed, Cherkaoui Leghris and Adib Abdellah, LIM Lab Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Mohammedia,
Morocco

Ergodic Capacity Analysis of Cooperative Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks Over Rice and Nakagami Fading
Channels

Bhuvan Modi1, A. Annamalai1, O. Olabiyi1 and R. Chembil Palat2, 1Prairie View A & M University, USA and
2Nokia Research Center - Berkeley, USA

A New Approach for Mobility Enhancement of OLSR Protocol
N. Lakki1, A. Ouacha1, A. Habbani1,2, M. AJANA EL KHADDAR2, M. El Koutbi2 and J. El Abbadi2, 1University of Mohammed
V AGDAL, Morocco and 2University of Mohammed V Souissi, Morocco

ZRP with WTLS Key Management Technique to Secure Transport and Network Layers in Mobile Adhoc Networks
G.Padmavathi, P.Subashini and D.Devi Aruna, Avinashilingam University for Women, India

Performance Analysis for Bandwidth Allocation in IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Networks using BMAP Queueing
Said EL KAFHALI, Abdelali EL BOUCHTI, Mohamed HANINI and Abdelkrim HAQIQ, Hassan 1st University - Settat, Morocco

Implementing a Secure Key Issuing Scheme for Communication in P2P Networks
Mohammed Azharuddin and Annapurna P Patil, M.S.Ramiah Institute of Technology, India

A Simple Priority-Based Scheme for Delay-Sensitive Data Transmission Over Wireless Sensor Networks
Farshad Safaei1, Hamed Mahzoon2, Mohammad Sadegh Talebi3, 1Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, 2Osaka University, Japan
and 3School of Computer Science Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences(IPM), Iran

Performance Evaluation of AODV and DSR On-Demand Routing Protocols With Varying MANET Size
Nilesh P. Bobade and Nitiket N. Mhala, Bapurao Deshmukh COE, India

Improvement of LTE System Performances by Using a New Pilot Structure
H. Chamkhia, A. Omri and R. Bouallegue, Innov'Com laboratory, Tunisia

Blind Channel Estimation Enhancement for MIMO- OFDM Systems Under High Mobility Conditions
Aida Zaier1 and Ridha Bouallegue2, 1National Engineering School Tunis, Tunisia and 2Higher School of Communications of
Tunis, Tunisia

Effect of Multipath Fading and Propagation Environment on the Performance of a Fermat Point Based Energy Efficient
Geocast Routing Protocol

Kaushik Ghosh, Partha Pratim Bhattacharya and Pradip K Das, Mody Institute of Technology & Science - Rajasthan, India

Data Confidentiality in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Hamza Aldabbas, Tariq Alwada'n, Helge Janicke and Ali Al-Bayatti, De Montfort University, United Kingdom

Performance Evaluation of Realistic VANET Using Traffic Light Scenario
Nidhi and D.K. Lobiyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University. India

Optimization of Energy Consumption for OLSR Routing Protocol in MANET
Kirti Aniruddha Adoni and Radhika D. Joshi, University of Pune, India

Analysis of Neighbour and Isolated Node of Intersection Area Based Geocasting Protocol (IBGP) in VANET
Sanjoy Das and D.K Lobiyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India