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Journal Papers:

  1. Farid Farahmand, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, and Mário M. Freire, "Optical Burst Switching Network: A Multi-layered Approach," IOS Press, Journal of High Speed Networks (JHSN), , Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 105-122, 2007.
  2. Vinod M. Vokkarane, "Intermediate-Node-Initiation (INI): A Generalized Signaling Framework for Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking (OSN), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 20-32, Feb. 2007.
  3. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Segmentation-Based Non-Preemptive Channel Scheduling Algorithms for Optical Burst-Switched Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), Special Issue on Optical Networks, vol. 23, no. 10, pp.3125-3137, Oct. 2005.
  4. Jianping Wang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Raja Jothi, Xiantong Qi, Balaji Raghavachari, and Jason P. Jue, "Dual-Homing Protection in IP-over-WDM Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), Special Issue on Optical Networks, vol. 23, no. 10, pp.3111-3124, Oct. 2005.
  5. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, and Biao Chen, "Absolute QoS Differentiation in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Optical Communications and Networking Series, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1781-1795, Nov. 2004.
  6. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Burst Segmentation: an Approach for Reducing Packet Loss in Optical Burst-Switched Networks ," SPIE/Kluwer, Optical Networks, Special Issue on Engineering the Next Generation Optical Internet, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 81-89, Nov./Dec., 2003.
  7. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Prioritized Burst Segmentation and Composite Burst Assembly Techniques for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) - Special Issue on High-Performance Optical/Electronic Switches/Routers for High-Speed Internet, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 1198-1209, Sep. 2003.

Conference Papers:

  1. V.M. Vokkarane, and B.G. Bathula, "Manycast Service in Optical Burst/Packet Switched (OBS/OPS) Networks," Invited Paper Proceedings, Second ICST/ACM International Conference on Networks for Grid Applications (GridNets 2008), Beijing, China, Oct. 2008.
  2. B.G. Bathula, R.R.C. Bikram, V.M. Vokkarane, and S. Talabattula, "Impairment-Aware Manycasting Algorithms Over Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2008), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.
  3. D. Padmanabhan, R.R.C. Bikram , and V.M. Vokkarane, "TCP Over Optical Burst Switching (OBS): To Split or Not To Split?," Proceedings, 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2008), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Aug. 2008.
  4. B.G. Bathula, V.M. Vokkarane, and R.R.C. Bikram, "Impairment-Aware Manycasting Over Optical Burst-Switched Networks," to appear, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), Beijing, China, May 2008.
  5. D. Jain and V.M. Vokkarane, "Energy-Efficient Target Monitoring Using Base-Station Relocation in Wireless Sensor Networks," to appear, IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 2008), Waltham, Massachusetts, May 2008.
  6. N. Jain, V.M. Vokkarane, and J.P. Wang, "Dual-Homed Fault-Tolerant Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks," to appear, IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 2008), Waltham, Massachusetts, May 2008.
  7. B. Komattireddy and V.M. Vokkarane, "Source-Ordering for Improved TCP Performance over Load-Balanced Optical Burst-Switched (OBS) Networks," Proceedings, IEEE/CreateNet BROADNETS 2007, Optical Networking Symposium, Raleigh, NC, Sep. 2007.
  8. S. Parikh, V.M. Vokkarane, L. Xing, and D. Kasilingam, "Node-Replacement Policies to Maintain Threshold-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks," Proceedings, 16th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2007), Honolulu, HI, Aug. 2007.
  9. X. Huang, Q. She, V.M. Vokkarane, and J.P. Jue, "Manycasting over Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), Glasgow, Scotland, Jun. 2007.
  10. D. Jain and V.M. Vokkarane, "CAR: Coordinated Activation and Reporting for Energy-Efficient Target Intrusion Detection, Tracking, and Reporting in Wireless Sensor Networks," Proceedings, IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Woburn, MA, May 2007.
  11. B. Komattireddy, D. Chandran, and V.M. Vokkarane, "TCP-Aware Load-Balanced Routing in Optical Burst-Switched (OBS) Networks," Proceedings, IEEE/OSA OFC/NFOEC 2007, Anaheim, CA, Mar. 2007.
  12. J. Wang and V. M. Vokkarane, “Optimal Remote Homing for Providing Service Differentiation in Information-Aware Multi-Layered Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun. 2006.
  13. V. M. Vokkarane and Q. Zhang, “Forward Redundancy: A Loss Recovery Mechanism for Optical Burst-Switched Networks,” Proceedings, Third IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2006), Bangalore, India, Apr. 2006.
  14. X. Huang, J. Wang, V.M. Vokkarane, and J. P. Jue, "Fault-tolerant Wireless Access Network Design for Dual-homed Users," Proceedings, IEEE INFOCOM 2006, Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2006.
  15. E. Aboelela, W. Edberg, C. Papakonstantinou, and V.M. Vokkarane, “Wireless Sensor Network Based Model for Secure Railway Operations," Proceedings, First International Workshop on eSafety and Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (eSCo-Wi’06), in conjunction with 25th IPCCC 2006, Phoenix, AZ, Apr. 2006.
  16. Q. Zhang, V.M. Vokkarane, Y. Wang, and J.P. Jue, "Analysis of TCP over Optical Burst-Switched Networks with Burst Retransmission," Proceedings, IEEE Globecom 2005, Photonic Technologies for Communications Symposium, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 2005 (Best Paper Award).
  17. V.M. Vokkarane and Q. Zhang, "Reliable Optical Burst Switching for Next-Generation Grid Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE/CreateNet GridNets 2005, pp.505-514, Boston, MA, Oct. 2005.
  18. V.M. Vokkarane, J. Wang, and J.P. Jue, “Coordinated Survivability in IP-over-Optical Networks with IP-Layer Dual-Homing and Optical-Layer Protection,” Proceedings, IEEE/CreateNet BroadNets 2005, Optical Networking Symposium, , pp.259-268, Boston, MA, Oct. 2005.
  19. Q. Zhang, V.M. Vokkarane, Y. Wang, and J.P. Jue, “Evaluation of Burst Retransmission in Optical Burst-Switched Networks,” Proceedings, IEEE/CreateNet BroadNets 2005, Optical Networking Symposium, pp.297-303, Boston, MA, Oct. 2005.
  20. F. Farahmand, J.P. Jue, V.M. Vokkarane, J. J. P. C. Rodrigues, and M. M. Freire, “A Layered Architecture for Supporting Optical Burst Switching,” Proceedings, IEEE Computer Society Telecommunications 2005, pp.213-218, Lisbon, Portugal, Jul. 2005.
  21. Xiaodong Huang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Jason P. Jue, "Burst Cloning: A Proactive Scheme to Reduce Data Loss in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE ICC 2005, Seoul, South Korea, May 2005.
  22. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Jason P. Jue, "Path Clustering: An Approach to Implement Absolute QoS Differentiation in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE Globecom 2004, Dallas, TX, Dec. 2004.
  23. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jianping Wang, Raja Jothi, Xiantong Qi, Balaji Raghavachari, and Jason P. Jue, "Dynamic Dual-Homing Protection in WDM Mesh Networks," Proceedings, IEEE ICC 2004, Paris, France, June 2004.
  24. Raja Jothi, and Vinod M. Vokkarane, "Threshold-Based Differentiated Intermediate-Node Initiated (TDINI) Signaling for Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, The 7th Informs TELECOM 2004 Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, March 7-10, 2004.
  25. Jianping Wang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Xiantong Qi, and Jason P. Jue, "Dual-Homing Protection in WDM Mesh Networks," Proceedings, IEEE/OSA OFC 2004, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 2004.
  26. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Biao Chen, and Jason P. Jue, "Early Drop and Wavelength Grouping Schemes for Providing Absolute QoS Differentiation in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE Globecom 2003, San Francisco, CA, vol. 5, pp. 2628-2632, Dec. 2003.
  27. Guru Thodime, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Jason P. Jue, "Dynamic Congestion-Based Load Balanced Routing in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE Globecom 2003, San Francisco, CA, vol. 5, pp. 2694-2698, Dec. 2003.
  28. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Segmentation-Based Non-Preemptive Scheduling Algorithms for Optical Burst-Switched Networks, " Proceedings, IEEE/SPIE First International Workshop on Optical Burst Switching (WOBS 2003), co-located with SPIE OptiComm 2003, Dallas, TX, Oct. 2003.
  29. Farid Farahmand, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Jason P. Jue, "Practical Priority Contention Resolution for Slotted Optical Burst Switching Networks, " Proceedings, IEEE/SPIE First International Workshop on Optical Burst Switching (WOBS 2003), co-located with SPIE OptiComm 2003, Dallas, TX, Oct. 2003.
  30. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Biao Chen, and Jason P. Jue, "Early Drop Scheme for Providing Absolute QoS Differentiation in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE HPSR 2003, Torino, Italy, pp. 153-157, June 2003.
  31. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Guru Thodime, Venkata Challagulla, and Jason P. Jue, "Channel Scheduling Algorithms using Burst Segmentation and FDLs for Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE ICC 2003 conference, Anchorage, Alaska, vol. 2, pp. 1443-1447, May 2003.
  32. Ravikiran Karanam, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Jason P. Jue, "Intermediate Node Initiated (INI) Signaling: A Hybrid Channel Reservation Technique for Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE/OSA OFC 2003, Atlanta, TuJ2, vol. 1, pp. 213-215, Mar. 2003.
  33. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "QoS in Optical Burst Switching," Poster, Texas Telecommunications Engineering Consortium (TXTEC) Conference 2003 , UT Arlington, Texas, Jan. 24, 2003.
  34. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Qiong Zhang , Jason P. Jue, and Biao Chen, "Generalized Burst Assembly and Scheduling Techniques for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE Globecom 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 2002.
  35. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Karthik Haridoss, and Jason P. Jue, "Threshold-Based Burst Assembly Policies for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, SPIE Optical Networking and Communication Conference (OptiComm) 2002, Boston, MA, vol. 4874, pp. 125-136, July 2002.
  36. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, and Sriranjani Sitaraman, "Burst Segmentation: an Approach for Reducing Packet Loss in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2002, New York, NY, vol. 5, pp. 2673-2677, Apr. 2002.
  37. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Prioritized Routing and Burst Segmentation for QoS in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," Proceedings, IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2002, Anaheim, CA, WG6, pp. 221-222, Mar. 2002.

Invited Talks/Presentations

  1. Toward a Reliable Data Transport Architecture for Optical Burst-Switched Networks, Invited Main Speaker, 3rd Workshop on Optimization of Optical Networks (OON) 2006 Montreal, QC, April 28, 2006. (pdf)
  2. Toward a Reliable Data Transport Architecture for Optical Burst-Switched Networks, IEEE Invited Lecture Presentation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, April 22, 2006. (pdf)
  3. Quality of Service in Optical Burst-Switched Networks, Invited Talk, Dept. of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, Nov. 25, 2002.
  4. New Contention Resolution Techniques for Optical Burst-Switched Networks, Invited Talk, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, May 3, 2002.

Technical Reports:

  1. Jianping Wang and Vinod M. Vokkarane, “Optimal Remote Homing for Providing Service Differentiation in Information-aware Multi-Layered Wireless Sensor Networks,” UMASSD-CIS-TR-2005002, October 2005.
  2. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Qiong Zhang, “Forward Error Correction: A Loss Recovery Mechanism for Optical Burst-Switched Networks,” UMass Dartmouth CIS Technical Report UMassD-CIS-2005001, October 2005.
  3. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Yuke Wang, and Jason P. Jue, “TCP over Optical Burst-Switched Networks with Optical Burst Retransmission,” UTD Technical Report, UTDCS-32-04, Nov. 2004.
  4. Qiong Zhang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Jason P. Jue, and Biao Chen, "Absolute QoS Differentiation in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-45-03, Oct. 2003.
  5. Jianping Wang, Vinod M. Vokkarane, Raja Jothi, Xiantong Qi, Balaji Raghavachari, and Jason P. Jue, "Dual-Homing Protection in WDM Mesh Networks," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-40-03, Sept. 2003.
  6. Vinod M. Vokkarane and Jason P. Jue, "Channel Scheduling Algorithms for Optical Burst-Switched Networks using Burst Segmentation," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-16-03, Apr. 2003.
  7. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Qiong Zhang, Jason P. Jue, and Biao Chen, "Generalized Burst Assembly and Scheduling Techniques for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-02-04, March 2002.
  8. Vinod M. Vokkarane, Karthik Haridoss, and Jason  P. Jue, "Threshold-Based Burst Assembly Policies for QoS Support in Optical Burst-Switched Networks," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-02-03, February 2002.
  9. Vinod M. Vokkarane, J. P. Jue, and S. Sitaraman, "Burst Segmentation: An Approach for Reducing Packet Loss in Optical Burst Switched Networks," UTD Technical Report UTDCS-20-01, September 2001.

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