Publications – Thomas F.

La Porta
Books
Security for Telecommunications Networks, P. Traynor, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta,
Springer, 2008.

Books Edited
Sensor Network Operations, E.d. S. Phoha, T.F. La Porta, C. Griffin, IEEE Press, Wiley-
Interscience, 2006.

Journals

1. A. Atya, Z. Qian, S. Krishnamurthy, T. La Porta, P. McDaniel, L. Marvel, “Catch Me

If You Can: A Closer Look at Malicious Co-Residency on the Cloud,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TNET.2019.2891528,
27(2):560-576, April, 2019.
2. D. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T. He, N. Ray Chaudhuri, T. La Porta,
On Progressive Network Recovery from Massive Failures under Uncertainty, IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management, Digital Object Identifier:
10.1109/TNSM.2018.2880155, 16(1): 113-126, March, 2019.
3. S. Achleitner, N. Bartolini. T. He, T.F. La Porta, D. Tootaghaj, “Fast Network
Configuration in Software Defined Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management, DOE 10.1109/TNSM.2018.2874051, 15 (4), 1249-1263, 2018.
4. Z. Lu, K. Chan, S. Pu, T. F. La Porta, “CrowdVision: A Computing Platform for
Video Crowdprocessing Using Deep Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile
Computing, 18(7):1513-1526, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2018.2864212, July, 2019.
5. D. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T. He, N. Ray Chaudhuri, T. La Porta,
“Mitigation and Recovery from Cascading Failures in Interdependencv Networks
Under Uncertainty,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems,
DOI:10.1109/TCNS.2018.28431686(2), 501-514, June 2019.
6. D. Z. Tootaghaj, T. He, T.F. La Porta, “Parsimonious Tomography: Optimizing
Cost-Identifiability Trade-off for Probing-based Network Monitoring,” ACM
Performance Evaluation Review (PER), 45 (2), 107-110, 2018.
7. S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan, T.F. La Porta, R. Govindan, “Scalability and
Satisfiability of Quality-of-Information in Wireless Networks,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, 10.1109/TNET.2017.2781202, 26 (1), 398-411, 2018.
8. Z. Lu, X. Sun, Xiao, T. F. La Porta, “Cooperative Data Offload in Opportunistic
Networks: From Mobile Devices to Infrastructure,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TNET.2017.2747621, 25(6):3382-
3395, December, 2017.
9. S. Achleitner, T.F. La Porta, P. McDaniel, S. Sugrim, S.V. Krishnamurthy, R. Chada,
“Deceiving Network Reconnaissance Using SDN-based Virtual Topologies,” IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management, DOI:
10.1109/TNSM.2017.2724239, 14(4): 1098-1112, December, 2017.
10. Z. Lu, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “TeamPhone: Networking Smart Phone for Disaster
Recovery,” IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, 16 (12), 3554-3567, 2017.

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11. N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, T. F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “On Critical Service Recovery
After Massive Network Failures,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 25(4):
2235 – 2249, August, 2017.
12. N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, S. Ciavarella, T. F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “Autonomous
Mobile Sensor Placement in Complex Environments,” ACM Transactions on
Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 12 (2), 7, 2017.
13. T.A. Dao, A.K. Roy-Chowdhury, H. Madhyastha, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta,
“Managing Redundant Content in Bandwidth Constrained Wireless Networks,
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 25(2): 988 – 1003, April, 2017.
14. M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T.F. La Porta, “Selective Activation in Dense
Femtocell Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 15(10):7018-
7029, October, 2016.
15. H. Khamfroush, N. Bartolini, T.F. La Porta, A. Swami, J, Dillman, “On Propagation
of Phenomena in Interdependent Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science
and Engineering, 3(4):225 – 239, Oct-Dec, 2016.
16. S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, S. Ciavaralla, T.F. La Porta, “On the Vulnerabilities of
Voronoi-based Approaches to Mobile Sensor Deployment,” IEEE Transactions on
Mobile Computing, 15(12), 2016.
17. R. Ramanathan, E. Ciftcioglu, A. Samanta, R. Urgaonkar, T. F. La Porta,
“Symptotics: A Framework for Estimating the Scalability of Real-World Wireless
Networks,” ACM/Springer Wireless Networks Journal, DOI 10.1007/s11276-016-
1204-4, 23(4), 1063-1083.
18. B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T.F. La Porta, A. Swami, “Network Topology
Inference with Partial Information,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management, 12(3):406-419.
19. A. Atya, I. Broustis, S. Singh, D. Syrivelis, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta, “A
Policy Aware Enforcement Logic for Appropriately Invoking Network Coding,”
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 24(4):2005-2018, Aug. 2016.
20. Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, M.P. Johnson, L. Kaplan, T.F. La Porta, “You Can’t Get
There From Here: Sensor Scheduling with Refocusing Delays,” ACM/Springer
Wireless Networks Journal, 21(5):1683-1698, 2015.
21. Z. Lu, X. Sun, W. Wen, G. Cao. T.F. La Porta, “Algorithms and Applications for
Community Detection in Weighted Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and
Distributed Systems, to appear.
22. S. Tati, S. Rager, B.-J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “netCSI: A Generic
Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Large-Scale Failures in Computer Networks,” IEEE
Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 13(3):355-368, May/June 2016..
23. E. Ciftioglu, A. Michaloliakos, A. Yener, K. Psounis, T.F. La Porta, R. Govindan,
“Operational Information Content Sum Capacity: From Theory to Practice,”
Computer Networks, Elsevier, 10.1016/j.comnet.2014.08.017 pp. 1-17.
24. Y. Aleyev, F. Chen, Y. Hou, M. P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T. F. La Porta, K. Leung,
“Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate
Selection,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless, 13(7):4066-4079, July, 2014.
25. G. Bongiovani, N. Bartolini, T. F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “On the Vulnerabilities of
the Virtual Force Approach to Mobile Sensor Deployment,” IEEE Transactions on
Mobile Computing, 13(11):2592-2605, Nov., 2014.

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26. S. Tati, B.J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “Adaptive Algorithms for
Diagnosing Large-Scale Failures in Computer Networks,” IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 26(3):646, 2015.
27. G. Papageorgiou, S. Singh, S. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan, T.F. La Porta, “A
Distortion Resistant Routing Framework for Video Traffic in Wireless Multi-hop
Networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 23(2):412-425, April, 2015.
28. T.F. La Porta, C. Petrioli, C. Phillips, D. Spenza, “Sensor-mission assignment in
rechargeable wireless sensor networks,” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks,
10(4), 2014.
29. Q. Li, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Efficient and Privacy-Aware Data Aggregation in
Mobile Sensing,” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing,
11(2):115-129, March/April, 2014.
30. J. Edwards, A. Bahjat, Y. Jiang, T. Cook, T.F. La Porta, “Quality of Information-
aware Mobile Applications,” Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier, 11
(2014):216–228.
31. Q. Zheng, G. Cao. T. F. La Porta, A. Swami, “A Cross-Layer Approach for
Minimizing Routing Disruption in IP Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and
Distributed Systems, 25(7): 1659-1669 (2014).
32. T-S. Kim, I. Broustis , S. Vural, D. Syrivelis, S. Singh, S.V. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La
Porta, “Realizing the Benefits of Wireless Network Coding in Multi-Rate Settings,”
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 21(3):950-962, June, 2013.
33. L.-A. Tang, Y. Zheng, J. Yuan, J. Han, A. Leung, W.-C. Peng, T.F. La Porta, “A
Framework of Traveling Companion Discovery on Trajectory Data Streams,” ACM
Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology” to appear.
34. S. Ray, T.F. La Porta, P. Basu. G. Cao, S. Schaffer, D. Dent, “Metric Driven Mobility
Modeling in Tactical Networks,” Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation,
10(2):161-180, April 2013.
35. L.-A. Tang, X. Yu, S. Kim, J. Han, W.-C. Peng, Y. Sun. A. Leung, T.F. La Porta,
“Multidimensional Sensor Data Analysis in Cyber-Physical System: An Atypical
Cube Approach,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, to appear.
36. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Proactive Data Dissemination to
Mission Sites,” Springer/ACM Wireless Networks, 18(7):749-762.
37. G. Wang, M. J. Irwin, H. Fu, P. Berman, W. Zhang, and T. La Porta, "Optimizing
Sensor Movement Planning for Energy Efficiency", ACM Transactions on Sensor
Networks, 7(4):33, 2011.
38. W. Gao, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, J. Han, “On Exploiting Transient Social Contact
Patterns for Data Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks,” IEEE Transactions on
Mobile Computing, January, 2013.
39. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, “Control-theoretic Utility Maximization in
Multihop Wireless Networks under Mission Dynamics,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, 20(4):1082-1095, Aug 2012.
40. M.J. Neely, S. Rager, T. F. La Porta, “Max Weight Learning Algorithms for
Scheduling in Unknown Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
57(5):1179-1192, May, 2012.

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41. S. Eswaran, J. Edwards, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, “Adaptive In-Network Processing
for Bandwidth and Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-hop Wireless
Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 12(9):1484-1498, Sept. 2012.
42. Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Broadcasting Info-Pages to Sensors:
Efficiency vs. Energy Conservation,” ACM/Springer Wireless Networks Journal,
17(6), 10.1007/s11276-011-0362-7.
43. N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T. F. La Porta, C. Petrioli, “Sensor Activation and
Radius Adaptation (SARA) in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks,” ACM Transactions
on Sensor Networks, 8(3), Aug 2012.
44. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, F. Bergamasachi, T.F. La Porta, “Utility-based Bandwidth
Adaptation in Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networks,” ACM Transactions on
Sensor Networks, 8(2), (May, 2012).
45. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Who, When, Where;
Timeslot Assignment to Mobile Clients,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,
11(1):73-85, January, 2012.
46. N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T.F. La Porta, A. Massini, S. Silvestri, “Autonomous
Deployment of Heterogeneous of Mobile Sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile
Computing, 10(6):753-766, June 2011.
47. R. Kumar, T.F. La Porta, “Cooperative Channelization in Wireless Networks with
Network Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Processing and Distributed Systems,”
22(7):1073-1084, July 2011.
48. T.F. La Porta, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli, “Anti-collision Protocols for Single-Reader
RFID Systems: Temporal Analysis and Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile
Computing, 10(2):267-279, Feb, 2011.
49. P. Traynor, C. Amrutkar, V. Rao, T. Jaeger, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “From
Mobile Phones to Responsible Devices,” Journal of Security and Communication
Networks (SCN), 4(6):719-726, June, 2011.
50. A. Bar-Noy, T. Brown, M.P. Johnson, T.F. La Porta, O. Liu, H. Rowaihy, “Sensor-
Mission Assignment in Wireless Sensor Networks,” ACM Transactions on Sensor
Networks, 6(4), 2010.
51. H. Rowaihy, M.P. Johnson, D. Pizzacaro, A. Bar-Noy, A. Preece, T. F. La Porta,
“Sensor Mission Assignment in Constrained Environments,” IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems,” 21(11):1692-1705, 2010.
52. S. Eswaran, M.P. Johnson, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, “Distributed Utility-Based Rate
Adaptation Protocols for Prioritized, Quasi-Elastic Flows,” ACM Mobile
Communications Review (M2CR), 13(1):2-13, January, 2009.
53. A. Venkateswaran, T. La Porta, R. Acharya, V. Sarangan, “A Mobility Prediction
Based Relay Deployment Framework for Conserving Power in MANETs,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing, 8(6):750-765.
54. Y. Sun, T.F. La Porta, P.Kermani, “A Flexible Privacy Enhanced Location Based
Services System Framework and Practice,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,
8(3):304-321.
55. P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Mitigating Attacks on Open
Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on
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56. R. Kumar, R. Crepaldi, H. Rowaihy, A.F. Harris III, G. Cao, F. Anjum, M. Zorzi,
T.F. La Porta, “Mitigating Performance Degradation in Congested Sensor Networks,”
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 7(6):682-697, 2008.
57. K. Kotapati, P. Liu, T.F. La Porta, “Evaluating MAPSec by Marking Attack Graphs,”
Kluwer/ACM Wireless Networks Journal, 15(8):1042-1058.
58. P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel, T. F. La Porta, “Exploiting open functionality in
SMS-capable cellular networks,” Journal of Computer Security, IOS Press, 16, pp.
713-742, 2008.
59. H. Choi, W. Enck, J. Shin, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “ASR: Anonymous and
Secure Reporting of Traffic Forwarding Activity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,”
ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks Journal, 15(4):525-539.
60. K. Kotapati, P. Liu, T.F. La Porta, “Dependency Relation Based Vulnerability
Analysis of 3G Networks: Can It Identify Unforeseen Cascading Attacks?”
Telecommunications Systems, Special Issue on Security, Privacy and Trust for
Beyond 3G Networks, Springer, 35(3-4):99-122, 2007.
61. J. Shin, R. Kumar, P. Kishen, T.F. La Porta, “Channelization for Dynamic Multi-
Frequency, Multi-Hop Wireless Cellular Networks,” Ad Hoc Networks Journal,
5(8):1284-1302.
62. P. Traynor, R. Kumar, H. Choi, G. Cao, S. Zhu, T.F. La Porta, "Efficient Hybrid
Security Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on
Mobile Computing, 6(6):663-677.
63. W. Zhang, G. Cao, T. F. La Porta, “Data Dissemination with Ring-Based Index for
Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6(7):832-847.
64. G. Wang, G. Cao, P. Berman, T.F. La Porta, “Bidding Protocols for Deploying
Mobile Sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 6(5):563-576.
65. W. Zhang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data Dissemination
Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks,” ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks Journal,
13(5), 2007.
66. H. Choi, H. Song, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Mobile Multilayered IPSec,” ACM/Kluwer
Wireless Networks Journal, 14:6, December, 2008.
67. T. Yashiro, T.F. La Porta, “Nomadic Agent System: Infrastructureless Location
Based Service System,” Journal of IPSJ, Information Processing Society of Japan,
Vol. 46, No. 12, pp.2952-2962, Dec., 2005(in Japanese).
68. G. Wang, G. Cao, T. F. La Porta, “Movement Assisted Sensor Deployment,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 5, No. 6, June 2006, pp. 640-652.
69. J. Shin, K. Lee, A. Yener, T. F. La Porta, “On-demand Diversity Wireless Relay
Networks,” ACM Journal of Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 11, April 2006,
pp. 593-611.
70. K. Murakami, O. Haase, J. Shin, T.F. La Porta, “Mobility Management Alternatives
for Migration to Mobile Internet Session-Based Services,” IEEE Journal of Selected
Areas of Communications, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 818-833, June, 2004.
71. R. Ramjee, K. Varadhan, L. Salgarelli, S. Thuel, T.F. La Porta, “HAWAII: A Domain
Based Approach for Mobility in Wide-Area Wireless Networks,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 396-410, June, 2002.

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72. R. Ramjee, L. Li, T. F. La Porta, S. Kasera, “IP Paging Service for Mobile Hosts,”
ACM/Kluwer Journal on Wireless Networks, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 427-441, September,
2002.
73. J. Lennox, K. Murakami, M. Karaul, T.F. La Porta, “Interworking Internet Telephony
and Wireless Telecommunications Networks,” ACM Computer Communications
Review, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 25-36, October, 2001.
74. R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, J. Kurose, D. Towsley, “User Agent Migration Policies in
Wireless Networks,” IEEE Journal of Selected Areas of Communication, vol. 18, no.
11, pp. 2465-2489, November, 2000.
75. N. Shah, A. Sawkar, J. Marinho, K. Sabnani, T. La Porta, T.C. Chiang, “Wireless
Data Networking, Standards, and Applications,” Bell Labs Technical Journal, vol. 5,
no. 1, pp. 130-149, Jan. – Mar. 2000.
76. T.F. La Porta, R. Ramjee, T. Woo, K.K. Sabnani, “Experiences with Network-Based
User Agents for Mobile Applications,” ACM/Baltzer Journal of Mobile Networks
and Applications, vol.3, no.2, pp. 123-142, August, 1998.
77. R. Ramjee, T. F. La Porta, J. Kurose, D. Towsley, “Performance Evaluation of
Connection Re-Routing Schemes for ATM-based Wireless Networks,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, vol. 6., no. 3, pp. 249-261, June, 1998.
78. T. Woo, T. F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, “Pigeon - A Wireless Two-Way Messaging
System,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas of Communication, vol. 15, no. 8, pp.
1391-1405, Oct. 1997.
79. T.F. La Porta, K-W. Chen, “A Direct Signaling System for Flexible Access and
Deployment of Telecommunication Services,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 489-501, Aug., 1997.
80. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, R. Buskens, “Comparison of Signaling Loads for
PCS Systems,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 840-856,
Dec., 1996.
81. T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, R.D. Gitlin, "Challenges for Nomadic Computing:
Mobility Management and Wireless Communications," ACM/Baltzer Journal on
Mobile Networks and Nomadic Applications, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 3-16, 1996.
82. T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, A.S. Sawkar, “Distributed Call Processing for Wireless
Mobile Networks”, Bell Labs Technical Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 127-142, Autumn,
1996.
83. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, R. Ramjee, "A Distributed Control Strategy for
Wireless ATM Networks," ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks Journal vol. 1, no. 3, pp.
323-339, 1995.
84. E. Ayanoglu, S. Paul, T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, R.D. Gitlin, "AIRMAIL: A Link-
Layer Protocol for Wireless Networks," ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks Journal,
vol. 1., no. 1, pp. 47-59, 1995.
85. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, “Object-oriented Analysis of Signaling and Control
in Broadband Networks,” International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. 7,
pp. 131-148, 1994.
86. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "Verification of the MultiStream Protocol Using
COSPAN," Formal Methods in System Design, vol. 2., no. 4, pp. 123-153, Kluwer,
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 87. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, "Evaluation of Broadband UNI Signaling Protocol
Techniques," Journal of High-Speed Networks, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 209-238, IOS Press,
1993.
88. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "Performance Analysis of MSP: A Feature-Rich High-
Speed Transport Protocol," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 1, no. 6,
pp. 740-753, December, 1993.
89. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "The MultiStream Protocol: A Highly Flexible High-
Speed Transport Protocol," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol.
11, no. 4, pp. 519-530, May, 1993.

Magazines & Chapters

1. S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. La Porta, A. Wolf, A. Swami, “Inferring
Network Topologies in MANETs Applied to Service Redeployment,” Chapter X, in
Advances in Computer Communications and Networks - from green, mobile,
pervasive networking to big data computing, River Publishing, 2016.
2. Y Zhang, W Gao, G Cao, T La Porta, B Krishnamachari, A Iyengar, “Social-aware
data diffusion in delay tolerant manets,” Handbook of optimization in complex
networks, 457-481, 2012.
3. K. Kotapati, P. Liu. T.F. La Porta, “Cellular Network Security,” Chapter 10,
Computer Security Handbook, e.d., J. Vacca, Elsevier.
4. D. Tonesi, Y. Sun, L. Salgarelli, T.F. La Porta, “Evaluation of signaling loads in
3GPP networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications, 15(1):92-100.
5. G. Cao, G. Kesidis, T.F. La Porta, B. Yao, “Purposeful Mobility in Tactical Sensor
Networks,” Sensor Network Operations, Section 3.3, E.d. S. Phoha, T.F. La Porta, C.
Griffin, IEEE Press, Wiley-Interscience, 2006.
6. G. Cao, G. Wang, T. La Porta, and W. Zhang, “Distributed Algorithms for Deploying
Mobile Sensors,” Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless,
and Peer-to-Peer Networks, CRC press.
7. O. Haase, T. F. La Porta, K. Murakami, “Unified Mobility Manager – Enabling
Efficient SIP/UMTS Mobile Network Control,” IEEE Wireless Communications, vol.
10, no. 4, August, 2003.
8. S. Thuel, L. Salgarelli, R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, “Dynamic Configuration of Mobile
Devices for Wireless Internet Access,” Mobile and Wireless Internet Access, Chapter
10, Ed. K. Makki, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
9. R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, L. Salgarelli, S. Thuel, K. Varadhan, L. Li, “IP-Based
Access Network Infrastructure for Next Generation Wireless Data Networks,” IEEE
Personal Communications Magazine, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 34-41, August, 2000.
10. T.F. La Porta, “Signaling,” Chapter in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, vol. 19, pp. 276-284, Ed. J.G. Webster, 1999.
11. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, W.S. Lai, "An Alternative Approach to
Call/Connection Control in Broadband Switching Systems," IEEE Communications
Magazine, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 90-97, Nov., 1995.
12. R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, “The Use of Network-based Migrating
User Agents for PCS,” IEEE Personal Communications Magazine, pp. 62-68, Dec.,
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 13. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, P. Treventi, R. Ramjee, “Distributed Call
Processing for Personal Communications Services,” IEEE Communications
Magazine, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 66-75, June, 1995.
14. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, E. Ayanoglu, M. Karol, R.D. Gitlin, "Broadband
ISDN: A Technological Discontinuity," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 32,
no. 10, pp. 84-97, October, 1994.
15. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "Architectures, Features, and Implementation of High-
Speed Transport Protocols," IEEE Network Magazine, pp. 14 – 23, May, 1991, also
appeared in Computer Communications: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards, 3rd
Edition, Ed. W. Stallings, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1992.

Conferences & Workshops

1. N. Desai, W. Chong, H. Achilles, S. Daijavad, T.F. La Porta, “Large-Scale Hybrid Ad

Hoc Network for Mobile Platforms: Challenges and Experiences,” Proc. of IEEE
SMARTCOMP, 2019.
2. F. Mehmeti, and T. F. La Porta, "Optimizing 5G Performance by Reallocating
Unused Resources," in Proc. of IEEE ICCCN 2019, Valencia, Spain.
3. F. Mehmeti, T.F. La Porta, “Admission Control for Consistent Users in Next
Generation Cellular Networks,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), 2019.
4. V. Farhadi, F. Mehmeti, T.F. La Porta, T. He, H. Khamfroush, S. Wang, K.S. Chan,
“Service Placement and Request Scheduling for Data-intensive Applications in Edge
Clouds,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2019.
5. G. Bent, G. de Mel, R Ganti, T. F. La Porta, G. Pearson, T. Pham, S. Stein., A.
Swami, L. Tassiulas, I. Taylor, “Learning Service Semantics for Self-organization in
Distributed Environments: Concepts and Research Directions, Proc. of IEEE
MILCOM, 2018.
6. V. Walls, H. Kwon, T.F. La Porta, S. Stein, L. Tassiulas, “On the Design of Resource
Allocation Algorithms for Low-Latency Video Analytics,” Proc. of IEEE MILCOM,
2018.
7. H. Alhulayyil, K. Khalil, S. Krishnamurthy, D. Cansever, T. F. La Porta, A. Swami,
“On the Detection of Adaptive Side-channel Attackers in Cloud Environments,” Proc.
of IEEE Globecom CISS, 2018.
8. M. Ochal, S. Stein, F. Bi, M. Cook, E. Gerding, T. He and T. La Porta, “Online
Mechanism Design using Reinforcement Learning for Cloud Resource Allocation,”
Proc of 2nd Workshop on Advances in Augmentation in Artificial Intelligence,” 2018.
9. S. Saghaian, T.F. La Porta, T. Jaeger, B. Celik, P.McDaniel, “Mission-oriented
Security Model, Incorporating Security Risk, Cost and Payout,” International
Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SECURECOMM),
2018 (Best Paper).
10. T. He, H. Khamfroush, S. Wang, S. Stein, T.F. La Porta, “It's Hard to Share: Joint
Service Placement and Request Scheduling in Edge Clouds with Sharable and Non-
sharable Resources,” Proc. of IEEE ICDCS, 2018.

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11. Y. Cao, A. Atya, S. Singh, Z. Qian, S. Krishnamurthy, T. La Porta, P. Krishnamurthy
and L. Marvel “A Framework for MIMO-based Packet Header Obsfucation,” Proc. of
IEEE INFOCOM, 2018.
12. Z. Lu, K. Chan, T.F. La Porta, “A Computing Platform for Video Crowdprocessing
Using Deep Learning,” Proc. Of IEEE INFOCOM, 2018.
13. D. Z. Tootaghaj, T. He, T.F. La Porta, “Parsimonious Tomography: Optimizing Cost-
Identifiability Trade-off for Probing-based Network Monitoring,” IFIP Performance,
2017.
14. Z. Lu, S. Rallapalli, K. Chan, T.F. La Porta, “Modeling Resource Requirements of
Convolutional Neural Networks on Mobile Devices,” Proc. of ACM Multimedia,
2017.
15. A. Atya, A. Aqil, K. Khalil, Z. Qian, S. V. Krishnamurthy, T. F. La Porta, “Stalling
Live Migrations on the Cloud,” Proc. of 11th USENIX Workshop on Offensive
Technologies (WOOT), 2017.
16. J. Acquaviva, M. Mahon, B. Einfalt, and T.F. La Porta, “Optimal Cyber-Defense
Strategies for Advanced Persistent Threats: A Game Theoretical Analysis,” Proc. of
36th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, 2017.
17. D. Z. Tootaghaj, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T.F. La Porta, “Controlling Cascading
Failures in Interdependent Networks under Incomplete Knowledge,” Proc. of 36th
Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, 2017.
18. J. Edwards, R. Passonneau, T. Cassidy, T.F. La Porta, “Resource Allocations for
Pragamatically-assisted Quality of Information-Aware Networking,” Proc. of IEEE
ICCCN, 2017.
19. D. Tootaghaj, H. Khamfroush, N. Bartolini, S. Ciaverelli, S. Hayes, T.F. La Porta,
“Network Recovery from Massive Failures and Uncertain Knowledge of Failures,”
IFIP Networking, 2017.
20. S. Achleitner, T.F. La Porta, T. Jaeger, P. McDaniel, “Adversarial Network Forensics
in Software Defined Networking, Proc of ACM Symposium on SDN Research, 2017.
Best student paper.
21. N. Felemban, Z. Lu, T.F. La Porta, K. Chan, K, “Video processing of complex
activity detection in resource-constrained networks,” 2016 IEEE Global Conference
on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP). IEEE, 2016.
22. S. Achleitner, T.F. La Porta, P. McDaniel, S. Krishnamurthy, A. Poylisher, C. Serban,
“Stealth Migration: Hiding Virtual Machines on the Network,” Proc. of IEEE
INFOCOM, 2017.
23. S. Ciavarella, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, T.F. La Porta, “Progressive Damage
Assessment and Network Recovery After Massive Failures,” Proc. of IEEE
INFOCOM, 2017.
24. A. Atya, Z. Qian, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta, P. McDaniel, L. Marvel,
“Malicious Co-Residency on the Cloud: Attacks and Defense,” Proc. of IEEE
INFOCOM 2017.
25. S. Achleitner, S. Sugrim, P. McDaniel, S. Krishnamurthy, R. Chadha, T.F. La Porta,
“Cyber Deception: Virtual Networks to Defend Insider Reconnaissance,” Proc. Of
ACM Workshop on Managing Insider Security Threats (MIST) 2016.
26. Z. Lu, K. Chan, R. Urgaonkar, T.F. La Porta, “On-demand Video Processing in
Wireless Networks,” Proc. Of IEEE ICNP, 2016.

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27. Z. B. Celik, N. Hu, Y. Li, N. Papernot, P. Mc Daniel, R. Walls, J. Rowe, K. Levitt, N.
Bartolini, T.F. La Porta, R. Chadha, “Mapping Sample Scenarios to Operational
Models,” Proc. Of IEEE MILCOM, 2016.
28. T. He, N. Bartolini, H. Khamfroush, I. Kim, L. Ma, T.F. La Porta, “Service
Placement for Detecting and Localizing Failures Using End-to-End Observations”,
Proc. of IEEE ICDCS, 2016.
29. N. Bartolini, S. Ciavarella, T. F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “Network Recovery After
Massive Failures,” IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and
Networks, 2016.
30. S. Achleitner, T.F. La Porta, S. Krishnamurthy, V.S. Quizhpi, “Network Coding
Efficiency in the Presence of an Intermittent Backhaul Network,” Proc. of IEEE ICC
2016.
31. J. Edwards, T. Cassidy, G. de Mel, T. F. La Porta, “Integrating Quality of Information
with Pragmatic Assistance,” Proc. of IEEE 13th International Workshop on Managing
Communications and Services, 2016.
32. S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan, T.F. La Porta, R. Govindan, “Scalability and
Satisfiability of Quality of Information in Wireless Networks,” Proc. of IEEE WCNC,
2016.
33. Z. Lu, X. Sun, T. F. La Porta, “Cooperative Data Offloading in Opportunistic Mobile
Networks,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2016.
34. M. Lin, N. Bartolini, T. F. La Porta, “Power Adjustment and Scheduling in OFDMA
Femtocell Networks,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2016.
35. Z. Lu, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Networking Smartphones for Disaster Recovery,”
Proc. of IEEE PERCOM, 2016.
36. N. Hu, T. F. La Porta, N. Bartolini, “Self-Adaptive Resource Allocation for Event
Monitoring with Uncertainty in Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE MASS, 2015.
37. M. Lin, S. Silvestri, N. Bartolini, T.F. La Porta, “Energy-Efficient Selective
Activation in Femtocell Networks," Proc. of IEEE MASS, 2015.
38. S. Silvestri, B. Holbert, P. Novotny, T. F. La Porta, A. Wolf, A. Swami, “Inferring
Network Topologies in MANETs Applied to Service Redeployment,” IEEE
International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN), 2015.
39. M. Mukherjee, J. Edwards, H. Kwong, T.F. La Porta, “Quality of Information-aware
Real-time Traffic Flow Analysis and Reporting,” Proc. of 7th International Workshop
on Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing (I2QS), in
conjunction with IEEE PERCOM, 2015.
40. B. Prabhala, T.F. La Porta, “Spatial and Temporal Considerations in Next Place
Predictions,” Proc. Seventh IEEE International Workshop on Network
Science for Communication Networks (NetSciCom 2015).
41. B. Holbert, S.Tati, S. Silvestri, T.F. La Porta, A. Swami, “Network Topology
Inference with Partial Path Information,” International Conference on Computing,
Networking and Communications, Network Algorithm & Performance Evaluation
Symposium (ICNC), 2015.
42. T. Dao, A. Chowdhury, H. Madhyastha, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta, “Managing
Redundant Content in Bandwidth Constrained Wireless Networks,” Proc. of ACM
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43. S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, T. F. La Porta, Performance Analysis of Practical Distributed
Backpressure Protocols, Proc. of IEEE ICCCN, 2014.
44. S. Rager, E. Ciftioglu, T. F. La Porta, A. Leung, W. Dron, R. Ramanathan, J.
Hancock, “Data Selection for Maximum Coverage in Sensor Networks with Cost
Constraints,” Proc. of IEEE DCOSS, 2014.
45. S. Tati, S. Silvestri, T. He, T. F. La Porta, “Robust Network Tomography in the
Presence of Failures,” Proc. of IEEE ICDCS, 2014.
46. N. Bartolini, B. Bongiovanni, T.F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, F. Vincenti, “Voronoi-based
Deployment of Mobile Sensors in the Face of Adversaries,” Proc. of IEEE ICC 2014,
to appear.
47. B. Prabhala, J. Wang, B. Deb, T.F. La Porta, J. Han, “Leveraging Periodicity in
Human Mobility for Next Place Prediction,” Proc. of IEEE WCNC, 2014.
48. E. N. Ciftcioglu, A. Michaloliakos, K. Psounis, T.F. La Porta, A. Yener,” Power
Minimization with Quality-of-Information Outages,” Proc. of IEEE WCNC, 2014.
49. M. Lin, T. F. La Porta, “Energy-Aware Enterprise Femtocell Deployment, “Proc of
IEEE WCNC, 2014.
50. C Zhang, J Han, L Shou, J Lu, T La Porta, “Splitter: Mining fine-grained sequential
patterns in semantic trajectories,” Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 2014
51. G. Papageorgiou, J. Gasparis, S.V. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan, T.F. La Porta,
“Resource Thrifty Secure Mobile Video Transfer on Open WiFi Networks,” Proc. of
9th ACM International Conference on Emerging Network Experiments and
Technologies (CoNext), 2103.
52. B. Holbert, S. Tati, S. Silvestri, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta,” Effects of Partial Topology
on Fault Diagnosis,” IEEE MILOCM 2013.
53. E. Ciftioglu, R. Ramanathan, T.F. La Porta, “Scalability Analysis of Tactical Mobility
Patterns,” IEEE MILCOM 2013.
54. N. Hu, D. Pizzocaro, M.P. Johnson, T. F. La Porta, A. Preece, “Resource Allocation
With Non-Deterministic Demands and Profits,” Proc. of IEEE MASS, 2013.
55. M. Lin, T.F. La Porta, “Utility-based Femto-cell Pilot Management,” IEEE PIMRC,
2013.
56. L.-A. Tang, X. Yu, Q. Gu, J. Han, A. Leung, T. F. La Porta, “Mining Lines in the
Sand: On Trajectory Discovery From Untrustworthy Data in Cyber-Physical System.”
Proc of 19th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
(KDD).
57. N. Bartolini, G. Bongiovanni, T.F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “On the Security
Vulnerabilities of the Virtual Force Approach to Mobile Sensor Deployment,” Proc.
of IEEE INFOCOM 2013.
58. A.F. Atya, I. Broustis, S. Singh, D. Syrivelis, S.V. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta,
“Wireless Network Coding: Deciding When to Flip the Switch,” Proc. of IEEE
INFOCOM Mini-conference, 2013.
59. Z. Feng, G. Papageorgiou, S.V. Krishnamurthy, R, Govindan, T.F. La Porta, “Trading
Off Distortion for Delay for Video Transmissions in Wireless Networks,” Proc. of
IEEE INFOCOM 2013.
60. S. Tati, P. Novotny, B.J. Ko, A. Wolf, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “A Cross-Layer
Framework for Management of Services in Hybrid Wireless Tactical Networks,”

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Persistent ISR IV, 2013.
61. G. Papageorgiou, S. Singh, S. V. Krishnamurthy, R. Govindan, T.F. La Porta,
“Distortion-Resilient Routing for Video Flows in Wireless Multi-hop Networks,”
Proc. of IEEE ICNP 2012.
62. R. Ramanathan, A. Samanta, T. LaPorta, "Symptotics: A Framework for Analyzing
the Scalability of Real-World Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 9th ACM
International Symposium on Performance Evaluation in Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor and
Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN), October 2012.
63. E.Y. Kim, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “A Detection Mechanism for SMS Flooding
Attacks in Cellular Networks,” Proc. of SECURECOM, 2012.
64. N. De Coppi, J. Ning, G. Papageorgiou, M. Zorzi, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta,
“Network Coding-Aware Queue Management in Multi-Rate Wireless Networks,”
Proc. of IEEE ICCCN, 2012.
65. M. Lin, T. F. La Porta,” Dynamic Interference Management with Femotcells,” Proc.
of IEEE ICCCN, 2012.
66. F. Chen, T.F. La Porta, M. Srivastava, “Resource Allocation with Stochastic
Demands,” IEEE DCOSS, 2012.
67. Y. Aleyev, F. Chen, Y. Hou, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, K. Leung,
“Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate
Selection,” IEEE DCOSS, 2012.
68. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Convergecast with
Aggregateable Data Classes,” IEEE SECON, 2012.
69. M.-R. Ra, B. Liu, T.F. La Porta, R. Govindan, “Medusa: A Programming Framework
for Crowd-Sensing Applications,” Proc. of ACM MobiSys, 2012.
70. S. Tati, B.J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “Adaptive Algorithms for
Diagnosing Large-Scale Failures in Computer Networks,” Proc. of 42nd Annual
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN).
71. A. Bahjat, Y. Jiang, T. Cook, T.F. La Porta, “Quality of Information Functions for
Networked Applications,” Proc. of Fourth International Workshop on Information
Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing (I2QS), 2012.
72. Q. Zhang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, A. Swami, “Optimal Recoveries from Large Scale
Failures in IP Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems (ICDCS), 2012.
73. L.A. Tang, Q. Gu, X. Yu, J. Han, T.F. La Porta, A. Leung, T. Abdelzaher, L. Kaplan,
“IntuMine: Mining Intruders in Untrustworthy Data of Cyber-Physical Systems,”
SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, 2012.
74. F. Chen, D. Pizzocaro, T.F. La Porta, “A system architecture for exploiting mission
information requirement and resource allocation,” Ground/Air Multisensor
Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR III, SPIE, 2012.
75. F. Chen, K. Guo, J. Lin, T.F. La Porta, “Intra-cloud Lightning: Building CDNs in the
Cloud,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2012.
76. R. Kumar, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli, T.F. La Porta, “Interference Cancellation-based
RFID Tag Identification,” Proc. of ACM MSWiM, 2011.
77. Y. Zhang, S. Ray, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, P. Basu, “Data Replication in Mobile
Tactical Networks,” Proc. of IEEE MILCOM, 2011.

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78. S. Rager, E. Ciftcoglu, A. Yener, T.F. La Porta, M.J. Neely, “Distributed
Backpressure Protocols with Limited State Feedback,” Proc. of IEEE MILCOM,
2011.
79. Q. Zheng, G. Cao, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “Detecting and Localizing Large-Scale
Router Failures Using Active Probes, IEEE MILCOM, 2011.
80. S. Tati, S. Rager, B.J. Ko, G. Cao, A. Swami, T.F. La Porta, “netCSI: A Generic Fault
Diagnosis Algorithm for Large Scale Failures in Computer Networks,” IEEE SRDS
2011.
81. X.Zhuo, Q. Li, G. Cao, Y. Dai, B. Szymanksi, T.F. La Porta, “Social-Based
Cooperative Caching in DTNs: A Contact Duration Aware Approach,” IEEE MASS
2011.
82. T. F. La Porta, C. Petrioli, D. Spenza, “Sensor-mission Assignment in Wireless
Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, 2011.
83. R. Kumar, S. Eswaran, T.F. La Porta, “End-to-End Rate Selection for Opportunistic
Reception in Multi-Rate Wireless Network,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, 2011.
84. A. Asterjadhi, R. Kumar, T.F. La Porta, M. Zorzi, “Broadcasting in Multi Channel
Wireless Networks in the Presence of Adversaries,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, 2011.
85. D. Pizzocaro, A. Preece, F. Chen, T. F. La Porta, A. Bar-Noy, “A Distributed
Architecture For Heterogeneous Multi-Sensor Task Allocation,” Proc. of IEEE
DCOSS, 2011.
86. M. P. Johnson, T. F. La Porta, A. Yener, R. Govindan, K. Spounis, R. Ramanthan,
“Operational Information Content Capacity,” Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security, and
Sensing Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for
Persistent ISR II, April, 2011.
87. F. Chen, D. Pizzocaro, M. P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, A. Preece, T. F. La Porta,
“Broadcast Scheduling with Data Bundles,” Proc. of SPIE Defense, Security, and
Sensing Ground/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for
Persistent ISR II, April, 2011.
88. A. Bar-Noy, G. Cirincione, R. Govindan, S. Krishnamurthy, T. F. LaPorta, P.
Mohapatra, M. Neely, A. Yener, “Quality of Information-Aware Networking for
Tactical Military Networks,” Proc. Of IEEE Third International Workshop on
Information Quality and Quality of Service for Pervasive Computing, 2011.
89. R. Kumar, S. Tati, F. deMello, S. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta, “Network Coding-
Aware Rate Selection in Multi-Rate IEEE 802.11,” Proc. Of IEEE ICNP 2010.
90. S. Eswaran, J. Edwards, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, “Utility-Driven Energy-Aware In-
Network Processing Protocol for WSNs,” Proc. Of Army Science Conference, 2010.
91. Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, M.P. Johnson, L. Kaplan, T.F. La Porta, “You Can’t Get
There From Here: Sensor Scheduling with Refocusing Delays,” Proc. of IEEE MASS
2010.
92. P. Traynor, J. Schiffman, T.F. La Porta, P. McDaniel, A. Ghosh, “Constructing
Secure Localization Systems with Adjustable Granularity Using Commodity
Hardware,” Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2010.
93. A. Bhajat, G. Cao, B. Krishnamachari, T.F. La Porta, “Leveraging Social Networks
for Key Distribution to Secure Communication in Tactical Military Networks,” Proc.
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94. G. Cirincione, R. Govindan, S. Krishnamurthy, T. F. La Porta, P. Mohapatra, “Impact
of Security Properties on the Quality of Information in Tactical Military Networks,”
Proc. of IEEE MILCOM 2010.
95. M. Lin, H. Choi, T.F. La Porta, “Network Integration in 3G and 4G Wireless
Networks,” Proc. of IEEE WiMAN (in conjunction with IEEE ICCCN), 2010.
96. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, F. Bergamaschi, “Implementation of Utility
Based Resource Optimization Protocols on ITA Sensor Fabric,” SPIE Defense,
Security and Sensing, Defense Transformations and Net-centric Systems, April, 2010.
97. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Cooperative Data Dissemination
to a Mission Site,” SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing, Defense Transformations
and Net-centric Systems, April, 2010.
98. T-S. Kim, S. Vural, I. Broustis, D. Syrivelis, S.V. Krishnamurthy, T.F. La Porta, “A
Framework for Joint Network Coding and Transmission Rate Control in Wireless
Networks,” IEEE INFOCOM, 2010.
99. N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T.F. La Porta, S. Silvestri, “GREASE: grid and release,
deployment of mobile sensors in an unknown environment,” IEEE Infocom Mini-
Symposium, 2010.
100. N. Bartolini, T. Calamoneri, T.F. La Porta, A. Massini, S. Silvestri, “Autonomous
Deployment of Heterogeneous of Mobile Sensors,” Proc. of IEEE ICNP, 2009 (best
paper).
101. P. Traynor, M.O. Lin, M. Ongtang, V. Rao, T. Jaeger, T.F. La Porta , P.
McDaniel, On Cellular Botnets: Measuring the Impact of Malicious Devices on a
Cellular Network Core, ACM CCS, 2009.
102. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta, “Who, When,
Where; Timeslot Assignment to Mobile Clients,” IEEE MASS, 2009.
103. Y. Yang, S. Zhu, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “An Active Global Attack Model for
Sensor Source Location Privacy: Analysis and Countermeasures,” ICST
SecureComm, 2009.
104. T.F. La Porta, G. Maselli, C. Petrioli, “Optimal Frame Tuning for Aloha Protocols
in RFID Networks,” IEEE SECON (poster), 2009.
105. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, T. La Porta, “Control-theoretic Optimization of Utility over
Mission Lifetimes in Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” IEEE SECON, 2009.
106. M Shao, W. Hu, S. Zhu, G. Cao, S. Krishnamurthy, and T. La Porta, “Cross-
Layer Enhanced Source Location Privacy in Sensor Networks,” IEEE SECON, 2009.
107. F. Chen, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, I. Fermin and T. F. La Porta, “Proactive Data
Dissemination to Mission Sites,” IEEE SECON, 2009.
108. S. Eswaran, M. P. Johnson, A. Misra and T. La Porta, “Adaptive In-Network
Processing for Bandwidth and Energy Constrained Mission-Oriented Multi-hop
Wireless Networks", Proc. of IEEE DCOSS, 2009.
109. H. Rowaihy, M. P. Johnson, D. Pizzocaro, A. Bar-Noy, L. Kaplan, T. La Porta
and A. Preece, “Detection and Localization Sensor Assignment With Exact and
Fuzzy Locations, Proc. of IEEE DCOSS, 2009.
110. Y. Sun, R. Melervey, T. F. La Porta, Multiple Backhaul Mobile Access Router
Striping,” Proc. of IEEE ICC, 2009.
111. A. Misra, S. Eswaran, T. La Porta, “Control-Theoretic, Mission-Driven,
Optimization Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of Third

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(IAMCOM ’09).
112. H. Rowaihy, M.P. Jonson. S. Eswaran, D. Pizzocaro, A. Bar-Noy, T.F. La Porta,
A. Misra, A. Preece, “Utility-Based Joint Sensor Selection and Congestion Control
for Task-Oriented WSNs,” Proc. of IEEE Asilomar, 2008.
113. M. Gomez, A. Preece, M.P. Johnson, G. de Mel, W. Vascencelos, A. Bar-Noy, K.
Borowiecki, T. La Porta, D. Pizzocaro, H. Rowaihy, G. Pearson, T. Pham, Reasoning
and Resource Allocation for Sensor-Mission Assignment in a Coalition Context.
Proc. of MILCOM 2008.
114. M. Lin, H. Rowaihy, T. Bolbrock, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Data Collection Using
RFID and a Mobile Reader,” Proc. of IEEE Globecom, 2008.
115. H. Rowaihy, M.P. Johnson, A. Bar Noy, T. Brown, T.F. La Porta, “Assigning
Sensors to Competing Missions,” Proc. of IEEE Globecom, 2008.
116. M. Shao, G. Cao, S. Zhu, T. F. La Porta, P. Mohapatra, “A Cross-layer Dropping
Attack in Video Streaming Over Ad Hoc Networks,” Proc. of IEEE/ICST
SecureComm, 2008.
117. M. Gomez, A. Preece, M.P. Johnson, G. de Mel, W. Vascencelos, C. Gibson, A.
Bar-Noy, K. Borowiecki, T. La Porta, D. Pizzocaro, H. Rowaihy, G. Pearson, T.
Pham, “An Ontology-Centric Approach to Sensor-Mission Assignment,” 16th
International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
(EKAW), 2008.
118. J. Tichogiorgos, K. Leung, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, “Distributed Network Utility
Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Power Control,” Proc. of IEEE
PIMRC 2008.
119. Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, F. Chen, I.Fermin, T.F. La Porta, A.G. Pearson, T. Pham,
“A Systems Architecture for Filtering and Disseminating Data in Sensor Networks,”
Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensors Networks V, SPIE Symposium in
Security and Defence, Cardiff, Wales, 2008.
120. M. Gomez, A. Preece, M. P. Johnson, G. de Mel, W Vasconcelos, A. Bar-Noy, T.
La Porta, D. Pizzocaro, H. Rowaihy, “A knapsack approach to sensor-mission
assignment with uncertain demands,” Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensors
Networks V, SPIE Symposium in Security and Defence, Cardiff, Wales, 2008.
121. K. Kotapati, P. Liu, T. F. La Porta, ”EndSec” An End-to-End Message Security
Protocol for Mobile Telecommunication Networks,” Proc. of First IEEE Workshop
on Security, Privacy and Authentication in Wireless Networks (SPAWM), held in
conjunction with IEEE WoWMoM, 2008.
122. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, T. F. La Porta, “Utility-Based Adaptation in Mission-
oriented Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, 2008.
123. Y. Alayev, A. Bar-Noy, T. F. La Porta, ”Broadcasting Info-Pages to Sensors:
Efficiency vs. Energy Conservation,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, 2008.
124. M.P. Johnson, H. Rowaihy, D. Pizzocaro, A. Bar-Noy, S. Chalmers, T.F. La
Porta, A. Preece, “Frugal Sensor Assignment,” Proc. of International Conference on
Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2008.
125. Y. Sun, F. Chen, T. F. La Porta, “Multiple Backhaul Mobile Access Router:
Design and Experimentation,” Proc. of IEEE ICC, 2008.

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126. J. Shin, R. Kumar, T.F. La Porta, Y. Shin, “Multi-hop Wireless Relay Networks
of Mesh Clients,” IEEE WCNC, 2008.
127. S. Eswaran, A. Misra, T.F. La Porta, K. Leung, “Providing Rapid Adaptation for
Dynamic Missions in Mobile, Wireless Sensor Environments,” Defense
Transformation and Net-Centric Systems, SPIE Defense and Security Symposium,
2008.
128. A. Preece, M. Gomez, G. de Mel, W. Vasconcelos, D. Sleeman, S. Colley, G.
Pearson, T.F. La Porta, “Matching sensors to missions using a knowledge-based
approach,” Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems, SPIE Defense and
Security Symposium, 2008.
129. R. Kumar, H. Choi, J. Shin, T.F. La Porta, “Channelization for Network Coding
in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Infocom, 2008.
130. Venkateswaran, V. Sarangan, T. F. La Porta, R. Acharya, “A Mobility Prediction
Based Relay Deployment Framework for Conserving Power in MANETs,”
ACM/IEEE MSWIM 2007, October, 2007.
131. J. Shin, R. Kumar, T. F. La Porta, Relay Based Multi-hop Access to Wireless
Mesh Networks, IEEE MASS 2007 – Poster, October, 2007.
132. J. Teng, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Sensor Relocation with Mobile Sensors: Design,
Implementation, and Evaluation,” IEEE MASS 2007, October, 2007.
133. Bar-Noy, T. Brown, M.P. Johnson, T.F. La Porta, O. Liu, H. Rowaihy,
“Assigning Sensors to Missions with Demands,” ALGOSENSORS 2007.
134. H.Choi, S. Zhu, T.F. La Porta, “SET: Detecting node clones in Sensor Networks,”
IEEE/ICST Securecomm, September, 2007.
135. P. Traynor, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “On Attack Causality in Internet-
Connected Cellular Networks,” USENIX Security Symposium, August, 2007.
136. H. Choi, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Privacy Preserving Communication in
MANETs,” Proc. of IEEE SECON, June 2007.
137. H. Rowaihy, S. Eswaran, . P. Johnson, T. Brown, A. Barnoy, D. Verma, T. F. La
Porta, “A Survey of Sensor Selection Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks,” SPIE
Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications IX, Orlando,
FL, 2007.
138. T. Brown, A. Barnoy, D. Verma, M. P. Johnson, H. Rowaihy, T. F. La Porta, D.
Sarioz, “Geometric Considerations for Optimally Placing Sensors in a Field,” SPIE
Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications IX, Orlando,
FL, 2007.
139. H. Rowaihy, W. Enck, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Limiting Sybil Attacks in
Structured Peer-to-Peer Networks,” IEEE Infocom Mini-Symposium, 2007.
140. J. Shin, P. Kishen, T.F. La Porta, “Dynamic Multi-Frequency, Multi-Hop
Wireless Cellular Networks,” Proc. of IFIP MedHocNet, 2006.
141. P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Mitigating Attacks on Open
Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks,” Proc. of ACM Mobicom, Sept.,
2006.
142. P. Traynor, J. Shin, B. Madan, S. Phoha, T.F. La Porta, “Efficient Group Mobility
for Heterogeneous Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE VTC2006-Fall, Sept., 2006.
143. P. Traynor, R. Kumar, H. bin Saad, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “LIGER:
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 Networks,” Proc. of Fourth International ACM/Usenix Conference on Mobile
Systems Applications and Services (MobiSys), June, 2006.
144. K. Kotapati, P. Liu. T.F. La Porta, “CAT -- A Practical Graph & SDL Based
Toolkit for Vulnerability Assessment of 3G Networks,” Proc of 21st IFIP
International Information Security Conference (SEC), May, 2006.
145. P. Traynor, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “The effects of Probabilistic Key Management
on Secure Routing in Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications
and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2006, April, 2006.
146. P. Traynor, H. Choi., G. Cao, S, Zhu, T.F. La Porta, “Establishing Pairwise Keys
in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE Infocom, 2006.
147. Y. Sun, P. Liu, P. Kermani, T.F. La Porta, “An Architecture and Key
Management Approach for Maintaining Privacy in Location Based Group Services,”
Proc. of IEEE CollaborateCom, 2005.
148. G. Wang, M.J. Irwin, P. Berman, H. Fu, T.F. La Porta, “Optimizing Sensor
Movement Planning for Energy Efficiency,” Proc. of International Symposium on
Low Power Electronics and Design (IPSLED), Aug. 2005.
149. P. Traynor, W. Enck, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Exploiting Open Functionality
in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks,” Proc. of 12th ACM Conference on Computer
and Communications Security, November, 2005.
150. S. Kasera, J. Pinhiero, C. Loader, M. Karaul, A. Hari, T.F. La Porta, “Robust
Multiclass Signaling Overload Control ,” Proc. of IEEE INCP, November, 2005.
151. H. Choi, W. Enck, J.S. Shin, P. McDaniel, T.F. La Porta, “Secure Reporting of
Traffic Forwarding Activity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” Mobiquitous 2005.
152. H. Choi, H. Song, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Mobile Multi-Layered IPSec,” Proc. of
IEEE Infocom, 2005.
153. G. Wang. G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, W. Zhang, “Sensor Relocation in Mobile Sensor
Networks,” Proc. of IEEE Infocom, 2005.
154. K. Kopatapi, P. Liu, Y. Sun, T.F. La Porta, “A Taxonomy of Cyber Attacks on 3G
Networks,” Proc of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security
Informatics (Extended Abstract), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3495,
Springer-Verlag, 2005.
155. G. Wang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Proxy-Based Sensor Deployment for Mobile
Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and
Sensor Systems (MASS ’04), 2004.
156. W. Zhang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data
Dissemination Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IEEE International
Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS ’04), 2004.
157. G. Wang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Movement-Assisted Sensor Deployment,” Proc.
of IEEE Infocom, 2004.
158. G. Wang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “A Bidding Protocol for Deploying Mobile Sensors,” Proc. of
IEEE ICNP, 2003.
159. W. Zhang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “Data Dissemination with Ring-Based Index for Sensor
Networks,” Proc. of IEEE ICNP, 2003.
160. Tarnacha, T.F. La Porta, “E-STROBE: An Adaptive Beacon Activation Algorithm for Sensor
Localization,” Proceedings of VTC, 2003.
161. G. Wang, W. Zhang, G. Cao, T.F. La Porta, “On Supporting Distributed
Collaboration in Sensor Networks,” Proc. of Milcom, 2003.

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162. S. Kasera, J. Pinheiro, C. Loader, M. Karaul, A. Hari, T.F. La Porta, “High
Performance Fast Signaling Overload Control,” Proc. IEEE ICNP, October, 2001.
163. R. Ramjee, L. Li, T. F. La Porta, S. Kasera, “IP Paging Service for Mobile
Hosts,” Proc. ACM Mobicom’01, Rome.
164. J. Lennox, K. Murakami, M. Karaul, T.F. La Porta, “Interworking Internet
Telephony and Wireless Telecommunications Networks,” IEEE Workshop on IP
Telephony (IPTel’00), New York, 2000.
165. T.F. La Porta, K. Murakami, R. Ramjee, “RIMA: A Router for Integrated Mobile
Access,” Proc of IEEE PIMRC’00, London.
166. R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, S. Thuel, K. Varadhan, S-Y. Wang, “HAWAII: A
Domain-based Approach for Supporting Mobility in Wide-Area Wireless Networks,”
ICNP’99.
167. T. F. La Porta, L. Salgarelli, G. Foster, “Mobile IP and Wide Area Wireless
Data,” IEEE WCNC’99 (invited paper).
168. T.F. La Porta, D. Lee, Y-J Lin, M. Yanakakis, “Protocol Feature Interactions,”
FORTE’98.
169. K. Murakami, R.W. Buskens, Y-J Lin, R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, “Design,
Implementation, and Evaluation of Highly Available Distributed Call Processing
Systems,” FTCS’98.
170. T.F. La Porta, R. Ramjee, K. Murakami, Y-J. Lin, R. Buskens, “Cluster Mobile
Switching Center for Third Generation Wireless Systems,” PIMRC’98 (invited
paper).
171. R. Ramjee, T.F. La Porta, J. Kurose, D. Towsley, “User Agent Migration Policies
in Multimedia Wireless Networks”, IEEE INFOCOM’98.
172. T. Woo, T.F. La Porta, J. Golestani, N. Agarwal, “Update and Search Algorithms
for Wireless Two-Way Messaging: Design and Performance”, IEEE INFOCOM’98.
173. T. Woo, T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, “User Agents and Flexible Messages: A
New Approach to Wireless Two-Way Messaging,” IEEE ICNP’97.
174. K.K. Sabnani, T. Woo, T.F. La Porta, “A System for Wireless Data
Services,”PIMRC’97 (invited paper).
175. T.F. La Porta, A. Sawkar, W. Strom, “The Role of Technology in Wireless
Access network Evolution,” ISS’97 (also in Wireless Communications: Networks,
Technologies, and Business Issues, IEC, 1998).
176. M. Veeraraghavan, T. F. La Porta, R. Ramjee, “User Signaling Servers for ATM-
based PCS Networks,” Proc. of ISSLS’96 (won best paper award), also in Annual
Review of Communications, Vol. 50, International Engineering Consortium, 1997.
177. T. Woo, T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, “Pigeon: A Wireless Two-Way Messaging
System,” Proc. of PIMRC’96.
178. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, R. Ramjee, "A Distributed Control Strategy for
Wireless ATM Networks," ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks Journal, Proc. of IEEE
ICC '95.
179. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, "Direct Signaling: A New Access Signaling
Architecture," Proc. of IEEE ICC'95, Seattle, 1995.
180. Z. Qin, M. Veeraraghavan, T. F. La Porta, "An Improved Mobile Tracking and
Location Procedure for ATM-based PCNs," Proc. of IEEE Globecom’95.

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 181. S. Paul, E. Ayanoglu, T.F. La Porta, K.K. Sabnani, R.D. Gitlin, "An Asymmetric
Protocol for a Wireless Link," Proc. IEEE INFOCOM'95, Boston, 1995.
182. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, W.S. Lai, "An Alternative Approach to
Call/Connection Control in Broadband Switching Systems," Proc. of IEEE BSS'95 -
won Best Paper, Poznon, 1995.
183. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, "An Experimental Signaling Architecture and
Modular Signaling Protocols," Proc. of ISS '95, Berlin, 1995.
184. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, "Design and Implementation of a Distributed
Call Processing Architecture," Proc. IEEE ICC '94, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
185. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, "Signaling Models for Control of B-ISDN and
IN Services," Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Subscriber Loops and
Services (ISSLS) '93 - won Best Paper, Vancouver, Canada, 1993.
186. M. Veeraraghavan, T.F. La Porta, "Call, Connection, and Service Control
Protocols for Broadband Networks," Proc. of ICCCN '93, San Diego, CA, 1993.
187. T.F. La Porta, M. Veeraraghavan, "Functional Signaling Architecture for
Broadband Networks," Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '93, Houston, TX, 1993.
188. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "Performance Analysis of MSP: A Feature-Rich
High-Speed Transport Protocol," Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM '93, San Francisco, CA,
1993.
189. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, "A Highly Flexible High-Speed Transport Protocol:
Functionality and Performance," Proc. of IEEE ICC '93, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993.
190. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, “A High-Speed Protocol Parallel Implementation:
Design and Analysis,” 4th IFIP Conference on High Performance Networking
(HPN'92), Liege, Belgium, 1992.
191. T.F. La Porta, M. Schwartz, “Architectures, Features, and Implementation of
High-Speed Transport Protocols,” Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '91, Phoenix, AZ,
1991.

Patents (36) (with various co-inventors)

1. 5,4343,852, 7/18/1995, Distributed Processing Architecture for Control of
Broadband and Narrowband Communication Networks
2. 5,473,679, 12/05/1995, A Signaling System For Broadband Communications
Networks
3. 5,509,010, 04/16/1996, Communications Signaling Protocols
4. 5,563,939, 10/08/1996, Method and System for Delivering a Communication
Service
5. 5,570,367, 10/29/1996, Asymmetric Protocol for Wireless Communications
6. 5,600,663, 02/04/1997, Adaptive Forward Error Correction System
7. 5,659,544, 08/19/1997, Method And System For Distributed Control In Wireless
Cellular And Personal Communications Networks
8. 5,918,158, 06/28/1999, Two-Way Wireless Messaging System
9. 5,943,408, 08/24/1999, Flexible Direct Signaling System
10. 5,943,334, 08/24/1999, Method Of Using An Intelligent Mobile Terminal For
Reconnecting Calls In A Wireless Network

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11. 5,953,331, 09/14/1999, Wireless Packet System For Efficient Wide Area
Bandwidth Utilization
12. 5,959,543, 09/28/1999, Two-way Wireless Messaging System with Flexible
Messages
13. 5,970,122, 10/19/1999, Two-way Wireless Messaging System Having a User
Agent
14. 5,974,300, 10/26/1999, Two-way Wireless Cellular Messaging System
15. 6,014,429, 1/11/2000, Two-Way Wireless Cellular Messaging System with
Transaction Server
16. 6,016,319, 1/18/2000, Communication System for Transmission of Datagram
packets over Connection-Oriented Networks
17. 6,041,103, 3/21/2000, Interactive Call Identification
18. 6,081,715, 6/27/2000, Method and System for Distributed Control in Wireless and
Cellular Personal Communications Systems
19. 6,085,086,7/4/2000, Network-Based Migrating User Agents For Personal
Communication Services
20. 6,192,250, 2/20/2001, A Cluster Mobile Switching Center
21. 6,215,782, 4/01/2001, Method For Reconnecting Calls In A Wireless
Telecommunications System
22. 6,298,039, 10/2/2001, High Availability Distributed Call Processing Method and
Apparatus
23. 6,434,134, 8/13/2002, Dynamic Address Assignment for Wireless Devices
Accessing Packet-Based Wired Networks
24. 6,496,505, 12/17/02, Packet Tunneling Optimization To Wireless Devices
Accessing Packet-Based Wired Networks
25. 6,516,000, 2/4/03, Communications System For Transmission Of Datagram
Packets Over Connection-Oriented Networks
26. 6,654,359, 11/25/2003, Wireless Access To Packet-Based Networks
27. 6,763,007, 7/13/2004, Two Phase Local Mobility Scheme For Wireless Access To
Packet Based Networks
28. 6,842,462, 01/11/2005, Wireless Access Of Packet Based Networks
29. 7,085,260, 8/1/2006, Internet protocol based wireless call processing
30. 7,120,453, 10/10/2006, Paging of mobile hosts on an internet protocol network
31. 7,239,618, 7/3/2007, Single phase local mobility scheme for wireless access to
packet-based networks
32. 7,340,253, 3/4/2008, IP-based distributed wireless access network architecture for
CDMA networks
33. 7,522,632, 4/21/2009, Multiple-protocol home location register and method of use
34. 7,554,967, 6/30/2009, Transient tunneling for dynamic home addressing on mobile
hosts
35. 7,729,252, 6/1/2010, Methods and devices for providing fast and robust overload
control
36. 7,822,416, 10/26/2010, Methods and systems for allowing global roaming
between devices supported by different protocols

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