Patents

· A. Gueye, S. C. Ergen and C. Borean, “Method and System for the Deployment of Nodes of a Wireless Communications Network”, International Patent Application Pending.

 

· S. C. Ergen and X. Sun, “Method and System for Managing Data Transmission from a Plurality of Sensor Devices Included in a Tyre”, International Patent Application Pending.

 

· C. Fischione, S.C. Ergen and C. Borean, “Method for Setting the Optimal Operation of a Routing Node of an Asynchronous Wireless Communication Network, Network Node and Communication Network Implementing the Method”, International Patent Application Pending.

 

 · S. C. Ergen, C. Borean and R. Giannantonio, “Method for Transmitting Information Packets within an Asynchronous Wireless Communication Network and Network Node Implementing It”, International Patent Application Pending.

 

· C. Borean, R. Giannantonio and S. C. Ergen, “Method for Managing the Transfer of Information Packets across a Wireless Network and Routing Nodes Implementing It”, International Patent Application Pending.

 

· S. Coleri and P. Varaiya, “Power Efficient Wireless System for Sensor Networks”, US Patent 20050122231.

 

Journal Papers

· C. Fischione, S.C. Ergen, P.G. Park, K. H. Johansson and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “ Medium Access Control Analytical Modeling and Optimization in Un-slotted IEEE 802.15.4  Wireless Sensor Networks”, to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Networking.

· S.C. Ergen, C. Fischione, D. Marandin, P.G. Park and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Duty Cycle Optimization in Unslotted 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks”, to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

· R. Rajagopal, X. Nguyen, S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Theory of Simultaneous Fault Detection for Multiple Sensors”, to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

· S. C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “TDMA Scheduling Algorithms for Sensor Networks”, submitted to ACM Wireless Networks Journal.

· S. C. Ergen, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, X. Sun, R. Tebano, S. Alalusi, G. Audisio and M. Sabatini, “The Tire as an Intelligent Sensor”, revised for IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design in October 2008.

· S. Pollin, M. Ergen, S. C. Ergen, B. Bougard, L.V. Perre, I. Moerman, A. Bahai, P. Varaiya and F. Catthoor, “Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Layer”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, vol.7, no.9, pp.3359-3371, September 2008.

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Energy Efficient Routing with Delay Guarantee for Sensor Networks”, ACM Wireless Networks Journal, vol.13, no. 5, pp. 679-690, October 2007.

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “PEDAMACS: Power Efficient and Delay Aware Medium Access Protocol in Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol.5, no.7, pp. 920-930, July 2006. (Patented the idea in UC Berkeley)

· S.Y. Cheung, S. Coleri, B. Dundar, S. Ganesh, C.W. Tan and P. Varaiya, “Traffic Measurement and Vehicle Classification with a Single Magnetic Sensor”, Journal of Transportation Research Record, Feb. 2006, no. 1917. (Selected among the papers in 84th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board.)

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “On Multi-hop Routing for Energy Efficiency”, IEEE Communication Letters, vol.9, no.10, pp.880-881, October 2005.

· M. Ergen, S. Coleri and P. Varaiya, “QoS Aware Adaptive Resource Allocation Techniques for Fair Scheduling in OFDMA based Broadband Wireless Access Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol.49, no.4, pp.362-370, December 2003.

 

· S. Coleri, M. Ergen, A. Puri and A. Bahai, “Channel Estimation Techniques based on Pilot Arrangement in OFDM Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol.48, no.3, pp.223-229, September 2002.

Conference Papers

· A. Gueye, S.C. Ergen and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Iterative Sensor Deployment in an Unknown Environment”, submitted to IPSN 2009.

· C. Fischione, S.C. Ergen, P.G. Park and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Medium Access Control Analytical Modeling and Optimization in Un-slotted IEEE 802.15.4  Wireless Sensor Networks”, submitted to IPSN 2009.

· S.C. Ergen, C. Fischione, D. Marandin and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Duty Cycle Optimization in Unslotted 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks”, Globecom 2008, December 2008.

· R. Rajagopal, X. Nguyen, S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Distributed Online Simultaneous Fault Detection for Multiple Sensors”, IPSN 2008, April 2008.

· S. Pollin, M. Ergen, S. C. Ergen, B. Bougard, F. Catthoor, A. Bahai and P. Varaiya, “Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Acknowledged Uplink Transmissions”, WCNC 2008, March 2008.

· S. Pollin, M. Ergen, S. C. Ergen, B. Bougard, L.V. Perre, F. Catthoor, I. Moerman, A. Bahai and P. Varaiya, “Performance Analysis of Slotted Carrier Sense IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Layer, IEEE Globecom 2006, November 2006.

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Optimal Placement of Relay Nodes for Energy Efficiency in Sensor Networks”, ICC 2006, June 2006.

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Effects of A-D Conversion Non-idealities on Distributed Sampling in Dense Sensor Networks”, IPSN 2006, April 2006.

· S.Y. Cheung, S. C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Traffic Surveillance with Wireless Magnetic Sensors”, ITS World Congress, November 2005.

 

· S.Y. Cheung, S. Coleri, B. Dundar, S. Ganesh, C.W. Tan and P. Varaiya, “Traffic Measurement and Vehicle Classification with a Single Magnetic Sensor”, 84th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January 2005.

· S.C. Ergen and P. Varaiya, “Fault Tolerant and Energy Efficient Routing for Sensor Networks”, IEEE Globecom, November 2004.

· S. Coleri, S.Y. Cheung and P. Varaiya, “Sensor Networks for Monitoring Traffic”, invited paper to Allerton Conference, September 2004.

 

· S. Coleri and P. Varaiya, “Fault Tolerance and Energy Efficiency of Data Aggregation Schemes for Sensor Networks”, IEEE VTC, September 2004.

 

· S. Coleri, A. Puri and P. Varaiya, “Power Efficient System for Sensor Networks”, IEEE ISCC, June 2003.

 

· S. Coleri, M. Ergen and T. J. Koo, “Lifetime Analysis of a Sensor Network with Hybrid Automata Modeling”, ACM Mobicom WSNA, September 2002.

 

· M. Ergen, S. Coleri, B. Dundar, R. Jain, A. Puri and P. Varaiya, “Application of GPS to Mobile IP and Routing in Wireless Networks”, IEEE VTC, September 2002.

 

· S. Coleri, M. Ergen, A. Puri and A. Bahai, “A Study of Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems”, IEEE VTC, September 2002.

 

· M. Ergen, S. Coleri, B. Dundar, A. Puri, J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, “Position Leverage Smooth Handover Algorithm for Mobile IP”, IEEE ICN, August 2002.

 

· D. Lee, S. Coleri, X. Dong and M. Ergen, “FLORAX-Flow-Rate based Hop by Hop Back Pressure Control for IEEE 802.3x”, IEEE HSNMC, July 2002.

Reports

· S. C. Ergen, “IEEE 802.15.4 Summary”, Technical Report, Advanced Technology Lab of National Semiconductor, August 2004.

Demos

· S. C. Ergen, S.Y. Cheung, P. Varaiya, R. Kavaler and A. Haoui, “Wireless Sensor Networks for Traffic Monitoring”, IPSN 2005, April 2005.

Thesis:

· “Wireless Sensor Networks: Energy Efficiency, Delay Guarantee and Fault Tolerance”, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, December 2005, supervised by Prof. Pravin Varaiya.

· “PEDAMACS: Power Efficient and Delay Aware Medium Access Protocol for Sensor Networks”, Master Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, December 2002, supervised by Prof. Pravin Varaiya.

Last Updated: September 06, 2008