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Book Chapters

  1. J. McNair, W. Wang, P. Aggarwal, K. Tripathi, and H. Latchman, "Mobile Authentication and Authorization in Distributed Wireless Environments," to appear in Research Challenges in Security and Privacy for Mobile and Wireless Networks , Springer Science+Business Media, 2007.
  2. K. Tripathi, H. Latchman, and J. McNair, "Wireless Internet," Handbook of Information Security, 2005.
  3. T. Tugcu, J. McNair, W.Wang, and J. Xie, "Mobility Management and Admission Control in Next Generation Wireless Networks," Resource Allocation in Next Generation Wireless Networks, SIAM, 2005.
  4. W. Wang, J. McNair, and J. Xie, " Authentication and Security Protocls for Ubiquitous Wireless Networks," Ambient Intelligence, Wireless Networking, and Ubiquitous Computing, Artech House, 2005.
  5. J. McNair, "Next Generation Wireless Networks: An Evolution of Architectures and Technologies," Handbook of RF & Wireless Technology, Elsevier, 2004.


Journal Papers

Submitted

  1. D. Al-Abri, J. McNair, and E. Ekici, "Communication Range-based Location Verification for Wireless Sensor Networks," submitted September 2007.
  2. D. Al-Abri and J. McNair, "Shadowing, Fading, and Range-based Location Verification Protocols," submitted March 2008.

To Appear

  1. D. Al-Abri and J. McNair, "On the Interaction Between Localization and Location Verification for Wireless Sensor Networks," to appear in Elsevier Computer Networks Journal, 2008.

Published

  1. J. D. Lee, K. Tripathi, H. A. Latchman and J. McNair, "Population-based Adaptive Tuning of Constant Contention Window in Powerline MAC,"  International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, vol 28, issue 2, 2008. (abstract)
  2. Y.-H. Han, H. Jang, B. Park, J. McNair, and J.H. Choi, "A Cross-layering Design for IPv6 Fast Handover Support in the IEEE 802.16e Wireless MAN," IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 54--62, Nov-Dec 2007.  (abstract)
  3. E. Ekici, S. Vural, J. McNair, and D. Al-Abri, "Secure Probabilistic Location Verification in Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks," Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol 6, no 2, pp. 195--209, April 2007. (abstract)
  4. F. Zhu and J. McNair, "Multi-network Service Enhancements for Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithms," EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking, special issue on Radio Resource Management in 3G+ Systems, Article ID 25861, 13 pages, 2006. (abstract)
  5. J. McNair, T. Tugcu, W. Wang, and J. Xie, "Cross Layer Optimizations for Mobile IP Networks," Elsevier Computer Networks Journal, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 119-146, October 2005. (abstract)
  6. J. McNair and F. Zhu, "Vertical Handoffs in Fourth Generation (4G) Multi-network Environments," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 8-15, June 2004. (abstract)
  7. I.F. Akyildiz, J. McNair, J.S.M. Ho, H. Uzunalioglu, W. Wang, "Mobility Management in Next Generation Wireless Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE, August 1999. (abstract)
  8. I.F. Akyildiz, J. McNair, L. Carrasco, R. Puigjaner, and Y. Yesha, "Medium Access Control Protocols for Multimedia Traffic in Wireless Networks," IEEE Network Magazine, July/August1999.  (abstract)
  9. I.F.Akyildiz, J. McNair, J.S.M. Ho, H. Uzunalioglu, W. Wang,"Mobility Management in Current and Future Communication Networks," IEEE NetworkMagazine , July/Aug 1998. (abstract)


Conference Papers

Submitted

None currently submitted

Published

  1. D. Al-Abri and J. McNair, “Improving Localization Accuracy in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Location Verification Feedback,”in Proc. IEEE MILCOM, Washington, D.C., October 2007.
  2. G. Vejarano and J. McNair, “An Intelligent Wireless Mesh Network Backbone,” in Proc. ICST Wireless Internet Conference (WICON), Austin, Texas, October 2007.
  3. A. Kumar, M. Sivakumar, M. Stringer-Blaschke, and J. McNair, “Priority-based Ring-Hybrid WDM LANs for Avionic Systems,” in Proc. IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, October 2007.
  4. J. McNair and Y. Guo, “Coordination of Wireless Sensor Networks for Environment Monitoring Applications,” Workshop on Advances in Wireless Networking, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2007.
  5. D. Al-Abri, J. McNair and E. Ekici, "Location Verification using Communication Range Variation for Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE MILCOM, Washington, D.C., October 2006.
  6. Y. Guo and J. McNair, "Fault Tolerant Three Dimensional Environment Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE MILCOM, Washington, D.C., October 2006.
  7. K. Tripathi, J.-D. Lee, H. Latchman, J. McNair and S. Katar, "Contention Window based Parameter Selection to Improve Powerline MAC Efficiency for Large Number of Users," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications (ISPLC), March 2006.
  8. P. Aggarwal, K. Tripathi, J. McNair, and H. Latchman, "Mobile Authentication and Authorization in Distributed Wireless Environments," in Proc. of  the International Workshop on Research Challenges in Security and Privacy for Mobile and Wireless Networks (WSPWN), March 2006. 
  9. Y. Guo and J. McNair, "Redundancy versus Lifetime Tradeoff Analysis for Environment Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of the IEEE Workshop on Dependability and Security in Sensor Networks and Systems, April 2006.
  10. E. Ekici, J. McNair and D. Al-Abri, "A Probabilistic Approach to Location Verification in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
  11. Y. Guo and J. McNair, "Reliability Enhancements for Environment Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2006.
  12. A.K. Agarwal, W. Wang, and J. McNair, "An Experimental Study of Cross-Layer Security Protocols in Public Access Wireless Networks," in Proc. of Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Vol. 3, pp. 1747--1751, December 2005.
  13. K. Tripathi, J. McNair, and H. Latchman, "Directional Antenna based Performance Evaluation of User Mobility in 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks," in Proc. of the IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems (Intellcomm), Montreal, Canada, October 2005. 
  14. Y. Guo and J. McNair, "An Adaptive Sleep Protocol for Environment Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of the IASTED International Conference on Communications and Computer Networks, Marina del Rey, Californina, October 2005.
  15. F. Zhu and J. McNair, "Cross-Layer Design for Mobile IP Handoff Hints," in Proc. of the Spring 2005 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Spring VTC), June 2005.
  16. S. Srinivasan, H. Latchman, J. Shea, T. Wong, and J. McNair, "Airborne Traffic Surveillance Systems Video Surveillance of Highway Traffic," in Proc. of the ACM Workshop on Video Surveillance and Sensor Networks, New York City, New York, October 2004.
  17. Y. Guo and J. McNair, "Cost-efficient Cluster Formation for Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems, and Applications (CITSA), Orlando, Florida, July 2004.
  18. P. Aggarwal, K. Tripathi, J. McNair, and H. Latchman, "Mobile Assisted Bit Sequence Authentication and Authorization (MABSAA)," in Proc. of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems, and Applications (CITSA), Orlando, Florida, July 2004.
  19. F. Zhu and J. McNair, "Optimizations for Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithms," in Proc. of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 867-872, March 2004.
  20. J. McNair, S. Penumetsa, K. Tripathi and H. Latchman, "A Performance Analysis of Medium Access Control in 802.11 WLANs using Antenna Sectorization," Workshop on Recent Advances in Computer Networking, April 2004.
  21. A. Bharathan and J. McNair, "An OPNET Modeler Simulation Study of the VISA Protocol for Mutli-Network Authentication," in Proc. of the OPNET Network Modeling and Simulation Conference (OPNETWORK 2003), Washington, D.C., August 25-29, 2003.
  22. J. McNair, I.F. Akyildiz, and M. Bender, "Handoffs for Real-Time Traffic in Mobile IP version 6 Networks," in Proc.of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), November 2001. 
  23. J. McNair, "Admission Control in Fourth Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," in Proc. of the 5th World Multi-conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (SCI), July 2001.
  24. J. McNair, I.F. Akyildiz, S. Radhakrishnan, and G. Racherla,"Handoff Rerouting Scheme for Multimedia Connections in ATM-based Mobile Networks," in Proc. of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2000,   September 2000.
  25. J. McNair, "Location Registration and Paging in Mobile Satellite Systems," in Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications(ISCC '00), July 2000.
  26. J. McNair, I.F. Akyildiz, and M. Bender, "An Inter-System Handoff Technique for the IMT-2000 System," in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM 2000, March 2000.



 

 

 

 

 

Invited Talks / Seminars

  1. "Location Verification in Wireless Sensor Networks," Purdue University, March 2006.
  2. "Women in Engineering Seminar," Engineering Leadership Forum, Engineer's Week, University of Florida, February 2006.
  3. "Current Issues in Wireless and Mobile Computing," AAUW General Body Meeting, Gainesville, FL, February 2006.
  4. "Gender Issues in Engineering Academia," ONR/NCA&T Future Faculty Workshop, Greensboro, NC, January 2006.
  5. "Lewis Lattimer and the "Hook Up"," NSBE, University of Florida, 2005.
  6. "Wireless & Mobile Security in Distributed Systems," IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, Orlando, FL, October 2005.
  7. "Inter-System Authentication for Multi-Network Environments," Cyber Trust PI Meeting, National Science Foundation, 2005.
  8. "Women in Engineering Seminar," Engineering Leadership Forum, Engineer's Week, University of Florida, February 2005.
  9. "Women in Engineering Seminar," Engineering Leadership Forum, Engineer's Week, University of Florida, February 2004.

 

 

 

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