Publications

Publications

Journal and Technical Magazine

Zakhia Abichar and J. Morris Chang, "A Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless LANs with Constant-Time Contention," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Volume 10, Number 2, February 2011. (currently available from IEEE Xplore as a preprint)

Zakhia Abichar, J. Morris Chang and Chau-Yun Hsu, "WiMAX vs. LTE: Who Will Lead the Broadband Mobile Internet?", IEEE IT Professional, vol. 12, no. 3, May-June 2010.

Daji Qiao, Kang G. Shin and Zakhia Abichar, "Energy Conservation in 802.11 WLANs via Transmission Strategy-Aware Airtime Allocation," Elsevier Computer Networks (ComNet) journal, Vol. 52, Issue 12, August 2008.

Zakhia Abichar, Yanlin Peng and J. Morris Chang, "WiMAX: The Emergence of Wireless Broadband," IEEE IT Professional, vol. 8, no. 4, July-Aug 2006.

Conference Proceedings

Zakhia Abichar, Ahmed E. Kamal, and J. Morris Chang, "Planning of Relay Station Locations in IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 18-21, 2010, Sydney, Australia.

Yanlin Peng, Zakhia Abichar and J. Morris Chang, "Roadside-Aided Routing (RAR) in Vehicular Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 11-15, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.

Zakhia Abichar, J. Morris Chang and Daji Qiao, "Group-Based Medium Access for Next-Generation Wireless LANs," in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), June 26-29, 2006, Niagara Falls, NY, USA.

Zakhia Abichar and J. Morris Chang, "CONTI: Constant-Time Contention Resolution for WLAN Access," in Proceedings of IFIP Networking, May 2-6, 2005, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Poster & Industry Application Note

Zakhia Abichar, Ahmed. E. Kamal and J. Morris Chang, "Planning of Relay Station Locations in IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) Networks", Poster Session in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University. April 16, 2010. [PDF]

Zakhia Abichar and Mark Califano, "A Solar-Powered WiMAX Base Station Solution," Intel Netstructure(r) WiMax Base Station, Application Note, Intel Corporation, 2006. [PDF]