Ad-hoc networks

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Routing protocols for infrastructure-less wireless networks. We developed ANTop (bio-inspired algorithm) and evaluated it on the QUENAS simulator.

Lines of work

ANTop (bio-inspired)

Ant-colony-inspired ad-hoc routing algorithm, simulated on the QUENAS environment.

QoS-aware multicast

Minimum-congestion trees, QoS support, and distributed scheduling (MλT and ancestors).

Modern applications

RPL wireless networks and rigidity control in multi-robot networks via sub-framework based control.

Related projects

ANTop / QUENAS

Bio-inspired protocol for ad-hoc networks and associated simulator.

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Selected publications

  1. Subframework-Based Rigidity Control in Multirobot Networks
    Juan F. Presenza, J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin, Ignacio Mas, and Juan I. Giribet
    In 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), 2022
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  2. Thorough Investigation of multipath Techniques in RPL based Wireless Networks
    A. Czarnitzki Estrin, T. Lagos Jenschke, G. Z. Papadopoulos, J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin, and N. Montavont
    In 2020 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2020
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  3. M\lambdaT: A Multicast Protocol with QoS Support
    J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin and P. Fraigniaud
    In The 12th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2003, 2003
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  4. Multicast Tree with Minimun Congestion
    J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin and P. Fraigniaud
    In XI Congreso Internacional de Electrónica, Comunicaciones y Computadoras (CONIELECOMP ’01), 2001
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  5. A Short Survey of Multicast Protocols
    J. Ignacio Alvarez-Hamelin and P. Fraigniaud
    In 2èmes rencontres francophones sur l’algorithmique des télécommunications (AlgoTel ’00), 2000
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