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The focused research areas of the SNR Lab include Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Wireless Ad Hoc & Mesh Networks, Wireless Network Security, and
Cognitive Radio & Cognitive Networks. Our research projects are sponsored by
National Science Foundation (NSF),
US Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering
Center (CERDEC),
US Army Research Lab (ARL),
Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund (REF), as well as the Innovation
Center of EATON Corp. |
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1.
Real-time Robust and Secure Communications
in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) (PI: This
project is sponsored by National Science Foundation through CAREER Award
grant CNS-0644056: May 2007~April 2012 ) 2.
Modeling & Simulation of Mobile Mesh Network based In-Transit
Visibility (MMN-ITV) Systems (Co-PI: This project is sponsored by ARL and CERDEC) 3.
Adaptive Protocol Design for Cognitive
Radio Cognitive Networks (PI: This
project is sponsored by National Science Foundation through grant
CNS-1017887: July 2010~June 2013) 4.
Development of NS-2 Based Cognitive Radio
Cognitive Network Simulator (Co-PI: This
project is partially supported by CERDEC) 5.
Systematic Security Design for Wireless Ad
Hoc & Sensor Networks (PI: This
project is partially sponsored by MTU REF Fund) 6.
Cyber Security Assessment & Vulnerability Analysis for Wireless Ad Hoc
and Sensor Networks (PI: This
project is sponsored by MTU REF Fund) 7.
Secure Aware Cost-effective Networking
Protocol Design for Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (PI: This project is partially sponsored by MTU REF Fund) |
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Patent: 1.
Gary W. Atkinson, C. Chigan,
Ramesh Nagarajan,
“Joint-Layer Restoration in Packet-over-Optical Networks” (US Patent 7346277: Issued on March
18, 2008; Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
July 26, 2024) 2. C. Chigan, V. Oberoi, J. Li, “A Collision-Free Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol for Inter-Vehicle Communications” (Provisional patent application filed on Nov., 2007.) |
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Publications (student authors
are in underlined bold)
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Z. Li, C. Liu,
C. Chigan, “On
Secure VANET-based Ad Dissemination with Pragmatic Cost and Effect Control”,
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (accepted).
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N. Fettinger, C-W. Ten, C. Chigan, “Minimizing Distribution
System Operating Costs through Intelligently Scheduled Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicle Charging”, IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo
(ITEC 2012), June, 2012.
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Z. Li, C. Liu,
C. Chigan,
“VehicleView: A Universal System for Vehicle
Performance Monitoring and Analysis based on VANETs,”
IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine (accepted).
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Z. Li, C. Chigan, “Joint
Privacy and Reputation Assurance for VANETs'”, Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC 2012), June, 2012.
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C. Liu,
C. Chigan,
“RPB-MD: Providing Robust Message Dissemination for Vehicular Ad Hoc
Networks”, Elsevier Journal of Ad Hoc Networks, Vol.10 (3),
pp.497–511, May 2012.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “Licensed Receiver Detection and Authentication in
Simplex Licensed Networks”, IEEE International Workshop on Recent
Advances in Cognitive Communications and Networking (GC'2011 Workshop - RACCN),
Dec. 2011.
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Z. Li, C. Liu,
C. Chigan,
“GPAS: A General-Purpose Automatic Survey System Based on Vehicular Ad
Hoc Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Vol.18 (4), August
2011.
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Z. Li,
C. Chigan,
“LEAPER: A Lightweight Reliable and Faithful Data Packet Relaying
Framework for VANETs”, Elsevier Journal of Ad
Hoc Networks, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 418-429, May 2011.
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Z. Li, C. Chigan, “RAMV: Resource-Aware Message Verification
in VANETs”, Wiley Journal of Security and
Communication Networks, Vol. 4 (7), pp. 771-784, July 2011.
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J. Li, C. Chigan, “
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “Dynamic Spectrum Allocation based on
Interference Threshold Modeling”, Proceedings
of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2010), Dec. 2010.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “Dynamic Spectrum Allocation Based
Confidentiality for Cognitive Radio Networks”, Proceedings
of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2010), Dec. 2010.
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C. Liu, C. Chigan, “Structure-less
Message Aggregation (SLMA): Reliably and Efficiently Improve Information
Precision and Certainty for VANETs”, Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom
2010), Dec. 2010.
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Z. Li, Z. Wang, and C. Chigan, Book
Chapter: “Security of Vehicular Ad
Hoc Networks in Intelligent Transportation Systems,” in Wireless
Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Nova Science
Publishers, Inc., June 15, 2010.
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Z. Li, C. Chigan, “On Resource
Aware Message Verification in VANETs”,
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2010), May
2010.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “On Game Theoretic DSA-Driven MAC for Cognitive
Radio Networks”, Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications, Vol. 32(18),
pp.1944-1954, December, 2009.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “On Anonymous On-Demand Source Routing in MANETs ”, Wiley’s Journal of Security and
Communication Networks, Vol. 2 (6), pp. 476–491, Nov/Dec, 2009.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan,
and Z. Tian,
“Development and Trends in Medium Access Control Design for Cognitive
Radio Networks,” in Cognitive Radio Networks, Y. Xiao and F. Hu (Editors), Auerbach
Publications, CRC Press, 2008.
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Z. Li, C. Chigan, and D. Wong,
“AWF-NA: A Complete Solution for Tampered Packet Detection in VANETs”, Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom’08), Nov.
2008.
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C. Liu, C. Chigan, “RPB-MD: A Novel
Robust Message Dissemination Method for VANETs”,
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications
Conference (Globecom’08), Nov. 2008.
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D. Johnson, R. Kieckhafer, A. Mukherjee, L. Bohmann, and C. Chigan, “A Conceptual Framework for Integrated
Stochastic Modeling of Multi-Dependent Systems”, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference
of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), May, 2008.
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C. Zou, C. Chigan, “A Game Theoretic DSA-Driven MAC Framework for
Cognitive Radio Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), May 2008.
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C. Zou, T. Jin, C. Chigan,
and Z. Tian, “QoS-aware Distributed Spectrum Sharing for Heterogeneous
Wireless Cognitive Networks”, Elsevier Journal of Computer Networks:
Special Issue on Cognitive Wireless
Networks, Vol. 52 (4), pp.864-878,
March, 2008.
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C. Chigan, L. Li,
Y. Ye, “A
Self-adaptive Approach for Resource-aware Security Provisioning in Wireless Ad Hoc
Networks”, Journal of IET Information Security (previously IEE Proceedings Information Security),
Vol. 1(6), 2008.
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T. Jin, C. Chigan, “A
Security-enabled Wireless Token Cluster MAC Protocol with Intelligent Token
Policy”, IEEE Military Communication Conference (MILCOM’07),
Orlando, Oct. 2007.
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C. Chigan, V. Oberoi, “QoS Provisioning in Sensor Enabled Telemedicine
Networks”, International Journal of Health Information Systems and
Informatics, Vol. 2(3), 12-30, July-September 2007.
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C. Chigan, J. Li, “A
Delay-Bounded Dynamic Interactive Power Control Algorithm for VANETs”, Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), pp.5849 – 5855, June 2007.
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Z. Wang, C. Chigan, “Countermeasure
Uncooperative Behaviors with Dynamic Trust-Token in VANETs”,
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007),
pp.3959 – 3964, June 2007.
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Z. Wang, C. Chigan,
“Cooperation Enhancement for Message Transmission in VANETs”,
Springer Journal of Wireless Personal Communications: Special Issue on
Cooperation in Wireless Networks, Vol. 43, pp.141-156, 2007.
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R. M. Kieckhafer, P. Mishra, J. Tan, C. Chigan,
“A New Paradigm for Reliable Hard-Real-Time WSNs”,
IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS-06), Work in Progress Session, pp.1-4,
Dec 2006.
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C. Chigan, V. Oberoi, J. Li,
“RPB-MACn: A Relative Position Based Collision-free MAC Nucleus
for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE Global
Communications Conference (Globecom’06), pp.1-6, Nov. 2006.
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T. Jin, C. Chigan, Z. Tian, “Game-theoretic Distributed Spectrum Sharing
for Wireless Cognitive Networks with Heterogeneous QoS”,
Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom’06), pp.
1-6, Nov. 2006.
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J. Li, C. Chigan,
“Achieving Robust Message Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc
Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (to appear).
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H. Zhu, C. Chigan, F.
Bao, “Turing
Assessor: A New Tool for Cyber Security Quantification”, Proceedings
of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC’06), Vol.
2, pp. 629 – 633, April 2006.
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H. Zhu, F. Bao, C. Chigan, “Compact Routing Discovery Protocol with
Lower Communication Complexity”, Proceedings of IEEE Wireless
Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC’06), Vol. 1, pp.307 – 310, April 2006.
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V. Oberoi, C. Chigan, “A Generic Packet-Dropping Detection Mechanism
Augmented with Efficient Power Saving in Ad Hoc Networks”, Proceedings of
SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, pp.1-10, March 2006.
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R. Bandaru, C. Chigan, “DAHA: A Novel Mechanism for Wormhole Attack
Detection in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks”, Proceedings of SPIE Symposium on
Defense and Security, pp. 1-11, March 2006.
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L. Li, C. Chigan, “Token
Routing: A Power Efficient Method for Securing AODV Routing Protocol”,
Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing
and Control (ICNSC’06), pp. 29-34, April 2006.
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C. Chigan, V. Oberoi, “QoS Provisioning in Ubiquitous Telemedicine
Networks”, Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive
Computing and Communications -Workshop On Pervasive and Ubiquitous Health Care
(UbiCare’06), pp.1-5, March 2006.
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V. Oberoi, C. Chigan, “Providing QoS for Sensor
Enabled Emergency Applications”, Proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on
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C. Chigan, L. Li, Y. Ye, “Resource-aware Self-Adaptive Security
Provisioning in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks”, Proceedings
of IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC’05),
Vol.4, pp.2118-2124, March 2005.
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C. Chigan, V. Oberoi, “A
Security- and Power- aware Co-design Approach for Wireless Ad Hoc
Networks”, SPIE Proceedings of Symposium on Sensors, and Command,
Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland
Security and Homeland, Vol. 5778, pp. 863-872, 2005.
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C. Chigan, L. Li, “SARA: a Self-adaptive and Resource-aware Approach
to Secure Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks”, SPIE Proceedings of
Symposium on Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
(C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland, Vol. 5778, pp. 833-842,
2005.
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C. Chigan, Y. Ye, L. Li,
“Balancing Security against Performance in
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C. Chigan, R. Bandaru,
“Secure Nodes Misbehavior in
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C. Chigan, L. Li, R. Bandaru,
“Providing Unified Security Mechanisms for MANET Network Layer”,
Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications (PCC'04), Vol. 2, pp. 721-724, June 2004.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
"On the Modeling Issue of Joint Cross-Layer Network
Protection/Restoration", Proceedings of Advanced Simulation Technologies
Conference 2004 (ASTC'04), pp.57-62, April 2004.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
"Simplify Mathematical Modeling of Joint Multilyer
Network Restoration via Sampling Technique ", Proceedings of Advanced
Simulation Technologies Conference 2004 (ASTC'04), pp.48-58, April 2004.
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L. Li, C. Chigan, “Effects
of Bandwidth Sharing on Optimal Complete Partitioning Policy”,
Proceedings of Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference 2004 (ASTC'04), pp.122-128, April
2004.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
“Cost
Effectiveness of Joint Multilayer Restoration in IP-over-Optical Networks” , IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Nov.,
2003.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
“Topology Mapping: An Approach to Simplify Mathematic Modeling of
Multilayer Networks”, Proceedings of 37th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Johns Hopkins Univ., pp.1-2, March
2003.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
“Cross-Layer Network Restoration with Discrete Linear or Step Link Cost
Function”, Proceedings of 37th Annual Conference on Information
Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins Univ., pp.1-2, March 2003.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan,
“Demuxing Models in Joint Multilayer
Restoration for Packet-over-Optical Networks”, Proceedings of 37th Annual
Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins Univ., pp.1-3,
March 2003.
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C. Chigan, “Network Resource Management and Provisioning
Issues - Admission Control with Contiguous Constraint & Survivability in IP
over Optical Networks”, PhD Dissertation, Aug., 2002.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan and
T.G. Robertazzi, "On Joint Restoration of
Packet-over-Optical Networks", Proceedings of 18th Annual Conference of
National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC’02), pp.1-11, Sept. 2002.
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C. Chigan, G. Atkinson, R. Nagarajan and
T.G. Robertazzi, "Mathematical Programming for
Joint Restoration of IP over Optical Networks" , Proceedings of 36th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and
Systems, Princeton University, pp.1, March 2002.
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C. Chigan, R. Nagarajan, Z. Dziong, T. R. Robertazzi, "On
the Capacitated Loss Network with Heterogeneous Traffic and Contiguous Resource
Allocation Constraints", Proceedings of Applied Telecommunication Symposium (ASTC’01),
Vol. 33(3), pp.153-160, April 2001.