Publications
(By Area)
M. Ahmadi, A. Moyyedi, M. Sulaiman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. Generalizable 5G RAN/MEC Slicing and Admission Control for Reliable Network Operation. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Accepted July 2024.
B. Sun, J. Huang, N. Christianson, M. Hajiesmaili, A. Wierman, R. Boutaba. Online Algorithms with Uncertainty-Quantified Predictions. Forty-first International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Vienna, Austria, July 21-27, 2024.
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba , B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, S. Tuffin.
AutoML4ETC: Automated Neural Architecture Search for Real-World Encrypted Traffic Classification. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 21(3), pp. 2715-2730, June 2024.
M. Zangooei, M. Golkarifard, M. Rouili, N. Saha, and R. Boutaba. Flexible RAN Slicing in Open RAN with Constrained Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special issue on Open RAN. IEEE Press. Vol. 42(2), pp. 280-294, February 2024.
M. L. Santos, J. H. da Cruz Jr, K. Assis, R. C. Almeida Jr, R. Boutaba. Deep Learning for Speeding Up
the Min Slot-Continuity Capacity Loss Spectrum Assignment. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and
Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC). Castelldefels, Spain, November 5-9, 2023.
E. Akbari, S. A. Tahmid, N. Malekghaini, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau,
S. Tuffin. A Critical Study of Few-shot Learning for Encrypted Traffic Classification. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2,
2023.
Md. S. Towhid, N. S. Khan, N.Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. A Token-Prioritization
Strategy for Handling Data Imbalance in Network-Change Ticket Classification. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2,
2023.
V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. A. Salahuddin, and R. Boutaba. Spotting Anomalies at the Edge: Outlier Exposure-based Cross-silo Federated Learning for DDoS Detection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(5), pp. 4002-4015, Sept-Oct 2023.
J. R. Ky , B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi, R. Boutaba. ML Models for Detecting QoE Degradation in Low-Latency
Applications: A Cloud-Gaming Case Study. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE
Press. Vol. 20(3), pp. 2295-2308, September 2023.
M. Zangooei, M. T. Arashloo, R. Boutaba.
Towards Verifying Monotonicity and Robustness Properties for Domain-Specific DRL Algorithms.
ICML 2nd Workshop on Formal Verification of Machine Learning. Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, July 28,
2023.
N. Malekghaini, H. J Tsang, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba.
FSTC: Dynamic Category Adaptation for Encrypted Network Traffic Classification.
IFIP Networking 2023. Barcelona, Spain, June 12-15, 2023.
M. Sulaiman, A. Moyyedi, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R.
Boutaba and A. Saleh. Coordinated Slicing and Admission
Control using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(2), pp. 1110-1124, June
2023.
M. Sulaiman, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and A.
Saleh. Generalizable Resource Scaling of 5G Slices using
Constrained Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA,
May 8-12, 2023.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
A. Moyyedi, M. Ahmadi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and A.
Saleh. Generalizable GNN-based 5G RAN/MEC Slicing and
Admission Control in Metropolitan Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA,
May 8-12, 2023.
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R.
Boutaba , B. Mathieu, S. Moteau, S. Tuffin. Deep learning for
encrypted traffic classification in the face of data drift: An
empirical study. Elsevier Computer Networks. Vol. 225, Article
109648, April 2023.
S. S. Johari, S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M.
Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Meetra and M. Hemmati. DRL-Assisted
Reoptimization of Network Slice Embedding on EON-enabled
Transport Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management. IEEE Press.
Vol. 20(1), pp. 800-814, March 2023.
I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, S. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B. Mathieu, S. Moteau and S. Tuffin. Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web. Communications of the ACM, vol 65(9), September 2022. (CACM Research Highlights)
N. Malekghaini, E. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, B.
Mathieu, S. Moteau, S. Tuffin. Data Drift in DL: Lessons
Learned from Encrypted Traffic Classification. IFIP
Networking, Catania, Italy, June 13-16, 2022.
M. Sulaiman, A. Moayyedi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, A.
Saleh. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Slicing and
Admission Control in 5G-CRAN. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29,
2022.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
S. S. Johari, N. Shahriar, M. Tornatore, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh.
Anomaly Detection and Localization in NFV Systems: An
Unsupervised Learning Approach. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations
and Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April
25-29, 2022.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
M. A. Salahuddin, V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. F. Bari, R.
Boutaba. Chronos: DDoS Attack Detection using Time-based
Autoencoder. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 19(1), pp. 627-641, March 2022.
H. Tsang, I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam and R.
Boutaba. ATMoS+: Generalizable Threat Mitigation in SDN using
Permutation Equivariant and Invariant Deep Reinforcement
Learning. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol.
59(12), pp. 105-111, January 2022.
E-H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, R. Langar, R. Boutaba. Deep
Q-Network and Traffic Prediction based Routing Optimization in
Software Defined Networks. Elsevier Journal of Network and
Computer Applications (JNCA). Vol. 192, Article 103181,
October 2021.
R. Boutaba, N. Shahriar, M. A. Salahuddin, S. R. Chowdhury, N.
Saha, A. James. AI-driven Closed-loop Automation in 5G and
beyond Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCOMM
Workshop on Flexible Networks Artificial Intelligence
Supported Network Flexibility and Agility (FlexNets). Virtual
Conference, August 23-27, 2021.
I. Akbari, M.A. Salahuddin, L. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B.
Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. A Look Behind the Curtain:
Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web. ACM
SIGMETRICS 2021. Beijing, China, June 14-18, 2021.
Recipient of the Kenneth C. Sevcik Outstanding Student Paper
Award.
I. Akbari, M.A. Salahuddin, S. Wen, N. Limam, R. Boutaba, B.
Mathieu, S. Moteau, and S. Tuffin. A Look Behind the Curtain:
Traffic Classification in an Increasingly Encrypted Web.
Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of
Computing Systems. Vol. 5(1), No. 04, pp. 1-26, March 2021.
H. Bian, T. Bai, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, A. Abou Daya, and
R. Boutaba. Uncovering Lateral Movement using Authentication
Logs. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management -
Special Issue on Data Analytics and Machine Learning for
Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(1), pp.
1049-1063, March 2021.
T. Bai, H. Bian, M. A. Salahuddin, A. Abou Daya, N. Limam, and
R. Boutaba. RDP-based Lateral Movement detection using Machine
Learning. Computer Communications. Elsevier. Vol. 165, pp.
9-19, January 2021.
M. A. Salahuddin, M. F. Bari, H. A. Alameddine, V. Pourahmadi,
R. Boutaba. Time-based Anomaly Detection using Autoencoder.
IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM). Virtual Conference, November 2-6, 2020.
N. Salhab, R. Rahim, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Deep Neural
Networks approach for Power Head-Room Predictions in 5G
Networks and Beyond. IFIP Networking 2020 Conference. Paris,
France, June 22-26, 2020.
E. H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, A. Hebbar, R. Langar, and R.
Boutaba. Online based learning for predictive end-to-end
network slicing in 5G networks. IEEE International Conference
on Computer Communications (ICC). Dublin, Ireland, June 7-11,
2020.
A. Abou Daya, M. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba. BotChase:
Graph-based Bot Detection using Machine Learning. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management - Special Issue
on Cybersecurity Techniques for Managing Networked Systems.
IEEE Press, Vol. 17(1), pp. 15-29, March 2020.
I. Akbari, E. Tahoun, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R.
Boutaba. ATMoS: Autonomous Threat Mitigation in SDN using
Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 20-24,
2020.
N. Salhab, Rana Rahim-Amoud, Rami Langar, and R. Boutaba.
Machine Learning based Resource Orchestration for 5G Network
Slices. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).
Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 9-13, 2019.
H. Bian, T. Bai, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, A. Abou Daya, and
R. Boutaba. Host in Danger? Detecting Network Intrusions from
Authentication Logs. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and
Service Management (CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25,
2019.
T. Bai, H. Bian, A. Abou Daya, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Limam and
R. Boutaba. A Machine Learning Approach for RDP-based Lateral
Movement Detection. IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks
(LCN). Osnabrück, Germany, October 14-17, 201.
A. Abou Daya, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, R. Boutaba. A
Graph-Based Machine Learning Approach for Bot Detection.
IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM).
Washington DC, USA. April 8-12, 2019.
E. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, R. Boutaba, T. Ahmed. TMAS: Traffic
Monitoring Analytics System Leveraging Machine Learning.
IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM).
Washington DC, USA. April 8-12, 2019.
R. Boutaba, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, S. Ayoubi, N.
Shahriar, F. Estrada-Solano and O. M. Caicedo. A Comprehensive
Survey on Machine Learning for Networking: Evolution,
Applications and Research Opportunities. Journal of Internet
Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 9(16), June 2018.
S. Ayoubi, N. Limam, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Shahriar, R.
Boutaba., F. Estrada-Solano, O.M. Caicedo. Machine Learning
for Cognitive Network Management. IEEE Communications
Magazine, Network and Service Management Series. IEEE Press.
Vol. 56(1), pp. 158-165, January 2018.
Y. Dong, I. Goldberg, S. Gorbunov, and R. Boutaba. Astrape: Anonymous Payment Channels with Boring Cryptography. 20th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS). Rome, Italy, June 20-23, 2022.
Y. Dong and R. Boutaba. Melmint: trustless stable
cryptocurrency. The Cryptoeconomic Systems 2020 (CryptoEconSys
20). Boston, MA, USA, March 7-8, 2020.
Y. Dong and R. Boutaba. Elasticoin: Low-Volatility
Cryptocurrency with Proofs of Sequential Work. IEEE
International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
(ICBC). Seoul, South Korea, May 14-17, 2019.
Y. Dong, W. Kim, and R. Boutaba. Conifer: centrally-managed
PKI with blockchain-rooted trust. IEEE International
Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2018). Halifax, Canada,
Jul 30, 2018 - Aug 3, 2018.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
Y. Dong, W. Kim, R. Boutaba. Bitforest: a portable and
efficient blockchain-based naming system. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)
(Mini-conference). Rome, Italy. November 5-9, 2018.
A. Anthony, S. R. Chowdhury, T. Bai, R. Boutaba, and J.
Francois. Non-intrusive and Workflow-aware Virtual Network
Function Scheduling in User-space. IEEE Transactions on Cloud
Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 10(3), pp. 1975-1990, September
2022.
D. Harutyunyan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R. Riggio.
Latency and Mobility-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in
5G Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE
Press. Vol. 21(5), pp. 1697-1709, May 2022.
E. H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, R. Langar, R. Boutaba. Dynamic
Clustering of Software Defined Network Switches and Controller
placement using Deep Reinforcement Learning. Elsevier Computer
Networks. Vol. 207, Article 108852, April 2022.
S. R. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. Resource Management in
Softwarized Networks. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS). Dissertation Digest Paper.
Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022.
Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
A. Laraba, J. François, I. Chrisment, S. R. Chowdhury, R.
Boutaba. Detecting Multi-Step Attacks: A Modular Approach for
Programmable Data Plane. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29,
2022.
E-H. Bouzidi, A. Outtagarts, R. Langar, R. Boutaba. Deep
Q-Network and Traffic Prediction based Routing Optimization in
Software Defined Networks. Elsevier Journal of Network and
Computer Applications (JNCA). Vol. 192, Article 103181,
October 2021.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, and J. Francois. LINT:
Accuracy-adaptive and Lightweight In-band Network Telemetry.
IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network
Management (IM). Bordeaux, France, May 17-21, 2021.
A. Laraba, J. Francois, S. R. Chowdhury, I. Chrisment, and R.
Boutaba. Mitigating TCP Protocol Misuse with Programmable Data
Planes. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management -
Special Issue on Advanced Management of Softwarized Networks.
IEEE Press. Vol. 18(1), pp. 760-774, March 2021.
M. Ghaznavi, E. Jalalpour, B. Wong, R. Boutaba, and A. J.
Mashtizadeh. Fault-tolerant Service Function Chaining. ACM
SIGCOMM 2020. New York City, NY, USA, August 10-14, 2020.
A. Laraba, J. Francois, I. Chrisment, S. R. Chowdhury, and R.
Boutaba. Defeating Protocol Abuse with P4: an Application to
Explicit Congestion Notification. IFIP Networking 2020
Conference. Paris, France, June 22-26, 2020.
P. Borylo, M. Tornatore, P. Jaglarz, N. Shahriar, P. Cholda,
and R. Boutaba. Latency and Energy-aware Provisioning of
Network Slices in Cloud Networks. Computer Communications.
Elsevier, Vol. 157, pp. 1-19, May 2020.
S. R. Chowdhury, A. Anthony, H. Bian, T. Bai, and R. Boutaba.
A Disaggregated Packet Processing Architecture for Network
Function Virtualization. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications - Series on Network Softwarization and
Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol. 38(6), pp. 1075-1088, June 2020.
A. Alleg, T. Ahmed, M. Mosbah, and R. Boutaba. Joint Diversity
and Redundancy for Resilient Service Chain Provisioning. IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Series on
Network Softwarization and Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol. 38(7),
pp. 1490-1507, July 2020.
M. Ghaznavi, A. J. Mashtizadeh, B. Wong, and R. Boutaba. Towards a Geo-Distributed Deployment of Middleboxes. USENIX NSDI 2020. Santa Clara, CA, USA, February 25-27, 2020. Poster.
M.F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba. ESSO: An Energy
Smart Service Function Chain Orchestrator IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 16(4), pp.
1345-1359, December 2019.
D. Harutyunyan, R. Fedrizzi , N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R.
Riggio. Orchestrating End-to-end Slices in 5G Networks.
IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25, 2019.
B. Henry, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Lahmadi, R. Azais, J. Francois,
and R. Boutaba. SPONGE: Software-Defined Traffic Engineering
to Absorb Influx of Network Traffic. IEEE Conference on Local
Computer Networks (LCN). Osnabrück, Germany, October 14-17,
2019.
D. Harutyunyan, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, and R. Riggio.
Latency-Aware Service Function Chain Placement in 5G Mobile
Networks. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft).
Paris, France, June 24-28, 2019.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
S. R. Chowdhury, A. Anthony, H. Bian, T. Bai, and R. Boutaba.
μNF: A Disaggregated Packet Processing Architecture. IEEE
Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). Paris, France,
June 24-28, 2019.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
S. R. Chowdhury, M.A. Salahuddin, N. Limam, and R. Boutaba.
Re-architecting NFV Ecosystem with Microservices:
State-of-the-art and Research Challenges. IEEE Network. IEEE
press, Vol. 33(3), pp. 168-176, May 2019.
H. Yu, J. Yang, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, and Y. Zhuang. ENSC:
Multi-Resource Hybrid Scaling for Elastic Network Service
Chain in Clouds. IEEE International Conference on Parallel and
Distributed Systems (ICPADS). Singapore. December 11-13, 2018.
A. Anthony, S. R. Chowdhury, T. Bai, R. Boutaba, J. Francois.
UNiS: A User-space Non-intrusive Workflow-aware Virtual
Network Function Scheduler. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on
Network and Service Management (CNSM). Rome, Italy. November
5-9, 2018.
E. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, D. Migault, S. Preda, M. Pourzandi,
R. Boutaba. Dynamic Security Orchestration for CDN
Edge-Servers. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization
(NetSoft). Montreal, Canada, June 25-29, 2018 (Demo).
E. Jalalpour, M. Ghaznavi, D. Migault, S. Preda, M. Pourzandi,
R. Boutaba. A Security Orchestration System for CDN Edge
Servers. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft).
Montreal, Canada, June 25-29, 2018.
S. Ayoubi, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba. Breaking Service
Function Chains with Khaleesi. IFIP Networking 2018. Zurich,
Switzerland, May 14-16, 2018.
A. Azzouni, R. Boutaba, N.T.M. Trang, G. Pujolle. sOFTDP:
Secure and Efficient Topology Discovery Protocol for SDN.
IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS).
Taipei (Taiwan), April 23-27, 2018.
A. Alleg, T. Ahmed, M. Mosbah, R. Riggio, and R. Boutaba.
Delay-aware VNF Placement and Chaining based on a Flexible
Resource Allocation Approach. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on
Network and Service Management (CNSM). Tokyo, Japan. November
26-30, 2017.
A. Azzouni, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle. NeuRoute: Predictive
Dynamic Routing for Software-Defined Networks. 4th
International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems
(ManSDN/NFV). Tokyo, Japan, Nov 26-30, 2017.
M. Ghaznavi, N. Shahriar, S. Kamali, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba.
Distributed Service Function Chaining. IEEE JSAC Special issue
on Emerging Technologies in Software-driven Communication.
IEEE Press, Vol. 35(11), pp. 2479-2489, November 2017.
A. Azzouni, T. M. T Nguyen, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle.
Limitations of OpenFlow Topology Discovery Protocol. 16th
Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MED-HOC-NET).
Budva, Montenegro, Jun 28 - 30, 2017. Poster.
R. Mijumbi, S. Hasija, S. Davy, A. Davy, B. Jennings, R.
Boutaba. Topology-aware Prediction of Virtual Network Function
Resource Requirements. IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management. Vol. 14(1), pp. 106-120, March 2017.
K. Salah, P. Calyam, R. Boutaba. Analytical Model for Elastic
Scaling of Cloud-based Firewalls. IEEE Transactions on Network
and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(1), pp. 136-146,
March 2017.
R. Mijumbi, S. Hasija, S. Davy, A. Davy, B. Jennings, and R.
Boutaba. A Connectionist Approach to Dynamic Resource
Management for Virtualised Network Functions. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. October 31 - November 04, 2016.
A. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, and R.
Boutaba. Emulating an Infrastructure with EASE. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)
(Mini-conference). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. October 31 -
November 04, 2016.
A. Azzouni, O. Braham, T. M. T. Nguyen, G. Pujolle, R.
Boutaba. Fingerprinting OpenFlow controllers: The first step
to attack an SDN control plane. IEEE Global Communications
Conference (GLOBECOM). Washington, DC, USA. December 4–8, 2016
S. Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, A. Tizghadam; B. Park, H. Bennazadeh,
A. Leon-Garcia, R. Boutaba. Sector: TCAM Space Aware Routing
on SDN. 28th International Teletraffic Conference (ITC), IEEE,
ACM. Würzburg (Germany), 12–16 September 2016.
M.F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and O.C.M.B.
Duarte. Orchestrating Virtualized Network Functions. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press,
Vol. 13(4), pp. 725-739, December 2016.
L. Dolberg, J. François, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R.
Boutaba, and Engel, T. A Generic Framework to Support
Application-Level Flow Management in Software-Defined
Networks. IEEE NetSoft 2016 (Short paper). Seoul, South Korea,
June 6-10, 2016.
D. M Batista, G. Blair, F. Kon, R. Boutaba, D. Hutchison, R.
Jain, R. Ramjee and C. E. Rothenberg. Perspectives on
Software-Defined Networks: interviews with five leading
scientists from the networking community. In Journal of
Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 6(22),
October 2015.
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. nf.io:
A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration. IEEE
Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software
Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), San Francisco (USA), November
18-21, 2015.
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. nf.io: A
File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration. ACM SIGCOMM
2015, London (UK), August 17-21, 2015. (Demo).
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. On
Orchestrating Virtual Network Functions. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM), Barcelona (Spain), November 9-13, 2015.
M. Ghaznavi, A. Khan, N. Shahriar, K. Alsubhi, R. Ahmed, R.
Boutaba. Elastic Virtual Network Function Placement. IEEE
International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet).
Niagara Falls (Canada), October 5-7, 2015.
R. Mijumbi, J. Serrat, J.-L. Gorricho, N. Bouten, F. De Turck,
R. Boutaba. Network Function Virtualization: State-of-the-art
and Research Challenges. IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials. IEEE Press, Vol. 18(1), pp. 236-262, January 2016.
A. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba.
DOT: Distributed OpenFlow Testbed. ACM SIGCOMM 2014, Chicago
(USA), August 17-22, 2014. (Demo).
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Design Considerations for Managing
Wide Area Software Defined Networks. In IEEE Communications
Magazine, Network and Service Management Series. IEEE Press.
Vol. 52(7), pp. 116-123, July 2014.
M. Ulema, N. Amogh, R. Boutaba, C. Buyukkoc, A. Clemm, M.
Vuran, L. J. Xie, A. Manzalini and R. Saracco. IEEE Software
Defined Network Initiative. IEEE Software Defined Networks for
Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), Trento (Italy),
November 11-13, 2013
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba.
PolicyCop: An Autonomic QoS Policy Enforcement Framework for
Software Defined Networks. IEEE Software Defined Networks for
Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), Trento (Italy),
November 11-13, 2013
S. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. PayLess: A
Low Cost Network Monitoring Framework for Software Defined
Networks. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
A. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba.
Design and Management of DOT: A Distributed OpenFlow Testbed.
In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
(NOMS), Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
Md. F. Bari, A. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, Q. Zhang, M. F.
Zhani, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Controller
Provisioning in Software Defined Networks. In IEEE/ACM/IFIP
International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM), Zurich, Switzerland, October 14-18, 2013.
N. Saha, N. Shahriar, M. Sulaiman, N. Limam, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. Monarch: Monitoring Architecture
for 5G and Beyond Network Slices. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). Accepted
September 2024.
H. A. Dinarte, K. D. R. Assis, D.A.R. Chaves, R. C. Almeida Jr., R. Boutaba. Multi-objective
optimization of asymmetric bit rate partitioning for multipath protection in elastic optical networks.
Computer Networks. Elsevier. Vol. 251, Article 110627, September 2024.
M. Ahmadi, A. Moyyedi, M. Sulaiman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. Generalizable 5G RAN/MEC Slicing and Admission Control for Reliable Network Operation. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. Accepted July 2024.
E.D.S. Barros, R.C. Almeida Jr., K.D.R. Assis, A.F. Santos, J.F. Martins-Filho, M. Tornatore and R.
Boutaba. Cost minimization of multi-class demands groomed over multi-rate OTN interfaces considering
WDM-layer constraints. Optical Fiber Technology. Elsevier. Vol. 85, Article 103803, July 2024.
M. M. L. Cavalcanti, G. W. Teixeira, R. C. Almeida, Jr., R. Boutaba, D. A. R. Chaves
Enhancing the Efficiency of Resilient Multipath-Routed Elastic Optical Networks: A Novel Approach for
Coexisting Protected and Unprotected Services with Idle Slot Reuse. Sensors. MDPI. Vol. 24(12), Article
3965, June 2024.
M. Mushtaq, M. Golkarifard, N.Shahriar, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh. Optimal Functional Splitting, Placement
and Routing for Isolation-Aware Network Slicing in NG-RAN. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2,
2023.
M. Zangooei, M. Golkarifard, M. Rouili, N. Saha, and R. Boutaba. Flexible RAN Slicing in Open RAN with
Constrained Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications - Special issue on Open RAN. IEEE Press. Vol. 42(2), pp. 280-294, February 2024.
N. Saha, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba and A. Saleh. MonArch:
Network Slice Monitoring Architecture for Cloud Native 5G
Deployments. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS). Miami, FL, USA, May 8-12, 2023.
S. S. Johari, S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M.
Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Meetra and M. Hemmati. DRL-Assisted
Reoptimization of Network Slice Embedding on EON-enabled
Transport Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management. IEEE Press.
Vol. 20(1), pp. 800-814, March 2023.
M. Sulaiman, A. Moayyedi, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, A.
Saleh. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Slicing and
Admission Control in 5G-CRAN. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS). Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29,
2022.
S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, M. Hemmati. Reoptimizing Network Slice
Embedding on EON-enabled Transport Networks. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Virtual
Conference, October 25-29, 2021.
N. Shahriar, M. Zulfiqar, S. R. Chowdhury, S. Taeb, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Disruption Minimized
Bandwidth Scaling in EON-enabled Transport Network Slices.
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Special
Issue on Latest Advances in Optical Networks for 5G
Communications and Beyond. IEEE Press. Vol. 39(9), pp.
2734-2747, September 2021.
N. Shahriar and R. Boutaba. Survivable virtual network embedding. IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM). Bordeux, France, May 17-21, 2021. (Dissertation Digest Paper). Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
N. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Zulfiqar, M.
Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reliable
Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Bandwidth Squeezing and
Multi-path Provisioning. IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 17(3), pp. 1418-1431,
September 2020.
N. Shahriar, M. Zulfiqar, S. R. Chowdhury, S. Taeb, M.
Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati.
Disruption-minimized Re-adaptation of Virtual Links in Elastic
Optical Networks. OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference
(OFC). San Diego, CA, USA, March 8-12, 2020.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, M. M. A. Khan, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra and F. Zeng. Virtual Network Embedding with
Guaranteed Connectivity under Multiple Substrate Link
Failures. IEEE Transactions on Communications. IEEE Press,
Vol. 68(2), pp. 1025-1043, February 2020.
N. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Zulfiqar, M.
Tornatore, R. Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Reliable
Slicing of 5G Transport Networks with Dedicated Protection.
IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM). Halifax, Canada, October 21-25, 2019.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
S. Taeb, N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, and M. Hemmati. Virtual Network Embedding
with Path-based Latency Guarantees in Elastic Optical
Networks. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols
(ICNP). Chicago, IL, USA, October 7-10, 2019.
N. Shahriar, S. Taeb, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Tornatore, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, M. Hemmati. Achieving a Fully-Flexible
Virtual Network Embedding in Elastic Optical Networks. IEEE
International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM).
Paris, France. April 29 - May 2, 2019
S. R. Chowdhury, S. Ayoubi, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba,
J. Mitra, L. Liu. Multi-Layer Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press,
Vol. 15(3), pp. 1132-1145, September 2018.
N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, S. Fathi, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, L. Liu. Virtual Network Survivability
through Joint Spare Capacity Allocation and Embedding. IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - 2017 Special
Issue on Network Softwarization and Enablers. IEEE Press. Vol.
36(3), pp. 502-518, March 2018.
R. Boutaba, N. Shahriar, F. Siavash. Elastic Optical
Networking for 5G Transport. 25th Anniversary Commemorative
Special Issue of the Springer's Journal of Network and Systems
Management. Springer, Vol. 25(4), pp. 819-847, October 2017.
S. R. Chowdhury, S. Ayoubi, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba,
J. Mitra, and L. Liu. MULE: Multi-Layer Virtual Network
Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service
Management (CNSM). Tokyo, Japan. November 26-30, 2017.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, R. Boutaba,
J. Mitra, and L. Liu. Joint Backup Capacity Allocation and
Embedding for Survivable Virtual Networks. IFIP Networking.
Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-16, 2017.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Khan, R. Boutaba,
and J. Mitra. Generalized Recovery from Node Failure in
Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 14(2), pp. 261-274, June
2017.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, N. Shahriar, A. Khan, R. Boutaba,
J. Mitra, and L. Liu. ReViNE: Reallocation of Virtual Network
Embedding to Eliminate Substrate Bottlenecks. IEEE/IFIP
Integrated Network Management Symposium (IM). Lisbon,
Portugal. May 8 - 12, 2017.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, A. Khan, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba,
and J. Mitra. ReNoVatE: Recovery from Node Failure in Virtual
Network Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and
Service Management (CNSM). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. October
31 - November 04, 2016.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, M.M.A Khan, N. Shahriar, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, and F. Zeng. Dedicated Protection for
Survivable Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 13(4), pp.
913-926, December 2016.
M. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba.
Multi-Path Link Embedding for Survivability in Virtual
Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
Vol. 13(2), pp. 253-266, April 2016.
N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, M. M. A. Khan, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra and F. Zeng. Connectivity-aware Virtual
Network Embedding. IFIP Networking, Vienna (Austria), May
17-19, 2016.
S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, M. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R.
Boutaba, J. Mitra, and F. Zeng. Protecting Virtual Networks
with DRONE. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul (Turkey), April 25-29, 2016.
L. R. Bays, L. P. Gaspary, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. Virtual
Network Embedding in Software-Defined Networks. IEEE/IFIP
Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul
(Turkey), April 25-29, 2016.
M. M. A. Khan, N. Shahriar, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. SiMPLE:
Survivability in Multi-Path Link Embedding. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM), Barcelona (Spain), November 9-13, 2015.
R. Mijumbi, J. Serrat, J-L. Gorricho and R. Boutaba. A Path
Generation Approach to Embedding of Virtual Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press.
Vol. 12 (3), pp. 334-348, September 2015.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Reconciling the Overlay and Underlay
Tussle. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). Vol.
22(5), pp. 1489-1502, October 2014.
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, M. Jabri, and R. Boutaba. Venice:
Reliable Virtual Data Center Embedding in Clouds. In IEEE
International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
Toronto, ON (Canada), April 27 - May 2, 2014.
M. G. Rabbani, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. On achieving high
survivability in virtualized data centers. In IEICE
Transactions on Communications, Vol. E97-B(1), January 2014.
R. Esteves, L. Z. Granville, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba.
Evaluating Allocation Paradigms for Multi-Objective Adaptive
Provisioning in Virtualized Networks. In IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland),
May 5-9, 2014.
R. Esteves, L. Granville and R. Boutaba. On the Management of
Network Virtualization. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE
Press, Vol. 51(7), pp. 80-88, July 2013.
R. Boutaba, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Virtual Machine
Migration in Cloud Computing Environments: Benefits,
Challenges, and Approaches. In Communication Infrastructures
for Cloud Computing. H. Mouftah and B. Kantarci (Editors).
IGI-Global, USA. pp. 383-408, September, 2013
M. Rahman and R. Boutaba. SVNE: Survivable Virtual Network
Embedding Algorithms for Network Virtualization. In IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE
Press. Vol. 10 (2), pp. 105-118, June 2013.
M. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, G. Simon and R. Boutaba. VDC Planner:
Dynamic Migration-Aware Virtual Data Center Embedding for
Clouds. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). Ghent (Belgium), May 27-31, 2013.
Md. Rabbani, R. Esteves, M. Podlesny, G. Simon, L. Granville
and R. Boutaba. On Tackling Virtual Data Center Embedding
Problem. Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management
Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
R. Esteves, L. Granville, H. Bannazadeh and R. Boutaba.
Paradigm-Based Adaptive Provisioning in Virtualized Data
Centers. Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management
Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
F. Samuel, M. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. PolyViNE: Policy-based
Virtual Network Embedding Across Multiple Domains. In Journal
of Internet Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 4(1),
March 2013.
MF. Bari, R. Boutaba, R. Esteves, L. Granville, M. Podlesny,
M. Rabbani, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Data Center Network
Virtualization: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(2), pp. 909-928, April 2013.
M. Chowdhury, M. R. Rahman and R. Boutaba. ViNEYard: Virtual
Network Embedding Algorithms with Coordinated Node and Link
Mapping. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE
Press. Vol. 20(1), pp. 206-219, February 2012.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. QoS Capacity of
Virtual Wireless Networks. In Computer Networks (COMNET).
Elsevier, Vol. 55(7), pp. 1592–1613, April 2011.
N. Bouabdallah, B. Ishibashi, R. Boutaba. Performance of
Cognitive Radio-based Wireless Mesh Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press, Vol.
10(1), pp. 122-135, January 2011.
M. Chowdhury, F. Samuel, R. Boutaba. PolyViNE: Policy-based
Virtual Network Embedding Across Multiple Domains. In
Proceedings of the Second ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Virtualized
infrastructure Systems and Architectures. New Delhi (India),
September 03, 2010.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Incorporating Trust in
Network Virtualization. In Proc. of the 10th IEEE
International Conference on Computer and Information
Technology (CIT). IEEE Press, pp. 942-947. Bradford (UK), June
29 – July 1, 2010.
N. F. Butt, M. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba, Topology-Awareness and
Reoptimization Mechanism for Virtual Network Embedding. In
Proceedings of the 9th International IFIP Networking
Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp. 27-39, Chennai
(India), May 11-15, 2010.
M. R. Rahman, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Survivable Virtual
Network Embedding. In Proceedings of the 9th International
IFIP Networking Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp.
40-52, Chennai (India), May 11-15, 2010.
F.E. Zaheer, J. Xiao, R. Boutaba. Multi-Provider Service
Negotiation and Contracting in Network Virtualization. In
Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp 471-478, Osaka
(Japan), 19-23 April 2010.
M. Chowdhury, R. Boutaba. A Survey of Network Virtualization.
In Computer Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 54(5), pp.
862-876, April 2010.
M. Chowdhury and R. Boutaba. Network virtualization: state of
the art and research challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine.
IEEE Press, Vol. 47(7), pp. 20-26, July 2009.
M. Chowdhury, F. Zaheer and R. Boutaba. iMark: An Identity
Management Framework for Network Virtualization Environment.
In Proc. of IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). IEEE Press, pp. 335-342. New York, NY, June 1-5, 2009.
M. Chowdhury, M. Rahman and R. Boutaba. Virtual Network
Embedding with Coordinated Node and Link Mapping. In Proc. of
the 28th IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM).
IEEE Press, pp. 783-791. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25,
2009.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Path Selection in User-Controlled
Circuit-Switched Optical Networks. Journal of Optical
Switching and Networking, Elsevier, 5 (2-3): 123-138, February
2008.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Admission Control in Data Transfers
over Lightpaths. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications (JSAC) - Optical Communications and Networking
series. IEEE Press, Vol. 25 (6), pp. 102-110, April 2007.
R. Boutaba, A. Polyrakis and A. Fernandez Casani. Active
Networks as a Developing and Testing Environment for Networks
Protocols. Annals of Telecommunications, Vol. 59, No. 5-6, pp.
495-514, 2004.
R. Boutaba, W. Golab, Y. Iraqi and B. St. Arnaud. Lightpaths
on Demand: A Web Services Based Management System, IEEE
Communications Magazine, Special Issue on XML-based
Management, June 2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba, Resource Allocation in
User-Controlled Circuit-Switched Optical Networks, in
Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on High
Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC'04), June
2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba. Policy-Driven Automated
Reconfiguration for Performance Management in WDM Optical
Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on
Management of Optical Networks, January 2004.
W. Golab and R. Boutaba, WDM Optical Network Reconfiguration
Using Automated Regression-Based Parameter Value
Selection, in Proceedings of the 3rd International
Conference on Networking (ICN'04).
R. Boutaba, W. Golab, Y. Iraqi, T. Li and B. St.
Arnaud. Grid-Controlled Lightpaths for High Performance
Grid Applications, Journal of Grid Computing, Special
Issue on High Performance Networking, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.
387-394, 2003.
W. Szeto, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, A Multi-Commodity Flow
Based Approach to Virtual Network Resource Allocation, in
Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(GLOBECOM'03), San Francisco, CA (USA), 2003.
A. Evlogimenou and R. Boutaba, Programmable Accounting
Management Architecture for Virtual Private Networks, in
Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS'02), pp. 297–312, 2002.
R. Boutaba, W. Szeto and Y. Iraqi. DORA: Efficient Routing
Algorithm for MPLS Engineering, International Journal of
Network and Systems Management, special issue on Traffic
Engineering and Management, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 311-327, 2002.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Projecting Advanced Enterprise
Network and Service Management to Active Networks. IEEE
Network Magazine (special issue on Enterprise Network and
Service Management), Vol.16, No.1, pp. 28-33, 2002.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Extending COPS-PR with
Meta-policies for Scalable Management of IP Networks.
International Journal on Networks and Systems Management
(special issue on Management of Converged Networks), Vol.10,
No.1, pp. 91-106, 2002.
R. Boutaba, W. Ng and A. Leon-Garcia. Web-based Customer
Management of Virtual Private Networks. International Journal
of Networks and Systems Management (special issue on Web-based
Management), Plennum Press, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 67-87, 2001.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Projecting FCAPS to Active
Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference
of Enterprise Networking, Applications and Services
(EntNet@Supercomm'01), pp. 97-104. 2001.
A. Mehaoua, Z. Fan, S. Denazis and R. Boutaba. Active Nets: Principles and Applications. International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford & Hermes Science, Vol. 2, N° 1, pp. 25-46, 1999.
B. St. Arnaud, A. Bjerring, O. Cherkaoui, R. Boutaba, M. Potts, W. Hong. Web services architecture for user control and management of optical Internet networks. In IEEE Proceedings, special issue on the future of the Internet.
N. Salhab, R. Rahim, R. Langar, and R. Boutaba. Offloading
Network Data Analytics Function to the Cloud with Minimum Cost
and Maximum Utilization. IEEE International Conference on
Computer Communications (ICC). Dublin, Ireland, June 7-11,
2020.
K. Salah, R. Boutaba and K. Elbadawi. An Analytical Model for
Estimating Cloud Resources of Elastic Services. Journal of
Network and Systems Management. Springer. Vol. 24(2), pp.
285-308, April 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu, and Z. Gong. ROUTE:
run-time robust reducer workload estimation for MapReduce.
International Journal of Network Management. Vol. 26(3), pp.
224-244, March 2016.
K. Salah, R. Boutaba and K. Elbadawi. An Analytical Model for
Estimating Cloud Resources of Elastic Services. Journal of
Network and Systems Management. Springer. Vol. 24(2), pp.
285-308, April 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu and Z. Gong.
Dynamic Resource Allocation for MapReduce with Partitioning
Skew. IEEE Transactions on Computers. Vol. 65(11), pp.
3304-3317, February 2016.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu, B. Wang. OPTIMA: On-line
Partitioning Skew Mitigation for MapReduce with Resource
Adjustment. Journal of Network and Systems Management.
Springer. Vol. 24(4), pp. 859-883, October 2016.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, M.F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, and G.
Pujolle. GreenSlater: On satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed
Clouds. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
(TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 12 (3), pp. 363-376, September 2015.
Q. Zhang, S. Zhang, A. Leon-Garcia and R. Boutaba. Aurora:
Adaptive Block Replication in Distributed File Systems. In the
35th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
(ICDCS), Columbus, Ohio (USA), June 29-July 02, 2015.
D. Marcon, M. Neves, R. Oliveira, L. Bays, R. Boutaba, L.
Gaspary, and M. Barcellos. IoNCloud: Exploring Application
Affinity to Improve Utilization and Predictability in
Datacenters. In the IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communications (ICC). London (UK), June 8-12, 2015.
Z. Liu, Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, Y. Liu and Z. Gong.
DREAMS: Dynamic Resource Allocation for MapReduce with Data
Skew. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15, 2015.
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, Y. Yang, R. Boutaba and B. Wong. PRISM:
Fine-Grained Resource-Aware Scheduling for MapReduce. IEEE
Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 3(2),
pp. 182-194, April 2015
A. Amokrane, F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, G.
Pujolle. On Satisfying Green SLAs in Distributed Clouds. In
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service
Management (CNSM), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 17-21,
2014.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba.
CQNCR: Optimal VM Migration Planning in Cloud Data Centers.
IFIP Networking 2014 Conference. Trondheim (Norway), June 2-4,
2014.
Q. Zhang and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Workload Management in
Heterogenous Cloud Computing Environments. In IEEE/IFIP
Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow
(Poland), May 5-9, 2014. (Dissertation Digest Paper).
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, M. Jabri, and R. Boutaba. Venice:
Reliable Virtual Data Center Embedding in Clouds. In IEEE
International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
Toronto, ON (Canada), April 27 - May 2, 2014.
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba and J. Hellerstein. Dynamic
Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in the Cloud. IEEE
Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 2(1),
pp. 14-28, January 2014
M. G. Rabbani, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. On achieving high
survivability in virtualized data centers. In IEICE
Transactions on Communications, Vol. E97-B(1), January 2014.
Q. Zhang, Q. Zhu, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba and J. Hellerstein.
Dynamic Service Placement in Geographically Distributed
Clouds. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
(JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 31(12), pp. 762-772, December 2013
A. Amokrane, M. F. Zhani, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle.
Greenhead: Virtual Data Center Embedding Across Distributed
Infrastructures. In IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
(TCC). IEEE Press, Vol 1(1), pp. 36-49, September 2013
R. Boutaba, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Virtual Machine
Migration in Cloud Computing Environments: Benefits,
Challenges, and Approaches. In Communication Infrastructures
for Cloud Computing. H. Mouftah and B. Kantarci (Editors).
IGI-Global, USA. pp. 383-408, September, 2013
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Boutaba, and J. L. Hellerstein.
HARMONY: Dynamic Heterogeneity-Aware Resource Provisioning in
the Cloud. In the 33rd International Conference on Distributed
Computing Systems (ICDCS), Philadelphia (USA), July 08-11,
2013.
M. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, G. Simon and R. Boutaba. VDC Planner:
Dynamic Migration-Aware Virtual Data Center Embedding for
Clouds. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). Ghent (Belgium), May 27-31, 2013.
Md. Rabbani, R. Esteves, M. Podlesny, G. Simon, L. Granville
and R. Boutaba. On Tackling Virtual Data Center Embedding
Problem. Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management
Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
R. Esteves, L. Granville, H. Bannazadeh and R. Boutaba.
Paradigm-Based Adaptive Provisioning in Virtualized Data
Centers. Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management
Symposium (IM). Ghent (Belgium), 27-31 May 2013.
K. Salah and R. Boutaba. Estimating Service Response Time for
Elastic Cloud Applications. In Proc. of 1st IEEE International
Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet). Paris (France),
November 28-30, 2012.
MF. Bari, R. Boutaba, R. Esteves, L. Granville, M. Podlesny,
M. Rabbani, Q. Zhang and M. F. Zhani. Data Center Network
Virtualization: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(2), pp. 909-928, April 2013.
Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, S. Zhang, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and J.L.
Hellerstein. Dynamic Energy-Aware Capacity Provisioning for
Cloud Computing Environments. The 9th International Conference
on Autonomic Computing (ICAC12). San Jose, California (USA),
September 17-21, 2012.
Q. Zhang, Q. Zhu, M. F. Zhani and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Service
Placement in Geographically Distributed Clouds. In the 32nd
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
(ICDCS), Macau, China, June 18-21, 2012.
R. Boutaba, L. Cheng and Q. Zhang. On Cloud computational
models and the heterogeneity challenge. Journal of Internet
Services and Applications. Springer. Vol. 3(1), pp. 77-86, May
2012.
Q. Zhang, Q. Zhu and R. Boutaba. Dynamic Resource Allocation
for Spot Markets in Cloud Computing Environments. In Proc. of
the 4th IEEE International Conference on Utility and Cloud
Computing (UCC 2011), Melbourne (Australia), December 5-8,
2011.
Q. Zhang, J. Hellerstein and R. Boutaba. Characterizing Task
Usage Shapes in Google’s Compute Clusters. In the 5th Workshop
on Large Scale Distributed Systems and Middleware (held in
conjunction with VLDB'2011). Seattle (USA), September 2-3,
2011.
L. Cheng, R. Boutaba, and Q. Zhang. Mitigating the Negative
Impact of Preemption On Heterogeneous MapReduce Workloads. In
the 7th International Conference on Network and Service
Management (CNSM). Paris (France), 24-28 October, 2011.
Q. Zhang, E. Gürses, R. Boutaba, and J. Xiao. Dynamic Resource
Allocation for Spot Markets in Clouds. In proceedings of the
11th USENIX conference on Hot topics in management of
internet, cloud, and enterprise networks and services (Hot-ICE
'11), Boston (USA). March 30–April 1, 2011.
N. Limam, R. Boutaba. Assessing Software Service Quality and
Trustworthiness at Selection Time. IEEE Transactions on
Software Engineering (TSE). IEEE Press, Vol. 36(4), pp.
559-574, July/August 2010.
Q. Zhang, L. Cheng, R. Boutaba. Cloud Computing:
State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges. Journal of Internet
Services and Applications(JISA). Springer London, Vol. 1(1),
pp. 7-18, May 2010.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. On leveraging policy-based management
for maximizing business profit. In IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press, Vol. 4 (3),
pp. 163-176, December 2007.
M. Gharibi, Z. Gharibi, R. Boutaba, S.L. Waslander. A
Density-Based and Lane-Free Microscopic Traffic Flow Model
Applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. MDPI Drones, Vol. 5(4),
pp. 116, October 2021.
Rodrigo A. C. da Silva, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, and Raouf
Boutaba. Evaluation of the Employment of UAVs as Fog Nodes.
IEEE Wireless Communications. IEEE Press. Vol. 28(5), pp.
20-27, October 2021.
M. Gharibi, R. Boutaba and S. Waslander. Internet of Drones.
IEEE Access. Vol. 4, pp. 1148-1162, March 2016.
F. Al-Hazemi, Y. Peng, C-H Youn, J. Lorincz, C. Li, G. Song,
R. Boutaba. Dynamic allocation of power delivery paths in
consolidated data centers based on adaptive UPS switching.
Computer Networks. Elsevier, Vol. 144, pp. 254-270, October
2018.
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. Nguyen, J. Hong, R. Boutaba. Energy
Efficient Wi-Fi Management for Smart Devices. In IEEE/IFIP
Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow
(Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. N. M. Nguyen, J. W. Hong and R. Boutaba.
BreezChirp: Energy Efficient Wi-Fi Bandwidth Estimator for
Smartphones. In 4th International Conference on Network of the
Future (NoF), IEEE. Pohang (South Korea), October 23-25, 2013.
J. Xiao, J. Li, R. Boutaba and J. W.-K. Hong. Comfort-Aware
Home Energy Management under Market-Based Demand-Response. The
8
th
IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM). Las Vegas (USA). October 22- 26, 2012.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. The Design and Implementation of an
Energy-Smart Home in Korea. Journal of Computing Science and
Engineering. Vol. 7(3), pp. 204-210, September 2013.
J. Li, J-Y. Chung, J. Xiao, R. Boutaba and J. W-K Hong. On The
Design and Implementation of a Home Energy Management System.
In the Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive
Computing (ISWPC). Hong Kong (China), 23-25 February 2011
J. Xiao, J-Y. Chung, J. Li, R. Boutaba and J. W-K. Hong.
Optimal Demand-Side Energy Management Under Real-time
Demand-Response Pricing. In Proc. of the 2nd International
Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering (ISITCE). Pohang
(Korea), 19-20 August, 2010. Poster.
Recipient of the Best Poster Award.
J. V. Torres, I. D. Alvarenga, R. Boutaba, O. C. M. B. Duarte.
Evaluating CRoS-NDN: A comparative performance analysis of a
Controller-based Routing Scheme for Named-Data Networking.
Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Springer, Vol.
10(20), November 2019.
J. V. Torres, I. D. Alvarenga, R. Boutaba, O. C. M. B. Duarte.
An Autonomous and Efficient Controller-based Routing Scheme
for Networking Named-Data Mobility. Computer Communications
Journal. Elsevier, Vol. 103, pp. 94-103, May 2017.
R. Ahmed, F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Golam, R. Boutaba, B.
Mathieu. αRoute: Routing on Names. IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking. Vol. 24(5), pp. 3070-3083, January 2016.
R. Ahmed, F. Bari, R. Haque, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu. DEWS:
A Decentralized Engine for Web Search. In IEEE/IFIP
International Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), November 17-21, 2014.
Mini-conference Paper.
R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Pokluda, M. F. Bari, R. Boutaba
and B. Mathieu. pWeb: A Personal Interface to the World Wide
Web. IFIP Networking 2014 Conference. Trondheim (Norway), June
2-4, 2014.
M. F. Bari, M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu.
A Naming Scheme for P2P Web Hosting. IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 31(9), pp.
299-309, September 2013
N. Shahriar, S. R. Chowdhury, M. Sharmin, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba
and B. Mathieu. Ensuring Beta-Availability in P2P Social
Networks. In 5th International Workshop on Hot Topics in
Peer-to-peer computing and Online Social neTworking (HotPOST)
held in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS 2013. Philadelphia (USA),
July 8, 2013.
Winner of the Best Paper
R. Ahmed, F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, Md. Rabbani, R. Boutaba
and B. Mathieu, αRoute: A Name Based Routing Scheme for
Information Centric Networks. In the 32nd IEEE International
Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). Turin
(Italy), April 14-19, 2013.
F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu.
A Survey of Naming and Routing in Information Centric
Networks. In IEEE Communications Magazine. Feature issue on
Information Centric Networks. IEEE Press, Vol. 50(12), pp.
44-53, December 2012
N. Shahriar, M. Sharmin, R. Ahmed, M. M. Rahman, R. Boutaba
and B. Mathieu. Diurnal availability for peer-to-peer systems.
The IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
(CCNC). Las Vegas, NV (USA), January 14-17, 2012.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. An analysis of peer
similarity for recommendations in P2P systems. Multimedia
Tools and Applications. Springer. Vol. 60(2), pp. 277-303,
September 2012.
MF. Bari, MR. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and B. Mathieu.
Persistent Naming for P2P Web Hosting. In the IEEE
International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P).
Kyoto (Japan). August 31 to September 2, 2011.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. A Survey of Distributed Search
Techniques in Large Scale Distributed Systems. IEEE
Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press. Vol. 13(2),
pp. 150-167. June 2011.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Impact of Peers'
Similarity on Recommendations in P2P Systems. In Proc. of the
10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information
Technology (CIT). IEEE Press, pp. 393-399. Bradford (UK), June
29 – July 1, 2010.
M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba. QPM: Phonetic aware P2P
search. In Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on
Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P). IEEE Press, pp. 131-134. Seattle
(USA), 9-11 September 2009. Short Paper.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. P2P Search and Distributed Pattern
Matching. In "P2P Handbook". X. Shen, H. Yu, J. Buford and M.
Akon (editors). Springer, USA, ISBN: 978-0-387-09750-3. 2009.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Reputation Management in
Peer-to-Peer Systems: Taxonomy and Anatomy. In "P2P Handbook".
X. Shen, H. Yu, J. Buford and M. Akon (editors). Springer,
USA, pp. 689-732, 2010.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Contribution-Based
Service Differentiation Scheme for Peer-to-Peer Systems. In
Journal on Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications. Springer
New York, Vol. 2(2), pp. 146-163, June 2009.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Plexus: A Scalable
Peer‐to‐peer Protocol Enabling Efficient Subset
Search. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE
Press, Vol. 17(1), pp. 130-143, February 2009.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Recommender Scheme for
Peer-to- Peer Systems. In Proc. of the IEEE International
Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT), IEEE
Press, pp. 197 – 200, Turku (Finland), July 28 - August 1,
2008.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Personalized
Recommendations in Peerto- Peer Systems. In Proc. of 17th IEEE
WETICE Workshop on Collaborative Peer-to-peer Systems (COPS).
IEEE Press, pp. 99 – 104. Rome (Italy), 23-25 June, 2008.
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Distributed Pattern Matching: A Key
to Flexible and Efficient P2P Search. In IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) – Special issue on
Peer-to-peer Networks. IEEE Press, Vol. 25 (1), pp. 73-83,
January 2007.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Peer-to-Peer Most Wanted:
Malicious Peers, in International Computer Networks Journal,
Special Issue on Management in Peer-to-Peer Systems: Trust,
Reputation and Security, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 545-562, 2006
R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Distributed pattern matching for p2p
systems. In Proceedings of the 10th IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'06), Vancouver,
Canada, April 2006.
W. Liu and R. Boutaba, pMeasure: A Peer-to-Peer Measurement
Infrastructure For the Internet. In Computer Communications
Journal, Special Issue on Monitoring and Measurements of IP
Networks, 2005.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Free Riders under Control
through Service Differentiation in Peer-to-Peer Systems. In
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on
Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and
Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2005), December 19-21, 2005.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Handling Free Riders in
Peer-to-Peer Networks, in Proceedings of the Fourth
International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing
(AP2PC 2005), Utrecht, Netherlands, 2005.
W. Liu and R. Boutaba, Tracerouting Peer-to-Peer Networks, In
Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE/IFIP Workshop on End-to-End
Monitoring Techniques and Services (E2EMON), Nice, France, May
2005.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Detecting Malicious Peers
in A Reputation-Based Peer-to-Peer System, In Proceedings of
the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
(CCNC), 2005.
W. Liu, Raouf Boutaba and James Won-Ki Hong, pMeasure: A Tool
for Measuring the Internet. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop
on End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services (E2EMON), San
Diego, California, USA, October 2004.
L. Mekouar, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, A Reputation Management
& Selection Advisor Schemes for Peer-to-Peer Systems, In
Proceedings of the 15th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on
Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM), 2004
O. Salem, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba. Soft Voting for Anomaly Detection in Internet of Medical Things. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 4-8, 2023.
O. Salem, A. Mehoua, R. Boutaba.
The Sight for Hearing: An IoT-Based System to Assist Drivers with Hearing Disability.
28th IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications. Tunis, Tunisia, July 9-12, 2023.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba. Markov Models
for Anomaly Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks data for
Secure Health Monitoring. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications - Special issue on Internet of Things for
in-home health monitoring. IEEE Press. Vol. 39(2), pp.
526-540, February 2021.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Mehaoua, and R Boutaba. Nocturnal
Epileptic Seizures Detection Using Interial and Muscular
Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. IEEE Press,
Vol. 18(12), pp. 2913-2925, December 2019.
O. Salem, A. Serhrouchni, A. Mehaoua, and Raouf Boutaba. Event
Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks using Kalman Filter
and Power Divergence. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management. IEEE Press, Vol. 15(3), pp. 1018-1034, September
2018.
O. Salem, Y. Liu, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Online Anomaly
Detection in Wireless Body Area Networks for Reliable
Healthcare Monitoring. In the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and
Health Informatics. IEEE Press. Vol. 18(5), pp. 1541-1551,
September 2014.
Xiaoqi Tan, Siyuan Yu, Raouf Boutaba and Alberto Leon-Garcia. Threshold Policies with Tight Guarantees for Online Selection with Convex Costs. ACM Transactions on Economics and Computations. Accepted February 2025.
X. Tan, S. Yu, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. Threshold Policies with Tight Guarantees for Online Selection with Convex Costs. The 19th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), Shanghai, China, December 4-8, 2023.
A. Tabiban, H. A. Alameddine, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba. Signaling Storm in O-RAN: Challenges and
Research Opportunities. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol. 62(6), pp. 58-64, June 2024.
B. Zhang, P. Hu, A. A. Azirani, M. A. Salahuddin, D. Barradas, N. Limam, R. Boutaba. Secure and Efficient Group Handover Protocol in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Denver, CO, USA. June 9-13, 2024.
B. Zhang, P. Zeinaty, N. Limam, R. Boutaba. Mitigating Signaling Storms in 5G with Blockchain-assisted
5GAKA. IEEE/ACM/IFIP
Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls, Canada, October 30 - November 2,
2023.
H. J Tsang, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam R. Boutaba. A Meta-Reinforcement Learning Framework for Threat
Mitigation in Software-Defined Networks. IEEE 48th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN). Daytona
Beach, Florida, USA, October 2-5, 2023.
S. Zabarah, O. Naman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, and S. Al-Kiswany. An Approach for Detecting
Multi-Institution Attacks. Springer Annals of Telecommunications. October, 2023.
V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. A. Salahuddin, and R.
Boutaba. Spotting Anomalies at the Edge: Outlier
Exposure-based Cross-silo Federated Learning for DDoS
Detection. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure
Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 20(5), pp. 4002-4015, September-October
2023.
S. Zabarah, O. Naman, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba and S.
Al-Kiswany Soteria: An Approach for Detecting
Multi-Institution Attacks. 26th Conference on Innovation in
Clouds, Internet and Networks and Workshops (ICIN). Paris,
France, March 6-9, 2023.
H. Tsang, I. Akbari, M. A. Salahuddin, N. Limam and R.
Boutaba. ATMoS+: Generalizable Threat Mitigation in SDN using
Permutation Equivariant and Invariant Deep Reinforcement
Learning. IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Press. Vol.
59(12), pp. 105-111, January 2022.
O. Salem, K. Alsubhi, A. Shaafi, M. Gheryani, A. Mehaoua, R.
Boutaba. Man in the Middle Attack Mitigation in Internet of
Medical Things. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
IEEE Press. Vol. 18(3), pp. 2052-2062, March 2022.
M. A. Salahuddin, V. Pourahmadi, H. Alameddine, M. F. Bari, R.
Boutaba. Chronos: DDoS Attack Detection using Time-based
Autoencoder. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service
Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 19(1), pp. 627-641, March 2022.
M. Ghaznavi, E. Jalalpour, M. A. Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, D.
Migaulty, S. Preday. Content Delivery Network Security: A
Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE Press.
Vol. 23(4), pp. 2166-2190, June 2021.
G. Meng, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, A. Pokluda, R. Boutaba.
Collaborative Security: A Survey and Taxonomy. In ACM
Computing Surveys. ACM. Vol. 48(1), pp. 1-42, August 2015.
C. Fung, D. Lam, R. Boutaba. RevMatch: An Efficient and Robust
Decision Model for Collaborative Malware Detection. In
IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS),
Karakow (Poland), May 5-9, 2014.
C. Fung, D. Lam and R. Boutaba. REM: A Robust and Efficient Decision Model for Collaborative Malware Detection. 22nd USENIX Security Symposium. Washington, DC. (USA), August 14-16, 2013. Short paper.
C. Fung and R. Boutaba. Design and Management of Collaborative
Intrusion Detection Networks. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network
Management Symposium (IM), Ghent (Belgium), May 27-31, 2013.
(Dissertation Digest Paper).
Recipient of the Best Dissertation Award.
J. Francois, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. FireCol: A Collaborative
Protection Network For the Detection of Flooding DDoS Attacks.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. IEEE Press, Vol. 20(6),
pp. 1828-1841, December 2012.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba and T. Başar. GUIDEX: A
Game-Theoretic Incentive-Based Mechanism for Intrusion
Detection Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 30(11), pp. 2220-2230,
December 2012
C. J Fung, J. Zhang, and R. Boutaba. Effective Acquaintance
Management based on Bayesian Learning for Distributed
Intrusion Detection Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 9 (3), pp.
320-332, September 2012.
K. Alsubhi, Y. Alhazmi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba.
Security Configuration Management for Intrusion Detection and
Prevention Systems. International Journal of Security and
Networks (IJSN). Inderscience. Vol. 7(1), pp. 30-39, August
2012.
K. Salah, K. Elbadawi and R. Boutaba. Performance Modeling and
Analysis of Network Firewalls. In the IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management. IEEE Press. Vol. 9(1), pp.
12-21, March 2012.
T. Tran, I. Aib, E. Al-Shaer and R. Boutaba. An Evasive Attack
on SNORT Flowbits. 13th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS 2012), Maui, Hawaii (USA), April
16-20, 2012.
C. Fung, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. SMURFEN: A
Knowledge Sharing Collaborative Intrusion Detection Network.
In the 18th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications
Security (CCS). Chicago (USA), October 17-21, 2011. Poster.
K. Alsubhi, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. FuzMet: A Fuzzy-logic based
Alert Prioritization Engine for Intrusion Detection Systems.
International Journal of Network Management (IJNM), Wiley.
Vol. 22(4), pp. 263–284, July 2012.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, T. Basar. A Game-Theoretic
Approach to Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Collaborative
Intrusion Detection Networks: Fairness, Incentives and
Security . In the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
and European Control Conference, Orlando (USA), December
12-15, 2011.
K. Alsubhi, Y. Alhazmi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Rule
Mode Selection in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems.
In the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).
Houston (USA), December 5–9, 2011.
C. J. Fung, R. Boutaba, Q. Zhu, and T. Basar. SMURFEN: A
Framework of Knowledge Sharing for Collaborative Intrusion
Detection. In the 7th International Conference on Network and
Service Management (CNSM), Miniconference. Paris (France),
24-28 October, 2011.
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Dirichlet-based
Trust Management for Effective Collaborative Intrusion
Detection Networks. In the IEEE Transactions on Network and
Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press. Vol. 8(2), pp. 79-91,
June 2011.
K. Alsubhi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Performance
Analysis in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. In the
Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). Dublin (Ireland), 23-27 May 2011.
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Trust Management and
Admission Control for Host-based Collaborative Intrusion
Detection. In the Journal of Network and Systems Management
(JNSM). Springer Vol. 19(2), pp. 257-277, June 2011.
C. J. Fung, J. Zhang, and R. Boutaba. Effective Acquaintance
Management for Collaborative Intrusion Detection Networks. In
the 6th International Conference on Network and Service
Management (CNSM). Niagara Falls (Canada), 25-29 October 2010.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
Q. Zhu, C. J. Fung, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. A Distributed
Sequential Algorithm for Collaborative Intrusion Detection
Networks. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC). IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South
Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
C. J. Fung, Q. Zhu, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. Bayesian
Decision Aggregation In Collaborative Intrusion Detection
Networks. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp.
349-356, Osaka (Japan), 19-23 April 2010
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib, R. Boutaba, and R. Cohen. Design of
a Simulation Framework to Evaluate Trust Models for
Collaborative Intrusion Detection. In Proc. of the IEEE Int.
Conf. on Network and Service Security (N2S), IEEE Press, pp.
1-5. 2009. 24-26 June 2009.
K. Ali and R. Boutaba. Applying kernel methods to anomaly
based intrusion detection systems. In Proc. of the IEEE Global
Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS). IEEE Press, pp.
1-4. Hammamet (Tunisia), 23-26 June 2009. Short Paper.
K. Ali, I Aib and R. Boutaba. P2P-AIS: A P2P Artificial Immune
Systems architecture for detecting DDoS flooding attacks. In
Proc. of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium
(GIIS). IEEE Press, pp. 1-4. Hammamet (Tunisia), 23-26 June
2009. Short Paper.
K. Alsubhi, I. Aib, J. Francois and R. Boutaba. Policy-Based
Security Configuration Management, Application to Intrusion
Detection and Prevention. In Proc. of the IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6.
Dresden (Germany), 14‐18 June 2009.
I. Aib, T. Tran, and R. Boutaba. Characterization and Solution
to a Stateful IDS Evasion. In Proc of the 29th IEEE
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
(ICDCS). IEEE Press, pp. 597 – 604. Montreal (Canada), 22-26
June 2009.
C. Fung, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Robust and scalable
trust management for collaborative intrusion detection. In
Proc. of the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium
(IM). IEEE Press, pp. 33-40. New York, NY, June 1-5, 2009.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
Q. Zhu, C. Fung, R. Boutaba, and T. Basar. A game-theoretical
approach to incentive design in collaborative intrusion
detection networks. In Proc of the International Conference on
Game Theory for Networks (GameNets ), IEEE Press, pp. 384-392,
Istanbul (Turkey), 13-15 May 2009.
A. El-Ataway, E. Alshaer, T. Tran and R. Boutaba. Adaptive
Early Packet Filtering for Protecting Firewalls against DoS
Attacks. In Proc. of the 28th IEEE Conference on Computer
Communications (INFOCOM). IEEE Press, pp. 2437-2445, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009.
C. Fung, O. Baysal, J. Zhang, I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Trust
Management for Host-based Collaborative Intrusion Detection.
In Proc of the IFIP/IEEE Workshop on Distributed Systems
Operations and Management (DSOM), Springer Verlag, pp.
109-122. Samos (Greece), 22-26 September 2008.
A. Le, R. Boutaba, and E. Al-Shaer, Correlation-Based Load
Balancing for Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Systems, Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Conference
on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm
2008, Istanbul, Turkey, September 22–25, 2008.
I. Aib, K. Alsubhi, and R. Boutaba. A Policy-based approach to Risk Management, A Snort Configuration Use Case. In Proc. of the 15th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA), HP LABS, pp. 309 – 314, Marrakech (Morocco), 22- 25 June, 2008.
A. Le, E. Alshaer, and R. Boutaba. On optimizing load
balancing of intrusion detection and prevention systems. In
Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM Computer Communications Workshops
2008, IEEE Press, pp. 1-6, Phoenix, AZ (USA), April 13-18,
2008.
K. Alsubhi, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. Alert Prioritization
in Intrusion Detection Systems. In the 11th IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2008), April 2008.
T. Tran, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. PolicyVis: Firewall
Security Policy Visualization and Inspection. In proceedings
of the 21st USENIX Large Installation System Administration
Conference (LISA 2007), Dallas, TX, USA, 11–16 November 2007.
J. Francois, A. El-Atawy, E. Al-Shaer, and R. Boutaba. A
Collaborative Approach for Proactive Detection of Distributed
Denial of Service Attacks. In proceedings of the IEEE
Monitoring, Attack Detection and Mitigation (MonAM 2007).
Toulouse, France , 5 - 6 November, 2007
E. Al-Shaer, H. Hamed, R. Boutaba, M. Hasan. Conflict
Classification and Analysis of Distributed Firewall Policies.
In the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
(JSAC), Volume 23, Issue 10, pp.:2069 - 2084, Oct. 2005.
E. D. S. Barros, R. C. Almeida Jr, R. Boutaba, K. Assis. Cost Minimization on OTN Interfaces: An
ILP-Based Planning Model. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC).
Castelldefels, Spain, November 5-9, 2023.
X.Tan, S. Yu and R. Boutaba. Online Selection with Convex Costs. ACM SIGMETRICS Workshop on Mathematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA). Mumbai, India, June 6-10, 2022.
A. Clemm, M. F. Zhani, and R. Boutaba. Network Management
2030: Operations and Control of Network 2030 Services. Journal
of Network and Systems Management. Vol. 28(4), pp. 721-750,
October 2020.
A. Raza, R. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. URL Forwarding for NAT
Traversal. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management
Symposium (IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15, 2015.
Mini-conference
F. Zhou, J. Liu, G. Simon, R. Boutaba. Joint Optimization for
the Delivery of Multiple Video Channels in Telco-CDN. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE
Press. Vol. 12 (1), pp. 87-100, March 2015.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Reconciling the Overlay and Underlay
Tussle. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). Vol.
22(5), pp. 1489-1502, October 2014.
S. R. Chowdhury, C. Adam, F. Wu, J. Rofrano, and R. Boutaba.
Managing the File System from the Kernel. In IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Karakow (Poland),
May 5-9, 2014.
F. Zhou, J. Liu, G. Simon and R. Boutaba. Joint Optimization
for the Delivery of Multiple Video Channels in Telco-CDN. In
IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service
Management (CNSM), Zurich (Switzerland), October 14-18, 2013.
Short Paper.
J-Y Chung, J. Hyun, J. W-K Hong and R. Boutaba. Datacenter
Traffic Monitoring Using Traffic Mirroring of Virtual Switch.
4th International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering,
Korea Telecom Advanced Institute of Technology. Soul (Korea),
July 12-13, 2012.
Y. Diao, H. Lutfiyya, N. Liman and R. Boutaba. A Report on
CNSM 2010. Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol.
19(1), pp. 137-142. March 2011 – Conference Report.
R. Boutaba, N. Limam and J. Xiao. Autonomic Principles for Service Management: Performance, Fairness and Stability. In Proc. of the 2nd International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering (ISITCE). Pohang (Korea), 19-20 August, 2010. Poster.
Q. Zhang, J. Xiao, E. Gurses, M. Karsten, R Boutaba. Dynamic
Service Placement in Shared Service Hosting Infrastructures.
In Proceedings of the 9th International IFIP TC 6 Networking
Conference (NETWORKING), Springer Berlin, pp. 251-264, Chennai
(India), May 11-15, 2010.
J. Rubio-Loyola, M. Charalambides, I. Aib, J. Serrat, G.
Pavlou, R. Boutaba. Business-Driven Management of
Differentiated Services. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP
International Network Operations and Management Symposium
(NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 240-247, Osaka (Japan), 19-23 April
2010
L. Cheng, X. Qiu, L. Meng, Y. Qiao, R. Boutaba. Efficient
Active Probing for Fault Diagnosis in Large Scale and Noisy
Networks. In Proc. of the 29th IEEE Conference on Computer
Communications (INFOCOM). IEEE Press, pp. 1-9, San Diego
(USA), 14-19 March 2010.
R. Boutaba, J.P. Martin-Flatin, J.L. Hellerstein, R.H. Katz, G. Pavlou, C.T. Lea. Recent Advances in Autonomic Communications [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 28(1), pp. 1-3, January 2010.
R. Boutaba, J.P. Martin-Flatin, J.L. Hellerstein, R.H. Katz,
G. Pavlou, C.T. Lea. Recent Advances in Autonomic
Communications [Guest Editorial]. IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol 28(1), pp.
1-3, January 2010.
R. Boutaba, M. Karsten, and M. Young. A Heuristic for Fair
Correlation-Aware Resource Placement. 8th International
Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA). Dortmund, Germany,
June 4-6, 2009.
D. Meddour, U. Javaid, N. Bihannic, T. Rasheed and R. Boutaba.
Completing the Convergence Puzzle: A Survey and A Roadmap.
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCN). IEEE Press, Vol.
16(3), pp. 86-96, June 2009.
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao. An Introduction to Network and Service Management. In "Enterprise Systems Integration". M. Sherif (editor). CRC Press, Auerbach, USA, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7821-3. Pages 159-184. 2009.
R. Boutaba, J. Xiao and Q. Zhang. Management and Self-Stabilization. In "Autonomic Computing and Networking". M. Denko, Y. Zhang, and L. T. Yang (editors). Springer, USA, ISBN: 978-0-387-89827-8. Pages 239-260. 2009.
Q. Zhu and R. Boutaba. Nonlinear Quadratic Pricing for
Concavifiable Utilities in Network Rate Control. In Proc. of
the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE
Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans (USA), November 30 - December 4,
2008.
N. Limam and R. Boutaba. Towards an Automated Service Rating System. In Proc. of the 15th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA), HP LABS, pp. 211 – 216, Marrakech (Morocco), 22- 25 June, 2008.
R. Boutaba, J. Xiao and I. Aib. CyberPlanner: a comprehensive
toolkit for network service providers. In Proc. of the
IEEE/IFIP International Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp. 379 – 386, Salvador
(Brazil), 7-11 April 2008.
N. Limam and R. Boutaba. QoS and Reputation-aware Service
Selection. In Proc. of the IEEE/IFIP International Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), IEEE Press, pp.
403 – 410, Salvador (Brazil), 7‐11 April 2008.
R. Boutaba, M. Brunner, S. Shmidt, and L. Granville (editors), "Autonomic Communications and Network Management". IEEE Press. April 2008.
Y. Tang, E. Al-Shaer, R. Boutaba. Active Integrated Fault
Localization for Internet & Overlay Networks. IEEE
Transactions Network & Service Management (TNSM). IEEE
Press, 5(1): 36-49, March 2008
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Assessing Network Service
Profitability: Modeling from Market Science Perspective. In
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE Press, Vol. 15
(6), pp. 1307-1320, December 2007.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. On leveraging policy-based management
for maximizing business profit. In IEEE Transactions on
Network and Service Management (TNSM). IEEE Press, Vol. 4 (3),
pp. 163-176, December 2007.
R. Ahmed, N. Limam, J. Xiao, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Resource
and Service Discovery in Large-scale Multi-domain Networks. In
IEEE Communications Surveys. IEEE Press, Vol. 9 (4), pp. 2-30,
December 2007.
Recipient of the IEEE Communication Society 2008 Fred W.
Ellersick Prize.
R. Boutaba, M. Brunner and S. Shmidt (editors), "Autonomic Communications and Network Management". IEEE Press. May 2007.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. Business-driven optimization of Policy
Based Management Solutions; A Web Application Hosting SLA Use
Case. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium
on Integrated Network Management (IM'2007), Munich (Germany),
May 2007.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
I. Aib and R. Boutaba. PS: A Policy Simulator. IEEE
Communications Magazine, IEEE Press, Vol. 45 (4), pp. 130-136.
April 2007.
N. Limam, J. Ziembicki, R. Ahmed, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, R. Boutaba
and F. Cuervo. OSDA: Open Service Discovery Architecture for
Efficient Cross-domain Service Provisioning. In Computer
Communications (COMCOM). Elsevier, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 546-563,
February 2007.
R. Boutaba and Jin Xiao. Telecommunication Network Management. In "Telecommunications Technologies, Systems, and Services". P. Bellavista (editor). EOLSS Theme 6.108 Telecommunication Systems and Technologies", Volume 6.108, UNESCO EOLSS Publishers Co Ltd, (28 Pages), 2007.
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao. Self-Managing Networks. In "Cognitive Networks: Towards Self-aware Networks". Q. H. Mahmoud (Editor). John Wiley & Sons, page 14 ISBN: 978-0-470-06196-1. Pages 77-93. 2007.
I. Aib, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle, A Novel Architecture for
Utility Driven Management, in Proceedings of the 5th IFIP
International Conference on Network Control and Engineering
for QoS, Security and Mobility (Net-Con 2006), Santiago,
Chile, August 2006.
A. Virk and R. Boutaba. Economical Protection in MPLS
Networks. Journal of Computer Communications. Elsevier, Volume
29, Issue 3, pp. 402-408, February 2006.
A. Haque, P-H. Ho and R. Boutaba. Spare Capacity
Reconfiguration using Group Shared Protection (GSP) in Optical
Networks. Computer Networks, special issue on Optical
Networks, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 168-180, Feb. 2006.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, QoS-Aware Service Composition and
Adaptation in Autonomic Communication, IEEE Journal on
selected areas in communication (JSAC), Special Issue on
Autonomic Communication Systems, pp. 2344-2360, vol. 23,
no.12, 2005.
T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. A Measurement-Based
Approach for Dynamic QoS Adaptation in DiffServ Network,
Journal of Computer Communications, Special issue on
End-to-End Quality of Service Differentiation, Elsevier
Science, Vol 28/18, pp 2020-2033, Nov. 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, T. Li. N. Limam, J.
Xiao and J. Ziembicki, Service naming in large-scale and
multi-domain networks, IEEE Communications Surveys &
Tutorials, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp.:38 - 54, Third Quarter
2005.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. QoS aware Service composition in large
scale multi-domain networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE
International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
(IM'2005), May 2005.
W. Liu, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Zero-budget Network
Dimensioning. In Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International
Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005), May
2005.
Y. Tang, E. Al-Shaer, R. Boutaba. Active Integrated Fault
localization in communication networks. In Proceedings of the
IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network
Management (IM'2005), May 2005.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba. Sensor-based Architecture for
Quality-of-Service Support in WLANs. In Proceedings of the
IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network
Management (IM'2005) Poster Session, May 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, N. Limam, J.
Xiao, and J. Ziembicki, Service Discovery Protocols A
Comparative Study, in Proceeding of the IFIP/IEEE
International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
(IM'2005) Application Sessions, 2005.
R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, F. Cuervo, Y. Iraqi, T. Li, N. Limam, J.
Xiao, and J. Ziembicki, Service/Resource Naming a Comparative
Study, in Proceeding of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium
on Integrated Network Management (IM'2005) Application
Sessions, 2005.
N. Limam, J. Ziembicki, R. Ahmed, Y. Iraqi, D. T. Li, R.
Boutaba, F. Cuervo, OSDA: Open Service Discovery Architecture
for Cross-domain Service Discovery. In Proceedings of the 2nd
International Workshop on Next Generation Networking
Middleware, Waterloo, Canada, May 2005.
R. Boutaba, Y.H. Cho, M. Ejiri, and S.B. Kim. Managing Next
Generation Convergence Networks and Services - A Report on
NOMS 2004, International Journal of Network and Systems
Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 277-282, 2004.
T. Li, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Pricing and Admission Control for QoS-Enabled Internet, Journal of Computer Network, Special issue on Internet Economics, 2004.
A. Haque, P.-H. Ho, Raouf Boutaba, and James Ho, Group Shared
Protection (GSP): A Scalable Solution for Spare Capacity
Re-configuration in Mesh WDM Networks, In Proceedings of the
47th annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(Globecom), Dallas, TX, USA, November 2004.
Myung-Sup Kim, J. Hong and R. Boutaba, Flow-based
Characteristic Analysis of Internet Application Traffic, In
Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on End-to-End Monitoring
(E2EMON), San Diego, USA, 2004.
W. Liu, Raouf Boutaba and James Won-Ki Hong, pMeasure: A Tool
for Measuring the Internet. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop
on End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services (E2EMON), San
Diego, California, USA, October 2004.
J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, Customer-centric Network Upgrade
Strategy: Maximizing Investment Benefits for Enhanced Service
Quality, in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE/IFIP Network
Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'04), 2004
A. Virk and R. Boutaba, A Framework for Inter-Domain Management in DiffServ-MPLS Networks, in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Networking (ICN'04).
R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi and A. Mehaoua. A Multi-Agents
Architecture for QoS Management in Multimedia Networks,
International Journal of Network and Systems Management,
special issue on E-business Management, March 2003.
T. Li, Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Tariff-Based Pricing and
Admission Control for DiffServ Networks, in IFIP/IEEE
International Symposium on Integrated Management (IM'03),
Colorado-Springs (USA), March 24-28, 2003.
A. Polyrakis and R. Boutaba. The Meta-Policy Information Base.
IEEE Network, special issue on Policy-Based Networks, Vol.16,
No. 2, pp. 40-48 2002.
A. Virk, R. Boutaba, and A. Haque, A framework for survivability in data-centric optical networks. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2002), Staffordshire, UK, 2002.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba, Dynamic QoS Adaptation
using COPS and Network Monitoring Feedback, in Proceedings of
the IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the Management of
Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'02), pp. 250-262, 2002
A. Virk and R. Boutaba, A Directory Enabled Solution for MPLS Path Protection and Restoration, in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communication (ICCC'02), 2002.
A. Virk, R. Boutaba, and A. Haque, A Directory Enabled
Solution for MPλS Path Protection and Restoration, in
Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Transparent Networks
(ICTON'02), Vol. 1, pp. 24-28, 2002.
W. Szeto, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi, Dynamic Online Routing
Algorithm for MPLS Traffic Engineering, in Proceeding of IFIP
International Networking Conference (Networking'02), pp.
936-946, 2002.
A. Evlogimenou and R. Boutaba, Programmable Accounting
Management Architecture for Virtual Private Networks, in
Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS'02), pp. 297–312, 2002.
A. Polyrakis and R. Boutaba, The Meta-Policy PIB , IETF Internet Draft, draft-polyrakis-mpib-00.txt, (31 pages), 2002.
R. Boutaba. On Managing Virtual Private Networks. In IEEE
Canadian Review, Winter 2002, No. 39, pp. 19-22, 2002
R. Boutaba and J. Xiao, Network Management: State of the Art,
in Proceedings of IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC'02) TC6
Stream on Communication Systems: The State of the Art, pp.
127-146, 2002
R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi and B. Shihada, A Network Management
Viewpoint on Certification and Security, in Proceedings
of International Workshop on Certification and Security in
E-Services (CSES'02), held as part of the IFIP World Computer
Congress (WCC'02), pp. 17-45, 2002
R. Boutaba, S. Omari and A. Virk. SELFCON: An Architecture for
Self-Configuration of Networks. International Journal of
Communications and Networks (special issue on Management of
New Networking Infrastructure and Services), Vol.3(4). pp.
317-323. December 2001
Recipient of Best paper award of the International KIKS/
IEEE Journal of Communication Networks (Best paper of the
year 2001)
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis, COPS-PR with Meta-Policy Support , IETF Internet Draft, draft-boutaba-copsprmp-00.txt (24 pages). April 2001
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Projecting FCAPS to Active
Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference
of Enterprise Networking, Applications and Services
(EntNet@Supercomm'01), pp. 97-104. 2001.
S. Omari and R. Boutaba. Directory-based Self-Configurable
Network Elements. In Proceedings of the 5th IFIP International
Conference on Communication Systems (Africom'01), pp. 89-100,
2001.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and M. Kadoch. Java API for
Advanced Fault Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE
International Conference on Integrated Network Management
(IM'01), pp. 483-498, 2001.
R. Boutaba and A. Polyrakis. Towards Extensible Policy
Enforcement Points. In Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on
Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (Policy'01),
pp.247-261, 2001.
K. Boudaoud, H. Labiod, R. Boutaba and Z. Guessoum. Network
Security Management with Intelligent Agents. In Proceedings of
IFIP/IEEE International Network Operation and Management
Symposium (NOMS'00), pp. 579-792, 2000.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. A Framework for Alarm Correlation and Fault Diagnosis. In International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol. 2, N° 4, pp. 459-482, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. Directory Supported
Management with SNMPv3. In Proceedings of the International
Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications
(MATA'99), pp. 477-490, 1999.
S. Omari and R. Boutaba. Policy-based Control Agents for Boundary Routers in Differentiated Services IP. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM'99), pp. 121-132, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. SNMPv3 Configuration Policies. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'99), pp. 95-118, 1999.
A. Ghlamallah and R. Boutaba. Mobile Java Scripts based Middleware for Management-by-delegation. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'99), pp. 264-276, 1999.
S. Omari, R. Boutaba and O. Cherkaoui. Policies in
SNMPv3-Based Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE
International Conference on Integrated Network Management
(IM'99), pp. 797-811, 1999.
N. Agoulmine and R. Boutaba. Evolution of Telecommunication Management toward Distributed, Intelligent and Cost-effective Architectures. International Journal on Networking and Information Systems, Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol. 1, N° 4-5, pp. 433-468, 1998.
A. Ghlamallah and R. Boutaba. Implementing a Distributed
Web-based Management System in Java. In Proceedings of
SBT/IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS'98),
pp. 554-559, 1998.
R. Boutaba, K. El-Guemhioui and P. Dini. An Outlook to
Intranet Management, IEEE Communications Magazine (special
issue on Intranet Services and Communication Management), Vol.
35, No. 10, pp. 92-99, October 1997.
K. El-Guemhioui and R. Boutaba. Webifying Network Management. In Proceedings of International Conference on New Technologies for Distribution (NOTERE'97), pp. 257-268, 1997.
P. Dini, G. v. Bochmann and R. Boutaba. New Models for Applying Automatic Reconfiguration in Networks and Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of European Conference on Intelligent Management Systems in Operations (IMS'97), pp. 163-170, 1997.
P. Dini and R. Boutaba. Deriving Variable Polling Frequency Policies for Proactive Management in Networks and Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Integrated Network Management (IM'97), pp. 541-552, 1997.
R. Boutaba. Intelligent Management System for Fault Diagnostic in Cellular Telecommunication Networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'97), pp. 783-788, 1997.
M. Guiagoussou, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. Telecommunication Networks, Alarm Correlation and Fault Diagnosis: A Relation-based Approach. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'97), pp. 843-847, 1997.
R. Boutaba and K. Foughali. A Distributed Open Platform and its Federation for Tools Inter-working in Software Engineering Environments. International Journal on Integrated Computer Aided Engineering. J. Wiley & Sons, Vol.3, No.3, pp. 178-198, 1996.
P. Dini, R. Boutaba and G. v. Bochmann. Human & Automatic Policies in Concert: A Policy-Driven approach to Manage Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of IEEE-SMC International Computational Engineering in Systems Applications (CESA'96), pp. 426-431, 1996.
R. Boutaba and S. Znaty. An Architectural Approach for
Integrated Networks and Systems Management. ACM Computer
Communication Review, Vol.25, No. 5, pp. 13-39, 1995.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Programs and Files Allocation Algorithm for Large Scale Distributed Systems. In IFIP Transactions on Applications in Parallel and Distributed Computing, pp. 165-173, 1994.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. DOMAINS: An Object-oriented Platform for Distributed Systems Management. In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE 3rd Conference on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (MIPS'94), pp. 405-414, 1994.
R. Boutaba. A Methodology for Structuring Management of Networked Systems. In IFIP Transactions on Advanced Information Processing Techniques for LAN and MAN Management, pp. 225-242, 1994.
R. Boutaba, B. Folliot and P. Sens. Efficient Resource Management in Local Area Networks. In IFIP Transactions on Advanced Information Processing Techniques for LAN and MAN Management, pp. 101-114, 1994.
R. Boutaba. A Directory Based Approach for Meta-Configuration. In Proceedings of International Symposium on Telecommunication Networks Operation & Management (KTIS'93), pp. 46-52, 1993.
R. Boutaba, K. Foughali. Distributed Open Architecture for Tools Interworking. In Proceedings of European Forum for Open Systems, Technology for an Open World, pp.135-143, Sept. 1993.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Load Balancing in Local Area Networks. In IFIP Transactions on Computer Networks - Architecture and Application, pp. 67-78, 1993.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. A Framework for Distributed Systems Management. In IFIP Transactions on Computer Networks - Architecture and Application, pp. 287-298, 1993.
R. Boutaba and A. Benkiran. An Architecture for the Management of Distributed Systems; Application to Intelligent Networks. In Proceedings of 9th Conference on Intelligent Networks: Architecture, tools and applications (DNAC'92), pp. 248-269, 1992.
R. Boutaba. An Object Oriented Approach to Large Scale Distributed Systems Management. In International Workshop on Objects in Large Distributed Applications (held as part of ACM OOPSLA'92), pp. 63-69, 1992.
R. Boutaba and B. Folliot. Presentation of a Multicriteria Load Balancing. In International Workshop On Dynamic Object Placement and Load Balancing in Parallel and Distributed Systems (held as part of ECOOP'92), pp. 39-44, 1992.
B. St. Arnaud, A. Bjerring, O. Cherkaoui, R. Boutaba, M. Potts, W. Hong. Web services architecture for user control and management of optical Internet networks. In IEEE Proceedings, special issue on the future of the Internet.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle. Flow-based
Management For Energy Efficient Campus Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press.
Vol. 12 (4), pp. 565-579, December 2015.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Energy
Efficient Management Framework for Multihop TDMA-based
Wireless Networks. In Computer Networks Journal (COMNET).
Elsevier. Vol. 62, pp. 29-42, April 2014.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Online
Flow-based Energy Efficient Management in Wireless Mesh
Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference
(GLOBECOM). Atlanta, GA (USA), December 9–13, 2013.
A. Amokrane, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle. A Green
Framework for Energy Efficient Management in TDMA-based
Wireless Mesh Networks. The 8
th
IEEE/ACM/IFIP Conference on Network and Service Management
(CNSM). Las Vegas (USA). October 22- 26, 2012.
S. Waharte, A. Golynski and R. Boutaba. On the Complexity of
Routing in Wireless Multihop Network. In Proc. of IEEE
International Conference on Wireless Communications and Mobile
Computing (IWCMC). Lymassol (Cyprus), August 27-31, 2012.
N. Bouabdallah, B. Ishibashi, R. Boutaba. Performance of
Cognitive Radio-based Wireless Mesh Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press, Vol.
10(1), pp. 122-135, January 2011.
D.E. Meddour, A. Kortebi, R. Boutaba, Mesh-Based Broadband
Home Network Solution: Setup and Experiments. Proc. of the
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE
Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba,, G. Pujolle. Interferer
Link-Aware Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks. Proc. of the
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE
Press, pp. 1-6. Cape Town (South Africa), 23-27 May 2010.
R. Boutaba, S. Murphy, A. Banchs. Special issue on Wireless
Multi-Hop Networking for Infrastructure Access. In Computer
Networks (COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 54 (2), pp. 175-177,
February 2010.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. The Symbiosis of Cognitive Radio
and Wireless Mesh Networks. In "Guide to Wireless Mesh
Networks". S. Misra, S. Chandra and I. Woungang (editors).
Springer, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-84800-908-0. Pages 471-496.
2009.
S. Waharte, B. Ishibashi, R. Boutaba and D. Meddour. Design
and Performance Evaluation of IAR: Interference-Aware Routing
Metric for Wireless Mesh Networks. ACM Mobile Networks and
Applications (MONET). Springer Netherlands, Vol. 14(5), pp.
649-660, October 2009.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba and P. Anelli. Impact of Gateways
Placement on Clustering Algorithms in Wireless Mesh Networks.
In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-5. Dresden (Germany),
14-18 June 2009.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah, and R. Boutaba. Mobility-Aware
Clustering Algorithms with Interference Constraints in
Wireless Mesh Networks. In Computer Networks (COMNET).
Elsevier, Vol. 53(1), pp. 25-44, January 2009.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi, and D. Meddour,
Interference-Aware Routing Metric for Improved Load Balancing
in Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of ICC'08, Beijing,
China, May 2008.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, On the Probability of Finding
Non-interfering Paths in Wireless Multihop Networks, in
Proceedings of IFIP Networking 2008, Singapore, May 2008.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah, and R. Boutaba, QoS Performance
Analysis of Cognitive Radio-based Virtual Wireless Networks,
In Proceedings of Infocom 2008 Miniconference, April 2008.
S. Waharte, R. Boutaba, B. Ishibashi, and D. Meddour,
Performance Study of Wireless Mesh Networks Routing Metrics,
In Proceedings of the RRMinMesh Workshop (AICCSA-08), April
2008
S. Waharte, A. Farzan and R. Boutaba. Min-Max Congestion in
Interference-Prone Wireless Mesh Networks. In Proceedings of
the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
Glasgow (Scotland), IEEE Press, June 2007
B. Aoun, R. Boutaba and Y. Iraqi, Gateway Placement
Optimization in WMN with QoS Constraints, in IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on
Multi-hop Wireless Mesh Networks, Vol. 24 (11), pp. 2127-2136,
November 2006.
B. Aoun and R. Boutaba, Max-Min Fair Capacity of Wireless Mesh
Networks, in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International
Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS),
Vancouver, Canada, October 2006.
B. Aoun, Y. Iraqi, and R. Boutaba, A Closer Look at the
Capacity of Wireless Mesh Networks
, in Proceedings of
the fifth Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Conference
(MedHoc Net), Sicily, Italy, June 2006.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Totally Disjoint Multipath Routing
in Multihop Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC 2006),
Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
B. Aoun, R. Boutaba, Analysis of Capacity Improvements in
Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks, in Proceedings of the 63rd
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Melbourne,
Australia, May 2006.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. Topology and Mobility
Considerations in Mobile Ad hoc Networks, in Ad hoc Networks
Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 762-776, November 2005.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Tree-Based Wireless Mesh Networks:
Topology Analysis, in Proceedings of the First International
Workshop on Wireless Mesh Networks (MeshNets), Budapest,
Hungary, July 2005.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba. Forward Focus: Using Routing
Information to Improve Medium Access Control in Ad hoc
Networks. In the International Journal on Wireless
Communication and Mobile Computing, Special issue on Medium
Access Control Protocols for Wireless ad hoc Networks, 2004.
B. Ishibashi and R. Boutaba, Forward Focus: Medium Access
Control for Ad hoc Networks. In Proceedings of the 3rd
Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-hoc-Net 2004),
Bodrum, Turkey, June 2004.
R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi and B. Ishibashi, Policy Based Routing in Ad Hoc Networks, in Proceedings of the First Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-hoc-Net'02), 2002
F. Bouabdallah, C. Zidi, R. Boutaba, A. Mehaoua. Collision
Avoidance Energy Efficient Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for
UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on
Mobile Computing. IEEE Press, Vol. 18(10), pp. 2298 - 2314,
October 2019.
C. Zidi, F. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba, A. Mehaoua. MC-UWMAC: A
Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for UnderWater Sensor Networks.
International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile
Communications (WINCOM). Rabat, Morocco, November 1-4, 2017.
C. Zaidi, F. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba and A. Mehaoua. Toward
Avoiding Energy Holes in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks.
The 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile
Computing Conference (IWCMC). Valencia, Spain. June 26-30,
2017.
F. Bouabdallah, C. Zidi, and R. Boutaba. Joint Routing and
Energy Management in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Network and Service Management. IEEE Press,
Vol. 14(2), pp. 456-471, June 2017.
C. Zidi, F. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Routing Design
Avoiding Energy Holes in UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks.
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal (WCMC).
Vol. 16(14), pp. 2035-2051, February 2016.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Efficient
Reporting Node Selection-Based MAC Protocol for Wireless
Sensor Networks. Wireless Networks, Springer. Vol. 19(3), pp.
373–391, April 2013.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Reliable and
Energy Efficient Cooperative Detection in Wireless Sensor
Networks. Computer Communications Journal. Elsevier. Vol.
36(5), pp. 520-532, March 2013.
H. Saleet, S. Naik, R. Langar, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, and V.
Srivastava. Performance Modeling of Routing Dependability in
Home Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications Conference
(GLOBECOM). Houston (USA), December 5–9, 2011.
F. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. A Distributed OFDMA Medium
Access Control for Underwater Acoustic Sensors Networks. the
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
(ICC). Kyoto (Japan), June 5-9, 2011.
M. Young and R. Boutaba. Overcoming Adversaries in Sensor
Networks: A Survey of Theoretical Models and Algorithmic
Approaches for Tolerating Malicious Interference. In IEEE
Communications Surveys & Tutorials. IEEE Press. Vol.
13(4), pp. 617-641, December 2011.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. On Balancing
Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE
Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press, Vol.
58(6), pp. 2909-2924, July 2009.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Cross-Layer
Design for Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Networks. In
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June
2009.
E. Gurses, Y. Lin and R. Boutaba. Distributed Quality-Lifetime
Maximization in Wireless Video Sensor Networks. In Proc. of
the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Load-Balanced
Routing Scheme for Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks.
In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans (USA), November
30 - December 4, 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Towards
Reliable and Efficient Reporting in Wireless Sensor Networks.
In IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC). IEEE Press,
7(8): 978-994, August 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Energy
Conservation in Reliable Wireless Sensor. In Proc. of the IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC), IEEE Press,
pp. 2404 – 2408, Beijing (China), 19-23 May 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. The
Relationship Between Sensor Networks Performance and the
Number of Reporting Nodes. In Proc. of IEEE Wireless
Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), IEEE Press,
pp. 2361 – 2366. Las Vegas, NV (USA), 31 March – 3 April,
2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Analysis of the
Latency-Lifetime Tradeoff in Wireless Sensor Networks. In
Proc. of the IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer
Systems and Applications (AICCSA) - Workshop on Radio Resource
Management in Wireless Mesh Networks, IEEE Press, pp.
1076-1081, Doha (Qatar), March 31 - April 4, 2008.
S. Waharte, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba. Sensor-based Architecture
for QoS Provisioning and Fast Handoff Management in WLANs. In
Annals of Telecommunications. Springer, 63(3-4): 137-148,
April 2008.
F. Bouabdallah, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. Analysis of the
impact of the number of reporting nodes on the sensor networks
lifetime. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference
on Global Communications (GLOBECOM), Washington DC (USA), IEEE
Press, 26-30 November 2007
B. Aoun and R. Boutaba, Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks
with Latency and Energy Consumption Constraints, in the
Journal of Network and Systems Management, Volume 14:3 -
Springer, 2006.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba. Dynamic cell-based MAC protocol for
target detection applications in wireless sensor networks. In
the Journal of Computer Communications (COMCOM), Elsevier
Science, Volume 29, Issue 4 , pp. 429-436, February
2006.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba. Sensor-based Architecture for
Quality-of-Service Support in WLANs. In Proceedings of the
IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network
Management (IM'2005) Poster Session, May 2005.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Performance Comparison of
Distributed Frequency Assignment Algorithms for Wireless
Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the IFIP International
Conference on Network Control and Engineering (Net-Con'2004),
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, November 2004.
S. Waharte and R. Boutaba, Dynamic cell-based MAC protocol for
target detection applications in wireless sensor networks. In
Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the
Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'04), San
Diego, California, USA, October 2004.
Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award.
S. Waharte, K. Ritzenthaler and R. Boutaba, Selective Active
Scanning for Fast Handoff in WLAN using Sensor Networks. In
Proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on
Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (MWCN 2004), Paris,
France, October 2004.
S. Waharte, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, Overlay Wireless
Sensor Networks for Application-Adaptive Scheduling in WLAN,
in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on
High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC'04),
June 2004.
S. Waharte, J. Xiao and R. Boutaba, Overlay Wireless
Sensor Networks for Application-Adaptive Scheduling in WLAN,
in Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on
High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC'04),
June 2004.
M. L. M. Peixoto, E. Mota, A. H. O. Maia, W. Lobato, M. A.
Salahuddin, R. Boutaba, L. A. Villas. FogJam: A Fog Service
for Detecting Traffic Congestion in a Continuous Data Stream
VANET. Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks. Vol. 140, Article 103046,
March 2023.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, S. Naik, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, N. Goel.
Intersection-based Geographical Routing Protocol for VANETs: a
Proposal and Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology (TVT). IEEE Press. Vol. 60(9), pp. 4560-4574,
November 2011.
H. Saleet, O. Basir, R. Langar, R. Boutaba. Region-Based
Location-Service-Management Protocol for VANETs. IEEE
Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT). IEEE Press, Vol.
59(2), pp. 917-931, February 2010.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, S. Naik, R. Boutaba, A. Nayak, and N.
Goel. QoS Support in Delay Tolerant Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks.
In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, Miami (USA), 6-10 December, 2010.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. Adaptive
Message Routing with QoS support in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks.
In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference
(GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6, Honolulu (USA), November 30 –
December 4, 2009.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. A Distributed
Approach for Location Lookup in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks. In
Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), IEEE Press, pp. 1-6 Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
H. Saleet, R. Langar, O. Basir, and R. Boutaba. Proposal and
Analysis of Region-Based Location Service Management Protocol
for VANETs. In Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications
Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE Press, pp. 1 – 6, New Orleans
(USA), November 30 - December 4, 2008.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah, and R. Boutaba, QoS Performance
Analysis of Cognitive Radio-based Virtual Wireless Networks,
In Proceedings of Infocom 2008 Miniconference, April 2008.
M. Rouili, N. Saha, M. Golkarifard, M. Zangooei, R. Boutaba, E. Onur and R. Saleh. Evaluating
Open-Source 5G SA Testbeds: Unveiling
Performance Disparities in RAN Scenarios. IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management
Symposium (NOMS). Seoul, South Korea, May 6-10, 2024.
B. Acir, E. Onur, R. Boutaba. Privacy-Preserving User Abnormal Behavior Detection in 5G Networks. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2023. Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-7, 2023.
J. Ky, B. Mathieu, A. Lahmadi and R. Boutaba. Characterization and troubleshooting of cloud gaming applications on mobile networks. Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference 2022 (TMA '22), Enschede, The Netherlands, June 27-28, 2022. Recipient of the Best Poster Award.
N. Saha, A. James, N. Shahriar, R. Boutaba, A. Saleh.
Demonstrating Network Slice KPI Monitoring in a 5G Testbed.
IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS).
Budapest, Hungary, April 25-29, 2022.
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Block
Negative Acknowledgement Protocol for Reliable Multicast in
IEEE 802.11. Journal of Network and Computer Applications.
Elsevier, Vol. 75, pp. 32-46, November 2016
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. Performance
and Scalability Evaluation of IEEE 802.11v/aa Multicast
Transport. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Vol.
16(14), pp. 1987-2000, October 2016.
R. Langar, S. Secci, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle. An Operations
Research Game Approach for Resource and Power Allocation in
Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In IEEE Transactions on Mobile
Computing. IEEE Press. Vol. 14(4), pp. 675-687, April 2015.
Y. Daldoul, D-E. Meddour, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba. Impact of
Device Unavailability on the Reliability of Multicast
Transport in IEEE 802.11 Networks. Computer Network. Elsevier.
Vol. 79, pp. 236-246, March 2015.
J. Li, J. Xiao, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. FSM-based Wi-Fi Power
Estimation Method for Smart Devices. In IFIP/IEEE Integrated
Network Management Symposium (IM). Ottawa (Canada), May 11-15,
2015.
J. Li, J. Xiao, H. Azzouz, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. PowerGuide:
Accurate Wi-Fi Power Estimator for Smartphones. The 16th
Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium
(APNOMS). Taiwan, September 17-19, 2014.
A. Hatoum, R. Langar, N. Aitsaadi, R. Boutaba, G. Pujolle.
Cluster-based Resource Management in OFDMA Femtocell Networks
with QoS Guarantees. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
(TVT). IEEE Press. Vol. 63(5), pp. 2378-2391, June 2014.
M. Hkimi, R. Langar, S. Secci, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle.
Demands Rescaling for Resource and Power Allocation in
Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE International
Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Budapest
(Hungary), June 9-13, 2013.
J. Li, J. Xiao, J. W-K Hong and R. Boutaba. Energy Efficient
Wi-Fi Management for Smart Devices. 4th International
Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering, Korea Telecom
Advanced Institute of Technology. Soul (Korea), July 12-13,
2012.
Best Poster Award.
J. Li, J. Xiao, J. W-K. Hong and R. Boutaba.
Application-Centric Wi-Fi Energy Management on Smart Phone.
The 14th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management
Symposium (APNOMS). Seoul (Korea), September 25-27, 2012.
S. Hoteit, S. Secci, R. Langar, G. Pujolle and R. Boutaba. A
Bankruptcy Game Approach for Resource Allocation in
Cooperative Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE Global
Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). Anaheim, California
(USA), December 3–7, 2012.
A. Hatoum, N. Aitsaadi, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle.
QoS-based Power Control and Resource Allocation in OFDMA
Femtocell Networks. In the IEEE Global Communications
Conference (GLOBECOM). Anaheim, California (USA), December
3–7, 2012.
D. Meddour, A. Abdallah, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. A Cross
Layer Architecture for Multicast and Unicast Video
Transmission in Mobile Broadband Networks. Journal of Network
and Computer Applications. Elsevier. Vol. 35(5), pp.
1377–1391, September 2012.
A. Hatoum, N. Aitsaadi, R. Langar, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle.
FCRA: Femtocell Clusterbased Resource Allocation Scheme for
OFDMA Networks. In the Proc. of the IEEE International
Conference on Computer Communications (ICC). Kyoto (Japan),
June 5-9, 2011.
B. Ishibashi, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. QoS Capacity of
Virtual Wireless Networks. Computer Networks (COMNET).
Elsevier. (32 pages). 2011.
R. Langar, R. N. Bouabdallah, R. Boutaba, and B. Sericola.
Proposal and analysis of adaptive mobility management in
IP-based mobile networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications. IEEE Press, Vol. 8(7), pp. 3608-3619, July
2009.
R. Langar, N. Bouabdallah and R. Boutaba. A Comprehensive
Analysis of Mobility Management in MPLS-Based Wireless Access
Networks. In IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON). IEEE
Press 16(4): 918-931, August 2008.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Towards all-IP wireless networks:
architectures and resource management mechanism. In Int.
Journal on Wireless and Mobile Computing. Inderscience
Publishers, Vol. 2(4), pp. 263-274, December 2007.
M. Ghaderi, R. Boutaba and G. Kenward. Joint call and packet
QoS in cellular packet networks. In Computer Networks
(COMNET). Elsevier, Vol. 51 (4), pp. 1060-1071, March 2007.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Call Admission Control for
Voice/Data Integration in Broadband Wireless Networks. In the
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp.
193-207, March 2006.
J. Capka and R. Boutaba. A Mobility Management Tool - The
Realistic Mobility Model. In proceedings of IEEE International
Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and
Communications (WiMob'05).Montreal, Canada, August 2005.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Handoff and Call Dropping
Probabilities in Wireless Cellular Networks, in Proceedings of
the First International Symposium on Wireless
Quality-of-Service (WiQoS'05) in IEEE WirelessCom 2005
Conference, June 13-16, 2005.
Majid Ghaderi, Raouf Boutaba and Gary W. Kenward. Stochastic
Admission Control for Quality of Service in Wireless Packet
Networks, in Proceedings of the 4th IFIP Networking Conference
(Networking'2005), Waterloo, Canada, May 2005.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, Weight Allocation in Distributed
Admission Control for Wireless Networks, In the International
Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol. 28,
No. 2, pp. 199-214, 2005.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba. Call Admission Control in Mobile
Cellular Networks: A Comprehensive Survey. In Press.
International Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile
Computing. John Wiley, 2004.
J. Capka and R. Boutaba, Mobility Prediction in Wireless
Networks using Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the
IFIP/IEEE international Conference on the Management of
Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'04), San Diego,
California, USA, October 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Data Service Performance Analysis
in GPRS Systems. In Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International
Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
(PIMRC'2004), Barcelona, Spain, September 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, The Impact of User Mobility on Data
Service Performance in GPRS Systems. In Proceedings of the
22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC'2004),
Kingston, Canada, June 2004.
M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Call Admission Control for
Voice/Data Integration in Broadband Wireless Networks, in
Proceedings of the 3rd IFIP Networking Conference
(Networking'2004), Athens, Greece, May 2004.
Y. Iraqi, M. Ghaderi and R. Boutaba, Enabling Real-Time All-IP
Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless
Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2004.
M. Ghaderi, J. Capka and R. Boutaba, Prediction-Based
Admission Control for DiffServ Wireless Internet, in
Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'03),
Orlando (USA), October 2003.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba, The Degree of Participation Concept
in Ad Hoc Networks, in the IEEE Symposium on Computers
and Communications (ISCC'03), Antalya, Turkey, 2003.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Supporting MPEG Video VBR Traffic in
Wireless Networks. International Computer Communications
Journal, Elsevier Science, Vol. 24 (12), pp. 1188-1201, 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Is It Worth Involving Several
Cooperating Agents for Multimedia User's Admission in Cellular
Networks? In Proceedings of IFIP/IEEE International Conference
on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services
(MMNS'01), pp. 57-70. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Performance Evaluation of a
Distributed Call Admission Control for QoS-Sensitive Wireless
Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Symposium on
Computers and Communications (ISCC'01), pp. 540 –545. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. When is it worth involving several
cells in the Call Admission Control process for Multimedia
Cellular Networks? In Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC'01), 336 –340. 2001.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. The Impact of Prediction on the
Performance of a Distributed Call Admission Control for
Multimedia Mobile Networks. In Proceedings of IEEE
International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and
Beyond (3Gwireless'01). 2001 (6 manuscript pages).
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Resource Management Issues in Future
Wireless Multimedia Networks. International Journal of High
Speed Networking (special issue on the Management of
Multimedia Networking), Vol.9, No.3-4, pp. 231-260, 2000.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. QoS Control in
Wireless ATM Networks. International Journal on Mobile
Networks and Applications, ACM/Baltzer, Vol.5, N° 2, pp.
137-145, 2000.
H. Labiod and R. Boutaba. Performance Evaluation of Block Error Correcting Codes for High Speed Wireless Communication Links. International Journal on Interoperable Communication Networks (special issue on QOS Management in Multimedia Networks), Baltzer Science, Vol.2, N° 4, pp. 171-187, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Multi-Agent System for Resource
Management in Wireless Mobile Multimedia Networks. In
Proceedings of the 11th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on
Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM'00),
pp. 218- 229, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. An Adaptive Distributed Call
Admission Control for QoS-Sensitive Wireless Mobile Networks.
In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Wireless
Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC'00), pp.
449-453, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Novel Distributed Call Admission
Control for Wireless Mobile Multimedia Networks. In
Proceedings of ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile
Multimedia (WoWMoM'00), pp.21-27, 2000.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. QoS Control in WATM. In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Mobile ATM Implementations (wmATM'99), pp. 201-211, 1999.
A. Bradai, T. Ahmed, R. Boutaba and R. Ahmed. Efficient
Content Delivery Scheme for Layered Video Streaming in
Large-Scale Networks. In Journal of Network and Computer
Applications. Elsevier. Vol. 45, pp. 1–14, July 2014.
S. Medjiah, T. Ahmed and R. Boutaba. Avoiding Quality
Bottlenecks in P2P Adaptive Streaming. In IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE Press, Vol
32(4), pp. 734-745, April 2014
Y. Huang, J. Xiao, J. W-K. Hong, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba.
Event-based Estimation of User Experience for Network Video
Streaming. The 14th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and
Management Symposium (APNOMS). Seoul (Korea), September 25-27,
2012.
A. Kwon, J. Xiao, S. Seo, J. Hong and R. Boutaba. The Effect
of Network Performance on Perceived Video Quality and User
Experience in H.264/AVC. 13th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and
Management Symposium (NOMS 2012), Maui, Hawaii (USA), April
16-20, 2012. Mini-conference.
A. Abdallah, D-E. Meddour, A. Toufik, R. Boutaba. Cross
layer optimization architecture for video streaming in WIMAX
networks . In Proc. of the IEEE Symposium on Computer
Communications (ISCC). IEEE Press, pp. 8-13. Riccione (Italy),
June 22-25, 2010.
E. Gurses, Y. Lin and R. Boutaba. Distributed Quality-Lifetime
Maximization in Wireless Video Sensor Networks. In Proc. of
the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),
IEEE Press, pp. 1-6. Dresden (Germany), 14-18 June 2009.
I. Jama, T. Ahmed, H. Nafaa and R. Boutaba. Meet In the Middle
Cross-Layer Adaptation for Audiovisual Content Delivery. In
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia (TMM), IEEE Press, 10 (1):
105‐120, January 2008.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, Y. Iraqi, IP Video Streaming
With Fine-Grained TCP-Friendly Rate Adaptation, in IFIP/IEEE
International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks
and Services (MMNS'03), Northern Ireland, September 2003.
Recipient of the Best Paper Award.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, A. Nafaa and R. Boutaba, Dynamic QoS Management for Video Flows over IP DiffServ Networks. In Proceedings of International Conference on Networks and Services Management (GRES'03), 2003.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba, Interworking Between SIP and
MPEG-4 DMIF for Heterogeneous IP VideoConferencing, in
proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC'02), Vol. 4, pp. 2469-2473, 2002.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. A Cooperative QoS Control Framework
For Streaming Video Applications. In Proceedings of IEEE
International Conference on Global Communications
(GLOBECOM'01), pp. 2470-2474, 2001.
T. Ahmed, A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba, Interworking Between SIP and MPEG-4 DMIF , IETF Internet Draft, draft-ahmed-dmif-sip-00.txt (16 Pages). September 2001
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. A Multi-Agent System for Resource
Management in Wireless Mobile Multimedia Networks. In
Proceedings of the 11th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on
Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM'00),
pp. 218- 229, 2000.
Y. Iraqi and R. Boutaba. Resource Management Issues in Future
Wireless Multimedia Networks. International Journal of High
Speed Networking (special issue on the Management of
Multimedia Networking), Vol.9, No.3-4, pp. 231-260, 2000.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. MPEG Video Transmission over Broadband ISDN. International Journal on Parallel Computers (special issue on Telecommunications Services Engineering), Oxford-Hermes Science, Vol.12, No. 2, pp. 211-258, 2000.
A. Mehaoua and Raouf Boutaba. Load Balancing of Hierarchical MPEG2 Video Streams over VBR-RT and ABR Services. International Journal on Interoperable Communication Networks (special issue on QOS Management in Multimedia Networks), Baltzer Science, Vol. 2(4), pp. 225-242, 2000.
Y. Iraqi, R. Boutaba and A. Leon-Garcia. QoS Control in
Wireless ATM Networks. International Journal on Mobile
Networks and Applications, ACM/Baltzer, Vol.5, N° 2, pp.
137-145, 2000.
N. Red, R. Boutaba, Y. Rasheed and A. Leon-Garcia. Distributed Video Production: Tasks, Architecture and QoS Provisioning. In Proceedings of International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM'99), pp. 299-321, 1999.
R. Boutaba and A. Hafid. A Generic Platform for Scalable
Access to Multimedia-on-Demand Systems. IEEE Journal on
Selected Areas in Communications (special Issue on Service
Enabling Platforms for Networked Multimedia Systems),
Vol. 17, N° 9, pp. 1599-1613, 1999.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Performance Analysis of Cell
discarding techniques for best effort video communications
over ATM Networks. International Journal on Computer Networks
and ISDN Systems, Elsevier Science, Vol. 29, no. 17-18, pp.
1999-2019, 1998.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. A hybrid VBR/ABR Service for
Layered Video Communications: A Simulation-based Analysis. In
Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Broadband
Switching System (BSS'97), pp. 88-95, 1997.
A. Mehaoua, R. Boutaba and G. Pujolle. Proposal of an extended
AAL5 for VBR MPEG-2 over ATM. In Proceedings of IEEE
International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems
(MCS'97), pp. 618 –619, 1997.
A.Hafid, P.Dini, M.Hafid and R.Boutaba. A Scalable Video-on-Demand System: Architecture and Implementation. In Proceedings of IFIP 13th International Conference for Computer Communications (ICCC'97), pp. 281-289, 1997.
A. Mehaoua and R. Boutaba. Performance Analysis of a Partial Slice-based Discard Scheme for MPEG Video over UBR+ Service. In Proceedings of 13th IFIP International Conference for Computer Communications (ICCC'97), pp. 177-184, 1997.
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