Research Group Telecommunications Networks

The following provides brief information about some of the current research projects which use OPNET:

Title: Enhancement of LTE and WiMAX standards for Smart Grid communications

The concept of the Smart Grid has arisen as a result of deregulation in the electricity industry, environmental concerns and the advent of new technology such as distributed generation. It is now more important than ever to deploy advanced communications infrastructures in the transmission and distribution networks for the purposes of data acquisition (e.g. smart meter readings), monitoring, control and protection. This project addresses enhancements to LTE and WiMAX, which were designed for human communication, to efficiently and reliably transport data from typical Smart Grid traffic sources. In particular, new base station resource scheduling algorithms are being evaluated to optimise performance in a Smart Grid. This is facilitated using the extensible framework of the built in OPNET LTE and WiMAX models.

Title: Development of MAC and network layer protocols for a swarm of Autonomous

Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for search and monitoring applications
The aim of this work is to develop MAC and network layer protocol for a swarm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUVs) for search and monitoring applications. Biomimicy of swarm behaviours is used to determine the requirements of the communication protocols and the acoustic physical layer, which is typically used in underwater communications, sets the limitations in terms of latency and bandwidths. Thus delay-tolerant time-critical protocols are needed for this mobile sensor network. An OPNET simulation model is being employed to model the acoustic physical layer and to develop the MAC and network layer protocols.

Title: Development of a VANET based communication architecture for future traffic management systems

Vehicular Ad hoc networks (VANETs) will be one of the key components of the future traffic management systems. Safety and user convenience, collision avoidance, accident minimization, improved traffic flow etc. are the key performance criteria of a road traffic management system. To develop a successful road traffic management system, an efficient information dissemination model is required which can ensure quick and reliable sharing of information between vehicles, and between vehicles and the infrastructure. In this project, we aim to develop an efficient information dissemination model using a VANET architecture which will enable reliable sharing of road traffic information among various entities. The project will develop an adaptive VANET architecture and protocol that can support various classes of traffic with different QoS requirements. An OPNET simulation model is being employed to evaluate various dissemination models and compare them against other models found in the literature.

Title: Wireless mesh network architecture for Smart Grid communications

The aim of this research project is to develop an IEEE 802.11s base mesh network to provide last mile connectivity to smart grid devices in a Field Area Network (FAN) or Neighborhood Area Network (NAN). The project aims at developing a low cost WLAN based mesh network that supports all QoS requirements of a FAN.

Title: Dual radio heterogeneous wireless mesh network architecture for microgrid connectivity

The aim of this research project is to develop a mesh network architecture for microgrid connectivity and control. The demand response management in a microgrid environment is different from grid feed systems. This project will develop an adaptive dual radio based mesh network architecture to support dynamic applications in a microgrid environment.

Title: LTE/LTE-A based heterogeneous network architecture

Several projects are currently underway to develop future heterogeneous network architectures to support a multiservice QoS architecture in the M2M communications domain. Some projects are also investigating development of energy optimised hetnet architectures for M2M communications.

ELEC3500 - Telecommunications Networks

OPNET package is used to support the laboratory of the telecommunications networks course. This course is offered to undergraduate students of Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Photonics and other engineering students. The OPNET package is used to study basic networking techniques such as statistical multiplexing techniques, queuing techniques, local area networking techniques, etc. Students use OPNET simulation models to study various aspects of above techniques.

ELEC4840 - Final Year Project

In this course undergraduate students undertake their research work. Some of the undergraduate students use the OPNET simulation package to develop their simulation models to study various engineering system. Some of the recent study involving the package includes performance analysis of Body Area Networks, performance analysis of Zigbee network, performance analysis of WiMAX and WLAN networks.

1. M. Yuce and J. Y. Khan (editors), "Wireless Body Area Networks: Technology, Implementation and Applications", Pan Standford Publishing, Singapore, Pan Standford Publishing, ISBN: 978-981-4316-71-2, Singapore/USA, 2012.

1. J. Y. Khan and X. Yan, "HSDPA Radio Access Network Design", Chapter 7, HSDPA/HSUPA Handbook, Editors: Borko Furht and Syed A. Ahson, CRC Press, USA, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7863-3, 233-270, 2011.
2. J. Y. Khan and M. R. Yuce, "Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) for Medical Applications", New Developments in Biomedical Engineering, Intech publishing, Croatia, ISBN 978-953-7619-57-2, 591-628, 2010.
3. G. E. Burrowes and J. Y. Khan, "Short-range underwater acoustic communication networks", Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Intech, Rijeka, 173-198, 2011.
4. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "A Generalised Radio Resource Management Architecture for Future Wireless Networks", Network Quality of Service, Nova Publishing, ISBN 978-1-61470-202-3, USA, 47-81, 2012.
5. M. Yuce and J. Y. Khan, "Introduction to Wireless Body Area Networks" Wireless Body Area Networks: Technology, Implementation and Applications, Pan Standford Publishing, Singapore/USA, ISBN: 978-981-4316-71-2, 1-17, 2012.
6. J. Y. Khan, "Network and Wireless Protocol Design Techniques for WBANs", Wireless Body Area Networks: Technology, Implementation and Applications, Pan Standford Publishing, Singapore/USA, ISBN: 978-981-4316-71-2, 259-294, 2012.
7. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "Cognitive Cooperation in Wireless Networks", Cognitive Radio and Interference Management: Technology and Strategy, IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-4666-2005-6, USA, 196-223, 2012.

1. P. Das and J. Y. Khan, "QoS Aware Resource Management for a WCDMA Uplink", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol:55, no:5, September 2006, pp. 1565-1581.
2. M. R. Yuce, S. W. P. Ng, N. L. Myo, J Y. Khan, W. Liu, "Wireless Body Sensor Network Using Medical Implant Band", Journal of Medical Systems (2007) 31:467-474, Springer Netherlands.
3. M.R Yuce, P. C.Ng and J. Y. Khan, "Monitoring of physiological parameters from multiple patients using wireless sensor network", Journal of Medical Systems (2008) 32:433-441, Springer Netherlands.
4. J. Wall and J.Y. Khan, "Enhanced Multimedia Transmission Using Adaptive Packet Bursting for Wireless LANs", Computer Communications, 32(11), pp. 1271-1280, Elsevier, 2009.
5. E. H. Ong and J.Y. Khan, "Cooperative Radio Resource Management Framework for Future IP-Based Multiple Radio Access Technologies Environment" Computer Networks, 54 (7), 1083-1107, Elsevier, 2010.
6. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "On Optimal Network Selection in a Dynamic Multi-RAT Environment", IEEE Communications Letters, 14(3), 217-219, 2010.
7. M. A. Javed and J. Y. Khan, "An efficient data dissemination scheme for warning messages in vehicular ad hoc networks", International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies, IGI Publishing, 1 55-72, 2011.
8. J. Y. Khan, M. R. Yuce, G. Bulger and B. Harding, "Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) Design Techniques and Performance Evaluation", Journal of Medical Systems, 36(3), Springer Netherlands, 1441-1457, 2012.
9. E. H. Ong, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "Radio Resource Management of Composite Wireless Networks: Predictive and Reactive Approaches", IEEE Trans. On Mobile Computing, 11(5), IEEE, USA, 807-820, 2012.
10. A. Asheralieva, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "Performance of LTE Networks for VoIP Users", International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, 7(1), Inderscience Publisher, USA, 3-14, 2012.

1. G. Platt and J. Y. Khan, "Service Multiplexing Over the TDMA Air Interface Using the FLO Concept", Proc. of the IEEE 16th Annual Int. Symposium of PIMRC, 10-14 September 2005, Berlin, Germany.
2. G. Platt and J. Y. Khan, "An Enhanced MAC Packet Scheduler for Next Generation Wireless IP Networks", Proc. of the First International Conference on Next-Generation Wireless Systems 2006, 2 - 4 January 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. J. Wall and J. Y. Khan, "Adaptive Multimedia Packet Transmission for Broadband IEEE802.11 Wireless LANs", Proc. of the IEEE 17th Annual Int. Symposium of PIMRC, 10-14 September 2006, Helsinki, Finland.
4. X. Yan, J. Y. Khan and B. Jones, "Performance Evaluation of the UTRAN Transport Network for the High Speed Downlink Packet Access", Proc. of the Australian Telecommunications and Networks Conference, 4-6 December, 2006, Melbourne, Australia.
5. J. Y. Khan, Daniel. F. Hall and Peter Turner, "Development of a Wireless Sensor Network System for a Power Constrained Applications", Proc. of the IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Singapore, December 4-7, 2006.
6. J. Wall and J. Khan, "Towards Optimal Multimedia Packet Bursting for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs", Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 11-15 March, 2007, Hong Kong.
7. M. R. Yuce, S. W. P. Ng , N. L. Myo , C.K. Lee, J.Y. Khan and W.Liu, "A MICS Band Wireless Body Sensor Network", Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 11-15 March, 2007, Hong Kong.
8. X. Yan, J. Y. Khan and B. Jones, "An Adaptive Resource Management Technique for a HSDPA Network", Proc. of the IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN), 2-4 July 2007, Singapore.
9. M. R. Yuce, P. C. Ng, C. K. Lee, J. Y. Khan and L. Wentai, "A Wireless Medical Monitoring Over a Heterogeneous Sensor Network", Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) 2007, 22-26 August, 2007, pp: 5894-5898, Lyon, France.
10. X. Yan, J. Y. Khan and B. Jones, "An Adaptive Radio Access Network Resource Management Technique for a HSDPA Network", Proc. of the 18th Annual IEEE Int. Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 3-7 September 2007, Athens, Greece.
11. X. Yan, J. Y. Khan and B. Jones, "Study of Interdependency Between the HSDPA Air Interface and the Radio Access Network", Proc. of the 18th Annual IEEE Int. Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 3-7 September 2007, Athens, Greece.
12. X. Yan, J. Y. Khan and B. Jones, "Impact of a Radio Access Network Capacity on the HSDPA Link Performance", Proc. of the 2007 IEEE 66th Vehicular Technology Conference, 30 September to 03 October, 2007, Baltimore, USA.
13. E. H. Ong and J. Y.Khan, "Dynamic Access Network Selection with QoS Parameters Estimation: A Step Closer to ABC", Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2008, 11-14 May 2008, pp. 2671-2676, Singapore.
14. A. Chaudhry and J. Y. Khan, "A Group Based Point-To-Multipoint MBMS Algorithm over the HSDPA Network", Proc. 19th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Efficiency Workshop, 15-18 September 2008, Cannes, France.
15. J. Y. Khan and M. R. Yuce, "Performance Evaluation of a Wireless Body Area Sensor Network for Remote Patient Monitoring", Proc. 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, August 20-24, 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
16. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "QoS Provisioning for VoIP over Wireless Local Area Networks", Proc. 11th IEEE International Conference on Communications Systems, 19-21 November 2008, Guangzhou, China.
17. E. H. Ong and J.Y. Khan, "A Unified QoS-Inspired Load Optimisation Framework for Multiple Access Points Based Wireless LANs", Proc. of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 5-8 April 2009, Budapest Hungary.
18. G. Burrowes and J. Y. Khan, "Adaptive Token Polling MAC Protocol for Wireless Underwater Networks", Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing, 11-13th February 2009, Melbourne, Australia.
19. A. Chaudhry and J. Y. Khan, "An Efficient MBMS Content Delivery Scheme over the HSDPA Network", Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing, 11-13th February 2009, Melbourne, Australia.
20. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "An Integrated Load Balancing Scheme for Future Wireless Networks", Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Wireless and Pervasive Computing, 11-13th February 2009, Melbourne, Australia.
21. J. Wall and J. Y. Khan, "Dynamic Slot Time Adaptation for Improved Efficiency in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs", Proc. of the IWCMC 2009 Wireless LANs and Wireless PANs Symposium, June 21-24, 2009, Leipzig, Germany, pp. 785- 789.
22. A. Chaudhry and J. Y. Khan, "Impact of Variable Network Load on Group Based Video Multicast Scheme over the HSDPA Network", Proc. of the 20th IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium 2009, September 13-16, 2009 Tokyo, Japan.
23. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "Distributed Radio Resource Usage Optimisation of WLANs based on IEEE 1900.4 Architecture", Proc. of the 2nd IFIP Wireless Days 2009, 15-17 December 2009, Paris, France.
24. E. H. Ong and J. Y. Khan, "On Load Adaptation for Multirate Multi-AP Multimedia WLAN-Based Cognitive Networks", Proc. of the 2nd IFIP Wireless Days 2009, 15-17 December 2009, Paris, France.
25. E. H. Ong, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "Comparative Performance Analysis of Dynamic Load Distribution Algorithms in a Multi-AP Wireless Network", Proc. of the IEEE Indicon2009, 18-20 December 2009, Gandhinagar, India.
26. E. H. Ong, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "On Dynamic Load Distribution Algorithms for Multi-AP WLAN Under Diverse Conditions", Proc. of the IEEE WCNC 2010, April 18-21, 2010, Sydney.
27. J. Y. Khan, M. R. Yuce and B. Harding, "Battery Life Cycle and Transmission Power Profile of a Wireless Body Area Network with Implanted Nodes", Proc. of the 4th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, 22-25 March, 2010, Taipei Taiwan.
28. G. D. Castellanos and J. Y. Khan, "Performance of WiMAX Packet Schedulers for Multi-Class Traffic", Proc. of IEEE Latincom 2010, Sept. 15-17, Bogota, Colombia.
29. E. H. Ong, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "A Simple Model for Non-homogeneous and Non-saturated IEEE 802.11 DCF Infrastructure BSS", Proc. of the IEEE ICCS 2010, Nov 17-20, Singapore.
30. Alia Asheralieva, Jamil Y. Khan, Kaushik Mahata and Eng Hwee Ong, "A Predictive Network Resource Allocation Technique for Cognitive Wireless Networks", Proc. of the IEEE ICSPCS'2010, Dec 13-15, 2010, Gold Coast, Australia.
31. G. Burrowes and J. Y. Khan, "Investigation of a Short-Range Underwater Acoustic Communication Channel for MAC Protocol Design", Proc. of the IEEE ICSPCS'2010, Dec 13-15, 2010, Gold Coast, Australia.
32. A. Asheralivea, J. Y. Khan and K. Mahata, "Traffic Prediction Based Packet Transmission Priority Technique in an Infrastructure Wireless Network" Proc. of the IEEE WCNC 2011, 28-31 March, 2011, Cancun, Mexico.
33. E. H. Ong, K. Mahata and J. Y. Khan, "Energy Efficient Architecture for Green Handsets in Next Generation IP-based Wireless Networks", Proc. of the IEEE ICC 2011, 5-8 June, 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
34. Asheralieva Alia, Khan Jamil Yusuf, Mahata Kaushik, "Performance analysis of VoIP services on the LTE network", 2011 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), Melbourne, Vic (2011).
35. Javed Muhammad Awais, Khan Jamil Yusuf, "A geocasting technique in an IEEE802.11p based vehicular ad hoc network for road traffic management", 2011 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), Melbourne, Vic (2011).
36. Thotahewa Kasun Maduranga Silva, Yuce M R, Khan Jamil Yusuf, "A multiple access protocol for UWB wireless body area networks (WBANs) with narrowband feedback path", 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, ISABEL'11, Barcelona, Spain (2011).
37. Thotahewa Kasun Maduranga Silva, Yuce Mehmet Rasit, Khan Jamil Yusuf, "Network topologies for dual band (UWB - transmit and narrow band- receive) wireless body area network", BodyNets 2011: The 6th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks, Beijing (2011).
38. G. D. Castellanos and J. Y. Khan, "Performance analysis of WiMAX polling service for smart grid meter reading applications", Proc. of the IEEE COLCOM 2012, Columbia, 2012.
39. Jason Brown and Jamil Y. Khan, "Performance Comparison of LTE FDD and TDD Based Smart Grid Communications Networks for Uplink Biased Traffic", Proc. of the IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 Symposium, Tainan City, Taiwan, Nov 5-8, 2012.
40. Reduan H. Khan and Jamil Y. Khan, "Wide Area PMU Communication over a WiMAX Network in the Smart Grid", Proc. of the IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 Symposium, Tainan City, Taiwan, Nov 5-8, 2012.
41. Reduan H. Khan and Jamil Y. Khan, "A Heterogeneous WiMAX-WLAN Network for AMI Communications in the Smart Grid", Proc. of the IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 Symposium - Wireless Infrastructure for Smart Grid Workshop, Tainan City, Taiwan, Nov 5-8, 2012.
42. Jason Brown and Jamil Y. Khan, "Performance Analysis of an LTE TDD Based Smart Grid Communications Network for Uplink Biased Traffic", Proc. of the IEEE Globecom 2012 Workshop: Smart Grid Communications: Design for Performance, Anaheim, USA, Dec 3-7, 2012.