Research

Research interests

Publications

Patents

Theses supervision

Research Interests

Architectures for end-user services in conventional networks (e.g. 4G networks) and challenged networks (e.g. mobile ad hoc networks)

Virtualization and cloud computing

Machine-to-Machine communications (M2M) and Internet of Things

Distributed systems (e.g. SOAP Based - Web Services, RESTful Web Services)

Rural communications and networking technologies for emerging economies

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

2012

1) F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, Z. Zhu, R. Glitho, Subscriber Data and Semantic Web for Provisioning Novel End-User Services in Telecommunication Networks, Forthcoming, IEEE Communications Magazine, March 2012

2) N. Laga, E. Bertin, R. Glitho, N. Crespi, Widgets and Mechansims for Service Creation by Ordinary Users, Forthcoming, IEEE Communications Magazine, March 2012

3) R. Karunamurthy, F. Khendek, R. Glitho, A Novel Architecture for Web Service Composition, Forthcoming, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Application (JNCA), 2012

2011

4) F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, R. Glitho, RESTful Web Services for Service Provisioning in Next Generation Networks: A Survey, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2011, Vol. 49, No12

5) H Rucheng, F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, The Design and Implementation of Architectural Components for the Integration of IP Multimedia Subsystem and Wireless Actuators, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2011, Vol. 49, No12

6) F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, An Overlay Network for Autonomous Information Discovery in the Post Composition Registries of Ambient Networks, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 34, Issue 2, March 2011, pp.697 - 707

7) M. El Barachi, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, Control Level Call Differentiation in IMS-Based 3G Core Networks, IEEE Network, January/February 2011, Vol. 25, No1

2010

8) C. Fu, F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho, RESTful Web Services for Bridging Presence Service across Technologies and Domains: An Early Feasibility Prototype, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2010, Vol. 48, No12.

9) Z. Zhu, F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, R. Glitho, A Case Study of a Presence Based End-User Lookup Service for the Dynamic Discovery of Entities Across Technologies and Domains, IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2010, Vol. 48, No11, pp. 82-89

10) M. El Barachi, A. Kadiwal, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, R. Dssouli,. The Design and Implementation of Architectural Components for the Integration of IP Multimedia Subsystem and Wireless Sensors Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2010, Vol. 48, No4, pp. 42 - 50

11) R. Karanumurthy, F. Khendek, R. Glitho, A Formal Description Framework and a Matching Technique for Web Service Composition, International Journal of Web Information Systems, Emerald publishing, Volume 6, No.1, 2010

2009

12) F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, M. Alrubaye, R. Glitho, Design and Implementation of Advanced Multimedia Conferencing Applications in the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem, IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2009, Vol.47, No11, pp. 156 – 163

13) C. Fu, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, Signaling for Multimedia Conferencing in Stand Alone Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 8, No7, July 2009, pp. 991 – 1005

14) D. Ben Khedher, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli , Media Handling for Multimedia Conferencing in Multihop Cellular Networks, IEEE Network, March/April 2009, Vol.23, No2, pp. 35-42

15) M. Qiao, F. Khendek, A. Serhani, R. Dssouli, R. Glitho, An Architecture for Automatic QoS Adaptation for Composite Web Services, International Journal of Web Service Practices, Web Services Research Foundation, Vol.4, No1, 2009, pp. 18-27

16) A. Benharref, R. Dssouli, M. Serhani and R. Glitho, Efficient Traces Collection Mechanisms for Passive Testing of Web Services, Elsevier Information and Software Technology 51 (2009), 362 – 374

2008

17) C. Fu, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, A Cross Layer Architecture for Signaling in Multihop Cellular Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, September 2008, pp. 174 – 182

18) F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, Ambient Network Composition, IEEE Network, July/August 2008, pp. 6-12

19) A. Chaman, S. Pierre, R. Glitho, Collaboration Algorithms in an Agent Based Architecture for Information Retrieval, International Journal on Intelligent Decision Technologies, Vol. 2, No3, 2008, pp. 141 - 152

2007

20) Rajesh Karunamurthy, Ferhat Khendek, and Roch H. Glitho, A Business Model for Composing Telecommunication Web Services, IEEE Communications Magazine, July 2007, pp.36 - 43

21) Th. Bah, S. Pierre, and Roch Glitho, A Novel Service Mobility Architecture for SIP Environments, Journal of Computer Science, Science Publications,  Vol.3, Issue 8, 2007, pp. 666-672

22) R. Karunamurthy, F. Khendek and R. Glitho, Using Web Services for Presence-Based Application Development, International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., Vol.2, No2, 2006, pp. 167-197

2006

23) C. Fu, F. Khendek and R. Glitho, Signaling  for Multimedia Conferencing in 4G: The Case of Integrated MANETs / 4G, IEEE Communications Magazine, August 2006, pp. 90-99

24) D. Ben Kheder, R. Glitho, and R. Dssouli, Media Handling Aspects of Conferencing in Broadband Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Network, March/April 2006, pp. 42-49.  

2005

25) M. El Barachi, R. Glitho, and R. Dssouli, Developing Applications for Internet Telephony: A Case Study on the Use of Web Services for Conferencing in SIP Networks, The International Journal of Web Information Systems, Vol.1, No.3, September 2005, pp. 147-159. 

26)  G. Allee, S. Pierre,  R.H. Glitho, and A. El Rhazi, An improved itinerary recording protocol for securing distributed architectures based on mobile    agents, Journal of Mobile Information Systems, IOS Press, Vol. 1, No 2,  2005, pp. 129-147

27) F-K Sato, S. Pierre and R.H. Glitho, Retrieving Information from the Invisible Web Using Mobile Agents, Journal of Computer Science, Science Publications, Vol.1, Issue 2,  2005,  pp. 283-289

2004

28) R.H. Glitho and K. Sylla, Developing Applications for Internet Telephony: A Case Study on the Use of Parlay Call Control APIs in SIP Networks, IEEE Network, May/June 2004, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 48 – 55

2003

29) R. H. Glitho, F. Khendek and A. DeMarco, Creating Value Added Services in Internet Telephony: An Overview and a Case Study on a High Level Service Creation Environment, IEEE Transactions on Man, Cybernetics and Systems, Part C, Vol.33, No4, 2003, pp. 445 - 457

30) B. Emako, R.H. Glitho and S. Pierre, A Mobile Agent based Advanced Service Architecture for  Wireless Internet Telephony: Design, Implementation and Evaluation, IEEE Transactions on Computers,  Vol. 52, No. 6, June 2003

2002

31) R. H. Glitho, E. Olougouna and S. Pierre, Mobile Agents and Their Use for Information Retrieval: A Brief  Overview and an Elaborate Case Study, IEEE Network, January/February 2002 Vol.16 No1, pp. 34-41

2001

32) R. H. Glitho, Alternatives to Today’s  IETF and ITU-T Advanced Service Architectures for Internet Telephony: IN and Beyond, Computer Networks 35 (2001), Elsevier, April 2001, pp. 551-563

2000 and before

33) R. H. Glitho, Advanced Service Architectures for Internet Telephony: A Critical Overview, IEEE Network, July/August 2000, Vol.14 No.4, pp. 38-44

34) J. Tang, T. White, B. Pagurek and R. H. Glitho, Advanced service architecture for H.323 Internet Telephony Protocol, Computer Communications, Elsevier, April 2000, Vol.23, No8, pp. 740-75

35) R. H. . Glitho,Contrasting OSI Systems Management to SNMP and TMN, Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), Kluwer academic / Plenum publishers, June 1998, Vol. 6, No.2., pp. 113 – 133

36) R. H. Glitho, Use of SS7 in D-AMPS based - PCS: Orthodoxy vs. Heterodoxy, IEEE Wireless Magazine (Formerly known as IEEE Personal Communications Magazine), June 1997, Vol 4, No3, pp. 15-23

37) R. H. Glitho, TMN Based - Schedulers For SS7 Routing Verification Tests, Computer Communications 20 (1997), Elsevier, pp. 424 - 434

38) R. H. Glitho and S. Hayes, Approaches for Introducing TMN in Legacy Networks: A Critical Look, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, September 1996, Vol. 34 No.9 pp. 55-60 - Translated in Spanish - R.  H. Glitho and S.  Hayes, Approximaciones Para Introducir TMN en Redes Heredadas: Una Mirada Critical, Revista Colombiana de Telecommunicaciones, Volumen 1 - Abril - Juno 1997 - pp. 7- 15

39) R. H. Glitho, Isolating Faulty Routing Tables in SS7 Networks: Present and Future, IEEE Communications Magazine, May 1996, Vol.34, No.5, pp. 98-104

40) R. H. Glitho and S. Hayes, Telecommunications Management Network: Vision Vs. Reality, IEEE  Communications Magazine, March 1995, Vol.33 No.3, pp. 47-52

41) R. H. Glitho, The Standards Aspects Of SS7 Network Management, Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), Kluwer academic / Plenum publishers, Vol.2 No3, 1994, pp. 233-256

42) R. H. Glitho, Signaling System No7 Network Service Part and X.25: A Comparative Study, Computer   Networks (Formerly known as Networks and ISDN Systems), Elsevier, Vol 26 (1994), pp. 1495-1502

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Articles in refereed conference/workshop proceedings

2011

1) F. Belqasmi, C. Azar, M. Soualhia, N. Kara, R. Glitho, A Virtualized Infrastructure For IVR Applications as Services, ITU Kaleidoscope 2011, Cape Town, South Africa, December 12-14, 2011

2) R. Glitho, Application Architectures for Macine to Machine Communications: Research Agenda vs. State of the Art, Position paper, 6^th International Conference on Broadband Communications & Biomedical Applications (IB2COM 2011), Internet of Things Workshop, Melbourne Australia, November 2011

3) P. Houngue, E. Damiani, R. Glitho, Overcoming NAT Traversal Issue for SIP – based Communications in P2P Networks, 4^th Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference, WMNC 2011, Toulouse, France, October 2011

4) R. Glitho, Cloud Based – Multimedia Conferencing: Business Model, Research Agenda and State of the Art, Position paper, International Workshop on Cloud for Enterprises, (C4E) 2011, Luxembourg, September 2011

5) F Belqasmi, N Kara, R. Glitho, A Novel Virtualized Presence Service for Future Internet, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2011, Workshop T2, Future Network, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011

2010

6) P. Houngue, F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho, E. Damiani, Proxy Topology Building and Routing in P2P SIP, 5^th International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST 2010), Teheran, Iran, December 4 – 6, 2010

7) S. Hamedi, M. Hormati, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, Integrating Wireless Sensor Networks and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for an Enhanced End-User Experience, ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2010, Pune, India, December 13 – 15, 2010

8) F Belqasmi, C Anaimbossou, R Glitho, Leveraging SMS Infrastructure for Internet Access in Developing Countries: Scenarios, Architectures and Research Directions, 2^nd International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, Africomm 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, November 2010

9) H. Rucheng, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, M. Mehmet-Ali, Integrating Wireless Actuation Capabilities with the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem for Enhanced Multimedia Services, IEEE PIRMC 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2010

10) C. Fu, F. Beqasmi, M. Shasvelayati, H. Khlifi, R. Glitho, A Peer to Peer Architecture for Enabling Universal Presence Service, Next Generation Mobile applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2010), 26 – 29 July 2010, Amman, Jordan

11) M. Velez, R. Glitho, A. Quintero, An Overlay Gateway for the Integration of IP Mulitmedia Subsystem and Mobile Sink Based – Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2010-Fall), Ottawa, Canada, 6 – 9 Septembre 2010

12) P. Houngue, R. Glitho, E. Damiani, A Novel Architecture for Peer to Peer SIP, IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), June 22 – 25, 2010, Riccione, Italy

13) M. El Barachi,, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, A Case Study on Multiparty Calls Differentiation in the IP Multimedia Subsystem, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2010-Spring), 16-19 May 2010, Taipei, Taiwan

14) M. El Barachi,, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, A Case Study on Multiparty Context-Aware Emergency Session Support in the IP Multimedia Sub-system, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2010 (WCNC' 010), forthcoming, 18-21 April 2010, Sydney, Australia

2009

15) Z. Zhu, F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, R. Glitho, A Novel Look Up Service Enabler for Presence Based – Applications and its Architecture in the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem, IFIP New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NMTS 2009), December 20-23, Cairo, Egypt

16) C. Fu, F. Belqasmi, M. Alrubaye, R. Karunamurthy, R. Glitho, A Case Study on Multiparty Multimedia Game Development in the IP Multimedia Subsystem, International Conference on Intelligence in Networks (ICIN 2009), Forthcoming, October 26 – 29, 2009

17) R. Karunamurthy, F. Khendek, R. Glitho, “Describing Different Characteristics of Web Services: State of the Art Analysis and a Proposal”, Proceedings of NOTERE’2009, Montreal, June 2009

18) M. El Barachi, A. Kadiwal, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, R. Dssouli, The Design and Implementation of a Gateway for IP Multimedia Subsystem / Wireless Sensors Networks Interworking, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2009-Spring), April 26-29, Barcelona, Spain

19) F. Belqasmi, M. Al Rubaye, C. Fu, R. Glitho, A Novel Architecture for Floor Control in the IP Multimedia Subsystem of 3G Networks,  IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2009-Spring), April 26-29, Barcelona, Spain

2008

20) S. Bah, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, An overlay Network for a SIP Servlet – Based service Execution Environment in Stand Alone MANETs, New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NMTS), Nov. 5-7, 2008

21) Slimane Bah, Basel Ahmad, Roch Glitho, Ferhat Khendek and Rachida Dssouli, A SIP servlet Framework for Provisioning Services in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Intelligence in Network (ICIN 2008), October 20-23, 2008, Bordeaux,, France

22) I. Al-Oqily, A. Karmouch and R. Glitho, Ontology-Based Context Level Agreements and Negotiation Protocol, 5^th International Workshop on Next Generation Middleware, IEEE/IFIP MANWEEK 2008, September 22-26 2008, Samos Islands, Greece

23) May El Barachi, Roch Glitho and Rachida Dssouli, Charging for Multigrade Services in the IP Multimedia Systems, To appear in the Proceedings of  the second IEEE Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications Services and Technologies (NGMAST 2008), September 16-19 2008, Cardif, Wales, UK

24) I. Al-Oqily, A. Karmouch and R. Glitho, An Autonomic Service Architecture for Service Specific Overlay Networks, IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensors and Actors Networks, July 14-15, 2008, Ottawa,  Canada

25) May El Barachi, Arif Kadiwal, Roch Glitho, Ferhat Khendek,and Rachida Dssouli, An Architecture for the Provision of Context-Aware Emergency Services in the IP Multimedia Subsystem,  Proceedings of IEEE 67th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2008-Spring), May 11 - 14, 2008, Marina Bay, Singapore.

26) May El Barachi, Arif Kadiwal, Roch Glitho, Ferhat Khendek,and Rachida Dssouli, A Presence-based Architecture for the Integration of the Sensing Capabilities of Wireless Sensor Networks in the IP Multimedia Subsystem, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (WCNC' 08), March 31 - April 3, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

27) Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho and Rachida Dssouli, Data Interworking Aspects of Network Cooperation in 4G: The Case of Registry Composition in Ambient Networks, IEEE Broadband Convergence Networks Workshop (BCN 08), April 2008, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

28) Slimane Bah, Roch Glitho and Rachida Dssouli, Provisioning  Services in Multihop Cellular Networks When the End-Users are in the Ad Hoc Network Portion, IEEE Broadband Convergence Networks Workshop 2008 (BcN 08), April 5 , 2008, Salvador Bahia, Brazil

29) May El Barachi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, Enhancing the QoS and Resource Management Aspects of the 3GPP IMS Emergency Service Architecture, In the proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (CCNC?08), January 10 - January 12, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

30) Slimane Bah, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, SIP Servlets for Service Provisioning in Multihop Cellular Networks: High Level Architectural Alternatives, In the proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (CCNC?08), January 10 - January 12, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

31) May El Barachi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, Enhancing the QoS and Resource Management Aspects of the 3GPP IMS Emergency Service Architecture, Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (CCNC?08), January 10 - January 12, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

32) Slimane Bah, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, SIP Servlets for Service Provisioning in Multihop Cellular Networks: High Level Architectural Alternatives, Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (CCNC?08), January 10 - January 12, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 

2007

33)   R. Glitho, P. Houngue, B. Gagnon, M. Dembele, Cellular Telephony as an Enabler for Anywhere, Anytime On-Line Address Books: An Open Architecture, IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST 2007), December 2007, Accra, Ghana

34) Dhafer Ben Kheder, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, A Novel Overlay-Based Failure Detection Architecture for MANET Applications, In the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON2007), Adelaide, South Australia, 19th - 21st November 2007.

35) Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, An IETF NSIS-Based Signaling Framework for Negotiating Registry Composition in Ambient Networks, In the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON2007), Adelaide, South Australia, and 19th - 21st November 2007.

36) Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, Validation of a Negotiation Protocol For Registry Composition in Ambient Networks, In the Proceedings of the IEEE International Global Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS'07), Marrakech, Morocco, 2nd - 6th July 2007.

37) Fatna Belqasmi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, A Negotiation Framework for the Composition of Registries in Ambient Network,  Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'07), Aveiro, Portugal, 1st - 4th July 2007

38) Nuru Yakub Othman, Roch Glitho, and Ferhat Khendek, The Design and Implementation of a Web Service Framework for Individual Nodes in Sinkless Wireless Sensor Networks, Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'07), Aveiro, Portugal, 1st - 4th July 2007

39) May El Barachi, Roch Glitho, and Rachida Dssouli, Context-aware Signaling for Call Differentiation in IMS-based 3G Networks, Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'07), Aveiro, Portugal, 1st - 4th July 2007.

40) Chunyan Fu, Roch Glitho, and Ferhat khendek, A Novel Session Recovery Mechanism for Cluster-based Signaling Architecture for Conferencing in MANETs, Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (WWASN 2007), June 25, Toronto.

41) A. Benharref, R. Dssouli, M. A. Serhani, A. En-Nouaary, and R. Glitho, New approach for EFSM-based Passive Testing of Web Services, TestCom'2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Tallin, Estonia, 2007.

42) A. De Marco, F. Khendek, and R. Glitho, Interacting with Composite Web Services from Mobile Phones: A Case Study, Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'07), Marrakech, Maroc, June 2007

43) A. Benharref, M. A. Serhani, R. Dssouli, A. En-Nouaary, and R. Glitho, Traverse Parallèle pour l Acceleration du Test Passif des Services Web Bas? sur les MEFE, Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'07), Marrakech, Maroc, June 2007

44) D. Ben Kheder, R. Glitho, and R. Dssouli, An enhanced workload-balancing scheme for conferencing in ad-hoc peer-to-peer networks, Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'07), Marrakech, Maroc, June 2007.

45) C. Fu, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, Cross-Layer Design for Optimizing the Performance of Clusters-Based Application Layer Schemes in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE CCNC 07), Las Vegas, January 11-13, 2007

46)   F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, An Overlay Architecture for Information Publication and Discovery after the Composition of Registries in Ambient Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE CCNC 07), Las Vegas, January 11-13, 2007

47) F. Belqasmi, J. Mattam, R. Glitho, R. Dssouli, and F. Khendek, An Architecture for Composing Registries when Ambient Networks Compose, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE CCNC 07), Las Vegas, January 11-13, 2007

48) N. Othman, S. Chebbine, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, A Web Services Based-Architecture for the Interactions between End-User Applications and Sink-less Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE CCNC 07), Las Vegas, January 11-13, 2007

49) D.B. Khedher, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, A Megaco Based-Architecture for Controlling Media Mixers When Conferencing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE CCNC 07), Las Vegas, January 11-13, 2007

2006

50) Rajesh Karunamurthy, Ferhat Khendek, and Roch H. Glitho, A Novel Business Model for Web Service Composition, IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2006), September 18th-22nd, Chicago, USA.

51) A Benharref, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Utilisation des Agents Mobiles pour la Vérification de la Qualité? de Service des Services Web,
Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'06), Toulouse, France, June 2006

52) C. Fu, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, Signalling for Conferencing in Integrated 3G / Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC?06), June 26-29, Sardinia, Italy

53) T. Ta, N. Othman, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, Using Web Services for Bridging End-User Applications and Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC?06), June 26-29, Sardinia, Italy

54) B. Slimane, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, A Business Model with a LINDA -- Based Broker for Service Provisioning in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, 10^th International Conference on Intelligence in Networks (ICIN 06), 29 May28- 1 June, 2006, Bordeaux, France

55) Q. Fan, R. Glitho and A. Khoumsi, Creation of internet-telephony services using Siplet technology. Advanced Intern. Conf. on Telecomm. (AICT), Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, February 2006

56) A. Benharref, M. Serhani, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Towards the Testing of Web Services in 3^rd Generation Networks, IFIP International Conference on Testing Communicating Systems (TestCom?06), May 16-18, 2006, New York

2005

57) A Benharref, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Mobile Agents for Testing Web Services in Next Generation Networks, 2^nd  International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications, (MATA 2005), Montreal , Canada, October 2005

58) D.  Balakrishnan, M.  El Barachi, A.  Karmouch, and R.  Glitho, Challenges in Modelling and Disseminating Context Information in Ambient Networks, 2^nd  International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications, (MATA 2005), Montreal , Canada, October 2005

59) J. Da Silva, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, Providing Security as a Web Service: Example and Analysis,  Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'05), Gatineau, Canada, August 2005

60) A Benharref, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Une architecture Multi-Observateur pour l’observation des Services Web Composés, Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'05), Gatineau, Canada, August 2005

61) R. Karunamurthy, R. H. Glitho, and F. Khendek  A Novel Web Service for Presence and Its Implementation in an IETF SIMPLE Protocol Environment, IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS?05), Orlando, USA, July 2005

62)  D. Ben Kheder, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Media Handling for Multiparty Sessions in  Ad Hoc Peer to Peer Networks: A Novel Distributed Approach,  IEEE International Symposium on Computer Communications (ISCC?05), Cartagena, Spain, June 2005

63) A. Benharref, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, A Web Services Based Architecture for Detecting Faults in Web Services, 9th IFRIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2005), Nice, France, May 2005

64) C. Fu, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, A Novel Signaling System for Multiparty Sessions in Peer-to-Peer Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2005), New Orleans, March 2005

2004

65) A. Karmouch, M. Khedr, N. Samaan,  A. Galis, A. Tan, R. Giaffreda, J. Dang, Th. Kanter, A. Jonsson, A.M. Karlsson, L. Heimo, R. Glitho, M. El Barachi, M. Smirnov, M. Kleis, C.  Reichert, Context Aware Research Challenges in Ambient Networks, 1st International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications, (MATA 2004), Florianopolis, Brazil, October 2004

66) J. Dasilva, K. Hassan, R. Glitho and F. Khendek, WEB Services for Conferencing in 3G Networks : A Parlay Based Implementation, 9th International Conference on Intelligence in Service Delivery Networks (ICIN'04), Bordeaux, France, October 2004

67) F. Belqasmi, R. Glitho and R. Dssouli, Using Web Services in Telecommunications Networks: An Architecture for the Common Functions, Les Nouvelles Technologies de la Repartition (NOTERE'04), Oujda, Morocco, June 2004

2003

68) R. Glitho, S. Methot and S. Pierre, An Architectural Framework for Adapting Mobile Agents to Host Variation, 5^th international workshop on mobile agents for telecommunications applications (MATA03), Marrakech, Morroco, October 2003

69) A. Chaman., S. Pierre, R. Glitho,  "A Multi Mobile Agent-based Architecture for Price Retrieval in Electronic Commerce", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE'2003, 4-7 May, 2003, Montreal, Canada

70) Y. Zaki, S. Pierre, S., R. Glitho, "Architecture Multi-agents Mobile pour la Planification Electronique d'Evenements", IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE'2003, 4-7 May, 2003, Montreal, Canada

71) S.. Hawwa, F, Khendek and R. Glitho, A Novel Architecture for Conference Floor Control in SIP Environment, accepted for presentation at the 8^th Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN), Bordeaux, France, April 2003

2002

72) R. Glitho, C. Muhugusa, A. Poulin, S. Haawa, J-C Beaudin, Experimenting with Web Services in 3G Networks: Early Results, 2002 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (Softcom 2002), Croatia/Italy, October 2002

73) E. Olougouna, S. Pierre and R.H. Glitho, An Extensible Mobile Agent Based Framework for Coordinating Distributed Information Retrieval Applications, 4^th international workshop on mobile agents for telecommunications applications (MATA02), Barcelona, October 2002

74) E. Olougouna,  R. Glitho, S. Pierre, "A Novel Mobile Agent-Based Framework for Coordinating Distributed Scheduling of Multiparty Events," 21st Biennal Symposium on Communications, June 2 - 5, 2002, Kingston, Canada, pp. 529-533

75) C. Muhugusa, R.H. Glitho, C-R. Soh, Ph. Renaud, E. Chapelle, and J. Palardy, An Early Report on the Implementation of a SIMPLE based presence server, 2002 International Conference on Third Generation Wireless and Beyond, San Francisco, May 2002

76) R. H. Glitho, A. Poulin and F. Khendek, A High Level Service Creation Environment for PARLAY, IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC2002), New York, April 2002

77) Th. Bah, S. Pierre, and R.H. Glitho, Schemes for Updating Mobile Agents in Virtual Home Environment, IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC2002), New York, April 2002

2001

78) R. Glitho, A. Poulin, K. Sylla and O. Cherkaoui, Using PARLAY for Centralized Conferences in SIP Environment, 7^th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN 2001), Bordeaux, July 2001

79) S. Goutet, S. Pierre and R. Glitho, Multiagent Architecture for Intelligent Mobile Agents, Third International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunications Applications (MATA), Montreal,  August 2001

80) R. Glitho, R. Hamadi and R. Huie, An Architectural Framework for Using Java Servlet in a SIP environment, ICN 2001, July 2001, Colmar, France

2000 and before

81) R. H. Glitho, B. Lenou, and S. Pierre, Handling Subscription in a mobile agent based service environment for Internet telephony: Swapping Agents, Second International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunications Applications (MATA'02), Paris,  September 2000

82) S. Desrochers, R. H. Glitho and K. Sylla, Experimenting with PARLAY in a SIP environment: Early Results, IPTelecommunications Services (IPTS) conference, Atlanta, September 2000

83) R. Glitho and  A.Wang, A Mobile Agent Based - Service Architecture for Internet Telephony,  International Switching Symposium (ISS), Birmingham, UK, May 2000

84) B. Pagurek, J. Tang, T. White and R. H. Glitho, Management of Advanced Services in H.323 Internet Telephony Protocol, IEEE Infocom conference,  Tel Aviv, March 2000

85) J. Tang, T. White, B. Pagurek and R. H. Glitho, Advanced service architecture for H.323 Internet Telephony Protocol, First International Workshop on Mobile Agents for Telecommunications Applications (MATA), Ottawa, October 1999

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Others (Book chapters, edited books, guest edited special issues)

1) C. Fu, F. Khendek, R. Glitho “Signaling for Multimedia Conferencing in 4G: Architecture, Evaluation and Issues”, Chapter in the book “Next Generation Communication Networks: User Services, Wireless Edge Access and Photonic Data Transport”, Krzysztof Iniewski (ed.), Wiley, 2010. [52 pages]

2) R. Glitho, A. Karmouch and S. Pierre, editors, Intelligence in Communication Systems, Proceedings, The 2005 IFIP  International Conference on Intelligence in Communication Systems, Intellcomm 2005, Springer, October 2005

3) E. Horlait, Th. magedanz and R. Glitho, editors, Mobile Agent for Telecommunication Applications, Proceedings, Fifth International Workshop, MATA03, Springer, LNCS 2871, October 2003

4) R. H. Glitho and Th. Magedanz, Guest editors, Applicability of Mobile Agents to Telecommunications, IEEE Network, May-June 2002

5) S. Pierre and R. Glitho, editors, Mobile Agent for Telecommunication Applications, Proceedings, Third International Workshop, MATA01, Springer, LNCS 2164, August

6) R. H. Glitho and Th. Magedanz, Guest editors, Intelligent Networks in the New Millennium, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, June 2000, Vol38, No6

7) T.M. Chen, R.H. Glitho, M. Yoshida, Guest editors, Recent Advances in Network Management, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue, May 2000, Vol.18, No.5

8) Th. Magedanz and R.  H. Glitho, Guest editors, Mobile Agent Based Network and Service Management, Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), Kluwer academic / Plenum publishers,  Special Issue, September 1999, Vol. 7, No.3.

9) R. H. Glitho, Guest editor, Selected Topics in Network Management, IEEE Network, Special Issue, September/October 1998, Vol 12, No5

10) R. H. Glitho, Guest editor, Management of Heterogeneous Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, March 1998 Vol 36, No

11) R. H. Glitho, Routing in Telecommunications Networks, Chapter in the Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, Dekker Inc., October 1997, NY, Vol. 15, pp. 205-221

12) R. H. Glitho and S.  Hayes, Guest editors, Making TMN a Reality, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, September 1996, Vol.34, No.9

13) R. H. Glitho and S.  Hayes, Guest editors, Enter the World of TMN, IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, March 1995, Vol.33 No.3 

Patents

1) R. Dssouli, C. Fu, and R. Glitho, Methods for Cluster-Based Multi-Party Conferencing in Ad Hoc Networks, Patent No US 7,460, 508B2, December 2008

2) R. Glitho and C. Gourraud, System and Method for Providing Access to Service Nodes from Entities Disposed in an Integrated Telecommunications Network, Patent No US 6,940,847 B1, September 6, 2005

3) J. Tang, A. White, B. Pagurek and R. Glitho, System and Method of Creating Subscriber Services in an IP Based Telecommunications Networks, Patent No US 6,711,157 B1, March 23, 2004

4) R.H. Glitho and C. Gourraud, System and Method for Providing device Aware Services in an Integrated Telecommunications Network, United States Patent No US 6,687,356 B1, February 3, 2004

5) R.H. Glitho, C. Gourraud and E. Evloguieva, System and Apparatus for Providing Value Added Services (VAS) in an Integrated Telecommunications Network Using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Patent No US 6,625,141 B1, September 23, 2003

6) R. H. Glitho and C. Gourraud, System and Method for Providing Supplementary Services (SS) in an Integrated Telecommunications Network, Patent No US 6,614,784 B1, September 2, 2003

7) R. H. Glitho and B. Svensson, Operation and Maintenance Control Point and Method  for Managing a Self Engineering Telecommunications Network, Patent No US 6,233,449 B1, May 15, 2001

8) R..H. Glitho and C. Gourraud, Subscriber Creation and Deletion Interface between a Customer Administrative   System and Database Network Elements of a Communications Network, Patent No US 6,226,643 B1, May 1, 2001

9) R..H. Glitho and C. Gourraud, Meta Service Activating Interface between a Customer Administrative System and Database Network Elements of a Communications Network, United States Patent, No6,199,066 B1, March 6, 2001

10) R. H. Glitho, Mapping Function and Method of Transmitting Signalling System 7 (SS7) Telecommunications Messages over Data Networks, United States Patent No 178,181 B1, January 2001

11) R. H. Glitho, F. Leduc, T. Crowe and C. Mazzi, Query Supporting Interface Between A Customer Administrative System and Data Base Network Elements in A Telecommunications System, US Patent No 6,134,544, October 2000

12) M. Coulombe, J. Bugnon, B. Coulombe, R. Glitho and D. Sugitharaj, Migration of Subscriber Data Between Home Location Registers of a Telecommunications System, US Patent No 6,115,463, September 2000

13) R. H. Glitho, Customer Administrative System Management of Redundant Database Network Elements in a Telecommunications System, United States Patent, Patent Number 6,094,660, July 2000.

14) R. H. Glitho, Implementing Counters in a System with Limited Primary Memory, United States Patent, Patent  Number: 6,065,130, May 2000

15) R. H. Glitho and M. Banville, Implementation of Notification Capabilities in Relational Data Base, United States Patent, Patent Number: 6,041,327, March 2000

16) R. H. Glitho, F. Leduc, Th. Crowe and L. Hagberg, Use of Web Technology for Subscriber Management Activities, Patent Number: 5,999,973, December 1999

17) R. H. Glitho and P. Funnell, Decoupling Service Creation Environment from Service Logic Execution Environment, US Patent No 5,991,803, November 1999

18) R. H. Glitho and S. Hayes, Transport Mechanism for Accounting Within a Telecommunication System, United States Patent, Patent No5,875,238, February 1999

19) R. H. Glitho, Telecommunications Management Network Connected to a Common Channel Signalling Network, United States Patent, Patent Number: 5,870,565, February 1999

20) R. Brunner and R.  H. Glitho, Use of ISDN to Provide Wireless Office Environment Connection to the Public Land Mobile Network, United States Patent, Patent No: 5,771,275, June 1998

21) R. H. Glitho, Distributed Load Minimizing Method for Periodical Routing Verification Tests Scheduling, United States Patent, Patent Number: 5,638,357, July 1997

22) R. H. Glitho, Methods For Verification of Routing Table Information, United States Patent, Patent Number: 5,583,848, December 1996

23) R. H. Glitho, Centralized Load Minimizing Method for Periodical Routing Verification Tests Scheduling, United States Patent, Patent Number: 5,553,058, September 1996

24) R. H. Glitho, Methods For Determining the Load Induced by a Routing Verification Test on a Network, United States Patent, Patent Number: 5,544,154, August1996

Theses (co)-supervision

PhD Theses completed under my (co)-supervision

Slimane Bah, SIP Servlets – Based Service Provisioning in MANETs, Concordia University 2010

May El Barachi, Integrating Context Information in the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem, Concordia University, 2009

Rajesh Karunamurthy, Web Services Composition: Architecture, Framework, and Techniques, Concordia University, 2009
Fatna Belqasmi, Registry Composition in Ambient Networks, Concordia University, 2008
Dhafer Ben Khader, Media Handling in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Concordia University, 2008
Chunyan Fu, Signaling in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Concordia University 2008
Abdelghani Benharref, Passive Testing for Web Services, Concordia University, 2008

Master Theses completed under my (co)-supervision

More than 20 students have completed their master theses under my co-supervision.  A sample is below:

Basel Ahmad, Distributing a SIP Servlet Engine for Standalone Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Concordia University 2007

Nuru Yakub Othman, Web Services as Application Enabler for Sink-less Wireless Sensor Networks, Concordia University 2007
Truong Ta, Web Services for the Dissemination of Ambient Information to I-centric Applications, Concordia University 2007
Fatna Belqasmi, Web Services for application development in next generation telecommunications networks: A architecture for the common functions, Concordia University, 2004
Chunyan Fu, Signaling for Multiparty Sessions in Peer-to-Peer Ad hoc Networks, Concordia University, 2004
K. Sylla, PARLAY API and SIP Protocol Based Multipoint Control Unit, Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM).,2002
Gegely Kovats, SIP, Blue Net and Blue Tooth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, 2001
Thierno Bah, Gestion de la Mobilit? des Services dans un environnement de telophonie IP: Une approche basee sur les agents, Departement de Genie Electrique et Genie Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique de Montr?al, 2001
Sylvain Methot, Architecture de Partionement d'agents, Departement de Genie Electrique et Genie Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 2001
Bertrand Emako-Lenou, Services sur R?seaux Mobiles: Architectures d'agents et maintenance, Departement de Genie Electrique et Genie Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, decembre 2000
Evelyna. Evloguieva, Light-weight SIP protocol for Internet Telephony Services, Department of Computer Science, McGill University, 1999
Huan Wang, Building Value Added Services Using Mobile Agents in a SIP Based - Internet Telephony Environment, McGill University,1999