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Journal Publications (accepted/published)
  1. Elias Bou-Harb, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi,“A Systematic Approach for Detecting and Clustering Distributed Cyber Scanning”   Journal of Computer Networks (Elsevier), Accepted August 2013. 
  2. Elias Bou Harb, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, “Cyber Scanning: A Comprehensive Survey” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Accepted October 2013. 
  3. Israat Haque, Chadi Assi, “ Profiling-based Indoor Localization Schemes” IEEE Systems Journal, Accepted August 2013. 
  4. Mohamad Faisal Uddin, Chadi Assi, Ali Ghrayeb, “ Joint Optimal Relay Assignment and Power Allocation in Wireless Cooperative Networks” Journal of Computer Networks (Elsevier), Accepted August 2013. 
  5. Dariush Ebrahimi, Chadi Assi, “Optimal and Efficient Algorithms for Projection-Based Compressive Data Gathering” IEEE Communication Letters, Volume:17, Issue: 8, Page(s): 1572- 1575, 2013.
  6. Muhamad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, “A Max-Flow Design Approach for Improved Service Availability in Multi-Ring ERP Networks” IEEE Transactions on Communications, VOL. 61, NO. 8, Aug. 2013
  7.  Mohamad Kiaei, Kerim Fouli, Michael Scheutzow, Martin Reisslin, Martin Maier, Chadi Assi, “Low-latency Polling Schemes for Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2013 , Page(s): 2936- 2945 Volume:61, Issue: 7, 2013.
  8. Maurice Khabbaz, Chadi Assi, Ali Ghrayeb, “Modelling and Analysis of DSA-based Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Systems” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, VOL. 14, NO. 3, Sept 2013.
  9. Muhamad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, “Multi-Ring ERP Network Design: A Traffic Engineering Approach” IEEE Communication Letters, VOL. 17, NO. 1, Jan 2013.
  10. Maurice Khabbaz, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, “Modelling and Delay-Analysis of Retransmission-Based Bundle Delivery Scheme for Intermittent Roadside Communication Networks” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, VOL. 14, NO. 2, June 2013.
  11. Muhamad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, “Design of Resilient Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) Mesh Networks With Improved Service Availability” Accepted in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, VOL. 31, NO. 2, Jan, 2013.
  12. Elias Bou-Harb, Claude Fachkha, Makan Pourzandi, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, Communication Security for Smart Grid Distribution Networks” IEEE Communications Magazine, January 2013.
  13. Muhamad Nurujjaman, Samir Sebbah, Chadi Assi, and Martin Maier “Optimal Capacity Provisioning for Survivable Next Generation Ethernet Transport Networks” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, VOL. 4, NO. 12. Dec. 2012.
  14. Maurice Khabbaz, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, “Delay-Aware Data Delivery In Vehicular Intermittently Connected Networks” IEEE Transactions on communications, , VOL. 61, NO. 3, MARCH 2013.
  15. M. Faisal Uddin, Chadi Assi, “Joint Routing and Scheduling in WMNs with Variable-Width Spectrum Allocation” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2013 (Early Access).
  16. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “A Probabilistic And Traffic-Aware Bundle Release Scheme For Vehicular Intermittently Connected Networks” IEEE Transactions on Communications, VOL. 60, NO. 11, Nov 2012.
  17. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “Modeling and Delay Analysis of Intermittently Connected Roadside Communication Networks” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, VOL. 61, NO. 6, JULY 2012.
  18. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “Which Vehicle To Select?” IEEE Communication Letters, VOL. 16, NO. 6, JUNE 2012.
  19. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “A Simple Free-Flow Traffic Model for Vehicular Intermittently Connected Networks” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, , VOL. 13, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2012.
  20. Mohamad Faisal Uddin, Chadi Assi, Ali Ghrayeb “Joint Relay Assignment and Power Allocation for Multicast Cooperative Networks” IEEE Communication Letters, VOL. 16, NO. 3, MARCH 2012.
  21. Mohammad Nurujjaman, Mehdi Sharifi-Rayeni*, Chadi Assi, and Martin Maier  “Minimizing EEE overhead in Green Packet Optical Transport Networks (P-OTNs)” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, VOL. 30, NO. 6, MARCH 15, 2012.
  22. N. Ghazisaidi, C. M. Assi, and M. Maier “Intelligent Wireless Mesh Path Selection Algorithm Using Fuzzy Decision Making” Wireless Networks (Springer), pages 129-146, 2012.
  23. Elias Bou-Harb, Makan Pourzandi, Mourad Debbabi, Chadi Assi, “A Secure, Efficient and Cost-Effective Distributed Architecture for Spam Mitigation on LTE 4G Mobile Networks” Special Issue in Security and Communication Networks Journal, Wiley, (To appear), Accepted 2011.
  24. Mohamad Kiaei, Samir Sebbah, Anton Cerny, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi, “Efficient Network Protection Design Models using Pre-Cross-Connected Trails” IEEE Transactions on Communications, VOL. 59, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2011.
  25. Mina Yazdanpaneh, Chadi Assi, Yousef Shayan, “Cross-layer Optimization for Wireless Mesh Networks with Smart Antennas” Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier, June 2011 (Invited selected paper).
  26. Maurice Khabbaz, Chadi Assi, Wissam Fawaz, “Disruption-Tolerant Networking: A Comprehensive Survey on Recent Developments and Persisting Challenges” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Volume: 14 , Issue: 2, 2>
  27. M. Kiaie, C. Assi, L. Meng, M. Maier, “On the Co-Existence of 10G-EPONs and WDM-PONs: A scheduling and Bandwidth Allocation Approach” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, May 2011.
  28. Maurice Khabbaz, Wissam Fawaz, Chadi Assi, “Probabilistic Bundle Relaying Schemes In Two-Hop Vehicular Delay Tolerant Networks” IEEE Communication Letters, Vol 15, Issue 3; Page(s): 281 – 283, 2011.
  29. Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard “Cross-Layer Optimization for the Coding-Aware Routing and Scheduling Problem in WiMAX-based Mesh Networks” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, Wiley,(5): 525-538, 2013.
  30. Yongning Zhang, Chadi Assi, Basel Alawieh, Hamed Al-Azemi “A Spatiotemporal Contention Resolution for Enhancing Spatial Reuse in Wireless Networks” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies, Vol 60, Issue 2; Page(s): 680 – 691, 2011.
  31. Jad El-Najjar, Hamed Al-Azemi, Chadi Assi, “On the Interplay Between Spatial Reuse and Network Coding in Wireless Networks” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol 10, Issue 2, Page(s): 560 – 569, 2011.
  32. M. Faisal Uddin, Hamed Al-Azemi, Chadi Assi, “Optimal Flexible Spectrum Access in Wireless Networks with Software Defined Radios” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol 10, Issue 1, Page(s): 314 – 324, 2011.
  33. Abderrahim Benslimane, Saman Barghi, Chadi Assi, “An Efficient Routing Protocol for Connecting Vehicular Networks to the Internet” Pervasive and Mobile Computing, pages 98-113, 2011 (Invited selected paper).
  34. Basel Alawieh, Yongning Zhang, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Improving the performance of power-Aware multi rate IEEE 802.11 in multihop wireless networks” IET Communications, Volume: 5 , Issue: 6, Page(s): 775 - 788   April 15, 2011.
  35. Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard, “Joint Routing and Scheduling in WiMAX-based Mesh Networks” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, pages 2371-2381, 2010.
  36. M. S. Kiaei, L. Meng, C. Assi, and M. Maier “Efficient Scheduling and Grant Sizing Methods for WDM PONs” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume: 28 , Issue: 13, Page(s): 1922 – 1931, 2010.
  37. Lehan Meng, Jad-El-Najjar, Hamed Alazemi, Chadi Assi “A Joint Transmission Grant Scheduling and Wavelength Assignment in Multichannel SG-EPON” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol. 27, Issue 21, pp. 4781-4792 Nov. 2009.
  38. Mohammad S. Kiaei, Amin Ranjbar, Brigitte Jaumard, and Chadi Assi, “An Improved Analysis for Availability-Aware Service Provisioning in p-Cycle-Based Mesh Networks” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 27, Issue 20, pp. 4424-4434, 2009.
  39. Lehan Meng, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Ahmad Dhaini “Resource Management in Stargate Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (S-EPONs)” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 1, Issue: 4, 2009 , Page(s): 279 - 293.
  40. Khoder Shamy, Saman Barghi, Chadi Assi: Efficient rate adaptation with QoS support in wireless networks. Elsevier, Ad Hoc Networks 8(1): 119-133, 2010.
  41. Jad El-Najjar, Chadi Assi, Brigitte Jaumard, “A Maximum Network Stability Model for Mobile WiMAX Networks”, Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Springer, 15(2): 253-266 (2010).
  42. A. Ranjbar, C. Assi, “Availability-Aware Design in Mesh Networks With Failure-Independent Path-Protecting p-Cycles” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume: 58 , Issue: 2 2009 , Page(s): 348 – 363
  43. N. Ghazisaidi, C. Assi, and M. Maier “FiWi Access Networks: A Survey,” IEEE Communication Magazine, February 2009. (As of September 2012, this paper has been cited 66 times)
  44. Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Power-Aware Ad Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas: Models and Analysis” Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, 7(3): 486-499 (2009).
  45. Hassan Issa, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi and Sujoy Ray. QoS-Aware Middleware for Web Services Composition, a Qualitative Approach. The Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 2009, Taylor and Francis Publishers, Enterprise IS 3(4): 449-470 (2009) (As of September 2012, this paper has been cited 23 times).
  46. M.S. Kiaei, C. Assi, B. Jaumard, “A Survey on the p-Cycle Protection Method” Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE 
Volume: 11 , Issue: 3 , Page(s): 53 – 70, 2009 (As of September 2012, this paper has been cited 10 times).
  47. Basel Alawieh, Yongning Zhang, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Improving Spatial Reuse in Multihop Wireless Networks- A Survey” in IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Volume: 11 , Issue: 3 , Page(s): 71 – 91, 2009.
  48. Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi, Hussein Mouftah, “Investigating the Performance of Power-Aware IEEE 802.11 in Multi-hop Wireless Networks” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume: 58,  Issue: 1, Pages 287-300 Jan. 2009.
  49. N. Ghani, Q. Liu, A. Gumaste, J. Lankford, A. Shami, C. Assi, A. Khalil, D. Benhaddou, "Value-Added Services in Next-Generation SONET/SDH Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine , Page(s): 64 – 73, 2008.
  50. Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi, Wessam Ajib, “Distributed Correlative Power Control Schemes for Mobile Ad hoc Networks using Directional Antennas” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Volume 57,  Issue 3,  May 2008 Page(s):1733 - 1744.
  51. Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Benslimane “Enhancing IEEE 802.11 Random Backoff in Selfish Environments” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Volume 57,  Issue 3,  May 2008 Page(s):1806 – 1822.
  52. Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Ahmad Khalil, “Analytical and Experimental Study on Ethernet Passive Optical Networks: Challenges and Solutions” International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Vol. 2, No.2/3  pp. 138 – 159, 2009.
  53. Hadi Otrok, Mona Mehrandish, Chadi Assi, Mourad Debbabi, “Game Theoretic Models for Detecting Networks Intrusions” Elsevier, Computer Communications,(10) 1934-1944 (2008) (As of September 2012, this paper has been cited 18 times).
  54. Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal, Yi Liu, “Enhanced Per-Flow Admission Control and QoS Provisioning in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 57,  Issue 2,  March 2008 Page(s):1077 – 1088.
  55. T. D. Wallace, A. Shami, and C. Assi, “Scheduling Advance Reservation Requests for WDM Networks with Static Traffic Demands” IET Commun., 2008, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 1023–1033, 2008.
  56. Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, Abderahim Benslimane, “On MAC Layer Misbehavior in Wireless Networks: Challenges and Solutions” IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, Volume 15,  Issue 4,  Aug. 2008 Page(s):6 – 14.
  57. Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Towards Quality of Service Protection in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks: Challenges and Solutions” IEEE Network, Special Issue on Advances in Broadband Access Networks, Volume 21,  Issue 5,  Sept.-Oct. 2007 Page(s):12 – 19.
  58. T. D. Wallace, A. Shami, and C. Assi, “Advance Lightpath Reservation for a Centralized WDM Network with Dynamic Traffic” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (formerly OSA Journal of Optical Networking), vol. 6, issue. 7, pp. 913-924, July 2007.
  59. Ahmad Dhaini, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Per-Stream QoS and Admission Control in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1659-1669, July 2007.
  60. Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye, “DREAM: A System for Detection and Reaction against MAC Layer Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks” Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Computer Communications 30(8): 1841-1853 (2007).
  61. Ahmad Dhaini, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Abdallah Shami, “Dynamic Wavelength and Bandwidth Allocation in Hybrid TDM/WDM Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs),” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 277-286, Jan. 2007 (As of Sept. 2012, this paper has been cited 92 times).
  62. Dev Shankar Mukherjee, Chadi Assi, Anjali Agarwal “An Alternative Approach for Enhanced Availability Analysis and Design Methods in p-cycle -based Networks” IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, JSAC, vol. 24,  issue 12,  Dec. 2006 Page(s):23 – 34.
  63. Chadi Assi, Wei Huo, Abdallah Shami, “Multiple-Link Failures Survivability in Optical Networks with Traffic Grooming Capability” Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, 3900-3912 (2006).
  64. Israat T. Haque, Chadi Assi, “Localized Energy Efficient Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 7(6): 781-793 (2007)
  65. Lei Guang, Chadi Assi, “Vulnerabilities Assessment of Ad Hoc Networks to MAC Layer Misbehavior” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 7(6): 703-715 (2007) (As of September 2012, this paper has been cited 17 times).
  66. Xiaofeng Bai, Abdallah Shami, Chadi Assi, “On the Fairness of Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Schemes in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Vol. 29, Issue 11, pp. 2123-2135, July 2006.
  67. A. Khalil, A. Hadjiantonis, C. Assi, A. Shami, G. Ellinas, and M. A. Ali, "Dynamic Provisioning of Low-Speed Unicast/Multicast Traffic Demands in Mesh-Based WDM Optical Networks," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology,  Volume 24,  Issue 2,  Feb. 2006 Page(s):681 – 693.
  68. ASM Delowar Hossain, R. Dorsinville, A. Shami, C. Assi, and M. Ali., “A Novel Ring-Based Local Access PON Architecture for Supporting Private Networking Capability,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (formerly Journal of Optical. Networking), vol. 5, no.1, January 2006.
  69. Chadi Assi, Wei Huo, Abdallah Shami, and Nasir Ghani, “Improving Signaling Recovery in Shared Mesh Optical Networks”, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 59-68, December 2005.
  70. Abdallah Shami, X. Bai, Nasir Ghani, Chadi Assi and H. T. Mouftah, “QoS Control Schemes for Two-Stage Ethernet Passive Optical Access Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IEEE JSAC), Vol. 28, No.3, pp. 1467-1478, August 2005.
  71. Chadi Assi, Wei Huo, Abdallah Shami, and Nasir Ghani “Analysis of Capacity Re-Provisioning in Optical Mesh Networks” IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 658 - 660, July 2005.
  72. Abdallah Shami, Xiaofeng Bai, Chadi Assi, and Nasir Ghani “Jitter Performance in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 23, Issue 4, April 2005 Page(s): 1745 – 1753.
  73. A. Shami, C. Assi, N. Ghani, and H. T. Mouftah, "A New Reconfiguration Protocol for Mesh Optical Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 558-560, June 2005.
  74. S.R. Sherif, A. Hadjiantonis, G. Ellinas, C. Assi, and M.A. Ali “A Novel Decentralized Ethernet-Based PON Access Architecture for Provisioning Differentiated QoS” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume: 22, Issue: 11, Pages: 2483 – 2497, November 2004.
  75. N. Ghani, A. Shami, C. Assi, and Y. Raja, “Intra-ONU Bandwidth Scheduling in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks” IEEE Communication Letters, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp.683-686, November 2004.
  76. Chadi Assi, A. Khalil, N. Ghani, A. Shami, and M. Ali, “Efficient Shared Path Protection in Mesh WDM Networks” The Journal of Networks, Software Tools, and Applications, Cluster computing, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 271-280, July 2004.
  77. Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, S. Dixit and M. Ali “Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Quality of Service Over Ethernet PONs”, IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, JSAC, Vol. 21, Issue: 9, Pages, 1467 – 1477, Nov 2003.
  78. Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, S. Dixit, and M. Ali, “Control and Management Protocols in Survivable Optical Mesh Networks”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 21, Issue: 11, Pages: 2638 – 2651, Nov.2003.
  79. A. Shami, Chadi Assi, N. Ghani, and M. Ali, “Connection Management Protocols for Dynamic Lightpath Provisioning in Future WDM Networks” Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, pp. 25-32, Jul. 2003, vol. 6, Issue 1.
  80. Chadi Assi, Y. Ye, A. Shami, S. Dixit, and M. Ali, “Integrated Routing Algorithms for Provisioning “Sub-Wavelength” Connections in IP-Over-WDM Networks”, Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, Volume 4, pp. 377-390, 2002.
  81. Abdallah Shami, Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Sudhir Dixit, and M. A. Ali “Integrated Routing/Signalling Protocols in GMPLS-based Optical Networks”, Optical Network Magazine, SPIE, Volume 4, pp. 16-23, July/August, 2002.
  82. Chadi Assi, A. Shami, Z.  Zhang, M. Ali, “Impact of wavelength converters on the performance of optical networks” Optical Network Magazine, SPIE, vol.3, issue 2, March/April 2002.
  83. Yinghua Ye, Chadi Assi, Sudhir Dixit, and M. A. Ali, “A Simple Dynamic Integrated Provisioning/Protection Scheme in IP over WDM Networks” IEEE Communication Magazine, Volume 39, Issue 11, pp. 174 –182, Nov. 2001.
  84. Chadi Assi, Abdullah Shami, M. Ali “Optical Networking and Real-Time Provisioning; An Integrated Vision For The Next-Generation Internet” IEEE Network, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp. 36–45, July-Aug. 2001.
  85. M. A Ali, A. Shami, Chadi Assi, Yinghua Ye and Russ Kurtz “Architectural Options for the Next-Generation Networking Paradigm: Is Optical Internet the Answer?” Journal of Photonic Network Communications, Kluwer Academic, Volume 3, Jan-June 2001.