Publications

Journals

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “On Utility-Fair Bandwidth Adaptation for Multi-Class Traffic QoS Provisioning in Wireless Networks”, Computer Networks DOI:10.1016/j.comnet.2006.11.012   ISSN:1389-1286 Electronic Publication December 2006, also Volume 51, Issue 10 (July 2007) Pages: 2554-2564   Elsevier North-Holland, Inc.

John Bigham, David Gamez, Xuan Jin & Chris Philips “ Test Data for Anomaly Detection in Electricity Networks” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 2006 - Vol. 2, No.4  pp. 396 - 411 , DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2006.011347

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “An Integrated Bandwidth Adaptation Scheme for Multimedia Wireless Networks and its Connection-Level Performance Analysis”, Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS) special issue on QoS in Wireless Networks, 2006, Volume 2 - Number 2 - June 2006 (Electronic Publication)

Chris Phillips, John Bigham , L He B. Littlefair, 2006 Managing automated communities with MPLS based VPNs, BT Technology Journal, Vol 24, No 2, April 2006, pp79-84,

John Bigham, Laurie Cuthbert, Xu Yang, Ning Lu and Damian Ryan, “Using Intelligent Agents for Managing Resources in Military Communications”, Computer Networks 46(5): 709-721, 2004 (ISSN 1389-1286),

L. Du , J. Bigham, and L. Cuthbert, “Towards to intelligent geographic load balancing for mobile cellular networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part C: Applications and Reviews , Vol. 33, No. 4, November 2003, pp 480-491.

Cuthbert, L.G, Ryan, D., Tokarchuk, L., Bigham, J and Bodanese E. “Using intelligent agents to manage resources in 3G Networks”, J IBTE, Vol 2 part 4 Dec 2001 pp39-44

T. Terje, M. Annoni, L Tokarchuk, C. Adams and, A Nordbotten, E., Scarrone, J. Bigham, K Craig, S Bizzari , & M. D inis, Future broadband radio access systems for integrated services with flexible resource management IEEE Communications Magazine 2001

Conferences

Naeem, U. Bigham, J. (2008). “ Activity Recognition using a Hierarchical Framework ”. Ambient Technologies for Diagnosing and Monitoring Chronic Patients Workshop in the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2008, Tampere, Finland, January 29 th , 2008

Xu Yang, John Bigham “Utility Based Semi-Adaptive Call Admission Control”, the third IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, September 21-23, 2007, Shanghai China . Accepted.

Naeem, U. Bigham, J. Wang, J. (2007). “ Recognising Activities of Daily Life Using Hierarchical Plans ”. Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context, LNCS 4793, Page(s): 175-189

Naeem, U. Bigham, J. (2007). “ A Comparison of Two Hidden Markov Approaches to Task Identification in the Home Environment ”. Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications, Page(s): 383-388

Xu Yang, John Bigham “A Call Admission Control Scheme using NeuroEvolution Algorithm in Cellular Networks”, January 2007, Hyderabad , India , the 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI07). Page(s): 186-191

Xu Yang, John Bigham “A Learning Approach for Call Admission Control under QoS Constraints in Cellular Networks”, Nov 2006, Singapore , the 10th IEEE International Conference on Communications Systems (IEEE ICCS 2006). Page(s):1 – 5 .

Xu Yang, John Bigham “An Integration Architecture to 4 th Generation Wireless Networks”, October 2006, Split - Dubrovnik, Croatia, the 14th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (IEEE SoftCOM 2006). Page(s):257 – 261.

Xu Yang, John Bigham “ Call Admission Control under QoS Constraints Using NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies”, IET ICWMMN 2006. Page(s): 1308 – 1311.

P. Jiang, J. Bigham, J. Wu,  "Providing enhanced QoS differentiation to customers using geographic load balancing", European Conference on Wireless Technology , 2006. ECWT 2006.IEEE 10-12 September 2006

J. Wu, J. Bigham, P. Jiang, J. P. Neophytou, "Tilting and Beam-shaping for Traffic Load Balancing in WCDMA Network", European Conference on Wireless Technology , 2006. ECWT 2006.IEEE 10-12 September 2006

Ning Lu, John Bigham and Nidal Nasser, “An Intra-Class and Inter-Class Utility-Fair Bandwidth Adaptation Algorithm for Multi-Class Traffic in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of the 12 th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Busan , Korea , Aug, 2006

Nidal Nasser, Ning Lu and John Bigham, “Performance Analysis of a Threshold-based Call Admission Control Scheme for Multimedia Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of the 12 th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Busan, Korea, Aug, 2006

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “An Optimal Bandwidth Adaptation Algorithm for Multi-Class Traffic in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks (QShine), Ontario, Canada, Aug, 2006

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “Efficient Utility-based Bandwidth Adaptation for Multimedia Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of The Joint International Conference on Optical Internet and Next Generation Network (COIN-NGNCON), Jeju, Korea, July, 2006

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “On Utility-Fair Bandwidth Adaptation for Multimedia Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS), Guilin , China , June, 2006

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “Intra-Class Utility-Fair Bandwidth Adaptation for Multi-Class Traffic in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of The First International Workshop on Future Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Technologies (FMUIT), Nara, Japan, May, 2006

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “Utility-Maximization Bandwidth Adaptation for Multi-Class Traffic QoS Provisioning in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of the First ACM workshop on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet’05), pp. 136 - 143, Montreal , Quebec , Canada , Oct. 2005

Ning Lu and John Bigham, “Utility-based Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation for Multi-Class Traffic in Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of the 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC’19), pp. 879 - 888, Beijing , China , Aug. 2005

John Bigham, Jiayi Wu , “Real time shaping of wireless coverage patterns when both terminal and base units move”, submitted for Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Military Communications Conference; MILCOM 2005, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

John Bigham , Jiayi Wu, Lin Du, “Real time shaping of coverage patterns for wireless communications when both terminal and base units move”, in Proceedings of the 19th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC-19), August 29-September 2, 2005, Beijing, China

Xu Yang, John Bigham , “Resource Management for Service Providers in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks”, March 2005, New Orleans , La USA , IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2005.

David Gamez, Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, John Bigham, Claudio Balducelli, Kalle Burbeck, Tobias Chyssler “ Next Generation Systems for Protecting LCCIs with Agent-Based Anomaly-Detection and Response” Chapter 18 of DEPENDABLE COMPUTING SYSTEMS: Paradigms, Performance Issues, and Application , Edited by Professor Hassan B. Diab & Professor Albert Y. Zomaya, John Wiley August 2005

Shoop, Karen, Bigham, John & Phillips, Chris "Resource Management Employing Learned Pseudo- D elay for Multi-Service IP Networks", Proceedings 10th European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications (NOC), London , July 2005

J. Bigham, X. Jin, D . Gamez, and C. Phillips, "Hybrid Workflow and Bayesian Networks to Correlate Information in the Protection of Large Scale Critical Infrastructures". Proceeding of WISP 2004, Bologna , Italy , June 2004.

Xu Yang , John Bigham , “Comparision Study and An Agent Approach Of Integrations for Next Generation Wireless Networks.” D epartment of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary , University of London . 3G 2004, the IEE, October 2004, Savoy Place , London , UK .

J. Bigham, D . A. O Gamez, Xuan Jin , Julian Rodaway Chris Phillips and Leonid Titkov, “Safeguarding Electricity Cyber-Infrastructures Against The Worm Threat”. Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Critical Infrastructures 2004, Grenoble , France , October 2004.

J. Bigham, X. Jin, D . Gamez, I. D jordjevi and C. Phillips, " D ynamic Trust Management of Semi-Automated Complex Systems". Proceeding of CCCT'04, Austin , USA , August 2004.

John Bigham , Laurie Cuthbert , Xu Yang , Ning Lu and D amian Ryan , “ Using Intelligent Agents for Managing Resources in Military Communications”, D epartment of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary , University of London. Computer Networks (ISSN 1389-1286), COMNET 2004

Xu Yang, John Bigham , Ning Lu , Laurie Cuthbert , “An agent-based system for supporting enhanced services over wireless infrastructures”, Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London. August, 2004, Austin , Texas , USA , the 2nd International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control Technologies (CCCT04).

L. Du, J. Bigham, and L. Cuthbert, “A Bubble Oscillation Al gor ithm for D istributed Geographic Load Balancing in Mobile Networks,” The Twenty-third Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, IEEE INFOCOM'2004 , Hong Kong, March 2004.

Shoop, Karen, Phillips, Chris & Bigham, John "Agent-Based Sub-Optimal Routing in Multi-Class IP Networks", Proceedings International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT'04, Austin , Texas , USA , August 2004

Shoop, K., Bigham, J. & Phillips, C. "Resource management employing pseudo-delay for IP networks", Proceedings 1st IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, January 2004

J.Bigham and L. Du , “Cooperative negotiation in a multi-agent system for real-time load balancing of a mobile cellular network,” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, ACM AAMAS’2003 , Melbourne, Australia, July 2003, pp 568–575.

L. Du , J. Bigham, and L. Cuthbert, “Utility based distributed geographic load balancing in mobile cellular networks,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Mobile Communication Technologies, IEE 3G’2003 , London, UK, June 2003 , pp. 58-62.

L. Du and J. Bigham, “Constrained coverage optimisation for mobile cellular networks,” in the Applications of Evolutionary Computing, EvoWorkshops2003:EvoBIO, EvoCOP, EvoIASP, EvoMUSART, EvoROB, EvoSTIM , ser. LNCS, vol. 2611. Springer-Verlag, April 2003, pp. 199–211.

John Bigham, David Gamez, and Ning Lu, “Safeguarding SCADA System with Anomaly Detection” , Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Mathematical Methods, Models and Architectures for Computer Networks Security (MMM-ACNS’03), St. Petersburg, Russia, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2776, Springer Verlag, 2003, pp.171-182.

Du L., Bigham J., Cuthbert L.G., Parini C. and Nahi P., "Intelligent Cellular Network Load Balancing Using A Cooperative Negotiation Approach", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC2003, March 2003, New Orleans, USA

Nahi P., Parini C., Du L., Bigham J. and Cuthbert L.G., "Cell Shaping using Pattern Synthesis for a Distributed Load Balancing Scheme in Cellular Networks", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC2003, March 2003, New Orleans, USA

Du L., Bigham J., Cuthbert L.G., "An Intelligent Geographic Load Balance Scheme for Mobile Cellular Networks", the 11th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN2002, Miami ,  USA , 14-16 October 2002. pp 348- 353. ISSN: 1095-2055

L. Du, J. Bigham, L. Cuthbert, C. Parini and P. Nahi, "Using Dynamic Sector Antenna Tilting Control for Load Balancing in Cellular Mobile Communications", International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT2002, Beijing, China. 24-26 June 2002, Vol II, pp 344-348

Du L, Bigham, J. and ,L.G. Cuthbert, "Intelligent Cellular Coverage Control According to Geographic Call Traffic Distribution", the Third International Conference on Mobile Communication Technologies, IEE 3G2002, pp 423-427, 8-10 May 2002, London . ISSN: 0537-9989

L. Du, J. Bigham, L. Cuthbert, C. Parini and P. Nahi, "Cell Size and Shape Adjustment Depending on Call Traffic Distribution", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC2002, Orlando, USA, 17 -21 March 2002, Volume: 2, pp 886 -891.

P. Nahi, C.G. Parini, S. Papadopoulos, L. Du, J. Bigham & L. Cuthbert Semi-Smart Antennas For Agent Based Distributed Load Balancing In Cellular Networks Getting the Most Out of the Radio Spectrum Conference, IEE, Savoy Place. London October 2002

Thong, W.S., Bigham, J. "Hierarchical Management of CDMA Network Resources", 3G2002, London , 2002 .

David Gamez , John Bigham , Laurie Cuthbert "An Architecture for Anomaly D etection in Large Complex Crit ic al Infrastructures." t, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Telecommun ic ation Systems, Modelling and Analysis. Monterrey , California 2002.

J. Bigham, D. Ryan, L. Du, W.S. Thong, & L. Cuthbert Management of call admissions in third generation mobile networks XVIII World Telecommunications Congress (WTC2002), France September 2002

Ryan, D., Bigham, J., Cuthbert L., Tokarchuk, L., (2001). ‘Intelligent Agents for Resource Management in Third Generation Mobile Systems’ in Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XVIII, Proceedings of the 21 st SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, eds Bramer, M., Coenen, F., and Preece, A., Springer, pp149-160 , December 2001

S.Robles, S.Posland, J.Borell and J.Bigham, A practical Trust Model for Agent Oriented Electronic Business Applications, In 4 th International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research, Dallas, USA, vol 2, 397-406, November 2001 ISSN:0-9716253-0-2

S. Robles, S. Posland, J. Borrell and J. Bigham, Adding Security and Privacy to Agents acting in a Marketplace: A Trust Model. In Proceedings of the 35 th Annual IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, IEEE Press, London, L.D. Sanson, 235-239, October 2001, ISSN: 0-7803-6636-0

J. Bigham, D. Ryan W.S. Thong and L. Cuthbert.. Agent Management of third generation mobile networks. In 4 th UK Workshop of the U.K. Special Interest Group on Multi-Agent Systems, December 2001

Thong, W.S., Bigham, J. "Connection and Admission Control for UMTS using an Auction-based method", M2USIC 2001, Kuala Lumpur , 2001 October 2001

  S. Robles, J. Borrell, J. Bigham, L. Tokarchuk, & L. Cuthbert Design of a trust model for a secure multi-agent marketplace Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents 2001, pp 77-78

  J. Bigham, L. Tokarchuk, D. Ryan, L. Cuthbert, J. Lisalina, M. Dinis, & S. Robles, Agent based resource management for 3G networks Second International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technology, London March 2001 pp 236-240

L. Cuthbert, Y. Chen, L. Tokarchuk, & J. Bigham, Selection mechanisms for resource provision in an agent-based system for 3g networks, 9th International Conference on Telecommunications: Systems Modeling and Analysis, Dallas, TX, pp 448-454, March

L. Cuthbert, D. Ryan, L. Tokarchuk, J. Bigham, & E. Bodanese Using intelligent agents to manage resources in 3G networks International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC2001), Banff, Canada May 2001 pp 77-78

J. Bigham, D. Ryan, W.S. Thong, & L. Cuthbert, Agent management of third generation mobile networks, UKMAS 2001, Oxford, UK, December 2001

J. Bigham, L.G.Cuthbert, A.L.G.Hayzelden & Z. Luo., Flexible decentralised control of connection admission., In A.L.G. Hayzelden and R.A. Bourne, editors, Agent Technology for Communications Infrastructure, pages . J.Wiley, 2000., pp 144-155, 2000

L.G. Cuthbert, J. Bigham & C.G. Parini., Intelligent Antennas, British Patent Application no. 0009018.3, April 2000

J. Bigham, W.S. Thong & L.G. Cuthbert, Low level congestion management in mobile networks, World Multiconference on Systemics and Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, USA, Volume 7, Computer Science and Engineering Part 1, pp 230-235, July 2000

J. Bigham, L.G. Cuthbert, A.L.G. Hayzelden, J. Borrell & S. Robles, Distributed control of connection admission to a telecommunications network: security issues, World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 7, Computer Science and Engineering Part 1, pp 224-229, July 2000

E. Vayias, J. Soldatos, J. Bigham, L.G. Cuthbert & Z. Luo, Intelligent Agents for ATM Network Control and Resource Management: Experiences and Results from an Implementation on a Network Testbed, Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM). Special Issue: Intelligent Agents for Telecommunications Management, Vol. 8, no. 3, pp 373-395, September 2000

A.L.G. Hayzelden, J. Bigham, S. Poslad, P. Buckle & E.H. Mamdani, (2000) Communications Systems Driven by Software Agent Technology, Journal of Network and Systems Management. Special Issue: Intelligent Agents for Telecommunications Management, Vol. 8,

J. Lisalina, D. Rossier, M. Dinis, L.G. Cuthbert, L.N. Tokarchuk & J. Bigham, Agent- based resource management for 3G networks, IST Mobile Communications Summit 2000, Galway, Ireland, pp 695-700, October 2000

J. Bigham, Agent Technology within Communication Networks, Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology, Berlin, Germany, December 2000