Dong Xuan’s Research Publications

Newly Accepted Journals
- Ai Chen, Ten H. Lai and Dong Xuan, Measuring and Guaranteeing Quality of Barrier-Coverage for General Belts with Wireless Sensors, to appear in ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), accepted in June 2009.
- Wenjun Gu, Zhimin Yang,
Dong Xuan, Weijia Jia and Can Que, Null Data Frame: A Double-edged Sword
in IEEE 802.11 WLANs, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Distributed and
Parallel Systems (TPDS), accepted in June 2009.
- Thang Le, Prasun Sinha and Dong Xuan, Turning Heterogeneity into An Advantage in Wireless Ad-hoc Network Routing, accepted to appear in Ad Hoc Networks Journal, Elsevier, accepted in June 2009.
- Wei Yu, Xun Wang, Xinwen
Fu, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, An Invisible Localization Attack to Internet
Threat Monitors, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Distributed and
Parallel Systems (TPDS), accepted in Nov. 2008.
2009
- Xiaole Bai, Chuanlin
Zhang, Dong Xuan, Jin Teng and Weijia Jia,
Low-Connectivity and Full-Coverage Three Dimensional Networks, in
Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and
Computing (MobiHoc), May 2009.
- Xiaole Bai, Chuanlin
Zhang, Dong Xuan and Weijia Jia, Full-Coverage and K-Connectivity (K=14,
6) Three Dimensional Networks, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference
on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2009.
- Weijia Jia, Fung Po Tso,
Zhen Ling, Xinwen Fu, Dong Xuan and Wei Yu, Blind Detection of Spread
Spectrum Flow Watermarks, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on
Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2009.
- Jin Teng, Changqing Xu,
Weijia Jia and Dong Xuan, D-Scan: Enabling Fast and Smooth Handoff in
AP-dense 802.11 Wireless Networks, in the mini-conference conjunction with
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April
2009.
- Nan Xu, Fan Zhang, Yisha
Luo, Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan and Jin Teng, Stealthy
Video Capturer: A New Video-based Spyware in 3G Smartphones, in
Proc. of ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), March 2009.
- Zhimin Yang, Boxuan Gu,
Adam Champion, Xiaole Bai and Dong Xuan, Link-Layer
Protection in 802.11i WLANs with Dummy Authentication, in Proc.
of ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec), March 2009 (short
paper).
2008
- Wei Yu, Sriram Chellappan,
Xun Wang and Dong Xuan, Peer-to-Peer System-based Active Worm Attacks:
Modeling, Analysis and Defense, in Journal of Computer Communications
(COMCOM), Elsevier, Vol. 31, Nov. 17, Nov. 2008, pp. 4005-4017.
- Xiaole Bai, Wenjun Gu,
Sriram Chellappan, Xun Wang, Dong Xuan and Bin Ma, PAS:
Predicate-based Authentication Services Against Powerful Passive
Adversaries, in Proc. of Annual Computer Security Applications
Conference (ACSAC), Dec. 2008.
- Wenjun Gu, Zhimin Yang,
Can Que, Dong Xuan and Weijia Jia, On
Security Vulnerabilities of Null Data Frames in IEEE 802.11 based WLANs,
in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems (ICDCS), June 2008, pp. 28-35.
- Xiaole Bai, Dong Xuan,
Ziqiu Yun, Ten H. Lai and Weijia Jia, Complete
Optimal Deployment Patterns for Full-Coverage and k-Connectivity (k
<=6) Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proc. of ACM International
Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), May 2008,
pp. 401-410.
- Ai Chen, Ten H. Lai and
Dong Xuan, Measuring
and Guaranteeing Quality of Barrier-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks,
in Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking
and Computing (MobiHoc), May 2008, pp. 421-430.
- Xiaole Bai, Ziqiu Yun,
Dong Xuan, Ten H. Lai and Weijia Jia, Deploying
Four-Connectivity And Full-Coverage Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proc.
of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM),
April 2008, pp. 906-914.
- Xun Wang, Wei Yu,
Xinwen Fu, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, iLOC:
An invisible LOCalization Attack to Internet Threat Monitoring System,
in the mini-conference conjunction with IEEE International Conference on
Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2008, pp. 1930-1938.
2007
- Wenjun Gu, Xiaole Bai,
Sriram Chellappan, Dong Xuan and Weijia Jia, Network
Decoupling: A Methodology for Secure Communications in Wireless Sensor
Networks, in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
(TPDS), Vol. 18, No. 12, Dec. 2007, pp. 1784-1796.
- Sriram Chellappan, Wenjun
Gu, Xiaole Bai, Dong Xuan, Bin Ma and Kaizhong Zhang, Deploying
Wireless Sensor Networks under Limited Mobility Constraints, in IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 6, No. 10, Oct. 2007, pp.
1142-1157.
- Xun Wang, Wei Yu, Adam
Champion, Xinwen Fu and Dong Xuan, Detecting
Worms via Mining Dynamic Program Execution, in Proc. of IEEE
International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks
(SecureComm), Sept. 2007, pp. 412-421.
- Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu,
Steve Graham, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, DSSS-Based
Flow Marking Technique for Invisible Traceback, in Proc. of IEEE
Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland), May. 2007, pp. 18-32.
- Zhimin Yang, Eylem Ekici
and Dong Xuan,
A Localization-Based Anti-Sensor Network System, in Proc of the
mini-conference in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on
Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May 2007, pp. 6-12.
2006
- Li Xiao, Yunhao Liu,
Wenjun Gu, Dong Xuan and Xiaomei Liu, Mutual Anonymous Overlay Multicast,
in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Elsevier, Vol.
66, No. 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 1205-1216.
- Wei Yu, Xun Wang, Dong
Xuan and David Lee, Effective Detection of Active Worms with Varying Scan
Rate, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Security and Privacy in
Communication Networks (SecureComm), Aug. 2006 (10 pages).
- Wei Yu, Xun Wang, Prasad
Calyam, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, On Detecting Camouflaging Worm, in Proc.
of Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), Aug. 2006,
pp. 235-244.
- Wei Yu, Sriram Chellappan,
Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, Distributed Policy Processing in Active-Service
based Infrastructures, in International Journal of Communication Systems
(IJCS), John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2006, pp. 727-750.
- Xun Wang, Sriram
Chellappan, Philip Corey Boyer and Dong Xuan, On
the Effectiveness of Secure Overlay Forwarding Systems under Intelligent
Distributed DoS Attacks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed
Systems (TPDS), Vol. 17, No. 7, June 2006, pp. 619-632.
- Wenjun Gu, Xiaole Bai,
Sriram Chellappan and Dong Xuan, Network
Decoupling for Secure Communications in Sensor Networks, in Proc. of
IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service (IWQoS), June 2006, pp.
189-198 (slides).
- Wei Yu, Thang Nam Le,
Jangwon Lee and Dong Xuan, Effective Query Aggregation for Data Services
in Sensor Networks, in International Journal of Computer Communications
(JCC), Elsevier, Vol. 29, No. 18, June 2006, pp. 3733-3744.
- Xiaole Bai, Santosh Kumar,
Dong Xuan, Ziqiu Yun and Ten H. Lai, Deploying
Wireless Sensors to Achieve Both Coverage and Connectivity, in Proc.
of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
(MobiHoc), May 2006, pp. 131-142 (slides).
- Thang Nam Le, Wei Yu,
Xiaole Bai and Dong Xuan, A Dynamic GHT for Data-Centric Storage in Sensor
Networks, in Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking
Conference (WCNC), April 2006 (7 pages).
- Xun Wang, Sriram
Chellappan, Wenjun Gu, Wei Yu and Dong Xuan, Policy-driven Physical
Attacks in Sensor Networks: Modeling and Measurement, in Proc. of IEEE
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 2006 (8
pages).
- Li Xiao, Yunhao Liu,
Wenjun Gu, Dong Xuan and Xiaomei Liu, A Design of Overlay Anonymous
Multicast Protocol, in Proc. of IEEE International Parallel &
Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2006 (10 pages).
- Shengquan Wang, Zhibin
Mai, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, Design
and Implementation of QoS-Provisioning System for Voice over IP, IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol. 17, No. 3,
March 2006, pp. 276-288.
- Xun Wang, Wenjun Gu, Kurt
Schosek, Sriram Chellappan and Dong Xuan, Sensor Network Configuration
under Physical Attacks, accepted to appear in International Journal of Ad
Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), Inderscience, Jan. 2006.
2005
- Sriram Chellappan, Xiaole
Bai, Bin Ma and Dong Xuan,
Sensor Network Deployment using Flip-based Sensors, in Proc. of IEEE
Mobile Sensor and Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Nov. 2005, pp.
291-298 (slides).
- Wenjun Gu, Xun Wang,
Sriram Chellappan, Dong Xuan and Ten H. Lai, Defending
against Search-based Physical Attacks in Sensor Networks, in Proc. of
IEEE Mobile Sensor and Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Nov. 2005, pp.
520-527 (slides).
- Thang Nam Le, Wei Yu and
Dong Xuan, An Adaptive Zone-Based Storage Architecture for Wireless Sensor
Networks, in Proc. of Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM),
Nov. 2005, pp. 2782-2786.
- Wei Yu, Sriram Chellappan
and Dong Xuan, On Defending Peer-to-Peer System-based Active Worm Attack,
in Proc. of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov.
2005, pp. 1757-1761.
- Xun Wang, Sriram
Chellappan, Wenjun Gu, Wei Yu and Dong Xuan, Search-based Physical Attacks
in Sensor Networks, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer
Communication and Networks (ICCCN), Oct. 2005, pp. 489-496.
- Xun Wang, Wenjun Gu, Kurt
Schosek, Sriram Chellappan and Dong Xuan, Sensor Network Configuration
under Physical Attacks, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer
Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), Aug. 2005, pp. 23-32.
- Xun Wang, Wenjun Gu, Kurt
Schosek, Sriram Chellappan and Dong Xuan, Lifetime
Optimization of Sensor Networks under Physical Attacks, in Proc of
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2005, pp.
3295-3301.
- Wei Yu, Philip Coyer
Boyer, Sriram Chellappan and Dong Xuan, Peer-to-Peer
System-based Active Worm Attacks: Modeling and Analysis, in Proc. of
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2005, pp.
295-300.
- Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan
and Wei Zhao, Analyzing and Enhancing the Resilience of Structured
Peer-to-Peer Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
(JPDC), Elsevier, Vol. 65, Jan. 2005, pp. 207-219.
- Wei Yu, Sriram Challappan
and Dong Xuan, P2P/ Grid-based Overlay Architecture to Support VoIP
Services in Large Scale IP Networks, in Journal of Future Generation
Computer Systems (FGCS), Elsevier, Vol. 21, No. 1, Jan. 2005, pp. 209-219.
2004
- Wei Yu, Thang Nam Le, Dong
Xuan and Wei Zhao, Query Aggregation for Providing Efficient Data Services
in Sensor Networks, in Proc. of IEEE Mobile and Ad-hoc Sensor Systems (MASS),
Oct. 2004, pp. 31-40.
- Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan,
Wanqing Tu, Lidong Lin and Wei Zhao, Distributed Admission Control for
Anycast Flows, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
(TPDS), Vol 15, No. 8, Aug. 2004, pp. 673-686.
2003
- Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan
and Wei Zhao, On
Resilience of Structured Peer-to-Peer Systems, in Proc. of IEEE Global
Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2003, pp. 3851-3856.
- Dong Xuan, Sriram
Chellappan and Muralidhar Krishnamoorthy, RChord:
An Enhanced Chord System Resilient to Routing Attacks, in Proc. of
IEEE International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing
(ICCNMC), Oct. 2003, pp. 69-77.
- Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham,
Riccardo Bettati, Wei Zhao and Dong Xuan, Analytical and Empirical
Analysis of Countermeasures to Traffic Analysis Attacks, in Proc. of
International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Oct. 2003, pp.
483-492.
- Xiuzhong Chen, Chunfeng
Wang, Dong Xuan, Zhongcheng Li, Yinghua Min and Wei Zhao, Survey on QoS
Management of VoIP, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer
Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), Oct. 2003, pp. 253-259.
- Wei Yu, Dong Xuan, Sandeep
K. Reddy, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Distributed Policy Processing in
Virtual Private Operation Environment for Large Scale Networks, in Proc.
of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Information Assurance
Workshop (IAW), June 2003, pp. 84-91.
- Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan,
Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, A Study of
Providing Statistical QoS Guarantees in Differentiated Services Networks,
in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and
Applications (NCA), April 2003, pp. 297-304.
- Zhibin Mai, Shengquan
Wang, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, Group
Aggregation for Scalable Anycast Routing, in Proc. of IEEE
International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC),
April 2003, pp. 33-40.
2002
- Shengquang Wang, Zhibin
Mai, Walt Magnussen, Dong Xuan and Wei Zhao, Implementation
of QoS-Provision System for Voice over IP, in Proc. of IEEE Real-time
Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), Oct. 2002, pp. 266-275.
- Wei Yu, Dong Xuan and Wei
Zhao, Middleware based Approach for Preventing Distributed Denial of
Service Attacks, in Proc. of IEEE Military Communications (MILCOM), Oct.
2002, pp. 1124-1129.
- Dong Xuan, Shengquan Wang,
Ye Zhu, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, A Gateway-Based Defense System for
Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in High Speed Networks, accepted to
appear in IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (TSMC), 2002.
- Wei Yu, Dong Xuan,
Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, An Integrated Middleware-Based Solution
for Supporting Secured Dynamic-Coalition Applications in Heterogeneous
Environments, accepted to appear in IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics (TSMC), 2002.
2001
- Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan,
Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Differentiated
Services with Statistical Real-Time Guarantees in Static-Priority Scheduling
Networks, in Proc. of IEEE Real-Time System Symposium (RTSS), Nov.
2001, pp. 289-298.
- Yong Guan, Xingwen Fu,
Dong Xuan, Prashanth Umesh Shenoy, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, NetCamo:
Camouflaging Network Traffic for QoS-Guaranteed Mission Critical Applications,
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (TSMC), Vol. 31, No. 4,
July 2001, pp. 253-265
- Dong Xuan, Riccardo
Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Gateway-Based Defense System for Distributed DoS
Attacks in High Speed Networks, in Proc. of IEEE Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics Information Assurance Workshop (IAW), June 2001, pp. 212-219.
- Wei Yu, Dong Xuan, Bryan
Graham, S. Santhanam, Riccardo Bettati, and Wei Zhao, An Integrated
Middleware-Based Solution for Supporting Secured Dynamic-Coalition Applications
in Heterogeneous Environments, in Proc. of IEEE Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics Information Assurance Workshop (IAW), June 2001, pp. 259-264.
- Dong Xuan and Weijia Jia, Distributed
Admission Control for Anycast Flows with QoS Requirements, in Proc. of
IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS),
April 2001, pp. 292-300.
- Shengquan Wang, Dong Xuan,
Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Providing
Absolute Differentiated Services for Real-Time Applications in Static
Priority Scheduling Networks, in Proc. of IEEE International
Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), April 2001, pp. 669-678.
2000
- Byung-Kyu Choi, Dong Xuan,
Chengzhi Li, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Scalable QoS
Guaranteed Communication Services for Real-Time Applications, in Proc.
of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS),
April 2000, pp. 180-187.
- Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan and
Wei Zhao, Integrated Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, IEEE
Communication Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 48-53.
1999
- Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, Dong
Xuan and Gaochao Xu, An Efficient Fault-Tolerant Multicast Routing
Protocol with Core-Based Tree Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Parallel
and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Vol.10, No.10, Oct.1999, pp. 984-1000.
- Yong Guan, Chengzhi Li,
Dong Xuan, Riccardo Bettati and Wei Zhao, Preventing traffic analysis for
real-time communication networks, in Proc. of IEEE Military Communications
(MILCOM), Oct. 1999, pp. 744-750.
- Weijia Jia, Wei Zhao, Dong
Xuan, and Gaochao Xu, An Efficient Fault-Tolerant Multicast Routing
Protocol with Core-Based Tree Techniques, in Proc. of International
Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Aug. 1999, pp. 508-514.
- Weijia Jia, Gaochao Xu,
Wei Zhao, and Dong Xuan, An Integrated Routing Protocol for Reliable
Anycast and Multicast Communications, in Proc. of International Conference
on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (ICPDCS), Aug. 1999, pp.
185-190.
1998
- Weijia Jia, Dong Xuan and
Wei Zhao, Integrated Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, in Proc. of
IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Vol: 3, Nov. 1998,
pp. 1635-1640.
- Dong
Xuan, Weijia Jia and Wei Zhao, Routing Algorithms for Anycast Messages, in
Proc. of International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP),
Aug. 1998, pp. 122-130

Acknowledgement
The above work is partially supported by the US National
Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award CCF0546668, the Army Research Office
(ARO) under grant No. AMSRD-ACC-R50521-CI. Any opinions, findings, conclusions,
and recommendations in this paper are those of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.

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