Suman Sarkar

Currently working at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Got Ph.D. recently. Was a researcher at Networks Research Lab. in Computer Science at UC Davis. Professor Biswanath Mukherjee is my advisor.
My personal pulp.

Contact Information:

Email: suman.sarkar@gmail.com.
Cell: 530-848-8622.

Education:

Research Interests: [Resume] [Dissertation] [Patents] [Book Chapter] [Publications]

Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Architecture, Routing, and Fault-tolerance.
Network QoS.
Wireless Mesh: Energy-aware Low-cost Community Network.
Fiber Access Network (PON): Resouce Allocations.

Resume:

[pdf] [doc].

Dissertation:

Design and Analysis of Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Networks (WOBAN).

Patents:

  • Sudhir Dixit and Suman Sarkar, "An adaptive Mechanism for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Wireless Mesh to Conserve Power," [Filed on October, 2007 on behalf of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)].

  • Sudhir Dixit, Suman Sarkar, Vikram Keshavamurthy, and Suryanto Unsulangi, "A method and Apparatus to Minimize Power/Battery Consumption in Wireless Mesh," [Filed on November, 2007 on behalf of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), pending].

  • Sudhir Dixit and Suman Sarkar, "Cascaded Source-driven Node Wake-up and Routing in Wireless Mesh," [Filed on October, 2007 on behalf of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), pending].

    • Book Chapter:

  • Suman Sarkar, Pulak Chowdhury, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)," [for the book: Broadband Access Networks: Technologies and Deployment, Springer, to publish].

    • Publications:

      Journals:

    1. Suman Sarkar, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): A Review of Relevant Challenges," IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), Special Issue on Convergence of Optical Wireless Access Networks, November 2007. [Invited Paper]

    2. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "A novel delay-aware routing algorithm (DARA) for a hybrid wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN)," IEEE Network, May 2008.

    3. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Network Planning and Setup," Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), August 2008.

    4. Anpeng Huang, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Africa TWO: A Proposal for a Concentric Two-Ring Network for the African Continent," Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), August 2008.

      5. Conferences:

    5. Suman Sarkar, Biswanath Mukherjee, and Sudhir Dixit, "Optimum Placement of Multiple Optical Network Units (ONUs) in Optical-Wireless Hybrid Access Network," Proc., IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2006), March 2006.

    6. Suman Sarkar, Biswanath Mukherjee, and Sudhir Dixit, "Towards Global Optimization of Multiple ONU Placement in Hybrid Optical-Wireless Broadband Access Networks," Proc., IEEE Conference on Optical Internet (COIN 2006), July 2006.

    7. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Optimum Placement of Base Stations and Optical Network Units in a Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)," Proc., IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2007), March 2007.

    8. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "RADAR: Risk-and-Delay Aware Routing Algorithm in a Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)," Proc., IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2007), March 2007.

    9. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "DARA: Delay-Aware Routing Algorithm in a Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)," Proc., IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2007), June 2007.

    10. Abu (Sayeem) Reaz, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Suman Sarkar, and Dipak Ghosal, "Capacity and Delay Aware Routing in Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network," Proc., Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS 2007), December 2007.

    11. Abu (Sayeem) Reaz, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Suman Sarkar, Dipak Ghosal, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "CaDAR: an Efficient Routing Algorithm for Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network," Proc., IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), May 2008.

    12. Abu (Sayeem) Reaz, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, Suman Sarkar, Dipak Ghosal, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Capacity Enhancement for Wireless Access," Proc., IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. (to appear)

    13. Frederick Clarke, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Simultaneous and Interleaved Polling: An Upstream Protocol for WDM-PON," Proc., IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2006), March 2006.

    14. Frederick Clarke, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Resource Planning and Bandwidth Allocation for Upgrading Passive Optical Networks," Proc., IEEE Conference on Optical Internet (COIN 2006), July 2006.

    15. Frederick Clarke, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Traffic Growth and Provisioning for Integrating WDM in PONs," Proc., IEEE/LEOS Photonics in Switching (PIS 2007), August 2007.

    16. Anpeng Huang, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Concentric Two-Ring Network for the African Continent: A Proposal," Proc., IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, November 2006.

    17. Anpeng Huang, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Concentric Two-Ring Network (CTRN): RWA Algorithms and Protection Schemes," Proc., IEEE Conference on Optical Internet (COIN 2006), July 2006.

    18. Anpeng Huang and Suman Sarkar, "A Scheduling-Aware Burst Assembly Algorithm for Bandwidth-Guaranteed and Delay-Bounded Services in IP-over-WDM Networks," Proc., IEEE GLOBECOM 2007, November 2007.

    19. Marwan Batayneh, Smita Rai, Suman Sarkar, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Efficient Management of a Network's Excess Capacity: A Traffic-Engineering Approach," Proc., European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC 2007), September 2007.

    20. Dragos Andrei, Marwan Batayneh, Suman Sarkar, Charles Martel, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Deadline-Driven Bandwidth Allocation with Flexible Transmission Rates in WDM Networks," Proc., IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2008), May 2008.

      21. Under Review (Journals/Conferences):

    21. Suman Sarkar, Hong-Hsu Yen, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Network Planning Using Lagrangean Relaxation," Transactions on Networking, Submitted.

    22. Pulak Chowdhury, Suman Sarkar, Glen Kramer, Sudhir Dixit, and Biswanath Mukherjee, "Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Prototype Development and Research Challenges," IEEE Network, Submitted.

    23. Pulak Chowdhury, Suman Sarkar, and Abu (Sayeem) Reaz, "Comparative Cost Study of Broadband Access Technologies," IEEE ANTS 2008, Submitted.

    24. Abu (Sayeem) Reaz, Vishwanath Ramamurthi, and Suman Sarkar, "Flow-Aware Channel Assignment for Multi-Radio Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network," IEEE ANTS 2008, Submitted.

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