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Thesis
Real-time Communication over Cluster-tree Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-101001 
Petr JurcikPhD Thesis. 5, Oct, 2010. Prague, Czechia.
Efficient Aggregate Computations in Large-Scale Dense Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-100905 
Nuno PereiraPhD Thesis. 10, Sep, 2010. Braga, Portugal.
Benchmarking Testbed for the Performance Evaluation of Link-Quality Estimators in Wireless Sensor Network HURRAY-TR-100602 
Denis RosárioMaster Thesis. Apr 2010. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.Written in collaboration with the CISTER-ISEP Research Unit, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Portugal).
Supporting Different QoS Levels in Multiple-Cluster Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-100603 
Manish BatsaMaster Thesis. Jan 2010. Roorkee, India.Written in collaboration with the CISTER-ISEP Research Unit, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Portugal).
On the use of IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee for Time-Sensitive Wireless Sensor Network Applications HURRAY-TR-081005 
Ricardo SeverinoMaster Thesis. 1, Oct, 2008. Porto, Portugal.EWSN'09 Best MSc Thesis Award
Books & Book Chapters
IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee as enabling technologies for low-power wireless systems with quality-of-service constraints CISTER-TR-131103 
Stefano Tennina, Anis Koubâa, Roberta Daidone, Mário Alves, Petr Jurcik, Ricardo Severino, Marco Tiloca, Jan-Hinrich Hauer, Nuno Pereira, Gianluca Dini, Melanie Bouroche, Eduardo TovarSpringer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Oct 2013, 97 pages.
Radio link quality estimation in low-power wireless networks CISTER-TR-131102 
Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubâa, Claro Noda, Hossein Fotouhi, Mário Alves, Habib Youssef, Marco Zuniga, Carlo Alberto Boano, Kay Roemer, Daniele Puccinelli, Thiemo Voigt, Luca MottolaSpringer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Jul 2013, 147 pages.
The Emerging Domain of Cooperating Objects (CONET Roadmap 2011) CISTER-TR-131108 
Mário Alves, Björn Andersson, Anis Koubâa, Nuno Pereira, Paulo Gandra de Sousa, Eduardo TovarChapter in "The Emerging Domain of Cooperating Objects (CONET Roadmap 2011) 1st Edition", Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2011. Germany.The CISTER researchers were responsible for Chapter 2. They also organised and contributed to the chapters/sections on non-functional properties: description, state-of-the-art, roadmap and timeline. Section 3.3 Non-Functional Properties (Chapter 3 - State of the Art in Cooperating Object Research): pp. 61-73; Section 6. 3 Non-Functional Properties (Chapter 6 - Research Roadmap): pp. 204-213.
Research Roadmap on Cooperating Objects (CONET Roadmap 2009) CISTER-TR-131109 
Mário Alves, Björn Andersson, Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubâa, Ricardo Severino, Paulo Gandra de SousaChapter in "Research Roadmap on Cooperating Objects (CONET Roadmap 2009) 1st Edition", Logos Verlag. Jun 2009.The CISTER researchers organised and contributed to the chapters/sections on non-functional properties: description, state-of-the-art, roadmap and timeline. Section 3.3 - Non-Functional Properties (Chapter 3 - State of the Art in Cooperating Object Research): pp. 58-76; Section 6.1.3 - Non-Functional Properties (Chapter 6 Research Roadmap; Section 6.1 - Gaps and Trends): pp. 199-209; Section 6.2.3 - Non-functional Properties (Section 6.2 Timeline): pp. 219-220.
IEEE 802.15.4: a Federating Communication Protocol for Time-Sensitive Wireless Sensor Networks CISTER-TR-131110 
Anis Koubâa, Mário Alves, Eduardo TovarChapter in "Sensor Networks and Configurations: Fundamentals, Techniques, Platforms, and Experiments", Springer. Nov 2006, pp 19-49.
Journal Papers
A Microscope for the Data Center CISTER-TR-130501 
Nuno Pereira, Stefano Tennina, João Loureiro, Ricardo Severino, Bruno Saraiva, Manuel Santos, Filipe Pacheco, Eduardo TovarInternational Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), Inderscience. 2015, Volume 18, Issue 3/4, pp 193-203.An extended version of a conference publication titled "Building a Microscope for the Data Center" (ref. HURRAY-TR-120704)
Radio Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks: a Survey HURRAY-TR-121202 
Noucha Baccour, Anis Koubâa, Luca Mottola, Marco Zuniga, Habib Youssef, Carlo Alberto Boano, Mário AlvesACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), ACM New York. Sep 2012, Volume 8, Issue 4. U.S.A..Article 34
Quantifying the Channel Quality for Interference-Aware Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-110801J 
Claro Noda, Shashi Prabh, Mário Alves, Thiemo Voigt, Carlo Alberto Boano
ABSTRACTPDFPDF Additional Files: Zip ArchiveRSSI information (53MB)
ACM SIGBED Review - Special Issue on the 10th International Workshop on Real-time Networks (RTN 2011) (ACM SIGBED Rev), ACM New York. Dec 2011, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp 43-48. U.S.A..
RadiaLE: A framework for designing and assessing link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks HURRAY-TR-110601 
Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubâa, Maissa ben Jamâa, Denis Rosário, Habib Youssef, Mário Alves, Leandro BeckerAd Hoc Networks Journal, Elsevier. Sep 2011, Volume 9, Issue 7, pp 1165-1185.
Using a Prioritized Medium Access Control Protocol for Incrementally Obtaining an Interpolation of Sensor Readings HURRAY-TR-110101 
Björn Andersson, Nuno Pereira, Eduardo Tovar, Ricardo F. T. Gomes1, Feb, 2011.Solutions on Embedded Systems, Springer, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Vol. 81, ISBN 978-94-007-0637-8, 2011.
Dimensioning and Worst-case Analysis of Cluster-Tree Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-100302 
Petr Jurcik, Ricardo Severino, Anis Koubâa, Mário Alves, Eduardo TovarACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), Article No 14, ACM. Aug 2010, Volume 7, Issue 2.
Efficient Computation of MIN and MAX in Multihop Networks (by exploiting a prioritized MAC protocol) HURRAY-TR-080901 
Nuno Pereira, Björn Andersson, Eduardo Tovar, Paulo Manuel Martins de CarvalhoIntelligent Technical Systems, Springer Netherlands. 1, Apr, 2009, Volume 38. Part V, pp 233-246. Netherlands.
Conference or Workshop Papers/Talks
CoS: A New Perspective of Operating Systems Design for the Cyber-Physical World HURRAY-TR-120703 
Vikram Gupta, Eduardo Tovar, Nuno PereiraOperating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time Applications Workshop (OSPERT 2012). 10, Jul, 2012. Pisa, Italy.
BANMAC: An Opportunistic MAC Protocol for Reliable Communications in Body Area Networks HURRAY-TR-120401 
Shashi Prabh, Fernando Royo, Stefano Tennina, Teresa OlivaresThe 8th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2012), IEEE. 16 to 18, May, 2012, pp 166-175. Hangzhou, China.
Smart-HOP: A Reliable Handoff Mechanism for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-120202 
Hossein Fotouhi, Marco Zúñiga, Mário Alves, Anis Koubâa, Pedro Marrón9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2012), Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 15 to 17, Feb, 2012, 7158, pp 131-146. Trento, Italy.
Opportunistic Packet Scheduling in Body Area Networks HURRAY-TR-111201 
Shashi Prabh, Jan-Hinrich Hauer15, Dec, 2011.EWSN 2011
Quantifying the Channel Quality for Interference-Aware Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-110801 
Claro Noda, Shashi Prabh, Mário Alves, Thiemo Voigt, Carlo Alberto Boano
ABSTRACTPDFPDF Additional Files: Zip ArchiveRSSI information (53MB)
the 10th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN 2011). 5, Jul, 2011. Porto, Portugal.
JamLab: Augmenting Sensornet Testbeds with Realistic and Controlled Interference Generation HURRAY-TR-110708 
Carlo Alberto Boano, Thiemo Voigt, Claro Noda, Marco Zuniga, Kay Römer3, Jul, 2011.IPSN’11, April 12–14, 2011, Chicago, Illinois.
sMapReduce: A Programming Pattern for Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-110604 
Vikram Gupta, Eduardo Tovar, Luis Miguel Pinho, Junsung Kim, Karthik Lakshmanan, Raj Rajkumar2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (SESENA 2011), ACM New York. 21 to 28, May, 2011, pp 37-42. Waikiki, U.S.A..In conjunction with ICSE 2011
Scalable Data Acquisition for Densely Instrumented Cyber-Physical Systems HURRAY-TR-110111 
Aida Ehyaei, Eduardo Tovar, Nuno Pereira, Björn AnderssonIEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2011), IEEE. 12 to 14, Apr, 2011, pp 174-183. Chicago, IL, U.S.A..
Simulation study of energy efficient scheduling for IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee cluster-tree Wireless Sensor Networks with time-bounded data flows HURRAY-TR-101101 
Petr Jurcik, Zdeněk Hanzálek15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2010), IEEE. 13 to 16, Sep, 2010, pp 1-8. Bilbao, Spain.
Using a Prioritized MAC Protocol to Execute the Database Operation Join in Networked Embedded Computer Systems HURRAY-TR-100506 
Björn Andersson, Nuno Pereira, Eduardo Tovar, Filipe Pacheco8th IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES 2010), IEEE. 8 to 9, Jul, 2010, pp 49-54. Heraklion, Greece.
Elements of Scalable Data Processing HURRAY-TR-100510 
Björn Andersson, Paulo Gandra de Sousa, Filipe Pacheco, Vinny Reynolds, Panayiotis Andreou, Pedro J. Marrón, Pedro J. Marrón9th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN 2010). 6, Jul, 2010. Brussels, Belgium.In conjunction with the 22th Euromicro Intl Conference on Real-Time Systems, July 7-9
On a Reliable Handoff Procedure for Supporting Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-100802 
Hossein Fotouhi, Mário Alves, Anis Koubâa, Nouha Baccour9th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN 2010). 6 to 9, Jul, 2010. Brussels, Belgium.In conjunction with the 22nd Euromicro International Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2010)
New Schedulability Analysis for WiDom HURRAY-TR-100507 
Maryam Vahabi, Björn Andersson22nd Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2010). 6 to 9, Jul, 2010, Work-In-Progress Session. Brussels, Belgium.
F-LQE: A Fuzzy Link Quality Estimator for Wireless Sensor Networks HURRAY-TR-091201 
Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubâa, Habib Youssef, Maissa ben Jamâa, Denis Rosário, Mário Alves, Leandro Becker7th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2010), Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 17 to 19, Feb, 2010, 5970, pp 240-255. Coimbra, Portugal.
A Vision of Cyber-Physical Internet HURRAY-TR-070905 
Anis Koubâa, Björn Andersson8th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN'09). 1 to 3, Jul, 2009. Dublin, Ireland.
Using a Prioritized Medium Access Control Protocol for Incrementally Obtaining an Interpolation of Sensor Readings HURRAY-TR-090704 
Björn Andersson, Nuno Pereira, Eduardo Tovar, Ricardo F. T. Gomes7th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES'09), IEEE. 25 to 26, Jun, 2009, pp 29-36. Ancona, Italy.
Efficient Aggregate Computations in Large-Scale Dense WSN HURRAY-TR-081101 
Nuno Pereira, Ricardo F. T. Gomes, Björn Andersson, Eduardo Tovar15th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2009), IEEE. 13 to 16, Apr, 2009, pp 317-326. San Francisco, CA, U.S.A..