Research

My current research interests are in Wireless Networking and Communication Systems. Specifically, I am interested in identifying and addressing fundamental issues with traditional wireless systems that affect network performance. Recently, I have started to work on communication and networking problems pertaining to smartgrids.

Previously, I had worked on other aspects of wireless. At the National Research Council, as a Research Officer, I worked on Wireless Security. During my Masters, I had worked on improving handoff in cellular networks and extending Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) to wireless mesh networks.

Publications on Wireless Measurements & Protocol Design

  • Q-CMRA: Queue-Based Channel Measurement and Rate Allocation
    Vidur Bhargava, Jubin Jose, Kannan Srinivasan, and Sriram Vishwanath
    In Submission.

  • Achieving Single Channel, Full Duplex Wireless Communication [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan (Co-Primary) , Jung Il Choi (Co-Primary), Mayank Jain (Co-Primary), Philip Levis and Sachin Katti
    In the Proceedings of The 16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom 2010). (Best Demo Award)

  • The κ-Factor: Inferring Protocol Performance Using Inter-link Reception Correlation [pdf][slides]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Mayank Jain, Jung Il Choi, Tahir Azim, Edward S Kim, Philip Levis and Bhaskar Krishnamachari
    In the Proceedings of The 16th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (Mobicom 2010). (Best Paper Award)

  • The β-factor: Measuring Wireless Link Burstiness [pdf] [slides]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Maria A. Kazandjieva, Saatvik Agarwal, and Philip Levis
    In the Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2008.

  • Visibility: A New Metric for Protocol Design [pdf] [slides]
    Megan Wachs, Jung Il Choi, Jung Woo Lee, Kannan Srinivasan, Zhe Chen, Mayank Jain and Philip Levis
    In the Proceedings of the Fifth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2007.

  • Some Implications of Low-Power Wireless to IP Routing [pdf] [slides]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli, and Philip Levis
    In the Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets V), 2006.

  • RSSI is Under Appreciated [pdf] [slides]
    Kannan Srinivasan, and Philip Levis
    In the Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets), 2006.

  • Advanced Wireless Networks for Underground Mine Communications
    Kannan Srinivasan, Moise Ndoh and Kadambari Kaluri
    In the Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Wireless Communications in Underground and Confined Areas (IWWCUCA), 2005.

Publications on Wireless Security

  • State Based Key Hop (SBKH) Protocol
    Kannan Srinivasan, and Stephen Michell
    In the Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Wireless Communications, Wireless 2004.

  • Performance of State Based Key Hop (SBKH) Protocol for Security on Wireless Systems
    Kannan Srinivasan, and Stephen Michell
    In the Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2004-Fall (VTC2004-Fall).

  • State Based Key Hop (SBKH) Protocol: A Lightweight Security Protocol for Wireless Networks
    Stephen Michell and Kannan Srinivasan
    In the Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN), 2004.

Publications on Wireless Multi-Protocol Label Switching (WMPLS)

  • Performance Analysis of Wireless MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS)
    Kannan Srinivasan, Hooi-Min Soo, and Jung-Moon Chung
    In the Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Wireless Communications, Wireless 2003.

  • Handover Control and Analysis of WMPLS Networks
    Sang-Chul Kim, Kannan Srinivasan, and Jong-Moon Chung
    In the Proceedings of the 45th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2002.

  • Performance Analysis of WMPLS Signaling and Control in Ad-Hoc Networks
    Sang-Chul Kim, Kannan Srinivasan, Mauricio A. Subieta, and Jong-Moon Chung
    In the Proceedings of the 45th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2002.

Journal

  • An Empirical Study of Low Power Wireless [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli, Philip Levis
    ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 2010.

  • Wireless MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS)
    Jung-Moon Chung, Mauricio A. Subieta, and Kannan Srinivasan
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

IETF Draft

  • Wireless MultiProtocol Label Switching (WMPLS)
    Jung-Moon Chung, Kannan Srinivasan and Mauricio A. Subieta
    The Network Society.

Posters and Demos

  • A Working Single Channel Full Duplex Wireless System
    Kannan Srinivasan (Co-Primary), Mayank Jain (Co-Primary), Jung Il Choi (Co-Primary), Richard Swensson, Philip Levis and Sachin Katti
    Demonstration at the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2010. (Best Demo Award)

  • SWAT: Know Your Network
    Kannan Srinivasan, Maria A. Kazandjieva, Mayank Jain, Edward S Kim and Philip Levis
    Demonstration at the Eighth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), 2009.

  • SWAT: Enabling Wireless Network Measurements [pdf] [website]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Maria A. Kazandjieva, Mayank Jain, Edward Kim and Philip Levis
    Demonstration at the Sixth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2008.

  • Understanding the Causes of Packet Delivery Success and Failure in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis
    Demonstration at the 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (Sensys), 2006.

  • Environmental Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks
    Kenneth Tessier, Moise Ndoh and Kannan Srinivasan
    Poster at the Seventh Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society Conference (CASTS), 2005.

  • Wireless Technologies for Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) in Petroleum Plants (Invited)
    Kannan Srinivasan, Moise Ndoh, Hong Nie, Congying (Helen) Xia, Kadambari Kaluri and Diane Ingraham
    Invited Poster at the Intl. Conf. on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2005.

  • Wireless Sensors: Oyster Habitat Monitoring in the Bras d’Or Lakes (Invited)
    Diane Ingraham, Robert Beresford, Kadambari Kaluri, Moise Ndoh and Kannan Srinivasan
    Poster at the Intl. Conf. on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), 2005.

  • Wireless Internetworking Protocol (WIP)
    Kannan Srinivasan, and Jung-Moon Chung
    In the Proc. of the 45th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2002.

Tech Reports

  • "Achieving Single Channel, Full Duplex Wireless Communication" [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan (Co-Primary) , Jung Il Choi (Co-Primary), Mayank Jain (Co-Primary), Philip Levis and Sachin Katti
    Technical Report SING-10-00.

  • The κ-Factor: Inferring Protocol Performance Using Inter-link Reception Correlation [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Mayank Jain, Jung Il Choi, Tahir Azim, Edward S Kim, Philip Levis and Bhaskar Krishnamachari
    Technical Report SING-09-02.

  • An Empirical Study of Low Power Wireless [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis
    Technical Report SING-08-03.

  • PRR Is Not Enough [pdf]
    Maria A. Kazandjieva, Mayank Jain, Kannan Srinivasan and Philip Levis
    Technical Report SING-08-01.

  • The β-factor: Improving Bimodal Wireless Networks [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Maria Kazandjieva, Saatvik Agarwal and Philip Levis
    Technical Report SING-07-01.

  • Understanding the Causes of Packet Delivery Success and Failure in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks [pdf]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli and Philip Levis
    Technical Report SING-06-00.

Talks

  • Towards a Wireless Lexicon (Invited)
    UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar, 2009.

  • A Lightweight Security Protocol for Wireless Communications (Invited)
    Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information System (LERSAIS), 2005.

Magazine Article

  • Analysis of WMPLS Applications and Performance Features (Invited))
    Jung-Moon Chung, Mauricio A. Subieta and Kannan Srinivasan
    MPLS World Magazine, May. 2002.