Research

My current research focus is on Wireless Network Measurement and Characterization. Specifically, I am interested in exploring the link layer metrics that are useful in understanding why and how a protocol works in a network. Such metrics allow for efficient protocol tuning and designing.

Previously, I had worked on different ascpects of Wireless. At the National Research Council, I worked on Wireless Security and during my Masters, I had worked on extending Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) to the Wireless Mesh.

Publications on Wireless Measurements

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

  • Some Implications of Low-Power Wireless to IP Routing [pdf] [slides]
    Kannan Srinivasan, Prabal Dutta, Arsalan Tavakoli, and Philip Levis
    In 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 Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors (EmNets), 2006.

  • 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 Proceedings of the Fifth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), 2007.

  • Advanced Wireless Networks for Underground Mine Communications
    Kannan Srinivasan, Moise Ndoh and Kadambari Kaluri
    In 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 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 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 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 Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Wireless Communications, Wireless 2003.

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

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

Journal

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

IEEE Draft

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

Posters and Demos

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.