Publications by Nikodin Ristanovic

Modeling and Measuring Performance of Data Dissemination in Opportunistic Networks

In this thesis we focus on understanding, measuring and describing the performance of Opportunistic Networks (ONs) and their applications. An “opportunistic network” is a term introduced to describe a sparse, wireless, ad hoc network with highly mobile nod ...

EPFL2012

Traps and Pitfalls of Using Contact Traces in Performance Studies of Opportunistic Networks

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Nikodin Ristanovic, Georgios Theodorakopoulos

Contact-based simulations are a very popular tool for the analysis of opportunistic networks. They are used for evaluation of networking metrics, for quantifying the effects of infrastructure and for the design of forwarding strategies. However, little evi ...

Ieee2012

Energy Efficient Offloading of 3G Networks

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Nikodin Ristanovic

A huge increase in the amount of data consumed by smartphone users is becoming a serious problem for mobile operators. In three years, mobile data traffic in the AT&T's network rose 5000%. The US operators invest 50 billion dollars in their data networks e ...

2011

Tracking of Mobile Devices Through Bluetooth Contacts

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Nikodin Ristanovic, Dang Khoa Tran

We investigate if it is possible to reconstruct a mobile phone’s mobility using its Bluetooth contacts with other mobile devices, some of which are equipped with GPS receivers. Our data mining analysis, based on two different data sets, shows that in certa ...

ACM2010

Adaptive Message Authentication for Vehicular Networks

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Nikodin Ristanovic, Panagiotis Papadimitratos, Georgios Theodorakopoulos

Public key cryptography can introduce significant processing delays in vehicular communication platforms. This can lead to serious performance issues, especially in the case of multi-hop Inter-Vehicle Communication. In this paper we propose Adaptive Messag ...

ACM2009

The age of gossip: Spatial mean-field regime

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Nikodin Ristanovic

Disseminating a piece of information, or updates for a piece of information, has been shown to benefit greatly from simple randomized procedures, sometimes referred to as gossiping, or epidemic algorithms. Similarly, in a network where mobile nodes occasio ...

2009