Antony Franklin



 IIT Hyderabad
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JOURNAL PAPERS

  • Multi-access edge computing in cellular networks, Supriya Dilip Tambe,and Antony Franklin, CSI Transactions on ICT, 2020

  • RAN-aware adaptive video caching in multi-access edge computing networks, ShashwatKumar, Sai VineethDoddala, Antony Franklin,and JiongJin, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2020.

  • Apt-RAN: A Flexible Split Based 5G RAN to Minimize Energy Consumption and Handovers, Himank Gupta, Mehul Sharma, Antony Franklin A, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2020

  • A Complete Solution to LTE-U and Wi-Fi Hidden Terminal Problem, Touheed Anwar Atif, Anand M. Baswade, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2019

  • DFC: Dynamic UL DL Frame Configuration Mechanism for Improving Channel Access in eLAA, Ajinkya K Mulay, Anand M Baswade, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, A Antony Franklin, IEEE Networking Letters, 2019

  • Impact of Virtualization Technologies on Virtualized RAN Midhaul Latency Budget: A Quantitative Experimental Evaluation, Francesco Giannone, Koteswararao Kondepu, Himank Gupta, F Civerchia, Piero Castoldi, A Antony Franklin, Luca Valcarenghi, IEEE Communications Letters, 2019

  • Dynamic Power Control and Scheduling in Full Duplex Cellular Network with D2D, Arun Ramamurthy, Vanlin Sathya, Shrestha Ghosh, Antony Franklin, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Springer Wireless Personal Communications, 2019

  • LAW: A Novel Mechanism for Addressing Hidden Terminal Problem in LTE-U and Wi-Fi Networks, Anand M Baswade, Touheed Anwar Atif, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin, IEEE Communications Letter, 2018

  • A novel coexistence scheme for IEEE 802.11 for user fairness and efficient spectrum utilization in the presence of LTE-U, Anand M Baswade, Touheed Anwar Atif, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin, Computer Networks, 2018

  • Network Coordination Function for Uplink Traffic Steering in Tightly Coupled LTE Wi-Fi Networks, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin A, Computer Networks, 2017

  • Online Reconfiguration of Channel Assignment in Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks A. Antony Franklin, Athula Balachandran, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, Computer Communications 2012

  • On the End-to-End Flow Allocation and Channel Assignment in Wireless Mesh Networks with Partially Overlapped Channels A. Antony Franklin, Vibhav Bukkapatanam, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, Computer Communications, 2011

  • An Adaptive Channel Reconfiguration Algorithm for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks Arun A Kanagasabapathy, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2010

  • Channel Management in IEEE 802.22 WRAN Systems Gwangzeen Ko, A. Antony Franklin, Sung-Jin You, Jin-Suk Pak, Myung-Sun Song, Chang-Joo Kim, IEEE Commu- nications Magazine, 2010

  • Energy Efficient Directional Routing for Effective Actor-Actor Communication in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks Kandasamy Selvaradjou, Nikhil Handigol, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IET Communications Journal

  • Impact of Multiple Channels and Radios on the Performance of a TDMA based Wireless Mesh Networks , A. Antony Franklin, Vibhav Bukkapatanam, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, Computer Networks

  • A Link Layer Adaptive Pacing Scheme for Improving the Throughput of Transport Protocols in Wireless Mesh Networks , A. Antony Franklin and C. Siva Ram Murthy, Computer Networks, 2008

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • SERENS: Self Regulating Network Slicing in 5G for Efficient Resource Utilization, Mohit Kumar, Shwetha Vittal, and Antony Franklin, IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF), 2020

  • Performance Study of Multi-access Edge Computing Deployment in a Virtualized Environment, Supriya Dilip Tambe,Yogesh Mandge, and Antony Franklin, Workshop on 5G: From Theory to Practice, IEEE 5G World Forum, September 2020.

  • Impact of Slice Granularity in Centralization Benefit of 5G Radio Access Network, Nabhasmita Sen, Antony Franklin" IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2020.

  • Adaptive Network Slicing with Multi-Site Deployment in 5G Core Networks Shwetha Vittal, Mohit Kumar, and Antony Franklin, IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NETSOFT), 2020

  • Orchestrating edge- and cloud- based predictive analytics services, Venkatarami Reddy Chintapalli, Koteswararao Kondepu, Andrea Sgambelluri, Antony Franklin , Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Piero Castoldi, and Luca Valcarenghi, IEEE European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2020

  • Resource Allocation with Admission Control for GBR and Delay QoS in 5G Network Slices Tulja Vamshi Kiran Buyakar, Harsh Agarwal, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, International Conference on Communication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), January 2020.

  • A Packet Level Steering Solution for Tightly Coupled LWIP Networks, Thomas Valerrian Pasca S, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), December 2019

  • Interference Aware Network Function Selection Algorithm for Next Generation Networks, Venkatarami Reddy, Gaurav Garg, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma,and Antony Franklin, Workshop on Performance Issues in Virtualized Environments and Software Defined Networking (PVE-SDN 2019, co-located with IEEE NetSoft), June 2019.

  • An SLA-Aware Network Function Selection Algorithm for SFCs, Gaurav Garg, Venkatarami Reddy, Vanlin Sathya, Antony Franklin, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF), September 2019.

  • A Matching-theoretic Framework for Consolidation of Flexible Cloud-native Central Units in 5G-RAN, Debashisha Mishra, Himank Gupta, Mehul Sharma, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), December 2019.

  • Prototyping and Load Balancing the Service Based Architecture of 5G Core Using NFV, Tulja Vamshi Kiran Buyakar, Harsh Agarwal, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma and Antony Franklin A, IEEE NetSoft, Jan 2019

  • Interference Aware Network Function Selection Algorithm for Next Generation Networks, Venkatarami Reddy, Gaurav Garg, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Franklin A Antony, IEEE NetSoft, Jun. 2019

  • DAVIS: A Delay-Aware VNF Selection Algorithm for Service Function Chaining, Gaurav Garg, Venkatarami Reddy, A Antony Franklin, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, COMSNETS Poster, Jan. 2019

  • Evaluating DTN Routing Schemes for Application in Vehicular Networks, Suhel Sajjan Magdum, Mehul Sharma, Srikant Manas Kala, A Antony Franklin, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, ITS Workshop at COMSNETS, Jan. 2019

  • Edge Assisted DASH Video Caching Mechanism for Multi-access Edge Computing, Shashwat Kumar, Sai Vineeth Doddala, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2018

  • A Framework for Integrating MPTCP over LWA: A Testbed Evaluation, Thomas Valerrian Pasca Santhappan, Nabhasmita Sen, Venkatarami Reddy, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin, ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation & Characterization in conjection with ACM Mobicom, Dec. 2018

  • WiFi User's Video QoE in the Presence of Duty Cycled LTE-U, Mohit Kumar Singh, Anand Baswade, Antony Franklin A, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, ACM Mobicom Poster, Dec. 2018

  • Scalable Network Slicing Architecture for 5G, Tulja Vamshi Kiran Buyakar, Amogh PC, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, ACM Mobicom Poster, Dec. 2018

  • Modelling and Analysis of Wi-Fi and LAA Coexistence with Priority Classes, Anand Bawade, Luca Beltramelli, Antony Franklin A, Mikael Gidlund, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Lakshmikanth Guntupalli, WiMob, Oct. 2018

  • KORA: A Framework for Dynamic Consolidation & Relocation of Control Units in Virtualized 5G RAN, Debashisha Mishra, Himank Gupta, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE ICC, May 2018

  • An Enhanced EAB Algorithm to Reduce RACH Congestion Due to IoT Traffic in LTE-A Networks, Mukesh Kumar Giluka, Tathagat Priyadarshi, Shakti Kumar, Antony Franklin A, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, IEEE WF-IoT, Feb. 2018

  • LTE WiFi Radio Level Integration at RLC layer: A Demo of LWIR, in Proc. of IEEE CONSNETS (Demos and Exhibits), Thomas Valerrian Pasca Santhappan, Himank Gupta, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, Jan. 2019 (Best Academic Demo Award)

  • INCARNATE: An Interference Aware Spatial Scheme for Tightly Coupled LTE-Wi-Fi Networks, Sumanta Patro, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin A, IEEE COMSNETS, Jan. 2018

  • LTE-U and WI-Fi HIdden Terminal Problem: How Serious is it for Deployment Considerations?, Sumanta Patro, Anand M. Baswade, Touheed Atif, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma and Antony Franklin, IEEE COMSNETS, Jan. 2018

  • On Placement of LAA/LTE-U Base Stations in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, Anand M. Baswade, ShashiKiran M R, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma and Antony Franklin, ACM ICDCN, Jan. 2018

  • Optimal Placement of Colocated and Non-Colocated LWA Nodes in Dense Deployments, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Adharsh Srivats Rangarajan, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2017

  • A Real-Time Performance Evaluation of Tightly Coupled LTE Wi-Fi Radio Access Networks, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin A, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2017. ({\bf Second Best Paper Award})

  • Consolidated Caching with Cache Splitting and Trans-rating in Mobile Edge Computing Networks, Shashwat Kumar and Antony Franklin A, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2017

  • Experimental Evaluation of YouTube Performance on MPTCP-based LTE-WLAN Integration, Shashwat Kumar, Himank Gupta, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2017

  • On Placement and Efficient Resource Allocation of LAA/LTE-U Base Stations in HetNet, Anand M. Baswade, ShashiKiran M R, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma and Antony Franklin, IEEE ANTS, Dec. 2017

  • Impact of RAN Virtualization on Fronthaul Latency Budget: An Experimental Evaluation, Francesco Giannone, Himank Gupta, Koteswararao Kondepu, Antony Franklin A, Piero Castoldi, Luca Valcarenghi, Damiano Manicone, International Workshop on 5G Test-Beds and Trials - Learning from Implementing 5G (Co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM), Dec. 2017

  • Auto scaling of data plane VNFs in 5G networks, T. V. K. Buyakar, A. K. Rangisetti, A. Antony Franklin and B. R. Tamma, International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems (Co-located with CNSM), Nov. 2017

  • How much is Fronthaul Latency Budget Impacted by RAN Virtualization?, Himank Gupta, Damiano Manicone, Francesco Giannone, Koteswararao Kondepu, Antony Franklin A, Piero Castoldi, Luca Valcarenghi, Workshop on Federated Testbeds for NFV/SDN/5G: Experiences and Feedbacks (Co-located with IEEE NFV-SDN), Nov. 2017

  • PRECISE: Power Aware Dynamic Traffic Steering in Tightly Coupled LTE Wi-Fi Networks, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Himank Gupta, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, IEEE PIMRC, Oct. 2017

  • VISIBLE: Virtual Congestion Control with Boost ACKs for Packet Level Steering in LWIP Networks, Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2017

  • A Cloud Native Solution for Dynamic Auto Scaling of MME in LTE, Amogh PC, Goutham Veeramachaneni, Anil Kumar Rangisetti, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, IEEE PIMRC, Oct. 2017

  • Enhancing Performance of Victim Macro Users via Joint ABSF and Dynamic Power Control in LTE HetNets, Deepa Martolia, Vanlin Sathya, Anil Kumar Rangisetti, Antony Franklin, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, NCC, Mar. 2017

  • Architectural challenges and solutions for collocated LWIP-A Network Layer Perspective, Thomas Valerrian Pasca S, Debashisha Mishra, Amogh PC, Nagamani Dheeravath, Anil Kumar Rangisetti, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, NCC, Mar. 2017

  • FLEXCRAN: Cloud Radio Access Network Prototype using OpenAirInterface, Sandeep Kumar, Raymond Knopp, Navid Nikaein, Debashisha Mishra, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Antony Franklin A, Kiran Kuchi, and Rohit Gupta, COMSNETS, Jan. 2017

  • Tightly Coupled LTE Wi-Fi Radio Access Networks: A Demo of LWIP, Thomas Valerrian Pasca S, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, COMSNETS, Jan. 2017

  • Unlicensed Carrier Selection and User Offloading in Dense LTE-U Networks, Anand M. Baswade, Vanlin Sathya, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin, International Workshop on Emerging Technology for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks (Co-located with IEEE Globecom), Dec. 2016

  • LWIR: LTE-WLAN Integration at RLC Layer with Virtual WLAN Scheduler for Efficient Aggregation, Prashant Sharma, Ajay Brahmakshatriya, Thomas Valerrian Pasca S, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2016

  • Unlicensed Carrier Selection and User Offloading in Dense LTE-U Networks, Anand M. Baswade, Vanlin Sathya, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks (Co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM), Dec. 2016

  • Load-Aware Dynamic RRH Assignment in Cloud Radio Access Networks, Debashisha Mishra, Amogh PC, Arun Ramamurthy, Antony Franklin A, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, IEEE WCNC, Apr. 2016.

  • Cognitive Radio Test-bed based on ECMA-392 International Standard, A. Antony Franklin and et. al., Workshop on Cognitive Communications (WUN COGCOM) (Co-located with ISWCS), Sep. 2010

  • Demand based State Aware Channel Reconfiguration Algorithm for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks, A. Antony Franklin, Athula Balachandran, C. Siva Ram Murthy, and Mahesh Marina, International Workshop on CARrier-grade wireless MEsh Networks (CARMEN) (Co-located with IEEE INFOCOM) Mar. 2010

  • Integrating Traffic Estimation and Dynamic Channel Reconfiguration in Wireless Mesh Networks, Athula Balachandran, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE HiPC, Dec. 2009

  • Using Partially Overlapped Channels for End-to-End Flow Allocation and Channel Assignment in Wireless Mesh Networks, Vibhav Bukkapatanam, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE ICC, Jun. 2009

  • On Providing Reliability and Maximizing Network Lifetime in Multi-Sink Wireless Sensor Networks, Saamaja Vupputuri, Kiran Rachuri, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, ICDCN, Jan. 2009

  • On the Prevention of Collusion Attack in OLSR-based Mobile Ad hoc Networks, KishoreBabu Madasu, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE ICON, Dec. 2008

  • Coverage Based Expanding Ring Search for Dense Wireless Sensor Networks, Kiran Rachuri, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE HiPC, Dec. 2008

  • A Load Aware Channel Assignment and Link Scheduling Algorithm for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks, Arun A Kanagasabapathy, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE HiPC, Dec. 2008

  • Energy Efficient Directional Routing for Effective Actor-Actor Communication in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks, Nikhil Handigol, Ka. Selvaradjou, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, ICCBN, Jul. 2008

  • Energy Efficient Searching in Delay-Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks, Kiran Rachuri, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, ACM International Workshop on Heterogeneous Sensor and Actor Networks (HeterSanet), May 2008

  • Modeling Co-operative MAC Layer Misbehaviour in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks with Heterogeneous Loads, D. V. Rohith, A. Antony Franklin, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, WiOpt, Mar. 2008

  • Node Placement Algorithm for Deployment of Two-Tier Wireless Mesh Networks, A. Antony Franklin and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE GLOBECOM, Nov. 2007

  • A Link Layer Adaptive Pacing Scheme for Improving Performance of Wireless Mesh Networks, A. Antony Franklin, B. Venkata Ramana, and C. Siva Ram Murthy, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Apr. 2007

GTANTED PATENTS

  • Method and apparatus of dynamically adjusting bit rate of bearer in wireless communication system, US Patent 10,390,255 (with Y Mok, LEE Cheolgi)

  • QoE provisioning method and apparatus for mobile video application, US Patent 10,251,178, 2019 (with J Park, LEE Cheolgi)

  • Method and apparatus for loading web page, US Patent 10,200,510, 2019 (with JC Lee)

  • Method and apparatus for supporting idle mode in mobile communication system, US Patent 10,187,852, 2019 (with YM Son, KS Kweon, JS Park)

  • Apparatus and method for relocating anchor gateway in wireless communication system, US Patent 10,142,899 2018 (with KS Kweon)

  • Method and apparatus for managing mobility in wireless communication system, US Patent 10,097,988, 2018 (with KS Kweon, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Method and apparatus for managing mobility of terminal in communication system, US Patent 9,763,083, 2017 (with KS Kweon, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Apparatus and method for controlling policy and charging in flat networks, US Patent 9,641,695, 2017 (with JS Park, KS Kweon, YM Son)

  • Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in mobile content network, US Patent 9,609,684, 2017 (with C Lee, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Apparatus and method for managing mobility of terminal in wireless communication system, US Patent 9,515,983, 2016 (with KS Kweon, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Method and apparatus for assigning IP address in mobile communication network, US Patent 9,338,702, 2016 (with KS Kweon, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Method and apparatus for performing TCP communication in a wireless communication system, US Patent 9,282,586, 2016 (with YM Son, KS Kweon, JS Park)

  • Method and apparatus for managing congestion in wireless communication system, US Patent 9,843,964, 2015 (with J Park, LEE Cheolgi)

  • Method and apparatus for reducing page load time in communication system, US Patent 9,817,800, 2015 (with J Lee, J Park, BAE Beomsik, H Lim)

PATENT APPLICATIONS

  • Method for scheduling data by network node aggregated with LTE and Wi-Fi protocol stacks, US Patent App. 15/661,428, 2018.(with Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Prashant Sharma, Thomas Valerrian Pasca)

  • Traffic Steering in Aggregated LTE-Wi-Fi Networks, India Patent No: 4705/CHE/2015, 2015.(with Thomas Valerrian Pasca, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma)

  • Method and System for LTE WLAN Integration at RLC Layer (LWIR) with Integrated LTE Wi-Fi Scheduler, India Patent No: 201641025740 (with Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, Prashant Sharma, Thomas Valerrian Pasca)

  • Method and apparatus for supporting idle mode in mobile communication system, US Patent App. 15/466,144, 2017 (with SON Yeongmoon, KS Kweon, JS Park)

  • Apparatus and method for controlling a web loading time in a network, US Patent App. 14/595,704, 2015 (with J Lee, YJ Mok, JS Park)

  • Method and apparatus for providng push service in communication system, US Patent App. 15/021,939, 2014 (with KS Kweon, JS Park, YM Son)

  • Apparatus and method for cognitive radio mesh network based on geolocation database, US Patent App. 13/734,213, 2013 (with JS Pak, GZ KO, SJ Yoo, BJ Jeong)

  • Channel allocation method in multi-channel cognitive radio network, US Patent App. 13/314,792, 2011 (with MS Song, JS Pak, MM Krunz, T Shu)

BOOK CHAPTER

  • An Introduction to Wireless Mesh Networks, A. Antony Franklin and C. Siva Ram Murthy, in the Book Security in Wireless Mesh Networks, AUERBACH Publisher, 2008

Antony Franklin, Assistant Professor, CSE, IITH