Dr. Hossain is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He received
his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
University of Victoria, Canada, in 2000. He was a University of Victoria Fellow
and also a recipient of the British Columbia Advanced
Systems Institute (ASI) graduate student
award. Dr. Hossain is a co-author/editor/co-editor for the books
Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Wireless Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2009),
Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks (Springer, 2008,
ISBN: 978-0-387-09776-3), Cognitive Wireless
Communication Networks (Springer, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-387-68830-5),
Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures and Protocols (Springer, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-387-68839-8),
and Introduction to Network Simulator NS2 (Springer, 2007, ISBN:
978-0-387-71759-3).
Currently Dr. Hossain serves as an Editor for the
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, the IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications,
the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys and
Tutorials, and several other international journals.
He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of
Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Hossain is a Senior Member of the IEEE. His current research interests include:
Heterogeneous wireless access networks (spectrum/resource management, distributed wireless access, network selection, mobility/handoff
management)
Cognitive wireless networks (dynamic spectrum access, spectrum management, spectrum trading, cognitive MAC
protocols, performance modeling, cognitive mesh networks), IEEE 802.22-based systems
Multimedia over WiFi, WiMAX/OFDMA, LTE networks (dynamic resource management, network optimization)
MIMO-based wireless ad hoc/sensor/mesh networks (resource allocation, end-to-end performance modeling, analysis and
optimization)
Multi-hop cellular and mobile multihop cooperative/relay networks
Wireless ITS (inter-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications)
Wireless networking among micro-/nano-devices (eHealth applications)
Network coding for wireless and mobile coomputing systems
Service-oriented wireless/mobile network architectures and protocols
Economic and game-theory models for wireless/mobile communication networks.
The following article was listed in IEEE top 100
documents accessed through IEEEXPLORE (November 2007 (#81)):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Radio Resource Management in MIMO-OFDM Based Wireless Infrastructure Mesh Networks: Issues and
Approaches,"
IEEE Communications Magazine,
Volume 45, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages: 100-107.
The following article has been one of the
top 100 documents accessed through
IEEEXPLORE (June 2007, July 2007, October 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Integration of WiMAX and WiFi: Optimal Pricing for Bandwidth Sharing,"
IEEE Communications Magazine,
Volume 45, Issue 5, May 2007, Pages: 140-146.
The following article has been one among the
top 10 documents accessed in IEEE Network
(July 2007, September 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Integration of IEEE 802.11 WLANs with IEEE 802.16-based multihop infrastructure mesh/relay networks: A game-theoretic approach
to radio resource management,"
IEEE Network,
Volume 21, Issue 3, May-June 2007, Pages: 6-14.
The following article has been one among the
top documents accessed in IEEE Wireless Communications
(September 2007):
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, M. M. Rashid, and V. K. Bhargava,
"Wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting technologies: A game-theoretic approach to optimal
energy management,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2007, Pages: 90-96.
The following article has been one among the
top documents accessed in IEEE Wireless Communications
(June 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Radio resource management games in wireless networks: An approach to bandwidth allocation and admission
control for polling service in IEEE 802.16,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 14, Issue 1, Feb 2007, Pages: 27-35.
There are openings for Ph.D. students starting in September 2010/January 2011.
Interested candidates are
encouraged to contact at the following email: ekram@ee.umanitoba.ca along with an electronic copy of the resume.
It is necessary that the applicants have sound background on wireless/mobile communications and data networking.
Those with
background on optimization/control/game/queueing theory and a solid foundation on Mathematics are highly encouraged to
apply. Full research assistantship will be available for admitted Ph.D. students.
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