Patents

 

n     M. Abu-Amara, “Reducing the Rate of Registration in CDMA-based Mobile Networks,” US Patent Pending, Serial Number 11641709, December 20, 2006.

n     M. Abu-Amara and A. Mahmoud, “Method of Non-Intrusive Control of Mobile Device,” US Patent Pending, Serial Number 11599457, November 15, 2006.

n     M. Abu-Amara, S. Sides, A. Jalali, J. Boppana, S. Doctor, “CDMA Inter-Mobile Switching Center Soft Hand-Off,” US Patent # 6,173,183, 2001, US Patent # 5,930,714, 1999, European Patent Office # WO/1998/018282, 1998.

 

Journal & Conference Publications

 

n     M. Abu-Amara, A. Mahmoud, T. Sheltami, A. Al-Shahrani, K. Al-Otaibi, S.M. Rehman, T. Anwar, “Performance of UMTS/WLAN Integration at Hot-Spot Locations Using OPNET,” Proceedings of 4th IEEE-GCC Conference, November 11-14, 2007, Bahrain, 5 pages. (material for the paper)

n     S. Asadullah, A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, T. Sheltami, “Vertical Handoff Characterization for SIP and mSCTP Based UMTS-WLAN Integration Solutions,” Proceedings of 4th IEEE-GCC Conference, November 11-14, 2007, Bahrain, 5 pages. (material for the paper)

n     T. Sheltami, A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, “An Ad hoc Wireless Sensor Network for Telemedicine Applications,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), Volume 32, No. 1B, April 2007, pp. 131-143.

n     T. Landolsi and M. Abu-Amara, “CDMA Access Channel Performance under Idle–Mode Ping–Pong Effect in Inter–MSC Handoffs,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), September 5–8, 2006, Valencia, Spain, pp. 584-586.

n     M. Abu-Amara, S. Sait, Abdul Subhan, “A Heuristics Based Approach for Cellular Mobile Network Planning,” Proceedings of the 2006 International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference, July 3–6, 2006, Vancouver, Canada, p. 79.

n     A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, T. Sheltami, E. Rahman, J. Jaffar, “WLAN Integration For Future Generation Mobile Network Operators – A Case Study,” Proceedings of 18th National Computer Conference (NCC 18), March 26-29, 2006, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia, pp. 47-54

n     T. Sheltami, A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, “Warning and Monitoring System using Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of 18th National Computer Conference (NCC 18), March 26-29, 2006, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia, pp. 63-68

n     A. Mahmoud, T. Sheltami, M. Abu-Amara, “Wireless Sensor Network Implementation for Mobile Patient,” Proceedings of 3rd IEEE-GCC Conference, March 19-22, 2006, Bahrain

n     T. Sheltami, A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, “Telecare Monitoring System Based on Wireless Sensor Network,” International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 5, No. 12, December 2005, pp. 66-74

n     A. Mahmoud and M. Abu-Amara, “Performance of Inter-Base Station Soft Handoff for 3G CDMA Networks,” Proceeding of the First International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, Sharjah, U.A.E. February 2005

n     M. Abu-Amara, “Minimum Traffic Inter-BS SHO Boundary Selection Algorithm for CDMA-Based Wireless Networks,” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2004, pp. 51-53

n     H. Sayeed, M. Abu-Amara, H. Abu-Amara, “Optimal Asynchronous Agreement and Leader Election Algorithm for Complete Networks with Byzantine Faulty Links,” Distributed Computing, Vol. 9, Issue 3, 1995, pp. 147-156

n     M. Abu-Amara, “Asynchronous Failure Location Algorithm for Fiber-Optic Networks,” Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Symposium of Parallel and Distributed Processing, San Antonio, Texas, October, 1995, pp. 690-693

n     H. Sayeed, M. Abu-Amara, H. Abu-Amara, “Asynchronous Agreement and Leader Election Algorithms for General Networks with Byzantine Faulty Links,” Proceedings of the ISCA Eighth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Orlando, Florida, September, 1995, pp. 177-182

n     H. Sayeed, M. Abu-Amara, H. Abu-Amara, “Optimal Asynchronous Agreement Algorithm for Complete Networks with Byzantine Links,” Proceedings of the ISCA/IEEE Seventh International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1994, pp. 593-596

n     M. Abu-Amara and H. Abu-Amara, “Locating Switching Faults In General Synchronous Fiber-Optic Networks,” Proceedings of the ISCA/IEEE Seventh International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1994, pp. 761-766

n     S. Sarwar and M. Abu-Amara, “Functional Languages: A Performance Study,” Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 20, Number 2, February 1993, pp. 163-167