Kotikalapudi Sriram

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (in refereed journals and conference proceedings; also included are some 

selected significant contributions presented at the IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN committee and the ATM Forum 

meetings):

1. K. Sriram, P. K. Varshney, and J. G. Shanthikumar, "Modeling and Analysis of an Integrated Voice-Data 

Multiplexer," IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Santa Monica, CA, February 1981.

2. J.G. Shanthikumar, P. K. Varshney, and K. Sriram, "Priority Cut-off Flow Control Scheme for Integrated 

Voice/Data Multiplexers," ACM-Sigmetrics Performance Evaluation Review, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 8-14, Fall 

1982.

3. K. Sriram, P. K. Varshney, and J. G. Shanthikumar, "Discrete-Time Analysis of Integrated Voice-Data 

Multiplexers with and without Speech Activity Detectors," Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM, vol. 1, pp. 

B2.2.1-5, Miami, Dec., 1982; also in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special issue 

on Packet Switched Voice and Data Communications, pp. 1124-1132, December 1983. PDF

4. K. Sriram, P. K. Varshney, and J. G. Shanthikumar, "Buffered Digital Speech Interpolation with Fixed 

Delay,” Proceedings of the IEEE ICC, Boston, vol. 2, pp. D6.2.1-5, June 1983.

5. K. Sriram and P.K. Varshney, "Performance Evaluation of Integrated Voice/Data Multiplexers," Proc. of the 

International Conference on Computers, Systems and Signal Processing, Bangalore, India, December 9-

12,1984.

6. K. Sriram and W. Whitt, "Characterizing Superposition Arrival Processes in Packet Multiplexers for Voice 

and Data," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Commun., vol. SAC-4, no. 6, pp. 833-846, September 1986. 

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7. K. Sriram and D. M. Lucantoni, "Traffic Smoothing Effects of Bit Dropping in A Packet Voice Multiplexer," 

Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM, New Orleans, March 1988, pp. 759-770. Also in the IEEE Trans. on 

Commun., pp. 703-712, July 1989. PDF

8. V.R. Karanam, K. Sriram, and D. O. Bowker, "Performance Evaluation of Variable Bit Rate Voice in Packet 

Networks, "AT&T Technical Journal: Special issue on Performance Modeling and Analysis, pp. 41-56, 

September-October 1988. Also in part in the Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM, Hollywood, Florida, November 

1988, pp. 1617-1622.

9. S. Dravida and K. Sriram, "End-to-End Performance Models for Variable Bit Rate Voice over Tandem Links 

in Packet Networks," Proc. of the IEEE INFOCOM, Ottawa, Canada, April 1989, pp. 1089-1097. Also in the 

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special issue on Packet Speech and Video, pp. 718-

728, June 1989.

10. K. Sriram, "Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation and Congestion Control Schemes for Voice and Data 

Multiplexing in Wideband Packet Technology," Proc. of the IEEE ICC, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1990, vol. 3, 

pp. 1003-1009. PDF

11. K. Sriram, M.A. Gonzalo, D.O. Bowker, and A.U. Mac Rae, "An Integrated Access Terminal for Wideband 

Packet Networking: Design and Performance Overview," Proc. of the International Switching Symp., 

Stockholm, Sweden, May 1990, vol. 6, pp. 17-24.

12. K. Sriram, R.S. McKinney, and M.H. Sherif, "Voice Packetization and Compression in Broadband ATM 

Networks," Proc. of the ITC Seminar, Morristown, New Jersey, October 1990, and in the IEEE J. Selected 

Areas in Commun., April 1991. PDF

13. K. Sriram, "Wideband Packet Technology: Performance and Modeling," Proceedings of the ITC Specialists' 

Seminar, Cracow, Poland, April 22-27, 1991 (invited survey paper and keynote presentation). 

14. K. Sriram, V.B. Mendiratta, and C.A. LaPadula, "Performance Modeling of the Ethernet LAN and Its 

Applications in Internal Operations in a Telecommunications Switch," presented at the ORSA/TIMS 

Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 1992.

15. K. Sriram, "Methodologies for bandwidth allocation, transmission scheduling, and congestion avoidance in 

broadband ATM networks," Proc. of the IEEE GLOBECOM, Orlando, December 1992, pp. 1545-1551 (in 
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part). Full paper in the Computer Networks and ISDN Systems Journal, special issue on "Traffic Issues in 

ATM Networks", pp. 43-59, Vol. 26, September 1993.

16. K. Sriram, C. Li, P. Magill, N.A. Whitaker, J.E. Dail, M.A. Dajer, C.A. Siller, Jr., “An Adaptive MAC-Layer 

Protocol for Multi-Service Digital Access via Tree and Branch Communication Networks,” SPIE 

Proceedings: Hybrid Fiber-Coax Systems, vol. 2609, pp. 10-21, October 1995.

17. J.E. Dail, M.A. Dajer, C. Li, P. Magill, C.A. Siller, K. Sriram, and N.A. Whitaker, "Adaptive Digital Access 

Protocol (ADAPt): A MAC Protocol for Multi-Service Broadband Access Networks," IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN 

Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-95/142, November 6, 1995.

18. J.E. Dail, C. Li, P. Magill, C.A. Siller, and K. Sriram, “ADAPt PDU and MAC/PHY Services in Support of 

ATM," IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-95/168, November 6, 1995.

19. K. Sriram, “Comparison of a Residential Community Network Using the ADAPt Protocol with Ethernet LAN 

in the Office Environment,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/020, 

January 22, 1996.

20. J.E. Dail, M.A. Dajer, C.-C. Li, P.D. Magill, C.A. Siller, Jr., K. Sriram, and N.A. Whitaker, “Adaptive Digital 

Access Protocol: A MAC Protocol for Multiservice Broadband Access Networks,” IEEE Communications 

Magazine, pp. 104-112, March 1996. 

21. K. Sriram, B.T. Doshi, P.D. Magill, and C.A. Siller, Jr., “Adaptive Digital Access Protocol (ADAPt): 

Performance and Capacity Modeling Results Based on Phase 2 Criteria,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN 

Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/121, May 1, 1996.

22. K. Sriram and P.D. Magill, “HFC MAC Protocols with Dynamically Variable vs. Fixed Number of Request 

Mini-Slots: Performance and Capacity Comparisons,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # 

IEEE 802.14-96/120, May 1, 1996.

23. K. Sriram, B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, and C. A. Siller, Jr., “Possible Methods of Supporting 

Multiple Types of Traffic in the Downstream, and Related Performance Comparisons,” IEEE 802.14 

LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/184, July 8, 1996.

24. K.A. Cone, B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, M. Murdocca, C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “Downstream 

FEC Considerations and Proposed Architectural Principles,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, 

Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/218, September 17, 1996.

25. K.A. Cone, B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, M. Murdocca, C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “FEC At 

Physical Layer,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/219, September 

17, 1996.

26. B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, M. Murdocca, C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “A Proposal for 

Downstream Frame Structure and Frame Duration,” IEEE 802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # 

IEEE 802.14-96/220, September 17, 1996.

27. B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, M. Murdocca, C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “Advantages and 

Methods of Supporting Variable Length PDUs in Upstream and Downstream HFC Channels,” IEEE 

802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/221, September 17, 1996.

28. B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “A Broadband Multiple Access 

Protocol for STM, ATM, and Variable Length Data Services on Hybrid Fiber-Coax Networks,” IEEE 

802.14 LAN/MAN Committee, Contribution # IEEE 802.14-96/222, September 17, 1996.

29. B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, P.D. Magill, and C.A. Siller, Jr., and K. Sriram, “A Broadband Multiple Access 

Protocol for STM, ATM, and Variable Length Data Services on Hybrid Fiber-Coax Networks,” Bell 

Labs Technical Journal, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 1996, pp. 36-65.

30. K. Sriram and P.D. Magill, “Enhanced Throughput Efficiency by Use of Dynamically Variable Request MiniSlots in MAC Protocols for HFC and Wireless Access Networks,” Telecommunications Systems Vol. 9, Nos.

3,4, pp. 315-333 (1998).

31. K. Sriram, “Performance of MAC Protocols for Broadband HFC and Wireless Access Networks,” 

Advances in Performance Analysis, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-37, March 1998.
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32. B.T. Doshi, S. Dravida, E. Hernandez-Valencia, K. Sriram, J. Anderson, and J. Manchester, “Multiprotocol Over a Bytestream (MOB): A New Protocol Stack for Supporting Heterogeneous Traffic 

Over a Common Link,” Proc. of the Networld+Interop Engineers Conference ‘98, Las Vegas, 

Nevada, May 1998.

33. K. Sriram, “Performance of ATM and Variable Length Packet Access in Broadband HFC and Wireless 

Networks,” Proc. of the IEEE ICUPC, Vol. 1, pp. 495-501, Florence, Italy, October 5-9, 1998.

34. K. Sriram, T.G. Lyons, and Y.T. Wang, “Use of Sequence Numbers and Mitigation of Anomalies Due to 

Delay and Loss in AAL2 Packet Voice Systems,” ATM Forum Contribution # 97_0776, Distributed to VTOA 

Committee, ATM Forum Meeting, Paris, France, September 22-26, 1997. Also presented in part at the 

INFORMS Telecommun. Conf., Boca Raton, FL, March 8-11, 1997.

35. B.T. Doshi, E. Hernandez-Valencia, K. Sriram, Y.T. Wang and O. Yue, “Protocols, Performance and 

Controls for Voice over Wide Area Packet Networks,” Bell Labs Tech. J., Vol. 3, No. 4, 

October-December 1998, pp. 297-337. (This is a complete paper related to the U.S. Patent No. 6,529,499, 

recognized by the MIT Technology Review Magazine as one of five ‘Killer Patents” of 2003.) 

36. K. Sriram, T. G. Lyons, and Y. T. Wang, “Anomalies Due to Delay and Loss in AAL2 Packet Voice Systems: 

Performance Models and Methods of Mitigation,” IEEE J. on Selected Areas in Commun., special issue on 

Future Voice Technologies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 4-17, January 1999.

37. K. Sriram and Y. T. Wang, “Voice Over ATM Using AAL2 and Bit Dropping: Performance and Call 

Admission Control,” IEEE J. on Selected. Areas in Commun., special issue on Future Voice Technologies, 

Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 18-28, Jan. 1999.

38. K. Sriram, B. Samadi, S. Park, B. Desai, and T. Garry, “Economic Studies of Network Technologies for 

Wireless Access Network,” Proceedings of the Networks 2000, Toronto, Canada, September 10-14, 2000.

39. K. Sriram, D. Griffith, S. Lee, and N. Golmie, “Backup Resource Pooling in (M:N)^n Fault Recovery 

Schemes in GMPLS Optical Networks,” in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5285 OptiComm 2003: Optical 

Networking and Communications, October 2003, pp. 185-196. 

40. K. Sriram, D. Griffith, S. Lee, and N. Golmie, “Optical Burst Switching: Benefits and Challenges,” the Proc. 

of the First International Workshop on OBS (WOBS 2003), Dallas, TX, October 2003.

41. D. Griffith, R. Rouil, S. Klink, and K. Sriram, “An Analysis of Path Recovery Schemes in GMPLS Optical 

Networks with Various Levels of Pre-Provisioning,” in Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5285 OptiComm 2003: 

Optical Networking and Communications, October 2003, pp. 197-208.

42. S. Lee, K. Sriram, H. Kim, and J. Song, “Contention-Based Limited Deflection Routing in OBS Networks,” 

the Proc. of the IEEE Globecom 2003, San Francisco, December 2003.

43. S.K. Lee, K. Sriram, H.S. Kim, and J.S. Song, "Performance Improvement of Deflection Routing in Optical 

Burst Switching", Proc. of the ICCS (International Conference on Computational Science), Melbourne, 

Victoria, Australia, June 2-4, 2003.

44. D. Griffith, K. Sriram, S. Lee, and N. Golmie, “Restorability versus Efficiency in (1:1)nProtection Schemes 

for Optical Networks,” to appear in the Proc. of the IEEE ICC 2004, Paris, June 2004.

45. K. Sriram, D. Griffith, R. Su, and N. Golmie,”Static vs. dynamic regenerator assignment in optical switches: 

Models and cost trade-offs,” Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on High Performance Switching and 

Routing (HPSR 2004), April 2004, Phoenix, AZ, pp. 151-155.

46. D. Griffith, K. Sriram, S. Klink, and N. Golmie, "Optimal Mixtures of Different Types of Recovery Schemes in 

Optical Networks," submitted to Broadband Networks 2004-Broadband Optical Networking Symposium.

47. D. Griffith, K. Sriram, L. Krivulina, and N. Golmie, "Resource Planning and Bandwidth Allocation in Hybrid 

Fiber-Coax Residential Networks," Optical Switching and Networking, August 2005. 

48. S. Lee, K. Sriram, H.S. Kim, and J.S. Song, “Contention-Based Limited Deflection Routing Protocol in 

Optical Burst-Switched Networks,” IEEE J. Selected Areas in Commun., special issue on Optical 

Communication and Networking, Vol. 23, No. 8, August 2005, pp 1596-1611. 
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49. D. Griffith, K. Sriram, and N. Golmie, "Protection Switching for Optical Bursts Using Segmentation and 

Deflection Routing," IEEE Communications Letters, August 2005.

50. D. Griffith, K. Sriram, J.S. Gao, and N. Golmie, "Wireless Enhancements for Storage Area Networks," 

Proceedings of the IEEE Broadnets 2005: Optical Networking Symposium, Boston, October 3-7, 2005.

51. K. Sriram, D. Griffith, O. Borchert, G. DiLorenzo, R. Su, and N. Golmie, "Performance Comparison of Agile 

Optical Network Architectures with Static Vs. Dynamic Regenerator Assignment," Proceedings of the IEEE 

Broadnets 2005: Optical Networking Symposium, Boston, October 3-7, 2005, pp. 55-64.

52. K. Sriram, D. Montgomery, O. Borchert, O. Kim, and D. R. Kuhn, “Study of BGP Peering Session Attacks 

and Their Impacts on Routing Performance,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special 

issue on High-Speed Network Security, Vol. 24, No. 10, October 2006, pp. 1901-1915. PDF

53. S. Lee, K. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Kim, K. Sriram, and N. Golmie, “Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithm Providing 

Optimized Performance in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in preparation for submission to IEEE 

JSAC. PDF

54. D.R. Kuhn, K. Sriram, and D. Montgomery, “Border Gateway Protocol Security,” NIST Special Publication 

800-54 (Guidance Document for the Telecom Industry and US Government agencies), Draft circulated for 

comments, September 2006. PDF