Dr. Mohammad Shah Alam

Associate Professor

Research Interest

Wireless Sensor Network, Vehicular Adhoc Network, Cooperative Network, Performance. Analysis RF Technologies, Protocols, Optical Wireless Communication

Education

• Ph.D. (Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
• M.Sc. Engg.(Graduate School of global Information and Telecommunication Studies), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
• B.Sc.,Engg(CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Selected Publications

Journal Publications

• Sharmin, N., Karmaker, A., Lambert, W. L. L., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, M. S. A., Minimizing the Energy Hole Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Wedge Merging Approach.. MDPI Sensors 20, no. 1 (2020): 277, Jan 2020.
• Azad, A. K., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, S. A., DCDS-MAC: A Dual-Channel Dual-Slot MAC Protocol for Delay Sensitive Wireless Sensor Network Applications. Journal of Communications, Vol. 14, No. 11, Nov 2019.
• Karmaker, A., Alam, M. S., and Hasan, M. M., An Energy Efficient and Balanced Clustering Approach for Improving Throughput of Wireless Sensor Networks. Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, Oct 2019.
• Rahman, J., Islam, M. Z., Lambert, W. L., Islam, M. S., and Alam, M. S., A Low Latency MAC Protocol for Underwater Sensor Networks Considering Bi-Directional Communication In Multi-Hop And Multi-Flow Scenarios. Springer Applied Science, Jul 2019.
• Rahman, P., Karmaker, A., Alam, M. S., and Lambert, L., CUMAC-CAM: A Channel Allocation Aware MAC Protocol for Addressing Triple Hidden Terminal Problems in Multi-Channel UWSNs. Springer Applied Science, Jun 2019.
• Siddik, M. A., Moni, S. S., Alam, M. S., and Johnson, W. A., SAFE-MAC: Speed Aware Fairness Enabled MAC Protocol for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. MDPI Sensors, May 2019.
• Hasan, M. M., Karmaker, A., Alam, M. S., and Craig, A., Minimizing the Adverse Effects of Asymmetric Links: A Novel Cooperative Asynchronous MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. MDPI Sensors, May 2019.
• Rabby, M. K. M., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, S. A., A Priority Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Wireless Energy Harvesting of Sensor Nodes in Wireless Body Area Networks. PLOS ONE, Apr 2019.
• Asadujjaman, A. S. M., and Alam, M. S., A flexible and scalable Ethernet architecture for telecommunication transport networks. International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology 11, no. 4: 219-231, INDERSCIENCE online, Jun 2018.
• Alam M. S., Asad M. I. H. B., and Mondal M. R. H., An Online Examination Management System for Geographically Dispersed Test Centres to Prevent Question Leakage: A Case Study of Bangladesh. Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1-11, DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2017/37178, Nov 2017.
• Sultana, T., Showkat, M. S. ., Alam, M.S., Hossain, M. D., and Mandal, A. K., Reducing Peak to Average Power Ratio of OFDM Signals using Tukey Window Technique. International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology (IJSET), Vol. No.2, Issue No.9, pp. 879-883, Sep 2013.
• Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S.A., Kitazumi, G., and Matsumoto, M., Performance Evaluation of IrSimple Protocol and Its Efficiency Enhancement with Effective Error Control and Flow Control Schemes. Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan (IIEEJ) Journal on Visual Computing, Devices and Communications, Vol.38, N0.2, Mar 2009.
• Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., Kitazumi, and G., Matsumoto, M., IrBurst Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Large Data Block Exchange over High-Speed IrDA Links. The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Transaction on Communications, Vol.E91-B, No.1,pp.274-285, Jan 2008.

Conference Publications

• Karmaker, A., Hasan, M.M., and Alam, M. S.,, A Traffic Aware Intra-Cluster Communication Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks. The 10th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2018), Bangladesh, Dec 2018.
• Asadujjaman, A. S. M., Rojas, E., Alam, M. S., and Majumdar, S., Fast Control Channel Recovery for Resilient In-band OpenFlow Networks. IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE Netsoft), Canada, Jun 2018.
• Rahman, J., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., A Bidirectional Multi-flow MAC Protocol for Multihop Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. 12th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Canada, Nov 2017.
• Rahman, P., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., CUMAC-CAM: Addressing Triple Hidden Terminal Problems for Multi-channel Transmission in Underwater Sensor Networks. 12th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Canada, Nov 2017.
• Nahar, B., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., Priority Aware Interference Mitigation Techniques For Coexistence Of Wireless Technologies In Smart Utility Networks. The 13th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet), USA, Nov 2017.
• Rabby, M. K. M., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., A Scheduling Scheme for Efficient Wireless Charging of Sensor Nodes in WBAN. 2nd IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (IEEE/ACM CHASE), USA., Jul 2017.
• Hossain, M. A., Karmaker, A., and Alam, M. S., Resolving Spatial Unfairness Problem with Reduced-Handshaking in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Network. International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), India, Mar 2017.
• Islam, A., Alam, M. S., and Moni, S. S., A Fixed Assignment Based Window Access Scheme for Enhancing QoS of Vehicular Adhoc Networks. ECCE 2017, Bangladesh, Jan 2017.
• Karmaker, A., Hasan, M. M., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., An Efficient Cluster Head Selection Strategy for Provisioning Fairness in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering (WIECON-ECE), India, Dec 2016.
• Sharmin, N., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., WEMER: An Energy Hole Mitigation Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering (WIECON-ECE), India, Dec 2016.
• Asadujjaman, A. S. M., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., FCSEA: A Floodless Carrier-grade Scalable Ethernet Architecture. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) , Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Islam, M. Z., Alam, M. S., and Moni, S. S., Efficient Techniques for Improving Coexistence Problem in Wireless Body Area Network. 19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Bangladesh, Best Paper Award, Dec 2016.
• Roy, j., Siddik ,A., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S, An Efficient Cooperative MAC Protocol for Enhancing QoS of IEEE 802.11e EDCA in Saturated Conditions. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Rabby, M. K. M., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., Application of Current Limiting Inductance Effect on Class – E Driver Circuit for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer. IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering (WIECON-ECE), India, Dec 2016.
• Rabby, M. K. M., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., Performance Evaluation of Saturating Class – C Driver Circuit for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) , Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Hasan, M. M., Karmaker, A., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., COASYM-MAC: A Cooperative Asymmetric MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) , Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Kamal, M. M., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., MX-MAC: A Multichannel Based Low Latency Asynchronous MAC Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) , Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Siddik, M. A., Moni, S. S., and Alam, M. S., An Efficient MAC Protocol for provisioning fairness in Vehicle-to-Roadside Communications. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Asadujjaman, A. S. M., Alam, M. S., and Moni, S. S., Optimization of Ethernet Ring Protection Switching for Adaptive Modulation in Carrier Access Network. 19th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
• Shah, A. F. M. S., Alam, M. S., and Showkat, S. A., A New Cooperative MAC Protocol For The Distributed Wireless Networks. IEEE Tencon Conference (Tencon’15), Macua, Nov 2015.
• Azad, A. K., Alam, M.S., and Showkat, S. A., LL-MCLMAC:A Low Latency Multi Channel MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Tencon Conference (Tencon’15), Macua, Nov 2015.
• Alam, I., Haque, M. N., Showkat, S., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., HaatBazaar Protidin: ANovel Android Based Mobile Application For an Effective Agriculture Marketing System in Bangladesh. 6th International Telecommunication Union Kaleidoscope Academic Conference (ITUKaleidoscope Academic Conference 2014), St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan 2014.