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Publications

• Thomas Nilsson. An improved communication method under IEEE 802.11e enhanced distributed channel access. Patent application, submitted 2009
• Thomas Nilsson and Amit Singh. Frequency offset compensation for multi-carrier communication systems. Patent application, submitted 2010
• Thomas Nilsson. Distributed Multiple Access and Service Differentiation Algorithms for Wireless Networks PhD Thesis. Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, 2008.
• Nilsson, T and Jäntti, R. Generic Stationary Backoff Distributions for Distributed Multiple Access Control. Submitted 2010 to The Journal of Telecommunication Systems (Prel Accepted).
• Bondesson L, Nilsson T and Wikstrand G. Probability Calculus for Silent Elimination; A method for Medium Access Control . Submitted 2008
• Nilsson T and Jahanzeb Farooq. A novel MAC scheme for solving the QoS parameter adjustment problem in IEEE 802.11e EDCA . The 9th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2008), 2008.
• Nilsson T, Wikstrand G and Bondesson L. Silent Elimination Multiple Access: An Efficient Channel Bursting Protocol. Submitted to The Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation and Information, 2008.
• Wikstrand G. Nilsson T. and Dougherty, M. Prioritized Repeated Eliminations Multiple Access: A Novel Protocol for Wireless Networks . The 27th Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2008, pp 1561-1569
• Wikstrand G and Nilsson T. Untruncated Eliminations in the EY-NPMA MAC Protocol: Performance and Optimality . IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2007.
• Nilsson, T. Resource Allocation and Service Differentiation in Wireless Local Area Networks. Licenciate thesis. Department of Computing Science, Umeå university, Sweden, 2005, ISBN-91-7305-907-2
• Nilsson, T. and Vasilios A. Siris. Distributed Utility based Resource Allocation in IEEE 802.11 Networks, Technical Report UMINF-05-20, Department of Computing Science, Umeå university, 2005
• Nilsson, T. Wikstrand, G. and Eriksson, J. A Collision Detection Method for Multicast Transmissions in CSMA/CA Networks. Wireless Communication & Mobile Computing (WCMC) journal,Vol 7, Issue 6, pp 795-808, 2007.
• Eriksson, J. and Nilsson, T Two-layer Utility Based Resource Optimization for CSMA/CA Networks. 8Th International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia Communications (MOMUC 2003).
• Nilsson T, Wikstrand G and Eriksson J Early multicast collision detection in CSMA/CA networks. In proceedings of The Fourth IEEE Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (MWCN2002). IEEE. 2002.

M.Sc. Theses

I have supervised the following Master Thesis projects.

• Manzoor Shahid, A Performance Evaluation of the Quality of Service (Wireless LAN) Standard IEEE 802.11e, Umeå University. 2007 (completed)
• Kharal Haq Asrar-Ul, Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Black Burst in the Simulation Environment GloMoSim, Umeå University. 2007 (completed)
• Ahmad Waseem, Imran Siddique, Implementation and Performance Evaluation of two Reliable MAC Layer Multicast Schemes for Wireless Local Area Network, Umeå University. 2007 (completed)
• Robert Eriksson, Security and Usability in the Mobile Context, Umeå University. 2007 (completed)
• Isak Renström, Bluetooth Payments to Non-connected Devices, Umeå University. 2006 (completed)
• Johan Backman, Webbaserat cache-minne, Umeå University. 2006 (ongoing)
• Gorantala Krishna, Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Umeå university. 2006 (completed)
• Rytterstedt Anton, Viberg Mattias, Fordondiagnostik mot bandvagnar, Umeå university. 2006 (completed)
• Gustav Nyberg, Seamless Mobility SEMO: A Policy--Based Prototype for handovers in Heterogeneous Networks, Umeå university. 2005 (completed)
• Jim Petersson and Pär Eriksson, Implementation of a System for Automatic Software Verification, Umeå university. 2006 (completed)
• Michael Carlberg and Annelie Dammander, WiMAX A Study of Mobility and a MAC-layer Implementation in GloMoSim, Umeå university, 2005 (completed)
• Jahanzeb Farooq and Bilal Rauf, Implementation and Evaluation of IEEE 802.11e MAC in GloMoSim, Umeå university. 2005 (completed)
• Anders Eurenius, Experiment platform for packet scheduling in wireless networks, Umeå University. 2005 (completed)
• Josef Israelsson, An integration of Java APIs for Bluetooth with Teleca's software suite Obigo, Umeå university. 2005
• Martin Barsk, A seamless vertical handover system prototypem, Umeå university. 2005 (completed)
• Fredrik Lundgren, , Umeå University 2003
• Fredrik Stålnacke, Implementation of OMA IMPS, Umeå University. 2003 (completed)
• Simon Nordberg, 3G IPv6 node emulator, Umeå University. 2003 (completed)
• Johan Cimen, Packet Scheduling in Wireless Network IEEE 802.11 using Linux, Umeå University.2003 (completed)
• Fredric Rylander, Per Pettersson, A Technical prestudy on Seamless Roaming for Mobile Internet, Umeå University. 2002 (completed)

Teaching

• Mobile and Wireless Networking D 5p, Spring 2007 (lecturer, supervisor)
• Mobile and Wireless Networking D 5p, Spring 2006 (lecturer, supervisor)
• Mobile and Wireless Networking D 5p, Spring 2005 (lecturer, supervisor)
• Ubiquitous Computing , fall 2003 (supervisor)
• Mobile and Wireless Network D 5p, Spring 2004 (lecturer, supervisor)

Ongoing Projects

Here are some projects I am currently working on or is involved in

• Optimal backoff distributions with prioritization for Wireless Local Area Networks, in co-operation with Prof. Riku Jäntti, Helsinki University of Technology.
• Efficient service differentiation in IEEE 802.11e EDCA by using quasy-optimal backoff schemes.