Sarath Babu

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I am currently working as a Research Scientist at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE), Iowa State University (ISU) and affiliated to Center for Wireless, Communities, and Innovation (WiCI). My work focuses on the project ARA: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities. More information about me can be found at my personal page.

Education

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India (2021)

M.Tech., National Institute of Technology Calicut, India (2011)

B.Tech., Mahatma Gandhi University, India (2009)

Research Interests

Primary Focus: Next Generation Networking Infrastructures, Software Defined Networks (SDN), and Systems Security

Additional Areas of Interest: Complex Networks and Intelligent Transportation Systems

Publications

Complete list of publications can be found at my Google Scholar profile.

Selected List of Publications

1. J. O. Boateng, T. Zhang, G. Zu, T. U. Islam, Sarath Babu, H. Zhang, and D. Qiao, “AraSDR: End-to-End, Fully-Programmable Living Lab for 5G and Beyond“, accepted in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024.
2. E. K. A. Permatasari, E. Gosling, M. Nadim, Sarath Babu, D. Qiao, H. Zhang, M. Luby, J. W. Byers, L. Minder, and P. Aggrawal, “Real-Time Liquid Wireless Transport for Video Streaming in Rural and Agricultural Applications“, accepted in ACM Mile High Video (MHV), Denver, CO, USA, Feb. 2024.
3. G. Zu, M. Nadim, S. Reddy, T. U. Islam, Sarath Babu, T. Zhang, D. Qiao, H. Zhang, and A. Arora, “AraHaul: Multi-Modal Wireless X-Haul Living Lab for Long-Distance, High-Capacity Communications“, accepted in IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov. 2023.
4. T. Zhang, G. Zu, T. U. Islam, E. Gossling, Sarath Babu, D. Qiao, and H. Zhang, “Exploring Wireless Channels in Rural Areas: A Comprehensive Measurement Study“, accepted in IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov. 2023. [Honorable Mention]
5. T. U. Islam, J. O. Boateng, G. Zu, M. Shahid, M. Nadim, W. Xu, T. Zhang, S. Reddy, X. Li, A. Atalar, Y. Chen, Sarath Babu, H. Zhang, D. Qiao, M. Zheng, Y. Guan, O. Boyraz, A. Arora, M. Selim, and M. B. Cohen, “ARA PAWR: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities“, in Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom ’23). ACM, Article 98, Oct. 2023, pp. 1–3.
6. T. U. Islam, T. Zhang, J. O. Boateng, E. Gossling, G. Zu, Sarath Babu, H. Zhang, and D. Qiao, “AraMIMO: Programmable TVWS mMIMO Living Lab for Rural Wireless“, in Proceedings of the 17th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation & Characterization (WiNTECH ’23), Oct. 2023, pp. 9–16. [Best Paper Award]
7. M. Shahid, Sarath Babu, H. Zhang, D. Qiao, Y. Guan, J. O. Boateng, T. U. Islam, G. Zu, A. Kamal, and M. Zheng, “Wireless guard for trustworthy spectrum management“, in Proceedings of the 16th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation & CHaracterization (WiNTECH ’22) Oct. 2022, pp. 32-39.
8. J. Anderson, K. Keahey, M. Sherman, C. Hammock, Z. Zhen, J. Tillotson, T. Bargo, L. Long, T. U. Islam, Sarath Babu, and F. Halbach, “CHI-in-a-Box: Reducing Operational Costs of Research Testbeds“, in Proceedings of ACM Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference Series, Jul. 2022.
9. Sarath Babu, Indranil Ghosh, and B. S. Manoj, “Effort: A New Metric for Roadside Unit Placement in 5G Enabled Vehicular Networks,” in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF), Sep. 2020, pp. 263-268.
10. D. Dalai, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj, “On Using Edge Servers in 5G Satellite Networks,” in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF), Sep. 2020, pp. 553-558.
11. Sarath Babu, A. Rajeev, and B. S. Manoj, “A medium-term disruption tolerant SDN for wireless TCP/IP networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2318-2334, Dec. 2020.
12. A. Chakraborty, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj, “On achieving capacity-enhanced small-world networks,” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, vol. 556, p. 124729, Oct. 2020.
13. Sarath Babu and B. S. Manoj, “Toward a type-based analysis of road networks,” ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 28:1-28:45, Aug. 2020.
14. P. Koshy, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj, “Sliding window blockchain architecture for Internet of Things,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 3338-3348, Apr. 2020.
15. Sarath Babu, P. V. Mithun and B. S. Manoj, “A novel framework for resource discovery and self-configuration in software defined wireless mesh networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 132-146, Mar. 2020.
16. N. Anand, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj, “On detecting compromised controller in software defined networks,” Elsevier Computer Networks, vol. 137, pp. 107-118, Jun. 2018.
17. D. S. Yadav, Sarath Babu, and B. S. Manoj, “Quasi path restoration: A post-failure recovery scheme over pre-allocated backup resource for elastic optical networks,” Elsevier Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 41, pp. 139-154, Mar. 2018.
18. R. Raj, Sarath Babu, K. Benson, G. Jain, B. S. Manoj, and N. Venkatasubramanian, “Efficient path rescheduling of heterogeneous mobile data collectors for dynamic events in shanty town emergency response,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2015, pp. 1-7.

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