Journal Articles

  • Kubesch, A.S.; Wicker, S. B., “Digital rights management: The cost to consumers,” in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.103, no.5, pp.726-733, May 2015.
  • Santoso, S. M. and Wicker, S. B., “The future of three-dimensional printing: Intellectual property or intellectual confinement?” New Media & Society, June 12, 2014.
  • Wicker, S. B. and Santoso, S., “A Right to Internet Access,” Communications of the ACM, June 2013.
  • N. Karst, S. B. Wicker. “On the rekeying load in group key distributions using cover-free families,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 58, No. 10, October 2012, pp. 6667 – 6671.
  • S. B. Wicker, “The Loss of Location Privacy in the Cellular Age,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 2012, pp. 60 – 68.
  • S. B. Wicker, “Digital Telephony and the Question of Privacy,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 54, No. 7, July, 2011, pp. 88 – 98.
  • S. B. Wicker and D. E. Schrader, “Privacy-Aware Design Principles for Information Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE, February 2011, pp. 330 – 350.
  • Mikhail Lisovich, Deirdre Mulligan, and Stephen B. Wicker, “Inferring Personal Information from Demand-Response Systems,” IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine; January/February 2010.
  • Anna Kacewicz and Stephen B. Wicker, “Redundancy Minimizing Techniques for Robust Transmission in Wireless Networks,” Journal of Communications and Networks, 11:564-573, 2009.
  • H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S.B. Wicker, “The behavior of unbounded path-loss models and the effect of singularity on computed network characteristics,” IEEE J. Selected Areas Communications, September 2009.
  • H. Inaltekin and S.B. Wicker, “A One-shot Random Access Game for Wireless Networks – Behavior of Nodes at Nash Equilibria” IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, December 2008.
  • S. Pai, M. Meingast, T. Roosta, S. Bermudez, S. Wicker, D. Mulligan, and S. S. Sastry, “Confidentiality in Sensor Networks: Transactional Information,” IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine; July/August 2008.
  • P. Venkitasubramaniam, He Ting, Lang Tong, Stephen B. Wicker, “Toward an analytical approach to anonymous wireless networking,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol.46, no.2, pp.140-146, February 2008.
  • H. Qu and S. B. Wicker, “A Combined Localization and Geographic Routing Algorithm for Rapidly-Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Volume 4, Issue 1 January 2008, pages 44 – 63.
  • H. Qu and S. B. Wicker, “Co-Designed Anchor-Free Localization and Location-Based Routing Algorithm for Rapidly-Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks”, Information Fusion, 2008.
  • M. Meingast, S. Pai, S. Wicker, S. S. Sastry, “Privacy in Camera Networks, A Technical Perspective,” EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report UCB/EECS-2007-94, July 2007.
  • X. Zhang, J. Chen, S. B. Wicker, and T. Berger, “Successive Coding in Multiuser Information Theory”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 53, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 2246 – 2254.
  • P. Samar and S. B. Wicker, “Link Dynamics and Protocol Design in a Multi-Hop Mobile Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, September 2006.
  • X. Zhang, S. B. Wicker, “On the Optimal Distribution of Sensors in a Random Field”, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, March 2006.
  • J. Chen, X. Zhang, T. Berger and S. B. Wicker “The Sum-Rate Distortion Function and Optimal Rate Allocation for the Quadratic Gaussian CEO Problem” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special Issue on Sensor Networks, Volume 22, No. 6, August 2004.
  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Rung-Hung Gau, Stephen B. Wicker, and Zygmunt J. Haas, “Optimal Sequential Paging in Cellular Networks,” ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks, Vol 10, No. 2, March 2004.
  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Stephen Wicker, Ramon Bejar and Cesar Fernandez, “On the Complexity of Distributed Self-Configuration in Wireless Networks,” in Kluwer Journal on Telecommunication Systems, Special Issue on Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, Eds. I. Stojmenovic and S. Olariu, Vol. 22, No. 1, January/April 2003.
  • B. Krishnamachari, Y. Mourtada, and S. Wicker, “The Energy-Robustness Tradeoff for Real-Time Information Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks,” submitted to the Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Networks on Wireless Sensor Networks, October 2002.
  • Andrea Goldsmith and Stephen B. Wicker, “Design Challenges For Energy-Constrained Ad Hoc Wireless Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, August, 2002.
  • Allen B. MacKenzie and Stephen B. Wicker, “Game Theory and the Design of Self-Configuring, Adaptive Wireless Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2001.
  • Buckley, M. E. and Wicker, S. B., “The Design and Performance of a Neural Network for Predicting Decoder Error in Turbo-Coded ARQ Protocols,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 48, Number 4, pp. 566 – 576, April 2000.
  • Park, J. I., Wicker, S. B., and Owen, H. L., “Trellis-Based Soft Output Adaptive Equalization Techniques for TDMA Cellular Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp. 83 – 94, January 2000.
  • Wang, X.A., and Wicker, S. B., “The BCJR Trellis and the Design and Implementation of Trellis Decoders for Some BCH Codes,” Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication, and Computing, Volume 9, Number 6, 1999, pp. 521 – 546.
  • Buckley, M. E. and Wicker, S. B., “A Neural Network for Predicting Decoder Error in Turbo Decoders,” IEEE Communications Letters, Volume 3, Number 5, May 1999, pp. 145 – 147.
  • Tapp, T., Luna, A., Wang, X.A., and Wicker, S. B., “BCH Soft Decision Decoders for Mobile Data Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 333 – 337, March 1999.
  • Luna, A., Fontaine, F. and Wicker, S. B., “Iterative Maximum Likelihood Trellis Decoding for Block Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 338 – 342, March 1999.
  • Costello, D., Hagenauer, J., Imai, H., and Wicker, S. B., “Applications of Error Control Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 50th Anniversary   Issue, Volume 44, Number 6, pp. 2531 – 2560, October 1998.
  • Zaidan, M. Y. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Modulation with s-Tree Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 43, Number 6, pp. 2005 – 2012, November, 1997.
  • Hao, M.-J. and Wicker, S. B., “The Effect of Error Control Coding in Multichannel FSK Coherent Lightwave Communication Systems,” IEEE   Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 14, Number 12, pp. 2648 – 2656, December, 1996.
  • Rasmussen, L. K., Bartz, M. J., and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Trellis Coded and Reed-Solomon Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over Slowly Fading Rayleigh Channels,” Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 2, Number 4, pp. 393-413, 1996.
  • Wang, X-A, and Wicker, S. B., “Generalized Soft Decision Decoding for Concatenated Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 42, Number 2, pp. 543-553, March, 1996.
  • Wang, X-A, and Wicker, S. B., “The Analog Neural Net Viterbi Decoder,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 44, Number 2, February, 1996, pp. 165 – 171.
  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded, Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Based on CRC Error-Detecting Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 43, Number 10, October, 1995, pp. 2569 – 2575.
  • Hao, M.-J. and Wicker, S. B., “Performance Evaluation of FSK and CPFSK Optical Communication Systems: A Stable and Accurate Method,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 13, Number 8, August 1995, pp 1613 – 1623.
  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Two Code Combining Techniques for Equal Gain, Trellis Coded Diversity Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 44, Number 2, May, 1995, pp. 291 – 295.
  • Souissi, S. and Wicker, S. B., “A Diversity Combining DS/CDMA System with Convolutional Encoding and Viterbi Decoding,” IEEE Transactions on       Vehicular Technology, Volume 44, Number 2, May, 1995, pp. 304 – 312.
  • Wicker, S. B. and Bartz, M., “Type-II Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Using Punctured MDS Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1431-1440, April 1994.
  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker S. B., “A Sequential Testing Scheme for Adaptive Error Control on Slowly Varying Channels” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1533-1543, April 1994.
  • Harvey, B. A. and Wicker, S. B., “Packet Combining Systems Based on the Viterbi Decoder” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1544-1557, April 1994.
  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Error Control for Slowly Varying Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 917- 926, March 1994.
  • Wicker, S. B. and Bartz, M., “The Design and Implementation of Type-I and Type-II Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Based on First-Order Reed-Muller Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 979-987, March 1994.
  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over AWGN and Slowly Fading Rician Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 40, Number 2, March 1994, pp. 418-428.
  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Two Retransmission Request Mechanisms for Trellis Coded Modulation,” Electronics Letters, Volume 29, Number 25, pp. 2162 – 2163, December 9, 1993.
  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B., “Modified Majority-Logic Decoding of Cyclic Codes in Hybrid-ARQ Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 40, Number 9, pp. 1413 – 1417, September, 1992.
  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Cryptanalysis of the Harn-Wang modification of the Xinmei signature scheme,” Electronics Letters, Volume 28, Number 18, pp. 1756 – 1757, August 27, 1992.
  • Wicker, S. B., “Reed-Solomon Error Control Coding for Data Transmission over Rayleigh Fading Channels with Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 41, Number 2, pp. 124 – 133, May 1992.
  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “The Security of Xinmei’s Digital Signature Scheme” Electronics Letters, Volume 28, Number 9, pp. 890 – 891, April 1992.
  • Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Rate Error Control Through the Use of Diversity    Combining and Majority-Logic Decoding in a Hybrid-ARQ Protocol,” IEEE   Transactions on Communications, Volume 39, Number 3, pp. 380 – 386, March 1991.
  • Harvey, B and Wicker, S. B., “Error-Trapping Viterbi Decoding for Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocols,” Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Volume 16, Number 1, pp. 5 – 12, January 1991.
  • Wicker, S. B., “Muting Algorithms Based on the Use of Side Information Generated by Error Control Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 39, No 2, pp. 171 – 176, May 1990.
  • Wicker, S. B., “Modified Majority-Logic Decoders for Use in Convolutionally Encoded Hybrid-ARQ Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 38, No. 3, pp. 263 – 266, March 1990.
  • Wicker, S. B., “High Reliability Data Transfer over the Land Mobile Radio Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 39, No 1, pp. 48 – 55, February 1990.