2026 J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	96	444	432	245	237	624	34110

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society For pioneering contributions to the theory and design of communication protocols for ad-hoc wireless networks
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the theory and design of computer communication protocols.
2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to theory and design of communication protocols for network routing and channel access

Overview

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to networking technologies, including Wireless Networks and Protocols, Cooperative Communication and Network Coding, IoT Networks and Protocols, Software-Defined Networks and 5G, Network Traffic and Congestion Control, Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies, and Caching and Content Delivery.

Recent published papers by J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves include:

Making slotted ALOHA efficient and fair using reinforcement learning (2021), published in Computer Communications
Enhancing Video Conference Applications with VCApather: A Network as a Service Perspective (2025), published in ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications
Reversing The Meaning of Node Connectivity for Content Placement in Networks of Caches (2020), published at the 2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
Energy and bandwidth-efficient channel access for local area machine-to-machine communication (2020), published in Wireless Networks
An information-centric networking architecture with small routing tables (2022), published in ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies

Their frequent coauthors include Cédric Westphal, Ramesh Srinivasan, Can Zhang, Luca de Alfaro, and Dongbiao He.

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves has published in a variety of venues, keeping a steady presence in:

Computer Communications
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications
2020 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
Wireless Networks
ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies

The scientist has been recognized by several professional organizations. Awards include the Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Computer Society in 2011 for contributions to communication protocols for ad-hoc wireless networks. They were also named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010 and an ACM Fellow in 2008 for contributions to computer communication protocols. Earlier recognition came as an IEEE Fellow in 2006 for work in network routing and channel access protocol design.

Best Publications

An efficient routing protocol for wireless networks

Shree Murthy;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

2248
Citations
Energy-efficient collision-free medium access control for wireless sensor networks

Venkatesh Rajendran;Katia Obraczka;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

2117
Citations
The core-assisted mesh protocol

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;E.L. Madruga

982
Citations
Floor acquisition multiple access (FAMA) for packet-radio networks

Chane L. Fullmer;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

863
Citations
A new approach to channel access scheduling for Ad Hoc networks

Lichun Bao;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

592
Citations
Solutions to hidden terminal problems in wireless networks

Chane L. Fullmer;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

555
Citations
Energy-efficient, collision-free medium access control for wireless sensor networks

Venkatesh Rajendran;Katia Obraczka;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

529
Citations
System and method for using a mapping between client addresses and addresses of caches to support content delivery

Jose J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;Bradley R. Smith

493
Citations
Source-tree routing in wireless networks

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;M. Spohn

455
Citations
Topology management in ad hoc networks

Lichun Bao;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

449
Citations
A unified routing scheme for ad-hoc internetworking

J Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves;David A. Beyer;Thane J. Frivold

447
Citations
A simple approximation to minimum-delay routing

Srinivas Vutukury;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

441
Citations
Transmission scheduling in ad hoc networks with directional antennas

Lichun Bao;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

430
Citations
System and method for information object routing in computer networks

Jyoti Raju;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;Bradley R. Smith

417
Citations
A source-based algorithm for delay-constrained minimum-cost multicasting

Qing Zhu;M. Parsa;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

401
Citations
System and method for using network layer uniform resource locator routing to locate the closest server carrying specific content

Jose J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;Bradley R. Smith

396
Citations
Routing mechanisms for mobile ad hoc networks based on the energy drain rate

Dongkyun Kim;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;K. Obraczka;J.-C. Cano

389
Citations
A loop-free extended Bellman-Ford routing protocol without bouncing effect

C. Cheng;R. Riley;S. P. R. Kumar;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

387
Citations
A routing protocol for packet radio networks

Shree Murthy;J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

380
Citations
Delay analysis of IEEE 802.11 in single-hop networks

M.M. Carvalho;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

351
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Katia Obraczka University of California, Santa Cruz

Dongkyun Kim Kyungpook National University

Juan-Carlos Cano Universitat Politècnica de València

Pietro Manzoni Universitat Politècnica de València

Mario Gerla University of California, Los Angeles

Charles E. Perkins Nokia (Finland)

Jeongkeun Lee Intel (United States)

Yanghee Choi Seoul National University

Wolfgang Effelsberg University of Mannheim

Brian Neil Levine University of Massachusetts Amherst

External Links

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