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Thomas D. C. Little

Thomas D. C. Little

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Computer Science

D-Index
50
Citations
10777
World Ranking
5591
National Ranking
2552

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
10721
World Ranking
2785
National Ranking
1058

Overview

Thomas D. C. Little is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their primary research field is Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their work spans various specialized topics including Optical Wireless Communication Technologies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies. Additional research interests include Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods, Impact of Light on Environment and Health, Smart Parking Systems Research, and Advanced Optical Network Technologies.

They have contributed to a range of publication venues, most notably:

  • IEEE Access
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Applied Sciences

Some of the significant papers authored or coauthored by Thomas D. C. Little include:

  • Interference in multi-user optical wireless communications systems, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Interference Mitigation Through User Association and Receiver Field of View Optimization in a Multi-User Indoor Hybrid RF/VLC Illuminance-Constrained Network, 2020, IEEE Access
  • High-accuracy people counting in large spaces using overhead fisheye cameras, 2024, Energy and Buildings
  • Machine learning-based security-aware spatial modulation for heterogeneous radio-optical networks, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Direct and Transitive 3D Localization Using a Zone-Based Positioning Service, 2020, IEEE Access

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Michael Rahaim
  • Iman Abdalla
  • Janusz Konrad
  • Mertcan Cokbas
  • Prakash Ishwar

The range of research outputs indicates a multidisciplinary approach combining core engineering principles with emerging trends in optics, wireless communications, and data processing technologies. Their work in optical wireless communication addresses challenges in multi-user environments, while research on advanced photonic systems contributes to the understanding of high-capacity communication networks.

Research on security-aware spatial modulation and 3D localization reflects engagement with contemporary issues in heterogeneous radio-optical networks and positioning services. In addition, studies in video surveillance and people counting suggest applications aligned with smart building technologies.

Best Publications

  • Synchronization and storage models for multimedia objects

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • A mobility based metric for clustering in mobile ad hoc networks

    P. Basu;N. Khan;T.D.C. Little

  • Coexistence of WiFi and LiFi toward 5G: concepts, opportunities, and challenges

    Moussa Ayyash;Hany Elgala;Abdallah Khreishah;Volker Jungnickel

  • Prospects for Interactive Video-on-Demand

    T.D.C. Little;D. Venkatesh

  • Interval-based conceptual models for time-dependent multimedia data

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • Multimedia synchronization protocols for broadband integrated services

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • An Information Propagation Scheme for VANETs

    Thomas D. C. Little;Ashish Agarwal

  • A Survey of Technologies for Parsing and Indexing Digital Video1

    Gulrukh Ahanger;Thomas D.C. Little

  • A hybrid Radio Frequency and broadcast Visible Light Communication system

    Michael B. Rahaim;Anna Maria Vegni;Thomas D. C. Little

  • Visible light communications: demand factors, benefits and opportunities [Guest Editorial]

    Nan Chi;Harald Haas;Mohsen Kavehrad;Thomas D.C. Little

  • Impact of lighting requirements on VLC systems

    John Gancarz;Hany Elgala;Thomas D. C. Little

  • Network considerations for distributed multimedia object composition and communication

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • A digital on-demand video service supporting content-based queries

    T. D. C. Little;G. Ahanger;R. J. Folz;J. F. Gibbon

  • Spatio-temporal composition of distributed multimedia objects for value-added networks

    T.D.C. Little;A. Ghafoor

  • Popularity-based assignment of movies to storage devices in a video-on-demand system

    T. D. C. Little;D. Venkatesh

  • Design and analysis of a visible-light-communication enhanced WiFi system

    Sihua Shao;Abdallah Khreishah;Moussa Ayyash;Michael B. Rahaim

  • A temporal reference framework for multimedia synchronization

    M.J. Perez-Luque;T.D.C. Little

  • An Indoor Hybrid WiFi-VLC Internet Access System

    Sihua Shao;Abdallah Khreishah;Michael B. Rahaim;Hany Elgala

  • Using LED Lighting for Ubiquitous Indoor Wireless Networking

    T.D.C. Little;P. Dib;K. Shah;N. Barraford

  • Reverse polarity optical-OFDM (RPO-OFDM): dimming compatible OFDM for gigabit VLC links

    Hany Elgala;Thomas D. C. Little

  • Architecture for distributed multimedia database systems

    P. B. Berra;C. Y. R. Chen;A. Ghafoor;C. C. Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Hany Elgala
Hany Elgala University at Albany, State University of New York
Abdallah Khreishah
Abdallah Khreishah New Jersey Institute of Technology
Arif Ghafoor
Arif Ghafoor Purdue University West Lafayette
Volker Jungnickel
Volker Jungnickel Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute
Richard J. Radke
Richard J. Radke Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
David Starobinski
David Starobinski Boston University
Dharma P. Agrawal
Dharma P. Agrawal University of Cincinnati
Lucia M. Vaina
Lucia M. Vaina Boston University
Raed Mesleh
Raed Mesleh German Jordanian University
Robert F. Chen
Robert F. Chen University of Massachusetts Boston

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