Publications

Research papers and publications from the SPEAR Lab at top-tier venues including ACM SIGCOMM, USENIX ATC, IEEE INFOCOM, and ACM CoNEXT.

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2026

DIAWhitepaperSatellite NetworksEdge ComputingNext-Generation Network Protocols

Aerospace-enabled Services: The Edge-Cloud Continuum Beyond the Atmosphere

Datacom Industry Association (DIA) Aerospace Working Group Whitepaper
Paulo Mendes
Rute Sofia
Edison Pignaton de Freitas
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Dirk Trossen
Gorry Fairhurst
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SIGCOMMConferenceSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide MeasurementsNext-Generation Network Protocols

Dissecting the StarLink: Characterizing Queuing and Flow Dynamics in the Starlink Network

ACM SIGCOMM Conference
17.54%, 90/513·
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CodeDataset
SpringerBook chapterEdge ComputingNext-Generation Network Protocols

Networking for the Metaverse

Handbook of the Metaverse
Benjamin Finley
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Peng Yuan Zhou
PDFDOI
SIGMETRICSConferenceSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide Measurements

Horizon: Understanding and Predicting Global Starlink Performance

ACM SIGMETRICS International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems
Cristian Benghe
Vlad Graure
Tanya Shreedhar
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
15.2%, 32/2110
NetworkingConferenceEdge ComputingEdgeAI & ML Model Management

SMOOTH: Scalable Multitask Offloading with Backbone Sharing

IFIP Networking Conference
Wei Geng
Wei Geng
Xiang Su
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jörg Ott
Pan Hui
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Code
NetworkingConferenceNext-Generation Network ProtocolsEdge ComputingNext-Generation Cellular Networks

PRISM: Cross-Layer Observability Framework for Mobile Core Networks

IFIP Networking Conference
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ICCConferenceEdge ComputingNext-Generation Network ProtocolsNext-Generation Cellular Networks

ARTA: Adaptive Redundancy-aware Telemetry Node Activation in 6G Edge

IEEE International Conference on Communications
Shatha Abbas
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
George Iosifidis
Fernando Kuipers
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WWWConferenceSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide Measurements

Investigating Web Content Delivery Performance over Starlink

ACM Web Conference
Rohan Bose
Rohan Bose
Jinwei Zhao
Tanya Shreedhar
Jianping Pan
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
20.1%, 676/33705
PDFDOI
CodeDataset
NAICWorkshopEdge ComputingEdgeAI & ML Model Management

Budget-Adaptive Routing: Skipping the Weak When the Strong Answers Anyway

ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networks for AI Computing
PDFDOI
Code

2025

EdgeSysConferenceEdge Computing

Supporting Hybrid Virtualization Orchestration for Edge Computing

ACM Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking
Giovanni Bartolomeo
Giovanni Bartolomeo
Patrick Sabanic
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jörg Ott
4Best Paper Award
PDFDOI
Code
LEONETConferenceSatellite NetworksEdge Computing

A Distributed Data Store in Orbit

ACM International Workshop on LEO Networking and Communication
Jörg Ott
Jussi Kangasharju
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
DOI
EuroSysConferenceEdge Computing

Beyond Layers: Container Registries for Files Distribution and On-Demand Image Partitioning

European Conference on Computer Systems
Giovanni Bartolomeo
Giovanni Bartolomeo
Navidreza Asadi
Wolfgang Kellerer
Jörg Ott
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
1Best Poster Award
PDFDOI
EuCNCConferenceNext-Generation Cellular NetworksEdge Computing

Transforming the Internet with 6G: Towards Architectural Extensibility

European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Abhishek Kumar
Sasu Tarkoma
Jussi Kangasharju
Ari Pouttu
PDFDOI

2024

HotNetsConferenceSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide Measurements

It's a bird? It's a plane? It's CDN!: Investigating Content Delivery Networks in the LEO Satellite Networks Era

ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
Rohan Bose
Rohan Bose
Saeed Fadaei
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Mohamed Kassem
Nishanth Sastry
Jörg Ott
27.8%, 44/15820
LEONETConferenceSatellite NetworksNext-Generation Network Protocols

Segment Routing based on Geographic Checkpoints

ACM International Workshop on LEO Networking and Communication
Valentin Hartig
Marcin Bosk
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Paulo Mendes
PDFDOI
ICJournalEdgeAI & ML Model ManagementEdge Computing

Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges

IEEE Internet Computing
Tobias Meuser
Lauri Lovén
Monowar Bhuyan
Shishir G Patil
Schahram Dustdar
Atakan Aral
Suzan Bayhan
Christian Becker
Eyal de Lara
Aaron Yi Ding
Janick Edinger
James Gross
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Andy Pimentel
Etienne Rivière
Henning Schulzrinne
Pieter Simoens
Gürkan Solmaz
Michael Welzl
IMCPosterSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide Measurements

Twinkle, Twinkle, Streaming Star: Illuminating CDN Performance over Starlink

ACM Internet Measurement Conference
PDFDOI
Code
MobiComPosterSatellite NetworksInternet-Wide Measurements

Starlink Performance from Different Perspectives

ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Andrew E. Fergusson
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Hendrik Cech
Hendrik Cech
Rohan Bose
Rohan Bose
Prakita Rayyan Renatin
Mahesh K. Marina
Jörg Ott
PDFDOI

2023

CoNEXTConferenceEdge ComputingEdgeAI & ML Model Management

Characterizing Distributed Mobile Augmented Reality Applications at the Edge

ACM Conference on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies
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19.3%, 38/19618
AccessJournalNext-Generation Network ProtocolsSatellite NetworksNext-Generation Cellular Networks

Multipath Transport Analysis over Cellular and LEO Access for Aerial Vehicles

IEEE Access
Aygun Baltaci
Kaushik Chavali
Mike Kosek
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Dominic Schupke
Jörg Ott
PDFDOI
FNWFConferenceNext-Generation Cellular NetworksEdge Computing

nextGSIM: Towards Simulating Network Resource Management for Beyond 5G Networks

Future Networks World Forum
Alba Jano
Mehmet Mert Bese
Mehmet Mert Bese
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Wolfgang Kellerer
Jörg Ott
5Best Paper Award
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Code
PERMAGJournalEdge Computing

Perspectives on Negative Research Results in Pervasive Computing

IEEE Pervasive Computing
Ella Peltonen
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Peter Zdankin
Tanya Shreedhar
Tri Nguyen
Suzan Bayhan
Jon Crowcroft
Jussi Kangasharju
Daniela Nicklas
PDFDOI

2022

AccessJournalEdgeAI & ML Model ManagementEdge Computing

The Many Faces of Edge Intelligence

IEEE Access
Ella Peltonen
Ijaz Ahmad
Atakan Aral
Michele Capobianco
Aaron Yi Ding
Felipe Gil-Castiñeira
Ekaterina Gilman
Erkki Harjula
Marko Jurmu
Teemu Karvonen
Markus Kelanti
Teemu Leppänen
Lauri Lovén
Tommi Mikkonen
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Petteri Nurmi
Susanna Pirttikangas
Paweł Sroka
Sasu Tarkoma
Tingting Yang
PDFDOI
IMCConferenceInternet-Wide MeasurementsNext-Generation Cellular Networks

Analyzing Real-time Video Delivery over Cellular Networks for Remote Piloting Aerial Vehicles

ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Aygün Baltaci
Hendrik Cech
Hendrik Cech
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Fabien Geyer
Vaibhav Bajpai
Jörg Ott
Dominik Schupke
26.4%, 56/21230
PDFDOI
Code
ICNConferenceEdge ComputingNext-Generation Network Protocols

DICer: Distributed Coordination for In-Network Computations

ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking
Uthra Ambalavanan
Dennis Grewe
Naresh Nayak
Liming Liu
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jörg Ott
PDFDOI
Video
ICNPosterEdge ComputingNext-Generation Network Protocols

Resource Reservation in Information Centric Networking

ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking
Uthra Ambalavanan
Naresh Nayak
Dennis Grewe
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
PDFDOI
Poster
EdgeSysConferenceEdge Computing

ComB: A Flexible, Application-Oriented Benchmark for Edge Computing

ACM Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking
Simon Bäurle
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
PDFDOI
Code
CCRJournalEdgeAI & ML Model ManagementEdge Computing

Roadmap for Edge AI: A Dagstuhl Perspective

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Aaron Yi Ding
Ella Peltonen
Tobias Meuser
Atakan Aral
Christian Becker
Schahram Dustdar
Thomas Hiessl
Dieter Kranzlmüller
Madhusanka Liyanage
Setareh Maghsudi
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jörg Ott
Jan S. Rellermeyer
Stefan Schulte
Henning Schulzrinne
Gürkan Solmaz
Sasu Tarkoma
Blesson Varghese
Lars Wolf
PDFDOI
TCCJournalEdge ComputingEdgeAI & ML Model Management

Nimbus: Towards Latency-Energy Efficient Task Offloading for AR Services

IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
Vittorio Cozzolino
Leonardo Tonetto
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Aaron Yi Ding
Jörg Ott
PDFDOI
Code
TSCJournalInternet-Wide Measurements

Contact Duration: Intricacies of Human Mobility

ACM Transactions on Social Computing
Leonardo Tonetto
Malintha Adikari
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Aaron Yi Ding
Jörg Ott
PDFDOI

2021

IMCConferenceInternet-Wide Measurements

Cloudy with a Chance of Short RTTs: Analyzing Cloud Connectivity in the Internet

ACM Internet Measurement Conference
The Khang Dang
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Lorenzo Corneo
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Jörg Ott
Jussi Kangasharju
27.9%, 55/19741
IWCIConferenceEdge Computing

Distributed Ledgers for Distributed Edge: Are we there yet?

ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on (de)Centralization
Leo Eichhorn
Tanya Shreedhar
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
IWCIConferenceEdge Computing

Decentralizing Computation with Edge Computing: Potential and Challenges

ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on (de)Centralization
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Lorenzo Corneo
Andreas Johnsson
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Suzan Bayhan
Pengyuan Zhou
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
NetworkingConferenceNext-Generation Network ProtocolsInternet-Wide Measurements

From Single Lane to Highways: Analyzing the Adoption of Multipath TCP in the Internet

IFIP Networking Conference
Florian Aschenbrenner
Tanya Shreedhar
Oliver Gasser
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jörg Ott
NetworkingConferenceEdge ComputingInternet-Wide Measurements

(How Much) Can Edge Computing Change Network Latency?

IFIP Networking Conference
Lorenzo Corneo
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Walter Wong
Christian Rohner
Per Gunningberg
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
WebsiteVideo
WWWConferenceInternet-Wide Measurements

Surrounded by the Clouds: A Comprehensive Cloud Reachability Study

ACM Web Conference
Lorenzo Corneo
Maximilian Eder
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Suzan Bayhan
Walter Wong
Per Gunningberg
Jussi Kangasharju
Jörg Ott
ICCCNConferenceEdge Computing

SPA: Harnessing Availability in the AWS Spot Market

IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on Intelligent Cloud Computing and Networking
Walter Wong
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Lorenzo Corneo
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Slides

2020

HotNetsConferenceEdge ComputingInternet-Wide Measurements

Pruning Edge Research with Latency Shears

ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Lorenzo Corneo
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Suzan Bayhan
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
ICCConferenceEdge Computing

Bricklayer: Resource Composition on the Spot Market

IEEE International Conference on Communications
Walter Wong
Lorenzo Corneo
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Pengyuan Zhou
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Slides

2019

HotEdgeConferenceEdge Computing

Open Infrastructure for Edge: A Distributed Ledger Outlook

USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Edge Computing
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Slides
ICDCSConferenceEdge Computing

DeCloud: Truthful Decentralized Double Auction for Edge Clouds

IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Suzan Bayhan
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Pengyuan Zhou
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Slides
EdgeSysConferenceEdge Computing

ExEC: Elastic Extensible Edge Cloud

ACM Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Suzan Bayhan
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Slides

2018

HotNetsConferenceEdge Computing

ICON: Intelligent Container Overlays

ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Suzan Bayhan
Walter Wong
Jussi Kangasharju
MobiComConferenceNext-Generation Network ProtocolsEdge Computing

Redesigning MPTCP for Edge Clouds

ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Tanya Shreedhar
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Otto Waltari
Jussi Kangasharju
Sanjit K. Kaul
MECOMMConferenceEdge Computing

Anveshak: Placing Edge Servers In The Wild

ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Mobile Edge Communications
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Aleksandr Zavodovski
Pengyuan Zhou
Jussi Kangasharju
AoTJournalEdge Computing

Placing it right!: Optimizing energy, processing, and transport in Edge-Fog clouds

Annals of Telecommunications
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Code
NetworkingConferenceNext-Generation Network Protocols

QAware: A Cross-Layer Approach to MPTCP Scheduling

IFIP Networking Conference
Tanya Shreedhar
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Sanjit K. Kaul
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Code
CrossCloudConferenceEdge Computing

MUTE: Multi-Tier Edge Networks

ACM Workshop on CrossCloud Infrastructures and Platforms
Alessio Silvestro
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jussi Kangasharju
Fabian Schneider
Xiaoming Fu
PDFDOI
Slides

2017

MECOMMConferenceEdge Computing

Managing Data in Computational Edge Clouds

ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Mobile Edge Communications
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Pengyuan Zhou
Keerthana Govindaraj
Jussi Kangasharju
CrossCloudConferenceEdge Computing

Grouping Computational Data in Resource Caches of Edge-Fog Cloud

ACM Workshop on CrossCloud Infrastructures and Platforms
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Pengyuan Zhou
Keerthana Govindaraj
Jussi Kangasharju
PDFDOI
Poster

2016

CIoTConferenceEdge Computing

Edge-Fog Cloud: A Distributed Cloud for Internet of Things Computations

IEEE International Conference on Cloudification of the Internet of Things
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Jussi Kangasharju
DOI
CodeSlides

2015

CCNxConConferenceNext-Generation Network Protocols

CCNCheck: Enabling Checkpointed Distributed Applications in Content Centric Networks

Content Centric Networking Conference
Nitinder Mohan
Nitinder Mohan
Pushpendra Singh
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Code
IndraprasthaMaster's ThesisNext-Generation Network Protocols

Enabling Sender-initiated Distributed Applications and Checkpointing in Content Centric Networks

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India
0Best Thesis Nominee
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