Home Page of Robert D. Doverspike 

Robert Doverspike, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Network Evolution Research
AT&T Labs (Research)

CONTACTS

Main location:

AT&T Labs Research
Room A5-1G12
200 S. Laurel Ave
Middletown, NJ 07748
(732) 420-9025
(713) 559-3011 [FAX]
rdd@research.att.com

AT&T Labs Research
180 Park Avenue, Bldg 103
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1979); Thesis Advisor: Carlton Lemke; Thesis Title: "A Cone Approach to the Linear Complementarity Problem"

• M.S. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1976)

• B.A. Mathematics, University of Colorado (1974)
   

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Optical Layer Restoration and Packet Layer Restoration Algorithms

• Transport Network Architectures

• Network Design Optimization

• Probabilistic Network Availability and Performance Analysis

AWARDS

• INFORMS Fellow

• IEEE Fellow
  citation: "for contributions to architectures, modeling, and optimization of telecommunication networks"). Select here for awards video.

• Best (student) paper award, SIGMETRICS 2011

• Best Paper Award, IEEE LANMAN Workshop, 2008

• Best Paper Award, Network and Parallel Computing (NPC) Conference, 2007

• Finalist INFOCOM Best Paper Competition (2002)

• INFORMS Prize – Member of executive award team (Bellcore 1995)

• Operations Research Meritorious Awards (2001 and 2002)

• Two Bellcore President's Awards

• Bellcore Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

SELECT BOOK PUBLICATIONS

• Doverspike, R. K. K. Ramakrishnan, C. Chase, “Structural Overview of Commercial Long Distance IP Networks,” Chapter 2 in Guide to Reliable Internet Services and Applications, C., Kalmanek, S. Misra, and R. Yang (Eds.), 1st Edition., Springer 2010, ISBN: 978-1-84882-827-8. Select here for draft pre-publication version.

KEY PATENTS

• OPTICAL LAYER QUASI-CENTRALIZED RESTORATION. Inventors = R. Doverspike. U.S. Patent Number 6,097,696. Aug 1, 2000.

• METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAST RESTORATION IN A MESH NETWORK OF OPTICAL CROSS CONNECTS. Inventors = R. Doverspike, G. Sahin; J. Strand, R. Tkach. U.S. Patent Number 6,970,417. 11/29/2005.

• METHOD FOR SELECTING A RESTORATION PATH IN A MESH NETWORK. Inventors = R. Doverspike, C. Kalmanek, G. Li. U.S. Patent Number 6,982,951. 1/3/2006.

• METHOD FOR UNIDIRECTIONAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL LABEL SWITCHED PATH SETUP IN A LABEL SWITCHED NETWORK. Inventors = R. Doverspike, C. Kalmanek, G. Li, J. Yates. Patent Number 7,298,700, 11/20/2007.

• LINK SELECTION SCHEMES FOR AVOIDING CHANNEL CONTENTION. Inventors = B. Cortez, R. Doverspike, R. Sinha, J. Strand, F. Yu. U.S. Patent Number 7,450,516. 11/11/2008.

• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PROVISIONING FOR CUSTOMER PREMISES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. Inventors = R. Doverspike, C. Kalmanek, M. Martinez-Heath, K. Ramakrishnan, David Yang. U.S. Patent Number 7,599,373. 10/6/2009.

• SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING PACKET TRAFFIC. Inventors = R. Doverspike, G. Li, D. Wang. U.S. Patent Number 7,613,135. 11/3/2009.
   

SAMPLE OF TOP CITED PUBLICATIONS*

  482 Citations. Optical fiber telecommunications VB: systems and networks: Chapter 13: Commercial optical networks, overlay networks and services,
R. Doverspike and P. Magill,  Elsevier 2008.

  192 Citations. Efficient distributed path selection for shared restoration connections,
G. Li, D. Wang, C. Kalmanek, R. Doverspike,  IEEE Conference on Computer Communication (INFOCOM) 2002, New York (also appears in Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 11 (5), Oct 2003. pp 761-771.)

  144 Citations. Network planning with random demand,
S. Sen, R. D. Doverspike, S. Cosares, Telecommunications Systems, Vol. 3 (1), 1994, pp. 11-30.

  135 Citations. Challenges for MPLS in optical network restoration,
R. Doverspike, J. Yates, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 39 (2), February 2001, pp. 89-97.

  73 Citations. Fiber span failure protection in mesh optical networks,
G. Li, R. Doverspike, C. Kalmanek, Proceedings of SPIE, 2001. (also appears in Optical Networks Magazine, Vol. 3, (3), May/June 2002, pp 21-31.).

  69 Citations. Efficient distributed restoration path selection for shared mesh restoration,
G. Li, D. Wang, C. Kalmanek, R. Doverspike, IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 11 (5), Oct 2003, pp 761-771.

  69 Citations. Comparison of capacity efficiency of DCS network restoration routing techniques,
R. Doverspike, B. J. Wilson, "Journal of Network and Systems Management, Vol. 2 (2), 1994, pp. 95-123.

  68 Citations. Experiments in fast restoration using GMPLS in optical/electronic mesh networks,
G. Li, J. Yates, R. Doverspike, D. Wang, Proceedings of OFC’01, Anaheim, CA, March 2001.

  67 Citations. Fast restoration in a mesh network of optical cross-connects,
R. Doverspike, G. Sahin, J. Strand, R. Tkach, Proceedings of OFC’99, San Diego, CA, February 1999.

  41 Citations. Improved survivability with multi-layer dynamic routing,
K. Krishnan, R. Doverspike, C. Pack, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 33 (7), July 1995, pp. 62-69.

  36 Citations. Network design and architectures for highly dynamic next-generation IP-over-optical long distance networks,
A. Chiu, G. Choudhury, G. Clapp, R. Doverspike, J. Gannett, J. Klincewicz, G. Li, R. Skoog, J. Strand, A Von Lehmen, D. Xu

  35 Citations. Doverspike, R., S. Phillips, J. Westbrook, "Future Transport Network Architectures," IEEE Communications Magazine, August, Vol. 37 (8), pp. 96-101, 1999.

* Source: Google Scholar 2/15/2012.

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