Bio

Suneth Namal Karunarathna received Ph.D. (2014) from Department of Communications Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland and M.Sc (2010) degrees in Communication Network and Services from Department of Networks and Multimedia Services, Telecom SudParis, France, and M. Eng. (2010) degree in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand and B.Sc. (Eng.) in Computer Engineering from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He was appointed a senior lecturer at Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. He worked as a project manager at Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. He has co-authored more than 25 international peer-reviewed articles and conference papers on IEEE, ACM and Springer, including aspects on wireless communication, network security, Software Defined Networking (SDN), and mobility.
Research interests: 
  • Network Security
  • Mobility Management
  • Software Defined Networks
  • Authentication
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Virtualization
Educational Qualifications: 
  • Doctor of Science (Tech.)
Awards and Honours:
  1. 2014 University grant for scientific research, in recognition of the research excellence and scientific publications, University of Oulu, Finland
  2. 2013 NOKIA Foundation scholarship, in recognition for the excellence of the research and industrial need, Finland
  3. 2013 Technology Promotions (TES) Foundation grant, in recognition of the research excellence and academic qualifications, Finland
  4. 2009 Dual Master degree scholarship for M.Sc., Wireless Networks & Multimedia Services department, Telecom SudParis, France, A full scholarship for the excellence in the field of Information & Communication Technologies at Asian Institute of technology, Thailand
  5. 2008 Government of Finland scholarship program, A full scholarship for Master of Engineering in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  6. 2002 Dialog GSM Technology Scholarship, A 48 month funding scholarship for the best first attempt results in Engineering stream of each district Dialog Axiata PLC,Sri Lanka
Available for Supervision:
  • Yes
Publications:
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Older
2016
  • Implementation of OpenFlow based cognitive radio network architecture: SDN&R
by S Namal, I Ahmad, S Saud, M Jokinen, A Gurtow,
in Wireless Networks 22.2 (2016): 663-677.
by Ahmad, I., Liyanage, M., Namal, S., Ylianttila, M., Gurtov, A., Eckert, M., Bauschert, T., Faigl, Z., Bokor, L., Saygun, E. and Akyıldız, H.A.,
in 2016 12th Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS).
2015
by S Namal, H Gamaarachchi, G MyoungLee, TW Um,
in 2015 ITU Kaleidoscope: Trust in the Information Society (K-2015), 1-8.
by I Ahmad, S Namal, M Ylianttila, A Gurtov,
in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 17 (4), 2317-2346.
by I Ahmad, S Namal, M Ylianttila, A Gurtov,
in 2015 7th international conference on new technologies, mobility and security (NTMS).
2014
  • SDN core for mobility between cognitive radio and 802.11 networks
by S Namal, I Ahmad, M Jokinen, A Gurtov, M Ylianttila,
in 2014 Eighth International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Apps, Services and Technologies.
  • Security and Mobility Aspects of Femtocell Networks
by S Namal, A Gurtov,
in Crisis Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 1634-1666.
2013
by S Namal, I Ahmad, A Gurtov, M Ylianttila,
in 2013 IEEE SDN for future networks and services (SDN4FNS), 1-5.
  • Enabling secure mobility with OpenFlow
by S Namal, I Ahmad, A Gurtov, M Ylianttila,
in 2013 IEEE SDN for Future Networks and Services (SDN4FNS), 1-5.
  • Realization of mobile femtocells: operational and protocol requirements
by S Namal, M Liyanage, A Gurtov,
in Wireless personal communications 71 (1), 339-364.
  • Lightweight authentication and key management on 802.11 with Elliptic Curve Cryptography
by S Namal, K Georgantas, A Gurtov,
in 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 1830-1835.
  • SDN as an enable for inter-technology load balancing and admission control
by S Namal, I Ahmad, A Gurtov, M Ylianttila,
in Proceedings of the IEEE SDN4FNS ‘13, Trento, Italy.
2012
  • Inter Technology Load Balancing Algorithm for Evolved Packet System
by M Skowron, S Namal, J Pellikka, A Gurtov,
in 2012 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 1-5.
  • Secure and multihomed vehicular femtocells
by S Namal, J Pellikka, A Gurtov,
in 2012 IEEE 75th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 1-5.
Older
by S Namal, A Gurtov, M Bennis,
in 2011 Future Network & Mobile Summit, 1-15.
  • Joint admission control & interference avoidance in self-organized femtocells
by S Namal, K Ghaboosi, M Bennis, AB MacKenzie, M Latva-aho,
in 2010 Conference Record of the Forty Fourth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers.