Publications

1995

• Thesis: Final year Electronic Engineering thesis on "Sound synthesis using a genetic algorithm"

2004

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, Hardware and software implications of creating Bluetooth Scatternet devices, 2004 IEEE Africon conference
  

2005

• Conference paper: A. Smith, D.L. Johnson, Y.Kaka, Initial research results on affordable community-owned information networks in South Africa, 2005 Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) conference

2006

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, Y. Kaka, J. Hay, A new grid based test bed environment for carrying out ad-hoc networking experiments, 2006 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). (Poster for conference)
• Workshop poster: D.L. Johnson, The quest to connect 450 million rural people in Africa, 2006 Association for Progressive Communication workshop in London sponsored by the IDRC
  

2007

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, A. Lysko, Overview of the Meraka wireless grid test bed for evaluation of ad-hoc routing protocols, 2007 Southern African Telecommunications Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) (Presentation for conference)
• Journal paper: D.L. Johnson, A. Lysko, Comparison Of MANET Routing Protocols Using A New Grid Based Test Bed Environment, Special issue on "Advances in Wireless Mesh Networks" of the Journal of special issues on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing (MONET), Springer US
• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, Evaluation of a single radio rural mesh network in South Africa, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2007) (Poster for conference)

2008

• Masters thesis: Performance analysis of mesh networks in indoor and outdoor wireless testbeds
• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, C. Aichele, N.Ntlatlapa, A simple pragmatic approach to mesh routing using BATMAN, 2nd IFIP International Symposium on Wireless Communications and Information Technology in Developing Countries (WCITD’2008)
• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, K. Roux 2007, Building rural wireless networks: Lessons learnt and future directions, Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR'2008)
• Conference paper: A.A. Lysko, D.L. Johnson, A Numerical Study of Propagation Effects in a Wireless Mesh Test Bed, The 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. on APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS, WIRELESS and OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (ELECTROSCIENCE '08)

2009

• Journal paper: D.L. Johnson, G.P. Hancke, Comparison of two routing metrics in OLSR on a grid based mesh network, Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier
• Journal paper: A.A. Lysko, D.L. Johnson, A Study of Propagation Effects in a Wireless Test Bed, WSEAS Transactions on Communications

2010

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, E.M. Belding, K. Almeroth, G. van Stam, Internet usage and performance analysis of a rural wireless network in Macha, Zambia, 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR 2010)
• Conference paper: P.A.K. Acharya, D.L. Johnson, E.M. Belding, Gateway-aware Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks, 4th IEEE International Workshop on Enabling Technologies and Standards for Wireless Mesh Networking (MeshTech 2010)

2011

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, V. Pejovic, E.M. Belding, G. van Stam, Traffic Characterization and Internet Usage in Rural Africa, 20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2011)
• Conference paper: M.T. Masonta, D.L. Johnson, M. Mzyece, The White Space Opportunity in Southern Africa: Measurements with Meraka Cognitive Radio Platform , 3rd International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (AFRICOMM)

2012

• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, V. Pejovic, E.M. Belding, G. van Stam, Network traffic locality in a rural African village, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012)
• Conference paper: A. Anand, V. Pejovic, E.M. Belding, D.L. Johnson, VillageCell: Cost Effective Cellular Connectivity in Rural Areas, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012)
• Conference paper: D.L. Johnson, V. Pejovic, E.M. Belding, G. van Stam VillageShare: Facilitating content generation and sharing in rural networks, 2nd Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (ACMDEV2012)