Recent Publications in Refereed Accredited Journals
1. H.Q. Beyers, M.S. Olivier and G.P. Hancke, “Database Application Schema Forensics”, South
African Computer Journal, vol. 55, pp. 1-11, December 2014.
2. R.C. Coetzer and G.P. Hancke, “Development of a robust active infrared-based eye tracker”, IET
Computer Vision, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 523 – 534, December 2014.
3. H. Tung, K.F. Tsang, K. Chui, H Chi, G.P. Hancke, and K.F. Man, “The Generic Design of a High
Traffic Advance Metering Infrastructure Using ZigBee”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,
vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 836 - 844, February 2014.
4. A. Kumar, H. Kim and G.P. Hancke, “Environmental Monitoring Systems: A Review”, IEEE Sensors
Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1329 – 1339, April 2013.
5. V.C. Gungor, D. Sahin, T. Kocak, S. Ergüt, C. Buccella, C. Cecati, and G.P. Hancke, “A Survey on
Smart Grid Potential Applications and Communication Requirements”, IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 28 – 42, February 2013.
6. G.P. Hancke, B. de Carvalho e Silva and G.P. Hancke, Jr., “The Role of Advanced Sensing in
Smart Cities”, Sensors 2013, 13(1), pp. 393-425, 2013.
7. V.C. Gungor, D. Sahin, T. Kocak, S. Ergüt, C. Buccella, C. Cecati, and G.P. Hancke, “Smart Grid
and Smart Homes: Key Players and Pilot Projects”, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 6,
no. 4, pp. 18 – 34, December 2012.
8. T.M. Chiwewe and G.P. Hancke, "A Distributed Topology Control Technique for Low Interference
and Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,
vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 11 – 19, February 2012.
9. S. Zhi, I.F. Akyildiz and G.P. Hancke, “Dynamic Connectivity in Wireless Underground Sensor
Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 4334 – 4344,
December 2011.
10. V.C. Gungor, D. Sahin, T. Kocak, S. Ergut, C. Buccella, C. Cecati and G.P. Hancke, “Smart Grid
Technologies: Communications Technologies and Standards”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial
Informatics, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 529 – 539, November 2011. (IEEE Transactions on Industrial
Informatics Best Paper Award for 2012)
11. S. Zhi, I.F. Akyildiz and G.P. Hancke, “Capacity and Outage Analysis of MIMO and Cooperative
Communication Systems in Underground Tunnels”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 3793 – 3803, November 2011.
12. E. van der Linde and G.P. Hancke, “An investigation of Bluetooth mergence with Ultra Wideband”,
Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 852 – 863, July 2011.
13. V.C. Gungor, B. Lu and G.P. Hancke, “Opportunities and Challenges of Wireless Sensor Networks
in Smart Grid”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 3557 – 3564,
October 2010.
14. V.C. Gungor and G.P. Hancke, "Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Challenges, Design
Principles and Technical Approaches", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 56, no.
10, pp. 4258 – 4265, October 2009.
15. P. Van Rhyn and G.P. Hancke, “A method to measure the performance optimization of an industrial
wireless Ethernet network by observation of the service level differential zone ", South African
Journal for Science and Technology, vol. 28, no. 3, September 2009, [In Afrikaans].
16. C.E. Tönsing and G.P Hancke, "Efficient Management of Clock Drift in Preamble Sampling MAC
Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks", SAIEE Africa Research Journal, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 40
– 47, June 2009.
17. D. Johnson and G.P. Hancke, “Comparison of two routing metrics in OLSR on a grid based mesh
network”, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 374 - 387, March 2009.
18. S. Chinnappen and G.P. Hancke, “An XML model for use across heterogeneous client-server
applications,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 2128
- 2135, October 2008.
19. D.J.E. Erasmus and G.P. Hancke, “Scalable and energy efficient localization in wireless sensor
networks”, South African Computer Journal, vol. 39, pp. 8 -16, December 2007.
20. G.P. Hancke and C.J. Leuschner, “SEER: A simple new routing protocol for wireless sensor
networks”, South African Computer Journal, vol. 39, pp. 17-24, December 2007.
21. G. Pratl, D. Dietrich, G.P. Hancke, and W.T. Penzhorn, “A new model for autonomous, networked
control systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 3, issue 1, pp. 21 – 32, Feb.
2007.
22. G.P. Hancke and B. Allen, “UWB as an industrial wireless solution,” IEEE Pervasive Computing,
vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 78 – 85, Oct.-Dec. 2006.
23. D.V. Bhatt, G.P. Hancke, and S. Schulze, “Secure Internet access to a gateway using SSL,” IEEE
Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 793 – 800, June 2006.