R.L. Cruz

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

R.L. Cruz is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, R.L. Cruz has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in R.L. Cruz's work include Network Traffic and Congestion Control (17 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (12 papers) and Interconnection Networks and Systems (12 papers). R.L. Cruz is often cited by papers focused on Network Traffic and Congestion Control (17 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (12 papers) and Interconnection Networks and Systems (12 papers). R.L. Cruz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Switzerland. R.L. Cruz's co-authors include George C. Polyzos, R. Rajan, Rajeev Agrawal, Jack Brassil, Cheng‐Shang Chang, A. Nucci, Bongyong Song, Bhaskar D. Rao, Nina Taft and Christophe Diot and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

R.L. Cruz

42 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A calculus for network delay. I. Network elements in isolation

1991 1.4k citations R.L. Cruz IEEE Transactions on Information Theory profile →
A calculus for network delay. II. Network analysis

1991 674 citations R.L. Cruz IEEE Transactions on Information Theory profile →
Optimal routing, link scheduling and power control in multihop wireless networks

2004 451 citations R.L. Cruz et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.L. Cruz United States	17	3.3k	1.9k	616	552	214	45	3.6k
Israel Cidon Israel	31	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	368 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	154 0.7×	161	3.7k
Jörg Liebeherr United States	25	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	374 0.6×	311 0.6×	102 0.5×	115	2.4k
J.-Y. Le Boudec Switzerland	31	3.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	265 0.4×	147 0.3×	94 0.4×	79	3.8k
Leonidas Georgiadis Greece	26	3.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	283 0.5×	112 0.2×	63 0.3×	121	3.9k
Mischa Schwartz United States	13	1.5k 0.5×	902 0.5×	231 0.4×	163 0.3×	111 0.5×	32	1.9k
D.D. Kandlur United States	23	2.4k 0.7×	678 0.4×	256 0.4×	374 0.7×	133 0.6×	55	2.6k
A. Elwalid United States	18	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	56 0.1×	132 0.6×	38	2.6k
Randolph Nelson United States	17	1.4k 0.4×	596 0.3×	485 0.8×	244 0.4×	95 0.4×	46	1.8k
George F. Riley United States	23	1.7k 0.5×	483 0.3×	84 0.1×	240 0.4×	63 0.3×	93	1.9k
Achille Pattavina Italy	29	1.9k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	72 0.1×	180 0.3×	67 0.3×	275	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cruz, R.L.. (2025). Optimization of transmission power control in wireless sensor networks using genetic algorithms and NS-3 simulation. 6(1). 7–11.

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2008). A Service-Curve Framework for Packet Scheduling With Switch Configuration Delays. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 16(1). 196–205. 4 indexed citations

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Ghaderi, Majid, Ashwin Sridharan, Hui Zang, Don Towsley, & R.L. Cruz. (2008). TCP-Aware Channel Allocation in CDMA Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 8(1). 14–28. 17 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2007). Optimal Rate and Beam-Width Control in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas. 4943–4948. 1 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2006). Packet detection and acquisition at low SINR in spread-spectrum based wireless communications. 1765–1770. 3 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2006). On the Optimal SINR in Random Access Networks with Spatial Reuse. 938–944. 15 indexed citations

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Hajek, Bruce & R.L. Cruz. (2005). On The Average Delay For Routing Subject To Independent Deflections. 153–153.

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Song, Bongyong, R.L. Cruz, & Bhaskar D. Rao. (2005). Network duality and its application to multi-user MIMO wireless networks with SINR constraints. 4. 2684–2689. 12 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2004). A service-curve model with loss and a multiplexing problem. 756–765. 16 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L. & Mooi Choo Chuah. (2003). Worst case analysis of a simple routing problem. 2560–2566.

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Cruz, R.L.. (2002). SCED+: efficient management of quality of service guarantees. 2. 625–634. 79 indexed citations

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Chang, Cheng‐Shang, R.L. Cruz, J.-Y. Le Boudec, & Patrick Thiran. (2002). A min, + system theory for constrained traffic regulation and dynamic service guarantees. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 10(6). 805–817. 42 indexed citations

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Yun, K.Y., et al.. (2002). A self-timed real-time sorting network. 427–434. 5 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (2002). Service guarantees for joint scheduling and flow control. 2. 1804–1809. 3 indexed citations

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Chang, Cheng‐Shang & R.L. Cruz. (1999). A time varying filtering theory for constrained traffic regulation and dynamic service guarantees. 63–70 vol.1. 14 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (1999). SCED: a generalized scheduling policy for guaranteeing quality-of-service. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 7(5). 669–684. 70 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L.. (1995). Quality of service guarantees in virtual circuit switched networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 13(6). 1048–1056. 325 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L., et al.. (1994). End-to-End Queueing Delay in ATM Networks. Journal of High Speed Networks. 3(4). 413–427. 11 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L.. (1992). The statistical data fork: a class of broad-band multichannel switches. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 40(10). 1625–1634. 20 indexed citations

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Cruz, R.L.. (1991). A calculus for network delay. I. Network elements in isolation. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 37(1). 114–131. 1371 indexed citations breakdown →

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