NSF Bio Sketch

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NSF Biographical Sketch
Mohsen Banan

Neda Communications, Inc.	http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net/ContactMe
3610 164th Place SE	http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net
Bellevue, WA 98008-5807

i. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Seattle University, Seattle WA	Electrical Engineering	B.S.	1981
		(Magna Cum Laude)

University of Washington, Seattle WA	Electrical Engineering	M.S.	1982

ii. APPOINTMENTS

1991–present	President, Neda Communications, Inc., Bellevue, WA
	Research and development in the areas of Internet protocols,
	wireless communications and messaging systems.

2000–present	Founder and Director, Free Protocols Foundation, Bellevue, WA

2007	Consultant, The Technical Commitee, Bellevue, WA
	Assisted the Department of Justice in monitoring Microsoft
	technical compliance with the Final Judgement.

1995–1997	Consultant, AT&T Wireless Services, Bellevue, WA
	Primary architect of the Messaging Services of pACT
	(personal Air Communications Technology).

1992–1995	Consultant, McCaw Cellular Communications, Bellevue, WA
	A primary designer of the Cellular Digital Packet Data
	(CDPD) specifications.

1988–1991	Systems Architect, Boeing, Bellevue, WA
	Standards representative at NIST, IETF, ISO/OSI, IEEE, ANSI, MAP/TOP.

iii. (a). FIVE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS

Banan M., Cheng J. and Taylor M. AT&T/Neda’s Efficient Short Remote Operations (ESRO) Protocol Specification Version 1.2. RFC-2188 Internet Request for Comments (Informational), September 1997. Available at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2188.txt.
Banan M. Neda’s Efficient Mail Submission and Delivery (EMSD) Protocol Specification Version 1.3. RFC-2524 Internet Request for Comments (Informational), February 1999. Available at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2524.txt.
Taylor M., Waung W. and Banan M. Internetwork Mobility: The CDPD Approach. Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1997. ISBN 0–13–209693–5.
Available at http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net/PLPC/120021.
Banan M. Internet Email Services. Electronic Messaging Association, Arlington, VA, January, 1993. Available at http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net/PLPC/120022.
Banan M. and Hammoude A. The WAP Trap: An Expos� of the Wireless Application Protocol. Free Protocols Foundation, Bellevue, WA, January, 2000. Available at
http://www.freeprotocols.org/PLPC/100014.
French title: Le WAP � la trappe: Un expos� sur le Wireless Application Protocol, Available at http://www.freeprotocols.org/PLPC/100015.

iii. (b). FIVE ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Hammoude A. and Banan M. Operation WhiteBerry. Free Protocols Foundation, Bellevue, WA, January, 2000. Available at http://www.freeprotocols.org/PLPC/100006.
Banan M. Externally Defined Body Parts (Body Part 15). Electronic Messaging Association, Arlington, VA, January, 1993. Available at http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net/PLPC/120023.
Banan M. and Hammoude A. Libre Services: A non-proprietary model for delivery of Internet services. Free Protocols Foundation, Bellevue, WA, March, 2006. Available at http://www.freeprotocols.org/PLPC/100101.
Hammoude A. and Banan M. Free Protocols Foundation Policies and Procedures. Free Protocols Foundation, Bellevue, WA, January, 2000. Available at
http://www.freeprotocols.org/PLPC/100201.
Banan M. Computer Telephone Interface. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Thesis. University of Washington, August, 1982. Available at
http://mohsen.banan.1.byname.net/PLPC/120002.