Wireless%20Ad%20Hoc/Sensor%20Networks:%20%20From%20IEEE%20802.11%20to%20Berkeley%20Motes%20and%20Beyond

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Wireless Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks From IEEE
802.11 to Berkeley Motes and Beyond

• Ten-Hwang Lai, OSU

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Purpose

• Intended for graduate students with potential
  research interest in ad hoc/sensor networks. 

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Objective I

• Obtain a solid background for research in ad
  hoc/sensor networks.

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Building the pyramid

• Survey of recent literature on ad hoc/sensor
  networks
• ACM MobiCom
• ACM MobiHoc
• ACM SenSys
• IEEE Infocom
• In-depth study of several topics

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Objective II

• Develop a good taste for problems, solutions, and
  presentation.
• Read/discuss good papers
• Compare with so-so papers

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(Ideal) Objective III

• Write a publishable article.

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Tentative Topics

• Week 1 Is IEEE 802.11 TSF Scalable?
• Week 2 Time Synchronization in 802.11-based
  MANETs
• Week 3 Power Saving and Clock Synchronization
• Week 4 Coverage and Connectivity Issues in
  Sensor Networks
• Week 5 Routing in Large Scale Ad Hoc and Sensor
  Networks
• Week 6 Location Services for Geographic Routing
• Week 7 Geographic Routing without Location
  Information
• Week 8 Selected papers from Mobihoc05 and
  Mobicom05
• Week 9 Selected papers from Mobihoc05 and
  Mobicom05
• Week 10 Selected papers from Mobihoc05 and
  Mobicom05

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Grading Plan

• The final grade will be based on
• 50 Presentation each student is responsible for
  presenting paper(s) and leading a discussion on a
  selected topic.
• 50 Term paper each student will write a term
  paper, which ideally will lead to a publishable
  article.

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Getting to know you

• Whats your objective in taking this course?
• AGARWAL KHUSHBU
• BAI XIAOLE
• CHEN AI
  
• GU WENJUN
• KOPINSKY ROBERT JOSEPH
• KWON TAEWOO
• LARKINS DARRELL BRIAN
• LIU SHA
  
• MATUNGKA RITTAVEE