Contact Information

Announcements

• Attention: Dr. Ness Shroff will come here to deliver a Distinguished Lecture on cross-layer design on March 7, 4:00-5:00pm, at 101 New Engineering Building. (3/1)
• Attention: Presentation on 1/26 class is up and some preliminary materials on graph theory can be found under heading "Presentation Help". (1/25)
• Maximum number of enrollments (30) may be enforced.

Lecture Notes

• Lecture notes may be modified before the lecture. Please DO NOT distribute the slides to any one else
• Syllabus
  
• Syllabus Explained
  
• Introduction to wireless ad hoc networks, including Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and Wireless mesh networks (WMNs)
  
• Medium access control (MAC) protocols
  
  • Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11 MAC
• Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Connectivity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ( Notes and Original paper)
  • Capacity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks ( Notes and Original paper with correction)
  • Connectivity in MANETs using directional antenna
• Topology control in MANETs
• Mobility modeling
• Medium access control in MANETs
• Routing protocols in MANETs
• Connected Dominant Set for Topology Control
• Power Efficient Routing and Scheduling in MANETs
• Transport protocols and congestion control for MANETs
  • Distributed Flow Control and Medium Access
• Security issue in MANETs
  • Overview of wireless security
  • SPREAD: Secure Protocol for Reliable Data delivery
  • Location Privacy
• Power-efficient MAC protocols for WSNs
• Coverage and boundary detection in wireless sensor networks
• Security issues in WSNs
• ID-based Crptography and Security
• Cross-layer Design
  • Power Control in Ad Hoc Networks
  • Path Capacity and Joint Flow/Link Scheduling
• Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
• Cognitive Radio Networks
• Architecture and design issues of WMNs
  • WiMax and Mesh Network Testbed
  • WiMAX standard
• Security for WMNs

Presentation Help

• Reading guide and candidate papers for presentations (subject to constant updates)
• Presentation Order
  
• Preliminaries to Graphy Theory

Questions and Answers

• Q&A
  
• Attention: If you would like to know more about a certain topic or a problem, please check the Advanced References
  

Homeworks and Projects

• There is no formal homeworks. Weekly report is the homework assignment. Project can be based on what you have read and presented, and you must write a report with due date of the last day of the class.

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