Course Overview

Some References:

One Type of Wireless Networks:
 “Infrastructure-based”

Another Type of Wireless Networks:
“Infrastructure-less”

Manet: Mobile Ad-hoc Networking

Ad hoc Networks

Use of the Ad-Hoc Technology for Military Communications

Ubiquitous Networking

Applications of Ad-Hoc Networks

Wireless Mesh Community Networks: Bridging the Broadband Divide

Why Broadband?

Density = Broadband

Broadband is Not Yet a Reality

Broadband Access:
Wiring the Last Mile?

Community Mesh Network
The natural evolution of broadband connectivity

Why MOBILE Ad-Hoc Networks?

Challenges in Ad-Hoc Networks

Ad-Hoc Networks vs. Cellular Networks

Other Challenges of Ad-Hoc Networks

Characteristics of Ad Hoc Networks

“Mobile Ad Hoc Networking is a multi-layer problem !”

Medium Access Control in MANET

Network Layer in MANET

Main Issue – “Routing”

Ad hoc Routing Protocols

Ad-Hoc Networking: MANET

MANET Routing Protocols

Routing Protocols - Design

Trade-Off

Leading MANET Contenders

AODV

Route Requests in AODV

Route Requests in AODV

Route Requests in AODV

Reverse Path Setup in AODV

Reverse Path Setup in AODV

Reverse Path Setup in AODV

Route Reply in AODV

Route Reply in AODV

Forward Path Setup in AODV

Data Delivery in AODV

Timeouts

Link Failure Reporting

Route Error

Link Failure Detection

Why Sequence Numbers in AODV

Summary: AODV

Proactive Routing: OLSR Protocol

OLSR Protocol (2)

MPR Computation

MPR Computation (2)

MPR Computation (3)

Routing Table

Multicast: Motivation

Motivation (cont.)

Multicast Protocol Performance

Are Multicast Protocols Right Choice?

Simulation Results: Summary I

Simulation Results: Summary II

Broadcast Protocols Competitive

Many Challenges Yet to be Addressed

Wireless Sensor Networks
(aka Embedded Networked Sensors)

Embedded Networked Sensing Potential

Sensor Applications

Sensor Applications (IEEE Computer)

App#1: Seismic

Field Experiment

Research Challenges

App#2: Contaminant Transport

ENS Research Implications

App#3: Ecosystem Monitoring

Field Experiments

ENS Requirements for Habitat/Ecophysiology Applications

Transportation and Urban Monitoring

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Enabling Technologies

Sensors

Some Networked Sensor Node Developments

Sensor Node Energy Roadmap

Comparison of Energy Sources

Communication/Computation Technology Projection

"“The network is the..."

New Design Themes

From Embedded Sensing to Embedded Control

Sample Layered Architecture