Prof. Baras partcipates in a Panel discussion on "Future of Multi-hopping:from Theory to Practice" at Mobihc09
Mobihoc 2009, the Tenth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, is the tenth of a series of annual meetings sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE, focusing on the latest research in the rapidly growing area of mobile ad hoc networking and computing. The panel discussion was held on May 20. Professor Baras stated that despite intensive research over almost 30 years mobile adhoc networks(MANET) have not delivered the promise expected. He further stated that as we move further into mobile broadband and higher link capacities, performance is predictable (even bounds are fine). He then described five ideas/concepts that in his opinion are parts of a promising approach to meet the challenge:(1)Move away from the contention based to scheduling-based MAC protocols; (2)Develop more probing/sensing schemes at all layers to detect/estimate network and other states and use this information in feedback loops(almost 'ATM like'); (3)As MANET become massive distributed asynchronous software systems component-based software and networking are essential with the key obstacle being the linkage of formal models to performance models(break the traditional layers to components);(4)Maintain dynamically multiple topologies(connectivities)of certain kind, because they enable many applications/functions to run fast and reliably; (5)Make the radios very capable, using multiple wireless nets and enabling 'intelligence' in the network. Regarding applications, he described military tactical networks as still being the largest, with wireless sensor networks being a close second. Other emerging applications he described are: vehicular networks, space exploration, collaborative robotics, underwater collaborative vehicles, mobile wireless nets in factories, disaster relief and healthcare. Many of these applications rely heavily on the emerging field of ‘mobile computing' facilitated by broadband MANET.
Event Info: http://www.sigmobile.org/mobihoc/2009/
Date: May 18-21, 2009
Paper Title: Future of Multi-hopping: from Theory to Practice
Place: New Orleans, Louisisana
