Winter
2009/10

Ad-Hoc Networks
Seminar, 2 SWS

Instructor: Prof. Jens-Peter Redlich
Monday, 15:00-16:30, RUD xx, xxx


Computer Science Department
Systems Architecture Group

  
Abstract: Wireless ad hoc networks (also referred to as packet radio networks and multi-hop radio networks) consist of mobile nodes communicating over a shared wireless channel. Contrary to cellular networks, where the nodes are restricted to communicate with a set of carefully placed base stations, in wireless ad hoc networks there are no base stations; any two nodes are allowed to communicate directly if they are close enough, and nodes must use multi-hop routing to deliver their packets to distant destinations. The lack of wired infrastructure, the nature of the wireless channel, and the mobility of the nodes create many challenging problems in the link, network, and higher layers of the network protocol stack. On the other hand, the lack of wired infrastructure and their topology make these networks ideal for many applications, from personal area networks, to search and rescue operations, to massive networks of millions of sensors. It is therefore expected that, once all the technological issues are solved, wireless ad hoc networks will become an integral part of our society's communication network infrastructure.

Synopsis:
  • Seminar, Praktische Informatik, Hauptstudium.
  • 2h each week, over one semester (2 SWS).

Credits:

  • Participants who want to obtain credits (Seminarschein) for this seminar are expected to work in groups of 1-2 students. Each group must:
  • Give a 5-10 minutes elevator speech of their 1st topic.
  • Give a 75 minutes presentation of their 1st topic, followed by up to 15 minutes discussion with the audience.
  • Give a 5-10 minutes elevator speech of a 2nd topic.
  • Give a 30 minutes conference-style presentations of the 2nd topic.
 Links
Conference
MobiCom 2006
Conference
MobiHoc 2006
Conference
MobiSys 2006
Conference
OpComm 2006
Conference
SigComm/HotNets
Conference
IPTPS 2006
Conference
WCNC 2006
IETF
MANET
Project
Berlin Roof Net
Project
MIT RoofNet

Syllabus (tentative):

 Introduction (Redlich)
  (1)Basics: 802.11 MAC; RTS,CTS, DCF,PCF
Assignments of Topics/Papers to Students
  Round  I   (long/seminar talks / seminar talks)
 (Basic) Routing Principles
  (3)The New Routing Algorithm for the ARPANET  [McQuillan]
Distance Vector Routing (Bellmann-Ford): RIPv1 (RFC1058), RIPv2 (RFC2453)
LSR (Link State Routing; Dijkstra; proactive) [link_state_routing slides]
Optional: DSDV (Destination-Sequenced Distance Vector routing; proactive) [Bhagwat]
 802.11 Link-Level Measurements
  (4)Link-level Measurements from 802.11b mesh networks [aguayo04]
Architecture and evaluation of an unplanned 802.11b mesh network [Bicket05]
 Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks
  (5)Classics: DSR  (Dynamic Source Routing; reactive) [Johnson96]
Classics: AODV (Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector routing; reactive) [Perkins]
  (6)Improved: OSLR (Optimized Link-State Routing) [rfc3626]
Comparing AODV and OLSR Routing Protocols [Huhtonen04]
Improved:
ETX [DeCouto03]
 Performance
  (7)The broadcast Storm problem [Ni99]
Capacity of Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks [Gupta00]
  (8)TCP performance in wireless networks [Holland]
Split TCP [Kopparty02]
 Advanced Forwarding Techniques
  (9)Opportunistic Routing [Biswas]
DART: Dynamic Address RouTing [Eriksson06]
  Round  II
 Ad-Hoc Auto-Configuration
  (11)(a) Using link attestations to manage failures [Freedman06]
(b) User-Relative Names for Globally Connected Personal Devices [Ford06]
 Smart Content Distribution
  (12)(a) ChunkCast: An Anycast Service for Large Content Distribution [Chun06]
(b) Anatomy of a P2P Content Distribution system with Network Coding [Gkant06]
 Content Distribution / Social aspects / Protection against selfish usage
  (13)(a) Tribler: A social-based Peer-to-Peer system [Pouw06]
(b) Exploiting BitTorrent for fun (but not profit) [Liogkas06]
(c) Robust Incentives via Multi-level Tit-for-tat [Lian06]


Further (suggested) Readings:

  • John Jubin, Janet D.Tornow. The DARPA Packet Radio Network Protocols. [Jubin86]
    (paper from 1986, presenting one of the first packet radio networks)
  • Roger Marks. IEEE Standard 802.16: A Technical Overview of the WirelessMAN™
    Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access. [
    Marks02]
Date

Presenter 

Topic

Slides
19.10. RedlichIntroduction. Assigment of Topics 
26.10.

 no class  - use time to read papers

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