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Wireless Mesh Networks: Research, Challenges, and Collaboration

Explore the history and current state of wireless mesh networks, discuss research challenges and opportunities, and foster collaboration between academia, industry, and government agencies. Discover the latest advancements and identify priorities for solving technical problems in the field.

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Wireless Mesh Networks: Research, Challenges, and Collaboration

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  1. Over 30 Years of research 1972: Packet Radio NETwork 1980s: SURvivable Adaptive Radio Network Early 1990s: GLObal MObile Information System (& NTDR) Mid 1990s: IETF MANET Many conferences, workshops & Journals MobiHoc, MobiCom, INFOCOM, SECON, AdHoc, MASS,…. Many papers, books, lots of excitement So much research yet so few products ……why?

  2. Cliché Scenarios Focused on • Tactical advantage in battle theatre • Emergency & Disaster recovery Research agenda set by DoD

  3. Alternative Scenarios • There are others, that are commercially interesting

  4. Scenarios Focus on two scenarios • Inter-home and Intra-home meshes: Neighborhood Community Networks • Residential Broadband Internet Access in hard to reach areas

  5. Questions to consider • Are these reasonable scenarios? • What is the true state of art for wireless meshes (Separate fact from fiction) • Have we identified the right set of technical problems? (what’s missing) • Can we separate research from engineering • What are the limits of current technologies? What can we expect / hope for from future Technologies -- Timelines • What are the top n problems we should to be solving • How should we go about solving these problem

  6. Technologies Why can’t we simply borrow? Why reinvent? • Different constraints • Spectrum, transmission power, size, cost, etc. Perhaps academics working with industry can do it better 

  7. Regulators Industry Meshing Together Academia

  8. Who is here Academic Institutes • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • University of California Berkeley • The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) • Rice University • University of Massachusetts • University of California San Diego • University of Maryland • University of California Santa Barbara • University of California Santa Cruz • State University of New York Stony Brook • University of California Los Angeles • University of Washington • International Computer Science Institute Government • National Science Foundation Industry • Intel • BBN Technologies • PacketHop Networks • Honeywell • Tropos Networks • MeshNetworks • SkyPilot • Kiyon Inc. Microsoft • Microsoft Research • Advanced Strategy & Policy • Windows Networking • Windows CE • Mobile Devices

  9. Summit GoalsMaking Meshes Real • Getting to know each other • Learning and exchanging knowledge • Agreeing (or disagreeing) on what the future looks like • Identifying challenges & prioritizing problems • Exploring opportunities for collaborations • Generating a report for the research community

  10. Working Guidelines Take a position • Keep presentations high level, avoid nitty-gritty detail, refer us to your papers • Share insights and experiences Interact ! • Lively discussions are highly encouraged Challenge all assertions • Let us know what you really think

  11. Day 1 (Listen and Digest) Keynote 4 Technical Sessions (Salish Ballroom) • Mesh Architecture • Mesh Capacity • Path Selection & Mesh Testbeds • Management & Security Poster & Demos (Fall Terrace) • 3 product group demos • 2 research demos • 10 posters

  12. Day 2 (Discuss & Recommend) Keynote Panel (Salish Ballroom) 4 Brainstorming Sessions • Capacity (Ballroom) • Connectivity (Falls Terrace) • Security & Management (Vintage) • Distributed Services (Atrium) Report Back Summary Impressions

  13. Logistics • Presentations, Video Taping, Web site • Lunches (Falls Terrace) • Dinner – June 23rd (Host: Dan Ling) • Wireless Internet Access

  14. Thanks for coming….

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