1. Term Paper Topics (Always Incomplete) CSE 8344

2. Wireless Networks • RFID • Bluetooth • UWB networks • Most exciting • Current status • Applications • Network architectures • Ad HoC Networks • MAC Protocols • Routing • Capacity • 4G systems CSE 8344

3. Sensor Networks • Design and Implementation Issues • Architecture, TinyOS and Motes • Programming Tools and System Development Resources • Modeling and Simulation • Routing • Location Services and Techniques • Storage, Indexing and Querying • Distributed Algorithms for Coordination and Self-organization • Reliability and Fault Tolerance • Security CSE 8344

4. Optical Networks • IP/DWDM • Wireless optics • Free-space optics (FSO) • Metro-nets • Optical Ethernets • RPR (Resilient Packet Ring) • Optical switching • Optical burst switching • FTTH (Fiber to the home) CSE 8344

5. Traffic • Congestion control and avoidance • Traffic Engineering • Self similar traffic • Performance evaluation CSE 8344

6. Pervasive Computing • Network architecure • Applications • Wearable computers • Web services • Grid computing? • Dependability CSE 8344

7. P2P Networks • Architectures • Routing • Security CSE 8344

8. Potpourri • Integration of all the great things for the new generation applications CSE 8344