Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Memorial University of Newfoundland
$15,000.00
Multicasting in mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks
FY 2008-09
Summary
Mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks have become a very active research area in the past few years due to their promising potential applications and involved research challenges. A mobile ad hoc network is a wireless network with no fixed infrastructure. Each node in the network operates in a self-organized and decentralized manner. Communication within the network can be established by the collaboration of a number of neighboring network nodes. Wireless sensor networks are a special category of ad hoc networks which are used to provide communication among densely deployed sensor nodes in a specific application region. Sensor nodes are tiny, autonomous devices which possess sensing, data processing, and communicating capabilities. As more and more small, cheap and power-efficient sensor devices become available, wireless sensor networks become increasingly attractive for applications such as environmental monitoring, health care, home security, industrial sensing and diagnostics, and data collection in battlefields or in harsh environments which are not accessible to human beings.
Multicasting, an efficient method of delivering information to a group of destinations, plays an important role in many applications which require group communication capability. A scalable and reliable multicast support is an essential feature for many applications in ad hoc and sensor networks, such as emergency search and rescue, military communications, real-time data sensing, and emerging applications such as mobile TV and peer-to-peer communication for music and video sharing among personal digital assistant devices.
The proposed research includes the development of novel and scalable algorithms and architectures to enable efficient group communication in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks. It is expected that the proposed research will play an important role in future unified multicast architecture as the trend of wire-line and wireless network convergence continues. This research will help solidify Canada's place in the forefront of communications technology.
Program
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Recipient
Location
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
293264-2007
Name nom
Li, Cheng
Department département
Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of
Organization id
89
Institution établissement
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Province en
Newfoundland and Labrador
Province fr
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2008
Competition year année de concours
2007
Award amount
15000
Program id
RGPIN
Program nane en
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Program name fr
Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
334
Committee name en
Commun.,Computers & Components
Committee name fr
Communic.,ordin. et composants
Area of application code
804
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communication systems and services (planning, organization, services)
Area of application fr
Systèmes et services de communications (planification, organisation et services)
Research subject code
2508
Research subject group en
Electrical and electronic engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie électrique et électronique
Research subject en
Communications networks
Research subject fr
Réseaux de télécommunications
Partie
2
Nb partie
5
Application title
Multicasting in mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks
Keyword
NA
Application summary
Mobile ad hoc and wireless sensor networks have become a very active research area in the past few years due to their promising potential applications and involved research challenges. A mobile ad hoc network is a wireless network with no fixed infrastructure. Each node in the network operates in a self-organized and decentralized manner. Communication within the network can be established by the collaboration of a number of neighboring network nodes. Wireless sensor networks are a special category of ad hoc networks which are used to provide communication among densely deployed sensor nodes in a specific application region. Sensor nodes are tiny, autonomous devices which possess sensing, data processing, and communicating capabilities. As more and more small, cheap and power-efficient sensor devices become available, wireless sensor networks become increasingly attractive for applications such as environmental monitoring, health care, home security, industrial sensing and diagnostics, and data collection in battlefields or in harsh environments which are not accessible to human beings.
Multicasting, an efficient method of delivering information to a group of destinations, plays an important role in many applications which require group communication capability. A scalable and reliable multicast support is an essential feature for many applications in ad hoc and sensor networks, such as emergency search and rescue, military communications, real-time data sensing, and emerging applications such as mobile TV and peer-to-peer communication for music and video sharing among personal digital assistant devices.
The proposed research includes the development of novel and scalable algorithms and architectures to enable efficient group communication in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks. It is expected that the proposed research will play an important role in future unified multicast architecture as the trend of wire-line and wireless network convergence continues. This research will help solidify Canada's place in the forefront of communications technology.
