Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Memorial University of Newfoundland
$15,000.00
Exploration and utilization of broadcast nature of multi-hop wireless networks at the link and network layers
EF 2012-13
Résumé
This program of research explores the utilization of the broadcast nature of wireless channels in multi-hop wireless networks for high-performance data communications. It focuses on designing and analyzing innovative networking protocols to overcome the inherent disadvantages of Internet-originated protocols, which is essentially point-to-point data transfer through wirelines between nodes.
Wireless networking is a crucial enabling technology of ubiquitous computing, especially when carried over multiple hops for better flexibility and wider coverage. Research on multi-hop wireless networking has been fruitful since 1970's. As a result, wireless links and wireless networks can eventually provide the same high-throughput and stable services as wired links and wireline networks do. Until recently, multi-hop wireless networking has been following the same fundamental paradigm as wireline networks. However, we should not be content with the fact that multi-hop wireless networks are as good as wireline networks. New development recognizes and embraces the broadcast nature of wireless channels, with the purpose of improving performance beyond that which is achieved in wireline networks. The proposed research starts with opportunistic data transfer, where data packet forwarding is not limited by the group of nodes assigned by the routing module. A wireless link in this case is a much more general and potentially more powerful channel than the point-to-point link in the existing wireline networks. Besides opportunistic data forwarding, utilizing broadcasting allows us to improve many other wireline-styled operations in wireless networks. Departure from the existing practice and confinement of the Internet is the way to transcend it, which is the goal of the proposed research. Solutions to some of the networking problems arising from this proposed program can be patented and transferred to the IT industry to benefit both economic development in Canada, as well as for the broader public.
Programme
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
327667-2010
Name nom
Chen, Yuanzhu
Department département
Computer Science
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
2012
Competition year année de concours
2010
Award amount
15000
Program id
RGPIN
Program name 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
1507
Committee name en
Computer Science
Committee name fr
Sciences informatiques
Area of application code
1207
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Information, computer and communication technologies
Area of application fr
Technologie de l'information, des ordinateurs et des réseaux de communications
Research subject code
2721
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Multimedia systems and networks
Research subject fr
Systèmes et réseaux multimédias
Partie
3
Nb partie
5
Application title
Exploration and utilization of broadcast nature of multi-hop wireless networks at the link and network layers
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This program of research explores the utilization of the broadcast nature of wireless channels in multi-hop wireless networks for high-performance data communications. It focuses on designing and analyzing innovative networking protocols to overcome the inherent disadvantages of Internet-originated protocols, which is essentially point-to-point data transfer through wirelines between nodes.
Wireless networking is a crucial enabling technology of ubiquitous computing, especially when carried over multiple hops for better flexibility and wider coverage. Research on multi-hop wireless networking has been fruitful since 1970's. As a result, wireless links and wireless networks can eventually provide the same high-throughput and stable services as wired links and wireline networks do. Until recently, multi-hop wireless networking has been following the same fundamental paradigm as wireline networks. However, we should not be content with the fact that multi-hop wireless networks are as good as wireline networks. New development recognizes and embraces the broadcast nature of wireless channels, with the purpose of improving performance beyond that which is achieved in wireline networks. The proposed research starts with opportunistic data transfer, where data packet forwarding is not limited by the group of nodes assigned by the routing module. A wireless link in this case is a much more general and potentially more powerful channel than the point-to-point link in the existing wireline networks. Besides opportunistic data forwarding, utilizing broadcasting allows us to improve many other wireline-styled operations in wireless networks. Departure from the existing practice and confinement of the Internet is the way to transcend it, which is the goal of the proposed research. Solutions to some of the networking problems arising from this proposed program can be patented and transferred to the IT industry to benefit both economic development in Canada, as well as for the broader public.
