Wireless Mesh Networks: Research Challenges

Date: Sept. 15
Place: Broun 235
Time: 3:00 p.m.

Ian F. Akyildiz
Byers Professor

Biography
Ian F. Akyildiz is a Ken Byers Distinguished Chair Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Director of Broadband and Wireless Networking Laboratory. He has published over two-hundred technical papers in journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Computer Networks (Elsevier Science) and for the newly launched Ad hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier Science). He served as a National Lecturer for ACM from 1989 until 1998 and received the ACM Outstanding Distinguished Lecturer Award for 1994.  Dr. Akyildiz is an IEEE fellow (1995) and an ACM fellow (1996). Dr. Akyildiz received the 1997 IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize award (IEEE Communications Society) for his paper entitled "Multimedia Group Synchronization Protocols for Integrated Services Architectures" published in the IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) in January 1996. Dr. Akyildiz received the 2002 IEEE Harry M. Goode Memorial award (IEEE Computer Society) with the citation "for significant and pioneering contributions to advanced architectures and protocols for wireless and satellite networking". He also received the 2002 IEEE Best Tutorial Paper award (IEEE Communications Society) for his paper entitled "A Survey on Wireless Sensor Networks" published in the IEEE Communications Magazine in July 2002. Dr. Akyildiz further received the 2003 ACM SIGMOBILE award for his outstanding research contributions to the wireless networking field. Dr. Akyildiz received the 2004 Georgia Tech Faculty Research Author Award for his "outstanding record of publications of papers between 1999-2003" in April 2004. He also received the 2005 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from School of ECE, Georgia Tech in April 2005. His current research interests are in Sensor Networks, Wireless Mesh Networks, and Cognitive Radio Networks.

Abstract

Wireless Mesh Networks: Research Challenges

Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are emerging as a key technology for next generation wireless networking. Because of their advantages over other wireless networks, WMNs are undergoing rapid progress and inspiring numerous applications. However, many technical research challenges still exist in this field. In order to provide a better understanding of research challenges of  WMNs, we will present a detailed investigation of current state-of-the-art protocols and algorithms for WMNs. Open research issues in all protocol layers are also discussed, with an objective to spark new research interests in this field.