Emerging mobile and wireless networks
Research on emerging mobile and wireless networks includes the following fields:
- Wireless Mesh Networks;
- Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks;
- Wireless Access for Fast Moving Users.
The research covers a wide range of technologies such as WiFi (IEEE 802.11), Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1), ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16), RFID, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, and Satellite.
In the domain of Wireless Mesh Networks, solutions are being researched for:- Emergence networks: L3 solutions for ad hoc deployment of Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) in the field and autonomous communication between the WMN and remote control centre(s) and/or data servers.
- Wireless Building Automation: Wireless Ethernet solutions for WMNs for building automation.
- Hybrid Wireless Networks: auto-configuration, cross-layer optimization, dynamic channel selection, power control, logical clustering enabling group communication.
In the field of Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks the research concentrates on energy-efficient and reliable network protocols for Body Area Networks, self-healing and scalable network protocols for Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSAN), cross-layer design and multi-interest communication for Wireless Sensor, Computing and Actuator Networks (WSCAN).
In the field of Wireless Access for Fast Moving Users, implications of mobility are being explored, such as:- Horizontal handover: L3 micro-mobility (Cellular IP, Hawaii, Hierarchical Mobile IP, Mobile IP Regional Registration, MEHROM).
- Vertical handover: UMTS-WLAN.
- Fixed Mobile Convergence: seamless handover.
- QoS support.
- Broadband communication in vehicles: this includes L2 mobility (Fast Roaming Wireless LAN switch, onboard mobility support in trains), network planning, mobility models for wireless users, and architecture and vertical handover for train environment.
