Introduction to Mobile Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks

                                   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab-140001                      

                                                                  Tutorial: Introduction to Mobile Systems and Wireless

                                                                                                On Thursday (AM+PM) and Friday (AM) June 5 and 6, 2014

Summary:

Wireless systems have a unique capability of maintaining the same contact number even if one move from one location to another has made them increasingly popular. The wireless telephones are not only convenient but are also providing flexibility and versatility and there have been a growing number of wireless phone subscribers as well as service providers. We offer this tutorial to explain in detail how the basic wireless and mobile systems work, how mobility is supported, what is the underlying infrastructure needed and what interactions are needed among different functional components. Mathematical formulations are also provided to explain usefulness of many important concepts, which are an essential component in most Engineering and Computer Science work. A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) employs a Base Station (BS) or a sink collecting information from a large number of sensor nodes (SNs) and has become very popular for monitoring activities without any human intervention. Various characteristics of WSNs are covered as SNs have small local memory, and processing of raw data and inclusion of wireless transceiver have made them versatile and useful in monitoring of an unattended area. Various underlying issues and associated parameters are studied in detail. As all WS units get power from the battery, it is critical to conserve energy as much as possible. But, there are many civilian applications where access to the event area is possible and SNs can be placed at predefined locations. First topologies that are appropriate for these applications are defined and associated performance issues are characterized. Three such examples of SNs in rectangular, triangular and hexagonal tiles of clusters are shown. Final comments about future research work are added to help audience think about potential research areas. Security considerations are also covered to illustrate the balance between algorithmic complexity, power consumption and security requirements. 

Speaker's Bio:

Dharma P. Agrawal is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor and the founding director for the Center for Distributed and Mobile Computing in the Department of Sensor Networks Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems. He has been a faculty member at the ECE Dept., Carnegie Mellon University (on sabbatical leave), N.C. State University, Raleigh and the Wayne State University. His recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory text book on Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Computing has been widely accepted throughout the world and fourth edition is in press. The book has been has been reprinted both in China and India and translated in to Korean and Chinese languages.His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, 2nd edition, has been published in spring of 2011. A co-edited book entitled, Encyclopedia on Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, has been published by the World Scientific and co-authored books entitled Wireless Sensor Networks:Deployment Alternatives and Analytical Modeling, and Innovative Approaches to Spectrum Selection, Sensing, On-Demand Medium Access in Heterogeneous Multihop Networks, and Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks have being published by Lambert Academic. He is a founding Editorial Board Member, International Journal on Distributed Sensor Networks, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), International Journal of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks and the Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS). He was awarded a Third Millennium Medal, by the IEEE for his outstanding contributions. He has published over 655 papers. He has been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher, is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM, the AAAS and the World Innovation Foundation, and a recent recipient of 2008 IEEE CS Harry Goode Award. Recently, in June 2011, he was selected as the best Mentor for Doctoral Students at the University of Cincinnati. Recently, he has been inducted as a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventers. He has also been elected a Fellow of the IACSIT (International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology), 2013.