CSE6349 Special Topics in Advanced Networks

Dr. Mohan Kumar

FALL 2011

Course Syllabus and Details

Course Description

The course deals with advanced networking topics. The state of the current Internet; new applications and their impact on the Internet; sensors and the Internet; mobile ad hoc networking, disruption-tolerant networking and opportunistic networking. This course consists of lectures, discussions, seminars and project presentations.

Course Objectives

The primary objective of this course is to expose graduate students to the exciting new research topics in networking. The secondary objective is to motivate graduate students to take up research work in the new and exciting areas in networking.

Course Prerequisites

CSE5311 Design and Analysis of Algorithms, CSE5306 Distributed Systems, and CSE5344 Computer Networks I.

Instructor: Mohan Kumar, 559 ERB

Email: mkumar@uta.edu; Phone: (817) 272-3610

Class: 129 ERB; Mon/Wed 3:30 to 4:50 PM; Office Hours: Thursdays - 2:00 to 5:00 PM.

Course site: http://crystal.uta.edu/~kumar/cse6349_11FLSTAN

GTA: TBA

Course Syllabus:

A set of research papers will be assigned to the class. Each student will be required to complete a thorough review, evaluate and critique at least 3 of these papers. Students will be given a chance to give their preference, but the assignment of papers will be made by the instructor. The list of research papers will be posted on the first day of classes. Paper assignments to students will be completed by September 7, 2011.

Projects will be carried out by teams of two members. Typically, projects will involve: i) real prototype development on small devices/laptops/sensor nodes; or ii) extensive simulation studies to evaluate new algorithms/schemes. Project teams and topics will be identified by September 7, 2011.

Text book: There will be no text book for this course.

References

A list of research papers for reference and study will be provided on the course page. Here is a list of journals and conferences for research papers.

Assessment

For each component, the grading will take into account each student’s rankings of their peer’s work (paper discussions, debates and projects). When not presenting, each student will be required to participate in discussions, evaluate and rank presenters/debaters/project teams, and ask questions. For each component, peer ranking weight will be 50%.

Presentations: 40%

Each paper presentation and discussion: 1 student to present, 2 students to critique and 1 student to scribe. Rest of the class will participate in the discussion and evaluation. Absence per presentation will lead to loosing 1/k of the points for the presentations (where, k is the class strength).

Group Project: 40%

Project problems will be finalized by September 12, 2011 and the expected date of completion is December 5, 2011. Presentation and demonstration of the projects will be during the second half of the semester. For example if you are absent for and 3 out of 10 presentations, your maximum for presentations would be 28%.

Discussions: 20%

During the first few weeks of semester a number of research papers will be discussed. Active participation is necessary to earn points and hence a good grade. Absence per class will lead to loosing 1/n of the points for discussion (where n is the number of classes for discussion). For example, if you miss 3 out of 6 discussions, your maximum for discussions would be 10%.

Homework Assignments: No grades awarded directly!

Class participation: Students are expected to interact actively during lectures. All students are expected to read, understand, criticize and discuss published research papers. All students are expected to attend and actively participate in peer’s presentations.

Attendance and Drop Policy

Attendance is not mandatory, but absence can lead loosing points (see above). Class participation is important to your grade.

Please visit course page for details on Americans with Disabilities Act, Academic Dishonesty and Student Support Services.

Preliminary List of Research Papers for Discussions and Presentations

Discussion List

1. Pelusi, A. Passarella, and M. Conti, “Opportunistic Networking: Data Forwarding in Disconnected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE Comm. Magazine, Nov. 2006, pp. 134-141.

2. P. Hui, J. Crowcroft, and E. Yoneki, “BUBBLE Rap: Social- Based Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks,” Proc. 9th ACM Int’l Symp. Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc 08), ACM Press, 2008; www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ph315/publications/hoc86309-hui.pdf.

3. Campbell, A. et al., “The Rise of People-Centric Sensing,” IEEE Internet Computing, July/Aug. 2008, pp. 12-21.

4. Leontiadis, I. Costa, P. Mascolo, C., Extending Access Point Connectivity through Opportunistic Routing in Vehicular Networks, IEEE Infocom 2010 Proceedings, pgs. 1-5.

Presentation List

5. Matthias Grossglauser and David N. C. Tse, Mobility Increases the Capacity of Ad HocWireless Networks, IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, VOL. 10, NO. 4, pp. 477-486, AUGUST 2002.

6. W. Wang, V. Srinivasan, and K-C. Chua, Extending the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks Through Mobile Relays, IEEE, IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, VOL. 16, NO. 5, pp. 1108-1120, OCTOBER 2008.

7. Gopalan, A. Banerjee, S. Das, A.K. Shakkottai, S., Random Mobility and the spread of infection, IEEE Infocom 2011 Proceedings, pgs. 999-1007.

8. Zyba, G. Voelker, G.M. Ioannidis, S. Diot, C., Dissemination in opportunistic ad-hoc networks: The power of the crowd, IEEE Infocom 2011 Proceedings, pgs. 1179-1187.

9. Zhenjiang Li Mo Li Jiliang Wang Zhichao Cao , Ubiquitous data collection for mobile users in wireless sensor networks, IEEE Infocom 2011 Proceedings, pgs. 2246-2254.

10. Gao, W. Cao, G., User-Centric Data Dissemination in Disruption Tolerant Networks, IEEE Infocom 2011 Proceedings, pgs. 3119-3127.

11. Bin Bin Chen Mun Choon Chan, MobiCent: a Credit-Based Incentive System for Disruption Tolerant Network, IEEE Infocom 2010, Proceedings, pgs. 1-9.

12. Nelson, S.C. Bakht, M. Kravets, R., Encounter-based Routing in DTNs, IEEE Infocom 2010, Proceedings, pgs. 846-854.