CS 284 Syllabus

Class Introduction/Introduction to Mobile Computing

April 3
- The Challenges of Mobile Computing. Forman and Zahorjan, Computer, 27(4), April 1994.
- The Coming Age of Calm Technology. Weiser and Brown, 1996.
April 5 - QualNet Overview, MAC Overview
- QualNet slides

MAC Layer Protocols

Network Layer

April 17
- Mobile IP, Perkins.
- IP Micro-Mobility Protocols, Campbell and Gomez-Castellanos.
April 19
- Optimized Link State Routing Protocol. T. Clausen, P. Jacquet, A. Laouiti, P. Muhlethaler, A. Qayyum and L. Viennot. IEEE INMIC, 2001.
- Performance Comparison of Two On-Demand Routing Protocols for Ad hoc Networks. Perkins, Royer, Das, and Marina, IEEE Personal Communications, February 2001.
April 24
- Routing in Multi-Radio, Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks. Draves, Padhye and Zill. Proceedings of Mobicom, September 2004.
- Comparison of Routing Metrics for Static Multi-hop Wireless Networks. Draves, Padhye and Zill. ACM SIGCOMM, August 2004.

April 26: No Class

Transport Layer

May 1
- A Comparison of Mechanisms for Improving TCP Performance over Wireless Links. Balakrishnan, Padmanabhan, Seshan and Katz, IEEE Transactions on Networking, December 1997.
- Analysis of TCP Performance over Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Holland and Vaidya, Proceedings of Mobicom, August 1999.
- Improving TCP Performance over Mobile Ad hoc Networks by Exploiting Cross-Layer Information Awareness. Xin Yu. ACM MobiCom, September 2004.
May 3, Sticky CSMA slides
- SCTP- A Multi-Link End-to-End Protocol for IP-based Networks. Jungwaier, Rathgeb, Schopp and Tuxen. International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 2001.
- Sticky CSMA/CA: Implicit Synchronization and Real-time QoS in Mesh Networks. Sumit Singh, Prashanth Acharya, Upmanyu Madhow and Elizabeth Belding-Royer. Submitted for publication.

Multimedia Support

May 8
- Experimental Evaluation of TCP Performance and Fairness in an 802.11e Testbed. Anthony Ng, David Malone and Douglas Leith. EWIND, August 2005.
- Quality of Service Schemes for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs - An Evaluation. Anders Lindgren, Andreas Almquist and Olov Schelen. Mobile Networks and Applications, 2003.
- INSIGNIA: An IP-based Quality of Service Framework for Mobile ad hoc Networks. S. Lee, G. Ahn, X. Zhang and A. Campbell. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2000.

Network Performance and Evaluation

May 10 - Mobility Modeling
- Random Waypoint Considered Harmful. Yoon, Liu and Noble. Infocom 2003.
- Real-World Environment Models for Mobile Network Evaluation. Jardosh, Belding-Royer, Almeroth and Suri. JSAC 2005.
- The Changing Usage of a Mature Campus-wide Wireless Network. Henderson, Kotz and Abyzov. ACM MobiCom, September 2004.
May 15: Mini-Demos in GSL
May 17 - Management
- Self-Management in Chaotic Wireless Deployments. Aditya Akella, Glenn Judd, Srinivasan Seshan and Peter Steenkiste. ACM MobiCom, August 2005.
- Architecture and Techniques for Diagnosing Faults in IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure Networks. Adya, Bahl, Chandra and Qiu. ACM MobiCom, September 2004.

Space and Beyond

May 22 - InterPlanetary Internet
- Satellite-Based Internet - A Tutorial. Hu and Li, IEEE Communications, March 2001.
- TCP/IP Performance over Satellite Links. Partridge and Shepard, IEEE Network, September/October 1997.
- The Invisible Internet. Vint Cerf and Adrian Hooke. Communications of the ACM, 2001.
May 24 - Delay Tolerant Networking
- A Delay-Tolerant Network Architecture for Challenged Internets. Kevin Fall, IRB-TR-03-003, February 2003.
- Routing in a Delay Tolerant Network. Sushant Jain, Kevin Fall and Rabin Patra. ACM SIGCOMM, August 2004.
- A Message Ferrying Approach for Data Delivery in Sparse Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Wenrui Zhao, Mostafa Ammar and Ellen Zegura. ACM MobiHoc, May 2004.

May 29: No Class - Holiday

Security

May 31
- 802.11 Denial-of-Service Attacks: Real Vulnerabilities and Practical Solutions. John Bellardo and Stefan Savage, Usenix Security, 2003.
- A Secure Routing Protocol for Ad hoc Networks. Sanzgiri, Dahill, Levine, Shields, and Belding-Royer, Proceedings of ICNP, 2002.

Project Presentations

Final Exam