Research Area: Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
Description: This research area involves wireless networking and mobile computing at different levels. It includes distributed and mobile computing, wireless networks, wireless and mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh, ubiquitous and pervasive networking, wireless multimedia networking and computing, Mobile E-Commerce, and WPAN, GPRS, VoIP, WiMax and RFID technologies. While mobile computing focuses upon the design of algorithms and protocols for distributed computing with mobile communication networks, wireless and mobile networking focuses upon several aspects of wireless networks such as network services, network management, mobility management, energy-efficient protocols and power management, wireless security, privacy and dependability, multicasting and broadcasting issues.
Applications:As the wireless networking and mobile computing industry is moving forward at a lightning speed, so has the design and the development of new technologies and standards to support these technologies. Applications include telemedicine, emergency preparedness and response, intelligent buildings, intelligent transport networks, environmental monitoring aspects, etc.
Professors:
| Bolić (group) | wireless communication, RFID systems |
| Boukerche (group), | wireless networks, wireless ad hoc networks, wireless sensor and actuator networks, wireless mesh networks, wireless multimedia, pervasive and ubiquitous networks, fault-tolerant and energy-aware protocols, mobile computing, performance modeling and analysis, security protocols, and applications |
| El Saddik | web services for wireless sensor networks |
| Nayak | fault-tolerant computing, distributed systems, ad hoc and sensor networks |
| Makrakis | pervasive computing, ad hoc and sensor networks, QoS supporting technologies, security for wireless networks, ultra-wideband systems and networks |
| Mouftah (group) | network architecture, power-aware protocols, algorithms, network survivability, and applications |
| Stojmenovic | ad hoc and sensor networks, wireless sensor-actuator networks, routing in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, geocasting, multicasting and location service/updates |
| Yang (group) | wireless ad hoc and sensor networks |
Some recent projects:
- Fault tolerance of wireless sensor networks for emergency response and prepardness [NSERC Strategic]
- Distributed simulation and wireless multimedia systems [Boukerche; Canada Research Chair]
- Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Multimedia [ARP]
- Wireless Sensor Facility [NSERC]
- Wireless Multimedia Facility [NSERC]
- Scalable, secure data communication and topology control protocols for wireless ad hoc networks [NSERC CRD]
- Energy-conserving coordination and data communication in wireless sensor actuator networks [NSERC Strategic]
- Radio Frequency Identification: Using RFID technology for inventory management of explosive devices in the mining industry [Bolic; partner: Orica Inc.]
- DSP project "Robust Blood Pressure Monitoring System": There is a pressing need for a reliable method for extracting
clinically relevant information from arterial pulse features such as rate,pressure, rhythm and waveform [Groza; funded partially by OCE, partner: Biosign Inc.] - WiSense: Wireless heterogeneous sensor networks in the e-society [Mouftah and others; ORF grant – partners: IBM, Bell Canada, Alcatel-Lucent, Research In Motion, Freescale Semiconductors, PacketDNA, WND & ENC]
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Opportunities for collaboration: Opportunities for joint research exist at all levels, from exploratory research to contract research, from sponsoring a student to supporting a dedicated project, and many variations in between. University-based research can be very cost-effective for your company and in most cases your support can be used to leverage additional grants from government agencies resulting in a multiplying effect. To find out more about a specific lab/group, project, or to discuss your research needs, contact the Technology & Research Development Office at (613) 562 5800 x2440. Email: research@eng.uottawa.ca, or the researcher directly (The School of EECS).
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Research Area Coordinator: Boukerche