COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS A NEW PARADIGM FOR WIRELESS NETWORKING? David Goodman Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT) Polytechnic University
CHALLENGES OF WIRELESS NETWORKING zBandwidth zEnergy zMobility
CELLULAR PARADIGM zLICENSED RADIO SPECTRUM zFIXED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE zANYTIME, ANYWHERE zSYMMETRIC CHANNELS
WI-FI PARADIGM zUNLICENSED RADIO SPECTRUM zINFRASTRUCTURE or AD HOC zHOT SPOTS zASYMMETRIC CHANNELS
WI-FI vs. CELLULAR Isolated coverage Low mobility Interference Power Cost Bit rate Power Cost Ubiquitous coverage Mobility Infrastructure WI-FI CELLULAR
WI-FI + CELLULAR zNOKIA: OWLAN zQUALCOMM: HOT-SPOT + CELLULAR BRIDGE zLUCENT: HAND-OFF (SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS) zCOOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS: INFRASTRUCTURE + AD HOC
NETWORK EFFICIENCY MSC
THEORETICAL INSIGHTS zIllinois: In dense ad hoc networks, throughput constant (thpt/node 0) zU. C. Berkeley: In dense ad hoc networks with moving terminals thpt/node constant (thpt infty) zRutgers: Hot spots + mobility + P2P = fast, efficient dissemination
COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH GOALS zEXPLOIT MOBILITY zEXPAND BANDWIDTH zEXTEND BATTERY LIFE zPROMOTE RELIABILITY, RESILIENCE
GEOGRAPHY OF INFORMATION Where? Local, regional, everywhere When? Instantaneous, recent, long-term Who? Individual, group, general interest
GEOGRAPHY USERSSIGNALS INFORMATION + + LOCATION
GEOGRAPHY INFORMATION RELEVANCE LOCATION TIME POPULATION ENVIRON MENT RADIO PROPAGATION INTERFERENCE + PEOPLE & MACHINES LOCATION MOTION DEVICES INFORMATION NEEDS + USERSSIGNALS INFORMATION
7DSColumbia Application InfostationsRutgers/Poly CAHANNJIT Network Cooperative codingPoly Physical COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH PROJECTS
7DS COLUMBIA Peer to peer data sharing Efficiently deliver information of local interest Conserve power
P2P & CLIENT-SERVER
INFOSTATIONS + AD HOC Collection of hot spots feed data to terminals Terminals in motion disseminate data Two-way transactions required
CAHAN - NJIT Efficient routing between terminals and BS Reduce power, increase bandwidth efficiency, signal quality
k CONGESTION
Dead Spot DEAD SPOTS
COOPERATIVE CODING POLY Path diversity combats fading Reduce power, increase signal quality
M1 BS M2 COOPERATION BETWEEN 2 TERMINALS
STRATEGY EXAMINE ENTIRE SYTEM - ALIGN INFORMATIONURGENCY LOCALIZATION USERS ENVIRONMENTSIGNAL PROPAGATION NETWORK ACTIVITY TERMINALSLOCATION MOTION POWER SUPPLY NETWORKCELL-LAN AD HOC/INFRA
CHALLENGES EACH TERMINAL SUPPLIES BANDWIDTH ADDED TERMINALS REDUCE POWER NEEDS INCENTIVES TO COOPERATE SECURITY
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