1. Wireless Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks: From IEEE 802
Wireless Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks: From IEEE to Berkeley Motes and Beyond
Ten-Hwang Lai, OSU

2. Purpose
Intended for graduate students with potential research interest in ad hoc/sensor networks. 

3. Objective I:
Obtain a solid background for research in ad hoc/sensor networks.

4. Building the pyramid
Survey of recent literature on ad hoc/sensor networks:
ACM MobiCom
ACM MobiHoc
ACM SenSys
IEEE Infocom
In-depth study of several topics

5. Objective II:
Develop a good taste for problems, solutions, and presentation.
Read/discuss good papers
Compare with so-so papers

6. (Ideal) Objective III
Write a publishable article.

7. Tentative Topics Week 1: Is IEEE 802.11 TSF Scalable?
Week 2: Time Synchronization in based MANETs
Week 3: Power Saving and Clock Synchronization
Week 4: Coverage and Connectivity Issues in Sensor Networks
Week 5: Routing in Large Scale Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Week 6: Location Services for Geographic Routing
Week 7: Geographic Routing without Location Information
Week 8: Selected papers from Mobihoc’05 and Mobicom’05
Week 9: Selected papers from Mobihoc’05 and Mobicom’05
Week 10: Selected papers from Mobihoc’05 and Mobicom’05

8. Grading Plan The final grade will be based on:
50% Presentation: each student is responsible for presenting paper(s) and leading a discussion on a selected topic.
50% Term paper: each student will write a term paper, which ideally will lead to a publishable article.

9. Getting to know you