Project Topics

ECE 591-01

Project 1: Localization through Wi-Fi and Wireless CameraWIFI localization:

Wireless Camera:

Goal: Understand RF based localization techniques, and how to enhance localization through wireless video streaming and processing

Project 2: Power-efficient MAC layer protocol for Wireless Cooperative Relay Networks; Wireless Cooperative

Conventional research mainly focused on relatively simple cooperative relay topologies or on the cooperation schemes under the existing infrastructure network

Achieving cooperative diversity and multiplexing gain across multiple coexisting multi-hop cooperation links at Physical Layer

Mobile users serve as both service providers and consumers,

The cooperation provided by mobile users does not have to rely heavily on the infrastructure networks

distributed medium access control and routing protocol

Network simulation

Goal: NS2 or Qualnet

Project 3: Cross-layer Design and Optimization with QoS Provisioning for Cooperative Wireless Networking

The user cooperations at different protocol layers have diverse features and challenges, which motivate cross-layer design to develop optimized cooperation schemes.Reference: Dalei Wu, Song Ci, Haiyan Luo, and Hai-Feng Guo, "A Theoretical Framework for Interaction Measure and Sensitivity Analysis in Cross-Layer Design," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, in press, January, 2011.http://www.ceen.unl.edu/students/dalei_wu/ACM.pdf

Network Simulation

Goal: NS2 or Matlab

Project 4: Rate Adaptation in IEEE 802.11

Project 5: Data Security and Privacy in Wireless Body Area Networks

http://www.ieee.org/documents/Yu_Final_Published_Paper_March2009.pdf

M. Li, W. Lou and K. Ren, "Data security and privacy in wireless body area networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine special issue on Wireless Technologies for E-healthcare, vol. 17, no. 1, February 2010

M. Li, S. Yu, W. Lou, and K. Ren, "Group device pairing based secure sensor association and key management for body area networks," IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA, March 2010

Project 6: Security in Cloud Computing

S. Yu, C. Wang, K. Ren, and W. Lou, "'Achieving secure, scalable, and fine-grained data access control in cloud computing," IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA, March 2010

Project 7: Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications

Dalei Wu, Song Ci, and Haohong Wang, "Cross-layer optimization for video summary transmission over wireless networks," IEEE Journal of Selected Areas of Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on ross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications, vol.25, no. 4, May 2007, pp. 841-850.

Project 8: Underground Sensor Networks Channel Modeling

Project 9: Network Solutions for Transport Applications in Isolated Area Data Communication Through Telephone

Satellite communications

Simulation/Implementation

Project 10: Cognitive Radio Cognitive Network Simulator http://stuweb.ee.mtu.edu/~ljialian/ http://www.ictas.vt.edu/downloads/

cogcomm.pdf

Project 11: Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Testbed Setup testbed with HP netbooks

Programing for sending video and receiving video

Measure the QoS performance

Other Topics Any topics related to wireless networks and

mobile computing

Expectation and requirements Repeat other research by simulation (A)

Improve existing schemes and validate your improvement (A+)

Implementation a system(A+)

Survey (A-)