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1 Cross-Domain Research Nitin Vaidya Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Sept. 18. 2008

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Cross-Domain Research

Nitin VaidyaElectrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sept. 18. 2008

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Application Domains eHealthEnergy Environment Homeland Security Critical Infrastructures Transportation & Mobility Future Internet

Mobile Computing

?

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Cross-Domain Trade-Off

Limited capacity Sufficient incentive to be “domain-specific” ????

Performance

Simplicity,Versatility

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With higher “raw capacity”,the balance tilts the other

way

Performance

Simplicity,versatility

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Applications

Network

Link

Phy

Transport

Mostto lose

Cross-layerTo UtilizeSpectrumEfficiently

Cross-Layer

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Applications

Network

Link

Phy

Transport

Better interfaces

Cross-layerTo UtilizeSpectrumEfficiently

Cross-Domain ??

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What Not To Do

Fine to do “cross-domain” research where deemed desirable

But …

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What Not To Do

DO NOT promote narrow research programs

Narrowly targeted programscreate false demandunnecessarily fragment research

community

Not healthy for basic research

Mobile Computing + eHealth/HomelandSecurity/Energy