Description: | Recent advances in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) provide promising opportunities in communication paradigms. WMNs do not depend on wired communication infrastructure and their mesh connectivity provides inherent built-in redundancy. This makes them also good candidates for providing an alternative communication mechanism e.g. in the face of disasters when normal communication infrastructure is destroyed or for covering large rural areas. WMNs inherit many properties from Mobile Ad-Hoc networks. However, several assumptions on e.g. mobility of nodes can be relaxed, which enables the design of more robust and efficient protocols and the provisioning of higher quality services for WMNs. Several research problems still remain, though, and it is not clear whether WMNs are really beneficial as compared to other alternatives such as long range wireless or wireless relay networks (e.g. based on 802.16j). In this invited workshop, we would like to focus on the research challenges in WMNs, with a special focus on the mechanisms needed for "carrier class" service provisioning (architectures, network components, QoS mechanisms, etc.) in Wireless Mesh Networks. GENERAL CHAIRS
Frank Zdarsky (NEC Network Laboratories, Germany)
Andreas Kassler (University of Karlstad, Sweden)
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Arturo Azcorra (Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)
Albert Banchs (Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)
Bernd Gloss (Alcatel-Lucent, Germany)
Andreas Kassler (University of Karlstad, Sweden)
Sean Murphy (Univ. College Dubin, Ireland)
Xavier Pérez-Costa (NEC Network Laboratories, Germany)
Frank Zdarsky (NEC Network Laboratories, Germany)
SPONSORS
This workshop is organized by the CARMEN project with the support of the EU-MESH project, the CONTENT Network of Excellence and the BIOGRIDNET regional projec.
PROGRAM 9:00 – 9:15 Opening Session (Workshop chairs)
9:15 – 9:45 presentation from the CARMEN project
9:45 – 10:15 Vasilios Siris (ICS-FORTH) - Efficient Resource Management in Wireless Mesh Networks
10:15 – 10:45 Mario Gerla (UCLA) - Mesh networks and vehicular support: the UCLA MobiMesh case study
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45 Prasant Mohapatra (UCDavis) - QuRiNet Testbed and Reliable Wireless Mesh Networks
11:45 – 12:15 Omer Gurewitz (Ben Gurion University) - Compounding Effects of Medium Access and Congestion Control in Wireless Mesh Networks
12:15 – 12:45 Claudio Casetti (Politecnico di Torino) - Mesh Network Architecture with User Mobility Support
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 Michael Bahr (Siemens) - Overview and Status of IEEE 802.11s
14:15 – 14:45 Matthias Hollick (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid & Technische Universität Darmstadt) - The Beauty and the Beast: Making IEEE 802.16 MeSH Mode Work
14:45 – 15:15 Stefano Avallone (University of Naples) -Challenges in designing wireless mesh networks to support high bandwidth-demanding applications
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00 Panel discussion on Carrier Grade Mesh Networks (Mario Gerla, Prasant Mohapatra, Matteo Cesana, Arturo Azcorra)
17:00 – 17:30 Discussion wrap-up and workshop closure by workshop chairs |
