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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S02105/01
Title:	Programmable Routing Strategies for Multi-hop Wireless Networks
Principal Investigator:	Marshall, Professor AJ
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Project Partners:	Philips
Department:	Sch of Electronics, Elec Eng & Comp Sci
Organisation:	Queen's University of Belfast
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	30 January 2003	Ends:	29 October 2006	Value (£):	194,476
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Networks & Distributed Systems
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Currently, no single strategy exists that considers how to route connections across multiple and different types of wireless networks. One approach to this problem is to apply different routing schemes according to the changing network environment. The proposed research will study how Multiple-Hop Wireless Networks (MHWN), based on IPv6, can support the mobility of both users and the services they require. Key issues addressed will include packet routing and compensation for varying link conditions, both in ad-hoc and in infrastructure-based scenarios. The research aims to specify, develop, simulate, and demonstrate adaptive and programmable routing strategies for use in a heterogeneous multi-hop wireless IPv6 network consisting of several wireless technologies. The research will build on existing ad-hoc research (e.g. MANET), but differentiates from this by integrating ad-hoc islands with network infrastructures, and by taking device constraints and varying link conditions into account. The goal is to provide end-to-end optimisation of IPv6 based services over MHWN with respect to throughput and other QoS targets, power consumption, and implementation complexity. In order to achieve this, the research will exploit work from a previous (European) project [WINE] by using a platform independent Performance Enhancing Proxy solution. In this proposal, we further enhance this approach with intelligent routing schemes to create a reference framework architecture for introducing programmability into wireless devices. The project activities encompass theory, simulation and prototype implementation.
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