Wireless Mesh Networks: Research, Challenges, and Collaboration

2. Over 30 Years of research 1972: Packet Radio NETwork 1980s: SURvivable Adaptive Radio Network Early 1990s: GLObal MObile Information System (& NTDR) Mid 1990s: IETF MANET Many conferences, workshops & Journals MobiHoc, MobiCom, INFOCOM, SECON, AdHoc, MASS,…. Many papers, books, lots of excitement So much research yet so few products ……why?

3. Cliché Scenarios Focused on • Tactical advantage in battle theatre • Emergency & Disaster recovery Research agenda set by DoD

4. Alternative Scenarios • There are others, that are commercially interesting

5. Scenarios Focus on two scenarios • Inter-home and Intra-home meshes: Neighborhood Community Networks • Residential Broadband Internet Access in hard to reach areas

6. Questions to consider • Are these reasonable scenarios? • What is the true state of art for wireless meshes (Separate fact from fiction) • Have we identified the right set of technical problems? (what’s missing) • Can we separate research from engineering • What are the limits of current technologies? What can we expect / hope for from future Technologies -- Timelines • What are the top n problems we should to be solving • How should we go about solving these problem

7. Technologies Why can’t we simply borrow? Why reinvent? • Different constraints • Spectrum, transmission power, size, cost, etc. Perhaps academics working with industry can do it better 

8. Regulators Industry Meshing Together Academia

9. Who is here Academic Institutes • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • University of California Berkeley • The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) • Rice University • University of Massachusetts • University of California San Diego • University of Maryland • University of California Santa Barbara • University of California Santa Cruz • State University of New York Stony Brook • University of California Los Angeles • University of Washington • International Computer Science Institute Government • National Science Foundation Industry • Intel • BBN Technologies • PacketHop Networks • Honeywell • Tropos Networks • MeshNetworks • SkyPilot • Kiyon Inc. Microsoft • Microsoft Research • Advanced Strategy & Policy • Windows Networking • Windows CE • Mobile Devices

10. Summit GoalsMaking Meshes Real • Getting to know each other • Learning and exchanging knowledge • Agreeing (or disagreeing) on what the future looks like • Identifying challenges & prioritizing problems • Exploring opportunities for collaborations • Generating a report for the research community

11. Working Guidelines Take a position • Keep presentations high level, avoid nitty-gritty detail, refer us to your papers • Share insights and experiences Interact ! • Lively discussions are highly encouraged Challenge all assertions • Let us know what you really think

12. Day 1 (Listen and Digest) Keynote 4 Technical Sessions (Salish Ballroom) • Mesh Architecture • Mesh Capacity • Path Selection & Mesh Testbeds • Management & Security Poster & Demos (Fall Terrace) • 3 product group demos • 2 research demos • 10 posters

13. Day 2 (Discuss & Recommend) Keynote Panel (Salish Ballroom) 4 Brainstorming Sessions • Capacity (Ballroom) • Connectivity (Falls Terrace) • Security & Management (Vintage) • Distributed Services (Atrium) Report Back Summary Impressions

14. Logistics • Presentations, Video Taping, Web site • Lunches (Falls Terrace) • Dinner – June 23rd (Host: Dan Ling) • Wireless Internet Access

15. Thanks for coming….