ECE 658             Spring 2011

PRESENTATION

General Information
A requirement of ECE 658 is a presentation covering a topic closely related to the course. Making effective presentations is an integral part of any career. Giving presentations in a class makes you learn the material well, and provide a good venue to practice your presentation skills.  A good presentation will require thorough preparation.  Others are going to spend time listening to you, therefore it is essential that you make a sincere effort to make it a fruitful experience for everyone involved. Identify the problem, assumptions, results, possible extensions, and most importantly your opinion of the work.

E-mail  your presentation title  and a short summary (less than half a page) for approval to Anura.Jayasumana@colostate.edu as early as possible, but not later than April 10. Include the dates you prefer for your presentation as well as the names of your red team partner ( see below).

A presentation is expected to be 75 minutes long.
Following  lecture slots   are available for presentations:  April  14, 25,  28,  May 3,  and also outside class hours the week of April 25.
To avoid multiple presentations on the same topic and time conflicts,  topics and time slots   will be allocated on a first-requested  first-served basis.


Slides and Practice Session

The slides have to be your own creations. You may use figures, tables etc from other sources, provided those are identified by the appropriate reference immediately following the figure/table.  Include a list of all the references you've relied on for the presentation in a slide entitled 'Bibliography.'

E-mail your slides (ppt) to the instructor two working days prior to the presentation. Instructor will make hard copies for distribution.

Form a team of one or more (Red Team) so that team members can critique each others presentations prior to the class presentation.  Red team members outside the class are ok as long as you have at least one member form the class. The Red Team should meet at least three working days prior to the class presentation, listen to the presentation  and help fine-tune the presentation.  Participation in a red team will earn points toward course participation as well.

Possible Topics:
You may either select a topic from the list given below or propose your own topic. In case of latter, the instructor approval of the topic is required.
The topic should not be related to a presentation or a paper that you have done as a part of another course.  Base your presentation on one or more recent papers covering the topic.   If you are doing a project instead of the last few labs, your presentation may cover the project.
In some cases, one or more (tutorial type) papers related to the topic is listed as well, which may be used as one of the  sources of references.


Wireless Networks and Standards
Mesh Networks
Emerging standards for wireless mesh technology
Lee, M.J.; Jianliang Zheng; Young-Bae Ko; Shrestha, D.M.
Wireless Communications, IEEE, Volume 13, Issue 2, Date: April 2006, Pages: 56- 63

Mesh WLAN networks: concept and system design
Faccin, S.M.; Wijting, C.; Kenckt, J.; Damle, A.
Wireless Communications, IEEE,  Volume 13, Issue 2, Date: April 2006, Pages: 10- 17

A Survey on Wireless Mesh Networks, I.F. Akyildiz and X. Wang,  IEEE Radio Communications, Sept. 2005
IEEE802.11a-n The IEEE802.11g standard for high data rate WLANs, D. Vasis et al, IEEE Network. May/June 2005
Performance Analysis and Enhancements for IEEE802.11e Wireless Networks, Q. Ni, IEEE Network,  July/Aug 2005
Applications and Challenges of the 802.11e EDCA Mechanism, An Experimental Study, A. Banchs et al.,  IEEE Network, July/Aug 2005
Sensor Networks
RFID
 Pervasive Computing, IEEE,  5(1), Jan.-March 2006
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, July/Aug 2009
Sensor Networks (Dr. J)
 A survey on sensor networks
Akyildiz, I.F.; Weilian Su; Sankarasubramaniam, Y.; Cayirci, E.
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Volume 40, Issue 8, Date: Aug 2002, Pages: 102- 114

MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks: a survey
Demirkol, I.; Ersoy, C.; Alagoz, F.
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Volume 44, Issue 4, Date: April 2006, Pages: 115- 121
Topics in Sensor Networks
 A Survey on Power Control Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, N. A. Pantazis, D.D. Vergados, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Q4, 2007
Routing Correlated Data in Wireless Sensor Networks, H. Luo, Y. Liu, S. K. Das,  IEEE Network, 21(2), 2007
Internet
Intenet Topology
 Understanding Internet Topology: Principles, Models and Validation, D. Alderson, L. Li, W. Willinger, J. C. Doyle, IEEE Trans Networking, Vol. 13, No. 6, Dec. 2005
Internet Topology Discovery: A Survey,  B. Donnet and T. Friedman, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Q4, 2007
Network topologies: inference, modeling, and generation, Haddadi, H.; Rio, M.; Iannaccone, G.; Moore, A.; Mortier, R., IEEE Communications Surveys,  10(2), 2008, Page(s): 48-69
IP Address Lookup
  Survey and Taxonomy of IP Address Lookup  Algorithms, Sanchez, R; Biersack E. W.,; Dabbous W.,  IEEE Network, March/April 2001
IP Mobility Support
Mobility Support in IP: A Survey of Related Protocols, D. Saha, et al,  IEEE Network, Dec. 2004
Internet Traffic
 IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Sept/Oct 2009
IP Anycast
 IP Anycast Point-to- (any point) Communication,  Metz C., IEEE Internet Computing,   6(2)  Mar/Apr 2002, 94-98
Multicast Routing
 Multicast Routing Algorithms and Protocols: A Survey, L. Sahasrabuddhe and B. Mukherjee,  IEEE Network, Jan/Feb 2000
QoS - Admission Control.
Traffic Shaping, etc.
TCP Offloading/ Hardware
TCP for high-speed
 Fast TCP: From Theory to Experiments, C. Jin, et al, IEEE Network,
SCTP: New transport protocol for TCP/IP, Stewart, R., Metz, C., IEEE Internet Computing, 5(6), 64-69, Nov/Dec. 2001
Gigabit TCP, G. Huston, Internet Protocol Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2. (Cisco)
TCP for wireless
 TCP in Wireless Networks:  Issues, Approaches and Challenges, K-C Leung et al,  IEEE Communications Surveys,  Q4, 2006
A Survey of TCP Enhancements for Last-Hop Wireless Networks,  B. Sardar et. al., IEEE Communications Surveys, Q3, 2006
A Survey of TCP over Adhoc Networks, A. A. Hanbali et al., Surveys, Q3, 2005
Router Architectures
40/100G Ethernet
Miscellaneous
Bluetooth
 What is Bluetooth? McDermott-Wells, P., Potentials, IEEE, Volume 23, Issue 5, Date: Dec. 2004-Jan. 2005, Pages: 33- 35
Mobile Adhoc Networks
Mobility Models
 IEEE Network,  July/Aug 2004
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Oct/Nov. 2009
Vehecular Networks
   EEE CIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials,  10(2), 2008; 10(3), 2008; 11(2), 2009
Switch Fabrics
 The Network Processing Forum, Switch Fabrics Benchmarks, An Overview,  I. Elhanany, et al, IEEE Network, March/April 2005
Metro Networks
 Ex: Resilient Packet Rings (IEEE 802.17), Metro Ethernet etc.
IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring Tutorial, Davik F., Yilmaz M., Gjessing S., Uzun N., IEEE Communications, pp. 112-118, March 2004.
Optical Burst Switching
Architecture of  Search Engine(s)
Instant Messaging Protocols IEEE Network, July-Aug 2006
3G and 4G Cellular Networks
Social Networks -
Characterisitics, Applications & Models
Energy Efficient Networking
 IEEE Network,  March-Apr. 2011
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