Possible Research Topics
(but not limited to)
Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
A wireless sensor network is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed nodes with limited resources that can cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions at different locations. Each node is capable of computation, sensing, and communication. Challenges may be exacerbated by the presence of mobile nodes in the network. Such networks may consist of independent and isolated fixed devices that gather environmental data, which may be embedded in urban environments in order to facilitate actuation over managed resources, or may be fixed to and move with the object of interest. Ad hoc networks may exist in environments where there is no pre-existing communications infrastructure, and thereby organize to create their own. Ad hoc networks have been attracting great attention from the research and engineering communities, motivated by applications like digital battlefield, asset tracking, air-borne safety, situational awareness, and border protection. As we move towards a world that connects all things, these issues become ever more relevant. Dynamic topologies, bandwidth constraints, energy constrained operations, wireless vulnerabilities, and limited physical security are among the characteristics that differentiate mobile ad hoc networks from fixed multi-hop networks.
Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Topology Control and Management
Modeling and performance analysis
Network architecture
Energy efficiency
Routing or Network protocols
Transport protocols
Localization
Power Management and Harvesting
Implementation Challenges
Novel Measurement Techniques
Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms
Opportunistic or delay-tolerant communications
Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management
Time Synchronization in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Architectures of Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
QoS Provisioning in MAC and Routing for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Performance Evaluation and Modeling
Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems
New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems
Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols
Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing
Distributed Algorithms in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Pricing Modeling and Solutions
Pervasive and Wearable Computing
Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks
Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Resource Management Algorithms in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Real-world Measurements or Test beds
Cross-layer Design and Infrastructure
Energy Efficiency Considerations on the Design or Implementation of Ad Hoc and Sensor
Cognition in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Participatory sensing
Crowd sourcing
Underwater Sensor Networks
Underwater Sensor Networks consist of a variable number of sensors and vehicles that are deployed and networked to perform collaborative monitoring tasks over a given area. The underwater environment differs from the terrestrial radio environment both in terms of its energy costs and channel propagation phenomena, and requires more expensive sensors. Due to the economic concern and the complex underwater environment, an Underwater Sensor Networks should have consideration energy efficiency which is critical to an underwater life and normal operation.
Localization
Synchronization
Deployment analysis
Navigation, etc.
MAC protocols
Routing or Network protocols
Transport Protocol
Power Management
Coordinated energy harvesting systems and power systems for underwater networks and systems
Underwater network and system architectures
Energy-efficient algorithms, and protocol design for underwater networks
Modeling, simulation for underwater systems and platforms
Efficient underwater communications (including acoustic, optical, RF, and wired, etc.), with techniques from the physical layer to the application layer.
Cooperative underwater communications, including, PHY, MAC, routing, and data transfer, etc.
Communication & coordination for underwater vehicles and sensor nodes, or human operator interaction
Services for underwater systems
Mobile Computing and Vehicle Communications
Mobile computing is more ubiquitous today when smart phones and other consumer electronic devices become the primary access devices to the Internet. Mobile cloud computing further the integrations of personal computing, distributed computing, cloud computing, and wireless technologies. One of the challenging areas is the vehicle communications and the enabled applications. The continuously increasing interactions between communications, computing and sensing devices in vehicle systems have introduced many interesting yet difficult issues in diverse research areas including computing platform, connectivity, routing and broadcast, channel and link access, collaborations, capacity planning, scheduling, security and privacy preservation, and so on.
Novel applications, services, and mobile cloud computing supporting the mobile environments
Cloud-assisted vehicle communications
Mobile vehicular social networks
Architecture of mobile networks and host
Information systems and applications for intelligent transportation system
V2V or V2I protocols in vehicular networks and communications
Vehicle ad hoc networks and Vehicle sensor networks
Wireless channel and media access control protocols
Multi-channel organization and operation
Wireless access virtualization and resource management in mobile environments
Performance modeling and characterization in mobile environments
Mobility management, analysis and vehicle traffic analysis
Quality of service for mobile communication systems and interactive applications
Economics of vehicular communications and intelligent transportation system
System evaluation methodologies and testbed experiments and measurements
Security, scalability and reliability in mobile communication system
Data management and analysis in mobile environments
Inter-networking between mobile communications systems
Application and service in wireless sensor networks
Wireless Networks
The next generation of wireless networks is expected to encompass heterogeneous access technologies and an Internet backbone so as to provide bandwidth-intensive wireless services to both mobile and stationary users. The Wireless Networks Symposium at ICNC will focus on topics related to all aspects of wireless communications and networks spanning the PHY/MAC layer, Network layer, Transport layer, as well as cross-layer designs. The objective of this symposium is to serve as an international forum for experts from academia, industry and government to exchange ideas and results on research and development, and to promote and accelerate standardization and services of current and future wireless networks.
4G and beyond wireless networks
60 GHz mm-wave networks
Network capacity analysis
Cognitive radio networks
Cross- D2D communications
Energy efficient wireless networking
Femtocell/Picocell and small cell networks
Flow control and congestion control
Green wireless networking
Integration of heterogeneous wireless networks
Backhaul design for heterogeneous networks
Measurement studies in wireless networks
Medium access control
Mobile cloud computing
Mobility, handoff, and location management
Multimedia communications over wireless networks
Network architecture
Network planning
Optimization and theory for wireless networking
Personal/Home/Neighborhood area networks
QoS provisioning andResource allocation in wireless networks
Smart grid powered wireless networks
Traffic modeling and management
Testbed development and deployment
Ultra-wideband networks
Wireless ad-hoc and mesh networks
Wireless local area networks
Wireless personal area networks
Wireless networking standards
Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation
The Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation (NAPE) Symposium will focus on topics related to all aspects of network algorithms and evaluation techniques. Of special interest are papers reporting on novel, practical and theoretical solutions to routing, QoS, topology control, energy-aware design, security modeling and large-scale performance models.
Adaptive Routing
Admission and Congestion Controls
Cognitive Protocol Designs and Evaluations
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
Energy-Efficient Protocols
Localization and Mobility Management
Localized Algorithms for Data Routing
Localized Algorithms for Network Configuration
Network Coding
Network Performance and Protocol Optimization
Network Planning and QoS Provisioning
Network Security and Anomaly Detection
Network Survivability
Performance and Reliability Tradeoffs
Performance Modeling and Analysis Techniques
Performance Models for Voice, Video, Data, and P2P Applications
Performance Models of Cloud Based Services
Performance of Overlay Networks and Over the Top Services
Resource allocation and scheduling
Security Modeling and Measurements
Simulation Methods and Tools
Traffic and Performance Monitoring, Measurements and Forecasting
Wireless Sensor Network Algorithms
Green Computing, Networking, and Communications Symposium
Green computing has recently become a major research topic due to its various economical and environmental impacts. Recent studies have shown that the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by computers, communication systems, and other information and communication technologies (ICT) alone is almost equivalent to that of the entire aviation industry. Moreover, according to many studies, ICT and computing resources account for 2% to 10% of the world power consumption, due to the ever increasing diffusion of electronic devices.
To reduce these environmental problems and maintain a sustainable environment, novel paradigms, methods, techniques, tools, and systems are needed so as to develop green computing and communication technologies with high energy efficiency, low greenhouse gas emissions, and better re-use of resources and material.
Green computing models, simulations, designs, and paradigms
Energy-aware software-defined network management
Energy harvesting in HetNet deployments
Realization of Smart Grids by the application of ICT
Design and analysis of the smart power grid
Energy-aware computing and communications
Energy-efficient networking and computing infrastructures
Energy-efficient multimedia systems
Energy-efficient cloud computing
Energy-aware resource allocation and scheduling mechanisms
Green materials and devices designs
Usage of renewable energy for green ICT operation
Cross-layer optimization of green networking infrastructures
Life-cycle analysis of computing equipment
Ambient energy harvesting, storage, and recycling Climate and ecosystem monitoring
Energy-efficient data center and cloud technologies
Green high-performance computing and applications
Integration of Distributed Energy Resources and EVs utilizing ICT
Applications of energy efficient connected systems
POPULAR TOPICS
Energy efficient localization algorithm in underwater sensor networks
Energy efficient clustering algorithm in underwater sensor networks
Acoustic sensor networks in the internet of things applications
Underwater acoustic sensor networks with cost efficiency for internet of underwater things