[CPCC] TALK: August 19 11 AM [CORRECTED DATE]

[Ender Ayanoglu]

			        TALK

Geographic Random Forwarding (GeRaF) for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

				 by
			    Michele Zorzi
			University of Ferrara


		       August 19, 2003 Tuesday
			       11 AM
			Engineering Tower 311



			      ABSTRACT

In this talk, we describe a novel forwarding technique based on
geographical location of the nodes involved and random selection of
the relaying node via contention among receivers. We first provide a
description of the basic idea and study the multihop performance of
the scheme. We then provide a detailed description of a MAC scheme
based on these concepts and on collision avoidance, and report on its
energy and latency performance. Using analysis and simulation, we show
that the proposed technique is able to achieve significantly better
performance than current schemes in some useful scenarios.


 			  SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY

Michele Zorzi is a Professor of Telecommunications at the School of
Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy. After obtaining his
Ph.D. at the University of Padua, he was an Assistant Professor at
Politecnico di Milano and a Research Scientist at UC San Diego.  His
research interests are focused on wireless communications and
networking. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Wireless
Communications Magazine, and is on the Editorial Board of many
journals.


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