Research areas being addressed
Current active research projects
- Adhoc networking Protocol benchmarks
- A new method to benchmark wireless routing using a grid based testbed
- a new gateway location protocol for community mesh networks
- Adhoc networking QOS Protocol benchmarks
- Service discovery over mesh networks
- Increasing capacity in mesh networks using MIMOs
- Business models for community owned network
Available research projects
- IP auto configuration in mesh networks using IPv6
- Low cost smart antennas for mesh networks
- Protocol development for WiMax mesh networks
- Bandwidth management rules for scarce internet
New projects added October 2006
- Capacity analysis of ad-hoc networks
- Finding the optimum CDS "connected dominating sets" for ad-hoc networks
- Clustering optimization for ad-hoc networks e.g. Pulsar, clusterhead, hierchical
- Broadcast minimizing strategies in ad-hoc networks, eg. MPR, fisheye
- Topology based dynamic power control for ad-hoc networks
- Social networking based on ad-hoc networks e.g. incitement strategies
Team
- David Johnson - Research Leader (Protocol benchmarking, Gateway location protocol)
- Dare Sokoya - PhD (MIMO systems)
- Kanono Ramashamole - PhD (Topic still being developed)
- Eddie Mamahlodi - Masters (Auto IP configuration in mesh networks)
- Pragasen Mudali - Masters (Service discovery for mesh networks)
- Tope Kareem - PhD (Wimax Mesh networks)
- Clement Nyirenda - PhD (Computational intelligence in mesh networks)
- Mncedisi Bembe - Masters (Ropic still being developed)