IEEE Gainesville Section presents:

Cross-Layering In Wireless Networks

Dr. Anthony Ephremides,Cynthia Kim Eminent Professor of 
Information Technology, Department of Electrical and 
Computer Engineering, University of Maryland

Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 
2:00 pm 
234 Larsen Hall (Center Drive, University of Florida)

Co-sponsored by the Computer Engineering Division of ECE
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College 
of Engineering

Abstract: 

It has become clear that there are strong interdependencies 
between the network functionalities of the protocols that 
reside at different layers in the traditional network stack
 architecture. Exploiting these interdependencies leads 
demonstrably to improved performance. This is especially 
true in wireless networks. In this talk we display examples 
of how these interrelationships can be utilized for crosslayer 
design. The examples range from sensor network applications 
to ad hoc network media access control and cover diverse layers 
from under the physical layer (i.e. the hardware level) to the 
application layer. The most notable innovation in our examples 
is the focus on how the physical layer can be exploited. Our 
investigations and design considerations point to important 
conclusions for the direction future research should follow 
in this field.


Biography:

Anthony Ephremides received his B.S. degree from the National 
Technical University of Athens in 1967, and his M.S. and Ph.D. 
degrees from Princeton University, all in electrical engineering. 
He has been at the University of Maryland since 1971, and 
currently holds a joint appointment as a professor in the 
Electrical Engineering Department and the Institute of Systems 
Research. He is co-founder of the NASA Center for Commercial 
Development of Space on Hybrid and Satellite Communications 
Networks established in 1991 at Maryland as an off-shoot of the 
ISR. He has been the President of the Information Theory Society 
of the IEEE (1987), and served on the Board of the IEEE (1989 and 1990).

Ephremides' interests are in the areas of communication theory, 
communication systems and networks, queueing systems, signal 
processing, and satellite communications.


If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Oliver Wu at 
(352) 392-4954 or wu@ece.ufl.edu.