The Toilers
The Toilers have invented, implemented, and compared several diverse ad hoc network protocols (both mobile ad hoc network protocols and wireless sensor ad hoc network protocols).
Ad hoc networks are defined by a lack of a fixed infrastructure, multi-hop communication, unreliable wireless links, and decisions made based on local knowledge. Overcoming these challenges presents several open research questions, such as energy-efficient routing, in-network processing, adaptive behavior, and security. Applications of ad hoc networks are diverse, and include environmental monitoring, structural monitoring, search and rescue, and tracking.
Simulation code developed by the Toilers have been shared with more than 500 researchers at more than 300 research labs/universities in 43 countries (as of April 2006). The Toilers currently consist of five faculty members, 12 graduate students, and five undergraduate students.
An ad hoc networks research group
Supported by NSF
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This work is supported in part by NSF Grants ANI-9996156,
ANI-0073699, ANI-0208352,
and ANI-0240558.
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