Tietoliikenneohjelmistojen ja multimedian laboratorio

T-110.557 Research seminar on telecommunications software (3 cr)

Tietoliikenneohjelmistojen tutkimusseminaari (3 ov) L, V

News

The autumn 2002 version of this course is now finished, and the grades of the students who passed the course should now be in Oodi. Most of the papers presented at the seminar event have been published, and can be found from here.

Despite some contradicting information, this course will not be held during the 2003 spring semester.

Seminar topic fall 2002

The research seminar on telecommunications software will this year focus on the latest developments in ad hoc mobile wireless networks. The seminar will cover radio technologies, ad hoc routing protocols, service discovery mechanisms, overall ad hoc networking architecture issues, and application interworking.

Requirements and participation

The seminar is targeted for post-graduate students and advanced under-graduate students. Priority is given to post-graduate students and students who are planning for post-graduate studies in Telecommunications Software and Multimedia. The number of participants is limited to 16 students. Seminar papers will be collected into a seminar proceeding. Seminar language is English and all papers are prepared in English.

Structure of the seminar

This seminar does not include lectures. The seminar will be carried out in four phases:

  • Preparing a research paper on the selected topic.
  • Acting as a peer-reviewer for another student during the writing process.
  • Presenting the research paper in the one-day intensive seminar.
  • Acting as an opponent for another student in the seminar.

For each student there will be one senior tutor assigned to help setting the targets for the paper and to help in preparing the paper. Also, for each student there will be one other student assigned as a peer-reviewer for the paper.

Schedule (final plan)

  • 17.9.2002 at 18:00-19:00 Introduction to the seminar (TIK T3)
  • 17.9.2002 at 19:00 Signing for the seminar topics starts after the introduction. Please, do not send any queries or topic reservations before that. Signing for the seminar to be sent to Tero Hasu. When signing up, you need to supply:
    • Your name.
    • Your student number.
    • The year you graduated with a Master's degree (if you are a postgraduate student).
    • A research plan. This is essentially a short description of why you should to be on the course. If you are studying, mention what, where and towards what degree. Perhaps you are or will be doing research on a related topic, or some project at work is related to ad hoc networks. Maybe you are just otherwise interested in the topic that you are proposing to do, and will probably want to explain why.
    • A topic abstract. Give a short description of the topic you would like to cover in the seminar, along the lines of what you would perhaps write into the abstract of the seminar paper itself. (What is the subject matter you would be discussing, from what angle would you be looking at it, what would be the scope of your paper, what problems would your paper be addressing, that kind of thing.) Topics that are essentially just literature reviews are fine, but probably not a good idea if you are aiming to submit your paper into a conference.
    • Two alternative topic choices, in order of preference. These are in case there are many others who have the same preferred topic area as you.
  • 23.9.2002 at 12:00 Deadline for signing up to the seminar topics.
  • 27.9.2002 Confirmation to accepted seminar participants
  • 31.10 2002 at 16:00 Preparation of an outline for the seminar paper
    • Table of contents
    • Outline of the paper
    • Source material list
  • 25.11.2002 at 12:00
    Deadline for submitting the final paper. The seminar proceedings will be printed on this material, and this is also the version that will be sent to the opponent shortly after the submission. Note that there's not much time between this deadline and the seminar itself, so this is a strict deadline. If you want your paper in the seminar proceedings, send it in by this time, in the required format. See below for submission instructions.
  • 28.11.2002 9:00-18:00 One-day intensive seminar in Sjökulla
  • 5.12.2002 Final comments for the papers and presentations from opponents.

Instructions for submitting the final paper

Please prepare the final version in LaTeX format. Use this template, or at least try and ensure that your paper looks the same as if it had been prepared using the template. Submit the final paper to your tutor and to Tero Hasu. Send both a PostScript version (so that your paper is ready for sending to a printer) and the LaTeX source code (in case any editing is required prior to inclusion in the proceedings); make sure to include all the source code, including any BibTeX and picture files.

Keywords

A note regarding keywords in the LaTeX template, quoting Teemupekka Virtanen:

You should add keyword which describe your article in the end of abstract. In the template there was an empty placeholder for those but not a actual text. You can add them using the following template: 

------------------------------
The abstract text ends here.

\vspace{5mm}
KEYWORDS: first, two, thee

\end{abstract}
-------------------------------

Note that the keywords should be placed within the abstract and not after that as said in the template.

Seminar schedule

The schedule of the seminar is below. Those giving a presentation, do note that although you have a half hour slot, your presentation should only be about 20-25 minutes, so that some time is left for questions.

Seminar schedule
Thursday, November 28th 2002
8.00 Departure from the Computer Science building, Otaniemi
8.40-9.00 Arrival, coffee and tea
9.00-9.15 Opening of the seminar

Session I

9.15-9.45 Zahed Iqbal
Wireless LAN Technology: Current State and Future Trends 		Opponent: Burlacu Mihai
9.45-10.15 Burlacu Mihai
Ultra Wide Band Technologies 		Opponent: Zahed Iqbal
10.15-10.45 Jose Costa-Requena
Ad-Hoc routing taxonomy and Resource Discovery 		Opponent: Jukka Ylitalo
10.45-11.00 Coffee break

Session II

11.00-11.30 Jukka Ylitalo
On-demand Multi-path HIP NAT (OMHN) Routing 		Opponent: Xiaoben He
11.30-12.00 Xiaoben He
Delay-Tolerant Routing in Ad Hoc Networks 		Opponent: Jose Costa-Requena
12.00-12.30 Mauri Kangas
Authentication and Authorization in Universal Plug and Play Home Networks 		Opponent: Tero Hasu
12.30-13.30 Lunch

Session III

13.30-14.00 Tero Hasu
Implementing Jini Servers without Object Serialization Support 		Opponent: Razvan Matei
14.00-14.30 Razvan Matei
JAIN SIP Approach in Ad-Hoc Networks Mobility Management		 Opponent: Mauri Kangas
14.30-14.45 Coffee break

Session IV

14.45-15.15 Pradip Lamsal
Requirements for Modeling Trust in Ubiquitous Computing and Ad Hoc Networks 		Opponent: Zheng Yan
15.15-15.45 Zheng Yan
Trust Evaluation Based Security Solution in Ad Hoc Networks 		Opponent: Pradip Lamsal
15.45- Concluding remarks? Departure? Networking? Sauna? TBD.

Seminar paper topics (detailed topics to be agreed with the tutors)

Radio technologies - current state and future evolution

  • Bluetooth
  • Wireless LAN - 802.11 family
  • Wireless PAN - 802.15
  • Ultra Wide Band radio technologies

Ad hoc routing protocols for mobile wireless networks

  • Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV)
  • Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR)
  • Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR)
  • Topology Broadcast based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF)

Service discovery mechanisms for ad hoc networks

  • Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
  • Service Location Protocol (SLP)
  • Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol (BT SDP)
  • Sun Jini technology

Application interworking and session layer

  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in ad hoc networks
  • End-to-end session management in intermittent best effort networks
  • Peer-to-peer applications and services in ad hoc networks

Security in ad hoc networks (new)

A tutor has been arranged for security-related topics as well. Propose a more detailed topic.

If you would like to focus on radio technology security, please ask whether that is okay before sending in your abstract.

Course staff

Responsible professor: Antti Ylä-Jääski

Administrative assistant: Tero Hasu

Tutors: Ursula Holmström, Antti Ylä-Jääski, Pekka Nikander, Teemupekka Virtanen, Henryka Jormakka (VTT), Timo Kyntäjä (VTT), Kirsi Valtari (Radiolinja), Janne Jalkanen (Nokia), Jussipekka Leiwo (Setec)

Course material

The seminar is not based on one single book but rather using broader literature search for preparing the papers and presentations. Find below a selected list of material related to the seminar topics on ad hoc mobile wireless networks.

Scientific English Writing Course

There is a scientific English writing course being organized at HUT, with lectures on the following dates: 

  Group A, lecture 1 of 2: Fri 20th September 16.00-17.30
  Group A, lecture 2 of 2: Tue 1st October 18.00-19.30
 
  Group B, lecture 1 of 2: Mon 23rd September 18.00-19.30
  Group B, lecture 2 of 2: Fri 4th October 16.00-17.30

There will be homework given in class, to be done between the two lectures. It is estimated that it will take about 5-6 h (lectures + homework, in total) of work per student to attend.

Participation in the writing course is not compulsory to those wishing to attend the seminar, and will not gain the participants any extra credits.

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