Keynote
Smart Grids and Sensor Networks
Skip Ashton
Senior VP, Ember
Chair, ZigBee Architecture Review Committee
We have been hearing about the Internet of Things for many years now but we have not actually seen it. The explosive growth of wireless ad-hoc networks has been predicted for years. The use of mesh networking in the Smart Grid is the latest market to be going through the hype. Beyond the hype, millions of devices will be installed in 2010 with embedded mesh networking. In this talk we will explore Ember’s 10 year experience with the growth and expansion of this market, from proprietary to standard protocols, the roadblocks and successes of the technology and where we can expect these markets to grow in the future. We will also discuss the roles of researchers, developers and regulators in the growth of mesh networks.
Speaker's Biography
Skip is the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology and has been with Ember since 2003. Skip is responsible for management of the Ember chip design, hardware, software and quality assurance teams. Ember is the leading ZigBee chip and software company. Ember has developed a number of wireless networking stacks for use on embedded systems with low memory footprints. The widest deployed of these software stacks is the ZigBee PRO stack which is used in Home and Building Automation as well as in energy saving applications in the Smart Grid. Ember is now working with ZigBee and the IETF to develop an IP based stack for these platforms.
Prior to Ember, Skip held a variety of program management and engineering management rolls to focus on high quality product development. Skip has been involved with ZigBee since 2004 and is now the Chair of the ZigBee Architecture Review Committee as well as a Member of the ZigBee/HomePlug Steering Team. Skip is a member of the Smart Grid Architecture Committee with NIST on development of standards for the Smart Grid. Skip has been heavily involved in the development of the ZigBee PRO stack, ZigBee Home Automation profile and the ZigBee Smart Energy 1.0 and 2.0 profiles. Skip graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and spent 5 years in the US Navy Nuclear Program.
Technical Program (Detailed author affliations and paper abstracts)
Mobility
N-Body: Social Based Mobility Model for Wireless Ad Hoc Network Research
Chen Zhao (North Carolina State University, US);
Mihail Sichitiu (North Carolina State University, US)
Small World in Motion (SWIM): Modeling Communities in Ad-Hoc Mobile Networking
Sokol Kosta (Sapienza University of Rome, IT);
Alessandro Mei (Sapienza University of Rome, IT);
Julinda Stefa (Sapienza University of Rome, IT)
Media Access Control
Practical Multi-Channel MAC for Ad Hoc Networks
Long Le (NEC Laboratories Europe)
An Optimized Medium Access Control Protocol for Mobile Clusters in Wireless Sensor Networks
Majid Nabi (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL); Milos Blagojevic (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL); Marc Geilen (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL); Twan Basten (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL); Teun Hendriks (Embedded System Institute, NL)
Multiple Access Mechanisms with Performance Guarantees for Ad-Hoc Networks
Paola Bermolen (ENST, FR); Francois Baccelli (INRIA-ENS, FR)
Spectrum Agile Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Junaid Ansari; Tobias Ang; Petri Mähönen ( Aachen University, Department of Wireless Networks, Germany)
Interference Management and Physcial Layer Techniques
Opportunistic Interference Management Increases the Capacity of Ad Hoc Networks
Zheng Wang (University of California, Santa Cruz, US); Mingyue Ji (University of California, Santa Cruz, US); Hamid Sadjadpour (University of California, Santa Cruz, US); JJ Garcia-Luna-Aceves (University of California at Santa Cruz, US)
Adaptive Instantiation of the Protocol Interference Model in Mission-Critical Wireless Networks
Xin Che (Wayne State University, US); Xiaohui Liu (Wayne State University, US); Xi Ju (Wayne State University, US); Hongwei Zhang (Wayne State University, US)
Deconstructing Interference Relations in WiFi Networks
Anand Kashyap (Symantec, US); Utpal Paul (Stony Brook University, US); Samir R. Das (Stony Brook University, US)
SAND: Sectored-Antenna Neighbor Discovery Protocol for Wireless Networks
Emad Felemban (Umm Al Qura University, SA); Robert Murawski (Ohio State University, US); Eylem Ekici (The Ohio State University, US); Sangjoon Park (ETRI, KR); Kangwoo Lee (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI), KR); Juderk Park (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI), KR); Zeeshan Hameed Mir (Electronics \& Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), KR)
Dynamic Spectrum Systems
Leveraging Cognitive Radios for Effective Communications Over Water
Jian Tang (Montana State University, US); Li Zhang (Montana State University, US); Richard S. Wolff (Montana State University, US); Weiyi Zhang (North Dakota State University, US)
Managing TCP Connections in Dynamic Spectrum Access Based Wireless LANs
Ashwini Kumar (University of Michigan, US)
Exploiting Microscopic Spectrum Opportunities in Cognitive Radio Networks
Tao Shu (University of Arizona, US); Marwan Krunz (University of Arizona, US)
A Two-Tier Market for Decentralized Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks
Dan Xu (University of California, Davis, US); Xin Liu (UC Davis, US); Zhu Han (University of Houston, US)
Energy I
Power Control for Mobile Sensor Networks: An Experimental Approach
JeongGil Ko (Johns Hopkins University, US); Andreas Terzis (Johns Hopkins University, US)
Cloudy Computing: Leveraging Weather Forecasts in Energy Harvesting Sensor Systems
Navin Sharma (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); Jeremy J Gummeson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); David Irwin (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US); Prashant Shenoy (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US)
Fair Energy-Efficient Network Design for Multihop Communications
Xin Wang (Florida Atlantic University, US)
Energy II
Throughput and Energy Efficiency in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Gaussian Channels
Hanan Shpungin (University of Calgary, CA); Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary, CA)
Stochastic Analysis of Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor Networks
Yunbo Wang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US); Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US); Steve Goddard (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US)
Energy-Efficient Transmission for Beamforming in Wireless Sensor Networks
Jing Feng (Purdue University, US); Che-Wei Chang (Purdue University, US); Serkan Sayilir (Purdue University, US); Yung-Hsiang Lu (Purdue University, US); Byunghoo Jung (Purdue University, US); Dimitrios Peroulis (Purdue University, US); Y. Charlie Hu (Purdue University, US)
Supporting Applications I
Minimum Cost Localization Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks
Minsu Huang (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US); Siyuan Chen (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US); Yu Wang (Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte, US)
Ecoexec: An Interactive Execution Framework for Ultra Compact Wireless Sensor Nodes
Chih Hsiang Hsueh (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Yi-Hsuan Tu (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Yen-Chiu Li (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Pai H. Chou (University of California, Irivne, US)
LTP: An Efficient Web Service Transport Protocol for Resource Constrained Devices
Nils Glombitza (University of Luebeck, DE); Dennis Pfisterer (University of Luebeck, DE); Stefan Fischer (University of Luebeck, DE)
A Dynamic Stream Merging Technique for Video-on-Demand Services Over Wireless Mesh Access Networks
Kien Hua (University of Central Florida, US); Fei Xie (University of Central Florida, US)
Supporting Applications II
C-DMRC: Compressive Distortion Minimizing Rate Control for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
Scott M Pudlewski (State University of New York at Buffalo, US); Tommaso Melodia (State University of New York at Buffalo, US); Arvind Prasanna (State University of New York at Buffalo, US)
Practical Sensing for Sprint Parameter Monitoring
L. Cheng (Computer Science, University College London), G. Kuntze (Cardiff School of Sport, University of Wales Institute), H. Tan (Royal Veterinary College, Structure and Motion Lab), D. Nguyen (Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education, University College London), K. Roskilly (Royal Veterinary College, Structure and Motion Lab), J. Lowe (Royal Veterinary College, Structure and Motion Lab), I. N. Bezodis (Cardiff School of Sport, University of Wales Institute), T. Austin (Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education, University College London), S. Hailes (Computer Science, University College London), D. G. Kerwin (Cardiff School of Sport, University of Wales Institute), A. Wilson (Royal Veterinary College, Structure and Motion Lab), D. Kalra (Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education, University College London)
Optimizing Link Assignment to Enhance Service in Probabilistic Network
Fredrick John Berchmans (Purdue University, US); Wing-Kai Hon (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Abner Chih Yi Huang (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Chih-Shan Liu (National Tsing Hua University, TW); Eric Lo (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK); David K. Y. K. Y. Yau (Purdue University, US)
ANNOT: Automated Energy Data Annotation Using Wireless Sensor Networks
Anthony Schoofs (University College Dublin, IE); Antonio Guerrieri (Universita di Calabria, IT); Gregory O'Hare (University College Dublin, IE); Antonio G. Ruzzelli (University College Dublin, IE)
Applications
RFID Trees: A Distributed RFID Tag Storage Infrastructure for Forest Search and Rescue
Victor K.Y. Wu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US)
IPoint: A Platform-Independent Passive Information Kiosk for Cell Phones
Hooman Javaheri (Northeastern University, US); Guevara Noubir (Northeastern University, US)
A Robust Push-to-Talk Service for Wireless Mesh Networks
Yair Amir (Johns Hopkins University, US); Raluca Musaloiu-E. (Johns Hopkins University, US); Nilo Rivera (Johns Hopkins University, US)
Real-Time Appliance Recognition And Profiling Through A Single Energy Monitoring Sensor
Antonio G. Ruzzelli (University College Dublin, IE); Gregory O'Hare (University College Dublin, IE); Anthony Schoofs (University College Dublin, IE); Clement Nicolas (University of Rennes, FR)
Scheduling
Coexistence-Aware Scheduling for Wireless System-on-a-Chip Devices
Lei Yang (Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara), Vinod Kone (Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara), Xue Yang (Intel Labs), York Liu (Intel Labs), Ben Y. Zhao (Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara) and Haitao Zheng (Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Transmission Scheduling for Routing Paths in Cognitive Radio Mesh Networks
Brendan Mumey (Montana State University, US); Xia Zhao (Montana State University, US); Jian Tang (Montana State University, US); Richard S. Wolff (Montana State University, US)
Scheduling for Scalable Energy-Efficient Localization in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Jeremy Gribben (University of Ottawa, CA); Azzedine Boukerche (Univ. of Ottawa, CA); Richard W. Pazzi (University of Ottawa, CA
On the Uplink Capacity of Hybrid Cellular Ad Hoc Networks
Serdar Vural (University of Surrey, UK); Lap Kong Law (University of California, Riverside, US); Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy (University of California, Riverside, US); Michalis V. Faloutsos (University of California Riverside, US)
Deployment I
Two-Tiered Constrained Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks: Efficient Approximations
Dejun Yang (Arizona State University, US); Satyajayant Misra (New Mexico State University, US); Xi Fang (Arizona State University, US); Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, US); Junshan Zhang (Arizona State University, US)
Placement and Orientation of Rotating Directional Sensors
Giordano Fusco (Stony Brook University, US); Himanshu Gupta (SUNY, Stony Brook, US)
Utility-Based Gateway Deployment for Supporting Multi-Domain DTNs
Ting He (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, US); Nikoletta Sofra (Imperial College London, US); Kang-Won Lee (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, US); Kin K. K. Leung (Imperial College, UK)
Optimized Operation for Infrastructure-Supported Wireless Sensor Networks
Eun-Sook Sung (Samsung Electronics, KR); Miodrag Potkonjak (University of California at Los Angeles, US)
Deployment II
Divide and Conquer: Localizing Coverage Holes in Sensor Networks
Harish K Chintakunta (North Carolina State University, US); Hamid Krim (North Carolina State University, US)
Relay Placement for Reliable Base Station Connectivity in Polymorphous Networks
Ying Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US); Yan Gao (University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign, US); Klara Nahrstedt (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US)
Connected Barrier Coverage on A Narrow Band: Analysis and Deployment
Yen-Ting Lin (University of Wisconsin Madison, US); Kewal K Saluja (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US); Parmesh Ramanathan (University of Wisconsin at Madison, US)
Back-Tracking Based Sensor Deployment by a Robot Team
Greg Fletcher (University of Ottawa, CA); Xu Li (University of Ottawa, CA); Amiya Nayak (SITE, University of Ottawa, CA); Ivan Stojmenovic (University of Ottawa, CA)
Dissemination
Rapid Convergecast on Commodity Hardware: Performance Limits and Optimal Policies
Haibo Zhang (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, SE); Fredrik Osterlind (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SE); Pablo Soldati (Royal Institute of Technology, SE); Thiemo Voigt (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SE); Mikael Johansson (Royal Institute of Technology, SE)
Disruption-Tolerant Spatial Dissemination
Bo Xing (University of California, Irvine, US); Sharad Mehrotra (University of California, Irvine, US); Nalini Venkatasubramanian (University of California, Irvine, US)
Secondis: An Adaptive Dissemination Protocol for Synchronizing Wireless Sensor Networks
Federico Ferrari (ETH Zurich, CH); Andreas Meier (ETH Zurich, CH); Lothar Thiele (ETH Zurich, CH)
Data Gathering and Aggregation
A Scalable Scheme for Preventing Feedback Implosion in a Large-Scale Multi-Tier Sensor Network
Reuven Cohen (Technion, IL); Alex Landau (IBM Research, IL)
RDAS: Reputation-Based Resilient Data Aggregation in Sensor Network
Carlos Perez-Toro (USPTO, US); Rajesh Krishna Panta (Purdue University, US); Saurabh Bagchi (Purdue University, US)
Data Aggregation in Body Sensor Networks: A Power Optimization Technique for Collaborative Signal Processing
Hassan Ghasemzadeh (University of Texas at Dallas, US); Roozbeh Jafari (University of Texas at Dallas, US)
Cross-Layer Optimization of Correlated Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks
Shibo He (Zhejiang University, CN); Jiming Chen (Zhejiang University, CN); David K. Y. K. Y. Yau (Purdue University, US); Youxian Sun (Zhejiang University, CN)
Routing I
Using BGP in a Satellite-Based Challenged Network Environment
Roman Chertov (University of California, Santa Barbara, US); Kevin C Almeroth (University of California, Santa Barbara, US)
Connectivity-Driven Routing for Cognitive Radio Ad-Hoc Networks
Anna Abbagnale (University of Rome, IT); Francesca Cuomo (University of Rome La Sapienza, IT)
Multi-Constrained Anypath Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks
Xi Fang (Arizona State University, US); Dejun Yang (Arizona State University, US); Pritam Gundecha (Arizona State University, US); Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, US)
Distributed Routing, Relay Selection, and Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive and Cooperative Ad Hoc Networks
Lei Ding (State University of New York at Buffalo, US); Tommaso Melodia (State University of New York at Buffalo, US)Stella N. Batalama
(State University of New York at Buffalo, US); John D. Matyjas (Air Force
Research Laboratory, US)
Routing II
Connectivity in Wireless Underground Sensor Networks
Zhi Sun (Georgia Institute of Technology, US); Ian F. Akyildiz (Georgia Institute of Technology, US)
Exploiting Heterogeneity in Mobile Opportunistic Networks: An Analytic Approach
Chul-Ho Lee (North Carolina State University, US); Do Young Eun (North Carolina State University, US)
Trajectory Aware Communication Solution for Underwater Gliders Using Whoi Micromodems
Baozhi Chen (Rutgers University, US); Patrick Hickey (Rutgers University, US); Dario Pompili (Rutgers University, US)
Cost-Efficiency of Anycast-Based Forwarding in Duty-Cycled WSNs with Lossy Channel
Yuyan Xue (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US); Mehmet Can Vuran (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US); Byrav Ramamurthy (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US)
Management
Fair Payments for Outsourced Computations in Mesh Networks
Bogdan Carbunar (ARTC, Motorola, US); Mahesh Tripunitara (University of Waterloo, CA)
QoI-Aware Wireless Sensor Network Management for Dynamic Multi-Task Operations
Chi Harold Liu (Imperial College, UK); Chatschik Bisdikian (IBM T. J. Watson Research, US); Joel W. W. Branch (IBM T. J. Watson Research, US); Kin K. K. Leung (Imperial College, UK)
Traffic Inference in Anonymous MANETs
Yunzhong Liu (New Jersey Institute of Technology, US); Rui Zhang (New Jersey Institute of Technology, US); Jing Shi (New Jersey Institute of Technology, US); Yanchao Zhang (New Jersey Institute of Technology, US)
Bluetooth Coexistence with 4G Broadband Wireless Networks
Xue Yang (Intel Corporation, US); York Liu (Intel Corporation, US); Xingang Guo (Intel Corp., US)
