US-T-H
Seamless Soft Handoff Protocols and QoS Support in MANETS
Zhang, Zhensheng ORGANIZER: Zhang, Zhensheng
In a mobile wireless ad-hoc network, in support of the Future Force, frequent node movement combined with volatile RF environment often results in fluctuation in link quality and hence frequent network topology change. This can severely hamper reliable data transmission. This session will cover the latest mechanisms in increasing system survivability and algorithms for seamless handoff protocols in MANETs, transport layer multi-homing techniques and admission control algorithms to support QoS in secure wireless networks. This session also covers adaptive channel scanning, business continuity planning in case of disasters and systems for calibrating and validating military ad-hoc network models.
Zhensheng Zhang received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering UCLA. He is currently a principal scientist in the networking research division of San Diego Research Center. Before joining SDRC, he worked for Sorrento Networks as a principal engineer for high speed network design. Prior to that, he worked for Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies and worked for Columbia University at the center for telecommunication research. His research interests include the areas of wireless networking, mobile ad hoc networks with directional antennas, MAC and routing protocols design. He has over 100 publications and holds several patents in these fields. He is also actively involved with technology conference organization, served as editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and served as general chair of Broadnet 2004 Wireless Network Symposium.