Mobile Computing
- Instructor
- Dr. Christine Julien
- Semester
- Fall 2006
While I might not be entirely impartial (by advisor is the instructor), I think this is a great class. The format is just like most graduate classes where the majority of the material is taken from current research papers. About half of the papers are presented by students which is usually a good thing. The course also includes a project of your own choosing in the mobile computing field.
[edit] Project: Contention and Reception Effects Measured in Sensor Networks
Basically: We know that when nodes get far apart, throughput suffers due to lack of radio range. We also know that if nodes are close together, throughput suffers as a result of contention for the wireless medium. This means that somewhere in the middle is a ‘happy place’ where the two effects are at their weakest.
Based on some previous works, I will make a hypothesis on where this point is, and then measure the effect with Mica2 motes.
While I work on this project, I will maintain some notes on the TinyOS, NesC, and Mica2 Lessons Learned page.
