Simulating Urban Mesh Networks

Stephan Bohacek

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware


Résumé:

Many cities throughout the world have deployed or are planning to deploy mesh networks. While these networks are poised to be the next major extension of the Internet, the academic community has relatively little understanding of the performance of these networks. One reason for this lack of understanding is that there are few methods available to simulate large-scale urban mesh networks. Specifically, the mobility and propagation models that are popular in the research community (e.g., random way-point mobility and free-space propagation) are not suited for urban mesh networks. This talk presents the UDelModels, a suite of tools for simulating urban mesh networks. Two major components of the tools are the mobility simulator and propagation simulator. The mobility simulator is based on a large number of surveys of civilian mobility including data from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics and Department of Transportation. The propagation model is based on ray-tracing. This talk will discuss several aspects of simulating urban networks, the suite of tools, and the performance of urban mesh networks. Bio of the speaker: Stephan Bohacek is an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Delaware. He received his BSc from UC Berkeley and MS and PhD from USC.


Stephan Bohacek
Assistant Professor, University of Delaware