WNCG Faculty Report: DARPA IMANET Workshop

Dr. Andrews is leading a multi-university team of young investigators including WNCG Profs. Heath and Shakkottai on a program that could revolutionize our understanding of the limits and capabilities of mobile ad hoc (mesh) networks. A DARPA ITMANET (Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks) workshop on March 7 attracted many of the nation's leading researchers in the fields of information theory and wireless networking, who presented about twenty short lectures on their vision for research in the next 5-10 years. Their presenation is available online here.

Dr. Sriram Vishwanath also attended, and is participating on a star-studded senior team of leading information theorists whose vision was presented by Dr. Sergio Verdu of Princeton. This presentation is available online here.

The mission of the ITMANET program is to develop and exploit more powerful information theory concerning mobile wireless networks. The hypothesis of this program is that a specific challenge problem --- better understanding of MANET capacity limits --- will lead to actionable implications for network design and deployment. The anticipated byproducts of a more evolved theory include new separation theorems to inform wireless network "layering" as well as new protocol ideas. Click here for more information on the ITMANET program.