Thermodynamics of Large-Scale Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Abstract

In recent years, large wireless networks have become the architecture of choice in many emerging scenarios, such as mesh networks for providing infrastructure in metro areas, communication infrastructure under extreme conditions in military applications, cost-effective sensor networks for monitoring and surveillance, peer-to-peer networks between handheld devices in a social setup, among others. A fundamental issue is to determine the best performance that can be achieved in such networks. This is the theme of the project. In particular, we have investigated in depth: capacity, synchronization, in-network computation, distributed medium access and the role of feedback. Towards the latter part of this project, we have applied the lessons we learnt about wireless networks to other types of networks such as power networks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2014
Accession Number
ADA601231

Entities

People

  • David Tse
  • Devavrat Shah
  • Piyush Gupta

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Channel State Information
  • Communication Networks
  • Computations
  • Data Centers
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Feedback
  • Heterogeneous Networks
  • Markov Chains
  • Mesh Networks
  • Military Applications
  • Networks
  • Numbers
  • Sensor Networks
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.