Wireless mesh networks and their advantages and applications are the subject of the next Engineering Science lecture by Prasant Mohapatra of the University of California, Davis on Thursday, April 19 from 4:30- 5:15 p.m. in Salazar 2009A. The event is part of the Engineering Science lecture series.
Wireless mesh networks are becoming popular alternatives to wireless local area networks and for cost-effective use in varied application environments. There are several technical challenges that must be addressed for mesh networking to be as effective as any other form of broadband networking.
Much of these challenges relate to multi-hop wireless communication and limited capacity.
Mohapatra will facilitate further discussions on these challenges with application prospective as the primary goal. In this talk, he will overview the ongoing deployment of the Quail Ridge Wireless Mesh Network (QuRiNet); a wide-area network encompassing 2000 acres of wild life reserve.
A live demonstration of the use of a hybrid of sensors and multi-hop wireless networking for environmental application will be presented
Mohapatra is currently a Professor inthe Department of Computer Science at theUniversity of California, Davis. His research has been funded though grants from the National Science Foundation, Intel Corporation, Siemens, Panasonic Technologies, Hewlett Packard, and EMC Corporation.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Agilent Technologies Foundation under the SSU-Agilent Partnership Program.
For more information, contact Jagan Agrawal,Director of the Engineering Sciences Program, at (707) 664-4438.
