Ns-2.33 (and nam) on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
NS-2.33 and HWMP rev 183 on Intrepid Ibex 8.10
February 16th, 2009 by Jason Ernst
This post is some quick instructions on how to install ns-2.33 and the hybrid wireless mesh protocol (hwmp) on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. More detail will be added later, just for quick reference right now.
Posted in Linux, Simulation, Wireless Networks by Jason Ernst
Tags: HWMP, Ibex, Intrepid, Mesh, Networks, NS-2.33, Ubuntu, Wireless
Guest Article: 5 Blogs and Sites for All Things Wireless
October 14th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
I recently received a request for a guest contribution to the blog from Kelly Kilpatrick so I thought it would be a nice change to have some content from someone other than me. The article is a compilation of some good sites for the latest on wireless technology and news.
Posted in Wireless Networks by Jason Ernst
10 Applications of Wireless Networks
June 26th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
Wireless Networks have become very popular in recent years and research in the area is very active. It is one of my main research interests while studying for my M.Sc. in Applied Computing at the University of Guelph so I thought I would write a bit about what I think are some of the most useful or interesting applications of wireless networking both now and in the future.
Posted in Computer Science, Miscellaneous, Wireless Networks by Jason Ernst
Tags: Applications, Networks, Wireless
Fair Scheduling & Load Balancing in WMN
May 28th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
My research is becoming more focused as of late towards the area of fair scheduling and load balancing in Wireless Mesh Networks. Earlier this week I gave a talk in our wireless research group at Guelph on WMN: Fair Scheduling and Load Balancing which I will make available at the bottom of the post.
The presentation gave a background on why load balancing and scheduling are important in WMNs. Additionally a survey on the current problems that I find interesting in the area was presented. In case you don’t want to get the presentation / you don’t have MS Office here are the main points from the presentation:
Posted in Computer Science, Research, Wireless Networks by Jason Ernst
Tags: Balancing, Fair, Load, Mesh, Networks, Scheduling, Wireless
Customized Reconfigureable Interconnection Network (CRIN) Paper
March 8th, 2008 by Jason Ernst
Recently, I have begun working on a new research project dealing with some graph theory with Dr. Hongbing Fan at Wilfrid Laurier University. As the title suggests the problem works with customized reconfigurable interconnection networks (CRINs). Dr. Fan has proposed an algorithm which attempts to minimize the connections within a network based on a set of routing requirements.
An example Interconnection Graph Problem, Click to Enlarge
Since December of 2007 I have been working at implementing, testing and experimenting the algorithm as well as providing feedback and new ideas for improvements. The paper is almost ready to be submitted for publication this so hopefully I will be able to provide a link to it in the future.
In relation with my thesis, I am planning on making use of the CRIN algorithm to attempt to optimize wireless network protocols. There still needs to be some experimentation and research to determine if in fact the algorithm can be used in this way however I feel optimistic that this is the case.
There is also the potential that the source code for the CRIN implementation may be made open source and released for use by anyone. If this is the case it will be uploaded to this site in the future.
Posted in Computer Science, Research, Simulation by Jason Ernst
Tags: CRIN, Customized, Ernst, Fan, Hongbing, Interconnection, Jason, Networks, Paper, Progress, Reconfigurable, Simulation
