1. Project Topics ECE 591

2. Project 1: Localization through Wi-Fi and Wireless Camera WIFI localization: Wireless Camera: Goal: Understand RF based localization techniques, and how to enhance localization through wireless video streaming and processing

3. Project 2: Power-efficient MAC layer protocol for Wireless Cooperative Relay Networks;  Wireless Cooperative  Conventional research mainly focused on relatively simple cooperative relay topologies or on the cooperation schemes under the existing infrastructure network  Achieving cooperative diversity and multiplexing gain across multiple coexisting multi-hop cooperation links at Physical Layer  Mobile users serve as both service providers and consumers,  The cooperation provided by mobile users does not have to rely heavily on the infrastructure networks  distributed medium access control and routing protocol  Network simulation  Goal: NS2 or Qualnet

4. Project 3: Cross-layer Design and Optimization with QoS Provisioning for Cooperative Wireless Networking  The user cooperations at different protocol layers have diverse features and challenges, which motivate cross- layer design to develop optimized cooperation schemes. Reference: Dalei Wu, Song Ci, Haiyan Luo, and Hai-Feng Guo, "A Theoretical Framework for Interaction Measure and Sensitivity Analysis in Cross-Layer Design," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, in press, January, 2011.A Theoretical Framework for Interaction Measure and Sensitivity Analysis in Cross-Layer Design http://www.ceen.unl.edu/students/dalei_wu/ACM.pdf  Network Simulation  Goal: NS2 or Matlab

5. Project 4: Rate Adaptation in IEEE 802.11

6. Project 5: Data Security and Privacy in Wireless Body Area Networks  http://www.ieee.org/documents/Yu_Final_Published_Paper_March2009.pdf  M. Li, W. Lou and K. Ren, "Data security and privacy in wireless body area networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine special issue on Wireless Technologies for E-healthcare, vol. 17, no. 1, February 2010  M. Li, S. Yu, W. Lou, and K. Ren, "Group device pairing based secure sensor association and key management for body area networks," IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA, March 2010

7. Project 6: Security in Cloud Computing  S. Yu, C. Wang, K. Ren, and W. Lou, "'Achieving secure, scalable, and fine-grained data access control in cloud computing," IEEE INFOCOM 2010, San Diego, CA, March 2010

8. Project 7: Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications  Dalei Wu, Song Ci, and Haohong Wang, "Cross-layer optimization for video summary transmission over wireless networks," IEEE Journal of Selected Areas of Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on ross-Layer Optimized Wireless Multimedia Communications, vol.25, no. 4, May 2007, pp. 841-850.

9. Project 8: Underground Sensor Networks Channel Modeling

10. Project 9: Network Solutions for Transport Applications in Isolated Area  Data Communication Through Telephone  Satellite communications  Simulation/Implementation

11. Project 10: Cognitive Radio Cognitive Network Simulator  http://stuweb.ee.mtu.edu/~ljialian/ http://stuweb.ee.mtu.edu/~ljialian/  http://www.ictas.vt.edu/downloads/cogcomm.pdf

12. Project 11: Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Testbed  Setup testbed with HP netbooks  Programing for sending video and receiving video  Measure the QoS performance

13. Project 12: Mobile Crowdsensing  mobile devices can be used to measure various individual and community phenomena.  https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/download/attachments/18084 6616/paper_fanye.pdf?version=1 https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/download/attachments/18084 6616/paper_fanye.pdf?version=1

14. Other Topics  Any topics related to wireless networks and mobile computing

15. Expectation and requirements  Repeat other research by simulation (A)  Improve existing schemes and validate your improvement (A+)  Implementation a system(A+)  Survey (A-)