MARMALADeS (MARS): Multicast and Resource Management for Large-Scale Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks

This project investigates problems of designing and analyzing new efficient architectures and protocols for multicast and resource management/discovery in large-scale ad hoc and sensor (wireless mobile) networks.
This effort is currently being undertaken at the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Southern California (USC), and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award 0134650 to Ahmed Helmy for "Adaptive Architecture for Multicast Service Support in Large-Scale Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Design and Evaluation Framework".
Also, a very related project "Efficient Provisioning for Services in Large-scale Wireless-Wired Networks" by Ahmed Helmy has recently been funded by Intel. Another related project "Wireless Mobile and Distributed Networking System for Efficient Aircraft Engine Inspection and Maintenance" has recently been funded by Pratt & Whitney UTC Institute for Collaborative Engineering (PWICE) [by Ahmed Helmy in collaboration with USC/IMSC].

• Related Publications (more comprehensive and recent list of related publications at Prof. Helmy's web page)
  1. A. Helmy, "Mobility-Assisted Resolution of Queries in Large-Scale Mobile Sensor Networks (MARQ)", Computer Networks Journal (Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks) (Accepted. To Appear).
  2. N. Sadagopan, F. Bai, B. Krishnamachari, A. Helmy, "PATHS: analysis of PATH duration Statistics and their impact on reactive MANET routing protocols", ACM MobiHoc (The Fourth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing), June 2003.
  3. F. Bai, N. Sadagopan, A. Helmy, " IMPORTANT: A framework to systematically analyze the Impact of Mobility on Performance of RouTing protocols for Adhoc NeTworks", IEEE INFOCOM 2003 (Accepted. To Appear).
  4. A. Helmy, " Architectural Framework for Large-Scale Multicast in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2002). April 2002, New York. [Slides (.ppt, .PDF)]
  5. N. Sadagopan, B. Krishnamachari, A. Helmy, "The ACQUIRE Mechanism for Efficient Querying in Sensor Networks", First IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Network Protocols and Applications (SNPA), in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2003, May 2003, Anchorage, AK, USA.
  6. A. Helmy, S. Garg, P. Pamu, N. Nahata, "Contact Based Architecture for Resource Discovery (CARD) in Large Scale MANets", Third IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks (WMAN), part of IEEE/ACM IPDPS 2003, April 2003, Nice, France. (Abstract .PDF)
  7. N. Nahata, P. Pamu, S. Garg, A. Helmy, "Efficient Resource Discovery for Large Scale Ad hoc Networks using Contacts", ACM SIGCOMM Conference (Refereed poster), August 2002. (Abstract in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communications Review (CCR), July 2002). [Abstract (.PDF), Poster, Technical Report, Slides (.PDF, .ppt), web site.]
     (video of sigcomm presentations).
  8. K. Dantu, S. Kapadia, R. Sinha, A. Helmy, "Modeling of Mobility-Induced Losses in MANETs (MILMAN)", ACM SIGCOMM Conference (Refereed poster), August 2002. (Abstract in ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communications Review (CCR), July 2002). [Poster (.PDF), website]
  9. A. Helmy, "Small Large-Scale Wireless Networks: Mobility-Assisted Resource Discovery", USC-TR and ACM-LANL-NCSTRL, July 2002. Technology Research News (TRN) Journal, August 2002 Issue. (Also featured in ACM TechNews, Volume 4, Issue 391, August 26, 2002.)
  10. N. Sadagopan, B. Krishnamachari, A. Helmy, "Active Query Forwarding in Sensor Networks (ACQUIRE)", October 2002. (Submitted for Journal review)
  11. F. Bai, N. Sadagopan, A. Helmy, "BRICS: A Building-block approach for analyzing RoutIng protoCols in Ad Hoc Networks - A Case Study of Reactive Routing Protocols", USC-CS-TR-02-775, November 2002. (Submitted for Review)
  12. A. Helmy, "PARSe: Power-efficient Architecture for Resource Discovery and Small-transfers in Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks", Dec. 02 (Submitted for Review).
• Project Viewgraphs: Summary slides (v1) (.PDF), Summary slides (v2) (.PDF).
• Project Proposal (NSF CAREER Award): A. Helmy, "Adaptive Architecture for Multicast Service Support in Large-Scale Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Design and Evaluation Framework", July 2001.
• Project Proposal (Intel Research, COMM technical committee): A. Helmy, "Efficient Provisioning for Services in Large-scale Wireless-Wired Networks", September 2002.
• Annual Report and Renewal Proposal (Intel Research, COMM technical committee): A. Helmy, "Report on Efficient Provisioning for Services in Large-Scale Ad Hoc Wireless-Wired Networks", September 2003.
• Presentations: (more up-to-date list at Prof. Helmy's website)
  • Poster presentation "Efficient Resource Discovery for Large Scale Ad hoc Networks using Contacts", at the ACM SIGCOMM Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, August 22, 2002.
  • Poster presentation "Modeling of Mobility-Induced Losses in MANETs (MILMAN)", at the ACM SIGCOMM Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, August 22, 2002.
  • Paper presentation: A. Helmy, "Architectural Framework for Large-Scale Multicast in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks" at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), New York, NY, April 29, 2002.
  • Research directions "Service Provisioning in Large-scale Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks (.ppt [3.18MB])" (.pdf [2.4MB]), presented to Intel research delegation visiting the wireless networking laboratory at USC, Nov. 2002.
• News Journals: Articles/Interviews:
  • Technology Research News (TRN). Interview: "Multicast in large, mobile ad hoc networks", September 2001.
  • Technology Research News (TRN). Interview: "Small World Wireless Networks", August 2002.
  • Technology Research News (TRN). Article: Shortcuts lighten wireless load, August 2002. (www.trnmag.com.)
    Also, in ACM TechNews, Volume 4, Issue 391, August 26, 2002.