Tutorial 1

Title: WiMAX-based Multihop Relay Networks

Speaker: 魏宏宇 教授 (台大電機系)

Abstract: Multihop networks have become promising wireless networking architecture for future wireless access system. Enhancing network coverage, increasing system resilience, and providing flexible wireless access are several key advantages of multihop networking architecture. IEEE 802.16 WiMAX is one of the promising wireless broadband standards for the next generation wireless networks. WiMAX system also applies the multihop design principle to its 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay system. In this tutorial, I will present the multihop networking architecture that has been applied to WiMAX based system. I will introduce several key protocol features including MAC design, path selection, network management, QoS, multicast and broadcast, etc. In addition, both up-dated technologies development and potential service applications will be discussed.

Short Biography: Hung-Yu Wei received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1999. He received the M.S. and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He was a summer intern at Telcordia Applied Research in 2000 and 2001. He was with NEC Labs America from 2003 to 2005. He joined Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Taiwan University in July 2005. His research interests include wireless mesh networks, mobility management in mobile Internet, sensor networks, cross-layer design and optimization in wireless multimedia communications, and game theoretical models for communications networks. He received NTU Excellent Teaching Award (台大教學優良獎) in 2008. He received "Recruiting Outstanding Young Scholar Award" from the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (傑出人才發展 基金會"積極爭取國外優秀青年學者獎助") in 2006. He is a voting member of IEEE 802.16 working group.

Tutorial 2

Title: An Overview of VANET Routing Protocols

Speaker: 李夏新 副理 (工研院資通所)

Outline:

       VANET Introduction
          - VANET Applications
          - VANET Background
       Routing Protocols for VANET
          - Topology-Based Routing
          - Position-based Routing
          - Geocasting Routing
          - VANET Broadcasting

Biography: Hsia-Hsin Li works for Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan, a  government funded research organization with a mission to help technology advancement of Taiwan companies.  Li's current project just created Taiwan's first IEEE 802.11p and IEEE 1609 compliant WAVE/DSRC unit, a wireless device for vehicle to vehicle, or vehicle to infrastructure communication.