BRN Sub Projects

As of Spring 2006, we've reduced the number of currently active research topics to (just) 4. However, work on each of these topics will be much more intense. For example, we will regularly use the Project Seminar to report progress in each topic, following a fixed schedule - one topic / day, repeating the series after 4 weeks.

These are the currently active BerlinRoofNet topics.

1. Multi-Channel Opportunistic Frwarding (in wireless ad-hoc mesh-networks)
   • Responsible: A. Zubow, M.Kurth
     • Capacity improvements with MC, ExOR
     • Delay reduction with MC, ExOR
     • Radio interference management
     • Publication ensisioned
2. Network Coding for VoIP (over wireless ad-hoc mesh networks)
   • Responsible: tbd, A.Zubow
     • capacity/delay tradeoffs
     • network coding for streams
3. Self-Organization of Auto-Configuration Services for wireless mesh community networks
   • Responsible: J.Müller, R.Sombrutzki
     • DHCP, DNS de-centralized services (without a server)
     • TurboARP
     • Internet Gateway
4. BRN Software Workbench
   • Responsible: M. Jeschke, C. Krüger, E. Fuhrmann
     • Tool Chains for Embedded Linux (hacking the xyz), Cick Modular Router
     • Software Distribution Platform (SDP)
     • Experimentation Plattform

If you are interested to write a term paper or a Masters (Diplom) thesis, please contact any of the involved researchers for more information.

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Here is a list of currently ongoing work (sub projects) related to the Berlin Roof Net project. For a list of all thesis topics see [1].

• BRN-050922-1 MCExOR simulation and evaluation with NS2.
• BRN-051030-1 Distributed Hash Table (DHT) Middleware for support of DHCP and ARP.
• BRN-051030-2 A methodology and tools for development of BRN software.
• BRN-051030-3 BRN experimentation platform.
• BRN-051030-4 TCP Performance in Wireless Mesh Networks.
• BRN-051030-5 Internet Gateway for BRN.
• BRN-051030-6 Performance evaluation and stress testing.
• BRN-051030-7 Distributed File Storage.
• BRN-051030-8 VoIP in Wireless Multi-Hop Networks (Experiment).
• BRN-051030-9 VLANs in Mesh Networks.
• BRN-051030-10 Network Coding.

Older sub projects:

• Software Distribution Platform