Future of multi-hopping: from theory to practice

ABSTRACT

The research community has been fascinated by the challenges posed by multi-hopping for over a decade, and has produced a number of interesting theoretical results and innovative solutions for many of these challenges. However, despite the plethora of envisioned applications for many multi-hop architectures, e.g. mesh, sensor, and ad-hoc, the reality is that there are only a few real-world success stories involving multi-hopping.

The panel plans to discuss how we can move more effectively from theory to practice, and debate whether it is a matter of time for more real-world applications to materialize, or cost-related and other real-world considerations will restrict the use of multi-hopping to only a few specialized applications.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Network communications

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Wireless communication; Network communications

General Terms:
Design, Economics, Experimentation, Performance, Theory, Verification

Keywords:
deployment, multi-hopping, theory