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Professional Information

Patents:

1. System for a dynamic ad-hoc wireless network
   A system operates a wireless ad hoc network. The system includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of packets for transmission between the plurality of nodes. The packets contain code for routing the packets between the plurality of nodes. The code adapts to a changing configuration of the plurality of nodes
   USPTO: #20040157557

Research Interests

My current research interests fall into the following fields: active networking, network management, self-organizing systems and mobile ad hoc networks (MANET).

Active Networking

Active networks are considered by some to be the next evolution in networking technology¹. Active networking provides a medium where packets are intelligent, and every node in the network is potentially a router. That is a fundamental shift from today's networks, where the intelligence is typically embedded on the end nodes (i.e. the client and server); active networks allow networks to make intelligent decisions in real time along any node in a given route - instead of at the beginning or end - which is the traditional paradigm.

Active networks are accomplished by embedding compiled code as part of the packet format itself, this code is executed by each node in a given route. This is where the intelligence is embedded, and it allows it to make intelligent decisions such as determining where it should route itself, gathering environmental information from the current node, or even performing custom operations relevant to its application.

I have used the Magician Execution Environment extensively in researching Active Networks.

Self-Organizing Systems

Self-organization refers to a process in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases automatically without being guided or managed by an outside source. Self-organizing systems typically (though not always) display emergent properties¹.

An emergent behaviour or emergent property can appear when a number of simple entities (agents) operate in an environment, forming more complex behaviours as a collective. The property itself is often unpredictable and unprecedented, and represents a new level of the system's evolution. The complex behaviour or properties are not a property of any single such entity, nor can they easily be predicted or deduced from behaviour in the lower-level entities. The shape and behaviour of a flock of birds or school of fish are good examples.

Mobile Ad hoc Networks

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is an autonomous system of mobile nodes connected by wireless links. Typically there are no mobility restrictions on these nodes and as such, the resulting network topology can change both rapidly and unpredictably.

MANETs are particularly attractive in that they don't require any prior investment in fixed infrastructure. Instead, the participating nodes form their own co-operative infrastructure by agreeing to relay each other's packets. In effect, each node acts as a router.

In summary mobile ad hoc networks have the following characteristics:

1. New members can join and leave the network spontaneously
2. No base station to provide connectivity to backbone hosts or to other mobile hosts
3. No need for handover and location management
4. Each node acts as a router ,forwarding packets from others nodes
5. Because distance between nodes can vary, communication connectivity is usually fairly "weak"