The primary objective of this course is to expose graduate students to the exciting new research topics in networking. The secondary objective is to motivate graduate students to take up research work in the new and exciting areas in networking.The course deals with advanced networking topics. The state of the current Internet; new applications and their impact on the Internet; Sensors and the Internet; mobile ad hoc networking, disruption-tolerant networking and opportunistic networking. This course consists of lectures, discussions, debates, seminars and project presentations.
Intended learning outcomes
The course adopts a broad approach, where a student is encouraged to adopt the area as per the interest. Problem-based learning and Project-oriented approach will be adopted.
To understand the state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures and applications.
To understand how networking research is done.
To investigate novel ideas in the area via semester-long research projects.
Research Papers (about 10) will be assigned to the class. Each student will be required to complete a thorough review, evaluate and critique at least 4 of these papers.The assignment of papers will be made by the instructor.
Three topics will be identified for debates. For each debate, there will be two teams – one in favor of an issue and the other against. On the day of the debate, each (for and against) team will present their case and field questions from the opposing team as well as the rest of the class.
Projects will be carried out by teams of 2 to 4 at most. Typically, projects will involve
Real prototype development on small devices/laptops/sensor nodes or
Extensive simulation studies to evaluate new algorithms/schemes.
