Department of Computer Science
San Jose State University
Special Talk: Challenges and
Solutions in Applying Ad-hoc Networking for Public
Safety Applications
By Professor
Liang Cheng
Dept. of Computer Science and
Engineering, Lehigh University
Friday, April 11, 2008, 11 a.m.
MacQuarrie Hall Room 422
Land mobile radio (LMR) has been
the mainstay of public safety agencies. Research shows that mobile ad
hoc networks (MANET) can augment LMR with robust data communication. In
this talk, I will describe our approach to solving major challenges
when applying ad hoc networking for public safety applications, such as
disruption-tolerant networking to link disconnection issues and
pulse-based MAC to broadcast collision problems.
Liang
Cheng currently directs LONGLAB (Laboratory Of Networking Group) and
advises three Ph.D. students. He has graduated three Ph.D. students and
supervised one postdoc and two visiting scholars. He has published
extensively in venues such as IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and major conferences;
and holds one U.S. patent in the research areas of heterogeneous data
networks and their supporting middleware, which integrate inter-, ad
hoc, and sensor networks. He has been the Principal Investigator (PI)
and a Co-PI of eight projects supported by the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA), Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development,
former Agere Systems, Inc., and East Penn Manufacturing Inc. Co.
Dr.Cheng is a recipient of the Christian R. & Mary F.
Lindback Foundation Minority Junior Faculty Award. He is an Associate
Editor of the International Journal of Sensor Networks.