Organization

We have regular research seminars every Tudesday and Thursday. The topics vary from different areas within the field of wireless data broadcast, including optimization strategies, system architectures, indexing technologies, and emerging data broadcast problems of the next generation wireless networks.

The schedule of our seminars is as follows:

Time 2:00pm~4:00pm, Tuesday & Thursday
Location ECSS 4.910

You are welcome to join us during our seminars.

 

Seminars

Date
Topic

1/12/2010

Tuesday

The planning of Spring, 2010

  • Build up Data Broadcast System Testbed
  • Construct Data Broadcast Research Group Website
  • Continue researches on data broadcast indexing technique; system analysis; and data broadcast scheme based on new hardware techniques.

1/14/2010

Thursday

  • Determine the framework of TodBam (Testbed of Data Broadcast Architecture with MIMO)
  • Finish first draft of Data Broadcast Research Group Website (still need: data broadcast survey; testbed sections)
  • Study Vol. 27, No. 1, 2010 of Distributed and Parallel Databases

1/19/2010

Tuesday

  • Update Data Broadcast Research Group Website
  • Update Canlendar for group meeting
  • Fix research schedule of each individual for Spring, 2010.
  • Design the architecture of TodBam
  • Web search for wireless communication testbeds.

1/21/2010

Thursday

  • Dissertation Rehearsal:
    Title--Data Broadcast and Data Management in Wireless Communications
    Presenter--Xiaofeng Gao
  • Welcome for new group member

1/26/2010

Tuesday

  • Discuss System Architecture for TodBam, including server side, transmission side, and client side.
  • Discuss the difficulty of constructing a data broadcast testbed (from physical layer to network layer in OSI model)
  • Analyze Wireless Networking Research Testbed from University of California, Riverside; and Wireless Open-Access Research Platform from Rice University.
  • Study Vol. 26, No. 3, 2009 of Distributed and Parallel Databases

1/28/2010

Thursday

  • Discuss Real-Time Transmission Protocol and Unidirectional Transport Protocol for wireless broadcast.
  • Start research topics:
    Xiaofeng Gao--Analysis on Index Structures
    Yan Shi--Discussion on Next Generation Data Broadcast Trend
    Jiaofei Zhong--Comparison for Different Indices
  • Study Vol. 26, No. 2, 2009 of Distributed and Parallel Databases

2/02/2010

Tuesday

  • Analyze the possible ways to construct TodBam.
  • Discuss problems existing in data retrieval process and possible research directions.
  • Discuss the comparison methods for different index technologies, trying to fomulate a common environment and universal criteria.
  • Study Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009 of Distributed and Parallel Databases

2/04/2010

Thursday

  • Study WARP on warp.rice.edu, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages.
  • Construct three-layer communication model for TodBam, including frame design, packet transmission, and hardware requirements.
  • Search for relative problems on data retrieval protocols for wireless data broadcast problem.
  • Construct the system model for index comparison strategies.

2/09/2010

Tuesday

  • Search and discuss alternative design for TodBam, with port number and socket programming.
  • Discuss the design for B+ tree index in single channel wireless data broadcast environment.
  • Construct the system model for data retrieval problem for multi-channel data broadcast with a set of required data items.

2/16/2010

Tuesday

  • Discuss the difficulties to construct TodBam, and compare two possible designs: one for MIMO system while another for port simulation.
  • Finish design for B+ tree index comparision.
  • Provide counter example for data retrival protocol, illustrating the relationship between hopping and access latency.

2/18/2010

Thursday

  • Discuss the nature of data retrival protocol for wireless data broadcast problem under synchronous multi-channel environment.
  • Study formal specification language and abstract data structure for univerial data unit.
  • Study the structure of exponential index and data retrieval protocol based on this index technology.

2/23/2010

Tuesday

  • Study Z Notation, a formal specification language with mathematical notations.
  • Discuss data retrieval protocol for different client requirements (global heuristic method VS two-stage greedy algorithm).
  • Discuss index structure and pointer structure for single channel exponential index technology.