Cross layer design in wireless ad hoc, sensor, and vehicular ad hoc network protocols

通信系统在实现可持续性方面发挥着重要作用，因为它使人们能够在需要的时间和地点获得信息。例如，当附近的风电场正在产生大量电力时，制造设施可以加速其生产，并且当产生的电力减少时，可以减少其生产。同样，在运输和储存过程中监控货物的流动，这些货物的下落可以立即更新，这些信息可以降低储存成本，并帮助公司实现精益制造。通信系统中有许多这样的应用，然而，无线联网的成本（包括带宽、设备、基础设施和维护的成本）是这种网络的大规模部署的障碍。这就是为什么需要更多的研究来降低无线通信系统的成本，以实现企业和政府的经济成本。这项研究的创新将允许无线传感器和ad hoc网络的实时部署，并将降低部署高效的网络协议和架构的基础设施成本。 可以显著受益于无线通信系统的另一个领域是车辆系统，其中车辆网络可以向乘客和驾驶员提供安全、紧急、路边信息。这样，事故的数量和严重程度将大大减少，这将转化为经济收益和生活水平的提高。这项研究的创新将是设计更可靠的接收器和媒体访问控制协议，使车辆可以及时交换必要的信息。本研究的另一个创新是设计网络协议，通过利用车辆上的无线电在高度移动的环境中形成高效和有效的网络来降低基础设施成本。这样，该网络将不需要大型基础设施来提供必要的安全、紧急和路边信息。 从长远来看，上述研究将有助于实现成本效益，高效，可靠的无线自组织网络，无线传感器网络，车载自组织网络。

Communication systems play an important role in achieving sustainability by allowing access to information when and where it is needed. For example, a manufacturing facility can accelerate its production when nearby wind farm is generating large amount of electricity, and reduces its production when there is a reduction of electricity generated. Similarly, flow of goods is monitored during transportation and storage, whereabouts of these can be updated instantly, this information can reduce the cost of storage and assist companies in achieving lean manufacturing. There are many such applications to communication systems, however, the cost of wireless networking, which includes cost of bandwidth, equipment, infrastructure and maintenance, is a hindrance for vast deployment of such networks. That's is why more research is needed to reduce the cost of wireless communication systems to achieve an economical cost for businesses and governments. Innovation in this research will allow real-time deployment of wireless sensor and ad hoc networks and will reduce the infrastructure cost of deployment with efficient network protocols and architectures. Another area that can significantly benefit from wireless communication systems is vehicular systems, where a vehicular network can provide safety, emergency, roadside information to the passenger and driver. With this, number of accidents, and severity of the accidents will be significantly reduced, which translates in to economic gains and improved standard of living. Innovation in this research will be in designing more reliable receivers and medium access control protocols such that the vehicles can exchange necessary information on time. The other innovation that we provide with this research is to designing network protocols that reduce the infrastructure cost by utilizing radios on the vehicles to form efficient and effective networks in highly mobile environments. By this, the network won't require large infrastructure to provide necessary safety, emergency and roadside information. In the long term, above mentioned research will contribute to achieving cost effective, efficient, and reliable wireless ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, and vehicular ad hoc networks.