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Broad Overview
The problem statement for my thesis is not yet crisp and precise
enough to be made public (Funny part is that I never got
around having a precise problem statement and then working on
it :-), it has been incrementally developing). Yet I can
definitely elabroate on the
idea. The interesting aspect of research is that you never
know what is precise enough and you tend to move into so many
different directions. With Sensor Networks itself, I was like
sometimes towards data routing, sometimes towards simulation
framework, sometimes towards some theoretical stuff and what
not. This is the trauma that one has to face when trying to do
research. There are two streams of thoughts currently.
What looks most imminent right now is the MagicWeaver, the
simulation framework that I have developed, be expanded to a
full-fledged distributable version of the package. Altough the
current version supports a lot of abstract models for sensor
networks, there are certain nitty gritties to be fixed and
certain models need more realistic view. I might be working on
this and take it on as my Masters thesis.
What I have in mind, is complete the implemenation of
MagicWeaver and define the complete scope. Once that is done,
compare the performance results it gives with SensorSim, the
standard ns-2 based sensor networks simulator available from
UCLA.
On second lines, I am thinking of going towards my original idea
of devising a data propagation scheme what is either new or
modified version of currently existing schemes. By the end of
winter, I plan to have a concrete idea of which direction I will
be moving and YES I have. I am taking MagicWeaver further for my
Masters Thesis. Currently its a full-fledged general purpose
simulator and I am trying to give it focus in terms of providing
support for Streaming Applications and Querying Interface.
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