Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - Mathematics of Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks

Workshop Schedule

Information theory bridges mathematics and communication systems analysis. The point-to-point communication problem is fairly well understood today: researchers have developed a refined set of tools for designing and optimizing codes and protocols. In stark contrast, the analysis of communication networks is still a wide open problem because of the complex nature of the interactions permitted by multi-terminal systems. Our lack of understanding is reflected by the fact that most state-of-the-art communication networks are planned using point-to-point principles, and network considerations enter only at a later stage of design.

Designing resource-efficient wireless networks requires a fundamental understanding of the mathematics underlying multi-terminal communication systems. One of the simplest such systems is a “three-body problem,” with a source, a destination, and a relay whose purpose is to assist the communication from the source to the destination. This seemingly simple communication problem has long resisted solution, but new insight has been gained recently.

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers from engineering, computer science, and mathematics to discuss recent advances and promising directions for future research. In particular, the workshop will emphasize:

physical-layer models
performance metrics
sensor networks
code design
resource allocation
converse bounds
historical perspectives
multi-terminal information theory
relaying via network coding

While leading researchers in each of these areas are being invited to participate in the workshop, submissions of contributed posters of original work in each of these areas are also being solicited. Posters will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract (not exceeding 3 pages), submitted in PDF format to gastpar@eecs.berkeley.edu. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2006, with notification of decisions by March 1, 2006.

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Currently Available Videos

Edward van der Meulen , Introduction Of The Relay Channel April 10,2006, 09:10 AM to 10:00 AM
Elza Erkip , Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff for Cooperative Systems: Characterization and Impact on Joint Source-Channel Coding April 10,2006, 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Vahid Tarokh , Cognition, Collaboration and Competition in Space and Time: From Theory To Implementation April 10,2006, 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Anthony Ephremides , Network Layer View of Cooperation April 10,2006, 02:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Abbas El Gamal , Capacity Theorems for the Relay Channel April 11,2006, 09:10 AM to 10:00 AM
Urbashi Mitra , Cooperation, Multihopping and Relaying in Underwater Networks April 11,2006, 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Sriram Vishwanath , Discrete Memoryless Multiple Access Channels with Correlated Sources and Feedback April 11,2006, 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Anders Host-Madsen , Cooperation in the Low Power Regime: Capacity and Coding April 11,2006, 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Junshan Zhang , Throughput Scaling in Wideband Sensory Relay Networks: Cooperative Relaying, Power Allocation and Scaling Laws April 11,2006, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Liang-liang Xie , A Multi-Source Multi-Relay Scheme April 11,2006, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Bertrand Hochwald, Roger Peterson, Sundeep Rangan, Sumeet Sandhu , Industry Panel April 11,2006, 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Bertrand Hochwald, Roger Peterson, Sundeep Rangan, Sumeet Sandhu , Industry Panel April 11,2006, 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Bertrand Hochwald, Roger Peterson, Sundeep Rangan, Sumeet Sandhu , Industry Panel April 11,2006, 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Bertrand Hochwald, Roger Peterson, Sundeep Rangan, Sumeet Sandhu , Industry Panel April 11,2006, 01:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Edmund Yeh , Throughput Optimal Control of Cooperative Relay Networks April 11,2006, 03:00 PM to 03:30 PM
Helmut Boelcskei , "Crystallization" in Large Fading Networks April 11,2006, 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
David Tse , Optimal Cooperative Communication in the Low SNR Regime April 11,2006, 04:00 PM to 04:30 PM
Randall Berry , Cooperation and Competition April 11,2006, 04:00 PM to 04:30 PM
Venu Veeravalli , Resource Allocation for Fading Orthogonal Relay Channels April 11,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:00 PM
Babak Hassibi , Results for Two Random Network Models April 11,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:00 PM
Frans Willems , The Multiple-Access Channel with Cribbing Encoders Revisited April 12,2006, 09:10 AM to 10:00 AM
Ashutosh Sabharwal , Multiple Access Channels with Bi-Directional Links April 12,2006, 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Andrea Goldsmith , Capacity and Cooperation in Wireless Networks April 12,2006, 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Mehul Motani , Backward Decoding Strategies for the Relay Channel April 12,2006, 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Behnaam Aazhang , Codes for Half Duplex Relay Channels April 12,2006, 02:30 PM to 03:00 PM
Massimo Franceschetti , Wireless Relay Networks April 12,2006, 03:00 PM to 03:30 PM
Piyush Gupta , Capacity Results for Finite-Field Relay Networks April 12,2006, 04:00 PM to 04:30 PM
Hesham El Gamal , On the Capacity of Wireless Channels with Selfish Users April 12,2006, 04:30 PM to 05:00 PM

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