7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast with Craig Mundie (Falls Terrace)

8:45 - 9:15

Welcome Remarks (Salish Ballroom)
Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Research
Video

9:15 - 9:30

Opening Remarks - Summit Goals
Victor Bahl, Summit Organizer/Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
PPT (1,775 Kbytes) |  Video

9:30 - 10:30

Keynote: A Global Perspective on Mesh Networking, Craig Mundie, Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President, Advanced Strategy & Policy, Microsoft
PPT (15,077 Kbytes) |  Video

10:30 - 10:45

Morning Break - Snacks & Mingling

10:45 - 12:15

Session 1: Architectures & Techniques for Large-scale Wireless Meshes
Session Chair: Alec Wolman
Speakers:

• SENSE: Scalable and Efficient Networking of Sensor Elements, J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves (University of California Santa Cruz)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (718 Kbytes) | Video
• Making Radios More Like Human Ears: Alternative MAC Techniques and Innovative Platforms to enable large-scale Meshes, Lakshman Krishnamurthy (Intel Communications Architecture Lab)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (10,253 Kbytes) | Video
• Exploiting Diversity in Mesh Networks, Nitin Vaidya (University of Illinios Urbana Champaign)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (251 Kbytes) | Video
• Microsoft's Mesh Networking Research, Victor Bahl (Microsoft Research)
  Abstract & Bio | PDF (3,554 Kbytes) | Video

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch (Falls Terrace)

13:15 - 14:45

Session 2: Understanding and Increasing Mesh Capacity
Session Chair: Venkat Padmanabhan
Speakers:

• Capacity, Architecture, and Protocols for Wireless Networks, P. R. Kumar (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (754 Kbytes) | Video
• Capacity and Fairness in Multihop Wireless Backhaul Networks, Ashutosh Sabharwal (Rice University)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (580 Kbytes) | Video
• New Opportunities in Wireless Communications, Ali M Niknejad (University of California Berkeley)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (647 Kbytes) | Video
• Commodity class Phased Array Antennas Jim Kajiya (Microsoft Research)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (5,800 Kbytes) | Video

14:45 - 15:30

Research Demos, Posters, Snacks, and Mingling
Session Organizer: Atul Adya
Location: Falls Terrace
Demo/Poster Descriptions

• Mesh Monitor and Diagnostic Tool
• Preview of Native WiFi
• MultiNet: Connecting to Multiple Wireless Networks
• Routing in Multi-Radio Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks
• Slotted Seeded Channel Hopping
• Longhorn Location Platform
• Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave)
• Investigating Outdoor 802.11 Performance
• Secure Routing in Open Networks with secure traceroute

15:30 - 17:15

Session 3: Path Selection and Testbed Studies
Session Chair: Jitu Padhye
Speakers:

• Stony Brook Mesh Router: Architecting Multi-Radio, Multihop Wireless LANs, Samir Das (Stony Brook University)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (798 Kbytes) | Video
• Self-Organizing Hierarchical Routing for Scalable Ad Hoc Networking, David B. Johnson (Rice University)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (783 Kbytes) | Video
• MIT Roofnet Performance, Robert Morris (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  Bio | PPT (2,958 Kbytes) | Video
• Distributed Monitoring of Mesh Networks, Elizabeth Belding-Royer (University of California Santa Barbara)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (292 Kbytes) | Video
• Routing in Multi-Radio, Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks, Richard Draves (Microsoft Research)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (905 Kbytes) | Video

17:15 - 17:30

Break

17:30 - 19:00

Session 4: Self Management and Security
Session Chair: John Dunagan
Speakers:

• Security Challenges for Mesh Networks, Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (1,305 Kbytes) | Video
• Encouraging Cooperation in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks, David Wetherall (University of Washington)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (463 Kbytes) | Video
• Low-cost 802.11 Wireless Infrastructure Networks, Stefan Savage (University of California San Diego)
  Bio | PPT (4,367 Kbytes) | Video
• Troubleshooting a Wireless Multihop Mesh Network, Lili Qiu (Microsoft Research)
  Abstract & Bio | PPT (212 Kbytes) | Video

19:30 p.m.

Dinner (Falls Terrace)
Host: Dan Ling, Vice President, Microsoft Research

8:00 - 8:30

Breakfast (Falls Terrace)

9:00 - 10:00

Keynote: Pervasive Collaborative Wireless Networking, Jawad Khaki, Vice President, Windows Networking Division
Video

10:00 - 10:30

Morning Break - Snacks and Mingling

10:30 - 12:00

Panel: The Commercial Applications and Applicability of Mesh Technology
Moderator: Jeff Erwin (Microsoft)
Panelists: Scott Burke (PacketHop Networks), Devabhaktuni "Sri" Srikrishna (Tropos Networks), Jim Freebersyser (Honeywell), Peter Stanforth (MeshNetworks), Mani Srivatsava (University of California Los Angeles), Kerry Haley (SkyPilot)
Jim's PPT(997 Kbytes) | Video

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch (Salish Ballroom)

13:30 - 13:45

Discussion Framework and Deliverables,
Nitin H. Vaidya, University of Illinios Urbana Champaign
Video

13:45 - 15:30

Working Group Breakout Discussions
    Mesh Capacity WG (Ballroom)
        - Lead: Nitin H. Vaidya (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
    Mesh Connectivity WG (Falls Terrice)
        - Lead: Dave B. Johnson (Rice University)
    Mesh Security & Management WG (Vintage)
        - Lead: David Wetherall (University of Washington)
    Mesh Distributed Services WG (Atrium)
        - Lead: Ion Stoica (University of California Berkeley)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee, Cookie & Soda Break

16:00 - 17:20

Working Group Reports
    16:00 - 16:20 Mesh Capacity WG Video
    16:20 - 16:40 Mesh Connectivity WG Video
    16:40 - 16:00 Mesh Security & Management WG Video
    16:40 - 17:20 Mesh Distributed Services WG Video

17:30 - 18:00

Impressions - Jim Kurose (University of Massachusetts) (Video) and Scott Shenker (International Computer Science Institute)

Summary & Closing Remarks - Victor Bahl, MSR

18:00

Meeting Adjourns