Networking Colloquium
                 2pm  Wednesday, 16 October 2002
                Alltel Room, Hardymon Building


             "Survivable Mobile Wireless Networks:
          Issues, Challenges, and Research Directions"

                   Dr. James P. G. Sterbenz
                      BBN Technologies

In this presentation we survey issues and challenges in enhancing
the survivability of mobile wireless networks.  Research focus on
three key areas can significantly enhance network survivability:
   1. establishing and maintaining survivable topologies
      that strive to keep the network connected even under attack
   2. design for end-to-end communication in challenging
      environments in which the path from source to
      destination is not wholly available at any given
      instant in time
   3. the use of technology to enhance survivability such as
      adaptive networks and satellites


James P.G. Sterbenz is a Senior Network Scientist at BBN
Technologies in Cambridge, MA, where he performs research in
mobile, wireless, high-speed and active networks.  He
received the D.Sc. degree from Washington University in St.
Louis MO.  He is author of the book High-Speed Networking: A
Systematic Approach to High-Bandwidth Low Latency Communication.