The objective of this research is to develop an innovative framework, backed by theory and verified by software-hardware hybrid simulations, for the design of adaptive multimedia wireless networks. We focus our efforts on two critical areas that we believe hold the key to a new paradigm of network design:

(a) Theory and methodologies that facilitate cross-layer design of adaptive multimedia ad hoc networks;

(b) Software and hardware simulation platforms that verify design methodologies and predict, possibly in real-time, network behavior.