Terence D. Todd, Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ITB/A324
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8S 4K1

Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 24343
Fax: 905-521-2922
Email: todd@mcmaster.ca

Research Interests
Computer networks, Photonic networks and systems, Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Wireless communications, Smart antennas, Low power wireless protocols, Energy-sustainable mesh networking, Solar powered networking, SolarMESH, Bluetooth, Performance evaluation, Queueing Theory.

Professor Todd's research includes both theoretical and practically oriented topics. For this reason he has been heavily funded by the Canadian telecommunications industry and his graduates typically find jobs in academia and in leading companies in the field.

Over the past five years Dr. Todd and his students have had extensive collaboration with Research In Motion Inc., makers of the Blackberry wireless handheld, and other organizations. Professor Todd is also currently the Chief Technology Officer for ErgoWiFi Inc., which is a high tech startup that is commercializing technology developed in his lab at McMaster University.

Click here to read about SolarMESH. SolarMESH is the solar powered WLAN mesh network developed by the Wireless Networking Group at McMaster.

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Biography
Terry Todd received the B.A.Sc, M.A.Sc and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Todd is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1991 Dr. Todd was on research leave in the Distributed Systems Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He also spent 1998 as a visiting researcher at The Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory (ORL) in Cambridge, England.

At McMaster he has been the Principal Investigator on a number of research projects in the optical and wireless networking areas. He currently directs a group working on wireless mesh networks and wireless VoIP. Professor Todd holds the NSERC/RIM/CITO Chair on Pico-Cellular Wireless Internet Access Networks.

Professor Todd is a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario.

He is the former NSERC/RIM/CITO Chair on Pico-Cellular Wireless Internet Access Networks.

Graduate Student Applicants
I do not currently have any openings for graduate student positions in my lab. If you are interested, please check back later.

Teaching

Electrical Engineering 3TP4: Signals and Systems

Computer Engineering 4DK4: Computer Communication Networks

Electrical Engineering 727: Wireless Communication Networks

Recent Publications
A. Sayegh, T. D. Todd and M. Smadi, ``Resource Allocation and Cost in Hybrid Solar/Wind Powered WLAN Mesh Nodes'', Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures and Protocols, pp. 167-189, Springer Publishing Inc., 2008.
A. Sayegh, M. Smadi and T. D. Todd, ``Resource Allocation and Power Saving in Solar Powered WLAN Mesh Networks'', In press, Handbook on Mobile Ad Hoc and Pervasive Communications, American Scientific Publishers. 2008.
A. Sayegh, M. Smadi and T. D. Todd, ``Power Saving in Solar Powered WLAN Mesh Networks'', Book chapter in press, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks. 2008.
M. He, X. Wang, T. Todd, D. Zhao, and V. Kezys, ``Ad hoc assisted handoff in IEEE 802.11 infrastructure networks'', Accepted for publication, International Journal on Computer and Communication Networks, 2008.
G. Badawy, A. A. Sayegh and T. D. Todd, ``Solar Powered WLAN Mesh Network Provisioning for Temporary Deployments'', Accepted for publication, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (WCNC'2008), Las Vegas, NV., March 2008.
A. A. Sayegh, S. C. Ghosh and T. D. Todd, ``Optimal Node Placement in Hybrid Solar Powered WLAN Mesh Networks'', Accepted for publication, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (WCNC'2008), Las Vegas, NV., March 2008.
A. M. Kholaif, T. D. Todd, P. Koutsakis and M. N. Smadi, ``QoS-Enabled Power Saving Access Points for IEEE 802.11e Networks'', Accepted for publication, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2008 (WCNC'2008), Las Vegas, NV., March 2008.
V. Rajakumar, M. N. Smadi, S. C. Ghosh, T. D. Todd and S. Hranilovic, ``Interference Management in WLAN Mesh Networks Using Free-Space Optical Links'', Accepted for publication, IEEE/OSF Journal of Lightwave Technology, October 2007.
V. Azhari, M. Smadi and T. D. Todd, ``Fast Client-Based Connection Recovery for Soft WLAN-to-Cellular Vertical Handoff'', Accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2007.
M. Smadi, T. D. Todd, V. Kezys and D. Zhao, ``Dynamically Anchored Conferencing Handoff for Dual-Mode Cellular/WLAN Handsets'', ACM Wireless Networks (WINET), February 2007.
P. Khadivi, T. D. Todd, S. Samavi, H. Saidi and D.Zhao, ``Mobile Ad Hoc Relaying for Upward Vertical Handoff in Hybrid WLAN/Cellular Systems'', Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier, 2007.
A. Farbod and T. D. Todd ``Resource Allocation and Outage Control for Solar Powered ESS Mesh Networks'', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, pp. 960-970, Vol. 6, No. 8, August 2007.
V. Rajakumar, M. N. Smadi, S. C. Ghosh, T. D. Todd and S. Hranilovic, ``WLAN Mesh Network Interference Management Using FSO Link Deployment'', Accepted for publication, The Third International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC 2007, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, March 4-9, 2007.
A. Sayegh and T. D. Todd, ``Energy Management in Solar Powered WLAN Mesh Nodes Using Online Meteorological Data'', IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.
E. Vargas, A. Sayegh and T. D. Todd, ``Shared Infrastructure Power Saving for Solar Powered IEEE 802.11 WLAN Mesh Networks'', IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.
F. Zhang, T. D. Todd, D. Zhao and V. Kezys, ``Power Saving Access Points for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Network Infrastructure'', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Volume 5, No. 2, pp. 144-156, February, 2006.
A. Kholaif and T. D. Todd, ``VoIP Capacity Allocation Using an Adaptive Voice Packetization Server in IEEE 802.11 WLANs'', IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2007, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.
D. Zhao and T. D. Todd, ``Cellular CDMA Capacity with Out-Of-Band Multihop Relaying'', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2005. Volume 5, No. 2, pp.170-178, February 2006.
J. Cai, S. Shen, J. W. Mark and T. D. Todd, ``Semiblind Channel Estimation for Pulse-based Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communication Systems'', IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 55, No. 1, January 2006.
M. Smadi, V. Azhari and T. D. Todd, ``A Measurement-based Study of WLAN to Cellular Handover'', The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Heterogeneous Multi-Hop Wireless and Mobile Networks 2006 (IEEE MHWMN'06) Vancouver, Canada, October 9, 2006
M. Smadi, T. D. Todd, V. Kezys and D. Zhao, ``Dynamically Anchored Conferencing Handoff for Dual-Mode Cellular/WLAN Handsets'', IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
P. Khadivi,S. Samavi, H. Saidi and T. D. Todd, ``Handoff in Hybrid Wireless Networks based on Self-Organization'', IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
T. D. Todd and N. S. Fahmy, ``Adaptive Antenna Arrays in Ad Hoc Networks'', Book chapter, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
S. Fashandi and T. D. Todd, "Real-Time Handoff in Solar/Battery Powered ESS Mesh Networks", 16th International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2005), 2005.
Y. Li, T.D. Todd and D. Zhao, "Access Point Power Saving in Solar/Battery Powered IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh Networks", The Second International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks, QShine 2005.
J. Cai, S. Liu, S. Shen, J. Mark and T.D. Todd, ``Power Allocation and Scheduling for MAC Layer Design in UWB Networks'', The Second International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks, QShine 2005.
Y. Li, T.D. Todd and D. Zhao, ``Access Point Power Saving in Solar/Battery Powered IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh Networks'', The Second International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks, QShine 2005.
D. Zhao, J. Zou and T. D. Todd, ``Admission Control with Load Balancing in IEEE 802.11-Based ESS Mesh Networks'', The Second International Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks, QShine 2005.