Scott Miller

Bell Laboratories
High Speed Mobile Data Research Department
Director
101 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel, New Jersey 07733-3030
Room 4G502
scm@bell-labs.com

Research Interests

I am the Director for the High Speed Mobile Data Research department. I am interested in next generation wireless architectures and services including integration of 802.11 and 3G technologies, wireless/wireline convergence, network subscriber databases (HLR/HSS/AAA), IMS, VoIP, high speed wireless data, mobile 802.11 hotspots, all-wireless 802.11 hotspot installations, and the related mobile networking issues concerning seamless mobility, authentication, security, roaming, and accounting.

My past work was focused more on wireless applications implementing novel systems for wireless messaging, speech-driven directory services, wireless instant messaging, carrier-based content billing, and a framework for multi-media content adaptation used in MMS and web access applications.

Most of the projects I work on call for expertise in networking, wireless, and software. These are systems research projects which are geared to things that can eventually become a Lucent product. Most of the work becomes a fully functioning prototype. Our department prides ourselves on our ability to architect, design, digest relevant standards, draw upon our broad knowledge base, innovate, implement, demonstrate, and most of all to work together as a team. The department develops software on the Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms using both C++ and Java where appropriate.

Projects

Please refer to the department web page for a complete list of activities going on within my department. Many of my recent efforts focus around universal roaming across different access networks, primarily 802.11 and 3G. These efforts focused on roaming and seamless handoff for voice and data services. This work has resulted in:

• Windows mobility client software for seamless inter-technology handoff, management of multiple physical interfaces in a dual-mode (802.11/3G) terminal device, multi-interface MobileIP, 802.11 interface management, automatic network selection and registration.
• 802.11 gateway to provide security, mobility, accounting, IP and Web services for 802.11 with a wireline backhaul deployment. The gateway is part of an overall 802.11/3G integrated service architecture.
• MobileIOTA Gateway which combines an 802.11 access point, a 3G wireless data backhaul (EV-DO, UMTS, 1xRTT, or GPRS), and public access gateway networking functionality all in a single small appliance. This gateway allows a 3G high speed data backhaul to provide the internet connectivity for a mobile or portable 802.11 hotspot.

Here are some project pages. Refer to the department page in the link above to see all of the projects within the department.

• IOTA Project: Integration of Two Access Technologies 802.11/3G

Here is a link to my old project which became a former Lucent product,

• Wireless Data Server project.

Publications

Education

• B.S.E.E. from Cooper Union in N.Y.C. 1986
• M.S.E.E. from Cooper Union in N.Y.C. 1987