Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Theory and Applications

Carlos de Morais Cordeiro, Dharma Prakash Agrawal

• Verlag: WSPC
• Jahr: 2011
• ISBN:
  9789814360821
• Auflage: 2
• Thema: Technology & Engineering
• Thema: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications

This book provides a comprehensive yet easy coverage of ad hoc and sensor networks and fills the gap of existing literature in this growing field. It emphasizes that there is a major interdependence among various layers of the network protocol stack. Contrary to wired or even one-hop cellular networks, the lack of a fixed infrastructure, the inherent mobility, the wireless channel, and the underlying routing mechanism by ad hoc and sensor networks introduce a number of technological challenges that are difficult to address within the boundaries of a single protocol layer.

All existing textbooks on the subject often focus on a specific aspect of the technology, and fail to provide critical insights on cross-layer interdependencies. To fully understand these intriguing networks, one need to grasp specific solutions individually, and also the many interdependencies and cross-layer interactions.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
• Broadcasting, Multicasting and Geocasting
• Wireless LANs
• Wireless PANs
• Wireless Mesh Networks
• Directional Antenna Systems
• Cognitive Radio and Networks
• TCP over Ad Hoc Networks
• Applications of Sensor Networks
• Sensor Networks Design Considerations
• Sensor Networks in Controlled Environment and Actuators
• Security in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
• Integrating MANETs, WLANs, and Cellular Networks

Readership: Researchers, developers and institutions keen in the applications of wireless devices, and graduate and senior undergraduate students in networking, computer engineering and electrical engineering.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Acknowledgements for the Second Edition
• Acknowledgements for the First Edition
• 1: Introduction
• 2: Routing in Ad hoc Networks
• 3: Broadcasting, Multicasting and Geocasting
• 4: Wireless LANs
• 5: Wireless PANs
• 6: Wireless Mesh Networks
• 7: Directional Antenna Systems
• 8: Cognitive Radio and Networks
• 9: TCP over Ad Hoc Networks
• 10: Applications of Sensor Networks
• 11: Sensor Networks Design Considerations
• 12: Sensor Networks in Controlled Environment and Actuators
• 13: Security in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
• 14: Integrating MANETs, WLANs, and Cellular Networks
• Index
• About the Authors