AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS (2ND EDITION) - Hardcover

De Morais Cordeiro, Carlos; Agrawal, Dharma Prakash

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814338885 ISBN 13: 9789814338882

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9814338885
• ISBN 13: 9789814338882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 664