Protocols for Supporting Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are self-organizing, infrastructureless networks that provide flexibility and convenience in setting up a dynamic network. Since the 1970's, MANETs have attracted a great deal of research aimed at improving their basic performance. However, with the development of real-time applications, incorporating Quality of Service (QoS) into the network architecture becomes essential. Supporting QoS in MANETs necessitates more harmonious collaboration among all network layers, requiring a design that supports cross-layer interactions rather than a traditional independent layered network architecture. The work described in this book enables this goal by proposing a general architecture that supports cross-layer interactions, as well as by designing protocols at several layers of the stack that can exploit this cross-layer information to improve the QoS performance. This book is addressed to professionals in wireless networks, especially those interested in protocol design for supporting QoS in MANETs.

graduated from Univ. of Rochesterwith Ph.D. degree. Her research interests are protocol desgin in wireless networks.Wendi B. Heinzelmanis an associate professor in the Departmentof Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univ. of Rochester. Her research interests lie in the area of wireless communications and networking, mobile computing, andmultimedia communication.