This book provides a systematic introduction to the fundamental concepts, major challenges, and effective solutions for Quality of Service in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Unlike other books on the topic, it focuses on the networking aspects of WSNs, discussing the most important networking issues, including network architecture design, medium access control, routing and data dissemination, node clustering, node localization, query processing, data aggregation, transport and quality of service, time synchronization, and network security.
Featuring contributions from researchers, this book strikes a balance between fundamental concepts and new technologies, providing readers with unprecedented insights into WSNs from a networking perspective. It is essential reading for a broad audience, including academics, research engineers, and practitioners, particularly postgraduate/postdoctoral researchers and engineers in industry. It is also suitable as a textbook or supplementary reading for graduate computer engineering and computer science courses.
Dr. K. R. Venugopal is the Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University. He holds eleven degrees, including a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from IIT-Madras, Chennai and a Ph.D. in Economics from Bangalore University, as well as degrees in Law, Mass Communication, Electronics, Economics, Business Finance, Computer Science, Public Relations, and Industrial Relations.
Dr. Venugopal has authored and edited 68 books and published more than 800 papers in refereed international journals and conferences. Dr. Venugopal was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of Southern California, USA. He has been conferred IEEE fellow and ACM Distinguished Educator for his contributions to Computer Science Engineering and Electrical Engineering education.
Dr. Shiv Prakash T. is currently Director of the Vijaya Vittala Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He holds a Ph.D., M.S and B.E in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangalore University. He has over ten years of IT experience in the field of Embedded Systems and Digital Multimedia. He is currently authoring the book Mastering Java to be published in 2021. His research areas include Wireless Sensor Networks, Computer Vision, Embedded Linux, and Digital Multimedia.
Dr. M. Kumaraswamy is currently a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SJPT, Bangalore. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad, B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Mysore, Mysore, and M.Tech in System Analysis and Computer Applications from NITK Surathkal. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks and Adhoc Networks.
