Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Theory and Applications

• Main Authors: Cordeiro, Carlos de Morais (Author), Agrawal, Dharma P. 1945- Dharma Prakash (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore World Scientific 2011
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Subjects: Mobile computing; Sensor networks
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• Physical Description: xxv, 636 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9814338885; 9789814338882

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.