1. Edition - November 2008
109.- Euro
2008. 496 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-38358-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-38358-2 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
This book focuses on several aspects of wireless ad hoc networks, particularly algorithmic methods and distributed computing with mobility and computation capability. It provides the crucial building foundation for the design and construction of the future generation of ad hoc networks; covers fundamental algorithms and protocols for wireless and mobile networks needed by professionals; and includes a set of exercises that will assist professionals, students, and instructors with challenging and testing their knowledge.

From the contents
Preface.

Contributors.

About the Editor.

1. Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Azzedine Boukerche, Daniel Câmara, Antonio A.F. Loureiro, and Carlos M.S. Figueiredo).

2. Establishing a Communication Infrastructure in Ad Hoc Networks (Michel Barbeau, Evangelos Kranakis, and Ioannis Lambadaris).

3. Robustness Control for Network-Wide Broadcast in Multihop Wireless Networks (Paul Rogers and Nael B. Abu-Ghazaleh).

4. Encoding for Efficient Data Distribution in Multihop Ad Hoc Networks (Luciana Pelusi, Andrea Passarella, and Marco Conti).

5. A Taxonomy of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Azzedine Boukerche, Mohammad Z. Ahmad, Damla Turgut, and Begumhan Turgut).

6. Adaptive Backbone Multicast Routing for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Chaiporn Jaikaeo and Chien-Chung Shen).

7. Effect of Interference on Routing in Multihop Wireless Networks (Vinay Kolar and Nael B. Abu-Ghazaleh).

8. Routing Protocols in Intermittently Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Delay-Tolerant Networks (Zhensheng Zhang).

9. Transport Layer Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Lap Kong Law, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, and Michalis Faloutsos).

10. ACK-Thinning Techniques for TCP in MANETs (Stylianos Papanastasiou, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, and Lewis M. MacKenzie).

11. Power Control Protocols for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (Junhua Zhu, Brahim Bensaou, and Farid Nait-Abdesselam).

12. Power Saving in Solar-Powered WLAN Mesh Networks (Amir A. Sayegh, Mohammed N. Smadi, and Terence D. Todd).

13. Reputation-and-Trust-Based Systems for Ad Hoc Networks (Avinash Srinivasan, Joshua Teitelbaum, Jie Wu, Mihaela Cardei, and Huigang Liang).

14. Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: An Emerging Technology Toward Safe and Efficient Transportation (Maen M. Artimy, William Robertson, and William J. Phillips).

15. Performance Issues in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (Maria Kihl and Mihail L. Sichitiu).

16. Cluster Interconnection in 802.15.4 Beacon-Enabled Networks (Jelena Misic and Ranjith Udayshankar).

Index.