Wireless ad hoc networks, mobile or static, have special resource requirements and topology features, which make them different from classic computer networks in resource management, routing, media access control, and QoS provisioning. Some of our day-to-day situations directly relate to ad hoc wireless network applications, such as self-organization, mobility management, and energy efficient design.

Within thirteen self-contained chapters, this volume provides a complete survey of the state-of-the-art research that encompasses all areas of ad hoc and sensor networks. Written by distinguished researchers in the field, these chapters focus on the theoretical and experimental study of advanced research topics involving security and trust, broadcasting and multicasting, power control and energy efficiency, and QoS provisioning.

This book is a great reference tool for graduate students, researchers, and mathematicians interested in studying mobile ad hoc and sensor networks.

Zusammenfassung

Some of our day-to-day situations dealing with self-organization, mobility management, and energy efficient design directly relate to ad hoc wireless (mobile or static) network applications. This book surveys state-of-the-art research regarding several rapidly growing areas in the field with a focus on four such topics from both theoretical and experimental standpoints: network security and trust, broadcasting and multicasting, power control and energy efficiency, and QoS provisioning.

This book is a great reference tool for professionals in the field of networking and telecommunications, graduate students and researchers interested in wireless networks, and practitioners working on sensor networks.

Inhalt
Backbone Quality-of-Service Routing Protocol for Heterogeneous Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Optimal Path Selection in Ad Hoc Networks Based on Multiple Metrics: Bandwidth and Delay.- Analyzing Voice Transmission Between Ad Hoc Networks and Fixed IP Networks Providing End-to-End Quality of Service.- Separable Threshold Decryption for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.- A Secure Group Communication Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.- Reliable Routing in Ad Hoc Networks Using Direct Trust Mechanisms.- On the Power Optimization and Throughput Performance of Multihop Wireless Network Architectures.- Provisioning the Performance in Wireless Sensor Networks through Computational Geometry Algorithms.- Message-Optimal Self-Configuration for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Energy-Efficient Two-Tree Multicast for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- SPLAST: A Novel Approach for Multicasting in Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.- A Simple and Efficient Broadcasting Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Energy-Efficient Broadcast/Multicast Routing with Min-Max Transmission Power in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.