Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Cross-Layer Design...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 266 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition February 1, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0387390227
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0387390222
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Book Description


Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Cross-Layer Design Perspective deals with the emerging design trend that transcends traditional communication layers for performance gains in ad hoc and sensor networks. The author explores the current state of the art in cross-layer approaches for ad hoc and sensor networks, providing a comprehensive design resource.

The book offers a structured comparison and analysis of both layered and cross-layer design, providing readers with an overview of the many issues relating to ad hoc and sensor networks. The benefits of these cross-layer approaches are examined through three diverse case studies: a monitoring sensor network using Radio Frequency waves, an ad hoc network that uses Ultra Wide Band Radio, and an acoustic underwater sensor network for environmental monitoring.

Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Cross-Layer Design Perspective is interdisciplinary in character, and should be of value to software engineers, hardware engineers, application developers, network protocol designers, graduate students, communication engineers, systems engineers, and university professors.

Reader Reviews
Ad hoc networks are an intriguing possibility of a future type of networking. But severe problems need to be overcome to make these practical. Jurdak describes these. One of which is the choice of topology. Clustered, centralised or something else, like a multihop approach. A key idea is to minimise power consumption. Given that the nodes are likely to be deployed with in a wireless context. Indeed, power issues dominate some sections of the book. At a higher level, the routing protocols are myriad. It helps to have a background in knowing how TCP/IP works. The book in several places makes reference to the OSI and TCP/IP protocol stacks. If only to explain why ad hoc networks differ in several layers. A few examples are given of current networks. Most still at an experimental stage. Comment | | (Report this)