Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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Author(s): R. Jurdak
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 270

Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks......Page 1
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
1 Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Opportunities and Challenges......Page 14
Part I - Layered Communication Approaches......Page 17
2 Physical Layer......Page 18
3 Data Link Layer......Page 27
4 Network Layer......Page 55
5 Transport and Middleware Layers......Page 75
6 Application Layer......Page 86
Part II - Cross-Layer Approaches......Page 96
7 Cross-Layer Design......Page 97
8 Cross-Layer Architectures......Page 108
9 Applied Cross-Layer Approaches......Page 118
Part III - Case Studies......Page 162
10 Optimization of an RF Sensor Network......Page 163
11 UWB Ad Hoc Network......Page 195
12 Acoustic Underwater Sensor Network......Page 223
13 Concluding Remarks and Future Directions......Page 246
A Extended Cost Function......Page 248
References......Page 251
Index......Page 265