Ad hoc mobile wireless networks protocols and systems

The authoritative guide to the state of the art in ad hoc wireless networking. Reflects the field's latest breakthroughs Covers media access, routing, service discovery, multicasting, power conservation, transport protocol, and much more Includes a complete narration of prototype implementation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toh, C.-K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall PTR 2002
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to wireless networks
  • Origins of ad hoc: packet radio networks
  • Ad hoc wireless networks
  • Ad hoc wireless media access protocols
  • Overview of ad hoc routing protocols
  • Associativity-based long-lived routing
  • Implementation of ad hoc mobile networks
  • Communication performance of ad hoc networks
  • Energy conservation: power life issues
  • Ad hoc wireless multicast routing
  • TCP over ad hoc
  • Internet & ad hoc service discovery
  • Bluetooth technology
  • Wireless application protocol (WAP)
  • Ad hoc nomadic mobile applications
  • Conclusions and the future
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index