Going beyond classic networking principles and architectures for better wireless performance Written by authors with vast experience in academia and industry, Wireless Mesh Networks provides its readers with a thorough overview and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in wireless mesh networking. It offers guidance on how to develop new ideas to advance this technology, and how to support emerging applications and services. The contents of the book follow the TCP/IP protocol stack, starting from the physical layer. Functionalities and existing protocols and algorithms for each protocol layer are covered in depth. The book is written in an accessible textbook style, and contains supporting materials such as problems and exercises to assist learning. Key Features: <ul>
<li>Presents an in-depth explanation of recent advances and open research issues in wireless mesh networking, and offers concrete and comprehensive material to guide deployment and product development</li> <li>Describes system architectures and applications of wireless mesh networks (WMNs), and discusses the critical factors influencing protocol design</li> <li>Explores theoretical network capacity and the state-of-the-art protocols related to WMNs</li> <li>Surveys standards that have been specified and standard drafts that are being specified for WMNs, in particular the latest standardization results in IEEE 802.11s, 802.15.5, 802.16 mesh mode, and 802.16 relay mode</li> <li>Includes an accompanying website with PPT-slides, further reading, tutorial material, exercises, and solutions</li> </ul>
Advanced students on networking, computer science, and electrical engineering courses will find Wireless Mesh Networks an essential read. It will also be of interest to wireless networking academics, researchers, and engineers at universities and in industry.

Wireless Mesh Networks

Computers & Technology

Akyildiz, Ian F.

Wang, Xudong

Certification

wiley

This book presents an in-depth study on the recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The authors describe the existing WSN applications and discuss the research efforts being undertaken in this field. Theoretical analysis and factors influencing protocol design are also highlighted. The authors explore state-of-the-art protocols for WSN protocol stack in transport, routing, data link, and physical layers. Moreover, the synchronization and localization problems in WSNs are investigated along with existing solutions. Furthermore, cross-layer solutions are described. Finally, developing areas of WSNs including sensor-actor networks, multimedia sensor networks, and WSN applications in underwater and underground environments are explored. The book is written in an accessible, textbook style, and includes problems and solutions to assist learning. 
Key Features: <ul>
<li>The ultimate guide to recent advances and research into WSNs</li> <li>Discusses the most important problems and issues that arise when programming and designing WSN systems</li> <li>Shows why the unique features of WSNs – self-organization, cooperation, correlation -- will enable new applications that will provide the end user with intelligence and a better understanding of the environment</li> <li>Provides an overview of the existing evaluation approaches for WSNs including physical testbeds and software simulation environments</li> <li>Includes examples and learning exercises with a solutions manual; supplemented by an accompanying website containing PPT-slides.</li> </ul>
Wireless Sensor Networks is an essential textbook for advanced students on courses in wireless communications, networking and computer science. It will also be of interest to researchers, system and chip designers, network planners, technical mangers and other professionals in these fields.

Wireless Sensor Networks

Vuran, Mehmet Can

Networking & Cloud Computing

It is widely accepted that nanonetworks will enable a plethora of long-awaited applications, ranging from healthcare to homeland security, industrial development and environmental protection. Enabling communication among nanomachines is still a major challenge. While it is acknowledged that there is still a long way to go before having a fully functional nanomachine, this book makes the case that hardware-oriented research and communication-focused investigations will benefit from being conducted in parallel from an early stage. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band defines the first steps towards enabling electromagnetic communication among nanomachines in the Terahertz Band (0.1-10 THz). The starting point is the development of novel graphene-based plasmonic nano-antennas, which efficiently operate in the Terahertz Band. The authors have developed a novel Terahertz Band channel model and investigated the potential of this frequency band by means of a channel capacity analysis. In light of the channel peculiarities and the nanomachine capabilities, they put forward a set of communication mechanisms for nanonetworks, which include femtosecond-long pulse-based modulations, low-weight channel coding schemes, a new symbol detection scheme at the receiver, and a new medium access control protocol for nanonetworks. In addition, the book analyzes the performance of perpetual nanonetworks by developing a joint energy harvesting and energy consumption model for self-powered nanomachines. Finally, an emulation platform has been developed to simulate a one-to-one nano-link between nanomachines and validate the developed models.

Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band (Foundations and Trends(r) in Networking)

Jornet, Josep Miquel

Now Publishers

Molecular communication (MC) is a bio-inspired paradigm where the exchange of information is realized through the transmission, propagation, and reception of molecules. This paradigm was first studied in biology, since it is successfully adopted in nature by cells for intracellular and intercellular communication. MC is considered a promising option for communications in nanonetworks, which are defined as the interconnections of intelligent autonomous nanometer-scale devices, or nanomachines. Thanks to the feasibility of MC in biological environments, MC-based nanonetworks have the potential to be the enabling technology for a wide range of applications, mostly in the biomedical, but also in the industrial and surveillance fields. Fundamentals of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks analyzes the MC paradigm from the point of view of communication engineering and information theory, and provides solutions to the modeling and design of MC-based nanonetworks.

Fundamentals of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks (Foundations and Trends(r) in Networking)

Pierobon, Massimiliano

Games & Strategy Guides

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