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This publication represents the best thinking and solutions to a myriad of contemporary issues in wireless networks. Coverage includes wireless LANs, multihop wireless networks, and sensor networks. Readers are provided with insightful guidance in tackling such issues as architecture, protocols, modeling, analysis, and solutions. The book also highlights economic issues, market trends, emerging, cutting-edge applications, and new paradigms, such as middleware for RFID, smart home design, and "on-demand business" in the context of pervasive computing. Mobile, Wireless, and Sensor Networks is divided into three distinct parts: * Recent Advances in Wireless LANs and Multihop Wireless Networks * Recent Advances and Research in Sensor Networks * Middleware, Applications, and New Paradigms In developing this collected work, the editors have emphasized two objectives: * Helping readers bridge the gap and understand the relationship between practice and theory * Helping readers bridge the gap and understand the relationships and common links among different types of wireless networks Chapters are written by an international team of researchers and practitioners who are experts and trendsetters in their fields. Contributions represent both industry and academia, including IBM, National University of Singapore, Panasonic, Intel, and Seoul National University. Students, researchers, and practitioners who need to stay abreast of new research and take advantage of the latest techniques in wireless communications will find this publication indispensable. Mobile, Wireless, and Sensor Networks provides a clear sense of where the industry is now, what challenges it faces, and where it is heading.
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MOBILE, WIRELESS, AND SENSOR NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Edited by Rajeev Shorey IBM Research Indian Institute of Technology A. Ananda Mun Choon Chan Wei Tsang Ooi National University of Singapore A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION This is a timely, readable and comprehensive survey of recent work in the area of mobile networks, providing a good background reader for students and practitioners alike. It highlights some of the opportunities and challenges that accompany the deployment of both current wireless LANs as well as next-generation mesh and multihop networks. Henning Schulzrinne Professor and Chair, Dept. of Computer Science Columbia University, New York, USA This book complements other publications in an area that is of significant interest in research and deployment these days and as such is welcome and timely. By covering both technology and applications it is a useful handbook for people interested in both aspects of this field. The various topics are represented in nicely connected chapters, each representing previously unpublished work. The chapter authors are authorities. Imrich Chlamtac President, CreateNet Research Consortium Bruno Kessler Honorary Professor University of Trento, Italy This book will get the reader started with what is happening on the research front in the area of wireless LANs, multihop ad hoc and sensor networks. And surely, once the reader goes through some of the chapters, she will want to explore deeper the subjects covered and the issues addressed in the book. These include performance analysis, design methodology, and middleware, energy management, security, and applications. Bijendra Jain Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India With contributions from several experts in the field, this collection of papers provides an easily accessible, comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the vast and ever growing literature in several important areas of wireless networking, particularly, wireless LANs, multihop wireless networks, and wireless ad hoc sensor n