Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks: Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects

✍ Scribed by S. Kami Makki, Abdelmounaam Rezgui, Wuxu Peng, Kia Makki (auth.), S. Kami Makki, Xiang-Yang Li, Niki Pissinou, Shamila Makki, Masoumeh Karimi, Kia Makki (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks: Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects contains an analysis of various important networking problems and brings together recent trends and emerging works in the areas of sensor and ad-hoc networks. This book identifies the areas that are in need of special attention and presents recent research findings. The book features valuable discussions of relevant concepts that examine the various approaches which define emerging theoretical and algorithmic aspects of sensor and ad-hoc networks. The chapters are written by the leading national and international researchers and professionals in the field. Each chapter represents the state-of-the-art research and includes several seminal contributions on such topics as network coverage, detectability, integration, energy efficiency and routing.

Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks: Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects is a useful reference for researchers, academics, graduate students, and industry professionals in the field of sensor and ad-hoc networks. Some of the works in this book have been supported by the National Science Foundation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Establishing New Research Initiatives for Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 1-18
Random Graph Models and the Limits of Scalability in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks....Pages 19-41
Analysis of Effective Connectivity in Mobile Wireless Communications....Pages 43-71
Some Detectability Issues in Sensor Networks....Pages 73-99
Comparative Methods of Channel Assignment in Multivariate Wireless Networks....Pages 101-121
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: QoS-Aware Integration Architecture....Pages 123-146
Distributed Energy-Aware Topology Control Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 147-160
MFACE: A Multicast Backbone-Assisted Face Traversal Algorithm for Arbitrary Planar Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Topologies....Pages 161-180
Service-Driven Query Routing in Sensor-Actuator Networks....Pages 181-201
Multiscale Anchor-Free Distributed Positioning in Sensor Networks....Pages 203-220
Evaluation of Time Synchronization over Mobile Ad hoc Networks....Pages 221-235
Universal Modular Framework for Sensor Networks....Pages 237-253
Application and Evaluation of Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 255-276
A Fault-Tolerant Scheme for Detection of DDoS Attack Patterns in Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 277-296
Forming Energy-Efficient Bluetooth Scatternets for Sensor Networks....Pages 297-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-311

✦ Subjects

Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Electrical Engineering