Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: A Communication-Theoretic Perspective - Hardcover

Ozan Tonguz; Gianluigi Ferrari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047009110X ISBN 13: 9780470091104

Publisher: Wiley, 2006

Synopsis

Ad hoc networking is a new area in wireless communications that is going to prevail in the next few decades. Understanding the full potential of this technology will lead to new applications both civilian and military, such as military ad hoc wireless networks, environmental sensor networks, car-based ad hoc networks, biomedical networks and many more.    

This text takes a “bottom-up” perspective.

• The physical layer performance of ad hoc wireless networks is studied in detail showing the strong dependence of higher layer performance on physical layer capabilities and limitations.

• A communication-theoretic perspective on the design of ad hoc wireless networks is presented. 
• The interaction between physical layer and higher layers is discussed providing a new perspective in the practical design of ad hoc wireless networks.

Topics in the book range from the basic principles of networking and communication systems through to applications making it ideal for practicing and R&D engineers in the wireless communications and networking industries looking to understand this new area.  The inclusion of problems and solutions at the end of each chapter furthers understanding and makes it a highly relevant text for  post-graduate and senior undergraduates on communication systems and computer science courses.

About this title

About the Author

Ozan Tonguz is the Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Co-Director of the Centre for Wireless and Broadband Networking at Carnegie Mellon University, USA.  He has twenty years teaching experience at universities in the US and has ten years industry consulting experience. He has also been granted service awards from the IEEE Communications Society and the Optical Society of America.

Dr Ferrari completed his Ph.D. in 2002 and is an Assistant Professor at University of Parma in Italy.  He is currently on leave carrying out research on ad hoc wireless networks at Carnegie Mellon University, USA in Professor Tonguz’s department.

From the Back Cover

One of the new paradigms in wireless communications that is going to prevail in the next few decades is ad hoc networking.  Ad Hoc Wireless Networks seeks to explore this paradigm shift in wireless networking and presents topics ranging from the basic principles of networking and communication systems through to applications.

Looking at the topic from a &;bottom-up&; perspective, whereby the physical layer performance of ad hoc wireless networks is studied in detail, this book offers an alternative to the top-down approach typically pursued in computer networking.  This new perspective leads to several interesting results in the practical design of ad hoc wireless networks. In particular, this book

• Discusses the importance of the interaction between the physical and higher networking layers, and demonstrates the strong dependence of higher layer performance on physical layer capabilities and limitations
• Combines network performance, in terms of transport capacity, throughput, and delay, with MAC layer and physical layer considerations and performance
• Examines connectivity in the network based on the end-to-end multi-hop BER desired on a typical network
• Sheds light on the number of neighbours required in quasi-regular and random topologies

Written at a level that not only makes it accessible to people who are working in the area of networking and communication systems but also to the non-expert reader, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in ad hoc networking.

From the Inside Flap

One of the new paradigms in wireless communications that is going to prevail in the next few decades is ad hoc networking.  Ad Hoc Wireless Networks seeks to explore this paradigm shift in wireless networking and presents topics ranging from the basic principles of networking and communication systems through to applications.

Looking at the topic from a “bottom-up” perspective, whereby the physical layer performance of ad hoc wireless networks is studied in detail, this book offers an alternative to the top-down approach typically pursued in computer networking.  This new perspective leads to several interesting results in the practical design of ad hoc wireless networks. In particular, this book

• Discusses the importance of the interaction between the physical and higher networking layers, and demonstrates the strong dependence of higher layer performance on physical layer capabilities and limitations
• Combines network performance, in terms of transport capacity, throughput, and delay, with MAC layer and physical layer considerations and performance
• Examines connectivity in the network based on the end-to-end multi-hop BER desired on a typical network
• Sheds light on the number of neighbours required in quasi-regular and random topologies

Written at a level that not only makes it accessible to people who are working in the area of networking and communication systems but also to the non-expert reader, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in ad hoc networking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047009110X
• ISBN 13: 9780470091104
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346