Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: A Communication–Theoretic Perspective

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 bookDiscusses 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 limitationsCombines network performance, in terms of transport capacity, throughput, and delay, with MAC layer and physical layer considerations and performanceExamines connectivity in the network based on the end–to–end multi–hop BER desired on a typical networkSheds 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.


Spis treści:
Preface.
List of Acronyms.
1 Related Work and Preliminary Considerations.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Related Work.
1.3 A New Perspective for the Design of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
1.4 Overview of the Underlying Assumptions in the Following Chapters.
1.5 The Main Philosophy Behind the Book.
2 A Communication–Theor etic Framework for Multi–hop Ad Hoc Wireless
Networks: Ideal Scenario.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Preliminaries.
2.3 Communication–Theoretic Basics.
2.4 BER Performance Analysis.
2.5 Network Behaviour.
2.6 Concluding Remarks.
3 A Communication–Theoretic Framework for Multi–hop Ad Hoc Wireless
Networks: Realistic Scenario.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Preliminaries.
3.3 Communication–Theoretic Basics.
3.4 Inter–node Interference.
3.5 RESGOMAC Protocol.
3.6 RESLIGOMAC Protocol.
3.7 Network Behavior.
3.8 Conclusions.
4 Connectivity in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: A Physical Layer Perspective.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Quasi–regular Topology.
4.3 Random Topology.
4.4 Concluding Remarks and Discussion.
5 Effective Transport Capacity in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Modeland Assumptions.
5.3 Preliminaries.
5.4 Single–Route Effective Transport Capacity.
5.5 Aggregate Effective Transport Capacity.
5.6 Comparison of the RESGO and RESLIGOMAC Protocols.
5.7 Spread–RESGO: Improved RESGOMAC Protocol with Per–route Spreading Codes.
5.8 Discussion.
5.9 Concluding Remarks.
6 Impact of Mobility on the Performance of Multi–hop Ad Hoc Wireless
Networks.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Preliminaries.
6.3 Switching Models.
6.4 Mobility Models.
6.5 Numerical Results.
6.6 Conclusions.
7 Route Reservation in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Related Work.
7.3 Network Models and Assumptions.
7.4 The Two Switching Schemes.
7.5 Analysis of the Two Switching Techniques.
7.6 Results and Discussion.
7.7 Concluding Remarks.
8 Optimal Common Transmit Power for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Modeland Assumptions.
8.3 Connectivity.
8.4 BER at the End of a Multi–hop Route.
8.5 Optimal Common Transmit Power.
8.6 Performance Metrics.
8.7 Results and Discussion.
8.8 Related Work.
8.9 Conclusions.
9 Routing Problem in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: A Cross–Layer Perspective.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Experimental Evidence.
9.3 Preliminaries: Analytical Models and Assumptions.
9.4 Route Selection: Simulation Study.
9.5 Network Performance Evaluation.
9.6 Discussion.
9.7 Related Work.
9.8 Conclusions.
10 Concluding Remarks.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Extensions of the Theoretical Framework: Open Problems.
10.3 Network Architectures.
10.4 Network Application Architectures.
10.5 Standards.
10.6 Applications.
10.7 Conclusions.
Appendix A.
Appendix B.
Appendix C.
Appendix D.
Appendix E.
References.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
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.

Okładka tylna:
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 bookDiscusses 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 limitationsCombines network performance, in terms of transport capacity, throughput, and delay, with MAC layer and physical layer considerations and performanceExamines connectivity in the network based on the end–to–end multi–hop BER desired on a typical networkSheds 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.