Cordeiro, Carlos de Morais. <br/><br/>
Ad hoc and sensor networks  theory and applications  /  [electronic resource] : 
Carlos de Morais Cordeiro, Dharma Prakash Agrawal. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Singapore :  World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.,  ©2011. 
 - 1 online resource (664 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> "This book provides a comprehensive yet easy coverage of ad hoc and sensor networks and fills the gap of existing literature in this growing field. It emphasizes that there is a major interdependence among various layers of the network protocol stack. Contrary to wired or even one-hop cellular networks, the lack of a fixed infrastructure, the inherent mobility, the wireless channel, and the underlying routing mechanism by ad hoc and sensor networks introduce a number of technological challenges that are difficult to address within the boundaries of a single protocol layer. All existing textbooks on the subject often focus on a specific aspect of the technology, and fail to provide critical insights on cross-layer interdependencies. To fully understand these intriguing networks, one need to grasp specific solutions individually, and also the many interdependencies and cross-layer interactions."-- 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. <br/>System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789814338905 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sensor networks.<br/>Mobile computing.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK7872.D48  / C68 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.3821