Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks Under Diversified Network Scenarios

For students, researchers, and academics, Sarkar (electronics and telecommunication engineering, Jadavpur U., India) discusses the implementation and use of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. He covers the fundamentals of these networks, including their types; scenario-based performance analysis of routing protocols; mobility models; overhead control mechanism and analysis, especially energy overhead and consumption and models; wireless sensor networks and their issues, applications, and research directions; IEEE 802.15.4 standards and performance; performance evaluation and traffic load effect on patrimonial ZigBee routing protocols and the effect of traffic on the performance of a wireless sensor network under various traffic generators; and real-world applications. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)