Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Current Status and Future Trends

Nov. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Guiding readers through the basics of these rapidly emerging networks to more advanced concepts and future expectations, Mobile Ad hoc Networks: Current Status and Future Trends identifies and examines the most pressing research issues in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs). Containing the contributions of leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics, this forward-looking reference provides an authoritative perspective of the state of the art in MANETs.

The book includes surveys of recent publications that investigate key areas of interest such as limited resources and the mobility of the mobile nodes. It considers routing, multicast, energy, security, channel assignment, and ensuring quality of service. Also suitable as a text for graduate students, the book is organized into three sections:

1) Fundamentals of MANET Modeling and Simulation—Describes how MANETs operate and perform through simulations and models
2) Communication Protocols of MANETs—Presents cutting-edge research on key issues, including MAC layer issues and routing in high mobility
3) Future Networks Inspired By MANETs—Tackles open research issues and emerging trends

Illustrating the role MANETs are likely to play in future networks, this book supplies the foundation and insight you will need to make your own contributions to the field. It includes coverage of routing protocols, modeling and simulations tools, intelligent optimization techniques to multicriteria routing, security issues in FHAMIPv6, connecting moving smart objects to the Internet, underwater sensor networks, wireless mesh network architecture and protocols, adaptive routing provision using Bayesian inference, and adaptive flow control in transport layer using genetic algorithms.

About the Authors

Kok Keong Loo a.k.a. Jonathan Loo is currently a Reader in Multimedia Communications at the School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, UK. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Multimedia University, Malaysia. He received the MSc degree in Electronics (with Distinction) and PhD degree in Electronics and Communications from University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Between August 2003 and May 2010, he was a Lecturer in Multimedia Communications at the School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, UK. During that period, he was also the Course Director for MSc in Digital Signal Processing.

Prof. Jaime Lloret (jlloret@dcom.upv.es) received his M.Sc. in Physics in 1997, his M.Sc. in electronic Engineering in 2003 and his Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering (Dr. Ing.) in 2006. He is a Cisco Certified Network Professional Instructor. He worked as a network designer and as an administrator in several enterprises. He is currently Associate Professor in the Polytechnic University of Valencia and he is the research line coordinator of the "communications and remote sensing" of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute. He is the director of the University Expert Certificate “Redes y Comunicaciones de Ordenadores” and of the University Expert Certificate “Tecnologías Web y Comercio Electrónico”. He is currently the Cognitive Networks Technical Committee (IEEE Communications Society) Vice-chair for the Europe/Africa Region.

Jesus Hamilton Ortiz is bachelor degree in mathematics, electrical engineering and  DEA in Telecommunications engineering  and PhD in computer engineering. He is assistant professor at the University of Castilla La Mancha in computer and mobile networks, he is editor and reviewer of several international journals

ISBN: 9781439856505, 538 pp., Hardback, $119.95

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