Ad Hoc Networking

STEFANO BASAGNI holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Milano, Italy, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his BSc degree in computer science from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1991. Since January 2002, he has been an assistant professor of Computer Engineering in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Northeastern University. MARCO CONTI received the Laurea degree in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, Italy. He is currently a senior researcher at the Informatics and Telematics Institute (IIT) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He served as program committee chair of IFIP--TC6 Conferences "Networking2002," and "PWC2003." He is on the editorial board of ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review. SILVIA GIORDANO received her PhD from EPFL, Lausanne. She is currently coordinator of Wireless, Telecommunication and High Frequency at the University of Applied Science of Ticino (Switzerland), and working as scientific collaborator at IIT--CNR, Pisa (Italy). She is a technical editor of IEEE Communications Magazine. IVAN STOJMENOVIc- received a PhD degree in mathematics from the University of Zagreb. He is currently full professor at the University of Ottawa (Canada). He is managing editor of the Journal of Multiple--Valued Logic and Soft Computing, and an editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Parallel Processing Letters, and a few other journals. He recently edited the Handbook of Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wiley, 2002).

Contributors. Preface. 1. Mobile Ad--Hoc networking with a View of 4G Wireless: Imperatives and Challenges (J. Liu & I. Chlamtac). 2. Off--the--Shelf Enables of Ad Hoc Networks (G. Zaruba & S. Das). 3. IEEE 802.11 in Ad Hoc Networks: Protocols, Performance and Open Issues (G. Anastasi, et al.). 4. Scatternet Formation in Bluetooth Networks (S. Basagni, et al.). 5. Antenna Beamforming and Power Control for Ad Hoc Networks (R. Ramanathan). 6. Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (X. Li). 7. Broadcasting and Activity Scheduling in Ad Hoc Networks (I. Stojmenovic & J. Wu). 8. Location Discovery (A. Savvidesn & M. Srivastava). 9. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs): Routing Technology for Dynamic, Wireless Networking (J. Macker & M. Corson). 10. Routing Approaches in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (E. Belding--Royer). 11. Energy--Efficient Communication in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (L. Feeney). 12. Ad Hoc Networks Security (P. Michiardi & R. Molva). 13. Self--Organized and Cooperative Ad Hoc Networking (S. Giordano & A. Urpi). 14. Simulation and Modeling of Wireless, Mobile, and Ad Hoc Networks (A. Boukerche & L. Bononi). 15. Modeling Cross--Layering Interaction Using Inverse Optimization (V. Syrotiuk & A.Bikki). 16. Algorithmic Challenges in Ad Hoc Networks (A. Farago). Index. About the Editors.