Ad-hoc Networks: Fundamental Properties and Network Topologies

• Main Author: Hekmat, Ramin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

This book provides an original graph theoretical approach to the fundamental properties of wireless mobile ad-hoc networks. This approach is combined with a realistic radio model for physical links between nodes to produce new insights into network characteristics like connectivity, degree distribut...

Table of Contents:

• to Ad-hoc Networks
• Scope of the book
• Modeling Ad-hoc Networks
• Degree in Ad-hoc Networks
• Hopcount in Ad-hoc Networks
• Connectivity in Ad-hoc Networks
• MAC Protocols for Packet Radio Networks
• Interference in Ad-hoc Networks
• Simplified Interference Estimation: Honey-Grid Model
• Capacity of Ad-hoc Networks
• Book Summary.