Selected Topics in Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

Selected Topics in Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
Author: Sudip Misra
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 808
Release: 2010
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9812839445

Communication networks and distributed system technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research on different aspects in these areas. Even though these areas hold great promise for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. This review volume discusses important issues in selected emerging and matured topics in communication networks and distributed systems. It will be a valuable reference for students, instructors, researchers, engineers and strategists in this field.

Vehicular Networking

Vehicular Networking
Author: Marc Emmelmann
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780470661307

During the last 15 years, the interest in vehicular communication has grown, especially in the automotive industry. Due to the envisioned mass market, projects focusing on Car-to-X communication experience high public visibility. This book presents vehicular communication in a broader perspective that includes more than just its application to the automotive industry. It provides, researchers, engineers, decision makers and graduate students in wireless communications with an introduction to vehicular communication focussing on car-to-x and train-based systems. Emphasizes important perspectives of vehicular communication including market area, application areas, and standardization issues as well as selected topics featuring aspects of developing, prototyping, and testing vehicular communication systems. Supports the reader in understanding common characteristics and differences between the various application areas of vehicular communication. Offers both an overview of the application area and an in-depth discussion of key technologies in these areas. Written by a wide range of experts in the field.

NETWORKING 2011

NETWORKING 2011
Author: Jordi Domingo-Pascual
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642207979

The two-volume set LNCS 6640 and 6641 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference held in Valencia, Spain, in May 2011. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 294 submissions. The papers feature innovative research in the areas of applications and services, next generation Internet, wireless and sensor networks, and network science. The second volume includes 28 papers organized in topical sections on peer-to-peer, pricing, resource allocation, resource allocation radio, resource allocation wireless, social networks, and TCP.

Security for Multihop Wireless Networks

Security for Multihop Wireless Networks
Author: Shafiullah Khan
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466578033

Security for Multihop Wireless Networks provides broad coverage of the security issues facing multihop wireless networks. Presenting the work of a different group of expert contributors in each chapter, it explores security in mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks, and personal area networks. Detailing technologies and processes that can help you secure your wireless networks, the book covers cryptographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, key management, attacks and countermeasures, secure routing, secure medium access control, intrusion detection, epidemics, security performance analysis, and security issues in applications. It identifies vulnerabilities in the physical, MAC, network, transport, and application layers and details proven methods for strengthening security mechanisms in each layer. The text explains how to deal with black hole attacks in mobile ad hoc networks and describes how to detect misbehaving nodes in vehicular ad hoc networks. It identifies a pragmatic and energy efficient security layer for wireless sensor networks and covers the taxonomy of security protocols for wireless sensor communications. Exploring recent trends in the research and development of multihop network security, the book outlines possible defenses against packet-dropping attacks in wireless multihop ad hoc networks.Complete with expectations for the future in related areas, this is an ideal reference for researchers, industry professionals, and academics. Its comprehensive coverage also makes it suitable for use as a textbook in graduate-level electrical engineering programs.

Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications

Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications
Author: Roberto Verdone
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447123158

Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications reports the findings of COST 2100, a project of the European intergovernmental COST framework addressing various topics currently emerging in mobile and wireless communications. Drawing on experience developed in this and earlier COST projects, the text represents the final outcome of collaborative work involving more than 500 researchers in 140 institutions and 30 countries (including outside Europe). The book’s subject matter includes: transmission techniques; signal processing; radio channel modelling and measurement; radio network issues; and recent paradigms including ultra-wideband, cooperative, vehicle-to-vehicle and body communications. The research reported comes from a variety of backgrounds: academic, equipment-manufacturing and operational and the information contained in this book will bring the study reported to a wider audience from all those spheres of work. Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications will be of interest to researchers for its cutting-edge analysis and to practitioners for its functional usability.

Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications

Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications
Author: Fei Hu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1351782320

This book focuses on the most critical technical aspects of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. It covers the smart city concept and architecture and explains how V2V and V2I fit into it. It describes the wireless communication protocols for V2V and V2I. It then explains the hardware design process for vehicle communication transceiver and antenna systems. It explains next-generation wireless technologies and their requirements for vehicle communication protocols. Case studies provide the latest V2V and V2I commercial design details. Finally, it describes how to implement vehicle communication protocol from practical hardware design angle.

Wireless Sensor and Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Wireless Sensor and Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Author: Driss Benhaddou
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-03-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1493924680

Wireless sensor Networks: Vehicle and Space Applications describes the practical perspectives in using wireless sensor networks (WSN) to develop real world applications that can be used for space exploration. These applications include sensor interfaces, remote wireless vehicles, space crew health monitoring and instrumentation. The material discusses how applications of WSN originally developed for space travel and exploration are being applied and used in multiple real world applications, allowing for the development of smart systems that have characteristics such as self healing, self diagnosis, and emergency healthcare notification.

Multiple Access Communications

Multiple Access Communications
Author: Magnus Jonsson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319038710

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications, MACOM 2013, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in December 2013. The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. They describe the latest advancements in the field of multiple access communications with an emphasis on OFDM techniques, channel coding, spectrum management, medium access control protocols and different aspects of wireless access networks.

Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless Mesh Networks
Author: Nobuo Funabiki
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2011-01-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9533075198

The rapid advancements of low-cost small-size devices for wireless communications with their international standards and broadband backbone networks using optical fibers accelerate the deployment of wireless networks around the world. The wireless mesh network has emerged as the generalization of the conventional wireless network. However, wireless mesh network has several problems to be solved before being deployed as the fundamental network infrastructure for daily use. The book is edited to specify some problems that come from the disadvantages in wireless mesh network and give their solutions with challenges. The contents of this book consist of two parts: Part I covers the fundamental technical issues in wireless mesh network, and Part II the administrative technical issues in wireless mesh network,. This book can be useful as a reference for researchers, engineers, students and educators who have some backgrounds in computer networks, and who have interest in wireless mesh network. It is a collective work of excellent contributions by experts in wireless mesh network.