MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS [electronic resource] / edited by BULENT TAVLI, WENDI HEINZELMAN.

From the contents: Dedication. List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Manet Fundamentals -- 3. Medium Access Control -- 4. Routing -- 5. Energy Efficiency and QoS -- 6. SH-Trace Protocol Architecture -- 7. MH-Trace Protocol Architecture -- 8. Effects of Channel Errors -- 9. Real-Time Data Broadcasting -- 10. NB-Trace Protocol Architecture -- 11. MC-Trace Protocol Architecture -- 12. Conclusions and Future Research Directions -- Bibliography. Appendices. A. Multi-Stage Contention with Feedback. B. Effects of Clusterhead Separation on MH-TRACE. C. Broadcast Capacity of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. D. Glossary of Terms -- Index. About The Authors.

The challenge in the design of protocol architectures for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) is to provide a certain level of Quality of Service (QoS) in information transfer using the limited network resources, namely energy and bandwidth. This design goal is further constrained by the unreliable physical channel, the mobility of the nodes, and the lack of infrastructure for network coordination. To meet the QoS requirements for real-time data communication, some coordination of the channel is needed, but centralized coordination is not feasible in MANETs. Furthermore, since a MANET is a dynamic, distributed entity, the optimal control of such a system should also be dynamic and adaptive. This book presents the Time Reservation using Adaptive Control for Energy Efficiency (TRACE) family of protocol architectures that provide such dynamic coordinated channel access in a distributed manner, enabling energy-efficient, real-time data communications in MANETs. Furthermore, this book provides an introduction to the fundamentals of MANETs, an overview of protocols for each layer of the protocol stack, and a discussion of the issues involved with energy-efficient protocol design and quality of service for real-time data transmission.