Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Wireless ad-hoc network communication technologies have experienced a steep growth in research and significant advancements in recent times due to their important advantages. These benefits help to set-up a network fast in situations where there is no exi

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Sudip Misra Isaac Woungang Subhas Chandra Misra l

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Guide to Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

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Editors Sudip Misra, PhD School of Information Technology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India

Isaac Woungang, PhD Department of Computer Science Ryerson University 350 Victoria St. Toronto ON Canada

Subhas Chandra Misra, PhD Department of Industrial & Management Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India

Series Editor: Professor A.J. Sammes, BSc, MPhil, PhD, FBCS, CEng Centre for Forensic Computing Cranfield University DCMT, Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8LA UK

CCN Series ISSN 1617-7975

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Dedicated to the newborns: Tultuli (Subhas’s daughter) and Babai (Sudip’s son) and Isaac’s grand ma: Maria Happi

Preface

Overview and Goals Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The past few years have experienced a steep growth in research in the area of wireless ad hoc networks. The attractiveness of ad hoc networks, in general, is attributed to their characteristics/features such as ability for infrastructure-less setup, minimal or no reliance on network planning and the ability of