Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems Review

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(More customer reviews)This book gives a broad overview over ad hoc wireless
networks. Being broad in 300 pages necessarily implies
being shallow, at least in some of the topics. Interestingly,
the topic that's covered in most detail is the author's
own routing algorithm, which is not one of the most popular
ones.
While it certainly provides valuable information,
the book has some serious flaws and inconsistencies
in both contents and presentation.
Some examples of flaws include:
(1) Propagation delay does _not_ depend on packet size.
(2) TCP does _not_ establish a virtual circuit.
(3) The TCP header does _not_ include the IP address.
(4) Bluetooth supports 8 (not 7) devices per piconet;
transmit power is not 800uA (power is not expressed in
amps anyway). (5) If for a two-hop connection, the
throughput is 1/2 (compared to the link capacity), and
for a three-hop connection, it's 1/3, that can _not_
be extrapolated to 1/N for an N-hop connection. Rather,
the throughput will stay constant after 3-5 hops,
depending on the ratio between the transmission and interference
radius. (6) A constant function f(x)=c is _not_ a linear
function. (7) The output power of the Lucent WaveLAN
card is not -80dBm.
Section 8 is heavily based on simulation, and the
text lacks a detailed interpretation that could be
much more insightful than just the simulation results.
The impression that this book was written in a big
hurry stems from the following facts:
Figures are helpful but are sometimes drawn carelessly
(including most of the photographs); the book has lots of
typos; at one point a whole paragraph is repeated word by
word two pages later, which should have been discovered
when proofreading.
Personally I would refrain from calling Bluetooth
"ridiculous" - there were a lot of smart people involved
in the development. If this is the author's opinion, he
should declare it as such.
In summary, I was quite disappointed by the book.

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The authoritative guide to the state of the art in ad hoc wireless networking.Reflects the field's latest breakthroughs Covers media access, routing, service discovery, multicasting, power conservation, transport protocol, and much more Includes a complete narration of prototype implementation with communication performance results from practical field trials Introduces key applications for home, business, auto, and defense"Ad hoc" wireless networks eliminate the complexities of infrastructure setup and administration, enabling devices to create and join networks "on the fly"-anywhere, anytime, for virtually any application. The field is rapidly coming of age, reflecting powerful advances in protocols, systems, and real-world implementation experience. In Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, one of the field's leading researchers brings together these advances in a single consolidated and comprehensive archive. C.K. Toh covers all this, and more: Key challenges: device heterogeneity, diverse traffic profiles, mobility, and power conservation Routing protocols for ad hoc networks, including Associativity Based Routing (ABR) and other IETF MANET protocols Real-world implementation issues-including a complete prototype implementation Ad hoc wireless network performance: results obtained from the latest field trials Leading approaches to service discovery Addressing TCP over an ad hoc wireless network environment Support for multicast communications The role of Bluetooth and WAPAd Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks introduces detailed application scenarios ranging from home and car to office and battlefield. C.K. Toh also introduces several of the field's leading projects, from Motorola's PIANO platform to UC Berkeley's "Smart Dust." Whether you're a researcher, scientist, implementer, consultant, technical manager, CTO, or student, you won't find a more authoritative and comprehensive guide to the new state of the art in ad hoc networking.

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