Wireless communication is one of the fastest growing industry segments today‎.‎ Many types of wireless networks are now being used for applications such as personal communication‎,‎ entertainment‎,‎ rural and urban healthcare‎,‎ smart home building‎,‎ inventory control‎,‎ and surveillance‎.‎ This book introduces the basic concepts of wireless networks and mobile computing to give engineering students at the undergraduate/graduate level a solid background in the field‎.‎ It also looks at the latest research and challenging problems in the field to serve as a reference for advanced‎-level researchers‎.‎ Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing begins with an introduction to the different types of wireless networks‎,‎ including Wi‎-Fi‎,‎ ZigBee‎,‎ cellular mobile‎,‎ ad hoc‎,‎ cognitive radio‎,‎ wireless mesh‎,‎ and wireless sensor‎.‎Subsequent chapters address more advanced topics such as‎:‎ * Mobility‎,‎ bandwidth‎,‎ and node location management issues in mobile networks * Message communication techniques and protocols in ad hoc networks * Recent research and future direction of wireless local area networks ‎(‎WLANs‎)‎ * Deployment of sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks ‎(‎WSNs‎)‎ * Energy‎-efficient communication in wireless networks * Security aspects of wireless communication The book includes exercises at the end of every chapter to help give students a better insight into the topics presented‎.‎ It includes a number of advanced‎-level exercises‎,‎ which are research problems that may be taken up by researchers in the respective areas‎.‎ This book provides a valuable reference for classroom study/teaching as well as for technology development and research in the relevant areas‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Koushik Sinha‎,‎ Sasthi C‎.‎ Ghosh‎,‎ Bhabani P‎.‎ Sinha
• Publisher‎:‎ Chapman & Hall/CRC
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781482227932