Beschreibung:
Dr. Isaac Woungang received his M.S. & Ph. D degrees, all in Mathematics, from the Université de la Méditerranée-Aix Marseille II, France, and Université du Sud, Toulon & Var, France, in 1990 and 1994 respectively. In 1999, he received a M.S degree from the INRS-Materials and Telecommunications, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as a software engineer at Nortel Networks. Since 2002, he has been with Ryerson University, where he is now an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Coordinator of the Distributed Applications and Broadband (DABNEL) Lab at Ryerson University. During his sabbatical (2008-09), he was a Visiting Professor at National Ilan University, Taiwan. His current research interests include network resource allocation and management, green communications technologies, network security, computer communication networks, and mobile communication systems. Dr. Woungang has published several book chapters and over seventy refereed technical articles in scholarly international journals and proceedings of international conferences, and currently working on two more books.
Dr. Woungang serves as Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Inderscience, U.K, and the International Journal of Information and Coding Theory (IJICoT), Inderscience, U.K, as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS), Wiley, the Computers & Electrical Engineering (C&EE), An International Journal, Elsevier, as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Wireless Networks & Broadcasting Technologies (IGI Global), as Associate Editor of the Journal of Convergence (FTRA, as Associate Editor of the Human-centric computing and Information Sciences, Springer.
Overview and Goals Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid advancements. The last few years have experienced a steep growth in research in the area of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In WSNs, communication takes place with the help of spatially distributedautonomoussensornodesequippedtosensespeci?cinformation. WSNs, especially the ones that have gained much popularity in the recent years, are, ty- cally, ad hoc in nature and they inherit many characteristics/features of wireless ad hoc networks such as the ability for infrastructure-less setup, minimal or no reliance on network planning, and the ability of the nodes to self-organize and self-con?gure without the involvement of a centralized network manager, router, access point, or a switch. These features help to set up WSNs fast in situations where there is no existing network setup or in times when setting up a ?xed infrastructure network is considered infeasible, for example, in times of emergency or during relief- erations. WSNs ?nd a variety of applications in both the military and the civilian population worldwide such as in cases of enemy intrusion in the battle?eld, object tracking, habitat monitoring, patient monitoring, ?re detection, and so on. Even though sensor networks have emerged to be attractive and they hold great promises for our future, there are several challenges that need to be addressed. Some of the well-known challenges are attributed to issues relating to coverage and deployment, scalability, quality-of-service, size, computational power, energy ef?ciency, and security.
This highly useful Guide to Wireless Sensor Networks presents a comprehensive account of the fundamental concepts, new ideas and results in WSN. It examines a wide range of subjects, from core issues to specialized topics.
Presents a comprehensive account of Wireless Communication Networks
Energy Efficient Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Topology Management for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Geometric Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Cooperative Relaying in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Data-Centricity in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Congestion and Flow Control in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Data Transport Control in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Fault-Tolerant Algorithms/Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Self-Organizing and Self-Healing Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Quality of Service in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Embedded Operating Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Adaptive Distributed Resource Allocation for Sensor Networks.- Scheduling Activities in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Energy-Efficient Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Energy-Efficient Resource Management Techniques in Wireless SensorNetworks.- Transmission Power Control Techniques in Ad Hoc Networks.- Security in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Key Management in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks.- Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks: The Comfortable Way of Application Development.- Wireless Mobile Sensor Networks: Protocols and Mobility Strategies.- Analysis Methods for Sensor Networks.- Bio-inspired Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems for Global and Homeland Security Applications.