Sensor and Ad HocWireless Networks

Abstract

Sensor and ad hoc wireless networks lack a fixed infrastructure in the form of wireline, or base stations to support the communication. Instead, any participating wireless device can act as a router, when a direct communication is not possible. Sensor and ad hoc wireless networks is an area of very active research. In this tutorial we discuss issues specific to this flavor of communication networks: MAC and routing protocols, protocol interactions, mobility models, misbehavior and misbehavior detection, and relevant graph-theoretic concepts. The current network simulation tools will also be discussed.