Ad Hoc Networks: Second International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2010, Victoria, BC, Canada, August 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes of ... and Telecommunications Engineering, 49)

Ad hoc networks, which include a variety of autonomous networks for specific purposes, promise a broad range of civilian, commercial, and military applications. These networks were originally envisioned as collections of autonomous mobile or stationary nodes that dynamically auto-configure themselves into a wireless network without relying on any existing network infrastructure or centralized administration. With the significant advances in the last decade, the concept of ad hoc networks now covers an even broader scope, referring to the many types of autonomous wireless networks designed and deployed for a specific task or function, such as wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, home networks, and so on. In contrast to the traditional wireless networking paradigm, such networks are all characterized by sporadic connections, highly error-prone communications, distributed autonomous operation, and fragile multi-hop relay paths. The new wireless networking paradigm necessitates reexamination of many established concepts and protocols, and calls for developing a new understanding of fundamental problems such as interference, mobility, connectivity, capacity, and security, among others. While it is essential to advance theoretical research on fundamental and practical research on efficient policies, algorithms and protocols, it is also critical to develop useful applications, experimental prototypes, and real-world deployments to achieve an immediate impact on society for the success of this wireless networking paradigm. Front Matter....Pages - Towards Autonomous Vehicular Clouds....Pages 1-16 Ad Hoc Networks and Mobile Devices in Emergency Response – A Perfect Match?....Pages 17-33 Sensorium – An Active Monitoring System for Neighborhood Relations in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 34-47 Cashflow: A Channel-Oriented, Credit-Based Virtual Currency System for Establishing Fairness in Ad-Hoc Networks with Selfish Nodes....Pages 48-63 Location Management in Heterogeneous VANETs: A Mobility Aware Server Selection Method....Pages 64-81 Insights into the Routing Stability of a Multi-hop Wireless Testbed....Pages 82-97 A Study of Adaptive Gossip Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks....Pages 98-113 A Multipath Routing Method with Dynamic ID for Reduction of Routing Load in Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 114-129 Terminal Design without Using Receiver Circuits for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 130-145 Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Ad-Hoc Networks (Invited Paper)....Pages 146-159 Receiver Sensitivity in Opportunistic Cooperative Internet of Things (IoT)....Pages 160-167 Event Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks – Can Fuzzy Values Be Accurate?....Pages 168-184 An Efficient Geo-Routing Aware MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks....Pages 185-200 A Decentralized Scheduling Algorithm for Time Synchronized Channel Hopping....Pages 201-216 DCLA: A Duty-Cycle Learning Algorithm for IEEE 802.15.4 Beacon-Enabled WSNs....Pages 217-232 Collision-free Routing Centralized Scheduling Using EbMR-CS Algorithm for IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks....Pages 233-248 Energy-Efficient Target Tracking in Sensor Networks....Pages 249-264 QoS for Wireless Sensor Networks: Service Differentiation at the MAC Sub-Layer....Pages 265-280 Mobility and Traffic Adapted Cluster Based Routing for Mobile Nodes (CBR-Mobile) Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 281-296 Quantifying the Negative Impact of Mobility and Location Service Inaccuracy on Geo-Routing in Urban Vehicular Environments....Pages 297-313 Establishing Trust on VANET Safety Messages....Pages 314-327 Accelerating Signature-Based Broadcast Authentication for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 328-343 Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks: Homomorphism versus Watermarking Approach....Pages 344-358 Guaranteeing Reliable Communications in Mesh Beacon-Enabled IEEE802.15.4 WSN for Industrial Monitoring Applications....Pages 359-370 A Tree-Based Multiple-Hop Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 371-383 Evaluation of Wireless Body Area Sensor Placement for Mobility Support in Healthcare Monitoring Systems....Pages 384-399 Optimal Relay Node Placement and Trajectory Computation in Sensor Networks with Mobile Data Collector....Pages 400-415 Balanced Itinerary Planning for Multiple Mobile Agents in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 416-428 Analytical Modeling of Address Allocation Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks....Pages 429-446 Analysis of One-Hop Packet Delay in MANETs over IEEE 802.11 DCF....Pages 447-456 Performance of Packet-Based Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Radio Control Systems....Pages 457-470 Performance Analysis of UWB Body Sensor Networks for Medical Applications....Pages 471-481 A Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Protocol for Collaborative Identification of Urban Traffic Conditions....Pages 482-494 A Practical Evaluation of ZigBee Sensor Networks for Temperature Measurement....Pages 495-506 Minimum Total Node Interference in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 507-523 Reproducing Consistent Wireless Protocol Performance across Environments....Pages 524-540 Back Matter....Pages - Ad hoc networks refer to the wireless networking paradigm that covers a variety of network forms for specific purposes, such as mobile ad hoc networks, sensor n- works, vehicular networks, underwater networks, underground networks, personal area networks, and home networks.