This book covers wireless communication, security issues, advanced wireless sensor networks (WSNs), routing protocols of WSNs with cross-layer solutions, emerging trends in the advanced WSNs, power management, distributed sensing and data gathering techniques for WSNs, WSNs security, applications, research of advanced WSNs with simulation results, and simulation tools for WSNs.

Features:



Covers technologies supporting advanced wireless communication systems, sensor networks, and the conceptual development of the subject
Discusses advanced data gathering and sharing/ distributed sensing techniques with its business applicability
Includes numerous worked-out mathematical equations and formulas, as well as essential principles including figures, illustrations, algorithms, and flow charts
Provides pervasive background knowledge including both wireless communications and WSNs
Covers wireless networks as well as sensor network models in detail

This book is aimed at graduate students, researchers, and academics working in the field of computer science, wireless communication technology, and advanced WSNs.