Ad Hoc Networks: Technologies and Protocols is a concise in-depth treatment of various constituent components of ad hoc network protocols. It reviews issues related to medium access control, scalable routing, group communications, use of directional/smart antennas, network security, and power management among other topics. The authors examine various technologies that may aid ad hoc networking including the presence of an ability to tune transmission power levels or the deployment of sophisticated smart antennae. Contributors to this volume include experts that have been active in ad hoc network research and have published in the premier conferences and journals in this subject area.

"AD HOC NETWORKS: Technologies and Protocols is a concise in-depth treatment of various constituent components of ad hoc network protocols. It reviews issues related to medium access control, scalable routing, group communications, use of directional/smart antennas, network security, and power management among other topics. The authors examine various technologies that may aid ad hoc networking including the presence of an ability to tune transmission power levels or the deployment of sophisticated smart antennae. Contributors to this volume include experts that have been active in ad hoc network research and have published in the premier conferences and journals in this subject area.AD HOC NETWORKS: Protocols and Technologies will be immensely useful as a reference work to engineers and researchers as well as to advanced level students in the areas of wireless networks, and computer networks. TOC:Ad Hoc Networks, Mario Gerla.- Collision Avoidance Protocols, J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves and Yu Wang.- Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Mahesh K. Marina and Samir R. Das.- Multicasting in Ad Hoc Networks, Prasant Mohapatra, Jian Li and Chao Gui.- Transport Layer Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks, Karthikeyan Sundaresan, Seung-Jong Park, and Raghupathy Sivakumar.- Energy Conservation, Robin Kravets and Cigdem Sengul.- Use of Smart Antennas in Ad Hoc Networks, Prashant Krishnamurthy and Srikanth Krishnamurthy.- QoS Issues in Ad Hoc Networks, Prasun Sinha.- Security in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Yongguang Zhang and Wenke Lee."

Ad Hoc Networks.- Collision Avoidance Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks.- Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Multicasting in Ad Hoc Networks.- Transport Layer Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks.- Energy Conservation.- Use of Smart Antennas in Ad Hoc Networks.- QoS Issues in Ad-Hoc Networks.- Security in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.