A thoroughly up-to-date resource on IEEE 802 wireless standardsReaders can turn to this book for complete coverage of the current and emerging IEEE 802 wireless standards/drafts, including:* 802.11 Wireless LANs* 802.15.1 Bluetooth and 801.15.2* 802.15.3 Wireless PANs* 802.15.4 and 802.15.5 Wireless PANs* 802.16 Wireless MANsEmerging Wireless LANs, Wireless PANs, and Wireless MANs is a unique, convenient resource for engineers, scientists, and researchers in academia and industry. It also serves as a valuable textbook for related courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels.

Preface.About Editors.Part I: IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS LANS.Chapter 1: IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Physical Layers.Chapter 2: A Framework for Decentralized Wireless LAN Resource Management.Chapter 3: Incentive Issues in IEEE 802.11x Wireless Networks.Chapter 4: Capacity and rate adaptation in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.Part II: IEEE 802.15.1 BLUETOOTH and IEEE 802.15.2.Chapter 5: An Overview on IEEE 802.15.1 Medium Access Control and Physical Layers.Chapter 6: An Overview on IEEE 802.15.2: Coexistence of wireless personal area networks with other unlicensed frequency bands operating wireless devices.Chapter 7: Coexistence of Bluetooth Piconets and Wireless LAN.Part III: IEEE 802.15.3 WIRELESS PANS.Chapter 8: Frame Format, Channel Access, and Piconet Operation of IEEE 802.15.3 Wireless PANs.Chapter 9: Power Management and Security of IEEE 802.15.3 Wireless PANs.Chapter 10: Performance evaluation and optimization of IEEE 802.15.3 piconets.Chapter 11: Performance Analysis of MB-OFDM UWB Systems.Chapter 12: A Distributed Solution for Resource Allocation in Ultra-Wideband Wireless PANs.Part IV: IEEE 802.15.4 and 802.15.5 WIRELESS PANS.Chapter 13: IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Control and Physical Layers.Chapter 14: Performance Analysis for IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Personal Area Networks.Chapter 15: Data Transmission and Beacon Scheduling in Low Rate Wireless Mesh Personal Area Networks.Chapter 16: Impact of reliable and secure sensing on cluster lifetime in IEEE 802.15.4 networks.Chapter 17: IEEE 802.15.5 - the recommended practice for WPAN mesh network (Low data rate).Chapter 18: Power Saving algorithms on IEEE 802.15.4 for Wireless sensor networks.Part V: IEEE 802.16 WIRELESS MANS.Chapter 19: IEEE 802.16 Medium Access Control and Physical Layers.Chapter 20: QOS support for WiMAX.Chapter 21: Subchannel Allocation and Connection Admission Control in OFDMA-Based IEEE 802.16/WiMAXCompliant Infrastructure Wireless Mesh Networks.Chapter 22: Universal Authentication and Billing Architecture for Wireless MANs.Chapter 23: Scheduling Algorithms for WiMAX Networks: Simulator Development and Performance Study.