PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION xi
CHAPTER 1. WIRELESS NETWORKING BASIC ASPECTS 1
1.1. Introduction 1
1.2. Link layer 1
1.2.1. Contention-based protocols 2
1.2.2. Contention-free protocols 5
1.3. Physical layer 6
1.4. IEEE 802.11 9
1.4.1. Link layer 9
1.4.2. Physical layer 11
1.5. Summary 12
CHAPTER 2. BASIC ROUTING CONCEPTS 13
2.1. Introduction 13
2.2. Distance-vector-based algorithms 14
2.3. Link-state-based algorithms 15
2.4. Summary 15
CHAPTER 3. AD HOC ROUTING 17
3.1. Introduction 17
3.2. Architecture 18
3.3. Routing metrics 19
3.4. Routing protocols 20
3.4.1. Proactive protocols 21
3.4.2. Reactive protocols 24
3.4.3. Hybrid protocols 28
3.5. Summary 30
CHAPTER 4. MESH ROUTING 31
4.1. Introduction 31
4.2. Architecture 33
4.3. Routing metrics 36
4.4. Routing protocols 44
4.4.1. Ad-hoc-based protocols 44
4.4.2. Controlled flooding protocols 47
4.4.3. Opportunistic protocols 49
4.4.4. Traffic-aware protocols 53
4.5. Summary 56
CHAPTER 5. VEHICULAR ROUTING 57
5.1. Introduction 57
5.2. Architecture 58
5.3. Routing metrics 58
5.4. Routing protocols 58
5.4.1. Topology-based protocols 59
5.4.2. Position-based protocols 61
5.4.3. Opportunistic protocols 64
5.4.4. Information dissemination protocols 67
5.5. Summary 70
CHAPTER 6. SENSOR ROUTING 71
6.1. Introduction 71
6.2. Architecture 72
6.3. Routing metrics 73
6.4. Routing protocols 75
6.4.1. Data-centric protocols 76
6.4.2. Hierarchical or cluster-based protocols 81
6.4.3. Location-based protocols 85
6.4.4. QoS-aware protocols 89
6.5. Summary 92
CHAPTER 7. DELAY- AND DISRUPTION-TOLERANT NETWORK ROUTING 93
7.1. Introduction 93
7.2. Architecture 96
7.3. Routing metrics 99
7.4. Routing protocols 101
7.4.1. Opportunistic protocols 102
7.4.2. History-based protocols 105
7.4.3. Model-based protocols 109
7.4.4. Social-based protocols 110
7.5. Summary 115
CONCLUSION 117
BIBLIOGRAPHY 119
INDEX 129
