(Hardcover)
"Key features: the first textbook to provide comprehensive coverage of ad hoc and sensor-based wireless networks; the first book to discuss directional antennas from a networking perspective, including medium access control and routing issues; contributed critical insights on the absence of any fixed infrastructure and cross-layer interdependencies in ad hoc and sensor networks; and includes an exhaustive list of potential application areas and technological solutions in sensor networks." This book is useful for researchers and engineers, and anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of this growing field and wishes to pursue it as a future research topic.