Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Index 501MPLS, see Multiprotocol label switching(MPLS)Multiple bottlenecks, 107–108, 108Multiple MPEG sources, 99–105Multiple ON/OFF sources, 95, 95, 97–99,97–100Multiple sources simulation, 128, 130–133,131–133Multipoint relay (MPR) selectionOEDSR/OEDR comparison, 409optimized energy-delay routing protocol,364–367, 365–366, 371–372Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), 2, 6Multisectorized antenna, 21NNAVs, see Network allocation vectors (NAVs)Near-far problem, 23Neighbor-sensing, 363–364, 371Nettleton, Alavi and, studies, 178Network allocation vectors (NAVs)channel utilization, 246hidden-terminal problem, 244MAC protocol, 30–31Network modelsapproximation property, 83–88, 84–85end-to-end congestion controller design,111, 111–113hybrid congestion control, 150–151,150–153, 164–165Networks and networking, see also specifictype; specific typead hoc networks, 28admission control, 8–9ATM networks, 6–7, 7background, 1buffer management, 10capacity, 18–22CDMA power control, 23channel assignment, 22closest peers, 41–42commercial systems, 43–45computer networks, 1–7congestion control, 10differentiated services, 5–6flow control, 10fundamentals, 46handoff strategies, 22–23IEEE standard 802.11, 25–31IEEE standard 1451, 42integrated services, 4–5Internet networks, 6–7localization, 45MAC protocol, 28–31, 29–30mobile ad hoc networks, 24–35multiprotocol label switching, 6near-far problem, 23network simulators, 32–33network types, 26, 28packet scheduling, 9physical layer specification, 25–26power control implementation, 33–35, 34power sensitive schemes and protocols,31–32quality of service, 6–11routing, QoS, 10self-organization, 45simulation, 32–35, 123simulators, network, 32–33smart environments and sensors, 42–43standards, 25topology, 123traffic access control, 9wireless networking, 11–23wireless sensor networks, 35–45, 39Neural networksapproximation property, 82–83simulation, 92–95, 93New-Reno TCP simulationextended topology, 134fairness, 135, 138methodology, 123–124multiple source simulation, 133single source simulation, 128Nonautonomous systems, 69–72, 71Nonlinear stability analysis and controls designautonomous systems, 61–65boundedness, 72–75closed-loop systems, 74–75controller design, 65–67decrescent function, 70–72feedback controllers, 68–69fundamentals, 60global stability, 63linear systems, 67, 73–74local stability, 63LTI feedback controllers, 68–69Lyapunov techniques and properties,61–72nonautonomous systems, 69–72, 71stability analysis, 67–68NS-2 implementationcongestion control, 120–122, 121networking background, 32–33power control MAC protocol, 249, 249