The book provides an explanation on the wireless network concepts, architectures, protocols, and applications. It covers the wireless networks such as wireless body area network (WBAN), wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless metropolitan area networks (WMANs), wireless wide area network (WWAN), wireless sensor networks, wireless vehicle networks and research challenges in wireless networks. The book addresses the design issues and explores various emerging protocols for wireless networks. Special Features ·Explains the basic concepts and different classes of wireless networks. ·Explains the design issues and components for each class of the wireless network. ·Standards like Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, etc. are covered in detail. ·Explains the protocols of routing, MAC, and physical layer for different classes of wireless networks. ·Extensive coverage of new topics on the advanced wireless networks such as MANETs, WSNs, VANETs, WIMAX, sensor networks, DTN, 4G networks and wireless network security and wireless mesh networks. ·Separate chapters on wireless body area networks and emerging research issues in the wireless networks. ·Provides NS-2-simulator-based experiments to facilitate laboratory setup and projects development in the area of wireless networks. Table of Content Preface 1 Fundamentals of Wireless Communication 1.1 Digital Communications 1.2 Wireless Communication System 1.3 Wireless Media 1.4 Frequency Spectrum 1.5 Technologies in Digital Wireless Communication 1.6 Wireless Communication Channel Specifications 1.7 Types of Wireless Communication Systems 2 Basics of Wireless Networks 2.1 Wireless Network 2.2 Wireless Switching Technology 2.3 Wireless Communication Problems 2.4 Wireless Network Reference Model 2.5 Wireless Networking Issues 2.6 Wireless Networking Standards 3 Wireless Body Area Networks 3.1 Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) 3.2 Network Architecture 3.3 Network Components 3.4 Design Issues 3.5 Network Protocols 3.6 WBAN Technologies 3.7 WBAN Applications 4 Wireless Personal Area Networks 4.1 Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) 4.2 Network Architecture 4.3 WPAN Components 4.4 WPAN Technologies and Protocols 4.5 WPAN Applications 5 Wireless Local Area Networks 5.1 Network Components 5.2 Design Requirements of WLAN 5.3 Network Architecture 5.4 WLAN Standards 5.5 WLAN Protocols 5.6 IEEE 802.11p 5.7 WLAN Applications 6 Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks 6.1 Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks 6.2 WMAN Network Architecture 6.3 Network Protocols 6.4 Broadband Wireless Networks 6.5 WMAN Applications 7 Wireless Wide Area Networks 7.1 Cellular Networks 7.2 Satellite Networks 7.3 WLAN versus WWAN 7.4 Interworking of WLAN and WWAN 7.5 WWAN Applications 8 Wireless Ad Hoc Networks 8.1 Wireless Ad Hoc Networks 8.2 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 8.3 Wireless Sensor Networks 8.4 Wireless Mesh Networks 8.5 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) 9 Research Issues in Wireless Networks 9.1 Modulation 9.2 Radio Resource Management 9.3 Channel Allocation 9.4 Error Control and Coding 9.5 Congestion Control 9.6 Routing 9.7 Addressing 9.8 Network Access Control 9.9 Mobility Control 9.10 Flow Control 9.11 Security and Privacy 9.12 QoS Management 9.13 Power Management 9.14 Cross-Layer Control 9.15 Network Modeling 9.16 Traffic Modeling 9.17 Simulation Modeling 9.18 Network Measurements 10 Delay Tolerant Networks 10.1 Introduction 10.2 DTN Architecture 10.3 DTN Issues and Challenges 10.4 The Bundle Layer 10.5 DTN Applications 11 4G LTE Networks 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Long-Term Evolution (LTE) 11.3 LTE Architecture 11.4 Protocol Layer Architecture 11.5 LTE Advanced 11.6 5G Networks Overview 12 Wireless Network Security 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 12.3 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) 12.4 Robust Secure Network (RSN) 12.5 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Ns-2 Simulator Study of ns-2 Simulator Installation of ns-2 Simulator Hardware Required Getting the Software Installing the Package Lists of Laboratory Experiments