savo glisic & beatriz lorenzo

　　With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further increase in network efficiency, the book explores and addresses issues in wireless internet, mobile cellular and WLAN, as well as sensor, ad hoc, bio-inspired, active and cognitive networks. It examines the problem of cross-layer optimisation and network information theory as well as adaptability and reconfigurability in wireless networks. This book is an integral description of future wireless networks and the interconnection between their elements.

Preface to the Second Edition.
Ch 1.Fundamentals.
Ch 2.Opportunistic Communications.
Ch 3.Relaying and Mesh Networks.
Ch 4.Topology Control.
Ch 5.Adaptive Medium Access Control.
Ch 6.Teletraffic Modeling and Analysis.
Ch 7.Adaptive Network Layer.
Ch 8.Effective Capacity.
Ch 9.Adaptive TCP Layer.
Ch 10.Network Optimization Theory.
Ch 11.Mobility Management.
Ch 12.Cognitive Radio Resource Management.
Ch 13.Ad Hoc Networks.
Ch 14.Sensor Networks.
Ch 15.Security.
Ch 16.Active Networks.
Ch 17.Network Deployment.
Ch 18.Network Management.
Ch 19.Network Information Theory.
Ch 20.Energy-efficient Wireless Networks.
Ch 21.Quality-of-Service Management.

Index.