[...]... Broadcasting Without Range Adjustment 3.1 Clustering Based Broadcasting Protocols 3.2 Neighbor Elimination Based Broadcasting Protocols 3.3 Distance-based and Probabilistic Protocols 3.4 Coverage and Connected Dominating Set Based Broadcasting 3.5 Forwarding Neighbors Based Broadcasting Protocols 3.6 Impact of Realistic Physical Layer 3.7 Beaconless Broadcasting 3.8 Double-Dominating Sets 3.9 Broadcasting in. .. Queuing Delay Ratio, Drop Ratio, and Buffer Overflow Ratio 8 Conclusions References Time-Domain, Frequency-Domain, and Network Level Resource Management Schemes in Bluetooth Networks Yu-Kwong Kwok 1 Introduction 1.1 Bluetooth Overview 1.2 Resource Management Motivations and Opportunities 1.3 Techniques Based on Different Domains 2 Resource Management Schemes for Coexistence 2.1 Overview 2.2 An Integrated... providing each end system with the ability to have direct and immediate access to all information defined by the client’s needs, interests, resources and capabilities However, the correctness and accuracy of the QoS-related decisions depend on how much information the end system can obtain The complete information sharing may not be available in fully distributed environments, and thus, inaccurate or incorrect... Scheduling and Power Control 1.5 Multihop Networking using Multiple Antennas 2 System Model 3 Optimal Policy 3.1 Problem Formulation : Primal Problem 3.2 Outline of our approach 4 Numerical Examples 5 Closing Remarks References 143 143 145 146 Truthful Computing in Wireless Networks Xiang- Yang Li and WeiZhao Wang 165 1 Introduction 1.1 Ad Hoc Wireless Networks 1.2 Why Truthful Computing 1.3 Approaches and. .. generation wireless networks, and presents a representa- 2 tive collection of challenges and technological solutions of Quality of Service (QoS) in its different aspects In the following section, we review the evolution and latest research activities of QoS In Section 3, in order to have an overall picture of QoS, we define and discuss the various components involved in QoS provisioning A summary of existing... 334 Routing and Resource Discovery QoS-Based Routing in Wireless Mobile Networks Eylem Ekici 342 1 Introduction 2 Quality of Service Based Routing 2.1 Network State 2.2 Route Calculation and Session Establishment 2.3 Session Termination 3 QoS-Based Routing in Ad Hoc Networks 3.1 Effect of Ad Hoc Network Properties on QoS-Based Routing 3.2 Maintenance of QoS Paths 3.3 Example QoS-Based Routing Protocols... channels can be achieved by eliminating inter-coding Given the above advantages, conditional replenishment based coding may be an alternative solution for video transmission over wireless channels and for mobile terminals with limited computing and energy resources [60] (iv) SMIL In addition to bandwidth scalability and error resilience, multimedia content possesses certain temporal properties, e.g.,... technologies brings tremendous challenges on how to couple different QoS specifications, resource limitations, signaling protocols, and finally QoS management and control 2.5 From Separate Layer Support to End-to-End Guarantees Although end-to-end QoS guarantee is the ultimate goal, reaching a common understanding about QoS mechanisms for inter-domain use, multi-vendor interoperability and expected service... Radio Resource Redistribution 6 Related Work 7 Conclusion References 137 137 139 139 High Performance Broadband Wireless Infrastructure Extension Networks Rene L Cruz, Arvind Santhanam, and Bongyong Song 142 1 Introduction 1.1 A Broadband Wireless Network 1.2 Comparative Advantages of Wireless Networks 1.3 Technical Challenges facing Wireless Networks 1.4 Approaches to Increase Spectral Efficiency: Link... subsystems need operating systems support, such as resource allocation and scheduling The multimedia content deals with the fundamental coding technologies, which may determines what kind of QoS mechanisms can be chosen by other building blocks For example, rate control and bandwidth allocation mechanisms may be used in communication subsystem and networks for video encoded in layers with bandwidth scalability, . and able of handle demanding tasks, such as multimedia and real-time video. With users roaming between networks, and with wide variation in wireless link quality even in a single domain, the communications. Science + Business Media, Inc. Visit Springer's eBookstore at: http://ebooks.springerlink.com and the Springer Global Website Online at: http://www.springeronline.com Preface Following the pattern. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKING Network Theory and Applications Volume 16 Managing Editors: Ding-Zhu Du University of Minnesota, U.S.A. Cauligi Raghavendra University