RFID and Sensor Networks: Architectures, Protocols, Security, and Integrations is the authoritative reference on RFID and WSNs. Covering a broad range of topics that includes everything from the basics to insights into future directions, this cutting-edge book reviews architectures, protocols, standards, security, and applications. With sections devoted to each individual element, the text starts by covering the tags, readers, and middleware associated with RFID. Next, it provides insight into the routing, medium access control, and cross-layer optimization of WSNs. The third section focuses on the integration of RFID and WSN, addresses contemporary challenges, and illustrates concepts and applications with practical examples.
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Digital & Wireless Communication
Networks
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This book offers a comprehensive explanation on how to dimension, plan, and optimize WiMAX networks. The first part of the text introduces WiMAX networks architecture, physical layer, standard, protocols, security mechanisms, and highly related radio access technologies. It covers system framework, topology, capacity, mobility management, handoff management, congestion control, medium access control (MAC), scheduling, Quality of Service (QoS), and WiMAX mesh networks and security. Enabling easy understanding of key concepts and technologies, the second part presents practical examples and illustrative figures to explain planning techniques and optimization algorithms.
• Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications
Telecommunications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Electromagnetics & Microwaves
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Vehicular networks have special behavior and characteristics, distinguishing them from other types of mobile networks. This book illustrates their benefits and real-life applications. It examines possible services that these networks can provide and presents their possible deployment architectures, while also showing the roles of the involved contributors (networks operators, car manufacturers, service providers, and governmental authorities). The book explores the technical challenges in deployment, such as MAC protocols, routing, information dissemination, dynamic IP autoconfiguration, mobility management, security, and the privacy of drivers and passengers. In addition, it considers the possible business models for deploying such networks.
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Communications System Design
Automotive Technology & Engineering
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Cooperative devices are receiving greater focus in wireless communication as they substantially enhance system performance by decreasing power consumption and packet loss rate, while also increasing system capacity and network resilience. Providing the vital background information needed for those involved with the development and implementation of cooperative mechanisms, this volume introduces key cooperative strategies for infrastructure-based systems, as well as for self-organizing, multi-hop networks. Providing a key reference for researchers and product developers, the text details those recent improvements in a variety of cooperative mechanisms and frameworks that are applicable in diverse scenarios.
• Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications
Telecommunications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Electromagnetics & Microwaves
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In addition to gaining insight into the dynamic changes that have recently occurred in the field, readers of this book will quickly master the use of DQ methods to solve complex problems. The book discusses the limitations of direct DQ methods and common strategies to remove these limitations. It presents the formulations of several new DQ methods and applies these novel DQ methods to solve problems that are beyond the capabilities of the direct DQ method. The authors include results that represent the latest important developments of DQ methods. They also provide FORTRAN code for readers to quickly acquire hands-on experience with DQ methods.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Mathematics & Nonlinear Science
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Mathematical Physics
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This novel, self-contained book introduces the most current, state-of-the-art multimedia data mining concepts and theory. It reviews the theoretical foundations of the subject, including feature extraction and representations, knowledge representations, statistical learning theory, and soft computing theory. Clarifying perplexing topics scattered throughout research papers in the field, the book explores the relationship of multimedia data mining to other related areas, such as artificial intelligence. It also highlights various applications that illustrate how multimedia data mining can solve many real-world problems, such as image annotation, video search, and audio classification.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series
Computer Graphics & Visualization
Data Preparation & Mining
Image Processing
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With an emphasis on practical applications and real-world case studies, Materials Characterization Techniques presents the principles of widely used advanced surface and structural characterization techniques for quality assurance, contamination control, and process improvement. The book reviews the most popular and powerful analysis and quality control tools, explaining the appropriate uses and related technical requirements. The text features coverage of a wide range of topics, including Auger electron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, gel electrophoresis chromatography, laser confocal scanning florescent microscopy, and UV spectroscopy.
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With contributions from international scientists active in SOFC research, this volume provides state-of-the-art information for the selection and development of materials for improved SOFC performance. It describes current materials, future advances in materials, and significant technical problems that remain unresolved. The book covers electrolytes, anodes, and cathodes as well as interconnects and sealants, which are two supporting components of the fuel cell stack. It also addresses the various issues involved in materials processing for SOFC applications, such as the microstructure of the component layers and the processing methods used to fabricate the microstructure.
• Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Energy
Ceramics & Glasses
Environmental Engineering
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Beginning with the origin of the four color problem in 1852, the field of graph colorings has developed into one of the most popular areas of graph theory. Introducing graph theory with a coloring theme, this book explores connections between major topics in graph theory and graph colorings, including Ramsey numbers and domination, as well as emerging topics, such as list colorings, rainbow colorings, distance colorings related to the channel assignment problem, and vertex/edge distinguishing colorings. The authors include historical, applied, and algorithmic discussions. They also provide many exercises and suggestions for study projects.
• Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
Algorithms & Complexity
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