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1、RESOURCEMANAGEMENTINWIRELESSNETWORKINGNetworkTheoryandApplicationsVolume16ManagingEditors:Ding-ZhuDuUniversityofMinnesota,U.S.A.CauligiRaghavendraUniversityofSouthernCaliforina,U.S.A.RESOURCEMANAGEMENTINWIRELESSNETWORKINGEditedbyMIHAELACARDEIFloridaAtla

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4、.springerlink.comandtheSpringerGlobalWebsiteOnlineat:http://www.springeronline.comPrefaceFollowingthepatternoftheInternetgrowthinpopularity,startedintheearly1990s,thecurrentunprecedentedexpansionofwirelesstechnologypromisestohaveanevengreatereffectonhow

5、peoplecommunicateandinteract,withconsiderablesocio-economicimpactallovertheworld.Thedrivingforcebehindthisgrowthistheremarkableprogressincomponentminiaturization,integration,andalsodevelop-mentsinwaveforms,coding,andcommunicationprotocols.Besidesestabli

6、shedinfrastructure-basedwirelessnetworks(cellular,WLAN,satel-lite)ad-hocwirelessnetworksemergeasanewplatformfordistributedapplicationsandforpersonalcommunicationinscenarioswheredeployinginfrastructureisnotfeasible.Inad-hocwirelessnetworks,eachnodeiscapa

7、bleofforwardingpacketsonbehalfofothernodes,sothatmulti-hoppathsprovideend-to-endconnectivity.Theincreasedflexibilityandmobilityofad-hocwirelessnetworksarefavoredforapplica-tionsinlawenforcement,homelanddefenseandmilitary.Inaworldwherewirelessnetworksbec

8、omeincreasinglyinteroperablewitheachotherandwiththehigh-speedwiredInternet,personalcommunicationsystemswilltransformintouniversalterminalswithinstantaccesstovariatecontentandableofhandledemandingtasks,suchasmultimediaandreal-time