Ad Hoc Networks : First International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2009, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, September 22-25, 2009. Revised Selected Papers

Ad hoc networks refer to the wireless networking paradigm that covers a variety of network forms for specific purposes, such as mobile ad hoc networks, sensor n- works, vehicular networks, underwater networks, underground networks, personal area networks, and home networks.

1st ICST International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks.- Supporting Proactive Application Event Notification to Improve Sensor Network Performance.- An Energy-Efficient Cluster-Head Selection Protocol for Energy-Constrained Wireless Sensor Networks.- Optimization of Cluster Heads for Energy Efficiency in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks.- Optimal Cluster Sizes for Wireless Sensor Networks: An Experimental Analysis.- A Parallel Paths Communication Technique for Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks.- Scalable Max-Min Fairness in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.- Upper Bounding Service Capacity in Multihop Wireless SSMA-Based Ad Hoc Networks.- QoS over Real-Time Wireless Multi-hop Protocol.- Efficient Distribution of Large Files in UMTS Supported by Network Coded M2M Data Transfer with Multiple Generations.- Enhancement of Self-organisation in Wireless Networking through a Cross-Layer Approach.- SPECS: Secure and Privacy Enhancing Communications Schemes for VANETs.- Security and Privacy in a Sensor-Based Search and Rescue System.- Computationally Efficient Mutual Entity Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Distributed Detection of Wormhole Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Power-Aware Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- DHT-Based Detection of Node Clone in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Connectivity-Aware Minimum-Delay Geographic Routing with Vehicle Tracking in VANETs.- Buckshot Routing - A Robust Source Routing Protocol for Dense Ad-Hoc Networks.- Enhanced Route-Split Routing Tolerant to Multiple Concurrent Link Failure for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- A Simulation-Based Performance Analysis of Various Multipath Routing Techniques in ZigBee Sensor Networks.- Centralized Routing and Scheduling Using Multi-Channel System Single Transceiver in 802.16d.- Contact Time in Random Walk and Random Waypoint: Dichotomy in Tail Distribution.- Throughput Analysis of IEEE 802.11 DCF in the Presence of Transmission Errors.- Effects of Unintentional Denial of Service (DOS) Due to Push-to-Talk (PTT) Delays on Performance of CSMA/CA Based Adhoc Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Networks.- Achievable Region in Slotted ALOHA Throughput for One-Relay Two-Hop Wireless Network Coding.- Exact Models for the k-Connected Minimum Energy Problem.- Performance Evaluation of Quality of Service in IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs.- Cooperative Localization in GPS-Limited Urban Environments.- Tracking a Vehicle Moving in a Wireless Sensor Network.- Improved Topology Control Algorithms for Simple Mobile Networks.- Reliable Coverage Area Based Link Expiration Time (LET) Routing Metric for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.- Constructing Minimum Relay Connected Sensor Cover in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks.- Experimentation Made Easy.- Enhancing Learning Using Modular Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN) Hands-On Experiments.- Sensor Network in the Wireless UHF Band.- VoIP Implementation and Experiments on a Mobile Wireless AdHoc Network.- Relay Implementation in WiMAX System Level Simulator.- MeshMAC: Enabling Mesh Networking over IEEE 802.15.4 through Distributed Beacon Scheduling.- Compressing MAC Headers on Shared Wireless Media.- An RTS Based Data Channel Reservations and Access Scheme in Multi-Channel Systems.- Building Intrusion Detection with a Wireless Sensor Network.- Passive and Active Analysis in DSR-Based Ad Hoc Networks.- An E-Hospital Security Architecture.- Cooperative Certificate Revocation List Distribution Methods in VANETs.- Distributed Channel Selection for Ad-Hoc Networks in the Presence of Jamming Sources.- Joint Random Access and Power Control Game in Ad Hoc Networks with Noncooperative Users.- Graph Marginalization for Rapid Assignment in Wide-Area Surveillance.- Error Correction with the Implicit Encoding Capability of Random Network Coding.- An End-to-End Loss Discrimination Scheme for Multimedia Transmission over Wireless IP Networks.- International Workshop on Advanced Sensor Integration Technology.- Architecture for WSN Nodes Integrati...