It begins by studying wireless networks operating under current technology that spatio-temporally schedules transmissions to alleviate interference, and routes packets in a multi-hop fashion. The second half studies wireless networks from a Shannon information-theoretic point of view, allowing any causal operation and more sophisticated modes of nodal cooperation and information transfer over the shared wireless medium. The constructive procedures for obtaining the sharp lower bounds yield insight into order optimal architecture for wireless networks, while the upper bounds provide guidance to designers in assessing how much and how far information can be transported.

Scaling Laws for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: An Information Theoretic Approach is an invaluable resource for every network engineer or researcher designing or building ad hoc wireless networks.

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Contents:

• Introduction
• The Transport Capacity of Arbitrary Wireless Netwoqrks — Protocol Model
• Sharpening the Bounds on Transport Capacity of Arbitrary Networks — Protocol Model
• The Transport Capacity of Arbitrary Wireless Networks — Physical Model
• The Throughput Capacity of Random Wireless Networks — Protocol Model
• The Throughput Capacity of Random Wireless Networks — Physical Model
• Improved Throughput for Random Wireless Networks Using Differentiated Transmission Ranges
• An Information Theory for Transport Capacity: The High Attenuation Regime
• An Information Theory for Transport Capacity: The Low Attenuation Regime
• The Transport Capacity of Wireless Networks with Fading
• MIMO Techniques for Wireless Networks
• Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgements
• References