Wireless networking technologies are witnessed to become the integral part of industry, business, entertainment and daily life. Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks is expected to provide comprehensive references to key concepts of wireless networks, including research results of historical significance, areas of current interests, and growing directions in the future wireless networks. It can serve as a valuable and authoritative literature for students, researchers, engineers, and practitioners who need a quick reference to the subjects of wireless network technology and its relevant applications. Areas covered: 5G Network | Editors: Rahim Tafazolli, Rose Hu Ad hoc Network | Editor: Cheng Li Big Data for Networking | Editor: Song Guo Cellular Network, 2G/3G Network, 4G/LTE Network | Editor: Hsiao-hwa Chen Cognitive Radio Network | Editor: Ning Zhang Cooperative Communications | Editor: Kaoru Ota Cyber Physical Systems | Editor: Shiyan Hu Data Center Network | Editor: Lei Lei Delay Tolerant and Opportunistic Network | Editor: Yuanguo Bi Equalization, Synchronization and Channel Estimation | Editor: Yingying Chen Future Network Architecture | Editor: Wei Quan Game Theory in Wireless Network | Editor: Dusit Niyato Interference Characterization and Mitigation | Editor: Lin Cai Internet of Things | Editors: Xiuzhen Cheng, Wei Cheng Internet of Things and its Applications | Editor: Phone Lin Interworking Heterogeneous Wireless Network | Editor: Ping Wang Medium Access Control | Editors: Hassan Omar, Qiang Ye Millimeter-wave Communications | Editor: Ming Xiao MIMO-based Network | Editor: Prof. Wei Zhang Mobility Management and Models | Editors: Sandra Cespedes, Sangheon Pack Molecular, Biological and Multi-scale Communications | Editor: Adam Noel Network Economics and pricing | Editors: Jianwei Huang, Yuan Luo Network Forensics and surveillance, Fault Tolerance and Reliability | Editor: Hongwei Li Network Measurement and Virtualization | Editor: Yusheng Ji Quality of Service, Quality of Experience and Quality of Protection | Editors: Rui Luis Aguiar, Yu Cheng Resource Allocation and Management | Editors: Junshan Zhang, Nan Cheng Routing and Multi-cast, Router and Switch Design | Editor: Richard Yu Scaling Laws and Fundamental Limits | Editor: Ning Lu Security, Privacy and Trust | Editor: Kui Ren Short Range Communications, RFID and NFC | Editor: Zhiguo Shi Smart Grid Communications | Editor: Vincent W. S. Wong Vehicular Network | Editors: Lian Zhao, Qing Yang Video Streaming | Editor: Zhi Liu Wireless Body Area Network and e-healthcare | Editor: Honggang Wang Wireless Security | Editors: Haojin Zhu, Jian Shen Wireless Sensor Network | Editors: Jiming Chen, Ruilong Deng WLAN and OFDM | Editor: Xianbin Wang

Since their discovery more than a decade ago, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have held scientists and engineers in captive fascination, seated on the verge of enormous breakthroughs in areas such as medicine, electronics, and materials science, to name but a few. Taking a broad look at CNTs and the tools used to study them, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications comprises the efforts of leading nanotube researchers led by Michael O’Connell, protégé of the late father of nanotechnology, Richard Smalley. Each chapter is a self-contained treatise on various aspects of CNT synthesis, characterization, modification, and applications. The book opens with a general introduction to the basic characteristics and the history of CNTs, followed by discussions on synthesis methods and the growth of “peapod” structures. Coverage then moves to electronic properties and band structures of single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), magnetic properties, Raman spectroscopy of electronic and chemical behavior, and electromechanical properties and applications in NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems). Turning to applications, the final sections of the book explore mechanical properties of SWNTs spun into fibers, sidewall functionalization in composites, and using SWNTs as tips for scanning probe microscopes. Taking a fresh look at this burgeoning field, Carbon Nanotubes: Properties and Applications points the way toward making CNTs commercially viable.

The Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles provides a complete coverage of the fundamentals, new technologies, and sub-areas essential to the development of intelligent vehicles; it also includes advances made to date, challenges, and future trends. Significant strides in the field have been made to date; however, so far there has been no single book or volume which captures these advances in a comprehensive format, addressing all essential components and subspecialties of intelligent vehicles, as this book does. Since the intended users are engineering practitioners, as well as researchers and graduate students, the book chapters do not only cover fundamentals, methods, and algorithms but also include how software/hardware are implemented, and demonstrate the advances along with their present challenges. Research at both component and systems levels are required to advance the functionality of intelligent vehicles. This volume covers both of these aspects in addition to the fundamentals listed above.

In spite of their importance and potential societal impact, there is currently no comprehensive source of information about vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Cohesively integrating the state of the art in this emerging field, Vehicular Networks: From Theory to Practice elucidates many issues involved in vehicular networking, including traffic eng

Music is an art form which is realized in time. This dissertation presents computational methods for examining the temporality of music at multiple time-scales so that both short-term surface features and deeper long-term structures can be studied and related to each other. The methods are applied in particular to musical key analysis (Chapters 2-4) and also adapted for use in performance analysis (Chapters 5-6). The essential methodology is to examine all sequential time-scales within a piece using some analytic process and then arrange a summary of the analytic results into a maximally overlapped arrangement. Chapter 2 defines a two-dimensional plotting domain for displaying musical features at all possible time-scales which forms a basis for further analysis methods. The resulting structures in the plots can be examined subjectively as a navigational aid in the music as illustrated in Chapters 3 and 5. They can also be used to extract musically relevant information as discussed in Chapters 4 and 6.

This book shows the various sandwich assays that are constructed from recognition molecules, such as antibodies, oligonucleotide sequences and aptamers, developed as a result of nano- and biotechnology advances. It consists of ten chapters presenting interesting examples of these assays, organized according to the type of analytic methods (colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical, etc.) and detected objects (protein, nucleic acid, small-molecule, ion, etc.). It also includes a chapter discussing the introduction of sandwich assays as biosensors for the detection of a range of targets. It is an interesting and useful resource for a wide readership in various fields of chemical science and nanotechnology.