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Cross-Layer Designs in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Computational Intelligence in Sensor Networks

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Ever growing penetration of wireless networks in our day-to-day lives underline new challenges in the design of communication protocols. Traditional reference models designed for wired networks follow strict layered doctrine. But by changing times, a paradigm shift from wired to wireless networks, opened a plethora of both options and challenges before us. However, lack of communication among adjacent layers of these reference models, limits the performance of wireless networks especially wireless sensor networks to great extent. To overcome such limitations, optimization of these layers through cross-layer approach has been proposed. This chapter outlines requirements, prevalent practices and presents challenges in standardized architecture. Afterwards a cross-layer solution through inter and intra layer communication and optimization of layers and a framework for next generation wireless networks has been proposed.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

    Karuna Babber & Rajneesh Randhawa

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  1. Department of Information Technology, Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Bijan Bihari Mishra

  2. Department of Information and Communication, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, India

    Satchidanand Dehuri

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Ajit Kumar Nayak

  5. School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Bhabani Shankar Prasad Mishra

  6. School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Himansu Das

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Babber, K., Randhawa, R. (2019). Cross-Layer Designs in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Mishra, B., Dehuri, S., Panigrahi, B., Nayak, A., Mishra, B., Das, H. (eds) Computational Intelligence in Sensor Networks. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 776. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57277-1_7

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