Guest editorial for special issue on cross-layer design in ad hoc and sensor networks

摘要

For well over a decade, the international research community has invested significant effort on wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Initially, the classical layered network architecture was followed in the design of such systems, but to obtain higher gains in performance, the cross-layer approach emerged. For example, this may include the introduction of new interfaces between adjacent and non-adjacent layers, the coupling of layer design, vertical calibration of parameters across layers, and the formation of a super-layer by merging the services of adjacent layers.