Ad-Hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks [electronic resource] : Third International Conference, ADHOC-NOW 2004, Vancouver, Canada, July 22-24, 2004, Proceedings /

Contributed Papers -- Approximating the Minimum Number of Maximum Power Users in Ad Hoc Networks -- Multicast Versus Broadcast in a MANET -- Maximal Source Coverage Adaptive Gateway Discovery for Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks -- A Coverage-Preserving Density Control Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Improved Approximation Algorithms for Connected Sensor Cover -- Energy-Memory-Security Tradeoffs in Distributed Sensor Networks -- Utilizing the Uncertainty of Intrusion Detection to Strengthen Security for Ad Hoc Networks -- Weathering the Storm: Managing Redundancy and Security in Ad Hoc Networks -- A Secure Autoconfiguration Protocol for MANET Nodes -- Analysis of the Information Propagation Time Among Mobile Hosts -- Consensus with Unknown Participants or Fundamental Self-Organization -- Connectivity of Wireless Sensor Networks with Constant Density -- Range-Free Ranking in Sensors Networks and Its Applications to Localization -- An Analytic Model Predicting the Optimal Range for Maximizing 1-Hop Broadcast Coverage in Dense Wireless Networks -- Experimental Comparison of Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Multicasting in Ad Hoc Networks -- Improving Distance Based Geographic Location Techniques in Sensor Networks -- A Fair Distributed Solution for Selfish Nodes Problem in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks -- Session-Based Service Discovery and Access Control in Peer-to-Peer Communications -- A Controlled Mobility Protocol for Topology Management of Ad Hoc Networks -- Efficient Data Collection Trees in Sensor Networks with Redundancy Removal -- Cross-Layer Optimization for High Density Sensor Networks: Distributed Passive Routing Decisions -- Adaptive Probing and Communication in Sensor Networks -- Progress Based Localized Power and Cost Aware Routing Algorithms for Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks -- Application of Eigenspace Analysis Techniques to Ad-Hoc Networks -- A Rate-Adaptive MAC Protocol for Low-Power Ultra-Wide Band Ad-Hoc Networks -- Lifetime-Extended, Power-Aware, Non-position Base Localized Routing in Hybrid Ad-Hoc/Infrastructure Network -- Short Contributed Papers -- Routing Table Dynamics in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks: A Continuum Model -- Realistic Mobility for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Simulation -- On Timers of Routing Protocols in MANETs -- UAMAC: Unidirectional-Link Aware MAC Protocol for Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Networks.