Recent advancements in wireless technology have created an exponential rise in the
number of connected devices leading to the internet of things (IoT) revolution. Large …

Recent advances in information, communication and networking technologies have led to
the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT). It is a network of ubiquitous devices or things that …

Smart cities are claimed to be smart if the new technologies are capable of providing desired
sustainable outcome. The sustainable properties of smart city applications require less …

Background: With the curiosity of exploring the underwater world, science has devised
various technologies and machines that can help them in performing activities like exploring …

In social communication, mobile devices can be regarded as socialization nodes in
opportunistic social networks. Furthermore, they can carry and store useful information …

Background: Recent advances in medical associated technologies have drastically
increased the amount of electronic medical records collected, stored and transferred through …

Summary The Internet of Things (IoT) is a recent wireless telecommunications platform,
which contains a set of sensor nodes linked by wireless sensor networks (WSNs). These …

Recently, underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) have gained wide attention due to
their numerous applications in underwater surveillance, oil leakage detection, assisted …

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are a collection of wireless devices like mobile phones
and laptops that can spontaneously form self-sustained temporary networks without the …

This chapter analyses the working of the latest opportunistic protocols proposed for
underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) and identifies their issues and drawbacks …