Meet the editors

Mutamed Khatib received his PhD degree in Wireless and Mobile Systems from USM in 2009. His research interests are in the field of mobile networks and coding. Since 2005, he has worked as an instructor in the Engineering Faculty at the Palestine Technical University (Kadoorie), Tulkarm, Palestine. He was the Head of Telecommunication Department for two years, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for four years, and he is now the VP for

academics, and is teaching advanced courses in telecommunications and coding as an Associate Professor. Dr. Khatib has a number of publications in various international journals and conferences. He is also an author of books as well as the editor for both books and journals, where he also serves as a reviewer.

Samer Alsadi is an Associate Professor and he received his PhD degree in electrical power engineering from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia, in 2000. He worked as a consultant in the Electrical Department of Jenin's municipality for one year, and since 2001, he has been working at the Palestine Technical University, Kadoorie, Tulkarm, in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His

research interests focus on solar energy, power systems, protection systems, and load forecasting.

Contents

*by J. Rejina Parvin*

and Solutions

*by Ichi Kanaya and Eri Itoh*

*by Pavel B. Khorev*

*by Hossein S. Ghadikolaei*

*by G. Merlin Sheeba*

An Overview of Wireless Mesh Networks

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 57**

**Chapter 6 67**

**Chapter 7 83**

**Chapter 8 99**

**Chapter 9 135**

Digest: A Biometric Authentication Protocol in Wireless Sensor Network

User Authentication Based on Knowledge of Their Work on the Internet

Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Modeling of Underwater Channel *by Rafael M.G. Kraemer, Luís M. Pessoa and Henrique M. Salgado*

Energy Aware Router Placements Using Fuzzy Differential Evolution

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs): Security and Privacy Issues

*by Oladayo Olufemi Olakanmi and Adedamola Dada*

Design of an Ad Hoc Mesh Network for Aircrafts

*by Vinh Truong Quang and Hoa Le Viet*

*by Faezeh Sadat Babamir and Murvet Kirci*

Key Management Techniques for Wireless Mesh Network

MAC Aspects of Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks
