Pandurangan G., Kumar V.S.A., Ming G., Liu Y., Li Y. (eds.) Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2010

Springer, 2010. — 381 p.
5th International Conference, WASA 2010, Beijing, China, August 15-17, 2010. Proceedings.Over the past decade, significant advances in wireless communication and computing technologies have led to the proliferation of reliable and ubiquitous infrastructure and infrastructureless wireless networks all over the world, as well as a diverse range of new applications, such as mobile social networking,and the surveillance and protection of critical infrastructures and environments. At the same time, these applications have raised new challenges ranging from the theoretical foundations of these systems, algorithms and protocol design, security and privacy to rigorous and systematic design and evaluation methodologies and new architectures for next-generation systems. The annual International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA) provides a forum for researchers and practitioners worldwide to exchange ideas, share new findings, and discuss challenging issues for the current and next-generation wireless networks. Past WASA conferences were held in Xian (2006), Chicago (2007), Dallas (2008), and Boston (2009). WASA 2010, the 5th WASA conference, took place at the Beijing Wenjin International Hotel in Beijing during August 15-17, 2010. Each submission was reviewed by at least three Program Committee members, who in some cases were assisted by external referees. Following a rigorous review process, 29 (19 regular and 10 short) papers were selected for presentation at the conference. The best paper award was given to the paper titled "Approximate Optimization for Proportional Fair AP Association in Multi-rate WLANs" by Wei Li, Yong Cui, Shengling Wang, and Xiuzhen Cheng.