Mobility Models for Next Generation Wireless Networks

Preface

The idea for this book was suggested to me by my colleague and friend Sergio Palazzo, who invited me to deliver a short course on “Mobility Models and Social Networks” at the 2010 Lipari Summer School on Mobile Computing and Communications. At the end of the course, when delivering his closing remarks, Sergio said that in his opinion the topic of the course was very interesting, and concluded with what sounded like “Why don't you write a book on this?” I have to admit that I did not take his suggestion too seriously, since I was sure that, given its importance within the field of mobile computing and networking, several books on the topic had already been published. However, I took his suggestion seriously enough to devote half a working day when I was back in the office to look up the published books on mobility models for short-range wireless networks. To my great surprise, the result of my Web-based research showed that, except for a few book chapters and survey papers, there was no book entirely focused on mobility modeling. After that morning, the idea of writing a book on this topic started to develop further, and I prepared a book proposal for submission and approval by John Wiley & Sons. Thus, a year and a half after the Lipari Summer School (it will be two years at the time of publication), Sergio's suggestion has become a reality.

As mentioned above, the general idea for the book and its organization is adapted from the short course I delivered at Lipari Summer ...