Wireless Internet and Mobile Computing
Interoperability and Performance
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2007
Book
Hardback
732 pages
978-0-471-67968-4 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding the cornerstone of an efficient communications network
Mobility is defining the future of computing, and in a resource-limited wireless environment, interoperability and performance present a major challenge that has baffled researchers and engineers for years. Now, Wireless Internet and Mobile Computing is the first book to tackle this issue with a thorough examination of how these distinctive technologies can work together, through various adaptation methods, to maintain an effective communications network. The authors' "bottom up" approach cuts through all protocol stacks in a communication system to describe how application needs affect the underlying physical layer and network layer designs, and explains how the various devices in a large networking system can communicate with each other.
Divided into six parts, the book explores:
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Essentials of Wireless Communications
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Cellular Wireless Technologies
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Short-Range Wireless Technologies
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Protocol Adaptations for Wireless Networking
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Wireless Resources Management
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Mobile Computing Application Issues
Throughout the book, practical, real-life case studies serve as motivating examples to help you gain an in-depth understanding of the technologies being discussed. Whether you're a student, researcher, or practitioner in the field, this is the only book that covers the scope and depth of this fundamental topic.
More details
Series
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-67968-4 (9780471679684)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Yu-Kwong Ricky Kwok | Vincent K. N. Lau
Wireless Internet and Mobile Computing
Interoperability and Performance
E-Book
06/2008
Wiley-IEEE Press
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
Yu-Kwong Ricky Kwok, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University and is a Senior IEEE Member. Before joining CSU in August 2007, he was associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.
Vincent K.N. Lau, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is a Senior IEEE Member. Kwok and Lau are also the authors of Channel-Adaptive Technologies and Cross-Layer Designs for Wireless Systems with Multiple Antennas (Wiley).
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Acronyms.
PART I. ESSENTIALS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS.
1. The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel.
Problems.
2. Modulation Techniques.
Problems.
3. Multiuser Communications.
Problems.
4. Diversity Techniques.
Problems.
PART II. CELLULAR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES.
5. Overview and Evolution of Cellular Technologies.
Problems.
6. CDMA (IS-95).
Problems.
7. GSM.
Problems.
8. Wideband CDMA and Beyond.
Problems.
PART III. SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES.
9. IEEE 802.11x WLAN Standards.
Problems.
10. Bluetooth WPAN.
Problems.
11. Coexistence Issues.
Problems.
12. Competing Technologies.
Problems.
PART IV. PROTOCOL ADAPTATIONS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKING.
13. Mobile IP.
Problems.
14. IPv6.
Problems.
15. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
Problems.
16. TCP over Wireless.
Problems.
PART V. WIRELESS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
17. Wireless Packet Scheduling.
Problems.
18. Power Management.
Problems.
19. Ad Hoc Routing.
Problems.
20. Wireless Data Caching.
Problems.
21. Security Issues.
Problems.
PART VI. MOBILE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS.
22. VoIP on Wireless.
Problems.
23. Wireless Video.
Problems.
24. Wireless File Systems.
Problems.
25. Location Dependent Services.
Problems.
26. Trust Bootstrapping in Wireless Sensor Networks.
Problems.
27. Peer-to-Peer Computing over Wireless.
Problems.
28. Incentives in Peer-to-Peer Computing.
Problems.
Appendix A: Optimality of Minimum Distance Decoder.
References.
Topic Index.