Mobile Middleware

About the Authors. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Mobile Middleware. 1.2 Mobile Applications and Services. 1.3 Middleware Services. 1.4 Transparencies. 1.5 Mobile Environment. 1.6 Context-Awareness. 1.7 Mobility. 1.8 Example Use Case. 1.9 Requirements for Mobile Computing. 1.10 Mobile Platforms. 1.11 Organization of the Book. Bibliography. 2. Architectures and Platforms. 2.1 Overview. 2.2 Networking. 2.3 Naming and Addressing. 2.4 Middleware and Platforms. 2.5 Overview of Platforms. 2.6 Mobile Platforms. Bibliography. 3. Support Technologies. 3.1 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). 3.2 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). 3.3 Web Services. 3.4 Other Technologies. 3.5 Service Discovery. 3.6 Mobility Solutions. 3.7 Advanced Topics. 3.8 Fuego: Example Middleware Platform. Bibliography. 4. Principles and Patterns. 4.1 Definitions. 4.2 Principles. 4.3 Cross-layer design. 4.4 Model Driven Architecture. 4.5 Architectural Patterns. 4.6 General Patterns. 4.7 Patterns for Mobile Computing. 4.8 Summary. Bibliography. 5. Interoperability and Standards. 5.1 Interoperability. 5.2 Standardization. 5.3 Wireless Communications Standards. 5.4 W3C Standards. 5.5 IETF Standards. 5.6 Emerging Internet Standards. Bibliography. 6. Mobile Messaging. 6.1 Messaging Fundamentals. 6.2 Messaging Architectures. 6.3 Mobile and Wireless Communication. 6.4 Security. 6.5 Reliability. 6.6 Java Message Service. 6.7 CORBA and CORBA Messaging. 6.8 XMPP. 6.9 Web Services. 6.10 The Web and REST. Bibliography. 7. Publish/Subscribe. 7.1 Overview. 7.2 Router Topologies. 7.3 Interest Propagation. 7.4 Routing Decision. 7.5 Standards. 7.6 Research Systems. 7.7 Advanced Topics. Bibliography. 8. Data Synchronization. 8.1 Synchronization Models. 8.2 File Systems and Version Control. 8.3 Synchronization in Middleware. 8.4 Case Studies. Bibliography. 9. Security. 9.1 Basic Principles. 9.2 Cryptography. 9.3 Public Key Infrastructure. 9.4 Network Security. 9.5 802.11X. 9.6 AAA, RADIUS, Diameter. 9.7 Transport-layer Security. 9.8 Web Services Security. 9.9 Security Tokens. 9.10 SAML. 9.11 XACML. 9.12 Single Sign-On (SSO). 9.13 Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA). 9.14 Trusted Platform Module. 9.15 OpenID, OAuth, MicroID. 9.16 Spam. 9.17 Downloaded Code. Bibliography. 10. Application and Service Case Studies. 10.1 Mobile Services. 10.2 Mobile Server. 10.3 Mobile Advertisement. 10.4 Mobile Push Email. 10.5 Mobile Video. 10.6 Mobile Widgets and WidSets. 10.7 Airline Services. 10.8 Revisiting Mobile Patterns. 10.9 Summary. Bibliography. 11. Conclusions. Index.