The Wireless Mobile Internet: Architectures, Protocols and Services

ProvidingInternetservicestomobileusershasbecomethemostsignificanttopicwithinthetelecommunicationsresearchcommunityinthepastfewyears.Asaresultseveralbookshavebeenpublishedbytheexpertsfromthecellularcommunicationsworldandresearchersfromthecomputersciencefield.Whilecellularbookscoverarchitectureandairinterfaceofthesecond-andthird-generationwirelesssystems,computernetworksandInternetbooksoverviewsomefundamentalsandprotocolsonmigratingthefix-IPintomobileenvironment.Otherbooksthatclaimedtocoverthebothtopicsinthepast,however,alsofailedtoprovideacompleteliteratureonwirelessIP,becauseoffocusingoneitheraccesstechnologyornetworkprotocols.TheWirelessMobileInternet-Architectures,Protocols,andServiceselegantlybridgesthisgapandthereforeprovidesthefirstcompleteliteratureforthewirelessInternetbothdescribingthestandardactivitiesandthecurrentstatusofthewirelessIP,aswellasdetailingnetworkmodelsandspecifictechniques.WhilesomechaptersintheWirelessMobileInternetdescribethestandardactivitiesandthecurrentstatusofthewirelessIPotherchaptersdetailnetworkmodelsandspecifictechniquesthatusuallyapproachedbyacademicresearchers.*ComprehensiveyetsimpleunderstandingofthewirelessInternetthroughusageofmorethan250conceptualandnumericalresultfigures*Logicalorganizationforcustomizeduseasareferencebookonthestate-of-the-arttechnologyforwirelessInternet,atextforfundamentalcomponentsofthewirelessInternet,standards,andaguidelineforadvancedresearchtopics*Providesaneasy-to-readbutcompletereferenceforcorenetworkandaccesstechnologyof2Gand3Gcellularsystemsaswellasrelatedstandards*Illustratesthemainfeaturesoffuturemobilenetworks*Offersathoroughliteratureonessentialsforamobilenetwork:qualityofservice,trafficmodellingandmanagement,mobilitymanagement,transportprotocols,andnetworkprotocols*UniquelycoversallrelevanttelecommunicationaccessandnetworktechnologiesforwirelessInternetfromwirelessLANtosatelliteEssentialreadingforresearchersfromindustryandacademiainthefieldofwirelesscellularnetworksandInternet,practicingengineerswhoneedasingletextonthesubjectaswellasseniorlevelundergraduatesandfirst-yearpostgraduates.