Handbook of Algorithms for Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing focuses on several aspects of mobile computing, particularly algorithmic methods and distributed computing with mobile communications capability.

Features:

• Focuses on many aspects of mobile computing, particularly algorithmic methods and distributed computing with mobile communications capability
• Discusses Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for wireless networks, including multichannel MAC protocols for mobile ad hoc networks
• Examines cluster-based, power-aware, hierarchical unicast, multicast, and broadcast routing protocols
• Addresses the development of efficient resource management techniques for next-generation wireless cellular networks, and presents well-known channel and resource allocation protocols
• Explores future voice and video access networks, focusing on real-time voice over Bluetooth, real-time Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) via the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), and cross layer algorithms for video transmission over wireless networks
• Describes the problem of motion coordination in pervasive computing
• Reviews the infrastructure, location management, and transaction support challenges of mobile commerce

Contents

Fundamental Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing

• Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing

Mac Protocols and Scheduling Strategies in Wireless Networks

• Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols for Wireless Networks

Distributed Channel Access Scheduling for Ad Hoc Networks

Multiple Access Protocols and Scheduling Algorithms for Multiple Channel Wireless Networks

Multichannel MAC Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Routing Protocols and Location Awareness Strategis in Wireless Networks

• Distributed Algorithms for Some Fundamental Problems in Ad Hoc Mobile Environments

Routing and Traversal via Location Awareness in Ad Hoc Networks

Ad Hoc Routing Protocols

Cluster-Based and Power-Aware Routing in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Broadcasting and Topology Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Cross-Layer Optimization for Energy-Efficient Information Processing and Routing

Modeling Cellular Networks for Mobile Telephony Services

Location Information Services in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Geographic Services for Wireless Networks

Location Management Algorithms Based on Biologically Inspired Techniques

Location Privacy

Resource Allocation and Management in Wireless Networks

• Radio Resource Management Algorithms in Wireless Cellular Networks

Resource Allocation and Call Admission Control in Mobile Wireless Networks

Distributed Channel Allocation Protocols for Wireless and Mobile Networks

Mobility and Location Management in Wireless Networks

• Adaptive Mobility Management in Wireless Cellular Networks

Mobility Control and Its Applications in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Self-Organization Algorithms for Wireless Network

Power Management in Mobile and Pervasive Computing Systems

Collision Avoidance, Contention Control, and Power Saving in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs

QOS in Wireless Networks

• QoS Enhancements of the Distributed IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control Protocol

QoS Support in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

QoS Provisioning in Multi-Class Multimedia Wireless Networks

TCP Studies in Wireless Networks

TCP Studies in Wireless Networks

TCP Developments in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Alorithms and Protocols for Bluetooth Wireless PAN

• Intra-Piconet Polling Algorithms in Bluetooth

A Survey of Scatternet Formation Algorithms for Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Networks

Bluetooth Voice Access Networks

NTP VoIP Test Bed: A SIP-Based Wireless VoIP Platform

Cross-Layer Algorithms for Video Transmission over Wireless Networks

Wireless Sensor Networks

• Wireless Sensor Network Protocols

Information Fusion Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks

Node Activity Scheduling Algorithms in Wireless Sensors Networks

Distributed Collaborative Computation in Wireless Sensor Systems

Security Issue in Wireless Networks

• Security Architectures in Wireless LANs

Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Field-Based Motion Coordination in Pervasive Computing Scenarios

Technical Solutions for Mobile Commerce

Index

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