1st Edition

Mobile Internet Enabling Technologies and Services

Edited By Apostolis K. Salkintzis Copyright 2004
    408 Pages 226 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Consumers want it, businesses are demanding it. The migration of Internet services to a mobile environment is inevitable. But while the ability to be on the go and connected to the Internet sets the stage for increased efficiency and productivity, many technical challenges associated with user mobility and wireless connectivity remain.

    Mobile Internet: Enabling Technologies and Services addresses these challenges and thoroughly examines the cutting-edge technologies designed to meet them. Eminent academic and industry professionals explain the mobile and wireless network technologies that make mobile connectivity possible, including their respective characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages. Much of the book focuses on the mobility management techniques so necessary when the point of network attachment can change constantly. Macro-mobility and micro-mobility management protocols receive extensive attention, as do security concerns. Other key topics include interworking between WLAN and cellular networks, Internet access over WLANs, over GPRS and over satellites, multicasting, quality-of-service provisions, header compression schemes, and the problems inherent in video streaming over wireless IP networks.

    Little on our technological horizon is as certain or holds as much promise as the mobile Internet. This book offers a unique opportunity to become thoroughly acquainted with its context, services, and technologies.

    Introduction, Apostolis K. Salkintzis
    Key Aspects of the Evolution toward the Mobile Internet
    Key Players in the Evolution Towards the Mobile Internet
    Concluding Remarks

    Internet Access over Wireless LANs, Nikos Passas
    Introduction
    WLANs Basics
    IP Quality of Service over WLANs
    Micro-mobility in WLANs
    QoS During Handovers in WLANs
    IP Security over WLANs
    References

    Internet Access over GPRS, Apostolis K. Salkintzis
    Introduction
    GPRS Overview
    Setting Up PDP Contexts
    Routing and Tunneling
    Mobility Handling
    Summary

    Internet Access over Satellites, Antonio Iera, Antonella Molinero
    Introduction
    The Integrated Satellite-terrestrial Platform for Next Generation Systems
    Interconnecting Terrestrial and Satellite IP Segments: Enabling Technologies
    Implementation of IP-satellite Services and Platforms

    Mobility Management in Mobile IP Networks, Lila V. Dimopooulou and Iakovos S. Venieris
    Introduction
    Macro-mobility Protocols
    Micro-mobility Protocols
    References

    Quality of Service in Mobile IP Networks, Bongkyo Moon and A.H. Aghvami
    All-IP Networks
    QoS Routing in a Radio Access Network
    Integrated Services Architecture
    Differentiated Services Architecture
    Integrated Services over DiffServ Networks
    RSVP/IntServ Extensions in IP Mobility Environments
    DiffServ Extensions in IP Mobility Environments
    Conclusions

    Multicast in Mobile IP Networks, Hong-Yon Lach, Christophe Janneteau, Imed Romdhani, Alexandru Petrescu
    Multicast Concepts in the Internet
    Multicast for Mobile Nodes


    Secure Mobility in Wireless IP Networks, Pekka Nikander and Jari Arkko
    Introduction
    Security Problems
    Case I: Mobile Ipv6 Route Optimization
    Case II: Hot Identity Protocol
    Lessons Learned
    References

    Security Issues in Wireless IP Networks, Subir Das, Farooq Anjum, Yoshihiro Ohiba, Apostolis K. Salkintzis
    Introduction
    Security Attributes
    Security Issues in WLANs
    Emerging WLAN Security Schemes
    Security in 3G Networks
    Summary


    Header Compression Schemes for Wireless Internet Access, Frank Fitzek, Stefan Hendrata, Patrick Seeling, Martin Reisslein
    Introduction
    Header Compression Schemes
    Header Compression Schemes for Wireless Channels
    Conclusion

    Video Streaming in Wireless Internet, Frank Fitzek, Patrick Seeling, Martin Reisslein
    Introduction
    Basics of Video Compression
    Traffic and Quality Characteristics of Encoded Video
    Wireless Channel Characteristics
    Impact of Wireless Channel Errors on Video Quality
    Internet Protocol Stack for Video Streaming
    Video Streaming Mechanisms
    Conclusion

    Integration of Wireless LANs and Cellular Data Networks for Next-generation Mobile Internet Access, Apostolis K. Salkintzis
    Introduction
    Integrated WLANs and Cellular Data Networks
    Generic Interworking Architectures
    Standardization Activities
    A Tight-coupling Architecture
    A Loose-coupling Architecture
    Tight versus Loose Coupling
    Interworking between WLANs and 3GRP Networks
    Concluding Remarks

    Biography

    Apostolis K. Salkintzis