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.