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Contents
Preface ix
AbouttheAuthorxiii
1 Mobile Agent Platforms and Systems 1
1.1MobileAgentPlatforms1
1.1.1Grasshopper2
1.1.2Aglets2
1.1.3Concordia3
1.1.4Voyager3
1.1.5Odyssey3
1.2MultiagentSystems3
1.2.1Agent-basedloadcontrolstrategies5
1.3Summary9
ProblemstoChapter110
2 Mobile Agent-based Service Implementation, Middleware,
andConfiguration11
2.1Agent-basedServiceImplementation11
2.2Agent-basedMiddleware17
2.3MobileAgent-basedServiceConfiguration23
2.4MobileAgentImplementation28
2.5Summary29
ProblemstoChapter229
3 Wireless Local Area Networks 33
3.1VirtualLANs33
3.1.1Workgroupmanagement35
3.1.2Multicastgroups36
3.2WidebandWirelessLocalAccess37
3.2.1WidebandwirelessdataaccessbasedonOFDM
anddynamicpacketassignment37
3.2.2Wirelessservicessupportinlocalmultipointdistribution
systems39
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3.2.3MediaAccessControl(MAC)protocolsforwideband
wirelesslocalaccess41
3.2.4IEEE802.1141
3.2.5ETSIHIPERLAN44
3.2.6Dynamicslotassignment46
3.3Summary50
ProblemstoChapter351
4 Wireless Protocols 55
4.1WirelessProtocolRequirements56
4.2MACProtocol56
4.3BroadbandRadioAccessIntegratedNetwork58
4.4HybridandAdaptiveMACProtocol59
4.5AdaptiveRequestChannelMultipleAccessProtocol60
4.6Request/AcknowledgementPhase61
4.7Permission/TransmissionPhase62
4.8PerformanceAnalysis65
4.9PerformanceMeasures67
4.10Summary69
ProblemstoChapter470
5 Protocols for Wireless Applications 73
5.1WirelessApplicationsandDevices73
5.2MobileAccess79
5.3XMLProtocol80
5.4DataEncapsulationandEvolvability82
5.5WirelessApplicationProtocol(WAP)85
5.6Summary88
ProblemstoChapter589
6 Network Architecture Supporting Wireless Applications 93
6.1WAEArchitecture93
6.2WTAArchitecture98
6.3WAPPushArchitecture105
6.4Summary109
ProblemstoChapter6109
7 XML, RDF, and CC/PP 111
7.1XMLDocument111
7.2ResourceDescriptionFramework(RDF)114
7.3CC/PP–UserSideFrameworkforContentNegotiation119
7.4CC/PPExchangeProtocolbasedontheHTTPExtension
Framework129
7.5RequirementsforaCC/PPFramework,andtheArchitecture132
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7.6Summary135
ProblemstoChapter7135
8 Architecture of Wireless LANs 139
8.1RadioFrequencySystems140
8.2InfraredSystems141
8.3SpreadSpectrumImplementation141
8.3.1Directsequencespreadspectrum141
8.3.2Frequencyhoppingspreadspectrum142
8.3.3WLANindustrystandard142
8.4IEEE802.11WLANArchitecture143
8.4.1IEEE802.11aandIEEE802.11b145
8.5Bluetooth146
8.5.1Bluetootharchitecture147
8.5.2Bluetoothapplications152
8.5.3Bluetoothdevices154
8.6Summary157
ProblemstoChapter8158
9 Routing Protocols in Mobile and Wireless Networks 163
9.1Table-drivenRoutingProtocols164
9.1.1Destination-sequenceddistance-vectorrouting164
9.1.2Thewirelessroutingprotocol166
9.1.3Globalstaterouting166
9.1.4Fisheyestaterouting167
9.1.5Hierarchicalstaterouting167
9.1.6Zone-basedhierarchicallinkstateroutingprotocol168
9.1.7Cluster-headgatewayswitchroutingprotocol168
9.2On-demandRoutingProtocols169
9.2.1Temporallyorderedroutingalgorithm169
9.2.2Dynamicsourceroutingprotocol171
9.2.3Cluster-basedroutingprotocol173
9.2.4 Adhoc on-demanddistance-vectorrouting174
9.2.5Signalstability-basedadaptiverouting175
9.2.6Associativity-basedrouting176
9.2.7Optimizedlinkstaterouting177
9.2.8Zoneroutingprotocol177
9.2.9Virtualsubnetsprotocol178
9.3Summary179
ProblemstoChapter9179
10HandoffinMobileandWirelessNetworks181
10.1SignalingHandoffProtocolinWATMNetworks184
10.2CrossoverSwitchDiscovery185
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10.3ReroutingMethods187
10.4OptimizedCOSDiscoverythroughConnectionGrouping188
10.5Schedule-assistedHandoffs189
10.6HandoffinLowEarthOrbit(LEO)SatelliteNetworks189
10.7PredictiveReservationPolicy190
10.8ChainingApproaches191
10.8.1Hop-limitedhandoffscheme191
10.8.2Chainingfollowedbymake-break191
10.9AnalysisofChainingHandoffApproaches193
10.10Summary194
ProblemstoChapter10194
11SignalingTrafficinWirelessATMNetworks197
11.1AModelofWATMNetwork197
11.2ChainRoutingAlgorithm199
11.3ImplementationoftheHandoffScheme202
11.4AnalysisoftheChainRoutingAlgorithm203
11.4.1Comparisonofchainroutingalgorithmwithhop-limited
method203
11.4.2Analysisofthesignalingtrafficcost205
11.4.3Handofflatency207
11.5Summary210
ProblemstoChapter11210
12Two-phaseCombinedQoS-basedHandoffScheme213
12.1WirelessATMArchitecture214
12.2MobilitySupportinWirelessATM217
12.3ComparisonofReroutingSchemes222
12.4MaintainingtheCellSequenceDuringPathOptimization224
12.5CombinedQoS-basedPathOptimizationScheme227
12.6Summary230
ProblemstoChapter12230
References233
Index239 |