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Cloud Computing and Software Services Theory and Techniques Edited by
Syed A. Ahson Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Mohammad Ilyas Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Thanks to its inherent resilience to failure and the increasing availability of open-source cloud infrastructure software and virtualization software stacks, services delivered from the cloud have expanded past web applications to include storage, raw computing, and access to specialized services. Whether you’re already in the cloud, or determining whether or not it makes sense for your organization, this book provides the technical understanding needed to develop and maintain state-of-the-art cloud computing and software services. From basic concepts and recent research findings to future directions, it gathers the insight of 50 experts from around the world to present the most up-to-date global perspective on the broad range of technical topics related to cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). Features: • Reviews real cases and applications of cloud computing • Discusses the infrastructure cloud and Infrastructure as a Service • Considers the cloud and data- and compute-intensive environments • Looks at security and reliability in the cloud Witten in a manner that makes this complex subject easy to understand, this is the ideal one-stop reference on Cloud computing. Its comprehensive coverage supplies you with the up-to-date understanding of cloud computing technologies and trends in parallel computing needed to establish and maintain effective and efficient computing and software services.
Security of Mobile Communications Noureddine Boudriga University of the 7th of November at Carthage, Tunisia
Providing technicians and designers with a critical and comprehensive resource, Security of Mobile Communications brings together the policies, practices, and guidelines needed to identify and address the security issues related to wireless sensor networks, satellite services, mobile e-services, and inter-system roaming and interconnecting systems. It details the major mobile standards for securing mobile communications and examines architectures that provide data confidentiality, authentication, integrity, and privacy in various wireless environments. Features: • Provides an analysis of the typical attacks and viruses that must be protected against • Reviews the mechanisms and standards implemented by GSM, 3G, WLAN, and ad hoc networks • Explores security features related to IP mobility, mobile payments, multimedia applications, VoIP, and SIM-like cards Professor Noureddine Boudriga, an internationally recognized authority, goes beyond analysis, standards, and guidelines to define the roles and responsibilities that network operators, service providers, and even customers need to fulfill to ensure our mobile communications are as secure as they are prolific. Contents: Basic Techniques for Mobile Communications and Security. Attack and Protection Techniques in Mobile Communication Networks. Security of Network-Based Services in Mobile Communications. Protection Techniques for Mobile Applications. Catalog no. AU7941, January 2010, 630 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-7941-3, $99.95 / £60.99
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HSDPA/HSUPA Handbook Edited by
Borko Furht
Long Term Evolution 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Edited by
Syed A. Ahson
Borko Furht
Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
High–Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family that allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to achieve higher data transfer speeds and capacities. This handbook provides technical information on all aspects of HSDPA/HSUPA. The topics covered range from basic concepts to research grade material, including future directions. This book is a valuable resource for those working on wireless communications networks. Features: • Provides technical information on all aspects of HSDPA/HSUPA • Covers basic concepts, research grade material, and future directions • Investigates the relationship between HSDPA/HSUPA and UMTS • Explores migration issues associated with HSPA • Describes the benefits of HSPA and its technical enhancements • Explains packet flows in HSDPA Contents: TD-SCDMA HSDPA/HSUPA: Principles, Technologies and Performance. Multi-user Extensions to MIMO HSDPA. Advanced Receivers for MIMO HSDPA. Interference Cancellation in HSDPA Terminals. Packet Scheduling Principles and Algorithms for Downlink. Packet Scheduling and Buffer Management in HSDPA. HSPA Radio Access Network Design. Automated Optimization in HSDPA Radio Network Planning. HSPA Transport Network Layer Congestion Control. Performance Evaluation of HSDPA/HSUPA Systems. MIMO HSDPA Throughput Measurement Results. HSDPA Indoor Planning. Dimensioning HSPA Networks: Principles, Methodology, and Applications. Glossary.
Syed A. Ahson Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA
With coverage ranging from basic concepts to current research, this comprehensive reference contains technical information about all aspects of 3GPP LTE. It details low chip rate, high-speed downlink/uplink packet access (HSxPA)/TDSCDMA EV 1x, LTE TDD, and 3G TDD. It introduces new technologies and covers methodologies to study the performance of frequency allocation schemes. The authors also discuss the proposed architecture of Mobile IPRR and distributed dynamic architecture in wireless communication, covering performance evaluation of the TD-SCDMA LTE System. Authored by international experts in the field, this practical, extremely valuable guide addresses emerging, current, and future technologies associated with LTE and its future direction. Contents: Evolution from TD-SCDMA to FuTURE. RadioInterface Physical Layer. Architecture and Protocol Support for Radio Resource Management. MIMO OFDM Schemes for 3GPP LTE. Single-Carrier Transmission for UTRA LTE Uplink. Cooperative Transmission Schemes. Multihop Extensions to Cellular Networks. User Plane Protocol Design for LTE System with Decode-Forward Type of Relay. Radio Access Network VoIP Optimization and Performance on 3GPP HSPA/LTE. Early Real-Time Experiments and Field Trial Measurements with 3GPP-LTE Air Interface Implemented on Reconfigurable Hardware Platform. Measuring Performance of 3GPP LTE Terminals and Small Base Stations in Reverberation Chambers. Catalog no. AU7210, 2009, 488 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7210-5, $99.95 / £60.99
Catalog no. AU7863, August 2010, c. 444 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7863-3, $99.95 / £63.99
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Product Release Planning
Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Methods, Tools and Applications Günther Ruhe University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Authored by a renowned expert, this book presents methods and tools for applying sound planning to product development and product management. It covers the different aspects of supporting product release decisions, including foundations, methods, tools, and applications. From technology and market needs to product planning and development projects, it provides a guided tour through the methodology and use of release planning. The book studies three fundamental classes of problems: prioritization of features, product release planning on a strategic level, and release planning on an operational level. It presents and discusses tool support for all the methods covered. Complete with case studies and application scenarios that illustrate the proposed methods, the text supplies trial accounts for the two most important decision tools for prioritization and product release planning. Features: • Defines release planning, highlights its importance, and dispels misconceptions • Presents in-depth modeling options related to business, resource, risk, and technological constraints • Provides a highly flexible method for conducting systematic release planning • Explains how to start the process of product release planning • Covers release planning software such as VeryBestChoiceLight, ReleasePlanner™, and RASORP • Includes public logins to two web-based tools Catalog no. 2620, June 2010, 339 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-2620-2, $89.95 / £57.99
Edited by
Yang Xiao The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
A detailed review of underwater channel characteristics, this book investigates the fundamental aspects of underwater communication. Prominent researchers from around the world consider contemporary challenges in the development of underwater acoustic sensor networks (UW-ASNs) and introduce a cross-layer approach for effective integration of all communication functionalities. Discussing architectures for two- and threedimensional sensor networks, this authoritative resource clearly delineates the main differences between terrestrial and underwater sensor networks—covering the wide range of topics related to UW-ASNs. It examines efficient distributed routing algorithms for delay-insensitive and delay-sensitive applications and introduces a realistic acoustic model characterized by channel utilization efficiency that enables proper setting of the optimal packet size for underwater communication. Features: • Provides efficient sensor communication protocols for the underwater environment • Addresses the topology control problem for sparse and dense 3D networks • Presents a novel distributed MAC protocol that incorporates a unique closed-loop distributed algorithm for setting the optimal transmit power and code length The book includes coverage of routing, fault tolerance, time synchronization, optimal clustering, medium access control, software, hardware, and channel modeling. Exploring the need to design an energy-efficient cross-layer protocol suite, this resource provides the understanding required to achieve high-performance channel access, routing, event transport reliability, and data flow control with underwater acoustic sensors. Catalog no. AU6711, May 2010, 349 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6711-8, $89.95 / £57.99
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Transmission Techniques for Emergent Multicast and Broadcast Systems
Wireless Sensor Networks
Mario Marques da Silva, Americo Correia, Rui Dinis, Nuno Suoto, and Joao Carlos Silva
Xiaojun Cao
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal
Capable of providing a high order of spatial and effective resolution for an ever-increasing number of applications, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) still pose some unresolved challenges and optimization problems in the design of network architectures, protocols, and algorithms. Written by award-winning engineers whose research has been sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, IBM, and Cisco's University Research Program, Wireless Sensor Networks: Principles and Practice addresses everything product developers and technicians need to know to navigate the field. It provides an all-inclusive examination of the major WSN technology, standards, and current application topics. Using straightforward language, the text makes complex concepts and processes easy to understand. It covers hardware design, medium access control, routing schemes, transport protocols, OS support, middleware, data management, localization, synchronization, security, actuator/underwater/video sensor networking, power control, sensor simulations, and emerging research. This authoritative resource includes a wealth of exercises, end-of-chapter reviews, detailed case studies, and practical sensor network design cases that touch on medical applications. Complete with lab exercises that illustrate how to apply concepts to the development and application of WSNs, this book spells out the steps of design and implementation needed to address real-world challenges and optimization problems.
Describing efficient transmission schemes for broadband wireless systems, this book examines advances in transmission techniques and receiver designs capable of supporting the emergent wireless needs for multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) requirements. It summarizes the research and development taking place in wireless communications for multimedia MBMS and addresses the means to improved spectral efficiency to allow for increased user bit rate, as well as increased capacity of the digital cellular radio network. Features: • Reports on important enhancements, including transmission techniques, receiver designs, and multi-resolution schemes for modern broadband wireless systems • Covers key aspects in the development of emergent services to support the requirements of new services • Discusses the transition from Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) to block transmission techniques • Considers advanced receivers such as iterative (turbo) equalization schemes for these techniques The text highlights essential requirements for new services, providing a clear understanding of the corresponding fundamentals and theory needed to fulfill such requirements. Although the schemes and transmission and detection techniques presented are applicable to a wide range of digital communication systems, including wireless, cellular, and satellite, the text maintains a focus on multimedia services using multicast and broadcast techniques.
Principles and Practice Fei Hu University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Catalog no. AU9215, May 2010, 531 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9215-8, $99.95 / £63.99
Catalog no. K10817, June 2010, 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1593-9, $119.95 / £76.99
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Cognitive Radio Networks Architectures, Protocols, and Standards Edited by
Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Jun Zheng University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
While still in the early stages of research and development, cognitive radio is a highly promising communications paradigm with the ability to effectively address the spectrum insufficiency problem. Written by those pioneering the field, Cognitive Radio Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Standards offers a complete view of cognitive radio—including introductory concepts, fundamental techniques, regulations, standards, system implementations, and recent developments. From the physical layer to protocol layer, worldclass editors provide comprehensive technical and regulatory guidance across cognitive radio, dynamic spectrum access, and cognitive wireless networks. The book examines routing, Medium Access Control (MAC), cooperation schemes, resource management, mobility, and game theory approach. Organized into three sections for ease of reference: • Part I introduces and addresses the issues in the physical layer, including sensing, capacity, and power control • Part II examines issues in the protocol layers and supplies practical solutions • Part III explores applications, including cognitive radio systems Complete with illustrative figures that allow for complete cross-referencing, this book provides readers with the understanding of the fundamental concepts, principles, and framework of cognitive wireless systems needed to initiate the development of future-generation wireless systems and networks.
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Overlay Networks Toward Information Networking Sasu Tarkoma Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
Examining what they are and what kind of structures they require, this text covers the key structures, protocols, and algorithms used in overlay networks. It reviews the current state of applications, decentralized overlays, security, information routing, and information forwarding. The book provides readers with an overview of networking technologies, the TCP/IP protocol suite, and networking basics. It also examines: • The foundations of structured overlays • Unstructured P2P overlay networks • Graph-based algorithms for information dissemination and probabilistic algorithms • Content-centric routing and a number of protocols and algorithms • Security challenges of P2P and overlay technologies—providing solutions for these mitigating risks Written by a university professor who is also a senior member of the Nokia research staff, this authoritative reference covers advanced issues concerning performance and scalability. It highlights recent developments and discusses specific algorithms, including BitTorrent, Coolstream, BitOs, Chord, Content Addressable Network, Content Delivery Networks, Overlay multicast, and Peer-to-Peer SIP. Covering a number of frequently-used probabilistic techniques and projections for future trends, the text provides the tools and understanding needed to create deployable solutions for processing and distributing the vast amounts of data that modern networks demand. Catalog no. K10708, February 2010, 260 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1371-3, $99.95 / £60.99
Catalog no. AU7775, May 2010, 484 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7775-9, $99.95 / £63.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Applied Aspects of Optical Communication and LIDAR Nathan Blaunstein, Shlomi Arnon, Natan Kopeika, and Arkadi Zilberman Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Exploring the practical aspects of atmospheric optical communication and light detection and ranging (LIDAR), this reference details the role of atmospheric structures in propagation phenomena that influence the transmission of optical signals through perturbed atmospheric communication channels. It examines numerous situations in over-the-terrain atmospheric communication channels, including the effects of natural phenomena and the corresponding features (turbulences and hydrometeors) on optical ray propagation. Bridging the gap between the parameters of optical communication links and signal information data streams, this concise reference addresses line-of-sight as well as obstructive non-line-of-sight propagation conditions. It also:
IP Communications and Services for NGN Johnson I. Agbinya ICT, Sydney, Australia
Rapid deployment and acceptance of broadband networks, including the 802.11 a/b/g, 3G cellular networks, WiMAX, and emerging 4G cellular IP networks, have sparked a growing reliance on voice over IP and the quickly emerging IP TV and Mobile TV. Providing the necessary background and technical understanding to stay abreast and even ahead of the IP trend, IP Communications and Services for NGN explores IP development for the delivery of next generation mobile services. Packed with detailed illustrations, the text examines the primary IP protocols (IPv4 and IPv6), real-time protocols, and three major IP services (VoIP, IPTV, and Mobile TV). It clearly explains the different architectures of fixed, mobile, and wireless networks along with the major advantages and disadvantages of each. It includes coverage of:
• Details the main characteristics of optical communication channels • Introduces the quasi-regular gaseous atmosphere • Describes numerous situations in the atmospheric communication channel • Explains the main characteristics of optical communication channels
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Complete with parameters for information data streams, the text also provides time-saving suggestions for determining which optical devices will work best for minimizing the deleterious effects of natural atmospheric phenomena. Whether you’re a researcher, an engineer, or student—this book provides you with the practical understanding required to use LIDAR to investigate all forms of atmospheric phenomena and to learn how to accurately predict primary parameters of atmospheric optical channels.
With a detailed listing of commonly used acronyms, along with a clear description of the role IP is likely to play in the development of next generation mobile services, this book provides the ideal starting point for developing the understanding required to deploy, train, and use IP services.
Catalog no. AU0402, January 2010, 280 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9040-6, $149.95 / £95.00
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The VoIP Market SCTP and Vertical Handoff RSVP: Resource Reservation Protocol MPLS: MultiProtocol Label Switching SIP: Session Initiation Protocol IMS: IP Multimedia Subsystem RTSP: Real-Time Streaming Protocol RTP: Real-Time Transport Protocol IPTV System Architectures and IPTV System Descriptions
Catalog no. AU7090, January 2010, 411 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7090-3, $69.95 / £44.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Advances in Network Management Jianguo Ding Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
"The author raises essential issues at stake and brings the necessary expertise and experience identifying the challenges and proposing recommendations of great value…" —Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President
Improvements in the development of self-managing systems have become a cost-saving priority for corporations and an issue of strategic importance for many economies. Advances in Network Management provides the insight of a recognized expert into the fundamental concepts and contemporary challenges in network management. From basic concepts to researchlevel material, it details the evolution of network management solutions in network management paradigms, protocols, and techniques. It also addresses dependencies between network management and application-level service management. This forward-looking resource investigates advanced networks and network services including—autonomic computing, context-aware systems management, and automatic techniques aiming at self-management (self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection). With its breadth and depth of coverage in theoretical, technical, and research topics, this book provides time-tested guidance for dealing with the growing complexity of network services while improving cost efficiencies in your IT department. Catalog no. AU6452, January 2010, 390 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6452-0, $69.95 / £44.99
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Thin Air How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives Dann Anthony Maurno Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Louis Sirico San Jose, California, USA
“A must read for executives looking to optimize performance while automating traceability in outsourced supplier networks.” —Raj Saksena, President and CEO, Omnitrol Networks Inc.
“… clearly explains how wireless solutions can offer sophisticated asset management applications, impact patient flow, and increase staff efficiency thereby playing a major role in helping healthcare administrators improve efficiency … .” —Jason Howe, CEO, Awarepoint
Highlighting wireless as a powerful and inherently Lean tool, this book proposes practices and paradigms to help you integrate wireless technology for virtually effortless process improvements. It discusses the application of a wide range of wireless technologies, including RFID, wireless sensor networks, real-time location systems, and global positioning systems. The text addresses the modernization of infrastructure, elimination of costly hardware and redundant equipment, the facilitation of e-Kanban, and the provision of real-time visibility into any operation. The book contains a strong healthcare component with a case study on Mercy Medical Center that appears throughout the text. Drawing on success stories from dozens of companies, including American Apparel, the US Postal Service, Ford, Boeing, and Motorola, this complete resource also provides access to a Lean Wireless ROI Calculator you can use to input values unique to your company’s operations and calculate estimated savings in labor and excess capacity. Catalog no. K10242, April 2010, 251 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0439-1, $59.95 / £38.99
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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Fundamentals and Applications
Contemporary Coding Techniques and Applications for Mobile Communications Osman Nuri Ucan Istanbul University, Turkey
Edited by
Onur Osman
Tao Jiang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, Peoples Republic of China
Lingyang Song Peking University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Supported by the expert-level advice of pioneering researchers, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Fundamentals and Applications provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the foundations and applications of one of the most promising access technologies for current and future wireless networks. It includes authoritative coverage of the history, fundamental principles, key techniques, and critical design issues of OFDM systems. Covering various techniques of effective resource management for OFDM/OFDMAbased wireless communication systems, this cutting-edge reference: • Addresses open problems and supplies possible solutions • Provides a concise overview of key techniques for adaptive modulation • Investigates radio channel modeling in OFDMA -based wireless communication systems • Details detection strategies of frequencydomain equalization for broadband communications • Introduces a novel combination of OFDM and the orbital angular momentum of the electromagnetic field to improve performance • Contains extensive treatment of adaptive MIMO beamforming suitable for multiuser access This valuable resource supplies readers with a macro-level understanding of OFDMA and its key issues, while providing a systematic manual for those whose work is directly related to practical OFDMA and other multiuser communication systems projects.
Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey
Modern error control coding methods based on turbo coding have essentially solved the problem of reliable data communications over noisy channels. Contemporary Coding Techniques and Applications for Mobile Communications provides a clear, comprehensive, and practical grounding on the subject matter. It presents an overview of communication systems and examines the fundamentals, theory, application of contemporary coding techniques, and applications to mobile communications. Written from the perspective that error control coding techniques will facilitate future digital data links, the book provides in-depth coverage of modulation techniques, multiplexing, channel models, MIMO systems, fundamental coding techniques, trellis coding modulation, turbo codes, and multilevel turbo codes. The first part of the text presents fundamental information on modulation, multiplexing, channel models, and traditional coding methods. The second part explains advanced coding techniques, provides simulation results, and compares them with related methods. Features: • Describes contemporary coding techniques that will be increasingly applied in 3G mobile GSM communications • Examines turbo coding and related topics that will play an important role in future wireless networks • Details effective image transmission techniques with step-by-step guidelines • Highlights novel coding algorithms Catalog no. AU5461, 2009, 352 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5461-3, $99.95 / £63.99
Catalog no. AU8824, April 2010, 660 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8824-3, $89.95 / £57.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Optical Wireless Communications IR for Wireless Connectivity Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Sevia M. Idrus Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai Johor
Ziran Sun Newbury, UK
Interest in infrared (IR) technology as a medium to convey information continues to grow considerably. This is reflected by the increasing number of mobile devices that incorporate optical wireless transceivers and by the increasing number of optical wireless links available for indoor and outdoor use. The popularity of IR is based on the advantages it has over radio including unregulated bandwidth, immunity to radio interference, and inherent security. Optical Wireless Communications examines some of the most important features of optical wireless communication systems. It considers the benefits and limitations of IR as a medium conveying information wirelessly and compares the advantages and disadvantages of infrared to microwave and other radio systems. The book details the evolution of IR communication systems and describes atmospheric and other types of data transmission limitations. It presents design fundamentals of optical concentrators, as well as a review of some of the most important receiver optical front-ends (containing imaging or non-imaging concentrators and optical filters), including an explanation of the different sources of infrared noise and an introduction to eye safety. The text also describes optical wireless transmitter and receiver design issues, typical modulation, coding, and multiple access techniques, and introduces IrDA protocols and wireless IR networking.
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Optical Fiber Communications Systems Theory and Practice with MATLAB® and Simulink® Models Le Nguyen Binh Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Carefully structured to provide practical knowledge of the fundamental issues, Optical Fiber Communications Systems: Theory and Practice with MATLAB® and Simulink® Models explores advanced modulation and transmission techniques of lightwave communication systems. With coverage ranging from fundamental to modern aspects, it presents optical communication techniques and applications, employing single mode optical fibers as the transmission medium. Complete with MATLAB® and Simulink® models that illustrate methods, the book supplies a deeper understanding of future development of optical systems and networks. It begins with an overview of the development of optical fiber communications technology over the last three decades of the 20th century. The author describes the optical transmitters for direct and external modulation technique and discusses the detection of optical signals under direct coherent and incoherent reception. It also covers lumped erbium-doped and distributed Roman optical amplifiers with extensive models for the amplification of signals and structuring the amplifiers on the Simulink platform. The text outlines a design strategy for optically amplified transmission systems coupled with MATLAB and Simulink models, including dispersion and attenuation budget methodology and simulation techniques. It concludes with coverage of advanced modulation formats for long haul optical fiber transmission systems with accompanied Simulink models. Catalog no. K10309, April 2010, 560 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0620-3, $119.95 / £46.99
Catalog no. AU7209, 2008, 376 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-7209-4, $94.95 / £60.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Cooperative Wireless Communications Edited by
Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Mohsen Guizani Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
Considering the wide range of applications, strategies, and benefits associated with cooperative wireless communications, researchers and product developers need a succinct understanding of relevant theory, fundamentals, and techniques to navigate this challenging field. This comprehensive reference provides just that. The book contains useful background to develop and implement cooperative mechanisms for infrastructure-based wireless systems and selforganizing multi-hop wireless networks (e.g., ad hoc, mesh, peer-to-peer, and sensor networks). It introduces key cooperative strategies and details recent improvements to a variety of cooperative mechanisms and frameworks applicable in diverse scenarios. Addressing fundamentals and techniques, this invaluable reference: • Offers comprehensive guidance on technical, practical, and deployment aspects of cooperative strategies and IEEE standard specifications • Explores key challenges and solutions in 3G, B3G, 4G WiMAX, and ad hoc, mesh, and sensor networks • Covers cooperative diversity, virtual MIMO, cognitive radio networks, and resource and mobility management • Discusses energy efficiency, relaying strategy, routing, MAC, topology control, and security A distinct introduction to different cooperative mechanisms, cooperation frameworks in diverse scenarios, and recent improvements to wireless network performance, this one-stop reference consolidates the essential information and guidance that readers will need to resolve key challenges in various protocol issues from a cooperation perspective.
Millimeter Wave Technology in Wireless PAN, LAN, and MAN Edited by
Shao-Qiu Xiao University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ming-Tuo Zhou National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Singapore
Driven by the demand for high data rates, millimeter wave technologies with broad bandwidth are being explored in high-speed wireless communications. These technologies include gigabit wireless personal area networks, highspeed wireless local area networks, and highspeed wireless metropolitan area networks. As a result, standard organizations are actively calling for specifications of millimeter wave applications in the above wireless systems. Providing the guidance needed to help you navigate through these technologies, Millimeter Wave Technology in Wireless PAN, LAN, and MAN covers the fundamental concepts, recent advances, and the potential that millimeter wave technologies offer with respect to circuits design, system architecture, protocol development, and standardization activities. The book presents essential challenges and solutions related to topics that include millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC), packaging technology of millimeter wave system and circuits, and millimeter wave channel models. With numerous figures, tables and references, this text allows speedy access to the fundamental problems, key challenges, open issues, future directions, and further readings on millimeter wave technologies in relation to WPAN, WLAN, and WMAN. Catalog no. AU8227, 2008, 448 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-8227-7, $135.95 / £86.00
Catalog no. AU6469, 2009, 528 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6469-8, $99.95 / £60.99
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Location Based Services Handbook Applications, Technologies, and Security
Vehicular Networks Techniques, Standards, and Applications Edited by
Hassnaa Moustafa
Edited by
France Telecom Research and Development
Syed A. Ahson
Yan Zhang
Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Mohammad Ilyas Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Meeting the demands of the rapid growth of wireless Internet subscribers and the development of the world Location-Based Services market, this volume introduces and discusses various location-based applications, including buddy finder and proximity and security services. Written by experts from across the globe, the articles in each of the sections range from basic concepts to research grade material and include discussions of future directions. An extensive bibliography is also included in each chapter. Features: • Provides technical information on all aspects of Location-Based Services • Includes the work of experts in the field from around the world • Covers applications, technologies, and security Contents Include: APPLICATIONS. Converged services. Location Aware Messaging. Peer-to-Peer Location-Based Instant Messaging service. Location-aware Push-to-Talk cover Cellular. Bringing Location based services to IP Multimedia Subsystem. Mobile User Positioning in GSM/UMTS Cellular Networks. TECHNOLOGIES. Cell Identification. Observed Time Difference of Arrival. Network Multi-path Analysis. Assisted GPS. Mobile Location Protocol over HTTP. Middleware technologies. Content Quality in Locationbased Services. Mobile Positioning Algorithms. SECURITY. Privacy Concerns for Location Based Services. Security of location information. Preserving Location Privacy to Peer-to-Peer Environments. Social, ethical and legal implications. Location-Based Services and National Security.
Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Despite the current proliferation of conferences to address the technical, policy, and economic challenges associated with this technology, notably absent is a self-contained book that integrates and covers these topics in sufficient detail. Vehicular Networks: Techniques, Standards and Applications examines recent advances in the evolution of vehicular networks. A versatile text, it cross-references all key aspects, including medium access, scheduling, mobility, services, market introduction, and standard specifications. This informative guide: • Describes the roles of network operators, car manufacturers, service providers, and governmental authorities in the development of vehicular technology • Illustrates the benefits and real-life applications of vehicular networks • Analyzes possible business models for network deployment • Examines potential services and possible deployment architectures • Explores the technical challenges of deployment, including use of MAC protocols, routing, data dissemination, dynamic IP autoconfiguration, mobility management, security, and driver/passenger privacy Using simplified language, this book elucidates the distinct behavior and characteristics that distinguish vehicular networks from other types of mobile networks. It is an invaluable resource for those working with or studying vehicular networks and other wireless or mobile communications systems. Catalog no. AU8571, 2009, 450 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8571-6, $99.95 / £60.99
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Nanotechnology for Telecommunications Edited by
Sohail Anwar, M. Yasin Akhtar Raja, Salahuddin Qazi, and Mohammad Ilyas Nanotechnology for Telecommunications presents vital technical scientific information to help readers grasp issues and challenges associated with nanoscale telecommunication system development and commercialization. It provides technical information and research ideas regarding the use of nanotechnology in telecommunications and information processing, reflecting the continuing trend toward the use of optoelectronics. The book reviews a broad range of the nano concepts and their influence on every aspect of telecommunications, including their consequent social implications. It describes the different levels of interconnections in systems and details the standardized assembly process for a broad specrum of micro-, nano-, bio-, fiber-optic, and optoelectronic components and functions. Describing current and future developments that hold promise for significant innovations in telecommunications, this book provides a progressive understanding of topics including: • Background information on nanoscience and nanotechnology • Specific applications of nanotechnology in telecommunications • Nanostructured optoelectronic materials • MEMS, NEMS, and their applications in communication systems • Quantum dot Cellular Automata (QCA) and its applications in telecommunication systems • How nonohmic nonlinear behavior affects both digital and analog signal processing • Concepts regarding quantum switching and its applications in quantum networks Catalog no. 53256, June 2010, 453 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5325-8, $99.95 / £63.99
MEMS and NanotechnologyBased Sensors and Devices for Communications, Medical and Aerospace Applications A.R. Jha, Ph.D. Jha Technical Consulting Service, Cerritos, California, USA
“This comprehensive book on MEMS and nanotechnology (NT) provides a wide-lens perspective of the field. … It contains a wealth of synergistic information and insights relating to the innovative field of MEMS and NTs. … A.R. Jha, one of the most prolific writers, covers a wide range of emerging technical fields… ” —Dr. Ashok K. Sinha, Retired Senior Vice President, Applied Materials, Inc.
This book explores the potential of using MEMS and NT in sensors and devices. It describes packaging details, materials and their properties, and fabrication requirements vital for design, development, and testing. The book encompasses various types of MEMS- and NT-based sensors and devices, including micropumps, accelerometers, photonic bandgap devices, acoustic sensors, CNT-based transistors, photovoltaic cells, and smart sensors. It also discusses how these sensors and devices are used in a number of applications, including weapons’ health, battlefield monitoring, cancer research, stealth technology, chemical detection, and drug delivery. Contents: Highlights and Chronological Developmental History of MEMS Devices Involving Nanotechnology. Potential Actuation Mechanisms, Their Performance Capabilities, and Applications. Latest and Unique Methods for Actuation. Packaging, Processing, and Material Requirements for MEMS Devices. RF-MEMS Switches Operating at Microwave and mm-Wave Frequencies. RF/Microwave MEMS Phase Shifter. Applications of Micropumps and Microfluidic. Miscellaneous MEMS/Nanotechnology Devices and Sensors for Commercial and Military Applications. Materials for MEMS- and NanotechnologyBased Sensors and Devices. Catalog no. AU8069, 2008, 432 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-8069-3, $135.95 / £86.00
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books The Internet of Things
Cognitive Radio Networks
From RFID to the Next-Generation Pervasive Networked Systems
Edited by
Edited by
Lu Yan, Yan Zhang, Laurence T. Yang, and Huansheng Ning This book provides comprehensive guidance that covers fundamentals and recent advances in pervasive networked systems. It addresses the conceptual and technical issues that influence the technology roadmap and gives an in-depth introduction to the Internet of Things and its effect on businesses and individuals. Discussing case studies, experience reports, and best practice, it contains information on emerging technologies, market opportunities, and policy implications. The book provides balanced coverage of theory and practical issues. Reflecting research trends and industry needs, it’s a comprehensive and practical guide to recent advances in pervasive networked systems. Features: • Explores technical visions underlying the Internet of Things, including ubiquitous networks, next-generation networks, and ubiquitous computing • Examines RFID, sensor technologies, smart things, nanotechnology, and miniaturizations • Discusses the market potential of these technologies, factors inhibiting market growth, and new business models • Reviews the implications for society, including growing concerns over privacy Contents: RFID Tags. RFID Automatic Identification and Data Capture. RFID Data Warehousing and Analysis. RFID Data Management Issues, Solutions, and Directions. RFID Security. RFID Specification Revisited. RFIG Geometric Context of Wireless Tags. RFID Application in Animal Monitoring. RFID Enabled Logistics Services. Location Tracking in an Office Environment: The Nationwide Case Study.
Yang Xiao and Fei Hu The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Fueled by ongoing and increasing consumer demand, the explosive growth in spectrum-based communications continues to tax the finite resources of the available spectrum. One possible solution, Cognitive Radio Network (CRN), allows unlicensed users opportunistic access to licensed bands without interfering with existing users. Cognitive Radio Networks presents state-of-theart approaches and novel technologies for cognitive wireless radio networks and sheds light on future developments. Comprising the contributions of prominent cognitive radio researchers, this book covers all CRN essentials including spectrum sensing, spectrum handoff, spectrum sharing, and CRN routing schemes. Divided into five parts, the book addresses the physical layer, medium access control, the routing layer, crosslayer considerations and advanced topics in cognitive radio networks. The chapters also review research, management, support, and cognitive techniques such as position and network awareness, infrastructure and physical and link layer concerns. Features: • Discusses spectrum sensing algorithms • Reviews ultra-wideband cognitive radio • Examines mission-oriented communications properties • Explores new applications and system control Contents: Physical Layer of Cognitive Radio Networks. Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer of Cognitive Radio Networks. Routing Layer of Cognitive Radio Networks. Cross-Layer Considerations in Cognitive Radio Networks. Advanced Topics in Cognitive Radio Networks. Catalog no. AU6420, 2009, 478 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6420-9, $94.95 / £60.99
Catalog no. AU5281, 2008, 336 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5281-7, $104.95 / £66.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Converging NGN Wireline and Mobile 3G Networks with IMS Converging NGN and 3G Mobile Rebecca Copeland Strategic IMS Solution Consultant, Warwickshire, UK
“… a very timely contribution to this field. It is suitable for both lay people wanting to understand the building blocks and drivers of IMS as well as more skilled practitioners wanting to brush up on technical details and close some gaps in their knowledge.” —Mick Reeve, Fellow of the International Engineering Consortium and the Royal Academy of Engineering, Retired Chief Architect of BT Group CTO
Focusing on the future network architecture and its main principles, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the methods, functions, network elements, and the interfaces that enable the building of a service agnostic and access agnostic session control layer based on the IMS standards. After an introduction to IMS principles with market trends, technological innovations, migration issues, and global standards, the book describes converged session control and multimedia handling with ID management, service profiles, and event and applications triggering as well as admission procedures for different types of access networks. Subsequent chapters tackle the all-important aspects of IP charging mechanisms, service-based quality of service, security, border control, and legacy services, enabling a thorough appreciation of the full network requirements. Wherever possible, the author points out the convergence of standards and details different specifications and terminology for TISPAN and 3GPP. Delivering deep insight into the role of IMS in fixed line and mobile networks, this book supplies a clear understanding of how the next generation of converged communication can be achieved with managed quality, security, and chargeability.
IMS A New Model for Blending Applications Mark Wuthnow, Jerry Shih, & Matthew Stafford AT&T Mobility, LLC., USA
"Mark Wuthnow, Matt Stafford, and Jerry Shih are well respected within the telecommunications industry and have been at the forefront of IMS for the operator industry for several years. Collectively, they cover many technologies related to IMS or interacting with IMS. Their expertise will provide readers with a unique insight and perspective on IMS." — Paul Mankiewich, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent America
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology, which merges the Internet with interactive telecommunications, represents the here and now for today’s packet-switched networks. Rather than offer the usual explanation of the standard itself, the authors address how IMSbased services might be deployed in an operator’s network. They delineate the application layers and the applications that can be implemented using an IMS network. For those unfamiliar with IMS, they provide an overview of its key components and the signaling standards used for the implementation of an end-to-end IMS service. Significant concepts are conveyed through reallife vignettes that describe how end users might actually use interactive IMS applications in the course of their day. This approach mimics the way an operator’s marketing organization might go about building a business case for IMS application deployment. While technical enough to meet the needs of engineers, this approach will greatly assist marketing, sales, and managerial professionals gain a basic understanding of IMS, as well as a sense of the numerous applications driving the field forward. Catalog no. AU9285, January 2010, 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9285-1, $69.95 / £44.99
Catalog no. AU9250, 2009, 518 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-9250-4, $94.95 / £60.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization
Edited by
Edited by
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang
Mobile WiMAX
Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization offers a comprehensive explanation on how to dimension, plan, and optimize WiMAX networks. Comprised of two complementary parts, this book introduces and explains key concepts and major mechanisms, including network architecture, physical layer, standard, protocols, security mechanisms, and related radio access technologies. In particular, it covers system framework, topology, capacity, mobility management, and handoff management. It also addresses congestion control, medium access control (MAC), scheduling, Quality of Service (QoS), WiMAX mesh networks, and security. The second part presents practical examples and illustrative figures to explain planning techniques and optimization algorithms to enable easy understanding of discussed concepts and technologies. Both theoretical and practical information is provided to ensure in-depth and realistic results. An invaluable reference, this book predicts, investigates, and measures WiMAX network performance, providing essential information for a wide-ranging professional, technical, and academic audience interested in successful network planning and optimization. Beyond its application to WiMAX rollout, this book is also an excellent reference for the planning and optimization efforts of other radio networks.
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
This popular reference examines the basic concepts and standard specifications pertinent to WirelessMANs—emphasizing IEEE 802.16-based WiMAX. After introducing the basics of WirelessMAN, the book addresses topics in three accessible parts. The first part focuses on radio frequency (RF), signal processing, multiple in-multiple out (MIMO) technology, and challenges and possible solutions in the physical layer. An examination of protocol issues follows, including those involving medium access control (MAC), quality of service (QoS) in point-to-multi-point (PMP) and mesh networks, cross layer optimization, mobility management, handoff in heterogeneous networks, energy management, and link adaptation mechanisms. The final part considers issues regarding security, economy, and system capacity in the WiMAX. Features: • Analyzes different layers of protocol stack for WiMAX • Identifies basic concepts, advanced techniques, and future directions • Offers numerous illustrative figures that facilitate understanding • Details specific techniques for WiMAX performance improvement Selected Contents: IEEE 802.16-Based WirelessMAN. RF System and Circuit Challenges. WirelessMAN Physical Layer Specifications. MIMO for WirelessMAN. MIMO Spectral Efficiency of the Mobile WiMAX Downlink. Medium Access Control in WirelessMAN. QoS Services Provisioning at MAC Layer in WiMax Systems. Radio Resource Management in IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Mesh Networks. Cross-Layer Design in WirelessMAN. Mobility Management in Mobile WiMAX. Catalog no. AU2624, 2008, 472 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-2624-0, $109.95 / £69.99
Features: • Explains WiMAX networks planning with practical examples and illustrative figures • Analyzes WiMAX performance with capacity enhancement techniques • Provides essential information on network planning for mobile service providers, wireless system operators, and telecommunication equipment manufacturers • Includes detailed theoretical and practical information on WiMAX planning and optimization Catalog no. AU6662, 2009, 451 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6662-3, $119.95 / £72.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books New!
Fundamentals of EMS, NMS and OSS/BSS
Security in RFID and Sensor Networks Edited by
Jithesh Sathyan
Yan Zhang
Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India
Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
In this era where data and voice services are available at a push of a button, service providers have virtually limitless options for reaching their customers with value-added services. The changes in services and underlying networks that this always-on culture creates make it essential for service providers to understand the evolving business logic and appropriate support systems for service delivery, billing, and revenue assurance. Supplying an end-to-end understanding of telecom management layers, this complete guide to telecom resource and service management basics is organized into four sections: Element Management System, Network Management System, Operation/Business Support Systems, and Implementation Guidelines. Each section starts with basics, details how the system fits into the telecom management framework, and concludes by introducing more complex concepts. From the initial efforts in managing elements to the latest management standards, the text:
Paris Kitsos
• Covers the basics of network management, including legacy systems, management protocols, and popular products • Examines standards, best practices, and the industries developing these systems • Deals with OSS/BSS—covering processes, applications, and interfaces in the service/business management layers • Includes implementation guidelines for developing customized management solutions The book includes chapters devoted to popular market products and contains case studies that illustrate real-life implementations as well as the interaction between management layers. Complete with detailed references and lists of web resources to keep you current, this book supplies the understanding required to begin developing telecom management solutions tailored to your customer’s needs.
Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece
Offering a comprehensive discussion of the security challenges and solutions in RFID, WSNs, and integrated RFID & WSNs, this book begins by discussing the security issues that threaten the effective use of RFID technology. The contributors examine multi-tag systems, relay attacks, authentication protocols, lightweight cryptography, and host of other topics related to RFID safety. The text then shifts the focus to WSNs, beginning with a background in sensor network security before moving on to survey intrusion detection, malicious node detection, jamming, and other issues of concern to WSNs and their myriad of applications. In each chapter, the contributors propose effective solutions to the plethora of security challenges that confront users, offering practical examples to aid in intuitive understanding. The last part of the book reviews the security problems inherent in integrated RFID & WSNs. The book ends with a glimpse of the future possibilities in these burgeoning technologies and provides recommendations for the proactive design of secure wireless embedded systems. Features: • Includes detailed case studies to clarify material • Examines security risks in RFID, WSNs, and integrated RFID and WSNs • Explores architectures, protocols, standards, security, and applications Catalog no. AU6839, 2009, 560 pp ISBN: 978-1-4200-6839-9, $99.95 / £60.99
Catalog no. AU8573, June 2010, 588 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8573-0, $89.95 / £54.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Security in Wireless Mesh Networks Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
Security in Distributed, Grid, Mobile, and Pervasive Computing
Jun Zheng
Yang Xiao
City University of New York, USA
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Edited by
Yan Zhang
Honglin Hu Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications, China
This volume provides an introduction to security issues, recent advances, and future directions in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Exploring key security challenges set in diverse scenarios, it examines the emerging standards of security, addressing such topics as authentication, access control and authorization, attacks, privacy and trust, encryption, key management, identity management, DoS attacks, intrusion detection and protection, secure routing, security standards, and security policy. Complete with numerous case studies and applications, this comprehensive guide examines security mechanisms in IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15, IEEE 802.16, and IEEE 802.20 standards. Features: • Covers basic concepts, protocols, and architectures • Details attacks, secure routing, secure cross-layer protocols, encryption, and confidentiality • Explores emerging standardization activities, security specifications, and security enhancements • Identifies future directions in the security of WMN Selected Contents: An Introduction to Wireless Mesh Networks. Mesh Networking in Wireless PANs, LANs, MANs, and WANs. SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES. Attacks and Security Mechanisms. Intrusion Detection in Wireless Mesh Networks. Secure Routing in Wireless Mesh Networks. Hop Integrity in Wireless Mesh Networks. Privacy Preservation in Wireless Mesh Networks. Providing Authentication, Trust, and Privacy in Wireless Mesh Networks. NonInteractive Key Establishment in Wireless Mesh Networks.
Despite advances in computer security regarding the proliferation of services and applications, security threats are still major impediments in the deployment of these services. Paying serious attention to these issues, Security in Distributed, Grid, Mobile, and Pervasive Computing focuses on the increasing demand to guarantee privacy, integrity, and availability of resources in networks and distributed systems. Addresses Security Issues in Distributed, GRID, and Pervasive Computing A rich and useful presentation of strategies for security issues, the book covers each computing area in separate sections. It first reviews security concerns and challenges in content distribution networks, describes key agreement protocols based on the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and key management protocols for complex distributed systems like the Internet, and discusses securing design patterns for distributed systems. Presents the Security Implications of Basic Usage Patterns The next section focuses on security in mobile computing and wireless networks, covering wireless authentication methods, secure data aggregation, and anonymous routing protocol. After a section on grid computing security, the book presents an overview of security solutions for pervasive healthcare systems and surveys wireless sensor network security. Contents: Security in Distributed Computing. Security in Mobile Computing. Security in Grid Computing. Security in Pervasive Computing. Catalog no. AU7921, 2007, 440 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-7921-5, $98.95 / £62.99
Catalog no. AU8250, 2009, 552 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-8250-5, $94.95 / £60.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Get Certified A Guide to Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies Edited by
Syed A. Ahson Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, USA
Mohammad Ilyas Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
Presenting contributions from 50 wireless communications experts from all corners of the world, this book provides an authoritative review of the seven areas of expertise covered on the WCET exam. It supplies cutting-edge coverage of the broad range of topics related to wireless communications to facilitate the technical competency required to achieve certification. The text outlines industry agreements, standards, policies, and regulations including licenses and permits, health and safety, and compliance. It also: • Considers engineering, propagation, and antennas—including measurements, evaluation and performance optimization • Details wireless technologies, their features and evolution, along with system design, bandwidth requirements and trade-offs • Describes network service architecture, management, security, and infrastructure requirements From basic concepts to research-grade material and future directions, the book provides a general overview of the evolution of wireless technologies, their impact on the profession, and common professional best practices. The book’s wellstructured presentation along with suggestions for further information and study make it an indispensible guide for attaining WCET certification and a comprehensive source of reference for wireless professionals to keep pace with everevolving technology and standards in the field. Selected Contents: Access Methods. Adaptation Techniques for Wireless Communication Systems. Coding Techniques. Modulation Methods. Cellular Systems. An Overview of cdma2000, WCDMA, and ED GE. Universal Mobile for Telecommunication Systems. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. IEEE 802.16-Based Wireless MAN. 3GPP Long-Term Evolution.
Introduction to Communications Technologies A Guide for Non-Engineers, Second Edition Stephan Jones, Ron Kovac, and Frank M. Groom Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
This book is intended for readers who do not necessarily have a high level of technical expertise, but need to have some understanding of the technical functions of information and communication technologies. Included in the second edition are insights on where current networks will migrate in the next few years. Various sections address streaming video, Internet Protocol-defined voice communications, advanced wireless data networking and the convergence of various communication methods to be delivered on a single platform. A chapter on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) provides readers with a valuable understanding of what should be expected from vendor services for external network offerings in the near-term, ways in which the core of the network is changing, and how traffic engineering is impacted by MPLS-defined virtual private networks (VPNs). Avoiding complicated equations and the need for calculus gymnastics, this text provides a firm background and the broad understanding necessary to work within the ever-changing communications industry. Contents: Systems and Models of Communications Technologies: Shannon–Weaver, von Neumann, and the OSI Model. Basic Concepts of Electricity. Current. Modulation Schemes. Signaling Formats, Multiplexing, and Digital Transmissions. Multiplexing. PSTN to CPE. Circuit Switching. Mobile Wireless Technologies. Packet Switching and Local Area Network Technology. The Language of the Internet: TCP/IP. Network Security and Management. Voice-Over-IP. Wireless Local Area Networks. Video Basics. Digital Media. The Basics of MPLS Networking. Catalog no. AU4684, 2009, 328 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-4684-7, $69.95 / £46.99
Catalog no. K10618, January 2010, 504 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1226-6, $79.95 / £49.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Unlicensed Mobile Access Technology
Multimedia Content Encryption
Protocols, Architectures, Security, Standards and Applications
Techniques and Applications
Edited by
Yan Zhang Simula Research Laboratory, Lysaker, Norway
Laurence T. Yang St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish Nova Scotia, Canada
Jianhua Ma Hosei University, Koganei, Japan
This completely cross-referenced resource explores UMA and UMA-relevant technologies. When operating successfully, the technology supporting dual-mode enabled mobile terminals allows subscribers to roam freely and seamlessly between cellular networks. However, various technical challenges still occasionally impede clear communication. This book explores the complex issue of mobility management and emphasizes the need for intelligently designed vertical and horizontal handoff algorithms that will improve adaptability in heterogeneous wireless environments. In addition, it reviews the various strategies to guarantee Quality-of- Service (QoS) during movement and handoff. The first chapters introduce the basic technology of these systems and discuss QoS, resource management, mobility management, and security issues in UMA technology. The middle section concentrates on protocols and security challenges in UMA-related technologies, which include Bluetooth, WirelessPAN, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) and WiMAX (IEEE 802.16). The final chapters present standard specifications and various applications. Comprised of contributions from world-wide experts, this complete reference offers guidance on all aspects of the technical and practical issues in UMA technology.
Features: • Introduces basic concepts, efficient techniques, and future directions • Explores standardization activities and specifications in UMA and UMA-related wireless technologies, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WirelessPAN and WiMAX networks • Details particular techniques to improve UMA performance • Includes a wealth of illustrations
Shiguo Lian France Telecom R&D, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
The widespread use of image, audio, and video data makes media content protection increasingly necessary and urgent. For maximum safety, it is no longer sufficient to merely control access rights. In order to fully protect multimedia data from piracy or unauthorized use, it must be secured through encryption prior to its transmission or distribution. The text begins with the history of multimedia encryption and then examines general performance requirements of encryption and fundamental encrypting techniques. It discusses common techniques of complete, partial, and compression-combined encryption; as well as the more specialized forms, including perception, scalable, and commutative encryption. In addition, the author reviews watermarking and joint fingerprint embedding and decryption. Later chapters discuss typical attacks on multimedia encryption, as well as the principles for designing secure algorithms and various applications. An exploration of open issues, up-and-coming topics, and areas for further research rounds out the coverage. Shiguo Lian is the author or co-author of more than fifty peer-reviewed journal and conference articles covering topics of network security and multimedia content protection, including cryptography, secure P2P content sharing, digital rights management (DRM), encryption, watermarking, digital fingerprinting, and authentication. By following the techniques outlined in this book, users will be better able to protect the integrity of their multimedia data and develop greater confidence that their data will not be misappropriated. Catalog no. AU6527, 2009, 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6527-5, $104.95 / £66.99
Catalog no. AU5537, 2009, 424 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5537-5, $104.95 / £66.99
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New & Noteworthy Telecommunications Books Satellite Systems Engineering in an IPv6 Environment
Security in an IPv6 Environment Daniel Minoli SES Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Daniel Minoli
Jake Kouns
SES Americom, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Markel Corporation, Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
A practical guide to satellite transmission engineering, this book has three distinguishing features. It focuses more on practical results and less on the actual derivation of the mathematical equations, highlights the use of satellite transmission in an IPv6 environment, and applies the theory to sensor networks, IPTV distribution, and DVB-H-based delivery of TV signals to phones. Topics include electromagnetic propagation, modulation and multiplexing techniques, link budget analysis, IPv6 and TCP/IPv6 issues, and very small aperture terminals systems. The book concludes with coverage of applications such as sensor networks, IP multicast, IPTV, and DVB-H. Features: • Provides a detailed overview of IPv6—focusing on the key aspects of satellite transmission engineering • Details special considerations that must be made to optimize throughput for TCP traffic • Explores electromagnetic propagation, basic antenna engineering and theory, as well as modulation and multiplexing techniques at the physical, data-link, and packet layers • Discusses forward error correction, critical link budget analysis, and TCP/IPv6 issues and considerations related to IPv6 support in satellite environments • Addresses a wide range of concerns and topics useful to U.S. government agencies, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers, content providers, aggregators, and venture capitalists
Protect Networks from New and Growing Threats An increasing amount of mission-critical commercial and military operations are supported by distributed, mobile, always-connected, hybrid public-private networks, especially IPv6-based networks. The number of attackers or inimical agents continues to grow, and all computing environments must feature high-assurance security mechanisms. Even administrators in pure IPv4 environments require at least a rudimentary understanding of IPv6 security principles to safeguard traditional networks. This comprehensive book explains why security savvy approaches are indispensible and includes considerations for mixed IPv4 and IPv6 migration environments. More than an exhaustive treatment of IPv6 and security topics, this text is a point of departure for anyone adjusting to this technological transition and subtending security considerations. Contents:
Contents: Introduction to Satellite Communications. Electromagnetic Propagation and Reception. Antenna Engineering Basics. Modulation and Multiplexing Techniques. Error Correction Techniques. Link Budget Analysis. IPv6 Overview. Carrying IPv4, IPv6 and TCP over Satellite Links. Satellite Communication in IPv6 Environments. Catalog no. AU7868, 2009, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7868-8, $99.95 / £63.99
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Covers Critical IPv6 Security Considerations. Dan Minoli, author of over 50 books on telecommunications and networks, and Jake Kouns, Chairman, CEO, and CFO of the Open Security Foundation, discuss IPv6 security vulnerabilities, considerations, and mechanisms, and survey approaches for ensuring reliable and controlled IPv6 migration. The authors pool knowledge from industry resources, RFCs, and their own considerable security experience, discussing key IPv6 features, security issues, and potential exploitation of IPv6 protocol. They examine use of firewalls and encryption, and the fundamental topic of IPSec in IPv6 environments.
Introduction, Overview, and Motivations. Basic IPv6 Protocol Mechanisms. More Advanced IPv6 Protocol Mechanisms. Security Mechanisms and Approaches. Basic IPv6 Security Considerations. IPsec and Its Use in IPv6 Environments. Firewall Use in IPv6 Environments. Security Considerations for Migrations/Mixed IPv4-IPv6 Networks. Catalog no. AU2294, 2009, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-9229-5, $84.95 / £52.99
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From acoustic communications and data compression to optical fibers and wireless sensor networks, the Encyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications: • Examines more than 200 essential topics in wireless communications • Covers a complete range of fundamental and advanced issues • Presented in three easily searchable volumes • Includes contributions from leading experts
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