Fundamentals of Pervasive Information Management Systems

"Covering both mobile data and sensor data, this comprehensive text offers updated research on sensor technology, stream data processing, mobile database security, and contextual processing. Packed with exercises and examples, the book covers essential aspects of wireless communication and provides a thorough discussion about managing information on mobile database systems. In addition, the author addresses the integration of web and workflow with mobile computing and looks at the current state of research"--

List of contents

PREFACE ix
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
 
1 MOBILE DATABASE SYSTEM 1
 
2 MOBILE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 7
 
3 LOCATION AND HANDOFF MANAGEMENT 44
 
4 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE PROCESSING 61
 
5 INTRODUCTION TO CONCURRENCY CONTROL MECHANISMS 93
 
6 EFFECT OF MOBILITY ON DATA PROCESSING 112
 
7 TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT IN MOBILE DATABASE SYSTEMS 127
 
8 MOBILE DATABASE RECOVERY 219
 
9 WIRELESS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION 239
 
10 INTRODUCTION TO SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 299
 
11 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY AND DATA STREAMS MANAGEMENT 317
 
12 SENSOR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT: CASE STUDIES 348
 
GLOSSARY 361
 
INDEX 367

Product details

• Authors: V Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Vijay (University of Missouri At Kansas Cit Kumar, Vijay (University of Missouri at Kansas City) Kumar, Kumar Vijay
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2013
• EAN: 9781118024249
• ISBN: 978-1-118-02424-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; drahtlose kommunikation, Kommunikationsnetze, Mobile & Wireless Communications, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Communication Technology - Networks, Kommunikationsnetz, Sensors, Instrumentation & Measurement, Sensoren, Instrumente u. Messung