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Informationen zum Autor Apostolis K. Salkintzis Klappentext This book addresses the challenges of providing Internet services to a mobile environment and thoroughly examines the cutting-edge technologies designed to meet them. Eminent contributors explain the mobile and wireless network technologies that make mobile connectivity possible! including their characteristics! advantages! and disadvantages. Much of the book focuses on the mobility management techniques 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 of video streaming over wireless IP networks. Zusammenfassung Addresses the challenges of providing Internet services to a mobile environment. This book explains the mobile and wireless network technologies that make mobile connectivity possible, including their characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages. It includes topics such as Internet access over WLANs, GPRS, and satellites. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction! Apostolis K. SalkintzisKey Aspects of the Evolution toward the Mobile InternetKey Players in the Evolution Towards the Mobile InternetConcluding RemarksInternet Access over Wireless LANs! Nikos PassasIntroductionWLANs BasicsIP Quality of Service over WLANsMicro-mobility in WLANs QoS During Handovers in WLANs IP Security over WLANsReferencesInternet Access over GPRS! Apostolis K. SalkintzisIntroductionGPRS OverviewSetting Up PDP ContextsRouting and TunnelingMobility HandlingSummaryInternet Access over Satellites! Antonio Iera! Antonella MolineroIntroductionThe Integrated Satellite-terrestrial Platform for Next Generation SystemsInterconnecting Terrestrial and Satellite IP Segments: Enabling TechnologiesImplementation of IP-satellite Services and PlatformsMobility Management in Mobile IP Networks! Lila V. Dimopooulou and Iakovos S. VenierisIntroductionMacro-mobility ProtocolsMicro-mobility ProtocolsReferencesQuality of Service in Mobile IP Networks! Bongkyo Moon and A.H. AghvamiAll-IP NetworksQoS Routing in a Radio Access NetworkIntegrated Services ArchitectureDifferentiated Services ArchitectureIntegrated Services over DiffServ NetworksRSVP/IntServ Extensions in IP Mobility EnvironmentsDiffServ Extensions in IP Mobility EnvironmentsConclusionsMulticast in Mobile IP Networks! Hong-Yon Lach! Christophe Janneteau! Imed Romdhani! Alexandru PetrescuMulticast Concepts in the InternetMulticast for Mobile NodesSecure Mobility in Wireless IP Networks! Pekka Nikander and Jari ArkkoIntroductionSecurity ProblemsCase I: Mobile Ipv6 Route OptimizationCase II: Hot Identity ProtocolLessons LearnedReferencesSecurity Issues in Wireless IP Networks! Subir Das! Farooq Anjum! Yoshihiro Ohiba! Apostolis K. SalkintzisIntroductionSecurity AttributesSecurity Issues in WLANsEmerging WLAN Security SchemesSecurity in 3G NetworksSummaryHeader Compression Schemes for Wireless Internet Access! Frank Fitzek! Stefan Hendrata! Patrick Seeling! Martin ReissleinIntroductionHeader Compression SchemesHeader Compression Schemes for Wireless ChannelsConclusionVideo Streaming in Wireless Internet! Frank Fitzek! Patrick Seeling! Martin ReissleinIntroductionBasics of Video CompressionTraffic and Quality Characteristics of Encoded VideoWireless Channel CharacteristicsImpact of Wireless Channel Errors on Video QualityInternet Protocol Stack for Video StreamingVideo Streaming MechanismsConclusionIntegration of Wireless LANs and Cellular Data Networks for Next-generation Mobile Internet Access! Apostolis K. SalkintzisIntroductionIntegrated WLANs and Cellular Data NetworksGeneric Interworking ArchitecturesStandardization ActivitiesA Tight-coupling Architect...