This book examines two main topics, namely, Wireless Networking and Mobile Data Management. It is designed around a course the author began teaching to senior undergraduate and master's students at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The first part of the book, consisting of eight chapters, including the introduction, focuses exclusively on wireless networking aspects. It begins with cellular communication systems, which provided the foundation of wireless networking principles. Three subsequent chapters are devoted to the Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Bluetooth, infrared (IR), ZigBee and 6LoWPAN protocols. There is also a chapter on routings in ad hoc networks, an area that is currently being intensively researched due to its potential applications in areas of vehicular network, traffic management, tactical and military systems. Furthermore, the book discusses mobile operating systems and wireless network application level protocols such as Wireless Application Protocols (WAP), Mobile IP and Mosh. The second part highlights mobile data management. It addresses the issues like location management, the importance of replication and caching in mobile environments, the concept of broadcast disk and indexing in air, storage systems for sharing data in mobile environments, and building smart environments. Given that the design of algorithms is the key to applications in data management; this part begins with a chapter on the type of paradigm shift that has been introduced in the design of algorithms, especially due to asymmetry in mobile environments. Lastly, the closing chapter of the book explores smart environments, showing the readers how wireless technology and mobile data management can be combined to provide optimum comfort for human life. Though the book has been structured as a monograph, it can be used both as a textbook and as a reference material for researchers and developers working in the area. Front Matter....Pages i-xliv Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Mobile Distributed Systems: Networking and Data Management....Pages 3-20 Cellular Wireless Communication....Pages 21-54 GSM, GPRS and UMTS....Pages 55-94 Wireless Local Area Network....Pages 95-124 Short Range Radio Protocols: Bluetooth and IR....Pages 125-145 Low Power Communication Protocols: ZigBee, 6LoWPAN and ZigBee IP....Pages 147-177 Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Network....Pages 179-215 Mobile OS and Application Protocols....Pages 217-261 Front Matter....Pages 263-264 Data Centric Routing, Interoperability and Fusion in WSN....Pages 265-298 Location Management....Pages 299-335 Distributed Algorithms for Mobile Environment....Pages 337-373 Data Dissemination and Broadcast Disks....Pages 375-407 Indexing in Air....Pages 409-442 Caching and Data Replication in Mobile Environment....Pages 443-474 Storage Systems for Mobile Environment....Pages 475-508 Context-aware Infrastructures for Smart Environment....Pages 509-540 Back Matter....Pages 541-546
