Fundamentals of Mobile Computing  (English, Paperback, Pattnaik Prasant)

This textbook addresses the main topics associated with mobile computing and wireless networking at a level that enables the students to develop a fundamental understanding of the technical issues involved in this new and fast emerging discipline.

The book first examines the basics of wireless technologies and computer communications that form the essential infrastructure required for building knowledge in the area of mobile computations involving the study of invocation mechanisms at the client end, the underlying wireless communication, and the corresponding server-side technologies.

The book includes coverage of development of mobile cellular systems, protocol design for mobile networks, special issues involved in the mobility management of cellular system users, realization and applications of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), design and operation of sensor networks, special constraints and requirements of mobile operating systems, and development of mobile computing applications.

Finally, an example application of the mobile computing infrastructure to M-commerce is described in the concluding chapter of the book.

This book is suitable as an introductory text for a one-semester course in mobile computing for the undergraduate students of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Master of Computer Applications (MCA), and the undergraduate and postgraduate science courses in computer science and Information Technology.

Salient Features

• Provides unified coverage of mobile computing and communication aspects
• Discusses the mobile application development, mobile operating systems and mobile databases as part of the material devoted to mobile computing
• Incorporates a survey of mobile operating systems and the latest developments such as the Android operating system

About the Author
Prasant Kumar Pattnaik PhD (Computer Science), is Associate Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He has more than a decade of teaching and research experience. He is a Senior Member of the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore. His areas of interest include mobile computing and cloud computing.

Rajib Mall PhD, is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has vast practical experience in developing industry-oriented software products. Having an academic experience of a decade and half in IIT Kharagpur, Professor Rajib Mall has guided several doctoral dissertations and published over a hundred research articles.

Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Basics Of Communication Technologies
Chapter 2 Introduction To Mobile Computing
Chapter 3 Mobile Mac Protocols
Chapter 4 Mobile Internet Protocol
Chapter 5 Mobile Transport Layer
Chapter 6 Mobile Database
Chapter 7 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Chapter 8 Wireless Sensor Networks
Chapter 9 Operating Systems For Mobile Computing Devices
Chapter 10 Mobile Commerce
Chapter 11 WAP, Bluetooth And J2ME
Index