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SPRINGER Enabling Technologies For Wireless E-Business by Yelena Yesha
Advances in wireless technologies promise to revolutionize the way we conduct business. This book provides complete coverage of the enabling technologies needed to make wireless e-business effective. These include wireless security, mobile payment, location-based services, mobile data management, and RFID technologies. The authors are highly distinguished. Dr. Weidong Kou is a Chief Architect and a Senior Manager of IBM Greater China Group, and a Laureate of 2004 Friendship Award of China. Dr. Yelena Yesha is an Exceptional Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland. This book is an ideal introduction for both self-study and taught e-business classes or commercial training. Foreword Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview of Wireless Technologies 1.2 Wireless e-Business Needs and Opportunities 1.3 Summary Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global System for Mobile Communication 2.3 General Packet Radio Service 2.4 Code Division Multiple Access Systems 2.5 Summary Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Mobile Computing 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Battery and Computing Power 3.3 Storage for Mobile Computing 3.4 File System and Database in Mobile Computing 3.5 Location Management 3.6 Summary Chapter 4: Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Wireless LAN Overview 4.3 Wireless Personal Area Networks 4.4 Mobile IP 4.5 IEEE 802.11 Standard 4.6 Summary Chapter 5. Wireless Application Protocol 5.1 Introduction 5.2 WAP Architecture 5.3 WML and WMLScript 5.3 WAP Gateway 5.4 Summary Chapter 6: Wireless Security 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Mobile Certificates 6.3 ECC Security for Mobile Computing 6.4 Server Assisted Mobile Security Infrastructure 6.5 Summary Chapter 7: Mobile Data Management 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Architecture for managing mobile data 7.3 Caching and Hoarding 7.4 Coping with Movement 7.5 Concurrency 7.6 Summary Chapter 8: Mobile Agents 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Discovering and Accessing Services 8.3 Interopebility and Information Sharing 8.4 Mobile Agents' Security 8.5 Managing Mobile Agents 8.6 Summary Chapter 9: Mobile Payment 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Characteristics of MobilePayment 9.3 Mobile Payment Agents 9.4 Security for Mobile Payment 9.5 Summary Chapter 10: Locations and Mobile Services 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Location Determination 11.3 Location Based Services 11.4 Summary Chapter 11: Mobile Content Delivery Technologies 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Short Message Service 11.3 Multimedia Message Service 11.4 Transcoding Techniques 11.5 Summary Chapter 12: Web Services Technologies for Mobile Services 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Web Services Technology Overview 12.3 Enabling Mobile Services through Web Services Technologies 12.4 Summary Chapter 13: Mobile Commerce and Wireless e-Business Applications 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Mobile Commerce 13.3 Wireless E-Business Applications 13.4 Case Studies 13.5 Summary Chapter 14: Future Trends Glossary Bibliography Subject index