Explore the present and future trends of WLANs and WPANs with this new, forwarding looking resource. You discover the path that these infrastructures are following from a perspective of synergies with 3G systems, and how they will pave the way for future 4G systems. The book presents a thorough overview of 3G networks and standards, and discusses intraworking and handover mechanisms between WLANs and UMTS. You learn what performance can be expected from WLANs and WPANs when they support the TCP/IP stack. Several critical issues are examined in depth, including IP routing and mobility, the ad-hoc concept, IEEE 802.11 and the HIPERLAN/2 standards, PHY and MAC layers for the main WLAN specifications, the TCP-UDP/IP protocol stack, and 802.11b over TCP/IP. An entire chapter is devoted to the WPAN domain, where a detailed treatment of Bluetooth as well as a second-generation outlook are provided. Moreover, the book explains how the PEP paradigm provides internetworking capabilities between WLANs and WPANs and how it enhances performance over these platforms. This practical resource is designed to help you save time when planning your next generation networks, offering solutions for Internetworking between WLANs and public cellular networks and for improving the performance of these networks when they support IP.
Introduction - Global Information Multimedia Communication Village (GIMCV). Revenue and Traffic Expectations. Preview of the Book.; 3G and its Internetworking with WLAN - Evolution from 2G to 3G. 3G and its Releases. 3G Deployment Scenario. Impact on the Existing Network. Interworking System Architectures. Interconnection between 3G-SGSN and WLAN Access Point by Emulating Radio Network Controller. Interconnection between GGSN and WLAN Access Point by Emulating 3G-SGSN. Interconnection between UNTS and WLAN through Virtual Access Point (VAP).Interconnection between UMTS and WLAN through Mobility Gateway. Interconnection between UMTS and WLAN Based on Mobile IP. Handover between IEEE 802.11 and UMTS. Handover aspects between IEEE 802.11 WLAN and UMTS Based on Mobile IP. Conclusions and Future Directions.; TCP/IP Protocol Stack - IP Protocol. Internet Control Message Protocol. Address Resolution Protocol. Routing and Protocols. Mobility and the IP. Transport Protocols.; Fundamentals of WLAN - The IEEE 802.11 Standard. HIPERLAN Type 2. Deployment of the IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure: Some Practical Considerations. MMAC-PC.; Behaviour of the TCP-UDP/IP Protocol Stack over the IEEE 802.11b - UDP Behavior over IEEE 802.11b. Behavior TCP over IEEE 802.11. Conclusions.; Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) - Existing Concepts. Overview of Bluetooth. PAN Paradigm. Architecture Principles. Interfaces. Communications via External Networks. Ad Hoc Networking. Security. Main Applications and Possible Scenarios. Possible Devices. PAN Challenges and Open Issues. Broadband PAN (B-PAN). Wireless LANs vs. PANs. Conclusions and Future Works.; Paving the Way for 4G Systems -Introduction to the WAL. The WAL Architecture. WAL Signaling Services.;
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Luis Munoz
Luis Munoz is an associate professor at the University of Cantabria and a professor at the University of Aalborg. A senior member of the IEEE, he received M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunications engineering from both the Polytechnical University of Cataluoa and the Birla Institute of Technology.
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Ramjee Prasad
Ramjee Prasad is director of the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University. He is the author of OFDM for Wireless Communications Systems (Artech House, 2004), coauthor of Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems, Multicarrier Techniques for 4G Mobile Communications, and WLANs and WPANs towards 4G Wireless, (Artech House, 2005, 2003, 2003), co-editor of Wireless IP and Building the Mobile Internet (Artech House, 2003), and is the author/coauthor of several other books published by Artech House.