Mobile Computing: Technology, Application and Service Creation

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Mobile computing technology addresses challenges that enable the realization of a global village concept where people can seamlessly access any information anywhere anytime through any device. Written by professionals who have worked on several technologies, the book covers all communication technologies starting from First Generation to Beyond Third Generation (B3G) mobile technologies, wired telecommunication technology, wireless LAN (WiFi), and wireless broadband (WiMax). Also, Intelligent Networks (IN) and emerging technologies like mobile IP, IPv6, and VoIP have been included. The revised edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the technology changes from 2005 to 2010. Three new chapters covering Multimedia, IP Multimedia Service (IMS), and Next Generation Networks (NGN) have been added. Besides these, the book additionally covers: Mobile Computing Principles and Architecture Computer Telephony Interface and VoiceXML Personal Communication System-Architecture--Handoff--Roaming Mobility Management, GSM, and GPRS networks Short Message Service (SMS) technology and application creation IMT 2000-Evolution of 3G & 2G Vs 3G CDMA 2000 & WCDMA?Protocol Architecture-Physical Channels and Logical Channels SS7, Telecommunications, and Intelligent Networks Wireless LAN,WiFi, and WLL (Wireless Local Loop) Architecture IPsec and VPN (Virtual Private Network) .Bluetooth, RFID, and Satellite Communications System-Infrastructure Mobile application development environments like J2ME, Symbian, SIM card, etc. Security issues in Mobile Communications and Mobile Computing environment About The Author Dr. Asoke K. Talukder is the Chief Scientific Officer and Director of Geschickten Solutions, Bangalore. He is also Adjunct Faculty, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior; Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Warangal; and, Adjunct Faculty at Department of Computer Engineering, NITK, Surathkal. He was also the DaimlerChrysler Chair Professor at IIIT, Bangalore and Visiting Professor at VIT University, Vellore. Dr. Talukder has been with the IT industry for about 30 years. He has held senior positions in different technology companies in India, USA, UK, and Singapore. He was the founder CTO of Cellnext, the pioneering wireless and Mobile Web technology company in India offering technology and solutions in the domain of GSM, GPRS, SMS, MMS, Intelligent Networks, CDMA, and 3G. He has been Corporate Advisor to SaharaNext, Lucknow, Advisor to the Expert Committee, HCL Bangalore, and the CTO and Executive Director--Telecom, Sobha Renaissance Information Technology, Bangalore. He has also worked in complex projects for companies like Fujitsu-ICIM, Microsoft, Oracle, Informix, Digital, Hewlett Packard, ICL, Sequoia, Blue Star Infotech, Northern Telecom, NEC, KredietBank, iGate, and many more. Dr. Talukder has a Ph. D. (Computer Engineering) in Telecom Routing, after completing his post graduation in Physics from the University of Calcutta (1976). He set up the first X.25 network in India for the Department of Telecommunications in 1986. Later, he set up the first Java Centre in India in 1998. He was a key engineer for Oracle Parallel Server for Hewlett-Packard HP-FX fault tolerant computers, as well as the architect for the 64 bit Informix databse for DEC Alpha. He is the recipient of many international awards including All India Radio/Doordarshan Award, ICL Services Trophy, ICL Chief Executive Excellence Award, Atlas Club Excellence Award, ICIM Professional Excellence Award, ICL Excellence Award, IBM Solutions Excellence Award,--one of his ubiquitous middleware products was the recipient of this award in 2001, and the Simagine GSM World Congress Award--one of his products on Java Card security was recipient of this award in 2003 Dr. Talukder has been listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and Outstanding Scientists of 21st Century. He published many peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters. He edited two books and authored two textbooks in the domain of Mobile Computing and Secure Software Engineering. Dr. Talukder has also few patents to his name His area of expertise include Product Innovation and Management; Next Generation Internet and Services, Mobile Computing, Secure Software Engineering, Trust and Reputation. Web-based systems and applications including Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, Databases Internals, Compilers, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing and High Performance Computing. In telecommunications, his expertise include OSS, BSS, Inter-carrier Wholesale Billing, and Intelligent Networks (IN). His current domains of interest are Mobile Computing, Information Security, and Computational Quantitative Biology. Roopa R. Yavagal is with Symphony Services, Bangalore. During her stint earlier at Cellnext she, along with her team, developed many mobile applications for various cellular companies in India in the technology domain of GSM, GPRS, and CDMA. Roopa did her Masters from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB), and her B.E. in Computer Science from Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot. Her areas of interest include wireless applications, service creation in the wireless domain, and Web 2.0 applications. Hasan Ahmed is with Nokia Research and Development, Bangalore. Hasan did his M. Tech in 2007 from IIIT Bangalore and B. Tech in Information Technology from UP Technical University, Lucknow in 2004. He also has experience in financial domains while he worked as an Information Technology Officer with a large Indian bank before his M.Tech. His areas of interest are ubiquitous computing and software engineering Table Of Contents Introduction Mobile Computing Architecture Mobile Computing through Telephony Emerging Technologies Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Short Message Service (SMS) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) CDMA and 3G Wireless LAN Intelligent Networks and Interworking Client Programming Programming for the Palm OS Wireless Devices with Symbian OS J2ME Wireless Devices with Windows CE Voice Over Internet Protocol and Convergence Multimedia IP Multimedia Subsystems Security Issues in Mobile Computing Next Generation Networks