Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks Architectures and Protocols /

Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks provides a unified view of the state-of-the-art protocols and architectures for heterogeneous wireless networking. The chapters cover both the theoretical concepts and system-level implementation issues related to design, analysis, and optimization of architect...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hossain, Ekram. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09777-0
Table of Contents:
  • Heterogeneous wireless architectures (integration of WMAN with WLAN, WPAN and cellular networks)
  • Integration of heterogeneous wireless access networks with IP-based core networks
  • Network selection strategy in heterogeneous wireless access environment
  • Load balancing, bandwidth management, and admission control (for both single hop and multi-hop scenarios)
  • Energy management in mobile devices in heterogeneous wireless environment
  • Vertical handoff and mobility management for seamless integration of heterogeneous wireless access technologies
  • End-to-end QoS framework in heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Integration and optimization of physical, medium access, transport, and application layers in heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Security architectures and methods in heterogeneous wireless access networks
  • Protocol adaptation in heterogeneous wireless access environment
  • Pricing models for heterogeneous wireless access networks
  • Cognitive radio techniques for protocol engineering in heterogeneous wireless access networks
  • Architectures and protocols for dynamic spectrum sharing in heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Modeling, performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization techniques for heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Heterogeneous wireless access systems: Implementation and test-bed results.