Naveen Chilamkurti & Sherali Zeadally 
Next-Generation Wireless Technologies [PDF ebook] 
4G and Beyond

This comprehensive text/reference examines the various challenges to secure, efficient and cost-effective next-generation wireless networking. Topics and features: presents the latest advances, standards and technical challenges in a broad range of emerging wireless technologies; discusses cooperative and mesh networks, delay tolerant networks, and other next-generation networks such as LTE; examines real-world applications of vehicular communications, broadband wireless technologies, RFID technology, and energy-efficient wireless communications; introduces developments towards the ‘Internet of Things’ from both a communications and a service perspective; discusses the machine-to-machine communication model, important applications of wireless technologies in healthcare, and security issues in state-of-the-art networks.

Cuprins

Part I: Trends and Challenges of Emerging Wireless Networks.- Trends and Challenges of Emerging Wireless Networks.- Cooperative Mesh Networks.- Cooperation in Delay Tolerant Networks.- Wireless Multimedia.- Part II: Wireless Communications and Applications.- Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks.- Broadband Wireless Technologies.- RFID.- Energy-Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Part III: Future Internet Systems.- Internet of Things.- Communication Issues in the Internet of Things.- Machine to Machine Communications.- Security in Emerging 4G Networks.- Electronic Health Records.

Despre autor

Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Sherali Zeadally is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the University of the District of Columbia, USA.
Dr. Hakima Chaouchi is an Associate Professor at Telecom Sud Paris, France.