CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 Mobility in Wireless Communication Networks Ronan Skehill, Padraig Scully, Eduardo Cano, Joseph Johnson, Sean McGrath and John Nelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wireless Channel -- 2.1. Propagation Mechanisms -- 2.1.1. Large-Scale Fading Effects -- 2.1.2. Small-Scale Propagation Effects -- 2.2. Wireless Channel Models -- 2.2.1. Additive Gaussian White Noise Channels -- 2.2.2. Narrowband Channels -- 2.2.3. Wideband Channels -- 3. Background: Wireless Communication Networks -- 3.1. Architecture -- 3.2. Cell Planning -- 3.3. Quality of Service -- 3.4. Supported Services -- 4. Mobility Management -- 4.1. Low Level Tasks -- 4.1.1. Terminal Mobility -- 4.1.1.1. Handover management -- 4.1.2. Mode and Ad hoc Mobility -- 4.2. High Level Tasks -- 4.2.1. Introduction -- 4.2.2. Personal Mobility -- 4.2.3. Session Mobility -- 4.2.4. Service Mobility -- 5. Thoughts for Practitioners -- 5.1. Implementing Quality of Service -- 5.2. QoS and SIP -- 5.3. Implementing SIP in a Wireless Communication Network -- 5.4. Base station planning -- 6. Directions for Future Research -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 2 The Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Antonios Alexiou, Christos Bouras, Vasileios Kokkinos and Evangelos Rekkas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service -- 3.1. MBMS Operation Modes -- 3.2. MBMS Architecture -- 3.3. Multicast Mode of MBMS -- 3.3.1. Packet Delivery Process -- 3.3.2. MBMS Multicast Mode Radio Bearers -- 4. Power Control in MBMS Multicast Mode -- 4.1. DCH Power Profile -- 4.2. FACH Power Profile -- 4.3. Improved MBMS Counting Mechanism -- 4.4. Power Saving Techniques -- 4.4.1. Dynamic Power Setting (DPS) -- 4.4.2. Macro Diversity Combining (MDC) -- 4.4.3. Rate Splitting (RS).

4.4.4. Usage of Longer TTI and Space Diversity (LTTI) -- 4.4.5. Mixed Usage of Multiple DCHs and FACH (MDF) -- 5. Thoughts for Practitioners -- 5.1. Architecture of MBMS Power Control Mechanism -- 5.2. Scenarios -- 5.2.1. Scenario 1: PTM Cell -- 5.2.2. Scenario 2: PTP Cell -- 5.2.3. Scenario 3: Mixed Cell -- 5.2.4. Scenario 4: Join and Leave Requests -- 5.2.5. Scenario 5: Soft Handover -- 6. Directions for Future Research -- 7. Conclusions -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 3 WIMAX/802.16 Broadband Wireless Networks Michel Barbeau, Paul Boone and Evangelos Kranakis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Physical Layer -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- 4. Medium Access Control Layer -- 4.1. MAC Layer Concepts -- 4.2. Management Connections -- 4.3. MAC Protocol Data Units -- 4.4. Bandwidth Request and Allocation -- 4.5. Service Flows -- 4.6. Quality of Service -- 4.7. Network Entry -- 4.7.1. Scanning -- 4.7.2. Initial Ranging -- 4.7.3. Negotiating Basic Capabilities -- 4.7.4. Registration -- 4.7.5. Establishing a Service Flow -- 5. Mobile WiMAX and Handovers -- 5.1. Physical Layer -- 5.2. Determining Network Topology -- 5.3. Association Procedure -- 5.4. Handovers -- 5.5. Handover Process -- 6. Mesh Mode and Multihop Relay -- 6.1. Mesh Mode -- 6.1.1. Network Entry Procedure -- 6.1.2. Scheduling Transmissions -- 6.1.2.1. Centralized scheduling -- 6.1.2.2. Distributed scheduling -- 6.2. Multihop Relay -- 6.2.1. MR Base Stations and Relay Stations -- 6.2.2. Usage Models -- 6.2.2.1. Fixed infrastructure usage model -- 6.2.2.2. In-building coverage usage model -- 6.2.2.3. Temporary coverage usage model -- 6.2.2.4. Mobile vehicle coverage usage model -- 7. WiMAX Security Model -- 7.1. IEEE 802.11 -- 7.2. IEEE 802.16 -- 7.2.1. Traffic Encryption Key -- 7.2.2. Encryption -- 7.2.3. Authentication -- 7.2.4. Security Associations.

7.3. Other Security Issues -- 8. Thoughts for Practitioners -- 9. Directions for Future Research -- 10. Conclusions -- Terminology -- Exercises -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 The System Framework and Its Application in a Mobile RFID Service Network Namje Park, Rajit Gadh, Seungjoo Kim and Dongho Won -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Mobile RFID Technology -- 2.2. Mobile RFID Wireless Specification -- 2.3. Difference of Features -- 2.3.1. Difference of EPC RFID -- 2.3.1.1. EPC network case -- 2.3.1.2. Mobile RFID case -- 2.3.2. Classes of Mobile RFID Technology -- 3. UHF-band Mobile RFID Network -- 3.1. An Abstract Network Architecture -- 3.2. Data Communication Structure -- 4. Mobile RFID System Components -- 4.1. Passive UHF RFID Tag and Reader -- 4.2. Mobile Terminal Platform -- 4.3. Back-End Service System -- 4.3.1. ODS Resolver Function -- 4.3.2. Selecting the ODS Resolver -- 4.3.3. ODS NAPTR Record -- 4.3.4. Content Negotiation -- 5. Selection Criteria for Mobile RFID -- 5.1. Mobile RFID Service Range -- 5.1.1. Frequency Conditions -- 5.1.2. Network Conditions -- 5.1.3. On-line Communication -- 5.1.4. Application Software Platform Conditions -- 5.2. Application Service Requirements -- 5.2.1. Active Application Software Operation -- 5.2.2. Identical Code Multiple Application Service Model -- 5.2.3. Variable Multiple Application Service Model -- 5.2.4. Independent "Read" and "Implementation" -- 5.2.5. Manual Code Input -- 5.2.6. Save Application Program Status -- 5.3. Code System Requirements -- 5.4. Tag, Reader Requirements -- 5.4.1. Single Code Storage -- 5.4.2. User Data Field -- 5.4.3. Mobile RFID Reader Module -- 6. Enforcing Security in a Mobile RFID Environment -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Terminologies -- Exercises -- References.

Chapter 5 Using Neural Networks in Wireless Man QoS Architectures Manjunath Ramachandra -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Example: Fading -- 2.2. Example: Synchronization -- 3. Thoughts for Practitioners -- 4. Artificial Neural Networks -- 5. Wireless QoS Architecture -- 5.1. The Multi-Channel Superposition -- 6. Performance with Multiple Scales of Congestion Control in WMAN -- 7. Multiple Time Scale Tra.c Control -- 7.1. Congestion Control Algorithm and Time Scale -- 7.1.1. Congestion Detection Interval T -- 7.2. Scaling with Shifts -- 8. QoS Architecture with Neural Networks -- 8.1. Handling the Fading Issue -- 8.2. Handling Synchronization Issues -- 9. Adaptive Learning -- 9.1. Traffic Shaping Through Unsupervised Learning -- 9.2. Learning Algorithm for a Self-Organizing Neural Network -- 9.2.1. Superposition of Hyper Planes -- 9.2.2. Differentially Fed ANN as Self-organized Neural Network -- 10. Differential Feedback Based Schedulers -- 11. Future Research -- 12. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 6 Using a Statistical Learning Model and SVM for Location Management in WLANS Abhishek Sisodia, Amit Gupta, Kunal Kapoor and Shashikala Tapaswi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Learning Theory -- 3.1. Machine Learning -- 3.2. Statistical Learning -- 3.3. The Empirical Risk Minimization Induction Principle -- 4. Structural Risk Minimization -- 5. Support Vector Machines -- 5.1. SVM for Regression -- 5.1.1. Basic Idea -- 5.1.2. Dual Problem -- 5.2. SVM in Context of Location Fingerprinting -- 6. Other Approaches -- (a) K-nearest neighbor -- (b) Linear regression -- 7. Implementation Outline -- 8. Experimental Results -- 9. Conclusions -- 10. Future Research Work -- Appendix A -- A.1. Convex Sets -- A.2. Glivenko-Cantelli Class -- A.3. Definitions.

Appendix B: The Result Obtained by Applying the SVM Model with the RBF Kernel -- Appendix C: Tool Used -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 7 Transmission Power Control for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi and Hussein Mouftah -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. IEEE 802.11 DCF -- 2.2. Communication Model -- 2.3. Power Control -- 3. Topology Control -- 4. BASIC -- 5. Power Control Solutions -- 5.1. PCM: Power control MAC -- 5.2. Distributed Power Control Scheme -- 5.3. ALCA: Asymmetric Link Collision Avoidance -- 5.4. Correlative Power Control Scheme -- 5.5. Power Control using Prediction Filter -- 5.6. Multiple Channel Power Control Protocols -- 5.7. Collision Avoidance Power Control -- 5.8. Adaptive Range-Based Power Control for Collision Avoidance -- 6. Open Issues -- 7. Summary and Future Work -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 8 Collision Avoidance Aware MAC Protocols for Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks: Challenges, Solutions and Open Issues Basel Alawieh, Chadi Assi and Hussein Mouftah -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1. IEEE 802.11 DCF -- 2.2. Backoff Algorithm -- 2.3. Communication Model -- 2.4. Power Control -- 2.5. Physical Carrier Sensing Threshold -- 2.6. DATA Rate Adaptation -- 2.7. Interference Model -- 2.8. Challanges -- 3. Solutions -- 3.1. Tuning the Carrier Sensing Threshold -- 4. Power Control Solutions -- 4.1. Power Control Solutions -- 4.2. Joint Power and Rate Adaptation -- 4.3. Tuning CSth and Rate Adaptation -- 4.4. Power Control, Rate Adaptation and Tuning CSth -- 4.5. Other Avoidance Schemes -- 5. Conclusion, Open Issues and Future Directions -- Terminology -- Exercises -- References -- Chapter 9 A Cross Layer DOA Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks C. Mala, S. Vikram and N. P. Gopalan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Selection of Waypoint Nodes.

4. Thoughts for Practitioners.