Access to Mobile Services
Access to Mobile Services focuses on methods for accessing broadcast based M-services from multiple wireless channels. This book presents a novel infrastructure that provides a multi-channel broadcast framework for mobile users to effectively discover and
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ADVANCES IN DATABASE SYSTEMS Volume 38
Series Editors Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
Amit P. Sheth
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907
Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435
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Access to Mobile Services
by
Xu Yang Spirent Communications USA
Athman C. Bouguettaya CSIRO ICT, Australian National University Australia
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Athman Bouguettaya CSIRO ICT Center Computer Science and Information Technology Bldg. Australian National University North Road, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
Xu Yang Spirent Communications 20324 Seneca Meadows Parkway Germantown, MD 20876, USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-0-387-88754-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88755-5
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-88755-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009921815
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Foreword
Mobile technology has experienced an unparalleled growth in recent years, due to the development of new handheld devices and improved wide-area cellular data coverage and bandwidth and the seamless integration of wireless data access into PDAs that offer improved connectivity to the Internet. The recent advances in wireless technologies coupled with more powerful handhelds and cell phones as well as the convergence of voice, data, content, and mobile services have given birth to the mobile computing paradigm which has infiltrated all aspects of our lives. For instance, mobile services providers are deploying next-generation 3G and WiMax broadband technologies to deliver value-based content offerings, such as locationbased advertising and mobile commerce to entice customers to use their services. Even traditional content providers, such as AOL and Yahoo, and consumer retailers are getting partnering with multi-vendor network operators who provide the underlying network infrastructure to drive their own branded communications services. Advanced wireless applications are not standalone. They are part of a complex structure that spans wireless devices, wireless networks, the Internet, and back-end systems that typically reside on enterprise platforms. Creating networked wireless applications requires a broad set of skills, and knowledge of client technologies like the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), a fundamental pa
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