Wireless Multimedia Communication Systems: Design, Analysis, and Implementation

Preface
List of Acronyms

1 Next Generation Wireless Technologies
Introduction
Wireless Networking Standardization Process
Wireless Personal Area Networks
Wireless Local Area Networks
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
Wireless Wide Area Networks
Wireless Regional Area Networks
Interworking in Heterogeneous Wireless Environment
Interworking Architecture
Interworking Mechanisms
Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output Systems
Classification and Features of MIMO Techniques
MIMO-Based Protocols
MIMO System Configuration for IEEE 802.16m and 3GPP Release 10
Multiple-Base Station MIMO Cooperation
Cooperation Techniques from a Networking Perspective
Benefits of Cooperation
Cooperative Routing
Wireless Relaying Protocols
High-Performance Congestion Control Protocol
TCP Enhancements for Heterogeneous Wireless Environment
Explicitly Synchronized TCP
Wireless Distributed Computing
WDC Applications
WDC Design Challenges
Concluding Remarks

2 Cognitive Radio Networks
Introduction
Cognitive Radio System Concept
Cognitive Radio
Software-Defined Radio
Capabilities of Cognitive Radio System
Centralized and Decentralized Cognitive Radio System
Cognitive Pilot Channel
Key Types of Cognitive Radio Systems
Cognitive Cycle
Reconfigurable Radio Systems Management and Control
Cognitive Radio Deployment Issues
TVWS Services
Secondary Access to White Spaces Using Cognitive Radio
Cooperative CRN
Cooperative Communications between PUs and SUs
Spectrum Leasing
System Architecture for CCRN
Multihop CRNs
Routing in Multihop CRNs
Static Multihop CRNs
Dynamic Multihop CRNs
Highly Dynamic Multihop CRNs
Challenges for Routing Information through Multihop CRNs
Multicarrier Modulation in Multihop CRNs
Control and Coordination in Distributed CRNs
Distributed Medium Access Control Benefits
Classification of Distributed Cognitive Medium Access Control Protocols
Concluding Remarks

3 Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Systems
Introduction
Mobility Management Services
Location Management
Handover Management
Auxiliary Mobility Management Services
Mobility Management Protocols
Link Layer Mobility Management
Network Layer Mobility Management
Hybrid IP-Based Mobility Management Solutions
MIPv6 + PMIPv6
NEMO + PMIPv6 (+MIPv6)
MIPv6 + N-PMIPv6
NEMO + N-PMIPv6 (+MIPv6)
Transport Layer Mobility Management
Application Layer Mobility Management
Interdomain Mobility Management
Shim6 Protocol
Interdomain Session Management
Distributed Mobility Management
IETF Framework for DMM
3GPP Efforts toward Flexible and Dynamic Mobility Management
Concluding Remarks

4 Network Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Environment
Introduction
Handover Framework in Heterogeneous Environment
Seamless Handover
Handover Management Framework
Media-Independent Handover
IEEE 802.21 General Architecture
MIH Services
Vertical Handover Decision Criteria
Criteria Weights Estimation
Subjective Criteria Weights Estimation
Objective Criteria Weights Estimation
Alternative Ranking Techniques
Cost Function Techniques
Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Techniques
Fuzzy Logic Techniques
Artificial Neural Networks Techniques
Concluding Remarks

5 Wireless Mesh Networks
Introduction
WMN Architecture
Campus Mesh Network Architecture
Downtown Mesh Network Architecture
Long-Haul Mesh Network Architecture
Characteristics of WMNs
WMN Performance Improvement
Routing in WMNs
Fundamental Routing Metrics
Routing Protocols
Fair Scheduling in WMNs
Classification of Scheduling
Fair Scheduling with Multiple Gateways
Video Streaming in WMNs
Mesh-Based Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems
Principle of Video Streaming over WMN
Multimedia-Centric Routing for Multiple-Description Video Coding
Concluding Remarks

6 Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
Introduction
WMSN Architecture
Internal Architecture of a Multimedia Sensor Device
Protocol Stack for WMSN
Physical Layer for the WMSN
Link Layer Quality of Service Support
Energy-Efficient Routing Techniques with QoS Assurances
Specificity of Transport Layer in WMSNs
Source Coding Techniques for WMSNs
Convergence of Mobile and Wireless Sensor Systems
Radio Access Technologies Convergence
Protocol Convergence
WMSN Applications
WSN Automated Maintenance
Task Allocation and Task Fulfillment Problems
Topology Control and Sensor Localization
Concluding Remarks

7 Security in Wireless Multimedia Communications
Introduction
General Security Issues in Wireless Communications
Security Attacks
Security Requirements in Wireless Multimedia Communications
Physical Layer Security
Theoretically Secure Capacity
Channel
Coding
Power and Signal Detection
Security Aspects for Mobile Systems
Network Operators’ Security Requirements
Security Architecture for Mobile Systems
Security in LTE Systems
Cellular Security
Handover Security
IMS Security
HeNB Security
MTC Security
Security in CRNs
General Security Requirements in CRNs
Characteristic Attacks in CRNs
Secure Spectrum Management
Security in WMNs
Typical Security Attacks in WMNs
Selective Jamming
Channel-Selective Jamming
Data-Selective Jamming
Security Aspects in WMSNs
Potential of Asymmetric Cryptography
Vulnerabilities of WMSNs
Concluding Remarks

8 Wireless Communication Systems in the Smart Grid
Introduction
Key Requirements of the Smart Grid
Establishing Standards for the Smart Grid
Components of the Smart Grid
Communication Architecture for the Smart Grid
Role of Effective Demand Load Control in the Smart Grid
Wireless Mesh Networking for the Smart Grid
Heterogeneous Networks Integration to Coordinate the Smart Grid Functions
Smart Microgrid Network
Smart Grid DR
Concluding Remarks

9 Evolution of Embedded Internet
Introduction
Mobile Crowd Sensing
MCS Applications Architecture
Characteristics of MCS
Perspective Protocol Stack for Wireless Embedded Internet
Adaptation Layer
Routing over Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Application Protocol
WSNs and IoT
Mobility Management in Embedded Internet
Global Time Synchronization
Security Issues in Embedded Internet
M2M Communications and Embedded Internet
M2M System Architecture
M2M Standardization
IP Multimedia Subsystem and M2M Integration
Nanonetworks and IoT
Components of IoNT Architecture
Nanonetworks Communication
Concluding Remarks

10 Flexible Future of the Internet
Introduction
Principles for FI Architecture
Information-Centric Networking
Network Virtualization and Adaptive Resource Management
Flexible and Evolvable Open Infrastructure
Mobility Management
Cloud Computing-Centric Architectures
Security
Energy Efficiency
Experimental Test Beds
Physical Layer-Aware Network Architecture
Physical Layer-Awareness in Wireless Access Networks
Physical Layer-Aware Architecture Framework
Network Virtualization
Information-Centric Networking
Concept and Principles of Information- Centric Networking
Information Naming
Name-Based Routing and Name Resolution
Multisource Dissemination
In-Network Caching
Data-Oriented Network Architecture
Network of Information
Named Data Networking
Streaming of Scalable Video for FI
Wavelet-Based SVC
Event-Based Scalable Coding
Media Search and Retrieval in FI
FI Self-Management Scenarios
Adaptive Resource Management
Energy-Aware Network Management
Cache Management
Concluding Remarks

References
Index