From WPANs to Personal Networks: Technologies & Applications

Description

Introduction - Possible Devices. PAN Challenges and Open Issues. WLANs Versus PANs. Personal Networks (PN) Concept. 4G. Review of the Book.

WLANs - MAC in WLAN Standards. QoS over Wireless LANs. Security in IEEE 802.11.

Bluetooth: First and Second Generations of WPANs - Technical Overview of Bluetooth 2.0. Core Specification. Profiles. Security. Future of Bluetooth: Team Up with UWB.

802.15 Overview - 802.15: The high-Rate WPAN (HR-WPAN). TG3A: The (Very) High-Rate WPAN. 802.15.4: the Low-Rate WPAN (LR-WPAN). ZigBee and 802.15.4. Products.

Why Personal: Overview of the Motivations - Classical WPAN Scenarios. The Disappearing Computer. Security Aspects.

From Pervasive Computing to Personal Networks: A Research Perspective - Overview of WPAN Projects. Ambient Intelligence: The OXYGEN Project. Ambient Intelligence and WPANs: Bases for Personal Networking. From WPAN to PN: When Persons Count.

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET) - Medium Access Control. Routing Techniques. Power Management. Cooperation Diversity: The New Revolution.

Security for Wireless Networks - Heterogeneous Networks. Applications and Services. Security Requirements. Research Challenges.

The Unpredictable Future: WPAN as a Part of 4G - Personal Network: Definition. Personal Networks: The Challenges. A Sample Interworking System Architecture. A Handover Example.

PN Applications - Healthcare. Smart Shopping Case. Student Case. Mobile Gaming. Distributed Work Case.