Enabling Technologies for Wireless E-Business

Advances in wireless technologies promise to reshape the way we conduct business. Yet to make wireless e-business work effectively, a variety of enabling technologies are needed.

Kou and Yesha and their contributors provide comprehensive information on these technologies, including, for example, wireless security, mobile payment, location-based services, mobile data management, and RFID technologies. The presentation is targeted at students, lecturers, e-business developers, consultants, and business managers, and this book is an ideal introduction for both self-study and taught e-business classes or commercial training courses.

"I believe this is an excellent book to acquire comprehensive knowledge on enabling technologies for the blooming wireless e-business. I highly recommend this book!" Robert Mayberry, Vice President, Sensors and Actuators, IBM Software Group

Foreword Preface Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview of Wireless Technologies 1.2 Wireless e-Business Needs and Opportunities 1.3 Summary Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Global System for Mobile Communication 2.3 General Packet Radio Service 2.4 Code Division Multiple Access Systems 2.5 Summary Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Mobile Computing 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Battery and Computing Power 3.3 Storage for Mobile Computing 3.4 File System and Database in Mobile Computing 3.5 Location Management 3.6 Summary Chapter 4: Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Wireless LAN Overview 4.3 Wireless Personal Area Networks 4.4 Mobile IP 4.5 IEEE 802.11 Standard 4.6 Summary Chapter 5. Wireless Application Protocol 5.1 Introduction 5.2 WAP Architecture 5.3 WML and WMLScript 5.3 WAP Gateway 5.4 Summary Chapter 6: Wireless Security 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Mobile Certificates 6.3 ECC Security for Mobile Computing 6.4 Server Assisted Mobile Security Infrastructure 6.5 Summary Chapter 7: Mobile Data Management 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Architecture for managing mobile data 7.3 Caching and Hoarding 7.4 Coping with Movement 7.5 Concurrency 7.6 Summary Chapter 8: Mobile Agents 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Discovering and Accessing Services 8.3 Interopebility and Information Sharing 8.4 Mobile Agents’ Security 8.5 Managing Mobile Agents 8.6 Summary Chapter 9: Mobile Payment 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Characteristics of MobilePayment 9.3 Mobile Payment Agents 9.4 Security for Mobile Payment 9.5 Summary Chapter 10: Locations and Mobile Services 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Location Determination 11.3 Location Based Services 11.4 Summary Chapter 11: Mobile Content Delivery Technologies 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Short Message Service 11.3 Multimedia Message Service 11.4 Transcoding Techniques 11.5 Summary Chapter 12: Web Services Technologies for Mobile Services 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Web Services Technology Overview 12.3 Enabling Mobile Services through Web Services Technologies 12.4 Summary Chapter 13: Mobile Commerce and Wireless e-Business Applications 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Mobile Commerce 13.3 Wireless E-Business Applications 13.4 Case Studies 13.5 Summary Chapter 14: Future Trends Glossary Bibliography Subject index

Dr. Weidong Kou is a Chief Architect and a Senior Manager of IBM Greater China Group, and an Adjunct Professor of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He was a Dean of the School of Computer Science at Xidian University, a Director of the Chinese Key Laboratory on Integrated Services Networks (ISN), and an Associate Director of the E-Business Technology Institute at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Kou is a Laureate of 2004 Friendship Award of China, the most prestige award and the highest honor from Chinese National Government to recognize an international expert. He has over 12 years of industry experience in IBM, AT&T, and Siemens in North America. Dr. Kou was elected as a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1992. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE.

Dr. Yelena Yesha is an Exceptional Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Formerly, she served as the Director of the Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences at NASA. Dr. Yesha is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of the ACM.