Wireless Information Highways

Section I Broadcast Data Management; Chapter I Push and Pull SystemsPetros Nicopolitidis , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceGeorgios , I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece , Andreas S. Pomportsis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Chapter II Mobile Cache Management , Jianliang Xu, Hong Kong Baptist University, ChinaHaibo , Hu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China , Xueyan Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore , Baihua Zheng, Singapore Management University, Singapore; Chapter III Indexing and Clustering of Wireless Broadcast Data , Yon Dohn Chung, Dongguk University, Korea , Myoung Ho Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea; Chapter IV Data Broadcasting in a Mobile Environment , Ali R. Hurson, The Pennsylvania State University, USA , Yu Jiao, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; Chapter V Broadcast Data Placement Over Multiple Wireless Channels , Dimitrios Katsaros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece , Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece . Section II Location Management; Chapter VI Modeling and Management of Location and Mobility , Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA; Chapter VII Mobility Management in Mobile Computing and Networking Environments , Samuel Pierre, École Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada . Section III Network Support; Chapter VIII Service Discovery in Wireless and Mobile Networks , Hitha Alex, University of Texas at Arlington, USA , Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA , Behrooz A. Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA; Chapter IX Wireless Sensor Networks , Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; Chapter X Connection Admission Control in Wireless Systems , Tuna Tugcu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA . Section IV Location-Based Services; Chapter XI Indexing Mobile Objects An Overview of Contemporary Solutions , Panayiotis Bozanis, University of Thessaly, Greece; Chapter XII Extensible Platform for Location-Based Services Deployment and Provisioning , Manos Spanoudakis, University of Athens, Greece , Angelos Batistakis, University of Athens, Greece , Ioannis Priggouris, University of Athens, Greece , Anastasios Ioannidis, University of Athens, Greece , Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens, Greece , Lazaros Merakos, University of Athens, Greece; Chapter XIII Location-Dependent Query Processing Benchmark , Ayse Yasemin Seydim, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Turkey , Margaret H. Dunham, Southern Methodist University, USA; Chapter XIV Location-Dependent Data Access and Queries , Gyula Rabai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary , Sandor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary . Section V Advanced Topics; Chapter XV Security in Pervasive Computing , Sajal K. Das, University of Texas at Arlington, USA , Afrand Agah, University of Texas at Arlington, USA , Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA; Chapter XVI Transaction Processing in Broadcast Databases , Wai Gen Yee, Ilinois Institute of Technology, USA . About the Authors , Index