LANs to WANs: The Complete Management Guide

Nathan J. Muller

Jan 2003 · Artech House

About this ebook

Written by today's leading experts in industry and academia, Wireless IP and Building the Mobile Internet is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the convergence of wireless and Internet technologies that are giving rise to the mobile wireless Internet. This cutting-edge resource provides you with an overview of all the elements required to understand and develop future IP based wireless multimedia communications and services. The book shows you how to integrate the latest technologies in mobility, wireless, and the Internet to achieve workable end-to-end solutions. You get detailed coverage of wireless IP and its relationship with other mobile technologies such as GPRS and UMTS. Moreover, this essential reference features discussions on wireless IP evolution; quality of service; resource management; TCP/IP in wireless IP networks; handoff, mobility and signaling; and services and applications. Essential reading for practicing mobile communications engineers, designers, and engineering managers, the book is also easily adoptable as a text for graduate-level courses.

About the author

Nathan J. Muller holds an M.A. in Social and Organizational behavior from George Washington University. Muller is a managing partner and consultant at the Ascent Solutions Group, LLC in Sterling, VA. He is also the author of IP Convergence: The Next Revolution in Telecommunications, Wireless Data Networking, and Intelligent Hubs (Artech House, 2000, 1999, 1995, 1994). He has 27 years of industry experience. He is the author of 15 books, including Desktop Encyclopedia of the Internet (Artech House, 1998) and over 1,500 published articles. He serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Network Management.