Networks for Pervasive Services

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgements1. On the Way to the Pervasive Web 1.1 The Net, a Tool for Everyone 1.2 The Inexorable Transformation of Internet applications 1.3 The Application's Mutiny 1.4 Everything on the Move 1.5  New Interaction Paradigms Emerge 1.6 The Scent of Pervasive Applications 1.7  The Billion Dollar Question.- References.2 The Network, as We Know It 2.1 The Multiple Facets of Networks 2.2 Networks from the Eyes of an Ordinary User 2.3 Invite a Programmer to Understand What's in the Cloud 2.4 A Network Engineer to Turn a Switch into a Router 2.5 The Computer Science of a Router 2.6 Simple Math to Stabilize the Net 2.7 Life of a Commuter 2.8 The Three Fundamental Principles.- References.3 Six Problems for the Service Provider3.1 The Net has Ossified 3.2 Problem 1: Not Truly Ubiquitous 3.3 Problem 2: The Unresponsive Net 3.4 Problem 3: Too Much, Too Stale Signaling 3.5 Problem 4: Lack of Parallelism 3.6 Problem 5: Data Agnosticism 3.7 Problem 6: Inadequate Net-search Engine 3.8 Concluding Remarks.- References.4 Spontaneous Networks4.1 The Gift of Ubiquity 4.2 Spontaneous Connectivity 4.3 The Hidden-terminal Problem 4.4 The Exposed-terminal Problem 4.5 Preventive Measures to Avoid Collision 4.6 Path Discovery in a Volatile Network 4.7 The KISS Approach.- References.5 Reactive Networks5.1 Why Networks on Demand? 5.2 A Traffic-free Network 5.3 Our First Path 5.4 Path Management 5.5 Our Second Path 5.6 Global Synchronization 5.7 Error Management 5.8 Remarks on Reactive Networks.- References.6 Proactive networks6.1 From Reactive to Responsive 6.2 Keep the Network Ready 6.3 How do I Find My Multipoint Relay? 6.4 Life of an OLSR Node 6.5 The Node's Information Repository 6.6 Shortest Path over the MPR Sub-topology 6.7 A Complete Example 6.8 How Proactive Can You Be? 6.9 The Power of Hybrid Protocols.- References.7 Content-aware Networks7.1 Routers Should Read the Content 7.2 A Network on Top of the Physical Network 7.3 Centralized Assignment of Node Identifiers

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"In this book, Antonio Liotta and George Exarchakos have successfully tackled the challenge of explaining in easy to understand terms how the Internet works today and how it could be upgraded. The first two chapters of the book deal with how the Internet works today. The next seven chapters deal with how it could be upgraded ... . I strongly recommend the book to non networking specialists who are not 'dummies,' but have a keen interest in the Internet and its evolution." (Roch Glitho, IEEE Communications Magazine, February, 2012)

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