Fourth-Generation Wireless Networks: Applications and Innovations presents a comprehensive collection of recent findings in access technologies useful in the architecture of wireless networks. Based on research results from academia and industry, this innovative publication covers cutting-edge findings on topics such as 4G security, mobile technologies, and handover mechanisms.
Author(s): Sasan Adibi, Amin Mobasher, Tom Tofigh
Edition: 1
Publisher: Information Science Publishing
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 837
Title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 4
List of Reviewers......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 11
Foreword: Wireless Communication—History and Visions......Page 25
Preface......Page 48
Acknowledgment......Page 50
Evolution of Personal Wireless Broadband Services from 3G to 4G......Page 54
A New Global Ubiquitous Consumer Environment for 4G Wireless Communications......Page 73
4G Access Network Architecture......Page 99
Architecture for IP Based Next Generation Radio Access Network......Page 114
Long Term Evolution (LTE): An IPv6 Perspective......Page 130
HWN* Framework Towards 4G Mobile Communication Networks......Page 153
User Experience in 4G Networks......Page 178
Fourth Generation Networks: Adoption and Dangers......Page 199
Potential Scenarios and Drivers of the 4G Evolution......Page 234
Knowledge Sharing to Improve Routing and Future 4G Networks......Page 246
Personal Environments: Towards Cooperative 4G Services......Page 281
Next Generation Broadband Services from High Altitude Platforms......Page 302
Radio-over-Fibre Networks for 4G......Page 321
MAC Protocol of WiMAX Mesh Network......Page 345
Advanced Scheduling Schemes in 4G Systems......Page 366
End-to-End Quality of Service in Evolved Packet Systems......Page 414
An End-to-End QoS Framework for Vehicular Mobile Networks......Page 430
LTE Mobility Solutions at Network Level for Global Convergence......Page 458
Handover Optimization for 4G Wireless Networks......Page 477
Survey of Cross-Layer Optimization Techniques for Wireless Networks......Page 506
Cross-Layer Joint Optimization of Multimedia Transmissions over IP Based Wireless Networks......Page 522
Video Streaming Based Services over 4G Networks: Challenges and Solutions......Page 547
Aspects of OFDM-Based 3G LTE Terminal Implementation......Page 579
The Use of Orthogonal Frequency Code Division(OFCD) Multiplexing in Wireless Mesh Network (WMN)......Page 618
A New Approach to BSOFDM: Parallel Concatenated Spreading Matrices OFDM......Page 635
The Next Generation CDMA Technology for Futuristic Wireless Communications: Why Complementary Codes?......Page 649
Configurable and Scalable Turbo Decoder for 4G Wireless Receivers......Page 675
Parallel Soft Spherical Detection for Coded MIMO Systems......Page 697
Capacity Estimation of OFDMA-Based Wireless Cellular Networks......Page 719
Wireless Collaboration: Maximizing Diversity through Relaying......Page 737
Compilation of References......Page 763
About the Contributors......Page 812
Index......Page 830
