Ambient Networks Co-operative Mobile

This text offers a complete and detailed overview of the Ambient Networking concept and technology. The authors explain the problems with current mobile IP networks and the need for a new mobile-aware IP-based control architecture, before presenting the Ambient Networking concept and the business opportunities offered by this solution. The architecture, components, and features and challenges of ANs are covered in-depth, with comprehensive discussions of multi-radio access, generic ambient network signalling, mobility and media delivery. The book is heavily illustrated, including architecture drawings and simulation result diagram, plus practical user scenarios with full analysis.

Norbert Niebert is Department Manager, Ericsson Research, Germany. As a company, Ericsson AB is the project coordinator partner for the Ambient Networks project, and Norbert is the Technical Manager. He has co-authored numerous conference and journal papers on the subject.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Current Communications Environment
The Ambient Networking Concept
The Ambient Networks Project
How to Read This Book
Outlook
Ambient Networks - The Consequence of Convergence
Convergence Leading Towards Ambient Networks
Realization of Convergence
Converged All-IP Networks
Network Convergence with the IP Multimedia Subsystem
Towards Ambient Networks
Motivation for a New Approach
Architectural Requirements for Ambient Networks
Summary
The Business Environment for Ambient Networks
Business Drivers and Benefi ts
Business Actors
The AN Business Proposition: The Value Network
Financial Aspects
Network Composition - Business View
Migration Aspects
Summary
Architecture and Components
Introduction
The Ambient Network Approach
The Ambient Control Space Concept
The Ambient Layer Model
Summary
Security in Ambient Networks
Introduction
Security Problem Space in Ambient Networks
Security Architecture
Key Problems and Solutions
Conclusion, Outlook and Further Work
Network Composition
Introduction and Motivation
Composition Procedures
Defi nition of Composition Types
Conclusions
GANS - Generic Ambient Networks Signalling
Introduction
State of the Art
Protocol Architecture
GANS Transport Layer Protocol
QoS Signalling Application
Conclusions
Multi-Radio Access
Introduction
Multi Radio Access - Problems and State of the Art
The AN Multi-Radio Access Architecture
Access Selection
Challenging Multi-Radio Access Networking Scenarios
Deployment Cost Savings
Migration Issues
Conclusion, Outlook and Further Work
Ambient Networks Mobility Management
Background and Motivation
The Framework for Mobility Management
Functional Entities
Trigger Mechanisms
Overlay Networks for Media Delivery
Introduction
Why Media Delivery Support in the Network Infrastructure?
Media Delivery Architecture
Concept Evaluation and Demonstration
Conclusion, Outlook and Further Work
ContextWare - Context Awareness in Ambient Networks
Introduction
Network Context Awareness
Context Awareness in Ambient Networks
Ambient Networks ContextWare: Architecture and System Design
ContextWare Prototypes
Conclusions
Towards Ambient Networks Management
Introduction
Ambient Networks Management Challenges
Ambient Networks Management Approaches
Conclusions
References
Abbreviations
Index.
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