Cooperating Embedded Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks
Michel Banatre (Editor), Pedro Jose Marron (Editor), Anibal Ollero (Editor), Adam Wolisz (Editor)
April 2008
The publisher says: "A number of different system concepts have become apparent in the broader context of embedded systems over the past few years. Whilst there are some differences between these, this book argues that in fact there is much they share in common, particularly the important notions of control, heterogenity, wireless communication, dynamics/ad hoc nature and cost. The first part of the book covers cooperating object applications and the currently available application scenarios, such as control and automation, healthcare, and security and surveillance. The second part discusses paradigms for algorithms and interactions. The third part covers various types of vertical system functions, including data aggregation, resource management and time synchronization. The fourth part outlines system architecture and programming models, outlining all currently available architectural models and middleware approaches that can be used to abstract the complexity of cooperating object technology. Finally, the book concludes with a discussion of the trends guiding current research and gives suggestions as to possible future developments and how various shortcomings in the technology can be overcome."

Wi-Fi Telephony: Challenges and Solutions for Voice over WLANs (Communications Engineering Series)
Praphul Chandra, David Lide
October 2006
Both authors are work at Texas Instruments.

The publisher says: "Wi-Fi telephony is the latest, most cost effective, and clearest way of carrying voice data wirelessly. The great news is that it can be integrated seamlessly into the same infrastructures as currently used for computer and telephone data. The digital quality is far above current cellular technologies. This book will be among the first to discuss Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Quality of Service (QoS), and interoperability in connection with Wi-Fi telephony. Security challenges are also presented and solved along these malleable wireless boundaries. In short, this book provides all the information necessary for effective, reliable, crystal clear Wi-Fi telephony service and implementation."

Ultra Wideband Systems: Technologies and Applications
Roberto Aiello, Anuj Batra
Ultra wideband technology turns the radio spectrum available to wireless applications from a country road into a high-speed ten lane super freeway, and the destination is the future of wireless technology. UWB is a huge leap forward because it offers wide bandwidth with little interference, allowing multiple UWB signals to share a single channel. This multi-author volume, compiled under the guidance of Dr. Roberto Aiello, introduces the theory and concepts behind ultra wideband (UWB) systems as well as their applications. Authors include those involved in creating the UWB standards, researchers, and applications specialists. This outstanding book has been broken down into three parts: introduction to UWB, different techniques available, and applications. Within these sections topics covered are UWB spectrum and regulations, UWB channels, modulation techniques, antennas, signal propagation, and UWB transceiver architectures. This book has all the information RF/wireless engineers will need to understand this burgeoning technology.

Roberto Aiello, Ph.D. is President at Staccato Communications in San Diego, CA, and Anuj Batra, Ph.D. is a Member of the Group Technical Staff at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX.

--Synposis provided by book publisher

Implementing 802.11 with Microcontrollers: Wireless Networking for Embedded Systems Designers
Fred Eady
This is one of those just-in-time books about a critical piece of the embedded design puzzle created by the emergence of wireless technologies such as 802/22a/g/g and now /n. Without going to far into the theoretical underpinnings, the author incorporates just the right amount of technical detail as it relates to using these wireless topologies with 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers. And just the right amount of theory and mathematics is included to provide a solid base for the wealth of practical design work, based on actual devices, called AirDrops by the author. Included is a CDROM with the code for the designs as well as the 802.11b drivers for both variants of AirDrop. As 801.11 evolves toward the penultimate 802.11 spec, I look forward to either new editions of this book or new books on the topic.

Mobile Agents : Basic Concepts, Mobility Models, and the Tracy Toolkit
Peter Braun, Wilhelm R. Bossak
Mobile agents are software nomads that act as your personal representative, working autonomously through networks. They are able to visit network nodes directly using available computing power and are not limited by platform. This emerging field is now poised to become a cornerstone for new Web-based ubiquitous computing environments. Mobile Agents provides a practical introduction to mobile agent technology and surveys the state of the art in mobile agent research. Students and researchers can use the book as an introduction to the concepts and possibilities of this field and as an overview of ongoing research. Developers can use it to identify the capabilities of the technology to decide if mobile agents are the right solution for them. Practioners can also gain hands-on experience in programming mobile agents through exploration of the source code for a complete mobile agent environment available through the companion website.

The Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems (Networking Series)
Thomas Herbert
Following a TCP/IP overview, this book details the TCP/IP implementation in Linux 2.6 by following a packet of data as it flows through the stack from the sending system, out the wire, and back through the input side of the stack in the receiving machine. The author is a contributor to Embedded Systems Programming and a frequent speaker at the Embedded Systems Conferences.

Networking and Internetworking with Microcontrollers
Fred Eady
This book shows how to use low-cost microcontrollers for networking applications. Code examples and schematic diagrams guide the reader through the basics of developing applications on the Atmel AVR and the Microchip PIC. The features and pros/cons of the two microcontroller families are compared and contrasted throughout. The author is an engineering consultant who has implemented communications networks.

Bluetooth Application Programming with the Java APIs
C. Bala Kumar, Paul Kline, Tim Thompson
The standardization of Java APIs for Bluetooth wireless technology (JABWT) is explained in this book. The JABWT standard, defined by the JSR-82 specification, supports rapid development of Bluetooth applications that are portable, secure, and highly-usable. C Bala Kumar and Paul J. Kline are Distinguished Members of the Technical Staff at Motorola. Timothy J. Thompson is a Senior Software Engineer on the System Software Architecture team in Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector.

Building Solutions with the Microsoft .NET Compact Framework: Architecture and Best Practices for Mobile Development
Dan Fox, Jon Box
This book is a guide to incorporating .NET into mobile devices. It describes the context, architecture, and features of the framework and smart device programmability (SDP). It covers architectural concepts, including local data handling, remote data access (RDA) architectures, robust data caching with SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition 2.0 (SQL CE 2.0), and synchronization options. The book also covers localization, security, and deployment. The last chapter describes potential pitfalls. Dan Fox is a technical director for Quilogy, a professional services firm, and Jon Box is a solution architect for the same company.

TCP/IP Embedded Internet Applications
Edward Insam
Edward Insam explores TCP/IP as a practical tool for design engineers building web communication and capabilities into embedded systems for the next generation of electronic products. He introduces a number of applications open to internet-enabled designs, including automated fault and low-stock notification, remote environmental control, control of test and measurement equipment, and programming responses based on data collected locally. Code listings are provided.

Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i
Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh
Topics covered in this book include the theory, implementations, and reality of Wi-Fi Security. The first two sections introduce you to security issues in general and how security works in Wi-Fi networks. These sections cover the various security protocols. The third section of the book addresses practical issues and presents examples of attack tools. Jon Edney is a member of the IEE 802.11 TGi security group. William A. Arbaugh is an assistant professor of computer science at U. Md. where he conducts research in information systems security.

Pocket PC Network Programming
Steven Makofsky
This book is a tutorial and reference for writing network applications on Pocket PC 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition devices. It explains how the Pocket PC communicates with the Internet, with other mobile devices, and with networks. It teaches developers the basics of Pocket PC telephony, synchronization, and messaging.

Designing Embedded Communications Software
T. Sridhar
Here is a guide to help you create network communications software. It covers the essential system-level design and implementation choices and how they affect the performance and maintainability of your embedded system. The book delves into the programming techniques (state tables, upper- and lower-level interfaces, configuration techniques, buffer and timer management) that enable clean, understandable implementations of even complex protocols

Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems
C. K. Toh
Recent advances in ad hoc wireless network protocols, systems, and implementation are explained here, with beginning chapters offering an introduction to wireless, packet radio, and ad hoc wireless networks, and later chapters covering problems and solutions associated with media access in ad hoc wireless networks, ad hoc routing protocols, and implementation issues. Other areas examined include power conservation, multicast routing protocols, TCP communications over an ad hoc mobile environment, Bluetooth technology, and the Wireless Application Protocol. Application scenarios described range from home and car to office and battlefield.

Principles of Wireless Networks: A Unified Approach
Kaveh Pahlavan, Prashant Krishnamurthy
A unified foundation for understanding and building any wireless network.

* A true systems approach to wireless networking
* Air interference design and network operation
* Planning, mobility management, radio resources, power management, and security
* 3G, WLANs, HIPERLAN, WATM, Bluetooth, WPAN, OFDM, UWB, wireless geolocation, and more

Bluetooth 1.1: Connect Without Cables (2nd Edition)
Jennifer Bray, Charles F. Sturman, Joe Mendolia
Bluetooth is a short range wireless communications system that was first used to get rid of cables to headsets, phones, and other components, but later has been applied to small wireless office networks and the new personal area networks. Bray, on the review board for its architecture, and Sturman, involved in its product and business development, update their 2001 guide to incorporate features of the latest version.

Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition)
Theodore S. Rappaport
This textbook on wireless communications technology and system design covers the basic issues affecting all wireless networks and reviews new technological developments, with particular attention to SG systems and wireless local area networks. Individual chapters concentrate on the cellular concept, mobile radio propagation, modulation techniques, multiple access techniques, and wireless systems and standards. Step-by-step explanations of practical examples illustrate major points.

Learning Wireless Java
Qusay Mahmoud
Learning Wireless Java is for Java developers who want to quickly come up to speed and create applications for the Micro Edition audience. This book covers the Connected, Limited Device Configuration and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), both currently available from Javasoft. The CLDC contains APIs for small devices that are constrained by both memory and processing power. MIDP devices such as mobile phones and pagers, allowing programmers to create MIDlet applications.

Wireless Internet Applications & Architecture
Mark Beaulieu
Part I tells the story of telecommunications and the Internet; the key issues in 3G and the emerging data capacities of wireless PAN/LAN/WAN networks. Part II intrigues developers to think small with skillful examples of the process and the source code of many systems. Part III covers architecture. This is a radical model that explores the key components of spectrum, tower, server, device, content, and user frames of reference.

USB Complete : Everything You Need to Develop Custom USB Peripherals
Jan Axelson
Peripheral designers and programmers can use this book to learn how to design devices for the Universal Serial Bus interface available on all PCs and Mac. Author Jan Axelson covers how to select a peripheral chip, programming requirements for communicating with the host system, and USB 2.0's new high speed.

TCP/IP Lean
Jeremy Bentham, Michael Barr
Internet programming demystified! Learn how to implement a Web server capable of dynamic content generation and client/server data transfer capablities. This hands-on guide to TCP/IP networking includes platform-independent source code to a simple TCP/IP stack. This edition includes updates for the latest PIC microcontrollers and expanded Web server functionality including DHCP auto-configuration, PPP serial links, UDP and TCP client/server programming, and SMTP and POP3 email support.

The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing: Network Computers, Internet Appliances, and Connected PCs
Bernard Cole
The traditional PC is history: net-centric computing is the future. But what form will it take? Computing appliances, "connected PCs," Web-enabled set-top boxes, Webphones, Internet-connected wireless communicators, or Java-based network computers? All of them or something else entirely? What challenges face professionals who want to build, plan for, or invest in these new systems? Now, award-winning editor Bernard Cole who covers net-centric computing for Electrical Engineering Times provides an up-to-the-minute birds-eye view of the entire field.

Beginning WAP: Wireless Markup Language & Wireless Markup Language Script
Soo Mee Foo (Editor), Ted Wugofski, Wei Meng Lee, Foo Soo Mee, Karli Watson
Aimed at the novice Web designer or developer, the book is an approachable and effective introduction to the standards that you'll need to learn to start building wireless Web applications and Web sites for the next generation of cellular telephones and Internet devices.

WAP Integration: Professional Developer's Guide
Robert Laberge, Srdjan Vujosevic
Learn from the experts how WAP can be integrated into any network WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) continues to be the driving force behind the megamerger of the Internet and the mobile Web phone. But while developers and network managers are increasingly expected to be WAP savvy, there is no archive of sample programs for them to draw upon. Written by two wireless Internet experts, this book/CD-ROM package fills the gap in the field, giving readers powerful tools that they can use to learn the technical integration aspects of this exciting new technology. The authors provide a top-notch tutorial on how to bring WAP to the enterprise or to Internet users, getting readers quickly up to speed with many sample applications that can be customized for specific needs. Also included is an introduction to VoiceXML with a fully functional sample application.

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