Wireless Networking and Mobile Data Management

R.K. Ghosh is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Earlier he also held a Professor’s position in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. A few of the other positions he has held in the past include a UN Teacher Fellow at the International Institute for Software Technology (IIST) Macau, a Visiting Scientist at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France, and a Visiting Faculty in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. His primary research interests are in mobile computing, distributed systems, and wireless networks, as well as big data analytics and parallel algorithms.

• Introduction.- Cellular Communication System.- GSM, GPRS, UMTS.- WLAN.- Bluetooth and IR.- ZigBee and 6LoWPAN.- Routing in mobile ad hoc networks.- WAP, Mobile IP and Mosh shell.- Design of algorithms for mobile environments.- Location management.- Replication and caching.- Broadcast disk and data dissemination.- Indexing in air.- File system for mobile environment.- Smart environments.

“The book includes the state of art as of 2016-2017; with the advent of new technologies like 5G and newer Wi-Fi protocols … . for anyone interested in doing research or working in the mobile industry, this is a very well-written reference textbook.” (Naga Narayanaswamy, Computing Reviews, February, 5, 2018)​