This is a guide to integrating the Internet Protocol in second generation and third generation wireless networks. Implementation issues associated with running IP in a wireless environment are examined in-depth. For each type of wireless network discussed, the authors examine the architecture, operation/deployment strategies, mobility model, routing and applications. The evolution from circuit switched to packet switched networks in 802.11,GSM, CDMA and TDMA networks is covered from a data(IP) network perspective. The authors discuss the type of applications that are prevalent in these networks today with a special emphasis on messaging. Also examined are emerging wireless IP applications including VoIP over wireless and wireless multimedia messaging. The authors also examine the standards bodies that play a role in defining the specifications for wireless networks that are evolving into extensions of the Internet (or what is referred to as the wireless Internet). Patil is the Chair of the IETF Committee charged with developing routing standards in mobile and wireless networks.
BASAVARAJ PATIL is a Senior Systems Engineer at Nokia Networks in Dallas, TX. He has been working in wireless networking since 1993.
YOUSUF SAIFULLAH is a Senior Research Engineer at Nokia Research Center in Irving, TX.
STEFANO FACCIN, a Research Manager at Nokia Research Center's Mobile Network Laboratory in Dallas, TX, has been working in the wireless area since 1994.
SRINIVAS SREEMANTHULA is a Research Engineer at Nokia Research Center in Dallas, TX. He has over five years of experience in mobile/wireless network technologies.
LACHU ARAVAMUDHAN is currently a Senior Consultant at Award Solutions, Inc., in Richardson, Texas. He has 13 years of experience in the wireless and datacom industry.
SARVESH SHARMA, Product Development Manager for Nortel Networks in Richardson, TX, has worked with wireless and CDMA technologies since 1995.
RISTO MONONEN is a Wireless Security Manager at Nokia Networks in Espoo, Finland. He has been with Nokia since 1989.