Developing Practical Wireless Applications (eBook)

Dean A. Gratton (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
280 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-046960-7 (ISBN)

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In a constant stream of new ideas, wireless technologies continue to emerge offering a range of capabilities, each affording simplicity and ease-of-use. Such diversity and choice should surely beg the question, are manufacturers using the right technology for the right product?

Developing Practical Wireless Applications will explore this question and, in doing so, will illustrate many of the wireless technologies currently available whilst drawing upon their individual strengths and weaknesses. More specifically, the book will draw your attention to the diverse collection of standardized and proprietary solutions available to manufacturers. As developers and innovators your choices are not restricted to any norm and, as such, a standardized or proprietary solution may afford you greater benefits in realising any product roadmap.

Developing Practical Wireless Applications will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of how each technology works, coupled with an exploration into overlapping, complementary and competing technologies. In establishing this foundation, we will explore wireless applications in their context and address their suitability. In contrast, the book also considers the practicality of a wireless world in an attempt to better understand our audience and specific demographic groups. Coupled with a richer understanding of our consumers, along with our technology make-up we can indeed target wireless products more effectively.

*Explores techniques used to attack wireless networks including WarXing, WarChalking, BlueJacking, and BlueSnarfing
*Discusses applications utilizing ZigBee, NFC, RFID, Ultra-Wideband and WirelessUSB (WiMedia)
*Details Bluetooth 2.x +EDR and introduces the v3.0 (BToverUWB) specification
*Includes fundamental introductions to WiFi, namely 802.11i, 802.11p and 802.11n
*Compares personal-area and wide-area communications including 3G, HSDPA, 4G, and WiMAX, as well as introducing Wireless Convergence

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In a constant stream of new ideas, wireless technologies continue to emerge offering a range of capabilities, each affording simplicity and ease-of-use. Such diversity and choice should surely beg the question, "e;are manufacturers using the right technology for the right product?? Developing Practical Wireless Applications will explore this question and, in doing so, will illustrate many of the wireless technologies currently available whilst drawing upon their individual strengths and weaknesses. More specifically, the book will draw your attention to the diverse collection of standardized and proprietary solutions available to manufacturers. As developers and innovators your choices are not restricted to any norm and, as such, a standardized or proprietary solution may afford you greater benefits in realising any product roadmap. Developing Practical Wireless Applications will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of how each technology works, coupled with an exploration into overlapping, complementary and competing technologies. In establishing this foundation, we will explore wireless applications in their context and address their suitability. In contrast, the book also considers the practicality of a wireless world in an attempt to better understand our audience and specific demographic groups. Coupled with a richer understanding of our consumers, along with our technology make-up we can indeed target wireless products more effectively.*Explores techniques used to attack wireless networks including WarXing, WarChalking, BlueJacking, and BlueSnarfing*Discusses applications utilizing ZigBee, NFC, RFID, Ultra-Wideband and WirelessUSB (WiMedia)*Details Bluetooth 2.x +EDR and introduces the v3.0 (BToverUWB) specification *Includes fundamental introductions to WiFi, namely 802.11i, 802.11p and 802.11n*Compares personal-area and wide-area communications including 3G, HSDPA, 4G, and WiMAX, as well as introducing Wireless Convergence

Inhalt

Front cover 1
Developing Practical Wireless Applications 4
Copyright page 5
Contents 8
About the Author 13
Preface 14
Acknowledgements 16
Introduction 17
Part One: Understanding a Wireless World 20
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Wireless Technology 22
Where are We Today with New Wireless Technology? 23
Reasons for Choosing Wireless 24
Where is the Original Thought? 25
A New Way of Thinking 26
Summary 27
Chapter 2: Understanding the Wireless Audience 29
Categorizing the Wireless Audience 32
The Diffusion of Wireless Innovation 32
Cultural Economic Effects on Product Pricing 34
A Long-term Perspective 35
Summary 35
Chapter 3: Comparing Wide-area and Personal-area Communications 38
Wide-area vs. Personal-area 38
Generations of Wireless Technology 42
Wireless Convergence 56
Manufacturers’ Refocus of Consumer Perception and Usage Models 59
Summary 60
Chapter 4: Can we Confidently Rely on Wireless Communication? 62
How Safe is Your House? 63
Encryption Principles 69
It’s All About Adopting a Common Sense Approach to Wireless Security 85
Enabling Intelligent Connectivity 85
Coexistence and Interoperation 87
Summary 94
Chapter 5: Realizing a True Wireless Life-style Vision 97
Defining Quantitative Needs for Technology 97
In Technology we Trust 99
Summary 108
Part Two: A Proprietary Approach to Developing Wireless Applications 110
Chapter 6: An Introduction to the Notion of Proprietary-based Wireless Application Development 112
Case Studies 113
Chapter 7: ZenSys: An Open Standard for Wireless Home Control 114
Background 116
Enabling Wireless Home Control 116
Enabling the Wireless Home Control Network 117
Conclusion 123
Summary 125
Chapter 8: Cypress Semiconductor: Introducing WirelessUSB 129
Background 131
The WirelessUSB Challenge 131
Conclusion 137
Summary 137
Chapter 9: Aura Communications Technology: Creating the Personal Bubble 140
Background 141
Near Field Magnetic Communication 142
Conclusion 149
Summary 149
Part Three: A Standards Approach to Developing Wireless Applications 152
Chapter 10: An Introduction to the Notion of Standards-based Wireless Application Development 154
Case Studies 155
Chapter 11: Bluetooth: A Cable Replacement Technology 156
Bluetooth vs. Infrared 157
The Odd Couple: Bluetooth and Ultra-Wideband 158
The Original Bluetooth 161
The Radio Architecture 161
The Bluetooth Protocol Stack 167
What are Bluetooth Profiles? 177
Foundation Profiles 178
The Adopted Profiles 178
New Protocols 180
Conclusion 180
Summary 181
Chapter 12: ZigBee: Untethered and Unlicensed 185
Comparing ZigBee and Z-Wave 187
Our Reasons to Believe 187
ZigBee’s Networking Topology 188
The Radio Architecture 190
The ZigBee Protocol Stack 192
Conclusion 196
Summary 196
Chapter 13: WiFi: Enabling True Ubiquitous Connectivity 200
Overcoming the Obvious 203
There’s Something about WiFi 204
Comparing WiFi and WiMAX 205
Generating Revenue from WiFi 209
The WiFi Network Topology 211
The WiFi Story Begins with the Letter B 216
The WiFi Protocol Stack 218
The Next Generation of WiFi 229
Conclusion 231
Summary 231
Chapter 14: Near Field Communications: The Smart Choice for Enabling Connectivity 235
What is RFID? 235
What is NFC? 238
Conclusion 242
Summary 242
Chapter 15: Ultra-Wideband: Introducing a New Short-Range Wireless Medium 244
WiMedia 244
Conflicting UWB standards 247
Conclusion 248
Summary 248
Glossary and Definitions 250
Bibliography 270
Internet-based references 272
Index 273

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-046960-4 / 0080469604
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-046960-7 / 9780080469607