Includes a preface written by Professor Leonard Kleinrock, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UCLA, USA
This book discusses and explores the concept of mobile cloud, creating an inspiring research space for exploiting opportunistic resource sharing, and covering from theoretical research approaches to the development of commercially profitable ideas.
A mobile cloud is a cooperative arrangement of dynamically connected communication nodes sharing opportunistic resources. In this book, authors provide a comprehensive and motivating overview of this rapidly emerging technology. The book explores how distributed resources can be shared by mobile users in very different ways and for various purposes. The book provides many stimulating examples of resource-sharing applications. Enabling technologies for mobile clouds are also discussed, highlighting the key role of network coding. Mobile clouds have the potential to enhance communications performance, improve utilization of resources and create flexible platforms to share resources in very novel ways.
Energy efficient aspects of mobile clouds are discussed in detail, showing how being cooperative can bring mobile users significant energy saving. The book presents and discusses multiple examples of mobile clouds applications, based on both existing commercial initiatives as well as proof-of-concept test-beds. Visions and prospects are also discussed, paving the way for further development. As mobile networks and social networks become more and more reliant on each other, the concept of resource sharing takes a wider and deeper meaning, creating the foundations for a global real-time multidimensional resource pool, the underlying infrastructure for shareconomy. Above all, this is an inspiring book for anyone who is concerned about the future of wireless and mobile communications networks and their relationship with Social networks.
Key Features:
Provides fundamental ideas and promising concepts for exploiting opportunistic cooperation and cognition in wireless and mobile networks
Gives clear definitions of mobile clouds from different perspectives
Associates mobile and wireless networks with social networks, creating a vast fertile ground for novel developments in both research and practical applications
Considers research directions, emerging trends and visions
This book is an excellent resource for wireless/networking researchers in industry and academia, students and mobile phone programmers. Managers interested in new technology developments, service providers, network operators, and those working in the gaming industry will also find the book insightful.
Author Biography:
Frank H. P. Fitzek is a Professor in the department ofElectronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark. He received hisdiploma (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Technology - Rheinisch-Westfalische TechnischeHochschule (RWTH) - Aachen, Germany, in 1997 and his Ph.D.(Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical UniversityBerlin, Germany in 2002 and became Adjunct Professor at theUniversity of Ferrara, Italy in the same year. He co-founded thestart-up company acticom GmbH in Berlin in 1999. He has visitedvarious research institutes including Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT), VTT, and Arizona State University. In 2005 he wonthe YRP award for the work on MIMO MDC and received the Young EliteResearcher Award of Denmark. He was selected to receive the NOKIAChampion Award several times in a row from 2007 to 2011. In 2008 hewas awarded the Nokia Achievement Award for his work on cooperativenetworks. In 2011 he received the SAPERE AUDE research grant fromthe Danish government and in 2012 he received the VodafoneInnovation price. His current research interests are in the areasof wireless and mobile communication networks, mobile phoneprogramming, network coding, cross layer as well as energyefficient protocol design and cooperative networking. Marcos D. Katz works as a professor at Centre forWireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. He receivedthe B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacionalde Tucuman, Argentina in 1987, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degreesin Electrical Engineering from University of Oulu, Finland, in 1995and 2002, respectively. He worked as a Research Engineer at NokiaTelecommunications from 1987 to 1995. From 1995 to 2001 he was aSenior Research Engineer at Nokia Networks, Finland. In2001 2002 he was a Research Scientist at the Centre forWireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. In years2003 2005 Dr Katz was the Principal Engineer at SamsungElectronics, Advanced Research Lab., Telecommunications R&DCenter, Suwon, Korea. From 2006 to 2009 he worked as a ChiefResearch Scientist at VTT, the Technical Research Centre ofFinland. His current research interests include cooperative andcognitive networking as well as optical communications,particularly visible light communications.
