Access to Mobile Services

• Main Authors: Bouguettaya, Athman (Author), Yang, Xu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Advances in Database Systems, 38
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Database management.; Multimedia information systems.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Database Management.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Access to Mobile Services focuses on methods for accessing broadcast based M-services from multiple wireless channels. This book presents a novel infrastructure that provides a multi-channel broadcast framework for mobile users to effectively discover and access composite M-services. Multi-channel a...

Table of Contents:

• Access to Broadcast M-services: Issues and Challenges
• Traditional Data Access Methods
• Adaptive Data Access Methods
• Efficient Access to Simple M-services Using Traditional Methods
• Semantic Access to Composite M-services
• Broadcast Channel Organization
• Implementation and Practical Study
• Open Problems.