Mobile peer to peer : a tutorial guide

Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P): A Tutorial Guide discusses the potential of wireless communication among mobile devices forming mobile peer to peer networks. This book provides the basic programming skills required to set up wireless communication links between mobile devices, offering a guide to the development process of mobile peer to peer networks.

Divided into three sections, Part I briefly introduces the basics of wireless technologies, mobile architectures, and communication protocols. Detailed descriptions of Bluetooth, IEEE802.11, and cellular communication link are given and applied to potential communication architectures. Part II focuses on programming for individual wireless technologies, and gives an understanding of the programming environment for individual wireless technologies. In addition, Part III provides advanced examples for mobile peer to peer networks.

Introduces the basics of short-range/wireless technologies (such as Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN), mobile architectures, and communication protocols Explains the basic programming environment and the basic wireless communication technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFi (IEEE802.11), and cellular communication examples Discusses the advancements in meshed networks, mobile social networks and cooperative networks Provides detailed examples of mobile peer to peer communication including, social mobile networking, cooperative wireless networking, network coding, and mobile gaming Includes an accompanying website containing programming examples as source code

Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P): A Tutorial Guide is an invaluable reference for advanced students on wireless/mobile communications courses, and researchers in various areas of mobile communications (mashups, social mobile networks, network coding, etc.) Undergraduate students and practitioners wishing to learn how to build mobile peer to peer networks will also find this book of interest.

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Mobile Peer to Peer [P2P]: A Tutorial Guide is an invaluable reference for advanced students on wireless/mobile communication courses, and researchers in various areas of mobile communication [mashups, social mobile networks, network coding, etc.]. Undergraduate students and practitioners wishing to learn how to build mobile peer to peer networks will also find this book of interest.

Frank H. P. Fitzek and Hassan CharafLara Srivastava and Frank H. P. FitzekMorten V. Pedersen and Frank H.P. FitzekKároly Farkas and Gergely CsúcsPéter Ekler and Bertalan Forstner and Gábor ZavarkóImre Kelényi and Bertalan ForstnerJanus Heide and Leonardo MilitanoBertaland Forstner and Imre KelényiPéter Ekler and Gábor Zavarkó

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
About the book	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of Contributors	p. xvii
Part 1 Introduction and Motivation
1 Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks: An Introduction to the Tutorial Guide	p. 3
1.1 Introduction and Motivation	p. 3
1.2 Wireless Technologies	p. 6
1.2.1 Short-range Technologies	p. 7
1.2.2 Future Wireless Trends	p. 11
1.3 Mobile Architectures	p. 12
1.3.1 Cellular Networks	p. 12
1.3.2 Short-range Point-to-Point Networks	p. 12
1.3.3 Meshed Networks	p. 13
1.3.4 Cooperative Networks	p. 14
1.4 Mobile Scenarios and Business Cases	p. 15
1.4.1 Social Mobile Networks	p. 15
1.4.2 Cooperative Wireless Networks	p. 16
References	p. 17
2 The Evolution of Social Interactions in Networked Space	p. 19
2.1 Connectivity Takes on a New Dimension	p. 19
2.2 The Principle of Sharing	p. 22
2.3 Transspatial and Transtemporal Perspective	p. 24
2.4 Socialization in the Mobile Digital Age	p. 25
2.5 Future Perspectives	p. 27
References	p. 28
Part 2 Basic Functionalities for Mobile P2P
3 The Symbian C++ Programming Environment Morten V. Pedersen and Frank H.P. Fitzek	p. 31
3.1 Introduction	p. 31
3.2 Tools Overview	p. 31
3.3 Installing the IDE	p. 33
3.4 Installing the SDK and Prerequisites	p. 33
3.5 Using the Carbide IDE	p. 34
3.6 Installing Applications on the Device	p. 38
3.7 Quick Resource Overview	p. 39
References	p. 40
4 Introduction to Bluetooth Communication on Mobile Devices	p. 41
4.1 Introduction	p. 41
4.2 Turning Bluetooth On/Off	p. 42
4.3 Discovering Bluetooth Devices	p. 43
4.3.1 Using the Bluetooth UI	p. 43
4.3.2 Performing Background Device Search	p. 45
4.4 The Service Discovery Protocol	p. 47
4.4.1 Advertising a Service	p. 49
4.4.2 The Structure of a Service Record	p. 49
4.4.3 Searching for Services	p. 53
4.5 Connecting and Transferring Data	p. 54
4.5.1 Building a Server	p. 55
4.5.2 Building a Client	p. 56
4.5.3 Transferring Data	p. 56
4.6 Summary	p. 57
References	p. 58
5 Introduction to WLAN IEEE802.11 Communication on Mobile Devices	p. 59
5.1 IEEE802.11 Architecture Components	p. 59
5.2 IEEE802.11 Layers	p. 59
5.2.1 The Physical Layer	p. 60
5.2.2 The MAC Layer	p. 60
5.3 Joining the WLAN	p. 61
5.4 Handover	p. 61
5.5 Synchronization	p. 62
5.6 Security	p. 62
5.7 Multihop Networks	p. 62
5.7.1 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks	p. 62
5.7.2 Infrastructure Mesh Networks	p. 64
5.8 Building Blocks for S60 Ad Hoc WLAN Networking	p. 65
5.8.1 Enumerating Nearby WLAN Networks	p. 65
5.8.2 Enumerating WLAN Access Points Configured in the Device	p. 69
5.8.3 Connecting to the Network	p. 71
5.8.4 Manual IAP Selection	p. 71
5.8.5 Selecting the IAP Programmatically	p. 72
5.8.6 Communication	p. 73
5.8.7 Advanced Tasks	p. 76
5.9 Ad Hoc Monitor Example	p. 79
References	p. 80
6 Developing Network-capable Applications	p. 81
6.1 Introduction	p. 81
6.2 Retrieving Phone Networks Data on Symbian OS	p. 82
6.3 Mobile Clients in the Context of the Client-Server Architecture	p. 89
6.3.1 Main Features of the Example Webshop Client	p. 90
6.3.2 Connecting a Mobile Client to a Webshop	p. 91
6.3.3 Implementing a Webshop to Serve Mobile Clients	p. 97
6.4 Summary	p. 98
References	p. 99
Part 3 Mobile P2P Examples
7 Sym Torrent and Grid Torrent: Developing Bit Torrent Clients on the Symbian Platform	p. 103
7.1 Introduction	p. 103
7.2 Sym Torrent	p. 107
7.3 Grid Torrent	p. 108
7.4 Developing a Bit Torrent Client	p. 110
7.4.1 Creating the Network Manager	p. 111
7.4.2 Network Connections	p. 114
7.4.3 Listening for Incoming Connections	p. 119
7.4.4 Sending Data Via Sockets	p. 123
7.4.5 Receiving Data from Sockets	p. 125
7.4.6 The Socket Base Class	p. 128
7.4.7 The Peer Connection	p. 130
7.4.8 The Tracker Connection	p. 133
7.4.9 The Torrent	p. 138
7.4.10 The Torrent Manager	p. 140
7.4.11 Differences in GridTorrent	p. 141
7.5 Conclusion	p. 141
References	p. 142
8 Introduction to Network Coding for Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P)	p. 143
8.1 Introduction to Network Coding	p. 143
8.2 The Butterfly Example	p. 144
8.3 Network Coding by XORing	p. 145
8.4 Network Coding in a Cooperative Context	p. 147
8.4.1 No Cooperation	p. 147
8.4.2 Cooperation	p. 148
8.4.3 Cooperation with Network Coding	p. 148
8.5 Proof of Concept Implementation	p. 148
8.6 The XORChat Implementation	p. 149
8.7 Outlook	p. 157
References	p. 159
9 Mobile Social Networking - Beyond the Hype	p. 161
9.1 Introduction	p. 161
9.2 Gnutella and GGEP	p. 163
9.3 Finding Peers	p. 164
9.3.1 Host Cache	p. 165
9.3.2 Web Caches	p. 165
9.4 Connecting to Random Peers	p. 172
9.5 Protocol Messages	p. 178
9.6 Putting Intelligence into the Peer Selection	p. 185
9.6.1 The Simplest Way: Fetching the Musical Genre	p. 185
9.6.2 Now I Know Who to Connect to!	p. 185
9.7 Conclusion	p. 190
References	p. 190
10 Using Location-based Services on Mobile Phones	p. 191
10.1 Introduction	p. 191
10.2 Background	p. 192
10.2.1 GPS-based Positioning	p. 192
10.2.2 Location-based Services	p. 193
10.3 Implementing Location-based Services on Mobile Phones	p. 194
10.3.1 Location API of Symbian OS	p. 194
10.3.2 Location API of Java ME	p. 199
10.4 FindFriends Example Application	p. 203
10.4.1 Use Cases	p. 203
10.4.2 The Design of FindFriends	p. 206
10.4.3 Network Communication	p. 212
10.5 Summary	p. 221
References	p. 221
11 Developing Java Games on Symbian OS-based Mobile Devices Péter Ekler	p. 223
11.1 Introduction	p. 223
11.2 The Java Virtual Machine Implementation of Symbian OS	p. 225
11.2.1 Programming Java on Symbian OS	p. 226
11.2.2 Processing Power of MIDlets	p. 229
11.2.3 Network Handling	p. 230
11.3 Writing Games for Mobile Phones	p. 231
11.3.1 General Concepts of Game Development	p. 232
11.3.2 Game Canvas	p. 233
11.3.3 Ad Hoc WLAN-based Multiplayer Games on Java ME	p. 236
11.4 MobSensor	p. 242
11.4.1 MobSensor Functions	p. 242
11.4.2 MobSensor Architecture	p. 243
11.4.3 Playing mp3 Alerts in MobSensor	p. 247
11.4.4 The User Interface of MobSensor	p. 249
11.5 Summary	p. 249
References	p. 250
Index	p. 253

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