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PREFACE xiii <p>ABOUT THE AUTHORS xix</p> <p><b>I INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 1</b></p> <p><b>1 TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING MOBILE DATA 3</b></p> <p>1.1 Introduction / 3</p> <p>1.2 Computer Communication Networks / 5</p> <p>1.3 IP Networks / 9</p> <p>1.4 Cellular Data Networks / 12</p> <p>1.5 Mobile Applications / 14</p> <p><b>2 MOBILE DATA ECOSYSTEM 17</b></p> <p>2.1 Introduction / 17</p> <p>2.2 Mobile Data Ecosystem / 17</p> <p>2.3 Mobile Data Growth / 22</p> <p>2.4 Where is the Bottleneck? / 23</p> <p>2.5 Impact of Mobile Data Growth on the Ecosystem / 25</p> <p><b>3 AN OVERVIEW OF TECHNIQUES FOR BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION 29</b></p> <p>3.1 Introduction / 29</p> <p>3.2 Network Model / 30</p> <p>3.3 Object Caching / 32</p> <p>3.4 Object Compression / 34</p> <p>3.5 Packet Compression / 35</p> <p>3.6 Flow Sharing / 37</p> <p>3.7 Content Transformation / 40</p> <p>3.8 Just-in-Time Transmission / 41</p> <p>3.9 Rate Control / 42</p> <p>3.10 Service Differentiation / 43</p> <p><b>4 AN OVERVIEW OF TECHNIQUES FOR COST REDUCTION 45</b></p> <p>4.1 Introduction / 45</p> <p>4.2 Infrastructure Sharing / 47</p> <p>4.3 Virtualization / 48</p> <p>4.4 Consolidation / 49</p> <p>4.5 IT Usage in Networks / 52</p> <p><b>II TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS 55</b></p> <p><b>5 BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION AND COST REDUCTION IN THE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK 57</b></p> <p>5.1 Introduction / 57</p> <p>5.2 Upgrading the RAN / 58</p> <p>5.3 Leveraging Additional Bandwidth / 65</p> <p>5.4 Bandwidth Management / 68</p> <p>5.5 Nontechnical Approaches / 72</p> <p><b>6 BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION AND COST REDUCTION IN BACKHAUL AND CORE NETWORKS 75</b></p> <p>6.1 Overview of Backhaul and Core Networks / 75</p> <p>6.2 Technology Upgrade / 79</p> <p>6.3 Traffic Offload / 80</p> <p>6.4 Compression / 80</p> <p>6.5 Transformation / 81</p> <p>6.6 Caching / 83</p> <p>6.7 Consolidation in Core Networks / 87</p> <p>6.8 Network Function Virtualization / 88</p> <p>6.9 Cost Reduction of the Supporting Infrastructure / 90</p> <p><b>7 CONSUMER-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 91</b></p> <p>7.1 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Consumer Services / 92</p> <p>7.2 Single Sign-on Service / 93</p> <p>7.3 Privacy Service / 98</p> <p>7.4 Content Customization Services / 101</p> <p>7.5 Location-Based Services / 103</p> <p>7.6 Phone-Based Commerce / 106</p> <p>7.7 Other Services / 107</p> <p><b>8 ENTERPRISE-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 109</b></p> <p>8.1 Model for Mobile Network Operator Services to the Enterprise / 110</p> <p>8.2 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Enterprise Services / 111</p> <p>8.3 Caching and Content Distribution / 114</p> <p>8.4 Mobile Transformation / 115</p> <p>8.5 Fog Computing / 116</p> <p>8.6 Location-Based Services / 118</p> <p>8.7 Secure Hypervisor Services / 120</p> <p><b>9 APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER-ORIENTED DATA MONETIZATION SERVICES 123</b></p> <p>9.1 Mobile Network Operator Differentiators for Application Service Providers / 124</p> <p>9.2 Caching and Content Distribution / 126</p> <p>9.3 Fog Computing / 127</p> <p>9.4 Information Aggregation / 129</p> <p>9.5 Information Augmentation / 130</p> <p>9.6 Historical Information-Based Planning / 131</p> <p><b>III TECHNIQUES FOR ENTERPRISES AND APPLICATION DEVELOPERS 135</b></p> <p><b>10 AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS 137</b></p> <p>10.1 Anatomy of Mobile Applications / 138</p> <p>10.2 Types of Mobile Applications / 139</p> <p>10.3 Developing for Multiple Platforms / 141</p> <p>10.4 Operating System Version Management / 143</p> <p>10.5 Limited Resources / 144</p> <p>10.6 General Application Development Considerations / 145</p> <p><b>11 POWER EFFICIENCY FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS 147</b></p> <p>11.1 Model for Power Consumption / 148</p> <p>11.2 Duty Cycling / 150</p> <p>11.3 Power Mode Management / 151</p> <p>11.4 Communication and Computation Clustering / 151</p> <p>11.5 Efficient Resource Usage / 153</p> <p>11.6 Best Practices for Application Power Efficiency / 154</p> <p><b>12 BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS 159</b></p> <p>12.1 Preloading / 160</p> <p>12.2 Communication Clustering / 160</p> <p>12.3 Context-Aware Communication / 161</p> <p>12.4 Disconnected Operation / 162</p> <p>12.5 Caching / 163</p> <p>12.6 Compression / 163</p> <p>12.7 Control Traffic Implications / 164</p> <p>12.8 Best Practices for Bandwidth Efficiency / 165</p> <p><b>13 MOBILE DATA ISSUES FOR THE ENTERPRISE 171</b></p> <p>13.1 Mobile-Related Issues for the Enterprise / 172</p> <p>13.2 Security Issues / 173</p> <p>13.3 Backward Compatibility / 180</p> <p>13.4 Infrastructure Issues / 182</p> <p><b>14 RELATED TOPICS 185</b></p> <p>14.1 Machine-to-Machine Communications / 185</p> <p>14.2 Internet of Things / 186</p> <p>14.3 Participatory Sensing / 187</p> <p>14.4 Mobile Transformation of Business / 188</p> <p>14.5 Software-Defined Networks / 189</p> <p>14.6 Mobile First Philosophy / 190</p> <p>14.7 Network Analytics / 191</p> <p>14.8 Conclusions / 192</p> <p>REFERENCES 193</p> <p>INDEX 199</p>

<p><b>DINESH CHANDRA VERMA</b> is an IBM Fellow and Research Scientist at IBM T J Watson Research Center, New York. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an IEEE Fellow, holds over fifty US patents, and has authored more than a hundred papers and nine books on computer networking.</p> <p><b>PARIDHI VERMA</b> is a Marketing Manager at IBM Corporation. She has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. She holds a patent for the internet emergency alert system. In addition, she has authored and illustrated several children’s books.</p>

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