Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P) A Tutorial Guide

by Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Charaf, Hassan

• ISBN13: 9780470699928
• ISBN10: 0470699922
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-20
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book explores the potential of wireless communication among mobile devices forming mobile peer-to-peer networks. Organized in three parts, part one introduces the basic concepts of wireless technologies, mobile architectures, and communication protocols supported by Symbian OS. Part two looks at programming for individual wireless technologies, while part three focuses on advanced examples for mobile peer-to-peer networks. This book acquaints readers with the basic programming skills required to set up wireless communication links between Symbian-based mobile devices, as well as the basics of wireless communication networks.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
About the book	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction and Motivation
Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks: An Introduction to the Tutorial Guide	p. 3
Introduction and Motivation	p. 3
Wireless Technologies	p. 6
Short-range Technologies	p. 7
Future Wireless Trends	p. 11
Mobile Architectures	p. 12
Cellular Networks	p. 12
Short-range Point-to-Point Networks	p. 12
Meshed Networks	p. 13
Cooperative Networks	p. 14
Mobile Scenarios and Business Cases	p. 15
Social Mobile Networks	p. 15
Cooperative Wireless Networks	p. 16
References	p. 17
The Evolution of Social Interactions in Networked Space	p. 19
Connectivity Takes on a New Dimension	p. 19
The Principle of Sharing	p. 22
Transspatial and Transtemporal Perspective	p. 24
Socialization in the Mobile Digital Age	p. 25
Future Perspectives	p. 27
References	p. 28
Basic Functionalities for Mobile P2P
The Symbian C++ Programming Environment Morten V. Pedersen and Frank H.P. Fitzek	p. 31
Introduction	p. 31
Tools Overview	p. 31
Installing the IDE	p. 33
Installing the SDK and Prerequisites	p. 33
Using the Carbide IDE	p. 34
Installing Applications on the Device	p. 38
Quick Resource Overview	p. 39
References	p. 40
Introduction to Bluetooth Communication on Mobile Devices	p. 41
Introduction	p. 41
Turning Bluetooth On/Off	p. 42
Discovering Bluetooth Devices	p. 43
Using the Bluetooth UI	p. 43
Performing Background Device Search	p. 45
The Service Discovery Protocol	p. 47
Advertising a Service	p. 49
The Structure of a Service Record	p. 49
Searching for Services	p. 53
Connecting and Transferring Data	p. 54
Building a Server	p. 55
Building a Client	p. 56
Transferring Data	p. 56
Summary	p. 57
References	p. 58
Introduction to WLAN IEEE802.11 Communication on Mobile Devices	p. 59
IEEE802.11 Architecture Components	p. 59
IEEE802.11 Layers	p. 59
The Physical Layer	p. 60
The MAC Layer	p. 60
Joining the WLAN	p. 61
Handover	p. 61
Synchronization	p. 62
Security	p. 62
Multihop Networks	p. 62
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks	p. 62
Infrastructure Mesh Networks	p. 64
Building Blocks for S60 Ad Hoc WLAN Networking	p. 65
Enumerating Nearby WLAN Networks	p. 65
Enumerating WLAN Access Points Configured in the Device	p. 69
Connecting to the Network	p. 71
Manual IAP Selection	p. 71
Selecting the IAP Programmatically	p. 72
Communication	p. 73
Advanced Tasks	p. 76
Ad Hoc Monitor Example	p. 79
References	p. 80
Developing Network-capable Applications	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
Retrieving Phone Networks Data on Symbian OS	p. 82
Mobile Clients in the Context of the Client-Server Architecture	p. 89
Main Features of the Example Webshop Client	p. 90
Connecting a Mobile Client to a Webshop	p. 91
Implementing a Webshop to Serve Mobile Clients	p. 97
Summary	p. 98
References	p. 99
Mobile P2P Examples
Sym Torrent and Grid Torrent: Developing Bit Torrent Clients on the Symbian Platform	p. 103
Introduction	p. 103
Sym Torrent	p. 107
Grid Torrent	p. 108
Developing a Bit Torrent Client	p. 110
Creating the Network Manager	p. 111
Network Connections	p. 114
Listening for Incoming Connections	p. 119
Sending Data Via Sockets	p. 123
Receiving Data from Sockets	p. 125
The Socket Base Class	p. 128
The Peer Connection	p. 130
The Tracker Connection	p. 133
The Torrent	p. 138
The Torrent Manager	p. 140
Differences in GridTorrent	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 141
References	p. 142
Introduction to Network Coding for Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P)	p. 143
Introduction to Network Coding	p. 143
The Butterfly Example	p. 144
Network Coding by XORing	p. 145
Network Coding in a Cooperative Context	p. 147
No Cooperation	p. 147
Cooperation	p. 148
Cooperation with Network Coding	p. 148
Proof of Concept Implementation	p. 148
The XORChat Implementation	p. 149
Outlook	p. 157
References	p. 159
Mobile Social Networking - Beyond the Hype	p. 161
Introduction	p. 161
Gnutella and GGEP	p. 163
Finding Peers	p. 164
Host Cache	p. 165
Web Caches	p. 165
Connecting to Random Peers	p. 172
Protocol Messages	p. 178
Putting Intelligence into the Peer Selection	p. 185
The Simplest Way: Fetching the Musical Genre	p. 185
Now I Know Who to Connect to!	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 190
References	p. 190
Using Location-based Services on Mobile Phones	p. 191
Introduction	p. 191
Background	p. 192
GPS-based Positioning	p. 192
Location-based Services	p. 193
Implementing Location-based Services on Mobile Phones	p. 194
Location API of Symbian OS	p. 194
Location API of Java ME	p. 199
FindFriends Example Application	p. 203
Use Cases	p. 203
The Design of FindFriends	p. 206
Network Communication	p. 212
Summary	p. 221
References	p. 221
Developing Java Games on Symbian OS-based Mobile Devices Péter Ekler	p. 223
Introduction	p. 223
The Java Virtual Machine Implementation of Symbian OS	p. 225
Programming Java on Symbian OS	p. 226
Processing Power of MIDlets	p. 229
Network Handling	p. 230
Writing Games for Mobile Phones	p. 231
General Concepts of Game Development	p. 232
Game Canvas	p. 233
Ad Hoc WLAN-based Multiplayer Games on Java ME	p. 236
MobSensor	p. 242
MobSensor Functions	p. 242
MobSensor Architecture	p. 243
Playing mp3 Alerts in MobSensor	p. 247
The User Interface of MobSensor	p. 249
Summary	p. 249
References	p. 250
Index	p. 253
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