Enabling Technologies for Wireless E-Business [electronic resource] / edited by Weidong Kou, Yelena Yesha.

to Enabling Technologies for Wireless E-Business -- Fundamentals of Wireless Communications -- Wireless Security -- Wireless Application Protocol -- RFID Technologies and Applications -- Software Infrastructure for Context-Aware Mobile Computing -- Data Management for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks -- Mobile Agents: The State of the Art -- Multiagent Communication for e-Business using Tuple Spaces -- Mobile Payment -- Mobile Content Delivery Technologies -- Mobile Services Computing -- Location-Aware Services and its Infrastructure Support -- Mobile Commerce and Wireless E-Business Applications.

Advances in wireless technologies promise to reshape the way we conduct business. Yet to make wireless e-business work effectively, a variety of enabling technologies are needed. Kou and Yesha and their contributors provide comprehensive information on these technologies, including, for example, wireless security, mobile payment, location-based services, mobile data management, and RFID technologies. The presentation is targeted at students, lecturers, e-business developers, consultants, and business managers, and this book is an ideal introduction for both self-study and taught e-business classes or commercial training courses. "I believe this is an excellent book to acquire comprehensive knowledge on enabling technologies for the blooming wireless e-business. I highly recommend this book!" Robert Mayberry, Vice President, Sensors and Actuators, IBM Software Group