Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction to Mobility
  • What is Mobility?
  • Basic Approaches to Mobility
    • Approach 1: Application Awareness
    • Approach 2: Directory Lookup
    • Approach 3: Mailbox Service
    • Approach 4: Administrative Redirection
  • Aspects of Mobile Communications
    • Mobile Network Access
    • Mobility Management
  • The Essential Challenge of Mobility Management
    • Knowing Where the Mobile is
    • Routing Data to the Mobile
  • Mobility Management is a Network Layer Function
    • Network Layer Addresses
    • Network Topology Changes
    • Routing Table Updates
  • Mobility Management Schemes
    • Permanent Address Scheme (PAS)
    • Temporary Address Scheme (TAS)
    • Embedded Network Scheme (ENS)
  • Steps in the Mobility Management Process
    • Registration
    • Usage
    • De-registration
  • A Simple Taxonomy of Mobility
    • Type 0 Mobility: Stationarity
    • Type 1 Mobility: Location Independence
    • Type 2 Mobility: Transience
  • Range of Mobility
    • Channel
    • Cell
    • Mobility Area
    • Administrative Domain
  • Mobility is not Wirelessness
    • Wireless Considerations
  • Challenges of Mobility
    • Geography vs. Network Topology
    • Part-time Destinations
    • Moving Targets
    • Application Transparency
    • Name-to-Address Mapping
    • Security
    • Scale
  • Summary
• Introduction to Cellular Systems
  • The Ubiquity of Cellular
  • Radio Channels
  • The Cellular Concept
  • Cell Handoff
  • Cellular Channel Quality
  • Power Control
  • Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS)
    • AMPS Channels
    • Roaming
    • AMPS Cellular Operation
    • AMPS Mobile Call Origination
    • AMPS Mobile Call Termination
    • AMPS Radio Resource Management (RRM)
    • AMPS Mobility Management
  • Data Transmission via AMPS
  • Digital Cellular Technologies
  • Europe: GSM and DCS 1800
  • Japan: PDC
  • North American Digital Standards
  • TDMA (IS-54/13x)
  • CDMA (IS-95,99)
  • PCS: Back to the Future?
    • PCS Licensing
    • PCS Standards
    • PCS Challenges
  • Summary
• Overview of CDPD
  • CDPD Background
    • CDPD Prototypes
    • "CDPD Lite"
    • CDPD Forum
    • CDPD Service Providers
  • Relationship of CDPD to other Cellular Data Initiatives
  • CDPD Services and Characteristics
    • CDPD Network Services
    • CDPD Network Support Services
    • CDPD Network Application Services
  • CDPD Design Goals and Considerations
    • Location Independence
    • Application Transparency
    • Multiprotocol Support
    • Interoperability
    • Minimal Invention
    • Optimal Usage of RF
    • Evolutionary Design
    • Open
    • Secure
    • Simple
    • Transparent to the Existing Cellular Voice Network
  • The CDPD Architectural Approach
  • The Three Key CDPD Interfaces
    • The A-Interface
    • The E-Interface
    • The I-Interface
  • CDPD Network Elements
    • The Mobile End System (M-ES)
    • The Mobile Data Base Station (MDBS)
    • The Mobile Data Intermediate System (MD-IS)
    • The Intermediate System (IS)
    • The Fixed End System (F-ES)
  • CDPD Mobility Management
  • CDPD Radio Resource Management
  • CDPD Security
  • CDPD Accounting
  • Summary
• Mobility Management in Wide-Area Networks
  • The CDPD Mobility Vision
  • The CDPD Mobility Approach
  • CDPD Mobility Management Scope
  • CDPD Mobility Management Functions
  • CDPD Routing Architecture
  • CDPD Protocol Architecture
  • CDPD Support Protocol Architecture
  • CDPD Mobility Management Operation
    • Mobile Identification to Network - End System Hello (ESH)
    • Mobile Redirection Request (RDR)
    • Confirmation of service - Redirect Confirm (RDC)
    • Confirmation to M-ES - Intermediate System Confirm (ISC)
  • CDPD Mobile Data Routing
    • Home MD-IS
    • Serving MD-IS
  • Intra-Area Mobility
  • Inter-area Mobility
  • Other Administrative Operations
    • Redirect Flush
    • Redirect Query and End System Query
  • Support Data Structures
    • Home Domain Directory
    • Registration Directory
    • Location Directory
  • Multicast Group Management
    • CDPD Multicast Service Definition
    • Multicast Registration
    • Multicast Authentication
    • Multicast Data Redirection
    • Multicast Data Forwarding
    • Multicast Service Characteristics
  • Broadcast Addresses
  • Selection rationale
    • CLNP
    • Triangle routing
  • Summary
• Accessing the Mobile Network
  • The A-Interface
  • The Airlink Physical Layer
  • Shared Channel Environment
    • Approach 1 - Token Passing
    • Approach 2 - Demand Assigned with Reservation
    • Approach 3 - Slotted Aloha
    • Approach 4 - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
  • The Airlink MAC Sublayer
    • Reed-Solomon Blocks
    • Busy/Idle Indicator
    • Decode Status Flag
  • M-ES State Machine
  • Airlink MAC Parameters
    • Min_Idle_Time
    • Min_count and Max_count
    • Max_blocks Parameter
  • Half Duplex Mobiles
  • The Airlink Data Link Protocol
    • Selective Reject
    • Removal of CRC
    • Addition of ZAP
    • Sleep mode
  • SNDCF - Protocol Convergence
    • Segmentation and Reassembly
    • Multiplexing
    • Header Compression
    • V.42
    • Data Encryption
  • How Data Moves Through Layers.
    • Radio Resource Management
  • Channel Hopping
  • Circuit Switch Cellular Digital Packet Data
    • Circuit Switch CDPD Control Protocol
  • Summary
• Mobile Data Network Security
  • Introduction
  • Security Policy
  • Security Threats
  • Security Services and Mechanisms
    • Encipherment and Data Confidentiality
    • Digital Signatures
    • Authentication
    • Traffic Flow Confidentiality
    • Data Integrity
    • Key Management
    • Access Control
    • Network Layer Security Considerations
  • CDPD Security
    • CDPD Security Design Goals and Tradeoffs
    • CDPD Authentication
    • CDPD Confidentiality
    • CDPD Privacy
  • CDPD Security Design Rationale
    • CDPD Security Objectives
    • One-Way vs. Two-Way Authentication
    • The Tunnel's Data Confidentiality and Authentication
    • Considerations for Use of PKCS
    • Consideration of Other Approaches
    • End to end security services
• Mobile Network Support Services
  • Support Services Overview
  • CDPD Support Services
  • Network Management
    • Overview of System Management Framework
    • Systems Management Functional Areas
    • Relationship of Management Specifications to Functional Areas
    • CDPD Network Management
  • Usage Accounting
    • CDPD Usage Accounting
    • The CDPD Accounting Model
    • Accounting Meter
    • Serving Accounting Distributor (SAD)
    • Home Accounting Distributor (HAD)
    • Home Accounting Collector (HAC)
    • Consolidation Accounting Collector (CAC)
  • Message Handling Service
    • Overview of Message Handling Services
    • Message Structure
    • Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
    • User Agent (UA)
    • Message Store (MS)
  • Directory Services
    • The Directory
    • The Directory Model
    • The CDPD Directory Service
  • Summary
• Mobile Applications
  • Categories of Mobile Applications
    • Push or Pull: Mobile Application Information Access
    • Vertical or Horizontal Nature of Mobile Applications
  • Vertical Applications
    • Field Service
    • Mobile Professional
    • Transportation
    • Point-of-Sale (POS)
    • Telemetry
    • Government
  • Horizontal Applications
    • Messaging and Email
    • Limited Size Messaging
  • Applications-Enabling Protocols
    • Limited Size Remote Operation Service (LSROS)
    • Status Notification Service
    • Subscriber Area Location Service
• Non-Cellular Approaches to Mobile Data Networking
  • Background
  • Wireless LANs and Metropolitan Networks
    • Infrared Systems
    • Narrowband RF Systems
    • Spread Spectrum Systems
    • Metricom Ricochet
  • Paging Systems
    • One-Way Paging Systems
    • Two-Way Paging Systems
  • Private Wireless Packet Data Systems
  • Public Wireless Packet Data Services
    • Advanced Radio Data Integrated System (Ardis)
    • RAM Mobile Data (Mobitex)
    • RadioMail
  • Satellite-Based Systems
  • Summary
• Future Directions in Mobility
  • Mobility under IPv4
    • The Mobile IP Standards Process
    • Overview of Draft Version 16 of the IETF IP Mobility Support
    • Implementations Based on Mobile IP Drafts
  • Mobility under IPv6
    • The IPv6 Standards Process
    • Overview of Mobility Support in IPv6
  • Comparison of Mobile IP and CDPD
    • Objectives, Goals and Assumptions
    • Technical Architecture and Design
    • Model and Terminology
    • Operational Assumptions
    • Standardization Process
    • Potentials
• Glossary of Terms
• Bibliography
• Index