PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii 1 MOBILE DATABASE SYSTEM 1 2 MOBILE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 7 3 LOCATION AND HANDOFF MANAGEMENT 44 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATABASE PROCESSING 61 5 INTRODUCTION TO CONCURRENCY CONTROL MECHANISMS 93 6 EFFECT OF MOBILITY ON DATA PROCESSING 112 7 TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT IN MOBILE DATABASE SYSTEMS 127 8 MOBILE DATABASE RECOVERY 219 9 WIRELESS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION 239 10 INTRODUCTION TO SENSOR TECHNOLOGY 299 11 SENSOR TECHNOLOGY AND DATA STREAMS MANAGEMENT 317 12 SENSOR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT: CASE STUDIES 348 GLOSSARY 361 INDEX 367
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