Recent technology trends involving the combination of mobile networks and cloud computing have offered new chances for mobile network providers to use specific carrier-cloud services. These advancements will enhance the utilisation of the mobile cloud in industry and corporate settings. Mobile Networks and Cloud Computing Convergence for Progressive Services and Applications is a fundamental source for the advancement of knowledge, application, and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of mobile network and cloud computing. By addressing innovative concepts and critical issues, this book is essential for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in the emerging field of vehicular wireless networks.
Preface xvii
Acknowledgment xix
Chapter 1 Mobile Cloud Computing: 1 (17)
Technologies, Services, and Applications
Jorge E. F. Costa
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
Chapter 2 Mobile Cloud Media: State of the 18 (21)
Art and Outlook
Yi Xu
Shiwen Mao
Chapter 3 Addressing Fundamental Challenges 39 (19)
in Mobile Cloud Computing with 4G
LTE-Advanced
Scott Fowler
Chapter 4 Privacy and Security of Wireless 58 (21)
Communication Networks
Sattar B. Sadkhan
Nidaa A. Abbas
Chapter 5 Security in Mobile Cloud Computing 79 (13)
Hero Modares
Jaime Lloret
Amirhossein Moravejosharieh
Rosli Salleh
Chapter 6 A Cognitive Access Framework for 92 (26)
Security and Privacy Protection in Mobile
Cloud Computing
Gianmarco Baldini
Pasquale Stirparo
Chapter 7 Agent-Based Resource Management 118 (17)
for Mobile Cloud
Zhili Sun
Yichao Yang
Yanbo Zhou
Haitham Cruickshank
Chapter 8 Transporting the Cloud 135 (22)
Claudio Estevez
Chapter 9 Mobile Video Cloud Networks 157 (26)
Qi Wang
James Nightingale
Runpeng Wang
Naeem Ramzan
Christos Grecos
Xinheng Wang
Abbes Amira
Chunbo Luo
Chapter 10 Cloud-Based Service Delivery 183 (17)
Architecture with Service-Populating and
Mobility-Aware Mechanisms
Fragkiskos Sardis
Glenford Mapp
Jonathan Loo
Chapter 11 QoS in the Mobile Cloud 200 (18)
Computing Environment
Zhefu Shi
Cory Beard
Chapter 12 The New Paradigms of the 218 (13)
Internet Combined with Energy Management:
New Models and Tools to Aid the Integration
of Data
Joel G. Oliveira
Chapter 13 A2Cloud: The Anytime Anywhere 231 (31)
Cloud
Joao Nuno Silva
Luis Veiga
Chapter 14 Vehicular Cloud Computing: 262 (13)
Trends and Challenges
Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor
Marwan Aziz Mohammed
Kamalrulnizam Abu Bakar
Ali Safa Sadiq
Jaime Lloret
Chapter 15 Mobile Healthcare Computing in 275 (20)
the Cloud
Tae-Gyu Lee
Chapter 16 A Proposal for Multidisciplinary 295 (25)
Software for People with Autism
Eraldo Guerra
Felipe Furtado
Chapter 17 Application of Mobile 320 (24)
Cloud-Based Technologies in News Reporting:
Current Trends and Future Perspectives
Charalampos Dimoulas
Andreas Veglis
George Kalliris
Compilation of References 344 (35)
About the Contributors 379 (8)
Index 387