Networking and Communications Books
from Auerbach Publications

IMS: A New Model for Blending Applications	Security of Mobile Communications	Mobile Enterprise Transition and Management	Long Term Evolution: 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology	WiMAX Network Planning and Optimization	Vehicular Networks: Techniques, Standards, and Applications
Cooperative Wireless Communications	Security in RFID and Sensor Networks	Network Design for IP Convergence	Satellite Systems Engineering in an IPv6 Environment	Converging NGN Wireline and Mobile 3G Networks with IMS	Cognitive Radio Networks
Introduction to Communications Technologies, Second Edition	Security in an IPv6 Environment	Security in Wireless Mesh Networks	Wireless Quality of Service	Mobile Telemedicine	Broadband Mobile Multimedia
Handbook of Mobile Broadcasting	Data Scheduling and Transmission Strategies in Asymmetric Telecommunication Environments	Carrier Ethernet	Optical Wireless Communications	The Internet of Things	Packet Forwarding Technologies
Value-Added Services for Next Generation Networks	Data-driven Block Ciphers for Fast Telecommunication Systems	Mobile WiMAX	Encyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications, 3 Volume Set	WiMAX/MobileFi	Handbook of IPv4 to IPv6 Transition: Methodologies for Institutional and Corporate Networks
Millimeter Wave Technology in Wireless PAN, LAN, and MAN	Principles of Mobile Computing and Communications	Inter- and Intra-Vehicle Communications	Context-Aware Pervasive Systems: Architectures for a New Breed of Applications	The Handbook of Mobile Middleware	Fundamentals of DSL Technology
Implementation and Applications of DSL Technology	Physical Principles of Wireless Communications	Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Principles, Protocols and Applications	Performance Modeling and Analysis of Bluetooth Networks: Polling, Scheduling, and Traffic Control	WiMAX: A Wireless Technology Revolution	Glossary of Telecom Abbreviations and Acronyms
WiMAX: Taking Wireless to the MAX	Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution: Toward Converged Network Services	Business Strategies for the Next-Generation Network	Understanding IPTV	Introduction to Mobile Communications: Technology, Services, Markets	Business Intelligence for Telecommunications
MPLS for Metropolitan Area Networks	Multi-Objective Optimization in Computer Networks Using Metaheuristics	802.1X Port-Based Authentication	Wireless Ad Hoc Networking: Personal-Area, Local-Area, and the Sensory-Area Networks	Security in Wireless Mesh Networks	Active and Programmable Networks for Adaptive Architectures and Services
Wireless Mesh Networking: Architectures, Protocols and Standards	Enhancing the Performance of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks with Smart Antennas	TCP Performance over UMTS-HSDPA Systems	Understanding Broadband over Power Line	Performance Optimization of Digital Communications Systems	Distributed Antenna Systems: Open Architecture for Future Wireless Communications
The Wireless Security Handbook	Design Science Research Methods and Patterns: Innovating Information and Communication Technology	Chaos Applications in Telecommunications	A Practical Guide to Content Delivery Networks	Handbook of Wireless Local Area Networks	Resource, Mobility, and Security Management in Wireless Networks
Intelligence Support Systems: Technologies for Lawful Intercepts	Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks	Network Security Technologies, Second Edition	Wireless Mesh Networks	Network Design, Second Edition	Mobile Computing Handbook
Multimedia Security Handbook	Understanding Surveillance Technologies	Practical Network Design Techniques

Presenting the latest experimental data, MEMS and Nanotechnology-Based Sensors and Devices for Communications, Medical and Aerospace Applications explores the potential of using MEMS and NT in sensors and devices. It describes packaging details, materials and their properties, and fabrication requirements vital for design, development, and testing. The book encompasses various types of MEMS- and NT-based sensors and devices, such as micropumps, accelerometers, photonic bandgap devices, acoustic sensors, CNT-based transistors, photovoltaic cells, and smart sensors. It also discusses how these sensors and devices are used in a number of applications, including weapons' health, battlefield monitoring, cancer research, stealth technology, chemical detection, and drug delivery.

PKI is essential for Web services and secure electronic business transaction. Public Key Infrastructure: Building Trusted Applications and Web Services shows how to make advanced PKI technology successful in any organization. whether for internal security or Web services. It details how to develop advanced PKI technology online; lists available PKI software and its functionality; describes how to choose right operating system for PKI; dvaluates how other organizations made choices; walks through the steps of certificate management: requesting, obtaining, storing, using, and revoking a certificate; and looks into expectations for a Certificate Authority (CA) and what a CA will expect of you.

Now there is a practical guide for those who design or implement the emerging WBEM systems or produce a CIM model of a device or service. A Practical Approach to WBEM/CIM Management describes in detail the components of WBEM architecture, defines models within CIM, and illustrates communication between the WBEM client and server. It also investigates transitioning from SNMP or proprietary systems to WBEM/CIM. It includes coding examples using the openPegasus implementation, demonstrating concepts common to other C++ and Java-based implementations.

Enhancing LAN Performance examines a core set of operational issues that help you meet the demands of your user community without overconfiguring your systems. The author emphasizes the importance of not overspending on network resources that are not used, and instead recommends matching bandwidth with traffic to optimize efficiency, productivity, and cost savings.

The ABCs of LDAP: How to Install, Run, and Administer LDAP Services is for network and systems administrators who want to begin using LDAP more extensively. It delivers the theoretical background needed to understand how these servers work, resulting in clear, concise examples of implementations in both commercial and OpenLDAP environments. Topics include major LDAP APIs, such as PHP, Perl, and Java, as well as distributed command line tools. The book covers ways to integrate LDAP into existing systems, and provides hands-on examples within working implementations.

Server Disk Management in a Windows Environment explains the basic elements of disks and disk architectures, and explores how to successfully manage and maintain functionality within a Windows environment. The author focuses on critical issues that are often ignored by other books on this subject, issues including disk quotas, fragmentation, optimization, hard drive reliability, asset management, software deployment, and system forensics.

Wireless Sensor Networks: Architectures and Protocols describes how to build these networks, from the layers of the communication protocol through the design of network nodes. The book summarizes the multiple applications of wireless sensor networks, then discusses network device design and the requirements that foster the successful performance of these applications. The book discusses factors affecting network design, including the partitioning of node functions into integrated circuits, low power system design, power sources, and the interaction between antenna selection and product design. It presents design techniques that improve electromagnetic compatibility and reduce damage from electrostatic discharge.

Filled with contributions from international experts, the Wireless Internet Handbook: Technologies, Standards, and Applications describes basic concepts, current developments, and future trends in designing modern architectures.

The definitive resource for network administrators and others implementing and maintaining remote access systems, Complete Book of Remote Access: Connectivity and Security provides the technical background needed to confidently select and implement the best remote access technologies for your company's network. It provides basic technical information on remote access network technologies and the functional information on the role that remote access networks play in moving information. The author includes discussions of remote access configuration, security considerations from strong authentication to VPN, troubleshooting, maintenance, and disaster recovery.

The second edition of Computer Telephony Integration has been updated to reflect these recent changes in the industry and will help managers make the right decisions for their communications infrastructure. It explains the business and economic significance of the major integrated data-voice technologies and highlights the pros and cons of each approach. The text covers convergence, telephony standards, new and powerful tools for call centers, IP telephony (VoIP), infrastructure management tools, and advanced business applications.

Building Broadband Networks clearly and thoroughly conveys the principles and the technical fundamentals of the high-performance technologies that enable the reliable delivery of media-rich voice, video, and data services. After a careful examination of ISDN and ATM technologies, it describes optical network solutions based on SONET/SDH, WDM, and DWDM technologies. It then explores Ethernet, Frame Relay and Fibre Channel networks, DSL solutions, and wireline and wireless cable networks; the capabilities of cellular technologies, describes the characteristics of wireless networking technologies, and examines broadband satellite networks; and explores next-generation network configurations, such as Internet2 and GEANT, and concludes with a study of network security problems and solutions.

The ABCs of IP Addressing provides a comprehensive reference to how addressing is used in a TCP/IP environment. It assumes no prior knowledge. It includes basic information, such as an overview of the binary numbering system as well as detailed information concerning such topics as subnetting, network address translation, and similar topics. It includes the configuration of workstations, servers, and routers. In addition, it provides intermediate to advanced information concerning the development of subnets, addressing schemes, the use of network address translation, and other topics.

The ABCs of TCP/IP provides professionals with an overview of the TCP/IP suite and details its key components. While many books on the subject focus on the details and minutae of TCP/IP, this book covers applications, methods, concepts, and economics associated with the TCP/IP stack. It illustrates how to leverage investments in TCP/IP and how to economize network operations. The ABCs of TCP/IP examines: the manner by which various protocols and applications operate, addressing issues, security methods, routing, network design constraints, testing methods, troubleshooting, management issues, and emerging applications. It also includes separate chapters focusing on security threats and methods useful for overcoming these threats.

A Technical Guide to IPSec Virtual Private Networks provides a technical explanation of a very complicated and misunderstood technology in terms that will allow the most novice of individuals to understand the inner workings of IPSec. It details the suite of IP Security protocols and their interaction with users, systems, and devices. It includes in-depth descriptions of the various IPSec communications and key management protocols that provide the foundation of secure communications. Includes multiple examples of implementations and real world experience and their comparison to the standards that make up IPSec.

Securing and Controlling Cisco Routers demonstrates proven techniques for strengthening network security. Beginning with an introduction to Cisco technology and the TCP/IP protocol suite, it then cover subjects such as routing, routing protocols, IP addressing, and Cisco Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services (AAA). The text then addresses standard, extended, time-based, dynamic, and reflexive access lists, as well as context-based control and Cisco Encryption Technology.

High-Speed Cisco Networks lays out Cisco's complete line of products and describes the features and the best applications of each. Vacca provides exhausting, critical details on routers and servers, switches and hubs, security products, network management tools, ATM products, other services and programs, and Internetwork Operating Systems (IOS). Armed with this independent evaluation, you can use the rest of the book to design with confidence high-speed networks-LAN, MAN, WAN, and *nets-that both meet your current needs and scale to your future requirements.

Securing Windows NT/2000: From Policies to Firewalls This managerial guide and practical technical tutorial provides viable security solutions for your organization. It presents in-depth knowledge on how, why, and where these operating systems must be tuned in order to use them securely to connect to the Internet. The book presents the steps required to define a corporate security policy, how to implement that policy, and how to structure the project plan. It also provides practical provides step-by-step instructions that guide you through performing a secure installation and in preparing the system for secure operation on the Internet using Check Point Firewall-1.