Mahmoud Cognitive Networks

Towards Self-Aware Networks
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-51515-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Cognitive networks can dynamically adapt their operationalparameters in response to user needs or changing environmentalconditions. They can learn from these adaptations and exploitknowledge to make future decisions.
Cognitive networks are the future, and they are needed simplybecause they enable users to focus on things other than configuringand managing networks. Without cognitive networks, the pervasivecomputing vision calls for every consumer to be a networktechnician. The applications of cognitive networks enable thevision of pervasive computing, seamless mobility, ad-hoc networks,and dynamic spectrum allocation, among others.
In detail, the authors describe the main features of cognitivenetworks clearly indicating that cognitive network design can beapplied to any type of network, being fixed or wireless. Theyexplain why cognitive networks promise better protection againstsecurity attacks and network intruders and how such networks willbenefit the service operator as well as the consumer.
Cognitive Networks
* Explores the state-of-the-art in cognitive networks, compilinga roadmap to future research.
* Covers the topic of cognitive radio including semanticaspects.
* Presents hot topics such as biologically-inspired networking,autonomic networking, and adaptive networking.
* Introduces the applications of machine learning and distributedreasoning to cognitive networks.
* Addresses cross-layer design and optimization.
* Discusses security and intrusion detection in cognitivenetworks.
Cognitive Networks is essential reading for advancedstudents, researchers, as well as practitioners interested incognitive & wireless networks, pervasive computing, distributedlearning, seamless mobility, and self-governed networks.
With forewords by Joseph Mitola III as well as Sudhir Dixit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mahmoud, Qusay

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors.
Foreword 1.
Foreword 2.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Biologically Inspired Networking.
Chapter 2: The Role of Autonomic Networking in CognitiveNetworks.
Chapter 3: Adaptive Networks.
Chapter 4: Self-Managing Networks.
Chapter 5: Machine Learning for Cognitive Networks: TechnologyAssessment and Research Challenges.
Chapter 6: Cross-Layer Design and Optimization in WirelessNetworks.
Chapter 7: Cognitive Radio Architecture.
Chapter 8: The Wisdom of Crowds: Cognitive Ad hoc Networks.
Chapter 9: Distributed Learning and Reasoning in CognitiveNetworks: Methods and Design Decisions.
Chapter 10: The Semantic Side of Cognitive Radio.
Chapter 11: Security Issues in Cognitive Radio Networks.
Chapter 12: Intrusion Detection in Cognitive Networks.
Chapter 13: Erasure Tolerant Coding for Cognitive Radios.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Qusay H. Mahmoud is an Associate Professor in the Department ofComputing and Information Science at the University of Guelph,Canada. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from MiddlesexUniversity (UK), and an M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. inData Analysis, both from the University of New Brunswick (Canada).Qusay is the author of two books: Distributed Programming with Java(Manning Publications, 1999) and Learning Wireless Java (O'Reilly,2002), which have been translated to Korean, Simplified Chinese,and Czech.
He has been a guest editor at major international journals, andhas presented tutorials at international conferences worldwide. Hisresearch interests include distributed systems, mobile computing,middleware, agent technology, and service-oriented computing. Qusayis a Senior Member of the IEEE, and Associate Editor of theACM Transactions on Internet Technology.