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Mobile Phone Programming

and its Application to Wireless Networking

  • Quick start with all languages
  • Covering the convergence of mobile phones and sensors
  • Energy Efficient Protocol Design

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Mobile Phone Programming

      • Frank H. P. Fitzek, Frank Reichert
      Pages 3-20
  3. Mobile Phone Programming Languages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 22-22
    2. Python for Symbian Phones

      • Jürgen Scheible
      Pages 23-61
    3. Java 2 Micro Edition

      • Gian Paolo Perrucci, Andreas Häber
      Pages 63-93
    4. Symbian/C++

      • Morten V. Pedersen, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 95-138
    5. Open C

      • Eero Penttinen, Antti Saukko
      Pages 139-158
    6. Qtopia Greenphone

      • Thomas Arildsen, Morten L. Jørgensen
      Pages 159-174
    7. Maemo Linux

      • Matti Sillanpää
      Pages 175-205
    8. Windows Mobile Programming

      • Rico Wind, Christian S. Jensen, Kristian Torp
      Pages 207-235
  4. Infrastructure-Based Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 238-238
    2. Service Discovery

      • Andreas Häber
      Pages 239-255
  5. Peer-to-Peer Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 258-258
    2. Digital Ownership for P2P Networks

      • Michael Stini, Martin Mauve, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 259-270
    3. SMARTEX: The SmartME Application

      • Morten V. Pedersen, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 271-274
    4. The Walkie Talkie Application

      • Morten V. Pedersen, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 275-279
  6. Cooperative Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 282-282
    2. Cooperative Wireless Networking: An Introductory Overview

      • Marcos D. Katz, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 283-297
    3. The Medium is the Message

      • Anders Grauballe, Ulrik Wilken Rasmussen, Mikkel Gade Jensen, Frank H. P. Fitzek
      Pages 299-310

About this book

This book provides a solid overview of mobile phone programming targeting both academia and industry. Mobile Phone Programming covers all commercial realizations of Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux platforms. Each programming language (JAVA, Python, C/C++) and a set of development environments are introduced “step by step” making developers familiar with current limitations, pitfalls, and challenges.
Each chapter contains examples and source code to rapidly make developers familiar with the most important concepts. Examples cover peer to peer networks, cooperative networking, cross layer protocol design, key challenges such as power consumption, and sensor networks for which a full hardware and software implementation is provided.
Whether you are an experienced developer or an advanced student Mobile Phone Programming will be your key reference for successfully entering the world of software development for mobile devices.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Frank H. P. Fitzek

  • Faculty of Engineering and Science, Agder University College, Norway

    Frank Reichert

About the editors

Frank Fitzek is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, and is Head of Future Visions. He has edited one book for Springer, and is currently working on a second. This book will be the third.

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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