Index_L

L

Landstar Systems, 193

LANs, see Local area networks

LA planning, 377

Laptop computers, 40, 220, 227, 440

LAR, see Location-aided routing

LAs, see Location areas

Last-meter technologies, 228

L2CAP, see Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol

Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm, 261

LeZi-update algorithm, 254, 255, 421, 424

Link

Asynchronous Connectionless, 316

encryption, 325, 332

maintenance, 391

management facilities, 330

manager (LM)

Bluetooth device, 322

channel, 320

connection request transactions, 323

Manager Protocol (LMP), 309

state packets (LSP), 131

Synchronous Connection Oriented, 315

types, 315, 317

Linux-based PPP server, 516

LLC, see Logical link control

LM, see Link manager

LMCS, see Local Multipoint Communications Systems

LMDS, see Local Multipoint Distribution Services

LMM, see Local mobility model

LMP, see Link Manager Protocol

Local anchoring, 368

Local area networks (LANs), 14, see also Wireless LAN

configuration, hand-over protocol to enable, 130

Ethernet, 556

high-speed, 514

Novell Netware, 451

TCP/IP connections, 516

Local mobility model (LMM), 258

Local Multipoint Communications Systems (LMCS), 449–450

Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS), 449

Location

-aided routing (LAR), 391

areas (LAs), 353, 363, 370

combining paging areas and, 371

planning, 375

clustering, 130

database

change in, 352

hierarchical organization of, 368

-independent computing, 408

information, privacy of, 416

management, 247, 369

algorithm, 410

automatic, 370

methods, 354

prediction, 260, 423

register, 410

-resolution hardware, 418

services, GPS positioning-based, 193

support, 207

tracking, 365

operations of, 352

techniques, 366, 376

update (LU), 365, 376

Location-aware computing, managing location in universal, 407–425

location resolution and management techniques in pervasive computing applications, 409–414

additional techniques, 413–414

IP mobility support over cellular systems, 409–411

mobile information services, 411

tracking systems, 411–413

optimal location tracking and prediction in symbolic space, 420–423

LeZi-update algorithm, 421–422

translation of mobility profiles during vertical handoffs, 422–423

pervasive computing requirements and appropriate location representation, 415–420

Location management in mobile wireless networks, 351–380

intelligent paging scheme, 355–361

comparison of paging costs, 361

parallel-o-sequential intelligent paging, 359–360

sequential intelligent paging, 358–359

intersystem paging, 363–364

IP micromobility and paging, 365

location area planning, 375–377

LA planning and signaling requirements, 376–377

two-step approach, 375–376

location management, 369–375

automatic location management using location area, 370–371

location management in 3G-and-beyond systems, 373–375

manual registration in location management, 370

memory-based location management methods, 372–373

memoryless-based location management methods, 371–372

without location management, 370

location update, 365–369

location update dynamic strategies, 367–369

location update static strategies, 366–367

other paging schemes, 362–363

reverse paging, 362–363

semireverse paging, 363

uniform paging, 363

paging, 353–355

blanket paging, 353–354

different paging procedures, 354–355

Location prediction algorithms for mobile wireless systems, 245–263

domain-independent algorithms, 249–255

LZ-based predictors, 251–255

order-K Markov predictor, 250–251

other approaches, 255

domain-specific heuristics, 256–260

hierarchical location prediction, 258–259

mobile motion prediction, 256–257

other approaches, 260

segment matching, 257–258

preliminaries, 248–249

approach, 249

movement history, 248–249

Logical link control (LLC), 231, 391

Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP), 309

LRU algorithm, see Least Recently Used algorithm

LSP, see Link state packets

LU, see Location update

Lucent Technologies, 234

Wave Around, 129

wireless PBX products introduced by, 444

LZ parsing algorithm, 251