part Section1. FUNDAMENTALS -- chapter 1 Toward a Software Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Disappearing Computing / chapter 2 Mobile Computing -- chapter 3 Wireless Technologies / chapter 4 Mobile Ad Hoc Communication Issues. Hamid Harroud, Dineshbalu Balakrishnan, and Ahmed Karmouch -- chapter 5 Infrastructure Versus Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Mobility Issues and Solutions / chapter 6 Evolution of Application Models for Pervasive Computing / chapter 7 Mobile Middleware: Definition and Motivations / part Section2: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOBILE MIDDLEWARE -- chapter 8 Name Resolution and Service Discovery on the Internet and in Ad Hoc Networks / chapter 9 Data Synchronization / chapter 10 Uncoupling Coordination: Tuple-Based Models for Mobility / chapter 11 Content-Based Publish–Subscribe in a Mobile Environment / chapter 12 Code Mobility and Mobile Agents / chapter 13 Proxy-Based Adaptation for Mobile Computing / chapter 14 Reflective Middleware / chapter 15 Techniques for Dynamic Adaptation of Mobile Services / part Section 3: REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR MOBILE MIDDLEWARE -- chapter 16 Naming and Discovery in Mobile Systems / chapter 17 Efficient Data Caching and Consistency Maintenance in Wireless Mobile Systems / chapter 18 Code-on-Demand and Code Adaptation for Mobile Computing / chapter 19 Session Maintenance / chapter 20 Openness and Interoperability in Mobile Middleware / chapter 21 Trust in Pervasive Computing / part Section 4: MOBILE MIDDLEWARE FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY -- chapter 22 Seamless Connectivity in Infrastructure-Based Networks / chapter 23 Peer-to-Peer Computing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks / chapter 24 Supporting Continuous Services to Roaming Clients / chapter 25 Impact of Mobility on Resource Management in Wireless Networks / chapter 26 Seamless Consistency / chapter 27 Seamless Service Access via Resource Replication / part Section 5: MOBILE MIDDLEWARE FOR LOCATION-DEPENDENT SERVICES -- chapter 28 An Overview of the Location Management Problem for Mobile Computing Environments / chapter 29 Location Privacy Protection in Mobile Wireless Networks / chapter 30 Location-Based Service Differentiation / chapter 31 Location-Dependent Database Access / chapter 32 Location-Dependent Service Accounting / part Section 6: MOBILE MIDDLEWARE FOR CONTEXT-DEPENDENT SERVICES -- chapter 33 Mobile Middleware: Processing Context- Related Data in Mobile Environments / chapter 34 Integrated Profiling of Users, Terminals, and Provisioning Environments / chapter 35 QoS-Aware Resource Discovery in Mobile Environments / chapter 36 QoS Control and Management / chapter 37 IT-Based Open Service Delivery Platforms for Mobile Networks: From CAMEL to the IP Multimedia System / chapter 38 Mobile Middleware and Context for Service Composition / chapter 39 Mobile Middleware for Situation-Aware Service Discovery and Coordination / part Section 7: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND ENVISIONED APPLICATION DOMAINS FOR SERVICES BASED ON MOBILE MIDDLEWARE -- chapter 40 Mobile Middleware for Integration with Enterprise Applications: WebSphere® Everyplace® Access / chapter 41 Context Middleware for Adaptive Mobile Services / chapter 42 Middleware Support for Autonomous Cellphones / chapter 43 Middleware for Wearable Computing / chapter 44 Middleware for Mobile Entertainment Computing / chapter 45 Software Support for Application Development in Wireless Sensor Networks / chapter 46 Mobile Middleware for Automotive Applications / chapter 47 A QoS Framework for Multimedia Communication for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Defense Networks / chapter 48 Mobile Middleware for Rescue and Emergency Scenarios