This book, one of the first of its kind, presents mechanisms, protocols, and system architectures needed to attain end-to-end Quality of Service over heterogeneous wired and wireless networks in the Internet.

From entertainment to telephony, emerging wireless systems will make possible a new generation of wireless multimedia applications. "Multimedia Wireless Networks" is the first book to help network professionals systematically address QoS in today's most important wireless networks -- and tomorrow's.

"This book further explores various issues and proposed solutions for the provision of Quality of Service (QoS) on the wireless networks"--Provided by publisher.

"This book offers cutting edge approaches for the provision of quality of service in wireless local area networks"--Provided by publisher.

Focusing on an important and complicated topic in wireless network design, Wireless Quality of Service: Techniques, Standards, and Applications systematically addresses the quality-of-service (QoS) issues found in many types of popular wireless networks. In each chapter, the book presents numerous QoS challenges encountered in real-world

"This book highlights and discusses the underlying QoS issues that arise in the delivery of real-time multimedia services over wireless networks"--Provided by publisher.

"This book serves as a vital resource for practitioners to learn about the latest research and methodology within the field of wireless technology, covering important aspects of emerging technologies in the heterogeneous next generation network environment with a focus on wireless communications and their quality"--Provided by publisher.