The proliferation of wireless technologies and their ever increasing popularity and
pervasiveness made it possible to have mobile terminals (MTs) equipped with a myriad of …

With the massive deployment of sophisticated personal devices equipped with different
access technologies for both wireless and cellular, mobile users should benefit from service …

In 4G networks, various wireless access technologies will be integrated into a
heterogeneous network based on an IP core network infrastructure. Thus, numerous works …

Service delivery in a heterogeneous wireless network environment requires the selection of
an optimal access network. Indeed, the selection of a non-optimal network can result in …

There is a wide consensus concerning the fact that future networks will follow the All-IP
paradigm. However, for accessing these All-IP networks there are myriads of radio options …

In the next generation wireless networks, different technologies belonging to one or more
operators should be integrated to form a heterogeneous environment based on an IP core …

Deploying a security policy may prove difficult whenever the system does not embed all
necessary security functionalities. Some specific functionalities are required to accurately …

In recent years we have witnessed the development and the deployment of a multitude of
wireless access networks, including IEEE 802.11 a/b/g WLAN, IEEE 802.15 PAN, IEEE …

Current mobile terminals are equipped with several network interfaces, which may be of
different access technologies, both wireless and cellular. With multi-homed terminals, it …

The integration of heterogeneous access networks into a ubiquitous wireless environment
has commenced. However, in contrast with homogeneous networks (eg, GPRS or UMTS) …