IP Location (Hardcover)

Comprehensive Coverage of the Breakthrough Technology That Can Find Anyone or Anything--Anywhere

In today's vast world of global commerce with users that are more nomadic than ever, the need for reliable, secure, and efficient access technologies is rapidly increasing. IP Location provides you with a guided tour of location determination, tackling this new technology head on and addressing all aspects of location management, delivery, and conveyance within IP networks. Covering important real-world applications such as emergency (911) services, asset tracking, call routing, navigation, and staff location in hot desk environments, this book gives you all the information you need to fully support this cutting-edge technology.

• Learn how location information is produced, transported, and consumed on the Internet
• Understand the semantics and constructs of the HELD and FLAP protocols
• Discover the three roles of the presence model--presentity, presence service, and watcher
• Explore how the Access Location Entity (ALE) helps determine location within particular types of networks
• Examine in detail the Location Information Server (LIS) including its different types and interfaces
• Determine IP location for devices connected to all types of networks including WiFi and WiMAX
• Get details on location determination and acquisition techniques for residential broadband networks such as DSL and cable
• Find out about privacy controls and considerations for Internet location

 

Table of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Location Services and Concepts
Chapter 2: Location, Presence and Privacy
Chapter 3: Location Determination and the Access Location Entity
Chapter 4: The LIS, Location Acquisition and the HELD Protocol
Chapter 5: IP Location in Enterprise Networks
Chapter 6: IP Location in Wireline Public Carrier Networks
Chapter 7: WiFi and Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
Chapter 8: IP Location in Wireless Public Carrier Networks
Chapter 9: Device Interactions in Location Determination
Chapter 10: Privacy Considerations for Internet Location
Appendix A: Abridged FLAP Specification
Appendix B: HELD Base Schema
Appendix C: Digital Signature for PIDF-LO
Appendix D: HELD Protocol Bindings
Appendix E: HELD Identity Extensions
Glossary
Index