Designing Embedded Network Applications

This book takes a practical approach to describing the various technologies that come together to create advanced network and communications processing. These technology areas include hardware processing, protocols, network stacks, operating systems, virtualization, and application level processing.In addition, material is included on networking software services, architecture and partitioning, porting and integrating, security, and software development for networking. It includes case studies on: Techniques for mapping an application to a network processor Networking for consumer applications Industrial wireless LAN (WLAN) networking Enterprise networking applications MIMO parallelization and implementation on heterogeneous GPGPU architectures Using hardware/ software co-design methods for implementing efficient small cell solutions Software development techniques for embedded networking applications Mobile, cloud computing and data security Harnessing the power of multicore architecture Developing a Network Interface Controller (NIC) Low power networking strategies With this book, you will learn: The different uses of computer networks How to program and configure network hardware, including the use of hubs, switches and routers The varied uses of network software, including networking operating systems The structure and features of each layer of the ISO/OSI Reference Model, including physical, datalink, network and application protocols How to make use of the software functionality of each layer of the TCP/IP Reference Model compared with the ISO/OSI Reference Model How to implement major software components of computer networks including virtualization and offload technologies Valuable information on computer network security issues How to describe network media and data transmissions How to explain network design and describe the various network topologies The software features of NetWare and Linux servers Software requirements for implementing wide area networks. Provides full coverage of networking topics, strategies and implementation for embedded components and systems, including the various topologies, algorithms and protocols necessary to embedded network development Numerous code examples illustrate and reinforce the concepts discussed Multiple case studies demonstrate techniques across a number of application areas. "

Embedded and Networking Systems: Design, Software, and Implementation explores issues related to the design and synthesis of high-performance embedded computer systems and networks. The emphasis is on the fundamental concepts and analytical techniques that are applicable to a range of embedded and networking applications, rather than on specific embedded architectures, software development, or system-level integration. This system point of view guides designers in dealing with the trade-offs to optimize performance, power, cost, and other system-level non-functional requirements. The book brings together contributions by researchers and experts from around the world, offering a global view of the latest research and development in embedded and networking systems. Chapters highlight the evolution and trends in the field and supply a fundamental and analytical understanding of some underlying technologies. Topics include the co-design of embedded systems, code optimization for a variety of applications, power and performance trade-offs, benchmarks for evaluating embedded systems and their components, and mobile sensor network systems. The book also looks at novel applications such as mobile sensor systems and video networks. A comprehensive review of groundbreaking technology and applications, this book is a timely resource for system designers, researchers, and students interested in the possibilities of embedded and networking systems. It gives readers a better understanding of an emerging technology evolution that is helping drive telecommunications into the next decade.

This book shows software and system engineers how to use the Intel® IXP4XX network processor in real-world communications processor projects. From viewpoints familiar to system designers and software developers, the authors explain best-known methods for developing typical embedded applications, such as SME routers and gateways, high-end wireless APs, and embedded or industrial control. Drawing on their eight combined years of experience helping third-party developers get their designs into production, these Intel experts bring you all the required components for implementing an IXP4xx network processor-based product in one place.

Embedded internet and internet appliances are the focus of great attention in the computing industry, as they are seen as the future of computing. The design of such devices presents many technical challenges. This book is the first guide available that describes how to design internet access and communications capabilities into embedded systems. It takes an integrated hardware/software approach using the Java programming language and industry-standard microcontrollers. Numerous illustrations and code examples enliven the text. This book shows how to build various sensors and control devices that connect to the TINI interfaces, explains how to write programs that control them in Java, and then ties them all together in practical applications. Included is a discussion on how these technologies work, where to get detailed specifications, and ideas for the reader to pursue beyond the book. The first guide to designing internet access and communications capabilities into embedded systems Takes an integrated hardware/software approach using the Java programming language an industry-standard

This book takes a practical approach to describing the various technologies that come together to create advanced network and communications processing. These technology areas include hardware processing, protocols, network stacks, operating systems, virtualization, and application level processing. In addition, material is included on networking software services, architecture and partitioning, porting and integrating, security, and software development for networking. It includes case studies on: Techniques for mapping an application to a network processor Networking for consumer applications Industrial wireless LAN (WLAN) networking Enterprise networking applications MIMO parallelization and implementation on heterogeneous GPGPU architectures Using hardware/ software co-design methods for implementing efficient small cell solutions Software development techniques for embedded networking applications Mobile, cloud computing and data security Harnessing the power of multicore architecture Developing a Network Interface Controller (NIC) Low power networking strategies With this book, you will learn: The different uses of computer networks How to program and configure network hardware, including the use of hubs, switches and routers The varied uses of network software, including networking operating systems The structure and features of each layer of the ISO/OSI Reference Model, including physical, datalink, network and application protocols How to make use of the software functionality of each layer of the TCP/IP Reference Model compared with the ISO/OSI Reference Model How to implement major software components of computer networks including virtualization and offload technologies Valuable information on computer network security issues How to describe network media and data transmissions How to explain network design and describe the various network topologies The software features of NetWare and Linux servers Software requirements for implementing wide area networks. Provides full coverage of networking topics, strategies and implementation for embedded components and systems, including the various topologies, algorithms and protocols necessary to embedded network development Numerous code examples illustrate and reinforce the concepts discussed Multiple case studies demonstrate techniques across a number of application areas.

This book shows software and system engineers how to use the Intel® IXP4XX network processor in real-world communications processor projects. From viewpoints familiar to system designers and software developers, the authors explain best-known methods for developing typical embedded applications, such as SME routers and gateways, high-end wireless APs, and embedded or industrial control. Drawing on their eight combined years of experience helping third-party developers get their designs into production, these Intel experts bring you all the required components for implementing an IXP4xx network processor-based product in one place.

Embedded network systems (ENS) provide a set of technologies that can link the physical world to large-scale networks in applications such as monitoring of borders, infrastructure, health, the environment, automated production, supply chains, homes and places of business. This book details the fundamentals for this interdisciplinary and fast-moving field. The book begins with mathematical foundations and the relevant background topics in signal propagation, sensors, detection and estimation theory, and communications. Key component technologies in ENS are discussed: synchronization and position localization, energy and data management, actuation, and node architecture. Ethical, legal and social implications are addressed. The final chapter summarizes some of the lessons learned in producing multiple ENS generations. A focus on fundamental principles together with extensive examples and problem sets make this text ideal for use on graduate courses in electrical engineering and computer science. It will also appeal to engineers involved in the design of ENS.

* Augment system performance * Optimize protocol implementation * Increase code maintainability Create network communications software with a thorough understanding of the essential system-level design and implementation choices and how they affect the p