User-Centric Networking

"This compiled book is from a European Union (EU)-funded project, User-Centric Wireless Local Loop (ULOOP), and is an excellent summary of user-centric networks (UCNs). ... The book is split into five parts, with each part focusing on the main investigation themes of this project. ... this is a good collection of research white papers ... on the various emergent research directions for UCNs. It will be good reading for students and practitioners interested in UCNs for future study and research." (Srini Ramaswamy, Computing Reviews, March, 2015)

• Part I: User-Centric Environments.- User-Centric Networking: Bringing the Home Network to the Core.- User-Centric Networking: Living-Examples and Challenges Ahead.- User-Centric Networking: Routing Aspects.- Part II: Trust Management and Cooperation Incentives.- Trust Management Support for Context-Aware Service Platforms.- Trust Management in ULOOP.- Designing a Trust-Based Virtual Currency System for User-Centric Networks: the ULOOP Case.- Part III: Resource Management in User-Centric Environments.- Cooperative Networking in User-Centric Wireless Networks.- Trust as a Fairness Parameter for Quality of Experience in Wireless Networks.- Cooperative Relaying in User-Centric Wireless Networks.- Resource Allocation in User-Centric Wireless Networks.- Autonomous Resource Allocation and Strategy Optimization in Wireless Networks.- An Autonomous Load Balancing Framework for UCN.- Part IV: Mobility in User-Centric Environments.- Mobility Support in User-Centric Networks.- Mobility Estimation in the Context of Distributed Mobility Management; R. Sofia et al.- Mobility Management in ULOOP.- Part V: Market Perspective.- Market Analysis and Exploitation.- ULOOP Business Case Study.