Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part IUser-Centric Environments -- 1 User-Centric Networking: Bringing the Home Network to the Core -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UCN Background -- 3 UCN Functional Blocks -- 3.1 Trust Management and Cooperation Incentives -- 3.2 Augmented Resource Management -- 3.3 Dealing with Frequent Roaming: Anchor Point Control and Movement Estimation -- 3.4 Backward Compatibility -- 4 An Architectural UCN Model: The ULOOP Example -- 4.1 The Trust Manager Entity -- 4.2 The Resource Management Entity -- 4.3 Call Admission Control Based on Trust -- 4.4 The Mobility Aspects Entity -- 5 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 2 User-Centric Networking: Living-Examples and Challenges Ahead -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 The Global Concept of a User-Centric Network -- 3.1 UCN Taxonomy -- 4 UCN Living Examples -- 4.1 Hotspot UCN Model -- 4.2 Social Networking UCN Models -- 4.3 Mesh-Based UCNs -- 4.4 Mobile/Provider UCNs -- 5 Comparative Analysis and Evolution Discussion -- 6 UCNs Follow-up: Assumptions and Requirements -- 6.1 Connectivity Sharing and Relaying -- 6.2 Cooperation -- 6.3 Trust Management -- 6.4 Self-Organization -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 3 User-Centric Networking: Routing Aspects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Use-Cases, Assumptions and Requirements -- 3.1 The CityRoam Scenario -- 3.2 Emergency Network -- 3.3 User-Centric Routing: Assumptions and Requirements -- 4 User-Centric Routing -- 4.1 Mobility Awareness -- 4.2 Energy-Efficiency Awareness -- 4.3 Opportunistic Communication Awareness -- 5 Summary and Future Work -- References -- Part IITrust Management and Cooperation Incentives -- 4 Trust Management Support for Context-Aware Service Platforms -- 1 Trust Relationships in a Context-Aware Service Platform -- 1.1 Trustworthiness of Context Providers.

1.2 Trustworthiness of Identity Providers -- 1.3 Trustworthiness of Context-Aware Service Providers -- 1.4 Trust Aspects and Dependencies Summary -- 2 Trust Management Model -- 2.1 Metamodels -- 2.2 Subjective Logic -- 2.3 Evaluation of Trust Recommendations -- 3 Mechanism for Selection of Context Providers -- 4 Mechanism for Selection of Context-Aware Service Providers -- 5 Prototype Implementation -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 5 Trust Management in ULOOP -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trust Management Principles -- 2.1 Notions -- 2.2 Requestee: Requesting Trust -- 2.3 Requester: Providing Trust -- 2.4 Operational Example, Untrusted Environment -- 2.5 Operational Example, Trustworthy Nodes -- 3 ULOOP Trust and Cooperation Framework -- 4 Trust Components in ULOOP -- 4.1 Virtual Identities: The Unique Crypto-ID -- 4.2 Dispositional Trust -- 4.3 Trust Computation -- 5 Incentives and Rewarding -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Designing a Trust-Based Virtual Currency System for User-Centric Networks: The ULOOP Case -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Resource Sharing in ULOOP -- 2.1 ULOOP Node Lifetime Phases -- 3 Credit Transfer Protocol -- 3.1 Design Principles -- 3.2 Payment Protocol Overview -- 3.3 Technical Protocol Specification -- 4 Potential Improvements -- References -- Part IIIResource Management in User-Centric Environments -- 7 Cooperative Networking in User-Centric Wireless Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 User-Centric Networks -- 2.2 Cooperation Models -- 3 User-Centric Networks -- 3.1 General Characterization of UCNs -- 3.2 Impact on the Internet Wholesale Models -- 3.3 User-Centric Wireless Local Loop: UCN Instantiation -- 4 Reciprocity-Rewarding Cooperation Model -- 4.1 Reciprocity-Based Incentives -- 4.2 Reward-Based Incentives -- 4.3 Cooperation Model -- 5 Cooperation Framework.

6 Incentives Framework Applied to Resource Management -- 6.1 Cooperation-Based Resource Management -- 6.2 Cooperation-Based Relaying -- 7 Summary -- References -- 8 Trust as a Fairness Parameter for Quality of Experience in Wireless Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Trust as a Fairness Parameter -- 3.1 Examples of Operation -- 3.2 Background on Trust Management -- 3.3 Applying Trust to QoS, Tokens as a Translation Currency Unit -- 4 Call Admission Control Based on Trust Circles -- 5 Summary and Future Work -- References -- 9 Cooperative Relaying in User-Centric Wireless Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 RelaySpot MAC Protocol -- 3.1 Components -- 3.2 Frames -- 4 Example Illustrations -- 4.1 Proactive: Relay Selection and Cooperative Transmission -- 4.2 Reactive: Relay Selection and Retransmission -- 4.3 Sequence Chart -- 5 Performance Evaluation -- 5.1 Simulation Environment -- 5.2 Network Capacity -- 5.3 Impact of Relay Switching -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Resource Allocation in User-Centric Wireless Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 System Model -- 3 Chunk, Power and Bit Allocation -- 4 Numerical Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Autonomous Resource Allocation and Strategy Optimization in Wireless Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Problem Statement -- 3.1 Environment Description and System Settings -- 3.2 Motivation and Problem Statement -- 3.3 Solution Statement -- 4 Background -- 4.1 Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes -- 4.2 Markov Arrival Processes -- 5 Proposed Model -- 5.1 Ontological Characterization of Network Policy -- 5.2 Network Objective Prioritization -- 5.3 Strategy Optimization -- 5.4 Framework Restrictions and Requirements -- 6 Software Architecture -- 6.1 Block Diagram -- 6.2 Software Flow Charts -- 7 Evaluation and Tests -- 7.1 Simulation Results.

7.2 Testbed Experiments -- 8 Discussion and Summary -- References -- 12 An Autonomous Load Balancing Framework for UCN -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 An Overview of the UCN and Related Issues -- 3.1 Challenges and Relevant Issues from the Load Balancing Perspective -- 4 Proposed Model -- 4.1 A Framework for the Autonomous Resource Allocation and Strategy Optimization (ARASO) -- 4.2 POMDP Based Control Loop -- 4.3 Application of ARASO Framework for the Load Balancing Problem in UCN -- 5 Evaluation of the Framework -- 6 Discussion and Summary -- References -- Part IVMobility in User-Centric Environments -- 13 Mobility Support in User-Centric Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Short Primer on Mobility Management Concepts -- 3 Mobility Management Challenges in User-Centric Networks -- 4 Distributed and Dynamic Mobility Management -- 5 UPTM-DAM: A Distributed, Per-Application Mobility Management Solution -- 5.1 AN Brokering -- 5.2 Interface and AN Selection Policies -- 5.3 Load Balancing and System Reliability -- 5.4 Handover Management -- 5.5 UPMT-DAM Deployment -- 6 P2P for Fully Decentralized Mobility -- 7 Conclusion and Future Research Directions -- References -- 14 Mobility Estimation in the Context of Distributed Mobility Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Distributed Mobility Management -- 3.1 Nomadism/Nomadicity -- 3.2 Session Continuity -- 3.3 Mobility Management Roles and Functional Blocks -- 4 Distributed Mobility Management in the Context of UCNs -- 4.1 UCN Mobility Management Characterization -- 4.2 Problems -- 4.3 Splitting Mobility Management Functionality -- 4.4 Solutions to Optimize the Distribution of Mobility Anchor Points -- 5 Predicting Movement to Optimize Mobility Management -- 5.1 The MTracker Solution -- 6 Summary and Future Work -- References -- 15 Mobility Management in ULOOP -- 1 Introduction.

2 ULOOP Environment and Challenges from a Mobility Management Perspective -- 3 Mobility Coordination in ULOOP -- 3.1 Mobility Coordination Function Architecture -- 3.2 The Mobility Coordination Function (MCF) -- 4 Distributing the Mobility Coordination Function -- 4.1 Distributed Mobility Management with P2P -- 4.2 UDMM: User-Centric and Distributed Mobility Management -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part VMarket Perspective -- 16 Market Analysis and Exploitation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Operators/Service Providers in the ULOOP Value Chain -- 3 Infrastructure Vendors in the ULOOP Value Chain -- 4 Device Vendors in the ULOOP Value Chain -- 5 Market Analysis from a Technology Perspective -- 5.1 LTE Femtocells (Licensed Spectrum Bands) -- 5.2 Wi-Fi: Hotspot 2.0 (Unlicensed Spectrum Bands) -- 5.3 Bluetooth v4.0 (Unlicensed Spectrum Bands) -- 5.4 Li-Fi (Unlicensed Spectrum Bands) -- 6 SWOT Analysis -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- 17 ULOOP Business Case Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Roles of Companies Involved -- 3 ULOOP Network Value Proposition -- 3.1 WiCom Value Proposition -- 3.2 ABC Telecom Value Proposition -- 4 Financials -- 4.1 WiCom Financials -- 4.2 ABC Telecom Financials -- 5 Conclusions -- Reference -- Glossary -- Author Index.