Near Field Communication (NFC): From Theory to Practice by Vedat Coskun, Kerem Ok and Busra Ozdenizci “This book provides the technical essentials, state-of-the-art knowledge, business ecosystem and standards of Near Field Communication (NFC) by NFC Lab – Istanbul research center which conducts intense research on NFC technology. In this book, the authors present the contemporary research on all aspects of NFC, addressing related security aspects as well as information on various business models. In addition, the book provid es comprehensive information a designer needs to design an NFC project, an analyzer needs to analyze requirements of a new NFC based system, and a programmer needs to implement an application. Furthermore, the authors introduce the technical and administrative issues related to NFC technology, standards, and global stakeholders. It also offers comprehensive information as well as use case studies for each NFC operating mode to give the usage idea behind each operating mode thoroughly. Examples of NFC application development are provided using Java technology, and security considerations are discussed in detail.