Most of the solutions proposed to support real-time (i.e. guaranteed performance) communication services in packet-switching networks adopt a connection-oriented and reservation-o...
By definition, a heavyweight network service requires a significant amount of computation to complete its task. Providing a heavyweight service is challenging for a number of reaso...
—A variety of wireless network technologies have been developed and deployed, including GSM, UMTS, WiFi and WiMAX. The advantages of having an integrated heterogeneous wireless n...
Display characteristics, network Quality of Service, and the user's current task all exhibit a wide range of variation when users interact with mobile and ubiquitous devices....
The terms pervasive and ubiquitous computing are used to describe a smart space populated by hundreds of intelligent devices that are embedded in their surroundings. Characteristi...