Mobile devices are currently difficult to customize for the usability needs of elderly users. The elderly are instead referred to specially designed “senior phones” or softwar...
Semantic caching enables mobile clients to answer spatial queries locally by storing the query descriptions together with the results. However, it supports only a limited number o...
Haibo Hu, Jianliang Xu, Wing Sing Wong, Baihua Zhe...
This paper presents a new carrier sensing mechanism called DVCS (Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing) for wireless communication using directional antennas. DVCS does not require ...
Mineo Takai, Jay Martin, Rajive Bagrodia, Aifeng R...
The fundamental nature of grocery shopping makes it an interesting domain for intelligent mobile assistants. Even though the central role of shopping lists is widely recognized, r...
Petteri Nurmi, Andreas Forsblom, Patrik Flor&eacut...
In this paper, we extrapolate the evolution of mobile devices in one specific direction, namely miniaturization. While we maintain the concept of a device that people are aware of...