In this paper, we consider QoS aware mesh networks that are maintained by multiple operators and they cooperate in the provision of networking services to the mesh clients. In ord...
—In the future smart city, new information and communication technologies will enable a better management of the available resources. The future smart grid infrastructure is emer...
—In cellular systems, a handoff process is defined to transfer an active call of an MS from one cell to another in order to provide a seamless service to this MS. Generally, a h...
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications and services are very common in today’s computing. The popularity of the P2P paradigm prompts the need for specialized security services which ma...
Abstract. Privacy issues are a major burden for the acceptance of pervasive applications. They may ultimately result in the rejection of new services despite their functional bene...