— In modern wireless networks the functions included into layer II have to deal with complex problems, such as security and access control, that were previously demanded to upper...
A novel video encoding and splicing method is proposed which minimizes the tune-in time of “channel zapping”, i.e. changing from one audiovisual service to another, in IPDC ov...
A component is the basic re-usable unit of composition to build composite systems by connecting to others through their provided and required ports. Checking the functional complia...
—As Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and embedded software functions within an automobile keep increasing in number, the scale and complexity of automotive embedded systems is gro...
Normative environments are used to regulate multiagent interactions. In business encounters, agents representing business entities make contracts including norms that prescribe wh...