In a multi-programmed computing environment, threads of execution exhibit different runtime characteristics and hardware resource requirements. Not only do the behaviors of distin...
XML is currently being used as the message syntax for Web services. To enable small mobile devices to use Web services, this XML use must not be too resource-consuming. Due to seve...
Jaakko Kangasharju, Sasu Tarkoma, Tancred Lindholm
— This paper focuses on the role of real-time operation support in mobile robot control architectures for service applications. We show that a control architecture with integrate...
Stefano Caselli, Francesco Monica, Monica Reggiani
We design, implement, and evaluate a vehicular communication system that improves uplink connectivity through multi-lobe beam pattern switching on a smart antenna. Directionality ...
Kishore Ramachandran, Ravi Kokku, Karthikeyan Sund...
In portable applications, the energy consumed by OS and application tasks primarily comes from DC battery source, which is limited and imposes an upper bound to the amount of time...