Multi-hop wireless networks (such as ad-hoc or sensor networks) consist in sets of mobile nodes without the support of a pre-existing fixed infrastructure. For scalability purpose...
—Clustering techniques create hierarchal network structures, called clusters, on an otherwise flat network. In a dynamic environment—in terms of node mobility as well as in ter...
Matthias R. Brust, Adrian Andronache, Steffen Roth...
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a widely accepted standard for automatically detecting devices and services in a local area network as well as for describing and controlling the...
M. Jakab, Michael Kropfberger, M. Ofner, Roland Tu...
Unlike other wireless technologies, the deployment of 802.11 networks is not limited to operators: access points can easily be installed by end-users for domestic use. This singul...
Guillaume Valadon, Florian Le Goff, Christophe Ber...
A goal of computing and networking systems is to limit administrative requirements for users and operators. A technical systems should be able to configure itself as much as possi...