Bluetooth is a promising wireless technology aiming at supporting electronic devices to be instantly interconnected into short-range ad hoc networks. The Bluetooth medium access co...
Carlos de M. Cordeiro, Sachin Abhyankar, Dharma P....
Abstract. Providing energy efficiency in MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, while achieving desirable throughput, is an important research issue in the area of wireless networking....
Abstract. This position paper introduces the motivation and preliminary implementation issues of a distributed simulation middleware designed to increase the performance and speed-...
This paper describes TAPI, an offline scheme intended for general Internet-based micropayments. TAPI, which extends and combines concepts from the KeyNote Microchecks and OTPCoins...
Matt Blaze, John Ioannidis, Sotiris Ioannidis, Ang...
The IEEE 802.11 MAC family of standards has been designed for communication in traditional wireless LANs. The enhancement of the IEEE 802.11 family of standards is mainly seen in t...
R. Bernasconi, I. Defilippis, Silvia Giordano, Ale...
The TCP protocol exhibits poor performance in multi-hop Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). The ultimate reason for this is that MANETs behave in a significantly different way from ...
Wi-Fi hotspots are one of the most promising scenarios for mobile computing. In this scenario, a very limiting factor is the scarcity of mobile-device energetic resources. Both har...
Giuseppe Anastasi, Marco Conti, Enrico Gregori, An...
The Dynamic Device Association (DDA) framework presented in this paper provides service discovery and secure device access for mobile users. We discuss scenarios and requirements f...
Abstract. The capabilities for agents in a team to anticipate informationneeds of teammates and proactively offer relevant information are highly desirable. However, such behavior...