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PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
A Context Query Language for Pervasive Computing Environments
This paper identifies requirements for querying and accessing context information in mobile and pervasive computing environments. Furthermore it studies existing query languages s...
Roland Reichle, Michael Wagner, Mohammad Ullah Kha...
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Stability and Delay Analysis for Multi-Hop Single-Sink Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor networks are commonly used to monitor and control the physical world. To provide a meaningful service such as disaster and emergency surveillance, meeting real-tim...
Muhammad Farukh Munir, Arzad Alam Kherani, Fethi F...
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
An Algorithm for Distributed Beacon Selection
This paper investigates wireless sensor networks where a small percentage of nodes are assumed to know their location a priori. These reference nodes enable absolute localization ...
Dominik Lieckfeldt, Jiaxi You, Dirk Timmermann
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Location Fingerprint Analyses Toward Efficient Indoor Positioning
Abstract--Analytical models to evaluate and predict "precision" performance of indoor positioning systems based on location fingerprinting are lacking. Such models can be...
Nattapong Swangmuang, Prashant Krishnamurthy
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
A Lightweight Sensor Network Management System Design
Abstract--In this paper, we propose a lightweight and transparent management framework for TinyOS sensor networks, called L-SNMS, which minimizes the overhead of management functio...
Fenghua Yuan, Wen-Zhan Song, Nina Peterson, Yang P...
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Multiagent Place-Based Virtual Communities for Pervasive Computing
This paper proposes a multiagent based virtual community as a new means to support pervasive computing services. We give a conceptual definition of the concept of Place-Based Virt...
Tuan Nguyen, Seng Wai Loke, Torab Torabi, Hongen L...
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Non-anchored Unified Naming for Ubiquitous Computing Environments
Users and developers require some way to identify by human readable names the many resources that comprise a ubiquitous computing environment. In addition, naming in such environm...
Yoo Chul Chung, Dongman Lee
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
P2PNS: A Secure Distributed Name Service for P2PSIP
Decentralized Voice over IP networks are a promising alternative to classical server-based SIP networks especially in disaster areas or areas without centralized infrastructure. T...
Ingmar Baumgart
PERCOM
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
HARMONI: Context-aware Filtering of Sensor Data for Continuous Remote Health Monitoring
A promising architecture for remote healthcare monitoring involves the use of a pervasive device (such as a cellular phone), which aggregates data from multiple body-worn medical ...
Iqbal Mohomed, Archan Misra, Maria Ebling, William...