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PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Analyzing Connectivity-Based Multi-Hop Ad-hoc Positioning
We investigate the theoretical limits of positioning algorithms. In particular, we study scenarios where the nodes do not receive anchors directly (multi-hop) and where no physica...
Regina Bischoff, Roger Wattenhofer
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Employing User Feedback for Fast, Accurate, Low-Maintenance Geolocationing
One way to improve inferences on sensor data is to tune the algorithms through a time-consuming offline procedure. A less expensive, and potentially more accurate method is to use...
Ezekiel S. Bhasker, Steven W. Brown, William G. Gr...
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
One-Time Capabilities for Authorizations without Trust
This paper introduces and solves a security problem of pervasive computing: how to define authorizations for offline interactions when trust relationships among entities do not ex...
Laurent Bussard, Refik Molva
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
PCOM - A Component System for Pervasive Computing
Applications in the Pervasive Computing domain are challenged by the dynamism in which their execution environment changes, e.g. due to user mobility. As a result, applications ha...
Christian Becker, Marcus Handte, Gregor Schiele, K...
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Patch Panel: Enabling Control-Flow Interoperability in Ubicomp Environments
Ubiquitous computing environments accrete slowly over time rather than springing into existence all at once. Mechanisms are needed for incremental integration-the problem of how t...
Rafael Ballagas, Andy Szybalski, Armando Fox
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Wi-Fi in Ad Hoc Mode: A Measurement Study
In this paper we investigate the performance of IEEE 802.11b ad hoc networks by means of an experimental study. This analysis reveals several aspects that are usually neglected in...
Giuseppe Anastasi, Eleonora Borgia, Marco Conti, E...
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A Mobility Gateway for Small-Device Networks
Networks of small devices, such as environmental sensors, introduce a number of new challenges for traditional protocols and approaches. In particular, the extreme resource constr...
Robert C. Chalmers, Kevin C. Almeroth
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Performance Issues with Vertical Handovers - Experiences from GPRS Cellular and WLAN Hot-spots Integration
Interworking heterogeneous wireless access technologies is an important step towards building the next generation, all-IP wireless access infrastructure. In this paper, we present...
Rajiv Chakravorty, Pablo Vidales, Kavitha Subraman...
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Pervasive Enablement of Business Processes
People are an important part of many business processes. Current workflow-based implementations of business processes constrain users to the desktop environment; require them to p...
Dipanjan Chakraborty, Hui Lei
PERCOM
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Cooperative Location-Sensing for Wireless Networks
We present the Cooperative Location-sensing system (CLS), an adaptive location-sensing system that enables devices to estimate their position in a self-organizing manner without t...
Charalampos Fretzagias, Maria Papadopouli