The explosive growth of location-detection devices (e.g., GPS-like devices and handheld devices) along with wireless communications and mobile databases results in realizing locati...
—Collaborative mechanisms between services are a crucial aspect in the recent development of pervasive computing systems based on the paradigm of service-oriented architecture. C...
Wireless devices that integrate the functionality of PDAs and cell phones are becoming commonplace, making different types of network services available to mobile applications. How...
Collin Mulliner, Giovanni Vigna, David Dagon, Wenk...
Classic security systems use a trust model centered in the authentication procedure, which depends on a naming service. Even when using a Public Key Infrastructure as X.509, such s...
Altair Olivo Santin, Joni da Silva Fraga, Carlos M...
We propose a generic framework for the development of an off-line peer-to-peer electronic payment system with fixed-value electronic coins. The proposed scheme simulates the issua...