Pervasive systems are complex distributed systems containing heterogeneous and mobile devices, services and applications. Policy-based management is an effective approach for mana...
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...
Abstract—A primary goal of vehicular communication systems is the enhancement of traffic safety by equipping vehicles with wireless communication units to facilitate cooperative...
Recently, cooperative communication has attracted a lot of attention for its potential to increase spatial diversity. However, limited attention has been paid to the physical laye...
— Radio resources in the third generation (3G) wireless cellular networks (WCNs) such as the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network is limited in term of soft ...