This book presents a vision for the coming years in terms of emerging fourth generation (4G) wireless technology trends and best practices. It explores the resulting challenges and technical opportunities that will arise in creating and delivering 4G networks for the emerging applications and...

This book covers themes such as handheld computing for mobile commerce, handheld computing research and technologies, wireless networks and handheld/mobile security, and handheld images and video. It includes research and development results in the theory, design, implementation, analysis, and...

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"This book provides a general overview about research on ubiquitous and pervasive computing and its applications, discussing the recent progress in this area and pointing out to scholars what they should do (best practices) and should not do (bad practices)"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides a comprehensive and unified view of the latest and most innovative research findings on the many existing interactions between mobile networking, wireless communications, and ubiquitous computing"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms related to different areas, issues and trends in various areas of wireless technologies for ambient assisted living and healthcare, focusing on emerging wireless technologies and innovative wireless solutions for smart home...

"The book provides education and IT stakeholders with an overview of what has been implemented with the different types of mobile technologies, their pedagogical differences, evaluations of the learning outcomes, and new ideas for their uses as both pedagogical and research tools"--Provided by...

"This book provides the rationale, state-of-the-art studies and practical applications, proof-of-concepts, experimental studies, and future development on the use of emerging technologies in wireless ad-hoc networks"--

Discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to this explosive range of new developments and applications, in constant evolution, and impacting every organization and society as a whole. This two volume handbook supports post-graduate students, teachers, and...

"This book covers design principles and relevant implementation techniques and technologies regarding pervasive computing, particularly enabling factors, key characteristics, future trends, user adoption, privacy issues and impact of pervasive computing on Information and Communications...