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...

"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"--

1. Fundamentals of empirical propagation modeling for outdoor scenarios / Sergio Hernández Gaona -- 2. Channel modeling for vehicle-to-vehicle communications and networking / David W. Matolak -- 3. Modulation and coding techniques for inter-vehicular communications / Corneliu Eugen D. Sterian...

Distributed multi-robot localization / Stefano Panzieri ... [et al.] -- Indoor surveillance application using wireless robots and sensor networks: coordination and path planning / Anis Koubaa, Sahar Trigui, Imen Chaari -- Local path-tracking strategies for mobile robots using PID controllers /...

A 2D barcode validation system for mobile commerce / David Kuo ... [et al.] -- Threshold-based location-aware access control / Roel Peeters, Dave Singelée, Bart Preneel -- Survivability enhancing techniques for RFID Systems / Yanjun Zuo -- Mobile agent based network defense system in enterprise...

"This book offers a fresh, comprehensive dialogue on issues that occur between the public management and information technology domains, with its focus on political issues and their effects on the larger public sector"--Provided by publisher.

Section I. Mobile Commerce Systems and Handheld Devices -- 1. Fundamentals of Mobile Commerce Systems -- 2. Mobile Commerce Applications -- 3. Mobile Handheld Devices -- 4. Essential Mobile-Commerce Technology --