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Section 1. Basic Concepts -- 1. Mobile Computing: Technology Challenges, Constraints, and Standards -- 2. Business Model Typology for Mobile Commerce -- 3. Security and Trust in Mobile Multimedia -- 4. Data Dissemination in Mobile Environments -- 5. A Taxonomy of Database Operations on Mobile...

The recent rapid advances in wireless technologies have created a demand for high quality multimedia applications and services. These advanced multimedia applications give rise to a new set of challenges in providing Quality of Service (QoS) when delivering these services over wireless networks....