This book collects holistic perspectives contributed by leading professionals to explore strategic considerations regarding potential opportunities and issues in mobile commerce. These professionals' discussions and contributions focus on providing a comprehensive understanding surrounding...

This book provides an introduction to topics related to the methodologies developed to support data management in asymmetric communication environments. This book is based on a number of self-contained chapters and provides an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to explore the...

This book examines critical issues involved with telematics such as vehicular network infrastructure, vehicular network communication protocols, and vehicular services and applications. The collection provides useful techniques, tools, and assessments for those involved with computer science,...

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 explores the developments and challenges associated with the successful deployment of e-healthcare systems, including pervasive wireless communications, wearable computing, context-awareness, sensor data fusion, artificial intelligence, neural networks, expert systems, databases, and...

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...

"This book offers insights into current and future communication technologies for a converged Internet that promises soon to be dominated by multimedia applications, at least in terms of bandwidth consumption"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is a collection of research and case studies that tackle the issues, advancements, and techniques on wireless communications and network technologies, offering expansive knowledge and different perspectives useful for researchers and students alike"--Provided by publisher.

"This book highlights the successes of community wireless networks but also boldly addresses the potential risk factors and broader socioeconomic concerns, exploring previous successes and failures, various designs, and potential challenges with CWNs"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides an in-depth exploration of cognitive radio and its applications in mobile and/or wireless network settings,combining a discussion of existing literature with current and future research to create an integrated approach in solving the complex problems and future challenges of...