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Section 2. Smart Identification -- Chapter 2. Wireless Indoor User Positioning and informing / John Garofalakis, Christos Mettouris -- Chapter 3. RFID for Identification of Stolen/Lost Items / John Ayoade, Judith Symonds -- Chapter 4. RFID Technology for Agri-food Traceability Management /...

Advances in mobile computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning, and sensor technologies have given rise to a new class of context-aware mobile and ubiquitous applications. Context-Aware Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing for Enhanced Usability: Adaptive Technologies and Applications...

Security is one of the most significant components in wireless systems to ensure the integrity of communications among terminals, networks, and services. As the field of wireless communications expands and inundates personal and professional lives worldwide, up-to-date wireless security research...

The dramatic growth of the wireless communication industry has resulted in searches for new technologies to provide broader bandwidth per user channel, better quality, and new value-added services. Employing smart antennas presents an elegant and relatively economical way to improve the...

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 --

1. For those about to tag / Jan Kietzmann -- 2. Privacy and location-based mobile services / Adrian Lawrence, Jane Williams -- 3. Business models for mobile payment service provision and enabling / Dietmar Wiedemann, Wolfgang Palka, Key Pousttchi -- 4. Ubiquitous communication / Mikko Pynnonen...

In recent years, the field of multimedia communication in wireless and mobile video has grown in attraction. As the number of networks, types of devices, and content representation formats increase, the need for multimedia transcoding in wireless and mobile networks intensifies in order to...