In this paper, the authors investigate trade-off factors in designing efficient spectrum sensing and optimal power control techniques for a multichannel, multiple-user cognitive wireless network. They introduce the problem of joint spectrum sensing and power control as a maximization of the...

A continuously growing population and their migration to urban centers consequently leads to waste expansion. The rapidly increasing quantities of waste generated in the cities affect way of human life, environment and planet. Hence, the necessity for smarter, safer, and greener places have...

This article outlines hoarding issues involving virtual goods (including databases, videos, images, avatars, and digital documents) in workplaces, households, and personal contexts. It explores the implications of the growing literature on digital or virtual hoarding for psychological as well as...

Internet of Things (IoT) has gained substantial attention recently and play a significant role in smart city application deployments. A number of such smart city applications depend on sensor fusion capabilities in the cloud from diverse data sources. The authors introduce the concept of IoT and...

The existing wide spectrum of embedded, multimedia, and mobile equipment provides an effective base for making museums smart or intelligent. By using the Internet of Things technology and the smart spaces paradigm the distance can be shortened between exhibits and their descriptive information...

The concept of Cyber-Medicine System (CMS) is applied to research and development of medical information systems where the Internet is used to integrate medical devices and healthcare services into the system and to connect patients and medical professionals. In this paper, the authors...

This article describes how in recent years, Cloud Computing has emerged as a fundamental computing paradigm that has significantly changed the approach of enterprises as well as end users towards implementation of Internet technology. The key characteristics such as on-demand resource provision,...

The authors propose an agent-based noise detection system based on Internet of Things (IOT) for handling abnormality in sound levels of a specified zone and further analysis of data received. Our research work is important for managing different noise levels and to control fully automated...