Applications and services in wireless networks; proceedings.9780769533896 Applications and services in wireless networks; proceedings. International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (8th: 2008: Kassel, Germany) Ed. by Klaus David et al. Computer Society Press 2008 105 pages $178.00 Paperback TK5103 From the proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, held in Kassel, Germany, in October of 2008, 13 papers, a tutorial, and keynote speeches are assembled here, written by a group of European computer science and technology researchers from academia and industry. The workshop focused on service adaptation based on context monitoring and reasoning, context processing service platforms, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and trust, and wireless sensor networks “WSN” redirects here. For the metasyntax, see Wirth syntax notation. A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as . Other topics include autonomic autonomic /au·to·nom·ic/ (aw?to-nom´ik) not subject to voluntary control. See under system. au·to·nom·ic adj. 1. Functionally independent; not under voluntary control. communication and services, context awareness Context awareness originated as a term from computer science which sought to deal with linking changes in the environment with computer systems, which are otherwise static. , cooperative networks and self organizing systems, middleware for mobile services, mobile ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. and multi-hop wireless networks, mobile multimedia applications, naming and addressing, performance, personalized services and applications, and platforms and services supporting ubiquitous service provisioning. The volume has an author index only. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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