Buddy tracking - efficient proximity detection among mobile friends
Global positioning systems (GPS) and mobile phone networks make it possible to track individual users with an increasing accuracy. It is natural to ask whether this information can be used to maintain social networks. In such a network each user wishes ...
OmniStore: Automating data management in a personal system comprising several portable devices
The ever growing amount of data generated and consumed on the move using portable devices gives rise to serious data management issues. The fact that each person may own and is likely to carry several such devices further aggravates this problem. On the ...
On improving the efficiency of truthful routing in MANETs with selfish nodes
In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), nodes depend upon each other for routing and forwarding packets. However, nodes belonging to independent authorities in MANETs may behave selfishly and may not forward packets to save battery and other resources. To ...
A priori error estimates for wireless local area network positioning systems
Location determination based on wireless local area networks has received considerable attention as an accurate and inexpensive means of indoor positioning. Research on this topic has mainly focused on experimental systems while little has been done to ...
Using electronic textiles to implement an acoustic beamforming array: A case study
Highly-automated textile manufacturing equipment has the potential for integrating electronic components into fabric in a low-cost process. These electronic textiles (or e-textiles) have a wide range of potential applications in wearable computing and ...
