The Internet and related technologies have made multidomain collaborations a reality.
Collaboration enables domains to effectively share resources; however it introduces several …

Future e-Health systems will consist of low-power on-body wireless sensors attached to
mobile users that interact with a ubiquitous computing environment. This kind of system …

We start with role-based trust management (RBTM) and address some of the challenges
associated with using RBTM in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). We then enhance RBTM …

This paper defines an operational framework for specifying and establishing secure
collaborations between autonomous entities that need to interact and depend on each other …

Virtual enterprises or organisations (VO) have been the focus of research for over a decade.
Although proprietary implementations of VO management tools exist, secure tools based on …

Many missions are deemed dangerous or impractical to perform by humans, but can use
collaborating, self-managing unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) which adapt their …

Nodes in MANETs lack the protection offered by firewalls in infrastructure-based networks
because malicious nodes can roam into the vicinity of another node and start launching …

Mobile ad-hoc network is a network that can dynamically setup on the fly by mobile nodes.
Due to its unique characteristics, it is becoming an attractive choice for commercial and also …

Mobile ad-hoc networks support interactions and collaborations among autonomous
devices by enabling users to share resources and provide services to each other, whether …

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are generating much interest both in academia and the
telecommunication industries. The principal attractions of MANETs are related to the ease …