The growing market of wireless devices with multiple connectivity technologies, eg, Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, and UMTS, is pushing toward the necessity of seamless autonomic selection of …

This paper considers two issues arising in an integrated IEEE 802.16 e/802.11 network:(1)
finding a possible network, which mobile station (MSTA) can switch to, and (2) making a …

Recent developments in heterogeneous mobile networks emphasize the necessity of more
intelligent and context-aware handover decisions. However, the complexity and overhead of …

In the recent years, wireless communication systems have received increased interest in
commercial applications. Different kind of wireless public access have become increasingly …

Growing demands for pervasive and ubiquitous services over wireless mobile networks and
evolution of such networks towards heterogeneous solutions have emphasized the …

Next generation communication systems aim at providing ubiquitous network access by
integrating a wide-range of wireless technologies. The availability of various access …

With the mobile communication market increasingly moving towards value-added services,
the network cost will need to be included in the service offering itself. This will lead service …

In a dynamic heterogeneous environment, such as pervasive and ubiquitous computing,
context-aware adaptation is a key concept to meet the varying requirements of different …

Ubiquitous computing is the emerging new computing paradigm, of which context
awareness is a key feature. In this paradigm connectivity is more than transport resource, but …

We consider an issue arising in a vertical handoff (VHO) between IEEE 802.16 e and IEEE
802.11 networks, ie, how efficiently the scanning operation can be controlled to find a target …