Ubiquitous computing (UC) environments have triggered a strong research interest in privacy. How can people remain private when the infrastructure and objects around them begin to talk? Heading for an answer to this question many studies have rushed over past years to present guidelines for...

The rapid technical progress in the development of mobile devices andtechnologies offers new possibilities for improving and streamlining the performanceof business processes. However, only few successful mobile applications exist in thebusiness area. This paper discusses the benefits an...

This paper presents a multiple case research concerning success factors and issues of mobilefield service implementations. Based on Eisenhardt’s explorative research design, fivesuccessful mobile technology implementations are compared and analysed. Important aspectsof the implementation...

The smartphone can be considered a great example of how technology provides us with information at our fingertips anytime, anywhere. However, we have been operating mostly in the dark without a clear understanding of what our mobile devices have to offer and how people arrive at creative re-use...

Continuous monitoring of production of yarn is an important process requirement for good productivity in a ring frame machine in textile industry. So, collecting the data on yarn breakages using an appropriate Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has been taken as a research problem in this work. The...

Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is a technology that senses the unused ‘free' but allocated portion of the radio frequency spectrum on a non-interfering basis. These unused bands are also known as ‘holes' or ‘white spaces'. DSA also refers to the time-varying, flexible usage of parts of the...