Reporting the findings of COST 2100, a major European intergovernmental project, this volume offers system designers a good source of guidelines based on channel characterization and measurement-based modeling, as well as worthwhile ideas for future research.

Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications reports the findings of COST 2100, a project of the European intergovernmental COST framework addressing various topics currently emerging in mobile and wireless communications. Drawing on experience developed in this and earlier COST projects, the text represents the final outcome of collaborative work involving more than 500 researchers in 140 institutions and 30 countries (including outside Europe). The book’s subject matter includes: transmission techniques; signal processing; radio channel modelling and measurement; radio network issues; and recent paradigms including ultra-wideband, cooperative, vehicle-to-vehicle and body communications. The research reported comes from a variety of backgrounds: academic, equipment-manufacturing and operational and the information contained in this book will bring the study reported to a wider audience from all those spheres of work. Pervasive Mobile and Ambient Wireless Communications will be of interest to researchers for its cutting-edge analysis and to practitioners for its functional usability.

This text offers a complete and detailed overview of the ambient networking concept and technology. The authors explain the problems with current mobile IP networks and the need for a new mobile-aware IP-based control architecture, before presenting the ambient networking concept and the business opportunities offered by this solution.

"This book provides extensive information about pervasive computing, its implications from operational, legal and ethical perspective so that current and future pervasive service providers can make responsible decisions about where, when and how to use this technology"--Provided by publisher.

3G 2004 was the premier technical forum for 3G mobile and related technologies, in it's fifth successful year. The conference brought together researchers and technologists from manufacturers, service providers, operators, application developers, regulators and standards bodies to share the latest information and promote the development of 3G services, systems and networks.

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is the next wave in computing and communications technology. Nano-sized sensors and computers, wireless networks, and intelligent software are being integrated to create AmI environments. This forward-looking volume also covers such latest AmI developments as smart dust, smart personal object technology, and context-aware computing.

Intelligent environments are revolutionizing the ways in which people live, work, and play. Such an environment, typically called a smart environment, is a small, specialized world where all kinds of devices work together to make inhabitants' lives more comfortable. These environments are as varied and individualized as the people who live there, with technologies that range from safety and security systems, to robotic lawn mowers, to intelligent cars, kitchens, and more. The interdisciplinary scope of the field integrates aspects of machine learning, human-machine interfacing, wireless networking, mobile communications, sensor networks, and pervasive computing. Smart Environments explores the state of the art in this exploding field, and shows the impact these environments are having in homes, offices, classrooms, hospitals and automobiles. It examines everything from design and architecture to health care issues and software engineering is explored and utilized in these far-reaching applications. With contributions from leading researchers in a wide array of disciplines, Smart Environments covers such important topics as: wireless sensor networks, middleware, home and office networking and appliances, location and estimation techniques, automated decision-making, privacy and security issues, assisted environments for individuals with special needs, future trends, and much more.