To cope with millions users becoming increasingly connected to Internet on the move,
location-based services may be better supported by decentralized infrastructures enabling …

One envisioned distinctive feature of smart cities is the interconnection among mobile users
and vehicles, to support the fulfillment of location-based services. This can be obtained with …

In VANETs, it is very important to communicate between two vehicles, but how to get the
correct position of a vehicle is not easy. Due to vehicles are moving fast, topology in VANETs …

One of the critical challenges for service oriented computing systems is the capability to
guarantee scalable and reliable service provision. This paper presents Reliable GeoGrid, a …

Mobile and wireless technology is advancing forward to deliver more connected devices
and richer multimedia content and applications. The number of mobile subscriptions …

We present a road monitoring and alert system implemented using a novel Geocache
concept to enable efficient spatial monitoring in a mobile distributed sensing scenario …

The Internet of Things era is now” knocking on our doors” and will carry a capillary diffusion
of mobile devices and sensors in a whole heterogeneous network. Among other …

Vehicular data collection applications are emerging as an appealing technology to monitor
urban areas, where a high concentration of connected vehicles with onboard sensors is a …

In this paper, we propose a three-tier framework for Location-Aware Service Provision and
Discovery (LASPD), with special emphasis on mobile service provisioning. In the first tier …

Vehicular networks are being developed for efficient broadcast of safety alerts, real-time
traffic congestion probing and for distribution of on-road multimedia content. In order to …