Distributed computing concerns environments in which many processors, located at different
sites, must operate in a noninterfering and cooperative manner. Each of the processors …

With 26 entirely new and 5 extensively revised chapters out of the total of 39, the Mobile
Communications Handbook, Third Edition presents an in-depth and up-to-date overview of …

This paper describes current and proposed protocols for mobility management for public
land mobile network (PLMN)-based networks, mobile Internet protocol (IP) wireless …

This paper introduces a mobility tracking mechanism that combines a movement-based
location update policy with a selective paging scheme. Movement-based location update is …

Within the wide range of issues related to 4G wireless networks, due to the scope of the
ISSTA conference, in this presentation we highlight some segments of wireless networks …

Earth date, August 11, 1997" Beam me up Scottie!"" We cannot do it! This is not Star Trek's
Enterprise. This is early years Earth." True, this is not yet the era of Star Trek, we cannot …

This article presents a realistic teletraffic modeling framework for personal communications
services. The framework captures complex human behaviors and has been validated …

We propose an auxiliary strategy, called per-user caching, for locating users who move from
place to place while using Personal Communications Services (PCS). The caching strategy …

In current distributed systems, the notion of mobility is emerging in many forms and
applications. Mobility arises naturally in wireless computing since the location of users …

One of the major challenges for the wireless network design is the efficient mobility
management, which can be addressed globally (macromobility) and locally (micromobility) …