Machine to machine (M2M) communication, which is also known as machine type communication (MTC), is one of the most fascinating parts of mobile communication technology and also an important practical application of the Internet of Things. The main objective of this type of communication, is handling massive heterogeneous devices with low network overheads and high security guarantees. Hence, v...

Welcome to this special issue of Wireless Personal Communications on Research Trends and Challenges for Network-based ICT Systems. This special issue provide an in-depth research study of the latest trends and challenges for network-based ICT systems. The convergence of information and communication technologies (ICT), have resulted into significant changes for our network infrastructures. We h...

This paper presents the design and successful implementation of a local area network bridge based on the link layer AX.25 packet radio protocol and the AppleTalk Personal Network on the Macintosh computer. Opera&d as a duplex communication channel between interconnected networks of computers, the packet radio system provides the transmission of the network layer data packets. A working prototyp...

This paper describes the modeling and performance evaluation of a seamless communication architecture, called EAPEC (Environment-Adaptive Personal Communications), for next generation wide-area mobile computing networks. The EAPEC lays its foundation on the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)-based all-IP network architecture and is implemented by adding functional components to the 3GP...

In personal communication systems based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), voice is transported as compressed low bit rate information between network elements. Due to cost eeciency, future implementations of CDMA networks likely will utilize the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology to connect components of the land network infrastructure. This paper discusses the capability of usi...

This paper describes current and proposed protocols for mobility management for public land mobile network (PLMN)-based networks, mobile Internet protocol (IP), wireless asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and satellite networks. The integration of these networks will be discussed in the context of the next evolutionary step of wireless communication networks. First, a review is provided of locat...

Most computing environments today consist of a number of workstations or personal comput ers PCs connected via a high speed in terconnection network These environments are usually called workstation clusters while acronyms like COWs Clusters of Worksta tions and NOWs Networks of Workstations are popular as well Although worksta tion clusters have the aggregate processing memory and I O capacity...

Wireless sensor networks can be a convenient monitoring system for wide areas, because they are economically advantageous and they should be more specialized than remote sensing. Many different systems have been proposed as wireless sensor networks. Some networks are based on an IP protocol, as a web of objects. However, other solutions can be adopted when mostly the network is realized outside...