Current multicast routing protocols have not been designed for mobile nodes and especially roaming sources. Using the remote subscription as basis, we develop a new approach based on a new entity called Mobility-aware Rendezvous Point (MRP) to hide the mobility of a mobile multicast source from the main multicast delivery tree and offer an optimal routing. The key idea of this work is to make t...

In this study, we explore the phenomenon of mobile technostress: stress experienced by users of mobile information and communication technologies. We examine the impacts of mobile technostress on individuals’ job satisfaction. Based on the Transaction Based Model of stress and the existing literature on technostress, a conceptual model was proposed to understand this phenomenon. Two sources of ...

As more and more servers appearing in the wireless environment provide accesses to mobile users, more and more demand and expectation is required by mobile users toward the available services. Mobile users are no longer satisfied with obtaining data only from one server, but require data from multiple servers either at the same or different locations. This eventually leads to the need for infor...

In a mobile setting, users use, handle and search for online information in a different way. Two features typically desired by mobile users are tailored information delivery and context awareness. In this paper, we elaborate a demo application that is built upon the existing SCOUT framework, which supports mobile, context-aware applications. The application illustrates the use of intrinsic mobi...

This case, written on the basis of published sources, concerns the decision facing management of Starbucks Canada about how to implement mobile payments. While Starbucks has currently been using a mobile app to accept payments through their proprietary Starbucks card, rival Tim Hortons has recently introduced a more advanced mobile payments solution and the company now has to consider its next ...

This systematic review examines types of mobile devices used by health professions students, kinds of resources and tools accessed via mobile devices, and reasons for using the devices to access the resources and tools. The review included 20 studies selected from articles published in English between January 2010 and April 2015, retrieved from PubMed and other sources. Data extracted included ...

M obile device users want to be able to access and manipulate information and services specific to their location, time, and environment. Context information gathered from sensors, networks, device status, user profiles, and other sources can enhance mobile applications’ usability by letting them adapt to conditions that directly affect their operations. To achieve true context awareness, howev...

Wireless embedded systems provide an opportunity for the collection of useful data from a wide range of mobile devices. However, such devices may often have strict limits on their functionality, processing power, battery life, and wireless bandwidth. We present a method for distributing mobile query operators to enhance performance in a system consisting of many such mobile devices while suppor...