Positioning service is one of Wireless Sensor Networks’ (WSNs) fundamental services. The accurate position of the sensor nodes plays a vital role in many applications of WSNs. In this paper, a 3D positioning algorithm is being proposed, using mobile anchor node to assist sensor nodes in order to estimate their positions in a 3D geospatial environment. However, mobile anchor node’s 3D path optim...

Mobile payment is considered by many experts as the next “big thing”, that will kick-off existing eand m-commerce efforts and unleash the true potential of mobile business. Different approaches come to the market and try to address existing needs, but up to now no global solution exists. In this paper we present the approach followed by the EU IST SEMOPS [3] project, its architecture and the in...

Mobile banking is a newly added service in the banking sector that facilitates banking via mobile devices. With the tremendous growth in mobile phone usage, banks in the developed world have moved to utilize mobile banking, which makes banking easier, faster, and very cost-effective. Mobile phones have quickly emerged as a successful and popular means of communication in recent years and the re...

The medical industries are integrated with information technology with mobile devices and wireless communication. The advent of mobile healthcare systems can benefit patients and hospitals, by not only providing better quality of patient care, but also by reducing administrative and medical costs for both patients and hospitals. Security issues present an interesting research topic in wireless ...

The proliferation of new technologies and the changing dynamics of industry competition have spurred growth in innovative production, marketing and consumption. The need for convenience has also fuelled enormous interest in the use of mobile payment innovations, which in turn creates security challenges for users. Indications are that mobile phones and handheld devices should have made more inr...

This paper introduces the concept of the AR phone, a mobile phone acting as an augmented reality interface into an intelligent environment. We present scenarios to illustrate this concept and describe the design and implementation of a prototype system whereby a phone can capture images, transfer them to an intelligent environment and receive some form of visually augmented re-

The study focuses on the Innovative services provided by the banks as mobile banking, phone banking, card banking, internet banking and inter-branch banking. The study analyse the satisfaction level, usage period and user rate of account holders while using these innovative banking services. The study also focus on the inter relationship between the groups and with in the groups. The broad obje...