Special issue: emerging multiple access technologies

Special Issue on Next Generation Wireless Technologies

The next generation wireless networks are expected to converge into a ubiquitous architecture, which includes high-speed cellular networks, wireless local area networks (WLANs), mobile ad hoc networks, peer-to-peer networks, wireless metropolitan area networks (WMANs), etc. The increasing demand of wireless multimedia services has motivated the development of broad wireless access in the hetero...

Special Issue Digital Government: technologies and practices

The Internet is changing the way we live and do business. It also offers a tremendous opportunity for government to better deliver its contents and services and interact with its many constituents—citizens, businesses, and other government partners. In addition to providing information, communication, and transaction services, exciting and innovative transformation could occur with the new tech...

Emerging multiple issue e-auctions

We review the emerging field of multiple issue e-auctions and discuss their design features and performance criteria. We primarily consider B2B transactions in a reverse auction, that is, a procurement setting. In traditional auctions, the matching of buyers and sellers is typically based just on price. However, when there are quality and other differences in the merchandize and differences in ...

Special Issue on Human Technologies for Special Needs

A research and development (R&D) approach has been applied to video telephony (VT) in northern Finland since 1994 by broad consortia. The focus has been on the considerable involvement of ergonomics within the engineering and implementation of VT. This multidisciplinary participatory ergonomic R&D approach (PERDA) is described briefly, in general and through two cases. The user-centeredness sho...

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